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-# Lads, let us all give praise

-now springtime has arrived #

-Springtime indeed -

-with snow on the hills.

-We're in New Zealand,

-on the South Island.

-Brian Davies of Sennybridge

-is with me.

-Bri, you've visited New Zealand

-several times.

-How many times?

-I've visited ten times before today.

-I've visited ten times before today.

-

-Eleven times in all?

-You came here as a shearer

-originally.

-I came to learn shearing skills.

-Then I started buying dogs

-and horses out here...

-..and I bought shearing equipment

-for the Shearing Centre.

-Your experiences here helped you

-win the World Shearing Championship.

-Yes. This is the place to learn.

-Do you always enjoy your visits here?

-Do you always enjoy your visits here?

-

-Yes.

-I learn something new every time.

-I learn something new every time.

-

-I hope I'll learn something too.

-If Brian learns something new every

-time, it must be a great country!

-It's a vast country.

-There are so many sheep

-so they rely heavily on sheepdogs.

-Like typical farmers,

-we're off to a sale.

-November 2008

-Here we are, Bri.

-Finally, we've arrived in Coringa.

-Believe it or not,

-there's a dog sale taking place.

-There are hundreds of people here.

-Mind you,

-the road through the hills...

-..twisted and turned

-like a fiddler's elbow.

-But the sun's shining.

-And I've found myself a stick.

-This is just a toy

-but it brought us here safely.

-Huntaways are the most popular

-working dogs in New Zealand.

-There's a great demand for sheepdogs.

-These dogs are excellent.

-This one is a Heading dog.

-This man looks

-as if he's owned several dogs.

-WHISTLING

-..dog is worth a lot of money.

-He's taking them straight down.

-WHISTLING

-Speak, speak.

-Mind it doesn't eat you!

-Some of those dogs are big.

-Some of those dogs are big.

-

-He's a year old.

-He has a lovely nature.

-He has a lovely nature.

-

-A good bark is important.

-Yes. It makes a great difference.

-It's not a high-pitched bark

-that gets on your nerves.

-The bigger they are,

-the deeper the bark.

-It's the same with humans.

-Big men have deeper voices.

-There's a fair crowd.

-It's a great place for it.

-It's a great place for it.

-

-It's a tough run to the top.

-Put the time into that dog

-and you'd have a good one.

-Two hundred dollars. 200 only.

-200 bid.

-Lady down here - 300.

-300.

-No outlay whatsoever. 300.

-It's similar to dog sales

-in Bala, Tregaron and Sennybridge...

-..though the terrain

-is more difficult.

-There are people of all ages.

-These dogs are called Heading dogs.

-They can travel long distances

-to fetch sheep.

-1,100 buys.

-That isn't considered

-a high price in our terms.

-Here's a good dog.

-3,500 only.

-3,500 only.

-

-3,500 now.

-He works in the yards as well.

-He works in the yards as well.

-

-They work in building yards.

-There may be a touch

-of Beardie in him.

-Beardies are very intelligent.

-He can work at different speeds.

-Yes - no nonsense.

-Four years old.

-3,800.

-Congratulations.

-A good dog.

-How many sheep

-does he handle every day?

-It varies a bit.

-Would he take 1,000 ewes?

-Would he take 1,000 ewes?

-

-Oh yeah - more.

-He's set to work.

-He's set to work.

-

-Are you selling him?

-Been working on a big place,

-had a lot of dogs.

-Now I have a small place.

-Now I have a small place.

-

-Congratulations, anyway.

-Yeah, thanks.

-He'll go to the fair tomorrow.

-Lot Number 5 coming up.

-You were one of the pioneers

-who brought them to Wales.

-They're quite popular now.

-They're quite popular now.

-

-I was handling lots of lambs...

-..Glamorgan Welsh lambs.

-They ran all over

-the Scotch dogs I had.

-I knew these were the dogs

-to move them...

-..so I imported a dog and a bitch.

-You wouldn't import just one dog.

-Here's a good bitch.

-She goes out very well.

-I like the way they move so easily.

-No jerks at all.

-They have a nice way

-of sorting sheep.

-These mountains are vast places

-to be keeping sheep...

-..and there are thousands of sheep.

