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Speaker 1: Heller Dup to see Allen. Yeah, it's a big night

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Speaker 1: for Auckland tonight because Coldplayer is going to play the

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Speaker 1: first of their three shows at Eden Park. Guys here reckon.

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Speaker 1: They're going to start around quarter past eight, So I'm

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Speaker 1: going to check that out. This SAMs Early Auckland Transports

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Speaker 1: set up special event buses to get you there whatever.

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Speaker 1: You can just walk along an official fan trail. There's

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Speaker 1: a bunch of ways to get there. Michelle Hooper is

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Speaker 1: Tataki Unlimited Auckland Unlimited as head of Major Events. Hey Michelle, Hi, Heather,

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Speaker 1: how are you eight fifteen on stage?

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Speaker 2: Ah? Well, that's what they're saying. That's the time they'll

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Speaker 2: be there. I won't be their live tonight, but I

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Speaker 2: will be there on Friday, but let's hope. So.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're really parents if they're doing that day,

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Speaker 1: because you know, normally a good kicks off at nine,

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Speaker 1: doesn't it. Yes, But this is really big for the city,

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Speaker 1: isn't it. I Mean, I think a lot of people

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Speaker 1: are bit like Coldplay, but actually these guys are huge.

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Speaker 2: They are absolutely global icons, and you know, I'm just

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Speaker 2: so pumped that, you know, Auckland's buzzing at the moment

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Speaker 2: as a city, come off the back of obviously two

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Speaker 2: amazing Pearl Jam concerts at go Media Stadium, and now

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Speaker 2: we've got going into a tripleheader of Coldplay at Eden Park,

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Speaker 2: our most iconic New Zealand stadium. You know, I really

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Speaker 2: think it's just such a buzz for Auckland's having such

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Speaker 2: incredible entertainment back to back, you know, and Coldplayer such

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Speaker 2: loyalists to Auckland. You know, I've been to two of

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Speaker 2: their concerts previously here and this is obviously the third.

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Speaker 2: They may even have come before I got onto them,

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Speaker 2: but it's just huge use.

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Speaker 1: Did we have to put up any money as a

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Speaker 1: city to lure them over? We lured with what.

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Speaker 2: We could, but you know, we plan a bit of

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Speaker 2: a different ballpark to a lot of other international cities,

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Speaker 2: and we do rely on great relationships with our event

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Speaker 2: promoters and our stadiums.

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Speaker 1: And sorry, what did we use to lure them over?

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Speaker 2: With a bitter equity and also a lot of you know,

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Speaker 2: come on over and you know, reward out your New

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Speaker 2: Zealand fan base. We'll show you a good time.

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Speaker 1: Michelle will give you a bit of cash. I've always

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Speaker 1: wondered how this works. So do we actually pay like,

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Speaker 1: do we actually pay them directly to come over? Is

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Speaker 1: that how it works?

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Speaker 2: It depends on we invest in the promoters and you know,

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Speaker 2: we work with the stadiums and the promoters on what

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Speaker 2: the best way to kind of make the compelling package

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Speaker 2: come together. And it really depends on the artist. You

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Speaker 2: know what they're looking for and you know how we

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Speaker 2: can work together as a group to facilitate what they

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Speaker 2: need in order to get them over here. Yeah, and

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Speaker 2: it does take a lot of cleborative teamwork because each

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Speaker 2: each proposition is quite different.

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Speaker 1: Okay, listen, you're not going to tell me how much

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Speaker 1: you pay day it's.

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Speaker 2: A bit commercially since it obviously because it's right on now.

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Speaker 2: But after the event it all comes out, so we'll.

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Speaker 1: Talk to you about it then. Michelle, thanks very much, appreciate.

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Speaker 1: Michelle Hooper Auckland Unlimited, Head of Major Events. That's how

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Speaker 1: it works. It's how it works with FIFA the World Cup.

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Speaker 1: That works with everything, You've got to pay them to

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Speaker 1: come over. For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive listen

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