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The sport of shearing................ By Doug Laing, Reporter NZME

he 58th Golden Shears may be over but there’s no letting-up for the country’s shearers and woolhandlers whose sport typifies what sport is all about, despite constant challenges of whether the competitions are sport or not. Most sport derives from what people do in other aspects of their lives, right down to such pursuits as underwater hockey, developed by divers who sought to test the power of the lungs beneath the surface.

Sounding like the answer to a trivial pursuits question on the origins of World Cup rugby, the first rugby world championship was not the one played in New Zealand and Australia in 1987, but the one played underwater in Mullheim, Germany, on January 1-2, 1980, with a “negatively buoyant” ball, filled with salt water. It is, actually, a sport played in New Zealand. Another may surround which of the sports of rugby or shearing competitions took place in New Zealand first. As it turns out, it might need a TMO to decide. Blade shearing matches were taking place at least as early as the 1860s, a contest in the Waipukurau area in 1868 being reported as the first shearing contest “inland”, although competition had existed in the workplace from the day sheep were first being shorn.

The Christchurch Football Club was founded in 1863 and played a game with some form of rules similar to rugby, but the game of rugby football was not introduced to New Zealand until 1870. The first machine shearing competition in the world is thought to have been at the Hawke’s Bay Show in November 1902, being won by Rimitiriu Raihania, otherwise known as The Great Raihania, a name revived as the name of the show’s shearing competition since it was revived in 2004 after some years in recess. The establishment of the Golden Shears in 1961 created an appearance that it was, perhaps the one and only shearing competition in New Zealand, but shearing and woolhandling had been long-standing features of A&P shows throughout New Zealand. By the mid 1980s there were more than 80 shearing competitions throughout the country, mainly at those shows, and in 1992 the ad hoc national structure under the auspices of the Wool Board became Shearing Sports New Zealand, affiliated to the agency now known as Sport New Zealand and recognised as the national body, in the same as it recognises the NZ Rugby Union, Cricket New Zealand and other sports bodies.

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who ruefully admits to fielding a barrage of questions as Karen worked through her assignments.

aving gained the National Certificate in Horticulture (Advanced Level 4), Karen Christy is keen for further study.

“She’s had 22 years of experience in the apple industry and she knows everything about trees but she didn’t know the next bit,” he points out. “She had the interest but never the drive to get there, but she pushed me with the course.”

Senior supervisor on a Mr Apple orchard in Clive, she is taking up EIT horticulture tutor Gordon Reid’s suggestion that she now study the level 5 New Zealand Diploma in Horticulture Production (Fruit Production strand) – and she isn’t ruling out a degree after that.

Mark says that by undertaking study, Karen has added “hugely” to her skills base.

Karen can’t speak too highly of Gordon and he, in turn, says she is highly motivated and goes out of her way to do a good job. Of Nga-ti Kahungunu descent, she was

raised in a Haumoana family of 10 children. “My parents have a strong work ethic,” she says. “They worked in shearing sheds when I was born and I have picked fruit since childhood. Tomatoes, pears, peaches, apples, there’s not much I haven’t picked.” The trigger for tertiary study was Karen’s daughter Kacy Christy, who is on track to gain EIT’s Bachelor of Nursing in July. “I thought if Kacy can do something with two young boys then so can I.” Karen’s employer, Mr Apple, supported her decision to study fruit production. So too did orchard manager Mark Wakefield,

“I’ve been on this orchard since 2000,” she says of the Lawn Road property. “I’ve contract picked, thinned, packed and pruned. I have a broad base of knowledge but, as you progress, you need more pieces of pie to fill the circle. And I just want to keep learning.” In hindsight, she feels she should have started on the tertiary education path earlier. “Now I would tell the young Karen to stay at school, to get qualified at something, to try early to find something you are passionate about. Otherwise you wander aimlessly and find it takes longer to reach goals you suddenly realise you didn’t have.” Karen has warned Mark that she is after his job. And joking aside, she would perhaps like to mentor other orchard workers as they make their wayup the industry ranks.

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Farmers in our region are enjoying that rare combination of a good growing season and strong returns for beef and lamb. While it did get very dry before Christmas, subsequent rain has ensured good pasture and crop growth going into autumn. The only concern is the threat of facial eczema, particularly for those farming in the more northern parts of the region – so keep an eye out on the weekly spore counts which run in Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) e-Diary. This year, Gisborne will host B+LNZ’s annual meeting on Thursday, March 22. It’s a great opportunity to showcase our region which has such a strong sheep and beef industry. To my mind we have some of the best sheep and beef farmsand farmers- in the country and those attending will have the opportunity to visit several of these operations. Two other aspects of B+LNZ’s work we will be highlighting at this meeting is the organisation’s work around the environment and in market development. Both of these teams have grown in both size and capability in the past 18 months, reflecting the importance of these areas to our sector.