-She's got the breeding

-and we know the colony of 40 acres.

-She's coming down nicely.

-She's easy to handle.

-A child could handle her.

-A child could handle her.

-

-She's about to be sold.

-1,800. That's nearly 900.

-1,800. That's nearly 900.

-

-About 800.

-At one time...

-..shepherds were paid according

-to the quality of their dogs.

-A shepherd with a good dog...

-..was paid more

-than a shepherd with a poor dog.

-It makes sense. They work faster.

-It makes sense. They work faster.

-

-Look at these mountains.

-You can't walk or ride a horse.

-Look - hailstones and sunshine

-together!

-There's a man called Ginger Timms

-here today.

-He and Brian have been trading dogs

-for years.

-He has bought several dogs

-at today's sale too.

-Here's one of the most popular

-working dog breeds in New Zealand...

-..the Yard dog.

-200, 200.

-200.

-200 I'm bid.

-I'm not coming below it,

-I can tell you that. 200.

-No outlay for a big Huntaway - 200.

-Two hundred only. 200.

-At 200.

-At 200.

-

-That's cheap.

-Very handy dog

-at that sort of money - 200.

-250.

-250.

-That went quite cheaply, Bri.

-But he's seven years old.

-Yes - that's the reason.

-Yes - that's the reason.

-

-He didn't make too much noise.

-Neil said

-that's why he went so cheaply.

-This one's different.

-He's noisier.

-As Yard dogs go,

-this'll be one of the better runs.

-2,100.

-The auctioneer has a good voice.

-At 2,100.

-He doesn't need a microphone.

-2,100, 2,100.

-He's louder than the dog.

-He doesn't have quite

-the same effect as the dog!

-He's gone up to 2,200.

-He's gone up to 2,200.

-

-2,200 only.

-At 2,200.

-He's checking -

-he's not sure if he'll sell.

-2,200 is about 1,000.

-A bit less - 800.

-He's not selling it.

-I'm trying hard, Peter,

-but I'm bid 900.

-He's going to sell.

-900 buys.

-900 buys.

-

-Sold for 900.

-Timms has bought it.

-Ginger's spending all his money.

-You'll spend all your money, Ginger!

-You'll spend all your money, Ginger!

-

-No money for a beer tonight!

-How many have you bought?

-How many have you bought?

-

-Three, so far.

-Making that one you sell Brian

-later on a bit dearer!

-Got to get my money

-out of him somehow!

-You've got a job on your hands!

-You've got a job on your hands!

-

-I like his name - Ruff.

-He's rough looking, rough coated.

-He's rough looking, rough coated.

-

-A rough diamond!

-WHISTLES AND BARKS

-How old is this one?

-Two years old.

-He's a handsome dog.

-He's a handsome dog.

-

-Yes.

-He works well.

-He brought them down that slope

-with ease.

-Will you breed from him?

-Will you breed from him?

-

-He could do demonstrations.

-He has plenty of guts.

-He has a nice voice.

-I like the way he barks.

-I like the way he barks.

-

-I wouldn't have noticed that.

-But you could put up with him

-barking all day.

-That's important.

-I want just one more.

-275.

-300.

-The bid goes there - 300.

-There was another auctioneer

-who was selling lobsters.

-The money went to a local charity.

-I like your dog. He's strong.

-I like your dog. He's strong.

-

-Yes, and he's a good size.

-He's bought another dog, Ginger.

-Have you got room?

-Let's see the bitch he bought.

-How old is she?

-How old is she?

-

-She's two years old.

-She's a big bitch.

-She's heavily in pup.

-That's a nice bitch.

-That's a nice bitch.

-

-She's had one litter.

-She had eight.

-I think there's 12 in there.

-That's a bargain.

-Is there room for the dog?

-You can breed now, Bri.

-We'll see.

-All I need now is luck.

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-Here I am in Raincliff Station.

-It's near Timaru

-in the Canterbury region...

-..on New Zealand's South Island.

-It's the home of David Morgan,

-his wife, Jan, and their children.

-David comes from Bwlch near Brecon

-originally.

-He moved out here as a young man.

-He keeps deer, believe it or not!

-Brian knows David and his family

-quite well.

-Brian himself has also kept deer...

