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Speaker 1: So the HICCOI the protest happening in the capitol today

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Speaker 1: and already we've heard from our reporter there's chanting, there's

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Speaker 1: singing going on. Alistair Boyce is the back bench pub

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Speaker 1: owners with us live.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, can you hear me?

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Speaker 1: I've got you. Good to have you on the show.

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Speaker 1: Are you there? Can you see anything yet? And what

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Speaker 1: plans have you got for your business today?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I've arrived about twenty past five, had to come

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Speaker 2: through a police checkpoint. The area's already got some occupation.

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Speaker 2: There's a group of ten gang members at the base

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Speaker 2: of Kate ship and place waving flags, so it's all

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Speaker 2: well out of the way.

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Speaker 1: What sort of gang members? What patches that happen?

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Speaker 2: Mungle mob?

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Speaker 1: What flags are they waving?

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Speaker 2: It's Mary style flags and gang flags.

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Speaker 1: Okay, how do you feel about that?

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Speaker 2: My wife was a bit concerned, but I don't have

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Speaker 2: an issue with you. Well, you will remember I had

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Speaker 2: to endure the occupation protests for four weeks, so it's

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Speaker 2: not an unusual situation. And I was also here for

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Speaker 2: the original hackoys with for Sea Bed and for Shure.

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Speaker 1: Do you are you your opening today? Right? You might

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Speaker 1: as to get more Absolutely, you might as to get

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Speaker 1: more business out of it.

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Speaker 2: You reckon, Well, it should be a boon for Wellington.

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Speaker 2: What man needs to do is stop thinking about attending

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Speaker 2: the protest and think about catering for the protest, keeping

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Speaker 2: the street tape and keep business and functioning and treating

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Speaker 2: it like a stadium event, except in that parliament. So

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Speaker 2: it should be an economic boon for the city. And

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Speaker 2: if we approached it in that manner, I think everyone

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Speaker 2: would be a lot better off.

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Speaker 1: All right, he's hoping, Alistair, Thanks so much for your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Best to like Alistair Boyce back ben

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Speaker 1: Ship pub owner.

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