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and give farmers the opportunity to identify the natural features and resources on their farms and develop a plan to manage them.

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Bridging the gap Knowing where your food comes from bridges the gap between the paddock and your plate. But there is a growing sense of unease about agriculture in this country, particularly in urban areas, where many people don’t understand where their food comes from or how it is produced.

merican agricultural biotechnologist Jack Bobo summed it up well when he said “consumers have never cared more, nor known less, about where their food comes from.” Those consumers are in a powerful position. They are the ones who choose what they buy – and increasingly this is a conscious choice - buying food they feel has been produced in a way that aligns with their values. This has created a chicken and egg situation for our agri-businesses, how do consumers place a value on what you do if they don’t know your story? Our fresh fruit and vegetable growers have a great story to tell which would help educate people about our food system, but despite this an increasing number of New Zealanders remain in the dark. Somewhere along the line we are missing a trick if we want to bridge the gap. The story isn’t getting through to the consumer.

Last time you bought a pumpkin or squash at the supermarket, did you know where it came from, when it was grown, who grew it, how the farmer uses water or rotates crops to promote soil health? Probably not. At the point of sale in New Zealand, there is often little or no information for the conscious consumer who isn’t already armed with a back catalogue of brand names they know and trust. So you wouldn’t be told at the point of sale that the squash displayed in the supermarket was produced in Hawke’s Bay or Gisborne and came from a New Zealand company called Three Good Men. Or that it was farmed sustainably with care for the soil health using little water resource and natural bee pollination. Two years ago, three companies (the ‘three good men’) joined forces to create a brand that was bigger than just one grower.

Growing, packing and exporting perfect New Zealand squash, their business is built around the three promises of consistent quality, total traceability and customer happiness.

They’ve designed and implemented a system to record the full story of everything they produce.

Japan, Korea and increasingly China are where Three Good Men’s happy squash go, some 20,000 tonnes every year. And when you buy an exported happy squash you’ll be educated about the quality, taste, origin and grower story.

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Stellar Hawke’s Bay season boosts farmer confidence By Will Foley, Hawke’s Bay Federated Farmers President

he weather, trading conditions, politics and other unknowns can make farming a roller-coaster ride but the last few months have largely been smooth running in the Hawke’s Bay. It’s been a stellar season compared to what we’ve come to expect from summer, with plenty of rain and lots of feed grown. The drought that hit some other districts skipped us this time, and we’re getting massive amounts of feed orders and cows for grazing. Cows are coming in from Taranaki to graze our pastures in numbers I’ve never seen before, particularly for this time of year. One topic preying on the minds of dairy farmers up and down the country is Mycoplasma bovis. Initial results from 9100 farms in the first round of tanker milk testing were all clear, and Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor was just one of the commentators who said eradication of the disease remained a viable option.

As I write this there are 23 confirmed infected properties – the only one in the North Island being near Hastings. Our sympathies and best wishes go out to all farmers caught up in this, but it’s our belief the herd on the infected Hawke’s Bay property should be culled out as every effort is made to knock this disease on the head. We should strive to get back to a situation where at least the North Island is clear. It will then be easier to stop the spread of infection north of Cook Strait, and get on with containing – and hopefully in the long run stamping M. bovis out – in its Canterbury and Southland hot-spots. It’s good to see recognition from this Government – and MPI – that robust biosecurity is vital. MPI has earned praise from Federated Farmers for its swift and unequivocal response to four ships that tried to dock at NZ ports carrying Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

infestations. That’s a threat likened to the Foot & Mouth of the crop world.

the Hawke’s Bay and the rest of the North Island’s east coast bucked the trend.

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Confidence in general economic conditions was down a little (11 points) in our area but not nearly as much as in places such as Auckland-Northland (down 42 points) and Taranaki-Manawatu (down 38).

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ruit and vegetable prices rising because of the weather? Not enough people to harvest crops? Not enough land to grow our food? A food safety scare? Issues that affect the nutritional value of food? These all fall under the big umbrella of Food Security.

