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The Muster- Michelle Watt: Country Crossover · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: The Country Crossover, brought to you by Bioactive Soils. Growing
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  Speaker 1: together with healthy soils. Become a proactive farmer with Bioactive
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  Speaker 1: Ag Fertiliser. Michelle Watt is Executive Producer of The Country
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  Speaker 1: based in Dunedin, formerly of Balclutha, and joins us. G'day.
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  Speaker 2: G'day. Formerly of Balclutha, thanks for that, and reminding everyone
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  Speaker 2: down in Balclutha that, you know, I came from there.
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  Speaker 1: There was a stat that came out this morning about
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  Speaker 1: Balclutha having the least amount of sunshine hours in New
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  Speaker 1: Zealand and Nelson having the most. And the mayor there,
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  Speaker 1: Jock Martin, saying, well, it's not about the weather, it's
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  Speaker 1: about the individuals. And you've got to agree, especially after
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  Speaker 1: the spring we've had. So I think it was just
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  Speaker 1: one of those clickbait articles that I, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: I clicked on it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw that as well. I think it might
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  Speaker 2: have been actually, was it on the front page of
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  Speaker 2: the ODT, that article as well? about the sunshine hours.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, hopefully summer is coming. But then with the
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  Speaker 2: super El Nino, as people are predicting, hopefully not too
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  Speaker 2: much and not too dry for the farmers down there.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm just hoping it's not really windy. There's nothing
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  Speaker 2: worse than... a whole lot of wind, I don't think,
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  Speaker 2: and it dries stuff out just so quickly. And I
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  Speaker 2: was talking actually to a farmer from Balclutha, believe it
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  Speaker 2: or not, that I met up at the Stern Angus broadcast, Andy,
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  Speaker 2: and he was saying he couldn't believe the difference between
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  Speaker 2: up there where we were. So we were just 11
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  Speaker 2: kilometres out of Pleasant Point. Grass growth up there is nuts.
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  Speaker 2: It's amazing. It looks so different. He said he couldn't believe.
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  Speaker 2: He said it's like chalk and cheese driving between the
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  Speaker 2: two places.
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  Speaker 1: Right, MPC ahead of the weekend. Look, quarterfinal stage, Otago's
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  Speaker 1: in there. Wellington Lions, no.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so Wellington Wooden Spooners, which we were just talking
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  Speaker 2: about off air, kind of shocked me a little bit
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  Speaker 2: because if you'd said a few years ago that Wellington
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  Speaker 2: would be at the bottom of the MPC, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that people would believe it. Of course, they beat
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  Speaker 2: Southland to the bottom. Southland were, I think, second last
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  Speaker 2: in that. And we've got the quarterfinals, which is really exciting. Otago,
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  Speaker 2: Hawke's Bay, I think tomorrow at 4 o'clock. I think
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  Speaker 2: it is. And then we've got North Harbour and Taranaki
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow as well. Northland and Tasman play tonight. And Canterbury,
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  Speaker 2: who are currently the top, are playing Waikato on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: at 1.35. Now, Canterbury had a really rocky start, didn't they, Andy?
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  Speaker 2: They lost the shield to start with, but then they
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  Speaker 2: had five wins on the trot, I think.
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  Speaker 1: That's how they rolled last year. Same scenario.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of like that first warm-up game and
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  Speaker 2: then they get going and it's all over. But do
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  Speaker 2: you think the loss of the All Blacks with the
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  Speaker 2: Bledisloe Cup on this weekend, is that going to make
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  Speaker 2: a difference?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, possibly, but they had to... Actually, not really, because
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  Speaker 1: they played the duration of the campaign while the South
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  Speaker 1: African series was on.
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  Speaker 2: That's true. Yeah, you're right. It could be interesting times.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think Canterbury are going to take it out?
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  Speaker 1: I think Canterbury's there or thereabouts. I'd love to say
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  Speaker 1: likes of Harbour or Northland, especially North Harbour. They took
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  Speaker 1: a locals-only approach last year with their playing roster. They
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  Speaker 1: lost all their games bar that last one. They beat
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  Speaker 1: Stags in the last play of the game. But this year,
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  Speaker 1: it sounds as though that squad stayed together and they've
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  Speaker 1: seen the fruits of their selections, so to speak. So
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  Speaker 1: they've done really well.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think Otago are going to beat Hawke's Bay?
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  Speaker 1: You'll beat Hawke's Bay. Hawke's Bay's goose is cooked. They've
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  Speaker 1: lost four in a row. They started strong, but they've wilted.
