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The Muster- Max McCallum: Balfour YFC · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Muster, one of his most popular songs,
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  Speaker 1: if for no other reason than it featured on a
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  Speaker 1: chocolate commercial with a gorilla on the drums a few
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  Speaker 1: years back now. Of course, it is Phil Collins. The
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  Speaker 1: song is in the air tonight, but it's in the
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  Speaker 1: air this afternoon. Showers around the province, depending on where
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  Speaker 1: you're based, but we're heading up to Balfour next, Northern Southland,
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  Speaker 1: to catch up with Max McCallum out of Balfour Young Farmers.
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  Speaker 1: How's things? Yeah, good, good.
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  Speaker 2: Yourself, Andy?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, pretty good. It's, I don't know, it's probably showers
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  Speaker 1: after having sunshine. Anything that stops the wind is a
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  Speaker 1: good thing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely.
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  Speaker 1: Ground conditions, where are you based, Max? How's it going? Good.
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  Speaker 2: About 60, 60 mils of rain. So that'll help the
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  Speaker 2: grass we've just drilled. So, nah, look, can't complain. Sun's
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  Speaker 2: out now. It's beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: Were you getting dry where you were based as such,
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  Speaker 1: dare I say it?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, the northern south end sort of has a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a dry spell. So, yeah, just a touch, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Tailing tellies, quite happy with lambs on the ground, all
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  Speaker 1: things considered?
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  Speaker 2: Yep, yep, no, very happy there. And even good numbers
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  Speaker 2: up at the station too in Athol.
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  Speaker 1: Nice. Can't complain. No, life ticks on by the sounds
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  Speaker 1: of it. As it does for Balfour Young Farmers, a
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  Speaker 1: couple of weekends away, it's all go.
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  Speaker 2: She sure is, the big Balfour Barker.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: We're actually going to run a schmozzle this year, Andy.
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  Speaker 2: So it's kind of just a big obstacle course for
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  Speaker 2: you and your dog to complete. There'll be a few
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  Speaker 2: cool wee challenges in there. Eat a few things, drink
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  Speaker 2: a few things, I'd be imagining. And so that'll kick
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  Speaker 2: off about three o'clock. And then we'll be, about six o'clock,
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  Speaker 2: we'll be into the barks.
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  Speaker 1: So the schmozzle's open to anyone or everyone, just farm
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  Speaker 1: dogs or any dog? What's the go?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, any dog, yeah. Yeah, kids as well. Make it
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  Speaker 2: suitable for them. So, yeah, just bring a dog down
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  Speaker 2: and maybe have a crack at it, really.
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  Speaker 1: What made you bring the schmozzle into the equation this season?
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  Speaker 2: It was actually one of our members, James Adams. He
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  Speaker 2: thought that'd be quite a good idea to bring a
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  Speaker 2: few more people down, you know, make the– if it's
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  Speaker 2: good afternoon, make the afternoon– quite exciting I think he's
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  Speaker 2: done one before and yeah I think the Hunterville they
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  Speaker 2: do one and it works out quite good so we
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  Speaker 2: thought why not bring it down south and give it
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  Speaker 2: a nudge really Well.
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  Speaker 1: It's a long way to Hunterville from Belford but it's
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  Speaker 1: worth giving it a go Yeah definitely So what's happening
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  Speaker 1: on the night is there a band or anything cracking
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  Speaker 1: up afterwards what are the deets people need to know Max?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so band management will be there. They were there
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  Speaker 2: last year for us. Definitely a band year. And there'll be, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: there'll be barbecues going. There'll be drinks there. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so six o'clock, three o'clock for the registration signups for both. Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 2: come down. 14th of November.
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  Speaker 1: At the Balfour Rugby Club.
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  Speaker 2: Balfour Rugby Club, that's right, yep.
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  Speaker 1: The land of milk and honey. Well, how have you
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  Speaker 1: guys been as a club recently? What's been going on?
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  Speaker 1: You've got through the busy season. Are you starting to
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  Speaker 1: get out and about a bit more?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, we've been, well, middle of the busy season, really.
