Listen to The Country online by Jamie Mackay: David Buick on his clear NZ Shears win

Today on Country radio showhost Jamie Mackay meets Wairarapa shearer David Buick, who won the NZ Shears open shearing final – less than three years after a farm accident left him fighting for his life.

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Richard McIntyre and Wayne Langford:

Federated Farmers are claiming a major advocacy victory on Parliament’s announcement that it is launching an investigation into rural banking targets and methane – this is considered a major victory for farmers, justice, and the New Zealand economy.

David Buick:

Wairarapa shearer Buick (45) became one of the most remarkable newcomers in the New Zealand sport by winning the New Zealand Shears open final at Te Kuiti, less than three years after a farm accident left him fighting for life. and wondered if he could. walk again

The accident occurred when he was suffocated in a collapsed trench during drainage excavation on his farm near Pongaroa in 2021, buried up to his chin in packed dirt.

Suffering severe hip and other injuries, he was flown in a critical condition to Palmerston North by rescue helicopter and spent months recovering in hospital.

David Seymour:

We ask the leader of the Act Party if increasing salaries while the public sector is facing major cuts is hypocritical. Also, what does Chloe Swarbrick mean by saying Seymour means schoolboy strike? And what has gone wrong in the last 64 years? We were the second richest country in the world in 1960 (GDP per capita) – now we rank 28th.

Stu Duncan and Stu Loe:

We’re going to the coalface as today’s farmer panel talks about drought, banks, methane, feet and rowing.

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