1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Mackets. They've got the big ticktoo over the Golden Arches. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: This is the twenty four to seven operation. This is 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: in Wanaka. This time consent was granted and this time 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: through a non notified process. Now Quentin Smith is the 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: Deputy mayor of the Queenstown Lakes Council area. In Quentin's 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: with this morning, mate, good doing today. I'm very well indee. 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: A couple of questions off off Peace. One of the 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: too many empty houses in your region? 9 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: Almost certainly you know that, certainly one of the feeders 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: of the housing affordability problem in our district. 11 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: For sire, Right should I live at Millbrook? 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: Look? I mean, you know one of the things in 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: this country we have the choice to make those decisions. 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: I mean, it wouldn't be a place that I would 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: choose to live, but there's many people who choose. 16 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: It's just a couple of nice houses here, and I 17 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: was looking at one, Yesterda, I thought, is this a 18 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: good life to be on a golf course? Anyway, That's 19 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: beside the point. 20 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: This bat question. They got lovely golf course, that is true. 21 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: Where are you at with macas twenty four to seven 22 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: and Wonka? 23 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, look it's been an interesting journey for us. And 24 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: obviously there has been a previous consent that got a 25 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: lot of atension and was subsequently declined by the commissioners. 26 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: Now that was primarily a landy's decision. That was obviously 27 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 2: a commercial activity with you know, as you say, twenty 28 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: four hour operation in what was a rural zone and 29 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: it was adjacent to our you know, very important mount Is. 30 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, the more recent application, the one that's just 31 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: been approved, is in a commercial area in what they 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: call the Three Parks Commercial Development, and it was in 33 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: a commercial zone. 34 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: So I suppose it's they've done the first time round. 35 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: Would they have not had the hassle or is one 36 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: it could full of just a bunch of snobby nimbies. 37 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: Look definitely not a bunch of snobby nimbi's. I think 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: they probably would have been successful if they'd applied for 39 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: it in a commercial in one of the commercial zone's 40 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: first time round. But look, there's a range of reasons 41 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: that people in the community opposed the original application. Some 42 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: of them relate to you know, fast food health, some 43 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: of the rights letter, and some of them were visual 44 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: impacts and land use matters that were obviously the ones 45 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: that were the planning matters that were relevant. But look, 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: go I have a lot of sympathy wankers of rapidly 47 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: changing pace. It's moved from four thousand people up to 48 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 2: sort of nineteen thousand people since the time, you know, 49 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: in twenty years or someone that's changing very rapidly, and 50 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: people struggle with the rate of change and some of 51 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: the things, some of the changes are good, and some 52 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: of them they don't want that don't want to see. 53 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, good stuff, Quentin, nice to talk to you appreciate 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: it very much, Quentin Smith. I'm actually struggling with a 55 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: change of Wanticer and I don't even live there. That's 56 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: why I asked Tony Brown. Yesed today when. 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 3: He was on the progress But come on, Tony Brown 58 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 3: would have been stoked to hear that one becas finally 59 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 3: getting a McDonald's names Well, yeah, yeah, but. 60 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: I know people who live in Wanta on a part 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: time basis, and even they admitted quite openly to me 62 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: that they are snobs and they don't like McDonald's and 63 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: they didn't want McDonald's here in the first place. Mike, 64 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: you would you be considering purchasing the Michael Jones statue 65 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: for the pull room. Well, this is the point, Connell. 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: If I bought in Millbrook, there's plenty of room for 67 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: a Michael Jones statue. So I mean, join some dots. 68 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: It's all coming together for me. The big picture plan. 69 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: I don't know what the big picture plan is, but 70 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: you know it's just I sit here occasionally, just live 71 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: on radio and just could. 72 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 3: You put it and the drive through window of the McDonalds. 73 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: Wouldn't that be funny? 74 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 3: And then Michael Jones is like literally serving your that's 75 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: too cool, your nuggets. 76 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: These are good thoughts. 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