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The Muster- Josh Bennett: Waitane YFC · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: This is The Muster on a Tuesday afternoon as we
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  Speaker 1: head up to Balfour now and catch up with Josh Bennett.
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  Speaker 1: He's in Balfour, but he's based, of course, with Waitani
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  Speaker 1: Young Farmers. G'day, Josh.
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  Speaker 2: G'day, how you going?
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  Speaker 1: Pretty good. You haven't changed allegiances, even though you're up
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  Speaker 1: in the land of milk and honey?
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  Speaker 2: No. Yeah, no, they haven't converted me to Balfour yet.
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  Speaker 1: Have they tried?
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  Speaker 2: They have tried, and they have failed.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, ground conditions up there at Balfour. You're spreading a
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  Speaker 1: bit of furt today. How's the lambing going and the likes?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, lambing's going great, Andy. We're about halfway through there,
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  Speaker 2: and Dad's pretty wrapped. He's got another lambing shepherd on
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  Speaker 2: the beat, so he's really enjoying it.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not too wet underfoot, all things considered, because
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  Speaker 1: there's been a lot of moisture up your way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it seemed to have dried out a bit
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  Speaker 2: on foot, yeah, on top of the ground here, but, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think we're due for another storm to come through,
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  Speaker 2: which is, yeah, won't help things.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but nonetheless, like you say, you're at the halfway
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  Speaker 1: stage now, so you can see a bit of guidance
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  Speaker 1: towards the end of the tunnel as such. Well, tell
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  Speaker 1: the young farmers what's been happening. A bit quiet at
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  Speaker 1: the moment, I'd imagine.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so those guys, I was actually away in England
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  Speaker 2: for a few months, but... They had a really successful
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  Speaker 2: car trial, car run on the 19th of August. Oh, no,
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  Speaker 2: earlier than that, 2nd of August. And they raised $ 5, 000 for, oh,
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  Speaker 2: I can't remember the charity, but they raised $ 5, 000 for
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  Speaker 2: charity and had 19 cars and then ended up at
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  Speaker 2: the Riverside Pub with a van.
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  Speaker 1: Was it for the hospice?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's right, hospice.
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  Speaker 1: So, young farmers, are you guys getting together and doing
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  Speaker 1: anything during the busy season? A lot of community events
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  Speaker 1: you're hearing about, meals being put on and the likes.
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  Speaker 1: Are you guys up to anything?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we just had our lambing and calving dinner
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  Speaker 2: at the Thomas Green last night.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: I think we had close to 20 people there, so
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  Speaker 2: that was a great night to get off the farm
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  Speaker 2: right in the middle of it. And at the end
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  Speaker 2: of lambing there on the 10th of October... the same
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  Speaker 2: day as Te Anau's Bark Up, we're hosting a well-being
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  Speaker 2: event that's sponsored by Fonterra and by FarmStrong, and we've
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  Speaker 2: got Mark Gastoni. He's coming down to have a yarn
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  Speaker 2: to us there.
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  Speaker 1: And it's all about mental health, looking after the top
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  Speaker 1: three inches as such?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. He's a dairy farmer. from Cambridge and
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  Speaker 2: yeah he's going to share his mental health on farm
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  Speaker 2: journey and a bit of his background and what he
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  Speaker 2: gets up to and yeah this farm terror sponsorship putting
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  Speaker 2: these things on is a great thing for the guys
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  Speaker 2: to get a few words.
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  Speaker 1: Of wisdom Do you guys talk about that in the
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  Speaker 1: young farmers mental health does that ever come up in
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  Speaker 1: conversation or is it because it used to be taboo?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's becoming more of a thing that's pushed, even
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  Speaker 2: down from sort of like George Dobson and Hugh Jackson
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  Speaker 2: have both been on their own mental health journeys and
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  Speaker 2: pushing the word out. So it's filtering down to the
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  Speaker 2: clubs now, which is really good. And we're being encouraged
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  Speaker 2: to put these wellbeing events on, especially after a busy
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  Speaker 2: lambing and calving. But yeah, people need an excuse to...
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  Speaker 2: to get off farm and to be reassured that everything's
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  Speaker 2: all good.
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  Speaker 1: Are you holding in the same cahoots with Te Anau
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  Speaker 1: on the bar cup or where's the location?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so it'll be the location of the Te
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  Speaker 2: Anau Rugby Club. So the thought was, seeing as everyone's
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  Speaker 2: probably going to make their way to Te Anau for
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  Speaker 2: a fun night, we'll host that in the afternoon prior
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  Speaker 2: to the bar cup. And it's open to the public
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  Speaker 2: as well for a $ 5 donation, so yeah. If anyone's
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  Speaker 2: around in the Chattanooga area and wants to come along
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  Speaker 2: and listen to Mark, definitely come along.
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  Speaker 1: What about you guys and meeting dates? What do people
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  Speaker 1: need to know, Josh?
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  Speaker 2: We are every second Monday of the month and we're
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  Speaker 2: based around the Gore area, but the best place to
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  Speaker 2: find out for meetings for us is on our Facebook
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  Speaker 2: page or Tony Young Farmers or Instagram. You'll find all
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  Speaker 2: the details there.
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  Speaker 1: So it's the same old story. Get September over and
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  Speaker 1: done with, get the work done, the carving and the lambing,
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  Speaker 1: and then you can start thinking about looking at a
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  Speaker 1: few events.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. There's plenty of bar cups coming up now
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  Speaker 2: for a few around the country. So, yeah, we'll be
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  Speaker 2: going to them and having a few beers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, great messaging there, Josh. We'll leave you to it, mate.
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  Speaker 1: Get that furred on before the rain. Cheers, Andy. Cheers, Andy.
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  Speaker 1: Josh was talking about then, Southland Rural Support Trust and
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  Speaker 1: their Brunch on Us events are happening around the province
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  Speaker 1: over the next couple of weeks. So they'll be in
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  Speaker 1: certain areas over the, like I say, a couple of
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  Speaker 1: dates a week. Take that opportunity to get off farm
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  Speaker 1: and go and do something if it presents itself. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Andy Muir. The must is brought to you by Peters Genetics.
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy the afternoon. We'll see you tomorrow at 1 o'clock.