-..at Cefn Maescar Farm

-near Sennybridge.

-It was nice to be with someone

-who knows about these wild animals.

-He's brought them in here.

-They look meaty.

-Are there males and females?

-Are there males and females?

-

-They're all males.

-Do they castrate

-the inferior ones?

-No, they don't castrate deer.

-They slaughter them all

-other than the best males.

-They know the boys

-are coming to get them.

-They can even hear you breathe.

-They can even hear you breathe.

-

-They see everything.

-When they're caught, they turn

-and attack with their forelegs.

-That's what they do.

-They turn on people and attack.

-They're lethal.

-They need separating

-into groups of two or three...

-..because no-one could handle

-a mob or a large herd.

-There are 4,500 deer on this farm.

-I've never seen anything like it.

-I had 100 deer,

-and I thought I was mad!

-They're beautiful animals, though.

-They're beautiful animals, though.

-

-Yes.

-I like them.

-David runs a mixed farm.

-He ploughs a lot of his land.

-This piece is being prepared

-for food crops...

-..for fat lambs and for the deer.

-Long rivers are a blessing,

-because this is a very dry country.

-These lowlands have to be irrigated.

-David came to New Zealand for work

-experience when he was in his teens.

-In 2002, he became the manager

-of Raincliff Station.

-And in 2006...

-..he realized his dream

-of farming on a large scale.

-He bought the station.

-Why did he choose deer?

-You either like them

-or you hate them.

-I like them.

-And I enjoy the challenge

-of knocking this place into shape.

-It was run-down

-when we took it over.

-It needed another kick-start.

-Your wife, Jan, is from

-the same part of Wales as you.

-You have three children.

-You have three children.

-

-Elinor's the oldest - 18.

-Brychan is 15 and Millie is 12.

-They went to Ysgol y Bannau

-in Brecon...

-..but they're lost now

-to the Kiwi accent.

-You really enjoy it here.

-You really enjoy it here.

-

-Yes, it's good.

-They enjoy it too.

-They play a lot of sport.

-I don't think

-you'd change them back.

-They're in here.

-By the look of their antlers,

-they're quite old.

-They're beautiful animals.

-Look at their heads.

-Those antlers

-must be very valuable.

-Not so much, nowadays.

-Years ago, they were valuable.

-What are they doing?

-Before they remove the antlers...

-..they want to make sure

-they're up to maximum weight.

-The tips of the antlers are soft.

-It's what they call velvet.

-Do they need to measure them?

-They measure from here.

-The measurement indicates

-how much further growth is needed.

-He explained to me that a further

-two inches of growth is needed here.

-That will only take two days.

-That will only take two days.

-

-To grow another two inches?

-That's right.

-Then he'll remove the antlers.

-Does this bring in...

-Does this bring in...

-

-LOUD BANG

-Does this bring in any income?

-Yes. That's one reason

-for keeping them.

-Did he say

-they're exported to China?

-How are they used in China?

-How are they used in China?

-

-Chinese medicine.

-I don't know what they use them for.

-Antlers were worth a fortune

-at one time.

-That's why people

-started farming deer.

-But it's the same with everything -

-supply and demand.

-This deer is held in a special crush.

-It can't move.

-You can do anything -

-check its teeth or inject it.

-It won't move.

-Some people use antlers

-to make stick handles...

-..though they're smaller.

-These antlers are warm.

-The animal isn't stressed at all.

-No, no stress at all.

-They must be quite heavy, Bri.

-They must be quite heavy, Bri.

-

-Yes. These are larger.

-They're called elks.

-There are three different species

-of deer here.

-There are fallow deer - the type

-seen in Margam Park.

-The deer most commonly farmed

-are red deer.

-David has introduced these elks to

-increase the size of his red deer.

-These weigh about 450 kilos.

-If he gets 4 per kilo,

-that's a good yield.

-It's the same as what we do at home

-with cattle.

-We use Charolais to increase weight.

-We use Charolais to increase weight.

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-Tell me about these deer we've seen.

-How much will they weigh

-when it's time to sell them?

-They work out at about 60 kilos

-dead weight when they're a year old.

-There's money to be made

-but there's a lot of work involved.

-They need space too.

-Lots of pens are needed

-to manage them...