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  Speaker 2: We've got quite a few of our members on the
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  Speaker 2: tractors at the moment. But, no, look, we've just done
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  Speaker 2: a couple of fundraisers, which has been quite good. A
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  Speaker 2: couple of house shifting, which has been good for everyone.
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  Speaker 2: And then we'll probably aim to do a few, you know,
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  Speaker 2: late night, evening barbecues on the river, maybe a river float.
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  Speaker 1: Describe a river float.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you just get big tie tubes, get a beverage
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  Speaker 2: and float down the river, really, as a group.
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  Speaker 1: So you're just going up the Matara by Ardlusser or somewhere,
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  Speaker 1: are you? Cattle Flat, what's the go?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, probably up by Cattle Flat there, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, they've done it a couple of years ago.
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  Speaker 1: It was quite cool, so.
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  Speaker 2: Is that correct?
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  Speaker 1: As long as the weather's warm.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, dead right, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What are you like for numbers? Because you guys are
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  Speaker 1: pretty active. The Club of the Year, you've had it
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  Speaker 1: a couple of times now in the Otago Southland region,
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  Speaker 1: as well as National Club last year. What are you
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  Speaker 1: like for numbers?
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  Speaker 2: No, look, numbers are pretty strong still, eh? About 30
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  Speaker 2: to 35 members per meeting. So, well, that's really good,
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  Speaker 2: really strong. Got a few seasonal workers in now because
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  Speaker 2: they help out those numbers as well. Yeah, just at
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  Speaker 2: the bowls club, really. It's where we kick that off.
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  Speaker 1: It's a very sociable bowls club, that Balfour Bowls Club,
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  Speaker 1: by the sounds of it.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, yep. Earl and the team down there, they're always
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  Speaker 2: ready for us.
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  Speaker 1: Earl will be organised for anything. Don't worry about that. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: but the big thing about the Bark Up, the funds
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  Speaker 1: are going to a cause. What's happening?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we put it to the community and we
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  Speaker 2: asked for people to send us in a bit about
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  Speaker 2: if they want some sponsorship. So we all decided on
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  Speaker 2: the Finaka House, which is a dairy farm training programme
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  Speaker 2: specifically for young adults with high-functioning disabilities. So, like, the
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  Speaker 2: programme provides practice supported on farm training and mentorship from
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  Speaker 2: an experienced dairy farm owner or manager. So, like, half
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  Speaker 2: of our proceeds will go towards them, which I think
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  Speaker 2: is pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: And whereabouts are they based?
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  Speaker 2: In Vicargill.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a case of people registering on the day
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  Speaker 1: for the schmozzle and the bark up, I'd imagine?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, it's just turn up and there'll be a
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  Speaker 2: desk there and there'll be a couple of people there, so... Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just rock up. Well, we've got ATM. Oh, we've got ATM.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a bloody.
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  Speaker 2: ATM and Balfour.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: ATM, the Air Force machine, so, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you're doing well to have Air Force. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's got high tech in the last 18 months or so.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, look, Balfour, right?
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  Speaker 1: That's where it's at. Don't need to preach to the converter,
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  Speaker 1: my friend, but, look, your meeting dates. What do people
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  Speaker 1: need to know, Max?
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  Speaker 2: Monday, November 2nd, kicking off at 7.30.
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  Speaker 1: At the Bowls Club.
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  Speaker 2: At the Bowls Club. So, yeah, we'll... New faces are
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  Speaker 2: more than welcome. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you, Max. Always good to catch up. Good
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  Speaker 1: luck with the schmozzle in the bar cup.
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  Speaker 2: No, bloody good, Andy. Catch you later.
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  Speaker 1: Max McCallum of Balfour Young Farm is ahead of their schmozzle.
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  Speaker 1: Great word, that, and bar cup happening in the not-too-distant future.
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  Speaker 1: You're listening to The Master. Before we wrap up, this
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  Speaker 1: could go anywhere. Alan McLeary of Shewell New Zealand's in studio.