Stockwhips & Lattes
Stockwhips & Lattes
Stockwhips and Lattes is a rural New Zealand podcast hosted by Laura Koot, a whip-cracking southern girl, and Wayne McEntee, a latte-drinking Aucklander. Each week Laura and Macca interview epic people to inspire, entertain and sometimes even educate their listeners. This is a podcast that doesn't take itself too seriously and isn't afraid to ask the real questions people want to know. Follow …Social links:
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Episode 48 - Brian Clayton
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat with Brian Clayton, one of the three brothers who own and operate Clayton Hops, New Zealand's largest hop-growing company. Brian, Glen, and Andrew Clayton grew up on a farm on the West Coast of the South Island and all traveled overseas to pursue corpora…
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Episode 47 - Hilary Webber Part 2
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we get Hilary Webber back on the show to discuss Eqalis a vertically integrated medicinal cannabis business based in the Bay of Plenty. We all know that medicinal cannabis is now legal in New Zealand, but the industry is still fraught with obstacles and challenges…
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Episode 46 - Hilary Webber Part 1
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat to Hilary Webber, dairy farm owner and Chairperson of Eqalis, a vertically integrated medicinal cannabis business. Hilary's journey is hard-fought and fraught with obstacles. Hilary was a townie from Cambridge working as a nurse when she meet and then mar…
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Episode 45 - Jono Frew
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat with Jono Frew, co-founder of Quorum Sense, a network of farmers sharing knowledge about regenerative systems. Jono hasn't always been so clean and green and his journey from agrichemical operator to regenerative farm warrior is an interesting one. Jono…
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Episode 44 - Ben Webby
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes Laura and Macca bravely step foot into the unknown Web 3 world and discuss things like blockchains, NFT communities, cryptocurrency, and one rural lad's journey into all of it. Ben grew up farming, studied marketing and business and when he started traveling over…
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Episode 43 - Brendan Webby
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we interview Maccas mate Brendan Webby from the mighty Waikato. Brendan shares his story of climbing the ladder from dairy factory worker after being kicked out of school, to farm ownership. He says that there was a bit of luck and timing involved, but as we sa…
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Episode 42 - Dave Clouston
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat with Dave Clouston, winemaker and owner of Two Rivers winery in Marlborough. In an industry that is dominated by corporates, owner-operated Two Rivers is working hard to stand out and disrupt the market with its exceptional blends and innovative thinking. …
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Episode 41 - Ken Payne
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat with Ken Payne an ex professional shearer turned farm tutor and district councilor based in Balclutha. Ken is passionate about our shearing and rural industry and for the last 2 decades has been passing on his skills and knowledge with Telford agricultura…
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Episode 40 - Kate Macdonald
This week on Stockwhips and Lattes we chat with Southland woman Kate Macdonald who just this week, launched her own company Davaar and Co. Kate has combined her agribusiness and marketing qualifications with her passion for farming by creating a modern take on the old fashioned homespun jerseys. …
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Episode 39 - Simon Hunt
This week we talk with Simon Hunt, a pig farmer near Te Aroha in the heart of the Waikato. Simon loves a good challenge and has a history of turning around businesses. Simon has been there and done that, in addition to pigs, he’s worked in large dairy farms in the South Island and Hawkes Bay and a…
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