1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,360
Speaker 1: Jamie mckaye, Host of the Country is with me. Jamie.

2
00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:02,840
Speaker 1: Good evening.

3
00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:04,280
Speaker 2: Good Ay, Ryan.

4
00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,640
Speaker 1: Now you've got an update on the Q two National

5
00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:08,440
Speaker 1: Trust Board.

6
00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well they've just had their elections and a lady

7
00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,760
Speaker 2: by the name of Marie Taylor has been elected as

8
00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,040
Speaker 2: a director and a bloke by the name of Graham

9
00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,799
Speaker 2: Murray re elected for his third term term. Of course,

10
00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,320
Speaker 2: Graham Murray, famous former All Black captain. Now, Ryan, I

11
00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,240
Speaker 2: know you're thinking, what does the q E two National

12
00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,040
Speaker 2: Trust do. Well, it's an independent charitable trust that partners

13
00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,840
Speaker 2: with private landowners to protect sites on their land with covenants,

14
00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,640
Speaker 2: so the landowner continues to own and manage the protected

15
00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,400
Speaker 2: land and the covenant protection stays on the land even

16
00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,519
Speaker 2: when the property is on sold or if it's on sold.

17
00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,680
Speaker 2: So this five thousand protected areas throughout New Zealand, including

18
00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,640
Speaker 2: one under my name or my family's name, are down

19
00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,200
Speaker 2: in Southland to Wetland. I'm very, very proud of it.

20
00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,720
Speaker 2: Protecting more than one hundred and eighty thousand hect of

21
00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,520
Speaker 2: private land. Plays a critical role as a refuge for

22
00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,560
Speaker 2: some of New Zealand's rarest and most endangered biodiversity and

23
00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,080
Speaker 2: ecosystems now. Graham Murray is an interesting character. Not only

24
00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,480
Speaker 2: was he a very good All Black captain in the

25
00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,160
Speaker 2: nineteen eighties. You might remember he was famous back then

26
00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,320
Speaker 2: for playing classical music to his cows in his openaki

27
00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,880
Speaker 2: dairy shed. He put a Kiwi two covenant on his

28
00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,520
Speaker 2: family farm way back in the nineteen eighties. He was

29
00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,759
Speaker 2: an early adopter when it came to things like Ryperian

30
00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,360
Speaker 2: planting and tests management. He won the Regional Farm Environment

31
00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,040
Speaker 2: Awards in twenty twelve, so he's got a long history

32
00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,360
Speaker 2: of conservation. He's currently also the Director in charge of

33
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,920
Speaker 2: farming for Southern Pastures. This is one of the ten

34
00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,520
Speaker 2: biggest dairy farming operations in the country and I've got

35
00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,880
Speaker 2: eighteen farms nationwide. So the Kiwi two National Trust Boards

36
00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,440
Speaker 2: made up of six members, four appointed by the Minister

37
00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,360
Speaker 2: of Conservation, two elected by Trust members and that's Graham

38
00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,400
Speaker 2: Murray and Marie Taylor. So look, if you want to

39
00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,960
Speaker 2: save the planet, Ryan, and I know we all do,

40
00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,840
Speaker 2: and the government does as well, this is the best

41
00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,800
Speaker 2: money you can spend. They have had a bit of

42
00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,680
Speaker 2: a funding increase, still not enough. They've got an extra

43
00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,360
Speaker 2: four and a half million over three years. But I

44
00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,359
Speaker 2: would petition everyone to petition their local MPs for more

45
00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,880
Speaker 2: money for the Kiwi two National Trust. It's a brilliant setup.

46
00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,600
Speaker 1: It is. I actually spent some time in some Kiwi

47
00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,120
Speaker 1: two land, some native bush done in the Tatada Rangers

48
00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,240
Speaker 1: over the weekend. Absolutely stunning and they do great work

49
00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,360
Speaker 1: alongside the landowners. As you say now in Kuwei in

50
00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,320
Speaker 1: the South Island there's been a politician, a swarm of

51
00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,760
Speaker 1: politicians trying to get selfies. What's going on?

52
00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,399
Speaker 2: Oh well, they normally and these farmer field days Ryan

53
00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,480
Speaker 2: are normally swarming with nats, you know, labor of the

54
00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,120
Speaker 2: Greens to party. Maury less likely to be seen. But

55
00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,040
Speaker 2: to his credit, Chris Hopkins was there today along with

56
00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,640
Speaker 2: Chris Luxen. So it was all on in the South Island.

57
00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,600
Speaker 2: North Island at moments precariously dry, as is the Tasman region.

58
00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,360
Speaker 2: I shouldn't neglect them either, but look at Canterbury's had

59
00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,000
Speaker 2: a great season. Unless you're cropping or arable farmer, it's

60
00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,720
Speaker 2: believe it or not, it's been a bit wet for them.

61
00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,639
Speaker 2: But the pastoral farmers are having a rip roarer. They

62
00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,560
Speaker 2: haven't even needed to turn the irrigators on in some places.

63
00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,560
Speaker 2: So this plate that the South Island Field Days held

64
00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,160
Speaker 2: every second year. They alternate with the Southern Field Days

65
00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,440
Speaker 2: at Waimumo just outside of Gore. They're really good. They're

66
00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:34,120
Speaker 2: in ker Wee, thirty minutes west of Christchurch. Great crowds,

67
00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,680
Speaker 2: I'm told are very good. Certainly cautious optimism in the air,

68
00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,840
Speaker 2: and I'll be really interested to get the numbers at

69
00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,400
Speaker 2: the end of this on the big ticket items, especially

70
00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,520
Speaker 2: things like tractors and utes, because they are the real

71
00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,000
Speaker 2: barometer of the state of the rural market. Now from

72
00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,640
Speaker 2: there we moved. This is, by the way, the last

73
00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,200
Speaker 2: of the big Farmer Field Days before we head to

74
00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,200
Speaker 2: Mystery Creek for the National Agricultural Field Days eleven to fourteenth.

75
00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,960
Speaker 2: So from the South Island Field Days and kerwe this

76
00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,240
Speaker 2: week it's off to the South Island Airy Event and

77
00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,240
Speaker 2: Timaru on April the seventh to the ninth, the Real

78
00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,360
Speaker 2: Farmer Conference, designed for not designed for rural professionals, but

79
00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,120
Speaker 2: for farmers. Guest speakers include gold gold medal winning Olympic

80
00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,720
Speaker 2: rower Emma Twig and Cameron Bagriy we all know him,

81
00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,919
Speaker 2: amongst many other industry experts. Registrations are still open. Ryan

82
00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,359
Speaker 2: and North Islanders even like you are welcome if you

83
00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,359
Speaker 2: want to come down to Timaru for a couple of

84
00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,479
Speaker 2: days in early April.

85
00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,839
Speaker 1: Brilliant. Hey, thanks very much, Jamie. Great to have you

86
00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,680
Speaker 1: on as always, Jamie mckaye, host of the Country. For

87
00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,400
Speaker 1: more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks.

88
00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,600
Speaker 1: It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast

89
00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:44,720
Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.