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Speaker 1: The Reserve Bank appointment is not to be underestimated. We've

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Speaker 1: never had a foreigner will We had. The first was British,

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Speaker 1: but that was in nineteen thirty four. And that's the

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Speaker 1: sort of thing you would have expected. I would have thought,

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Speaker 1: given colonialism, obviously, the fact she's female should not be

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Speaker 1: a thing. I think we've seen plenty of examples that

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Speaker 1: essentially women can do and do do anything, and rightly so.

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Speaker 1: And the more we continue to isolate ourt appointments on gender,

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Speaker 1: the more we remind ourselves how little in our minds

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Speaker 1: we've moved forward. But the fact we seem to have

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Speaker 1: attracted what they suggested was a good line up both

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Speaker 1: numerically and in talent from offshore, is a good tick

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Speaker 1: for this country's reputation. I would have thought Bremen may

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Speaker 1: well use this as a springboard to big banks. Who knows,

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Speaker 1: but moving your family halfway around the world is no

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Speaker 1: small thing, and you've got to believe that the place

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Speaker 1: you're landing isn't a dump and you can make a difference.

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Speaker 1: Small point. I don't think I'm reading too much into

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Speaker 1: the Willis comments at the press conference yesterday when she

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Speaker 1: said Christian hawksby had done an admirable job. Admirable is

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Speaker 1: that glowing? I don't think so. He applied for the

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Speaker 1: job sadly given his proximity to Adrian, or he didn't

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Speaker 1: stand a chance and he's now off, and that in

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Speaker 1: part may have played a role in someone from outside

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Speaker 1: the joint getting the gig from Sweden. You've had nothing

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Speaker 1: to do with what has been a hopeless time for

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Speaker 1: the bank, riddled with incompetence and secrecy. Bremen says, our

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Speaker 1: bank is widely and highly regarded. If I take her

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Speaker 1: at a word, that's reassuring. But you can equally suggest

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Speaker 1: she would say that, wouldn't she. What I'm interested in

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Speaker 1: is whether she can get a grip on the country

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Speaker 1: and its economic culture. I remain convinced that at least

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Speaker 1: part of the reason the RB have missed the recovery

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Speaker 1: up so badly is they don't get out of Wellington.

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Speaker 1: There are too many spreadsheets and done enough real world,

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Speaker 1: not enough vibe, not enough on the ground readings. I

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Speaker 1: mean it's a challenge for a Northern European to soak

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Speaker 1: up something like New Zealand and get a gut feel

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Speaker 1: for it. I mean, flip it. How long would it

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Speaker 1: take you to suss the subtlety of Sweden? But given

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Speaker 1: we are where we are, she starts from a low base.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the only ways up, So let's hope she's

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