Wednesday, 16 July 2025 10:05

Our own 'Clarkson'

Written by The Hound

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OPINION: The huge success of former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson's new TV show, Clarkson's Farm, and the boost it has given the image of farming in the UK, has prompted one scribe to wonder aloud who could fill a similar role here in NZ.

Probably tongue firmly in cheek, they suggest radio host Mike Hosking - now the owner of a lifestyle block near Matakana, a once-sleepy town near Warkworth, now overrun with Auckland luvvies in loafers and black BMWs.

If Hosking is the answer though, you've asked the wrong question.

The problem we'd have finding a local version of Clarkson's Farm is, we don't have any real celebrities, and if we did, they wouldn't be able to afford (or run) a real farm.

Sir Colin Meads has sadly left us, but 'Pinetree's Place' could've been a winner.

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