1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: The Rural Report on hither Hi host of the Countries 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: with us l O Jamie good A, Heather, do you 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: think actors onto something here? 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: Yeah? I do. Actually, I didn't hear your chat with 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 2: David Seymour just after five, but I did have him 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 2: on my show today. Look, I think it's interesting he's 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 2: changed his tune awe, but he's saying Paris needs to 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: change or New Zealand le needs to leave. And this 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: is very much along the lines of what Winston and 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: New Zealand First are saying, and it does change a 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: wee bit from where he sat two or three months ago. Anyhow, 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: on my show he said, look, I said, should we 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: stay in Paris? And he said staying and will eventually 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: prove more expensive than the penalty for leaving. So he's 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: really gone one step further with that, saying New Zealand 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: should remain engaged with our trading partners, but only on 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: terms that make sense for US. Net zero targets have 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: been set without regard to the real cost for firms, 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: farms and families. Now, one guy in the act party 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: who I do really rate, and I've had a lot 21 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 2: to do with them over the years, when he was 22 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: the president of Federated Farmers Andrew Hogger. Don't be fooled 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: by the look of him. There's a very smart mind 24 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 2: in there, and he probably knows more about climate change 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 2: than any other politician I know to be perfectly honest. 26 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: And he's saying ACT could look to countries like Uruguay 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: that have achieved sensible, science based differentiation of gas types. 28 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: Beef and Lamb have come out just with a press 29 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 2: release hot off the press saying they've consist they support ACT. 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: They've consistently called for a split gas approach, you know, 31 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 2: so we're on target. They're saying, any how to meet 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: our twenty thirty targets, which aren't that great, only ten percent, 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: So pricing of AG admissions is not justified. Look, I 34 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: think the real game here is the pressure that New 35 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: Zealand First and ACT together now will place on National 36 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: and coalition government. 37 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: Do you think that National can get And this is 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: going to be the interesting thing is that National has 39 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: to hold its line right. It has to say before 40 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: the election that it's not going to do anything here, 41 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: Otherwise it's going to freak out a whole bunch of 42 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: middle New Zealanders who can't be bothered taking the time 43 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: to actually think about this, and they're just going to 44 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: They're going to react to headlines. So it's really what 45 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: happens after the election that is the interesting thing. Can 46 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: National kind of work this out between the coalition parties 47 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: if that if they if they adjust their position on methane. 48 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: I know that might be a good question for Chrystopher 49 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: Luxe and I he'd have a lot of egg on 50 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 2: his face if he flip flopped or back flipped on 51 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: this one. He's he's been quite adamant that he we 52 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: have to stay in Paris. As mate. Miles Hurrell from Fonterra, 53 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 2: another very smart guy, probably you could call him the 54 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: smartest chief executive in New Zealand at the moment, saying 55 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 2: we just cannot afford to leave the Paris Agreement. We're 56 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 2: going to be hung out to dry in Europe. So look, 57 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 2: let the games begin, Heather. 58 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, very interesting, very quickly. What do you make of 59 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: Open Country Dairy buying Meduca? 60 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: Great move. Look, Open Country's the second biggest supplier obviously 61 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 2: to Fonterra. Fonterra's got about just on eighty percent of 62 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: the milk. I think this gets Open Country up to 63 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: twelve thirteen or fourteen. Remembering they bought Mattawa Valley Milk 64 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: just outside of Gore only a couple of weeks ago 65 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: were announced that that deal took eight or nine months 66 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 2: to get sorted. This Maraka deal came together in the 67 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: space of two weeks. And I think the Taling comment 68 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 2: because I think Maraka was under obviously financial pressure. The 69 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: chair Bruce Scott said there was significant challenges that come 70 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: with being a standalone regional processor operating at a global market. 71 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: It's all about the economy of scale and for Open Country, 72 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: they've got plants two in Wykato, one in Wanganui, Manu Tu. 73 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: This just plugs the middle of the North Island nicely 74 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 2: for them here. 75 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: Nice hey, Thank you very much, Jamie Jammy McKay, hosts 76 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: of the Country talked to you in a couple of days. 77 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drave, listen live to 78 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 2: News Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 79 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.