Phew, now I've gone and changed my mind, having just watched the final TAF debate of the three, and picking up a replay of the first night's off the Country 99 website.
The first two sessions are posted for replay, roughly 30 mins a time if you've got the data capacity, and I'd pick it wont be long before tonight's is posted.
http://www.country99tv.co.nz/
Debate dosent actually feel like the right word to describe it, remarkably free of personal vitriole, more an in-depth discussion, and folks intelligently presenting their views.
Glenys Christian looks a most unlikely discussion facilitator, so far removed, but refreshingly so, from the usual TV smart-arse provocateur, but gee she asked the good questions.
The 3 debate programs are fantastic TV.
As a sheep and beef farmer I'm gob-smacked envious these people have something so huge and important to discuss, so competently. After the rise and collapse of co-operative attempts in the wool industry, and the impossibility of anything similar ever happening in the meat industry, we really are the poor relation.
As with last night getting spellbound by Louise Guiney, Damian O'Connor (Labour Spokesman on Agriculture) emerged as my favorite tonight, not a hint of party politics, and obviously on the Parliamentary Committee doing the DIRA, expressing his apprehension at framing legislation governing farmer shareholders from the top down, rather than from grass-roots up.
Theo Spierings impressed from the first night's show.
All this stuff a country mile ahead of the nightly sectional hand-wringing drivel on TV's 1 and 3 News, Campbell Live and Close-up.........
restores my faith there is actually a sane NZ out there.
The weather program on Country99 is the best I've ever seen too, week nights only, 8pm, ran 15-20 mins easy, fronted by Phillip Duncan, gave a 10 day by day through till Sunday week using a map extending well west of WA and almost as far south as Antarctic
first week in July is going to be warmer than first week in June was
I can try and get the ewes shorn then!
Problem is, its a subscription service, in truth the program schedule looks a bit sparse, and its $17 a month on top of an already bloated Sky sub, but I could claim it as a deductible item.
Need to think a bit more on it, maybe for the weather alone it might be worth it.
Whatever the outcome of the TAF vote, all the best you guys.
Seems to me the balance sheet stability to be gained from better controlled redemption risk, should the vote pass, will help the co-op remain competitive internationally.
The downside is, its not the outside investors that will bring jeopardy to the company, its the farmer shareholders themselves selling out capital somewhere down the future line.
Co-operatives are by and large a generational animal, corporate animals by contrast can play a waiting game forever.
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