Discussions surrounding food security have been around internationally for a while but usually talked about in regard to third world countries where even the basic food essentials are, at best, in limited supply. More recently, however, food security has been discussed in developed countries and lately, Horticulture New Zealand has called for our Government to create a Food Security Policy. Why, you may ask? The definition of food security is, very briefly, the ability for everyone in the country concerned to have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet our needs for an active and healthy life. A longitudinal study done in NZ in 2005 showed that 15% of the people in that study had depended on food grants or food banks, had to buy cheaper food or had to go without in the past 12 months. This meant they were food insecure.

The figures are worse for the low income, Maori or Pacific Island, the unmarried parent, the sole parent, those renting and the young. Clearly, we have a food security issue in New Zealand. Countries like China, Australia and the United States all recognise the benefits of such a policy on the future health of their populations and hence have varying types of policies in place. New Zealand, however, does not. We have parts of it, like policies around food safety, but we do not cover off on all the factors that affect the ability of our people to buy and consume nutritious food when needed. Factors that affect food security include the lack of suitable land to grow food on. We at the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association work hard to advocate for the protection of good horticultural soils. We continually push that houses should be on hills and the flats are for food production. Our local Hastings District Council has been very supportive of this.

irrigation and pollution all contribute to a lack of water security for food production. At this point can I mention that New Zealand has one of the best irrigation management systems in the world. Irrigation is applied after assessing a wide range of factors such as soil type, water holding capacity and crop type. We strive for continual improvement as we growers also realise that water is a valuable resource, as is food.

The ability to irrigate food when needed is currently a huge issue for growers. Bans, Water Conservation Orders and misinformation around

A lack of diversification in regions is a risk too. All our apples in one basket, so to speak, leaves us open to the vagaries of the weather. It is more prudent to

plant a variety of crops across a variety of regions to ensure a continuous, seasonal and plentiful supply of food to New Zealanders. A major risk to food security is a biosecurity incursion. The establishment of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in New Zealand would be catastrophic not only for the commercial grower but for the home gardener as well. I would like to thank the Government for stepping up border security around BMSB. The threat of this pest cannot be overstated. Finally, the biggest risk to food security in New Zealand is the lack

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Water a must for horticulture By Mike Chapman, chief executive, Horticulture New Zealand

f fruit and vegetable production was removed from Hawke’s Bay, this would have a dramatic effect not only on the regional economy, but also on New Zealand’s food supply and export earnings. Roughly 12,000 hectares of fruit production sits within Hawke’s Bay, making it the second-largest fruit production region in New Zealand, behind the Bay of Plenty. There are also nearly 9,000 hectares of vegetable production, making it the second largest growing region for vegetables in New Zealand, behind Canterbury. Horticulture in Hawke’s Bay is iconic. But if access to a reliable and sustainable water supply cannot be maintained, that is under threat. No water means plants die and as a result, fresh fruit and vegetables are unavailable and prices go up because demand is higher than supply.

With the climate in Hawke’s Bay, water is a critical resource for horticulture production. And the high value crops produced in the region require highly reliable water for irrigation and food preparation post-harvest. For a country with a plentiful supply of water it seems wrong to say that we are progressively facing water shortages.

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coming our way in the future. A cold and wet winter that hampered vegetable production has been followed by a hot and very dry summer that saw many areas going into drought. Some fruit and vegetable growers have had to make decisions about which plants and trees

they may not be able to plant or harvest, and which may need to be left to die as scare water supply is used to keep other plants alive. Replacing these plants is not simple, for some crops there are waiting lists of several years for trees, for example, cherries and avocados.

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15 In New Zealand, we have times when there is an abundance of water and then times when there is not enough water. A little known fact is that, according to NIWA, of the average of 550 billion cubic metres of rain each year, 80 percent flows out to sea (18 percent of rainfall evaporates, and around two percent is used for irrigation, urban and industrial use). The logical solution is to store water when it is plentiful for the times when it is scarce. Aquifers are nature’s way of storing water and there are projects running where the aquifer is re-charged when there is plenty of water available. But the more traditional way to store water is in dams and ponds. Relying on water to fall from the sky simply isn’t enough. We need to be more proactive in capturing and storing that water to ensure sustainability of supply during times of drought. In addition to supporting horticulture, dams also benefit streams and rivers by reducing flood risk and keeping flows up during dry periods, which protects aquatic life. Providing water when it is dry also has enormous benefits for our rural communities and that, in turn, helps the financial viability of our urban communities. Without water, production stops and jobs are lost. In the November 2014 NZIER report to the Ministry for Primary Industries, Value of Irrigation in New Zealand, it was estimated that in 2011 / 2012, irrigation contributed $2.17 billion to net farm gate GDP. That figure is increasing every year and has been

