Rural Delivery - Series Five, Episode Five

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2009

Multi-season magazine-style show Rural Delivery covers the latest in New Zealand's primary industries. In this episode from 2009, special features include major innovations in robotic milking, a sustainable forestry success story, and how efforts to protect Lake Taupō affect farmers. Presenter Roger Bourne also delivers the rural news segment; from stock prices to leadership changes. The news segment also addresses the West Coast's "rustlers" problem — thieves stealing livestock in the night. Bourne passes on a message from Federated Farmers: you better hope the police catch you before the farmers do.

A surge in animal thefts has been reported on the West Coast. Federated Farmers West Coast President Basil Meyer said sheep and lambs have been the primary target of rustlers over the past year . . . he had a clear warning for the rustlers, suggesting that they might be happier if police catch them first before the farmers do.
– Presenter Roger Bourne