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Speaker 1: Our good news story this morning is Simone Hurley, who

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Speaker 1: has been recently recognized as a tower local hero this

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Speaker 1: for her work alongside Harvy Sean and the Dear Effi

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Speaker 1: Charitable Trust, and we heard a bit about that before.

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Speaker 1: In order to keep fueling all those wonderful counseling sessions

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Speaker 1: for our local young'uns, we need some money and the

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Speaker 1: way we're doing that is with the return of the

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Speaker 1: fundraising Dear Effie Ball. The last one was an outstanding success.

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Speaker 2: We raise over ninety six thousand dollars. What honestly, it

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Speaker 2: was absolutely incredible. It was such a beautiful evening, everyone

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Speaker 2: had the best time. We had so so much local support.

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Speaker 2: It was absolutely spectacular.

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Speaker 1: So we're doing it again.

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Speaker 2: We're doing it again. We're going for around two so

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Speaker 2: we're back on the fourteenth of March twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: There it is the placeholder. Put a ring around it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but you do not want to mess up. We've

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Speaker 2: got Sharon Casey as our see. We've got a great

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Speaker 2: band named Mirrors from christ Church. We've got a couple

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Speaker 2: of extra wee things that were just trying to plan

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Speaker 2: that I won't give away just yet.

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Speaker 1: Is it back at the Aviation Seatus.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is out at the Aviation Museum. That's such

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Speaker 2: a wonderful venue out there, and they're super supportive of

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Speaker 2: the things that we do.

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Speaker 1: So we're going to have the new hangar ready in

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Speaker 1: time because that would be a cool edited element to

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Speaker 1: be able to explore that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, come on, Owen. It just kind of gives it

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Speaker 2: such like a glamorous kind of feel to it.

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Speaker 1: It does.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, everyone like it was so nice to be able

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Speaker 2: to dress up and like a proper formal gown and

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Speaker 2: get really fancy, get your makeup done, get you here done.

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Speaker 2: The guys in suits, like, everyone looked incredible, looks so

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Speaker 2: so so stunning. Yeah, and it was great to actually

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Speaker 2: have something that you can go and do that too.

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Speaker 1: There's not too many occasions like that.

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Speaker 2: And it's our kids, it's our local kids, it's our

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Speaker 2: kids in the Canterbury region. That's where we are at

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Speaker 2: the moment. We haven't expanded in further just yet because

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Speaker 2: you really want to nay or what we're doing in

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Speaker 2: our region before we get too big for our boots.

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Speaker 1: That means a lot that resonates with a lot of

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Speaker 1: people knowing that we're supporting local kids here.

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Speaker 2: Ay.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so last time the event.

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Speaker 2: Was a sellout twenty two minutes.

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Speaker 1: So knowing people want to support this cause and we

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Speaker 1: know that it's guaranteed to be a good night out

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Speaker 1: because it was last time. The seconds go on sale

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Speaker 1: Monday to they y.

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Speaker 2: It's Monday, the first of December.

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Speaker 1: How do we get in?

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Speaker 2: So I will share a link online through our social media.

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Speaker 2: It'll be through human Tics as well, so you'll be

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Speaker 2: able to go on there and search us up. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's going to be table sales this time. We're not

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Speaker 2: doing individual tickets. So tables of ten. Right, great chart

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Speaker 2: to grab your mates, get all fancy together and have

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Speaker 2: a really really good night out.

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Speaker 1: You coordinate it now, lease there's the home weekend, then

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Speaker 1: when comes thro out and then tasks somebody with the

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Speaker 1: credit card on Monday. Yeah, so it's table to ten.

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Speaker 1: How much are those tables?

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Speaker 2: So thousand dollars a table?

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Speaker 1: Okay, well then no, that's reasonable when you break down

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Speaker 1: ten people and is there like a meal and stuff

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Speaker 1: through the inn so not a.

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Speaker 2: Execs sit down meal. You'll get plenty of food though.

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Speaker 2: We've got really really incredible chef. Someone got Chanta O'Brien.

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Speaker 2: She helped us last time and she as tasty as

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Speaker 2: on our sleigh. She's got those magic fingers.

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Speaker 1: I think you're looking good. Stop it. You know it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a spectacular night. So that Monday seven

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Speaker 1: pm and we'll go and share the link across haw

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Speaker 1: can it? We Ashburton facebook page as well to get

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Speaker 1: along and enjoy a night out at the Dear Effie Ball,

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Speaker 1: which returns on the fourteenth of March. Cannot wait.