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Speaker 1: Change coming to everyone's favorite train, the to Whui. You

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Speaker 1: haven't talked about the to Whuia so far this year.

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Speaker 1: So as of this morning, no longer stops at Papakura.

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Speaker 1: Sorry Papakura. We'll call in at Pokacoe. Are the way

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Speaker 1: Katto Regional counselor Angel strangers back? Will this angel a

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Speaker 1: very good morning to you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a good morning bye.

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Speaker 1: Now Poka Coe's had an upgrade park and ride and

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Speaker 1: all that sort of stuff. Is this part of the

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Speaker 1: reason you've done this?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Absolutely. The other reason is our residents within North Waikato. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're really came for them to easily access to Huia. Also,

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Speaker 2: Popikoe residents getting a limited stop service and Auckland.

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Speaker 1: Is Papakura gutted.

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Speaker 2: There's there's been some disappointment there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but what can you do? So you're still you're

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Speaker 1: still only doing one stop. So it's Hamilton, Poka Coe,

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Speaker 1: next stop Auckland or not.

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Speaker 2: So it's Hamilton, two stops in Hamilton, Huntley, Popikoe, Poeanoi

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Speaker 2: and then into the strand.

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Speaker 1: Okay, how long is it taking? Is it taking faster

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Speaker 1: than a car yet or not?

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Speaker 2: Well, that depends on the time of day, Mike, what

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Speaker 2: is great about to who he is that you have

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Speaker 2: that guaranteed arrival time, which is fantastic. Yeah, with Papakota

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Speaker 2: and Pokkui, we unfortunately we couldn't do both. Every time

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Speaker 2: you stop, you lose five minutes and we know that,

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Speaker 2: as you say, time is really crucial.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, So time and delay? Do you keep those stats?

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Speaker 1: Does it arrive on time?

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it does, apart from when there's things out

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Speaker 2: of our control. So we work as hard as we

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Speaker 2: can and the staff at Key we Rail are awesome,

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Speaker 2: but often things just don't go to plan.

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Speaker 1: No, So do you keep those stats and when you

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Speaker 1: arrive on time and don't arrive on time? So you

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Speaker 1: get an overarching.

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Speaker 2: Sort of picture, Yeah, yep, we do, and yeah we

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Speaker 2: look to address those issues. Yeah, when we see a

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Speaker 2: pattern developing, so yep, definitely keep an.

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Speaker 3: Eye on that.

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Speaker 1: So twenty four thousand last year passengers, is that up significantly?

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Speaker 2: Yes? Yes? Sorry, every year since the Joe has launched,

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Speaker 2: we've been making steady games on the patronage. Obviously, we've

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Speaker 2: been shut down since just before Christmas, so we've been

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Speaker 2: back at it a week and I'm really excited to

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Speaker 2: see where patronage grows this year, especially with their Pockey

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Speaker 2: Couey stop in our north Way Kuto residence and Auckland

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Speaker 2: residents being able to access.

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Speaker 1: That fantastic go well, Angela, angela strange, excuse me, who's

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Speaker 1: the workout our regional counselor always arrives on time? Sit

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Speaker 1: those times when it.

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Speaker 3: Doesn't or indeed doesn't arrive at all because it couldn't

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Speaker 3: because it wasn't due to one of those things out

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Speaker 3: of their control exactly.

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