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  Speaker 1: And they should have beaten counties last weekend, let's be honest.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you can say the allure of the shield,
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  Speaker 1: but I'll be honest. There was pressure involved in that game,
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  Speaker 1: but the standard of rugby wasn't great.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love the MPC and Heartland Rugby for that reason,
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  Speaker 2: that it's like that grassroots level thing. rugby and it's
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  Speaker 2: so good to watch and the fact that you can
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  Speaker 2: watch it all on demand well not Heartland obviously but
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  Speaker 2: the NBC is really great and it is great watching
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  Speaker 2: as well but as usual go Otago in my books
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  Speaker 2: would you switch allegiance to Otago since.
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  Speaker 1: No I'm just watching it for what it is now
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  Speaker 1: my team's not there Fair enough.
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  Speaker 2: That's showing some true allegiance.
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  Speaker 1: You'll watch it if it's on telly, but Tiana Young
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  Speaker 1: Farmer's bar cap's on tomorrow, so I'm going along to that.
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  Speaker 1: Looking forward to it. Look, just to wrap up as well,
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  Speaker 1: talking about going analogue.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so this was a trend that started at the
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  Speaker 2: start of the year. Gen Z started going analogue, which
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  Speaker 2: basically means going back to the things that we grew
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  Speaker 2: up with, Andy, things like digital cameras. Books, records. Do
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  Speaker 2: you remember going down to the music store and getting
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  Speaker 2: a CD or asking for a.
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  Speaker 1: I remember going back down to the record store and
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  Speaker 1: buying tapes.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and asking for the music store to order them
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  Speaker 2: in or booking one when the new one came in
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  Speaker 2: for the band that you loved. All that stuff was
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  Speaker 2: really exciting times. I had a Discman. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: still at home somewhere.
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  Speaker 1: A Discman? Try a Walkman.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Walkmans, they were great. I've got one of them
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  Speaker 2: as well, a classic one. It's probably actually worth a
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  Speaker 2: bit of money to someone. But Gen Z are even
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  Speaker 2: going back to the old headphones with a cord because
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  Speaker 2: the sound quality is better than Bluetooth, apparently. So really
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  Speaker 2: interesting times. Now, the analog thing, though, what drove this
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  Speaker 2: up for me was that a few weekends ago, I
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  Speaker 2: decided that I would give this a go. I put
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  Speaker 2: my phone on airplane mode and read a physical book.
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  Speaker 2: And I tell you what, it did wonders for my brain,
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  Speaker 2: made me feel better just that one or few hours
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  Speaker 2: of doing that. And there is a lot of evidence
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  Speaker 2: to prove that it does help with your nervous system. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: better attention and memory. We're losing that a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Improved sleep. And yeah, it just helps with all those things.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're feeling a bit stressed out, a bit overwhelmed,
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  Speaker 2: a bit It's too much right now. I'd say go
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  Speaker 2: turn your phone on to airplane mode and just switch off,
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  Speaker 2: even if it's just for a couple of hours so
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  Speaker 2: that no one can contact you. You're not switching through
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  Speaker 2: social media. And just chill. Do something that you like.
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  Speaker 1: I'd suggest go outside, mow the lawns, get active. Actually
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  Speaker 1: get a pen and paper and write things down. Don't
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  Speaker 1: compute it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely. Do you think the younger generation are going
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  Speaker 2: to know how to write a letter?
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  Speaker 1: Probably not. If you gave them a piece of paper
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  Speaker 1: now and said, right, go and write this out and
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  Speaker 1: how you'd formally write a letter, they'd have no idea.
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  Speaker 2: No, or how to post one. I'm pretty sure in
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  Speaker 2: a few years' time, younger people are going to look
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  Speaker 2: at post boxes and be like, what are they for?
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's like the phone boxes, telecom phone boxes.
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  Speaker 2: Does this mean my stamp collection is actually going to
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  Speaker 2: be worth money now?
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  Speaker 1: Possibly in a wee bit of time. How many stamps
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  Speaker 1: you got?
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea. They're in a wardrobe at mum
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  Speaker 2: and dad's. I was a big nerd as a kid,
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  Speaker 2: so I collected stamps.
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  Speaker 1: No judgment on this show, Michelle. Enjoy the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: You too, mate.
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  Speaker 1: Go harbour in Northland. Michelle Watt and the Country Crossover. Thanks,
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  Speaker 1: of course, to Bioactive Soils. Elliot Smith's up next. This
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  Speaker 1: is The Muster.