1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,120
Speaker 1: Studio. We've got major Suzannie Rodgers and also THEO from

2
00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,840
Speaker 1: the Ashburton Cadets. Hello. Hello, Actually we're talking local schools.

3
00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:13,600
Speaker 1: Ashburton College and we had the lucious what we had

4
00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,920
Speaker 1: club I'm trying to remember who was in yesterday. I'm

5
00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,040
Speaker 1: running on fumes. Man running on fumes because of kids.

6
00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,160
Speaker 1: Laylor and Lucius is who we had and yesterday and

7
00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,120
Speaker 1: they were talking about everything that's been going on, prelam

8
00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,640
Speaker 1: athletics and stuff next week and whatnot. They didn't mention

9
00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,800
Speaker 1: club's day, which is what we used to know is

10
00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,720
Speaker 1: orientation day. Yes, so that was yesterday on the on

11
00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,800
Speaker 1: the chessboard and you were there in uniform waving the

12
00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,440
Speaker 1: flav for Cadets. It was really well attended.

13
00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,839
Speaker 2: It was Yeah, we had a lot more students out

14
00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,360
Speaker 2: there this year than last year. A few of the

15
00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,520
Speaker 2: teachers were commenting and most of the groups had huge

16
00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,080
Speaker 2: numbers signing up, a lot of older ones signing.

17
00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,400
Speaker 1: Up than what do you think that's all about.

18
00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,519
Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe it's just time for something new

19
00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,640
Speaker 2: for them, or they hadn't got into it younger and

20
00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,320
Speaker 2: decide they want to do something.

21
00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:53,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

22
00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,000
Speaker 1: Right, So cadets in particular, remind us again, what are

23
00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:56,680
Speaker 1: you guys all about?

24
00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,120
Speaker 2: So we do a lot of leadership training. We're based

25
00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,880
Speaker 2: around defense forces, so with army cadets, so we base

26
00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,960
Speaker 2: ourselves around what the army do. We do all sorts

27
00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,400
Speaker 2: of things, drill, navigation, leadership, bushcraft. We're going tramping next weekend.

28
00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:12,560
Speaker 1: We do next weekend. I'm not going to be piece

29
00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,520
Speaker 1: of what I can find. Yes, we are owed some

30
00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:16,120
Speaker 1: good weather.

31
00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,039
Speaker 2: We are shooting target shooting. Guys are pretty good at that.

32
00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,480
Speaker 2: They've got the national title for Creditt Court and the

33
00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,839
Speaker 2: South Island title for all of Cadet forces.

34
00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,399
Speaker 1: So this is an award winning Yes, cadet unit. Hello,

35
00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,759
Speaker 1: what got you involved so well?

36
00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,080
Speaker 3: I started cadets back in year nine. I believe it was.

37
00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,200
Speaker 3: I believe there wasn't some assembly or something got me

38
00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,880
Speaker 3: into it.

39
00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,160
Speaker 1: It was orientation day, am I Yeah?

40
00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,360
Speaker 3: Anyway, I've just I wanted to get out there, try

41
00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,680
Speaker 3: something new, and Caditts kind of just stuck with me.

42
00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,440
Speaker 1: Ye, go on, what is it about, kidiz?

43
00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,720
Speaker 3: I don't know. I just see it as a really

44
00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,120
Speaker 3: good opportunity for me and for my future. Like I'm

45
00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,760
Speaker 3: not necessarily anyone going into defense. But regardless of that,

46
00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,160
Speaker 3: is still giving me. Cadets are still giving me so

47
00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,919
Speaker 3: many good skills, like the leadership skills, just like people

48
00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,959
Speaker 3: skills like first aid and stuff that's always helpful. Yeah.

49
00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,680
Speaker 1: Right, what's the commitment if we're signing up to this asani?

50
00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,799
Speaker 2: So we meet once a week on a Thursday during

51
00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,120
Speaker 2: the school terms, and we do weekends. We are probably

52
00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,640
Speaker 2: a little bit more on the busy side than some units.

53
00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,600
Speaker 2: I try to keep it as minimum as a camp,

54
00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,400
Speaker 2: but generally it's mostly two weekends a month we're doing something,

55
00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,520
Speaker 2: whether that's just a shoot on a Saturday or a

56
00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,760
Speaker 2: tramp or a camp based at the unit. So parents

57
00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,200
Speaker 2: not complaining about that, no, And they can go away

58
00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,640
Speaker 2: and do things like Burnham. So we've got one away

59
00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,160
Speaker 2: this weekend. We've got thirteen going around a few weeks

60
00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,600
Speaker 2: to burn them for the weekend.

61
00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, And what ages are we talking?

62
00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,000
Speaker 2: So they can join between thirteen and fifteen, So as

63
00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,720
Speaker 2: long as they're before their sixteenth birthday, or if they

64
00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,840
Speaker 2: are in year nine and they're twelve, still they can

65
00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:57,959
Speaker 2: still join at year nine.

66
00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,440
Speaker 1: Right, you can still get along too. It's at the

67
00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,160
Speaker 1: first open night this evening it is.

68
00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,440
Speaker 2: Yep, we've got sort of three of them that will

69
00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,679
Speaker 2: kind of welcome people in. After that it gets a

70
00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,639
Speaker 2: bit difficult to get them in in time before our

71
00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,920
Speaker 2: weekend that we run the recruit weekend.

72
00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, so now's the time to draw attention on in

73
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,359
Speaker 1: the new spot, the many Rota Park. Yes, it used

74
00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,480
Speaker 1: to be on Cameron Streets in the Polytep buildings.

75
00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,040
Speaker 2: Yes, it's hard now because the buildings gone.

76
00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,680
Speaker 1: It's quite exposed, didn't it. Yeah, yeah, a little bit

77
00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,280
Speaker 1: damp so many Roto which is where the scouts are too.

78
00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,560
Speaker 1: It's a great spot there. Six to nine, yes, six

79
00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,760
Speaker 1: to nine, six to nine. And have you got some

80
00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,440
Speaker 1: details up on your face page or something you do?

81
00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:36,840
Speaker 3: Yep.

82
00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,760
Speaker 2: We've got a few posters that I managed to make

83
00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,800
Speaker 2: up on the Facebook page. So I'm not the best

84
00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,640
Speaker 2: on things like that, but they don't look too bad.

85
00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,000
Speaker 1: There's the key deats. Well, if you've got a kid

86
00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,160
Speaker 1: who's got some free time into twenty twenty six, this

87
00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,680
Speaker 1: could well be the opportunity that beckons for them. Ashburton

88
00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,560
Speaker 1: Cadets headlong and see what it's all about at the

89
00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,320
Speaker 1: open evening tonight.