estimated by Irrigation NZ to increase to $3.5 billion by 2021. NZIER believes that New Zealand’s real GDP would be 2.4% lower ($4.8 billion less) without irrigation and all households in New Zealand would earn lower wages. So this is not just something that affects rural communities. It impacts all of New Zealand. We all need water to survive - humans, animals and plants. Because of water’s value to our industry, Horticulture New Zealand’s representatives in Hawke’s Bay have been involved in almost all the local planning processes that affect growers that have been initiated by District and Regional Councils for the past 15 years. This has included such things as largescale water consent reviews in the Ngaruroro catchment, changes to land use planning controls seeking to protect scarce soil resources, RPS Plan Change 5, Tukituki Plan Change 6 and the application to the Board of Inquiry for the Ruataniwha Dam. On behalf of growers, HortNZ currently has a submission on the Application to the Minister for the Environment for a Water Conservation Order on the Ngaruroro River and Clive River, and we will continue to be active in that process. We are concerned that local and central government have conflicting policies around water that could leave horticulture unsustainable. Horticulture New Zealand believes it is time for a holistic view of our food supply and security into the future so that we can continue to feed New Zealand healthy, fresh produce.

Getting a farm plan done

here have been a number of ways to get a farm plan done over the past two years. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is working to support even more before 31 May 2018. We want to make it as easy as possible for landowners to get this job done, but can’t guarantee it won’t be seen as a hassle.

“Folks can come along to an info session or contact us if you are still unsure what

to do,” says the Regional Council’s Senior Land Management Advisor Madeline Hall. “People can also ‘drop-in’ to our Waipawa office in Ruataniwha Street, on the first Friday of the month from now till June,” adds Madeline. The best option available to everyone is to contact an Approved Farm Plan provider. These are rural professionals

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that the Council works with, who prepare compliant farm plans. Different providers have different backgrounds and come with different price tags. It is up to the landowner to pick who suits them best. A full list of these approved providers is on the regional council’s website at hbrc.govt.nz, using the search: #Providers. Industry programmes have also been helpful to date. DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb

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New Zealand and the Foundation for Arable Research have all been supportive of their members. Beef and Lamb has run a number of FEMP – Farm Environment Management Plan – workshops since 2015 with FIVE more planned before the end of May. These workshops help beef and sheep farmers work through a chunk of the work themselves. After the workshop, a nutrient budget and a follow-up farm visit by a plan provider are needed to complete the process. As well as those options, there are some new workshops coming up to make it easier for owners of small blocks of land – between 4 and 40 hectares – to complete a farm plan. Things can get a bit complicated for properties between 4 and 10ha since some of these properties may not need to complete a farm plan. Whether or not they need to complete a farm plan depends on the amount of stock they have on the property and their farming management.

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n the Tukituki, our advice is simple. For those wanting to avoid extra administrative costs and hassle, sign up with a provider now to complete a farm plan before 31 May 2018.

So far, almost 300 landowners in the Tukituki catchment have completed a Farm Environmental Management Plan (farm plan) ahead of the May 2018 deadline. These are plans of action to address any losses of valuable nutrients and soil from a farm. That’s the good news side of this story.

for farmers and the Regional Council to do it that way. Some people have asked us if we will be in a position to deal with these issues. Council’s compliance and consenting teams are currently getting ready for follow up after the May deadline. We are in a similar position to farmers. Doing nothing is not an option for HBRC. Non-enforcement of the Tukituki Plan would leave us open to legal challenges similar to those currently facing Horizons Regional Council.

Some farm plan providers still have capacity to work with farmers to get them done. On average it might take several months to work through the process from the first phone call to having a completed plan, with several steps involved. A farm visit needs to be arranged and there may be a waiting list for this. It then takes time to develop the plan with the landowner and write it up. There are only three months to go. So we’re saying “act today” to meet that May deadline.

The Tukituki Plan allows farming to continue as a “permitted activity”, subject to some conditions. These have been well publicised since the Plan became operative in October 2015. The main conditions are to have a farm plan completed by 31 May 2018, to have stock excluded from streams by 2020 and to be operating inside of nitrogen allocation limits based on land type (land use capability units) by 2020. The way things look to us at present, there might be 600-700 farm plans still to be done at 31 May this year. After that date, these farms will either need to get a consent or face enforcement action. Either way, they will still need to get a farm plan. It will just involve more hassle and administrative cost

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FARM PLAN required by 31 MAY 2018 Farm Plans, Nutrient Budgets and Resource Consents The beauty of a Farm Plan is that it helps give direction and priority to specific farm tasks, such as nutrient budgeting, stock exclusion and planting. As you develop your Farm Plan, you’ll work out whether you’re likely to need a Resource Consent in June 2020. If you take no action, the Council will have to act against you. This might mean legal action or a hefty fine. Worst case? It may be difficult for you to continue to farm. For a full list of Farm Plan providers, head off to hbrc.govt.nz search #FEMP.

