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The Muster- Ollie Teale: Nightcaps YFC · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: Here I am, the one that you love, asking for
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  Speaker 1: another day. This is The Muster on Hokanui. We're away
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  Speaker 1: over to Scott's Gap now. Ollie Teal is part of
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  Speaker 1: Nightcap's Young Farmers and joins us in our Young Farmers
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  Speaker 1: Roundup for a Tuesday. G'day, Ollie. Welcome to The Muster. G'day.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Scott's Gap, the state of play over there, how are things?
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  Speaker 2: Very wet and windy. and we're getting there.
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  Speaker 1: Carving going well? You're getting through?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're getting through the difficulties, but, yeah, no, we're
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  Speaker 2: doing well.
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  Speaker 1: Right, so a bit of an accent there. It sounds
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  Speaker 1: as though you've come over from the UK, and you
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  Speaker 1: were saying off-air your fourth season in New Zealand. What
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  Speaker 1: was the attraction of coming over here?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, the attraction was to learn how to get milk
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  Speaker 2: from grass. Whereas in the UK, it's all in barns
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  Speaker 2: and all on TMR where you guys are making money
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  Speaker 2: over here on grass. So I wanted to learn from
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  Speaker 2: the best.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting you bring up that comparison. Is that a view
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  Speaker 1: that is shared a lot over in the UK regarding
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  Speaker 1: the New Zealand grass system?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I believe so, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So what made you come down? Was it Southland primarily
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to land?
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  Speaker 2: I originally was up in Taupo in the North Island
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  Speaker 2: for a season and I heard the weather was more
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  Speaker 2: similar to the UK and you grew better grass down here.
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  Speaker 1: There's never been a truer word said, Ollie. Trust me
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  Speaker 1: on that one. You're aligned with Nightcaps Young Farmers. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we talk about the UK and the YFC movement over there.
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  Speaker 1: It's a big deal. Were you a member of Young
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  Speaker 1: Farmers as such back in the UK?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I was a member in the UK for five years.
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  Speaker 2: and our local young farmers. And, yeah, it's a big
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  Speaker 2: deal over there. I tried bringing some of the ideas
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  Speaker 2: that we had over there, over here, and, yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: going well.
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  Speaker 1: You took the words out of my mouth. It is
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  Speaker 1: a massive deal over in the UK. But you say
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  Speaker 1: you brought some ideas over with you. In what regard?
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  Speaker 2: Some of the functions and the activities that we did
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  Speaker 2: in the UK, we haven't seen as much over here.
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  Speaker 2: and so put those ideas forward.
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  Speaker 1: So your experience at a nightcap, so are you enjoying
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  Speaker 1: Young Farmers in New Zealand as such? I suppose, like
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  Speaker 1: you say, it's a bit different, different economy of scale
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  Speaker 1: as such.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I'm really enjoying it, and yeah, we're a good,
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  Speaker 2: healthy club, and you learn a lot, and you meet
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people from all around New Zealand as well,
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  Speaker 2: which is a new bonus.
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  Speaker 1: What do you really enjoy about New Zealand Young Farmers?
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  Speaker 1: What's really grabbed your attention of what you've done so far?
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  Speaker 2: How much you help each other and talk to each
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  Speaker 2: other about what's going on in each other's lives and
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  Speaker 2: out of farming and things.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting point you bring up. So you're talking likes of
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  Speaker 1: the mental health side of things. It's not a taboo
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  Speaker 1: subject over here. Everybody's pretty open and transparent. Would that
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  Speaker 1: be correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, everyone's very open about it and everyone enjoys the
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  Speaker 2: hunting as well, which is good.
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  Speaker 1: Why do you think it's such a closed book situation
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  Speaker 1: over in the UK then?
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  Speaker 2: I think people spend a lot more time on their
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  Speaker 2: own over there. I think from a young age you
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  Speaker 2: don't talk about your mental health a lot, whereas over
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  Speaker 2: here it seems to be a lot more on social
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  Speaker 2: media and things like that as well.
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  Speaker 1: From your own perspective, have you found that really welcoming,
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  Speaker 1: the attitudes that they share around mental health over here?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I think it's really good and very helpful at times.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. Okay, Young Farmers, what have you done that's pretty
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  Speaker 1: exciting over the past wee while? Yes, it's the busy
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  Speaker 1: time of year, but a lot of these clubs getting together,
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  Speaker 1: having a meal at the very least in September to
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  Speaker 1: get off farm. What have you guys done over there
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  Speaker 1: at Nightcaps?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we had a pub meal last Wednesday between us
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  Speaker 2: and Thornbury Young Farmers Club as well.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: Which was good. And we had our gumboot ball back
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  Speaker 2: home in the dry season.
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  Speaker 1: So there's plenty in the pipeline. It's just a matter
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  Speaker 1: of getting through the September cycle as such, I suppose.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, because we've got our mystery bus trip coming up
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  Speaker 2: on the 31st of October. And we've got the Christmas
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  Speaker 2: races in December, which is all to look forward to,
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  Speaker 2: along with some fundraisers and agri-kids and pet days and
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  Speaker 2: things like that as well to come up. So we're
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  Speaker 2: pretty busy and looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 1: Where's the mystery bus trip going?
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  Speaker 2: It's around the Winton, Otarao.
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  Speaker 1: Now, this is when you say it's a mystery trip.
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  Speaker 1: We're not telling anyone where we're going.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's known as what's going to be activities on
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  Speaker 2: the bus trip.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, righty-o. I'll take your word for that. Okay, so
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  Speaker 1: if anybody wants to get involved, Ollie, you suggest them
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  Speaker 1: to go to the social channels, the Nightcaps Young Farmers.
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  Speaker 1: What dates are the meetings?
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  Speaker 2: The first Wednesday of every month.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. And whereabouts do you meet?
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  Speaker 2: We meet predominantly in Winton.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, good on you, Ollie. All the best out there
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  Speaker 1: in the carving beat. Thanks for your chat as well.
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  Speaker 1: Always good to talk, young farmers.
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  Speaker 2: Cheers. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: Laugh out loud with Ag Proud, because life on the
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  Speaker 1: land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
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  Speaker 1: Shearwell Data, working to help the livestock farmer. A frugal
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  Speaker 1: couple was always trying to outdo each other. One day
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  Speaker 1: the husband burst through the front door sweating and breathing heavily.
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  Speaker 1: Guess what? I saved $ 2 today by running behind the bus.
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  Speaker 1: His wife looked at him and screamed, you moron, you
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  Speaker 1: could have saved $ 50 if you'd run behind a taxi.
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  Speaker 1: All righty, that's us over in Dunmouth for the afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: Before we go, a couple of shout-outs as well. Alan Savage,
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  Speaker 1: always good to hear from you, mate. And Caleb Scobie,
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  Speaker 1: he's part of the ground crew for Southland Helicopters. Good
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  Speaker 1: on you, Caleb. Thanks for listening in. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: do some country music tomorrow just for you. Right, we'll
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  Speaker 1: leave it there. I'm Andy Muir. The Muster, of course,
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  Speaker 1: Such moments as this