1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Together do for ce Ellen Jamie mckaye Hosts of the 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Countries with us Helo Jamie. Good day, Heather. You just 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: arrived in Wanica, have you yes? Surrounded by the road 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: past week. I'm surrounded by well three hundred vintage things, 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: three hundred and one if you count the south. I've 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: never been here before. This is a guy called Alan 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: Dippy who's responsible for the development along with his brother Martin, 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: of half of Wonaica. Very successful business people own MI 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: Attends and Nichols Garden Centers. And he's got this huge, 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: big shed, flash shed with three hundred vehicles in here 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: and surrounding. It's absolutely magnificent and it is the venue 12 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: tonight for a fundraising dinner we're doing for Lincoln University 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: for sport, raising money for sport at Lincoln University. And 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, the former All Black Captain old boy of 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: Lincoln College as it was back in the day, as 16 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: one of the guest speakers. Gary steed Stead should I say, 17 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: former Black Cap and former Black Caps coach only recently 18 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: retired or stepped down from that role, and his wife Rachel, 19 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: who's a good Balfer girl. That it's just up the 20 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: road from my hometown of Riversdale, and she runs all 21 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: the sport including the netball at Lincoln, so it's going 22 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: to be great. I think they've got like one hundred 23 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: and fifty people here and there should be plenty of 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 1: money in the room hopefully, so we can raise plenty 25 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: of money for Lincoln at University as it is these days. 26 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: And so are you playing golf tomorrow morning or did 27 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: you do it earlier today? None? I haven't played golf. 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: I'm missed out on golf and the Wira Rapper. I've 29 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: got the clubs and no, no Saturday morning. It's workday tomorrow. 30 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: I'm doing the show from here and then involved in 31 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: another kind of fundraising thing for the president of the 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: Jana Kare and p Association, So they're working me hard 33 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: while i'm here. On Saturday morning, I'm going to Millbrook, 34 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: so that'll be good. I'll just take ten golf balls 35 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: with me because the rough is particularly long there. At 36 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,639 Speaker 1: the moment I get through ten in the first two holes, 37 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: I reckon, Hey, did you have you told us yet? 38 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: Who won the Zander McDonald a Woods. Yeah, a guy 39 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: by the name of Kahn. I've forgotten his second name. 40 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: Great wallywell halliwell, anyhow, I've just honestly I haven't got 41 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: it sitting in front of me. He is a really 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: impressive young man. He's I think third generation Indians, Indian 43 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: migrants who came here as father. I know. He is 44 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,839 Speaker 1: a dairy farmer and why Katto and he took over 45 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: the farm. It wasn't big enough to be sustainable for 46 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: him and his wife to go dairing, so he thought, 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: how can I get an intensive use out of this farm? 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: So he went market gardening and he grows. He grows 49 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: a huge proportion of the country's watermelons, amongst other things. 50 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: But he's a really interesting character. He's got a background 51 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: in rural banking and as a fertilizer repic badly badly 52 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: hit in cyclone Gabrielle. But he's just one of those 53 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: clever entrepreneurial guys. And he was most impressive beat out 54 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: a couple of other really good New Zealanders for the 55 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: title on Tuesday evening in christ Church. So the other 56 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: two Chloe Butcher Harries from the North Island and a 57 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: girl by the name of Lana Marshall from down in 58 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: South and they both had great cvs. As well. So 59 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: this is a great thing to win, Heather. You get 60 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: to you get ten grand and you get to fly 61 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: around Australia and New Zealand and a private jet and 62 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: most importantly you get the network networking with the biggest 63 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: farmers in Australasia, Australia and New Zealand. Yeah. Cool, that 64 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: sounds awesome. Jamie. Listen, you enjoy yourself, enjoy all the 65 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: hard work and then enjoy the golf at Millbrook. That's 66 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: Jamie McKay, host of the Country. For more from Heather 67 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks. It'd be 68 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.