1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Now Maris Beestos has been discovered in Auckland's War Memorial Museum. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: The site has been shut since Saturday, with staff working 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: from home. Auckland Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson has had a 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: briefing this afternoon. 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 2: Is with us. 6 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Now, Hey, Desley, good a, Heather, how are you? I'm 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: very well, thank you. Do we know when it's going 8 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: to open? Look, no we don't. 9 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: I think the museum and staff and the board are 10 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: doing the right thing keeping it closed, putting the health 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: and safety of both Aucklanders and visitors first. So I 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: think if we go back and look what happened, it 13 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 2: was first found when they were looking at preparatory work 14 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 2: around upgrading the Maori Court. And then what happens is 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: the way you test. They found us Beestos, and the 16 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 2: way you test is you take it from the point 17 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 2: that it's found and you move out, like an onion, 18 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 2: further out. And then they found it in the Pacific Galleries, 19 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: which was adjacent to the Maori Court. And then that 20 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: wasn't too much of a problem because I could close 21 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: both those areas off and still keep the museum open. 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: But then they found it in the Grand Foyer which 23 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: was next to the Pacific Galleries, and the problem there 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: was it was part of the fire and emergency exit. 25 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: So they managed to find a fire engineer, thank you 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: whoever that was, who worked all over the weekend and 27 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 2: signed off a secondary evacuation plan because the backup to 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: getting out from the Grand Foyer was through the two 29 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: courts that have been there had been the Pacific Galleries 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: of the Maari Court, right, so you had to find 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: another one. So that's one problem they've got. The second 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: problem they've got is getting rid of it, and of 33 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: course they're working under a licensed asbestos assessor to actually 34 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: get rid of it. And I want to just say 35 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: really clearly, there is no evidence of it being airborne. 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: And I think that's really important, Heather, because you know, 37 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: the way the air conditioning works at the museum is 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: very complex. On one stage, they've got to keep you know, 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 2: air conditioning people, but actually they have to have humidity 40 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: levels et cetera for the obviously the tongue and the 41 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 2: exhibitions and the really old artifacts that they have there. 42 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: So it's really good that it hasn't been found to 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: be airborne based on all their testing, but it has 44 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: gathered on sort of high shelves and mentals and stuff 45 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: like that. 46 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: Thanks for Thanks for the detailed Disley. What did you 47 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: support the co governance and the White tarkeetys? 48 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: I think I supported it going out for consultation asking 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: people what they thought. 50 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: Why did you just laugh about that? Is this getting awkward? Well? 51 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: No, I thought we're talking about the museum. That's also 52 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 2: I was just trying to remember. 53 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, and also are you running for mayor? 54 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: I will make a call on that at the end 55 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: of the month or at least stuff one weekend. 56 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: You know already tell us No, I'm not going to 57 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: tell you. That's a yes, isn't it. 58 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to 59 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: tell you. 60 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Simpson TV, Mayor of Aalkland. 61 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 62 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 2: News Talks it' B from four pm weekdays, or follow 63 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.