Stockwhips & Lattes

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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 us on Instagram @stockwhipsandlattes

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Episode 48 - Brian Clayton

Apr 06 2022 43 mins

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 corporate careers before coming home to NZ to get into the hops industry. Today Clayton H

Episode 47 - Hilary Webber Part 2

Mar 30 2022 35 mins

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 which Hilary discusses with us. Hilary describes Eqalis as an agritech busines

Episode 46 - Hilary Webber Part 1

Mar 23 2022 39 mins

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 married a dairy farmer. From breastfeeding her kids in the milking shed to becoming

Episode 45 - Jono Frew

Mar 16 2022 54 mins

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 has regrets, but he has turned those regrets into lessons and shar

Episode 44 - Ben Webby

Mar 09 2022 44 mins

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 overseas he began researching ways to make money online. He now applies traditional

Episode 43 - Brendan Webby

Mar 02 2022 44 mins

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 say, there is no such thing as luck, there is simply hard work and executing on oppo

Episode 42 - Dave Clouston

Feb 24 2022 36 mins

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. Dave has had an incredible journey from gypsy winemaker in the Mediterranean&nb

Episode 41 - Ken Payne

Feb 16 2022 30 mins

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 agricultural students and most recently, with Laura's interns at Fairlight Station. Ken can shear

Episode 40 - Kate Macdonald

Feb 09 2022 37 mins

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. Using only the wool from her family's property in Southland which has been farmed

Episode 39 - Simon Hunt

Jan 24 2022 51 mins

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 accredits his success to getting the most out of people. I: @pukeroa_stationSee o