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Hottest summer on record Hawke’s Bay heat breaks records

Summer temperatures broke records around the country – including Hawke’s Bay. The heat experienced this year surpassed even the savage heat of summer 1997/98, which many farmers will remember as a brutally strong El Nino. And the margin wasn’t small, either. For example, the average summer 2017/2018 temperature at Napier Airport was 20.2C, beating the summer 1997/1998 average of 19.9C by a fair margin.

A combination of effects

New Zealand scored the ‘heat’ trifecta this summer. A marine heatwave, La Nina, and a positive Southern Annular Mode all worked together to boost temperatures across the country.

Marine heat-wave

An intense High prevailed across the Tasman Sea and New Zealand during November and into December. This resulted in an unusually long period of light winds over the Tasman Sea and around our coastline. The lack of wind, and subsequent lack of waves, meant that surface ocean heat was not being transported away (mixed down) – and instead built up. Sea surface temperatures in the New Zealand region steadily rose, maintaining between 2.5 and 4 degrees above average through December

and January, and peaking in localised spots between 4 and 6 degrees above average off the West Coast! The marine heatwave continued during February, albeit weakened with the severe gales associated with Cyclone Fehi and Gita. Since our towns are typically located on the coast, elevated sea temperatures result in increased air temperatures.

La Nina

The typical New Zealand response during La Nina summer is a high frequency of northeast winds, with above average temperatures. The summer of 2017/2018 delivered an intense blocking High sitting to the east of the country, and frequent lows sitting over the Tasman Sea. In between, strong and persistent northeasterly winds affected New Zealand. The 2017/2018 La Nina peaked in January 2018, and is now easing, with a likely return to neutral conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean at the start of autumn.

Positive SAM

The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is the major driver of southern hemisphere mid-latitude weather patterns. New Zealand lies very close

Napier air temperature anomaly (deviation from the annual cycle) between 1 January 2017 and 1 March 2018. The orange shaded zone indicates when the marine heatwave was present.

to the centre of action. In its positive phase, the SAM induces a blocking High to the east of the country, and sometimes across the country itself. Positive SAM conditions

support mild northerly air flows, and above average temperatures, for New Zealand. The SAM has been set in a strong, sustained, positive mode since late 2017.

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hree successive droughts taught central Hawke’s Bay farmer Will Foley about the importance of looking after himself during tough times. Now he’s getting behind the nationwide rural wellbeing initiative Farmstrong which promotes the positive things farmers can do to keep well when they’re ‘under the pump’. Will runs a 1,300 hectare sheep and beef operation and manages a team of four. He took over the farm in 2001 and things were going well until he hit three bad dry spells. “It was stressful,” he remembers. “I wanted to give up farming and do something else. I’d never struck anything like it before. Drought really is a ‘slow beast’ – it creeps up on you. It’s not a one-off event like a flood that you can just get on and deal with. It felt like a burden.” Will says the key to coping was connecting with others and getting off the farm. Federated Farmers put him in touch with farmers who’d been in similar situations. “These farmers were older and wiser. Rubbing shoulders with them took my mind off things and changed my way of thinking. You soon realise that everyone’s been there, everyone gets

their turn and the key is to learn from the experience.” These days Will’s older and wiser himself and is Hawke’s Bay Federated Farmers President. “I study weather patterns, average market prices and do my best to plan, but what I’ve learnt is that every year is different.” “The reality of farming in New Zealand is that there is always someone out there

somewhere doing it tough. So enjoy the good times, but make sure you are prepared for the challenges. If you are feeling under the pump talk to friends and neighbours because everyone has been there.” Farmstrong, using resources fronted by their ambassador and rugby icon Sam Whitelock, is currently promoting ‘5 ways to wellbeing’ to farmers at a number of A&P shows and Field Days around the country. Sam says Research shows farmers are great at looking after their stock and pasture but not so good at looking after themselves. But without the farmer, there is no farm! That’s why we want to keep farmers Farmstrong - it’s about getting farmers investing in simple habits that help people to stay well. “I call them the ‘Big 5’ - getting off the farm regularly and staying connected with mates, keeping active and exercising, enjoying the simple things in life – friends, family, your plan, learning new things, giving back to the community - helping friends and neighbours.”

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