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The Muster: Andrew Alderson: The Wahs And Their Second Chance · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the muster. Andrew Alderson joins us out
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  Speaker 1: of Newstalk ZB, a.k.a. the Pukakohe hay bearing. Good afternoon, Alders.
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  Speaker 2: How are you? Greetings, Andy. I'm well, thanks. Still plenty
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  Speaker 2: of hay in the shed, too, I might add. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there hasn't been a lot of demand for it as yet,
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  Speaker 2: but it sounds like you guys have got some pretty
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  Speaker 2: difficult times down there with the spring.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been an interesting spring once again. What's your
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  Speaker 1: growth like up there? What's it like to have sunshine
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  Speaker 1: for more than two days in a row?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to gloat, but it's pretty good, actually.
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  Speaker 2: It's been pretty steady, I think. So, yeah, we've got, well,
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  Speaker 2: 18 head of cattle in the panic of the weather
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  Speaker 2: just munching their way up and down, and they don't
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  Speaker 2: seem to be too troubled. So we're pretty lucky, put
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  Speaker 2: it that way.
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  Speaker 1: No, you're doing well. Tell you what, the worry is
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  Speaker 1: going to Eden Park. Is the sun going to shine
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  Speaker 1: down on Andrew Webster's men?
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  Speaker 2: I think it is forecast. Maybe it's a bit of
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  Speaker 2: a win getting up on Sunday, but it's fine for
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  Speaker 2: some of the weekend. Look, you would think so, wouldn't you?
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned that build over the course of the season.
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  Speaker 2: You'd think that they must at least be able to
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  Speaker 2: put some of that back into the swing. I think
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  Speaker 2: that the... I see some talk across the Tasman that
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  Speaker 2: they're starting to cave mentally. The Australians are picking up
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  Speaker 2: or their antennae are twitching that they might be vulnerable,
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  Speaker 2: but I've got a lot of time and a lot
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  Speaker 2: of faith in Andrew Webster. I think he's magnificent. And
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  Speaker 2: he's really been the architect of this. And the fact
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  Speaker 2: that he's signed on for a longer period now, into
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  Speaker 2: the 2030s, I guess adds to that element and stability
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  Speaker 2: for the Warriors looking ahead. And I just love what
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  Speaker 2: he's done with the squad, the depth and the versatility. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think they can do this.
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  Speaker 1: Now, the late Possum Bourne, rallying guru, he passed away
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  Speaker 1: in 2003, but the legacy is going to continue. His son,
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  Speaker 1: Spencer Bourne, is hopping into the prized Subaru.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, the yellow and the blue, and he's going
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  Speaker 2: to be heading out at this Ashley Forest event over
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  Speaker 2: the course of the weekend, and that should be fascinating
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  Speaker 2: to see how he does following in the tyre tracks
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  Speaker 2: of his old man. I mean, that's possible. He's pretty
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  Speaker 2: much a legend to me. He's a three-time winner of
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  Speaker 2: that event, amongst so many others, across the course of
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  Speaker 2: his career. He died so tragically early with the Race
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  Speaker 2: of the Skies. It's so many years ago now, but
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  Speaker 2: it'd be fascinating to see how his son goes. I
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  Speaker 2: hope he doesn't get too much pressure put on to him,
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  Speaker 2: but the fact that he's following in that regard credits him, really.
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  Speaker 1: And you look at Hayden Padden, what he's achieved in rallying,
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  Speaker 1: and the sport arguably has had a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: renaissance over the past wee while.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's right. Hayden Padden, he must be the most
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  Speaker 2: underrated New Zealand sports person in the country, surely, with
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  Speaker 2: what he's been able to achieve. And it's not just
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  Speaker 2: the driving either. It's putting marketing campaigns together, trying to
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  Speaker 2: piece together, I guess, the money to make it work.
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  Speaker 2: And then you've got the pressure of actually being in
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle and getting the results, et cetera. Hats off
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  Speaker 2: to him, I mean, what he's been able to do.
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  Speaker 2: And even to have this, like you say, Rene Sossens,
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  Speaker 2: to be able to get into the World Rally Championship again,
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  Speaker 2: as he has done, you know, it's a tremendous achievement.
