Today The Country catches up with the big hitters from the Hilux New Zealand Rural Games and the Norwood New Zealand Rural Sports Awards.
On with the show:
Phil Duncan and Tim Myers:
Monday's resident weather expert (Cyclone Hola) and the chief executive of Norwood - sponsor of the Rural Sports Awards.
Nathan Twaddle:
Former Olympic bronze medalist and guest speaker at the Norwoods - filling in for Eric Murray.
Kieran Fowler:
Is a Dunedin-based Farmlands dairy consultant, a former international decathlete and the winner of the Skellerup Gumboot throw.
Sam Strahan and Brett Harvey:
We catch up with two farmers and former All Blacks who were at the Rural Games in different capacities. One as a trustee the other as a dog trial competitor.
Jimmy Samuels:
Is a Marton-based shearer who set the Games alight with his win in the speed shear final heading off Jack Fagan and Rowland Smith.
Kris Richards and Riki Paewai:
A world record was set in the egg throw and catch in Palmy North - 85.9 metres. We talk to the two baseball players who managed to achieve the feat.
Steve Hollander:
We wrap a great weekend with the man behind the Norwood Rural Sports Awards and the Hilux NZ Rural Games.
Listen below:
Two proposed residential development sites in Havelock North have been removed from FDS.