1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Remember the pylon that fell over in Northland, Well it's 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,479 Speaker 1: off the court. We have a class action against Transpower 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: and a mixim seeks compensation and justice for the one 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty thousand residents the twenty thousand businesses. Lee 5 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: macarro is the CEO of North Chamber and as with 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: there's Lee morning to you. 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: Good morning. 8 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: Are you guys in do you take a stand on 9 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: this or a stance on this or not. 10 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: I think at this stage we're just taking a bit 11 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 2: of a wait and see because when we first when 12 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 2: this first came up and we actually went out to 13 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 2: some of our businesses, they were kind of in the 14 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: mindset of it's done, it happened, we want to move on. 15 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: So I'm not sure that there is that much energy 16 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: towards it. There may be from a few, but I 17 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: think in general people see this as something that happened 18 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 2: in the past and as long as it's been learnt 19 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 2: from then they're ready to move on. 20 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: It's an interesting view. So what could you suggest that 21 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: these are Australian lawyers, by the way, are into this 22 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: class action stuff? Are they trying it on? 23 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: Well you could say that this is a cult that 24 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 2: is probably not aligned with a New Zealand culture, perhaps 25 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: others overseas, and whether it's something that our businesses want 26 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: to spend that energy on. I think they would much 27 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: prefer to see money, energy and focus spent on things 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: like energy, resilience, roading and things like that, rather than 29 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: trying to take down a government identity in your. 30 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: View, to transpower behave properly post the disaster. 31 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: All of my interactions indicate that yes they did. They 32 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: took it very seriously and they put in a process 33 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 2: to actually understand what happened and learn from it. I 34 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: think that's really important from a safety perspective, because as 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: soon as we start taking a blame culture and finger pointing, 36 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: there's a lot of risk and issues that have swept 37 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: under the carpet. They also gave a million dollars to Northland, 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: which has been half of that's been distributed to projects 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: around the district. So I think they does yes, good stuff. 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: Lee, Appreciate your insight, Lee Mckerror, who's the chief executive 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: officer of north Chambers. For more from the My Asking 42 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: Breakfast listen live to News Talks at b from six 43 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.