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Hamish McKay: The Country spokesperson on what's behind the increase in the price of wool · Best of Business

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  Speaker 1: The Rural Report on Heather do for see Allen.
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  Speaker 2: Dve Hamous mckaye, who's hosting the Country for Jamie mackay
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  Speaker 2: this week is with us ala.
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  Speaker 3: Amish Hi Heather.
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  Speaker 2: So, why is the price of wool going up?
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's starting to eage Ford here, but the big
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  Speaker 3: move is across the Tasman and we're hoping that it
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  Speaker 3: will come over here and not only through these back
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  Speaker 3: to the fees to have noted such a spike in
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  Speaker 3: overall wall prices, and that was driven by the Chinese
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  Speaker 3: military back in that time, snapping up every kilogram or
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  Speaker 3: pound of wall as it was back in the day
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  Speaker 3: to reclose the military. Now that's what's happening again. They
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  Speaker 3: are doing a big refit of their what four million
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  Speaker 3: sort of military members, So woolen coats, so imagine you know,
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  Speaker 3: woolen carpets for the tanks, all those sorts of things. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: so there's no sort of haggling or anything going on.
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  Speaker 3: They're buying up everything. So it would be nice if
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  Speaker 3: it filters across this side of the Tasman and the
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  Speaker 3: last time it was it did and that was back
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  Speaker 3: in the fifties. And I know because my dad told
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  Speaker 3: me that he got seen off the board. Him and
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  Speaker 3: his father put a catag I'm up from the matter
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  Speaker 3: with two, so you go. It's again hopefully.
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  Speaker 2: I'm terrified, Hamish, because you're your receptions cutting in and
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  Speaker 2: out that we're going to lose you. But so before
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  Speaker 2: we do, give me your biggest patch for why sharing
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  Speaker 2: should be at the Olympics.
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  Speaker 3: Ah oh schee, you pitch it. I just think it's
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  Speaker 3: a great competitive sport.
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  Speaker 4: And that's actually hilarious.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great competitive sport. And cut, he's gone, He's gone.
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  Speaker 4: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: Go buy Hamish, thanks for trying. Hamish is driving on
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  Speaker 2: the desert road around WAYOU at the moment, so there's
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  Speaker 2: no surprise it with mister.
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