-..so that the animals

-don't break out.

-It's spring in New Zealand.

-Birds are singing

-and flowers are blooming.

-Back home, farmers

-are bringing in their cattle.

-# Pokarekare ana

-# Nga wai o Hoki-anga #

-This is a very lovely country.

-We're travelling north now...

-..and the countryside

-is very similar to Wales...

-..with lush fields, hills

-and water.

-There's lots of singing too.

-This is a very popular song

-in New Zealand.

-# Hoki mai ra

-# Ka mate ahau #

-Excellent, indeed!

-This rose wine

-has been made by a Welshman.

-Brian has gone to look at horses.

-If he knew about this wine,

-he'd be here too!

-Allan Davies is a Welshman

-who came here when he was very young.

-He's from Burry Port originally.

-Now, he lives

-in the Kaikoura Valley.

-He's quite an expert at winemaking.

-It's a lovely wine, I must say.

-It's a lovely wine, I must say.

-

-Thank you.

-Do you drink a lot of this?

-Do you drink a lot of this?

-

-A little.

-I heard that this wine

-has won an award.

-Yes - a bronze medal

-at the Bragato Conference.

-The Bragato Conference...

-..is more concerned

-with those who grow the grapes...

-..rather than winemakers.

-The grower is important.

-The grower is important.

-

-And that's me.

-That's more important to you

-than any other award.

-Will you join me for a drink?

-Drinking on your own

-doesn't feel right.

-I really enjoy this.

-You sing in a choir

-here in New Zealand.

-Yes, I sing in the choir.

-We've been to Wales twice.

-We're visiting Wales again in 2010.

-I hope we can visit the Eisteddfod.

-Taffy, I enjoyed that.

-Before we look around the place -

-Iechyd da!

-Iechyd da!

-# Kua whati taku pene

-# Ka pau aku pepa

-What we're doing here...

-..is trying to encourage these

-to grow upwards.

-We put our hands in here.

-If shoots are growing in between,

-we pull them off.

-These are growing upwards.

-There are two shoots coming from it

-but we only need one.

-Must you do this by hand like that

-in both fields?

-Yes, we have to go through them all.

-These are fruiting wires

-where the grapes will be.

-This is a tucking wire.

-As the vines grow upwards, one wire

-is pulled down, then the next.

-The vines are raised like that.

-Did you plant all of this?

-Did you plant all of this?

-

-Yes.

-This used to be a dairy farm

-so there's plenty of natural...

-What is Welsh for manure? "Tail"?

-What is Welsh for manure? "Tail"?

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-"Tail".

-You shouldn't call it anything else

-on television!

-You use that word too, do you?!

-But it's in the ground.

-These grapes are for red wine -

-Pinot Noir grapes from France.

-French-Welsh, Welsh-French.

-Over there are the grapes

-for white wine.

-They're German-Welsh.

-We get a good crop

-from the Breidecker.

-It's a good money-spinner.

-It's a good money-spinner.

-

-From Carmarthenshire!

-You talk about money

-as if you came from Ceredigion!

-You have excellent Welsh.

-My grammar has gone.

-You came here in 1954.

-That's right.

-That's right.

-

-You were 11 years old.

-I had only just started learning

-English at Llanelli Grammar School.

-Before that, I only spoke Welsh.

-Why do they call you Taffy?

-When we came to New Zealand...

-..my father was very -

-how do you describe it?

-He had a broad Welsh accent.

-He had a broad Welsh accent.

-

-He was a proper Welshman.

-That's right.

-I was the same.

-Everyone called Dad Taffy.

-When I grew up,

-I was called Taffy as well.

-I've been Taffy ever since.

-That's not Welsh - that's Wenglish!

-Wenglish!

-Wenglish!

-

-It sounded good!

-We do everything ourselves.

-We grow the grapes,

-we make the wine, I drink it...

-..a lot of it - not all of it.

-If you drank all,

-you'd fall!

-I also sell some of the wine.

-I'll show you...

-I'll show you...

-

-I like that!

-You drink it

-and you sell some of it!

-# E hine e

-# Hoki mai ra

-# Ka mate ahau

-# I te aroha e #

-S4C subtitles by Trosol Cyf.