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  Speaker 1: Right, the Brisbane Olympics. This could be the gift that
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  Speaker 1: keeps on giving. And we're talking about the rowing. Fill
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  Speaker 1: us in on this. This is crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it really is. I mean, it's a story. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the gist of it is that the rowing is going
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  Speaker 2: to be held 641km north from my estimate on the
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  Speaker 2: Google Maps at Rockhampton and Fitzroy River. The problems with
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  Speaker 2: this are, there's two problems essentially, or possibly three, but
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  Speaker 2: there's the danger of flooding, there's the, I guess, the
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  Speaker 2: concern over the fairness of the water flow, so if
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  Speaker 2: it's at a certain angle on a river, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to aid some boats in certain lanes more than others,
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  Speaker 2: rather than the traditional where the middle boats are given
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  Speaker 2: the key advantage there. So you've got those issues. But then,
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  Speaker 2: this is the real tantalising one, I suppose, is that
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  Speaker 2: it's a saltwater crocodile habitat, so they're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to negotiate a truce with those guys, those big boppers,
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  Speaker 2: and hope that no one takes out a skiff on
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  Speaker 2: the course. I mean, you think about one of these boats,
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  Speaker 2: crocodiles sort of submerge and then gradually making their way
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  Speaker 2: up and hunting down a boat. I mean, we could
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  Speaker 2: have faster races, I suppose, but that's quite a bit
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  Speaker 2: of dark comedy in the whole fast, really. There was
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  Speaker 2: the option, I guess, of going down to Penrith, the
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  Speaker 2: Penrith Regatta, where they had it at the 2000 Sydney
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  Speaker 2: Olympics as a satellite, but they want to have it
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  Speaker 2: in Queensland, and this has been deemed the best option,
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  Speaker 2: and it's been okayed by the International Olympic Committee, but
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  Speaker 2: Naturally enough, I think it was the New Zealanders, the Canadians,
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  Speaker 2: the Germans and the British sort of raising the red
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  Speaker 2: flag here as to the fairness of the course and
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  Speaker 2: also about the, I guess, the hazards out there in
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  Speaker 2: the form of these crocodiles. Because, you know, maybe there's
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  Speaker 2: going to have a whole lot of McDundees on the
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  Speaker 2: side of the course for the swim out or, you know.
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  Speaker 2: get out there in a dinghy and knock them off,
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  Speaker 2: but who knows?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the health and safety form.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think this is the last we've heard of
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  Speaker 2: this story. Can you imagine the number of eyeballs on
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  Speaker 2: these games when it comes to the rowing?
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  Speaker 1: Might see some world records orders. Look at the positives.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, that's right.
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  Speaker 1: But realistically, mate, they're not going to hold this event
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  Speaker 1: of these crocodiles in the water that close, surely?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's on a natural river feature. I mean, I...
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  Speaker 2: They say there's 500 in the vicinity. I mean, that
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  Speaker 2: may be over, I don't know, thousands or hundreds of
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  Speaker 2: thousands of square kilometres. I'm not sure at this stage.
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  Speaker 2: But 500 certainly is not a number that would fill
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  Speaker 2: me with a great deal of optimism if I was
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  Speaker 2: manning the oars.
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  Speaker 1: Look forward for some world records there, Alders. Always appreciate
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  Speaker 1: your time on the muster. You enjoy your weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Looking forward to it, Andy, and I hope things shape
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  Speaker 2: up a bit more down south with the spring. Laugh
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  Speaker 2: out loud with Ag Proud, because life on the land
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  Speaker 1: down in dirt. Alrighty, that's us over in Dunlith. Best
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  Speaker 1: up the whas. We're leaving you this afternoon with David
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  Speaker 1: Lee Murphy, dust on the bottles, particularly for Dave Bradley,
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  Speaker 1: who messaged in before. Hope it's all going well out there, Dave.
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  Speaker 1: All the best over the weekend. See you Monday. They
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  Speaker 2: On the bottle, but don't let it fool you.
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  Speaker 1: About what's inside. There might be a little dust on
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  Speaker 1: the bottle.