Ian McKelvey Part 1, early life - Manawatu Conversations

Description: Broadcast on Manawatu people's Radio, 6th April 2021. Part 1 of 3. MP for Rangitikei. Always lived on Tangimoana Rd. Family came about 1845. Links between early settler families. Integration of new migrants. Childhood schooling, Clydesdale School then Huntley. Riding to school. The Whanganui Collegiate. Small rural secondary schools struggling. Royal connections. Left school and worked in farming, some Massey agriculture study. Colombo Plan students. UK leaving the EU. NZ food exports. Sheep and beef farming. Marriage. Farming with brother. Keeping family farm as a unit (trusts, companies). Trusts less functional now. Corporatisation of farming. Little impact from the Vietnam War. Flax in the area. Development of the sand hills.