1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Now very very good news if you love seeing things 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: work properly and also love sale GP. It's coming back 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: to Auckland next year, slightly later in the year though, 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: it's going to be in February. Michelle Hooper is the 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: head of Major Events at Tartuki and Auckland Unlimited and 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: is with us now. Michelle. 7 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: Hello, good at evening, Heather, bring you some great stunny 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: news on a dreary old winter's day. 9 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: Tell you what it's good in the middle of winter 10 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: to be thinking about sitting outside watching sailing in the summer. 11 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: Explain something to because I'm a little bit confused. Is 12 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: this is this a new deal or is this just 13 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: part of the original four year deal and this is 14 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: the last year of it. 15 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: What the latter is correct, starts the end of a 16 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: four year deal, so you don't. We're delighted to have 17 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: secured it for twenty twenty six for Auckland. Obviously the 18 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 2: m behead of kind of overriding agreement with Salgup and 19 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: then we lock down the details between ourselves and christ 20 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: Church at different times. So this is the final kind 21 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: of piece of so the delighted to have secured it. 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: The new bit here is that it's not christ Church, 23 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: it's us in Auckland. 24 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: Yes, well yeah, yeah, yeah, correct, yeah, and it's yes, 25 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: it's well great that it's coming back. 26 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: Do you think that we're going to get it in 27 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: twenty seven as well? 28 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: Oh we hope to. Yep, we've just got to get 29 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 2: through the obviously have another great year next year and 30 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: it'll go from strength to strength. The you know, intention 31 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: by all parties is that we do we just have 32 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: to sort the long term funding solution out for major events, 33 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 2: but the intention is that we'll get there and you know, 34 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: for an event like Seal GP and how it really 35 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: takes all of our boxes in terms of it. You 36 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: know what New Zealanders love, what Auckin does love. You know, 37 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: it's a really it's a great it's a great product. 38 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: Okay, so it comes down to money before we know 39 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: about twenty seven, what's the problem. 40 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: There, Well, I mean it's very public in terms of 41 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: the going back and forward about the bed levy and 42 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 2: how we'd like to secure that nationally and they has 43 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: been very vocal about wanting to secure that and really 44 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: we need to unlock our ability to live major events 45 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: on a much border scale across the country. You know 46 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: the fact that we weren't able to government wouldn't contribute 47 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: to supporting the America's Cup. You know, we kind of 48 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: get into this perpetual cycle of not being able to 49 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: get the things we need. But however, we're very fortunate 50 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: to have the likes of sale GP, which is an 51 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: amazing product, and you know, we're really lucky with that 52 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: we can utilize all of the incredible infrastructure that's been 53 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: invested over previous major event hosting for international sailing here 54 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: in Auckland. Good. Yeah, and you know, we're really delivering 55 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: an event which we have an incredibly educated sailing audience 56 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: in New Zealand thanks to the legacy of America's Cups. 57 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 2: And it's great that we can just you know, get 58 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: an event like sale GP, stand it up incredibly quickly 59 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 2: and deliver an incredibly professional event in the best way possible. 60 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: Michelle, thank you very much, best of luck with that. 61 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: That's Michelle Hooper, head of Major Events at Auckland Unlimited. 62 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 63 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 64 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.