1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: Jamie mckaye, Host of the Country is with us. 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 2: Hey, Jamie got Heather. 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Hey, So we're handing out all these awards, right, We're 4 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: not handing them out, but we're going to talk about them. 5 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: You've got the Primary Industry's Awards coming up. Who's up 6 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: for Rural Hero? 7 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: Well? This is kind of the Agrarian Oscars, the Bovine Bafters, 8 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: the air quine Emmys. I couldn't think of any alliteration 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: around Grammys. Maybe you could do that for me, Heather 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: while I'm going on about this. But yeah, this is 11 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: the seventh annual Primary Industry in New Zealand Awards and 12 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: they've named the finalists. The highlight of the two day 13 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: PINS summit taking place in the christ Church Convention Center 14 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 2: in late June. The movers and shakers in the primary industry. Look, 15 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: I just picked out a couple of categories with some 16 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: interesting entrance. The Rural Hero finalists are the late Chris Allen, 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 2: who died in a farm accident honor ash Burton Farm 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: last year. He grave gave great service to Federated farmers 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: and was a great bloke as well. Neil Bitup helped 20 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: set up the YKATT o'haiaki Corrimandel Rural Support Trust in 21 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: two thousand and four and twenty seventeen. He went on 22 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: to become the founding chair of the New Zealand Rural 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 2: Support Trust. This guy has given endless service and I 24 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 2: really love this story. The third finalist in the Rural 25 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 2: Hero Award category is a guy called n Jury who 26 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,919 Speaker 2: for twenty years has been raising money for the Taranaki 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: Rescue helicopter by collecting batteries for recycling. When we get 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: to the Champion Award, my old school Saint Peter's College 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: in Gore and first fifteen rugby mate Jim Ward James 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: Ward is up for recognition. He runs New Zealand's biggest farm, 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: Molesworth's Station. Incidentally, his late father, Ron was an All 32 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: Black pre war who had the distinction of playing in 33 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: the Fords and the backs for the All Blacks. He's 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: up against ag research scientist doctor Robin Dines and David 35 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: Wheeler for that Champion Award. So all sorts of categories 36 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: up for great It's a great night out the rural 37 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: folk of New Zealand. The primary industry put on their 38 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: finest the penguin suits and everything and it's off the 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 2: christ Church. 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: What about the Grassroots Grammys, says someone. 41 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, well that's not bad. Actually I might use that 42 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: one with the Grammys. Well, I'll go with Grassroots. It 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: sounds it sounds a week bit better. But you can't 44 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: beat grass bed, grass fed meat. Spent a long day. Hey, 45 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 2: the other awards that are coming up, Heather are coming 46 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: up in the little town of Lawrence in South Otago 47 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: on Saturday night, Century Farm and Station Awards. Now, Lawrence 48 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: is famous for being where Gabriel's and Gabriel's Gully in 49 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: nineteen or eighteen sixty one they discovered gold. Population of 50 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 2: this little town swelled to over eleven thousand, and Dunedin 51 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: as a result became New Zealand's pre eminent city before 52 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 2: it was eclipsed by Auckland. So look, it's a beautiful 53 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: little town. Still got wonderful Victorian and Edwardian buildings and facades. 54 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: And what happens at the Century Farm and Station Awards 55 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: as farms that have been in the same family ownership 56 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 2: for one hundred years or more get recognized. This year 57 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: they're celebrating twenty one or awarding twenty one families. It'll 58 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: be fantastic. The idea came about from a guy called 59 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: Russell Brown who lives down the road in a place 60 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: called Waiterhuna. He came up with the ida. There After 61 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: him and his wife hosted some North American tourists from 62 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: Vermont who told them about their State Century Farm program, 63 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: which did exactly the same things. Eligible families stop me 64 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: when you want, Heather, submit narratives of their farm history 65 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: with photographs supporting documents, and then they're archived in the 66 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: Alexander Turnbull Library and Wellington. In a final shot from me, Heather, 67 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: the Mackay family was recognized in twenty eleven, and that's 68 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: Barry Soaper's grandfather who bought that farm way back in 69 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: nineteen ten. 70 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: Hey, thank you, Jamie, I appreciate that. Jamie McKay, Host 71 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: of the Country. 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: More from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive. 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