1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: And Jamie McKay, Host of the Countries with us. Now, Jamie, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: your majesty, Hello, Hello Heather, now iphose you of you 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: that you sent through day? And the gong that you've 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: got for the member of the New Zealand Order of 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Merit is gigantic. It's like it's like a giant VC 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: or something. Is that the thing that you're supposed to 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: wear around? 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. It may not see the 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 2: light of day, might drag it out for Anzac Day 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: or something either. But I don't want to be a corrector, 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: but it's the officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. 12 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: You've got to get your own z and MS, right, Heather, 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 2: I beg your madam. 14 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: So normally I see the people walking around with just 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: a little badge that there was this tiny, little, just 16 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: very very kind of discreete little white and red badge 17 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: on the lapel of their jacket. Do you not get 18 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: one of those? 19 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, you get a wee miniature thing as well, so 20 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: you can plunk that on. It's a bit less ostentatious. 21 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: Tell me what's your plan, your sutorial plan? Are you 22 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: going to rock that out every time you go to 23 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: something formal, wear your little badge. 24 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. No, No, honestly I don't 25 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: think so. Well, I hardly noticeable. But anyhow, look, it 26 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: was it was a great honor and it was Look, 27 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: it was great to be there, and it was good 28 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: actually to have the officiating minister the day was Andrew Hoggart. Yeah, 29 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: of course, the Associate Minister of Agriculture. It was really 30 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: nice of him to turn up because he got to 31 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: pick which day he wanted to go to and which crew. 32 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: And there's like ten of us at each sitting, you know, 33 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: Dame Cindy Caro has a morning and an afternoon sitting. 34 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: And he looked through the list and he saw Murray King, 35 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: who was recognized for his services to the dairy industry, 36 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: and myself, and he thought, I'll go along because I 37 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 2: know those two buggets. So it was it was great 38 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 2: to have Andrew there. It was wonderful to meet Dame 39 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 2: Cindy Kero. She's so welcoming down to earth, no heirs 40 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: and graces. I was worried I'd make a cl cup 41 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: and break etiquette somehow, but she relaxed everybody. She was wonderful. 42 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: But at the highlight. I shouldn't say the highlight either, 43 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: but I did flick you through a week text before. 44 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if you've seen it. The menu for 45 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: the what was the best? The best? But was the 46 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: scorons with cream and jam. I don't know where they 47 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: came from or who caters for Government House, but I 48 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: would kill for those. I would kill for those again, 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: and not far behind them the asparagus cheese roll. Yeah. Yeah, honestly, 50 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 2: the high tea was wonderful. And the other highlight for 51 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: me Heather, because when I saw who was in our group, 52 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: I think we got one of the most exciting people 53 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 2: of all the people awarded, and we got Sir Peter 54 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: Beck in our group. The Rocket Lab got you know, 55 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: he's the guy's going to have huge influence over what 56 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 2: happens in the world. Yeah, he got a knight, he's 57 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,119 Speaker 2: Sir Peter Beck. Yeah he got the gong, he got 58 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 2: the sword from Dame Cindy. So it was wonderful. But 59 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: I was I thought, here's my chance to sneak a 60 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: we interview with them. But I didn't want to be 61 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: a fan boy, and everyone said, don't be a fan boy, 62 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: don't make a deck of yourself, luckily his mum and 63 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 2: it's from imp Cargoo. She'd listened to HOKANII over the years. 64 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: She wandered up and said, grate to see another Southlander here, 65 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 2: and that was my opportunity here that I seized it. 66 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: Sir Peter came running past. I said, excuse me, Sir Peter, 67 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: You've got a couple of minutes. And he was brilliant. 68 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 2: So I recorded away interview for my show tomorrow with him. 69 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: Jamie, congratulations. I know that makes you feel extremely uncomfortable 70 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: because you're a self lama, but you do deserve it. 71 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: You realize that am. 72 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 2: Well. You do have imposter syndrome, Heather, but you never 73 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: look at gift thoughts in the mouth. And I'm very 74 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: proud for my family. 75 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: Never turned down a feed, Jamie. Thank you very much, 76 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: Jamie Mackay, Host of the Country. I've married, I've married 77 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: into a good family. Now he's just lifted the tone 78 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: because a marriage of his cousin. So thank God for that, 79 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: because I was for a while there, I was like, 80 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: what have I done? And then now we've got an 81 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit with this massive. 82 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: Gong heatherdo for see Allen Lady Sober once removed. 83 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: Were totally yeah, I'm likely for you her majesty pretty much. 84 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 85 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: News Talk SETB from four pm weekdays, or follow the 86 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: podcast on iHeartRadio