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Speaker 1: this and our Wide Ranger podcast now on iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 2: Dame Lisa Carrington is our most successful Olympian ever, having

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Speaker 2: won a total of eight gold medals and one bronze

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Speaker 2: medal during her career to date. Further to all of

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Speaker 2: those Olympic medals, in twenty twenty two, she was appointed

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Speaker 2: a Dame Companion to the New Zealand Order of Merit

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Speaker 2: for services to canoe racing and to all of us.

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Speaker 2: She's earned the title of Goat in the Boat. It

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Speaker 2: is a great pleasure to welcome Dame Lisa Carrington on

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Speaker 2: for our Great New Zealanders of Christmas series.

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Speaker 3: Lisa, their paras Olympic campaign was so special for us

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Speaker 3: at home, we were most proud back here. How special

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Speaker 4: Ah? Incredible? I think it was. I mean there was

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Speaker 4: team and grateful. I think it was like a I

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Speaker 4: mean it was a real I mean I look back

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Speaker 4: but it was it was really special. So I think

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Speaker 4: it was just so rewarding to kind of get to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you had a mess of big Kiwi contingency over

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Speaker 2: their Lisa being in Paris and Europe, that would have

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was amazing. I think I've done enough Olympics

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Speaker 4: for my friends to figure out that it's probably they've

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Speaker 4: also yeah, that we had obviously our team, the teammates

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Speaker 4: And I think one day when I can be a supporter,

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Speaker 3: That seems like a long Does it seem like a

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Speaker 3: long time ago to you? The Paris Olympic Games. I

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Speaker 3: it might be different for you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I guess every day I'm kind of exposed,

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Speaker 4: so you know, it has still it's a long tail,

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Speaker 4: I feel, and so but it is. I mean, looking back,

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Speaker 4: what is it like four months? And that's kind of

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Speaker 4: if you look if I look at it like that, absolutely,

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Speaker 4: I guess time warps, doesn't it. It's the pins how

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Speaker 3: And last time I saw your gold medals, I believe

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Speaker 4: I've actually got one in my car love Bomp and

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Speaker 4: time I go somewhere they're like, what did you bring

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Speaker 3: I don't know, yeah, people need that stolen vellin moment.

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Speaker 3: I've had it with your medals where you where you

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Speaker 4: Oh absolutely, I mean if you think about it, you know,

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Speaker 4: And I think the Olympics have such a special time,

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Speaker 2: Now, I know you're a very humble personally, so but

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Speaker 4: They're just amazing points in time every four years. Besides,

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Speaker 3: You're having an argument with your partner and then you

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Speaker 4: Now, Yeah, he would be like, would you have caught

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Speaker 3: Well, last last time I talked to you, I asked

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, I got roped into a little bit

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Speaker 1: That's too good, so good.

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Speaker 2: We are joined by Dame Lisa Carrington as part of

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Speaker 3: Now Lisa as Christmas a cheap day for you, even

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I love Christmas. I think it's we

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Speaker 4: so you know, there's some's an amazing time though, right

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Speaker 4: Like I look back and I think of my grandmother.

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Speaker 4: She would always would make a trifle or brandy snaps

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Speaker 3: Do you have a Carrington special family dish? I just

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Speaker 2: Weent down a treat though, didn't it.

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Speaker 3: I didn't need any of it. Her family seemed to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we have. Mum always makes this amazing like cheese dip.

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Speaker 4: She calls it elephant dung because it looks like it's green,

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Speaker 4: that's something that she's in charge of this Christmas.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's lovely, the elephant dung, the elephant elephant.

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Speaker 2: Love the name. Obviously you're you're an author now too,

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Speaker 2: with your beautiful children's book Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion.

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Speaker 2: Had you had that in your head for some time?

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Speaker 4: I think I've always wanted to do something like that.

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Speaker 4: I've always wanted to find a way where I could

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Speaker 4: share some messaging or lessons, and I've always wanted to

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Speaker 4: just all those little lessons that I've kind of learned

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Speaker 4: for mom or Andi's and uncles to read and go,

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Speaker 4: oh yeah, those are really cool little techniques or what

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Speaker 4: a great little lesson. So yeah, that's cool.

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Speaker 3: And a break in the real timeline. Your dog Colin

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Speaker 3: a dog called Colin as well. And we've talked about

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Speaker 3: this before. What do your views on Christmas presents for pets?

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Speaker 3: Are you getting Colin anything?

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Speaker 4: I thought about this and because we don't have any children,

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Speaker 2: You can't ever spoil Colin.

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Speaker 4: That's right, He's got to know his place.

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Speaker 3: We had a weird thing at Christmas last year with

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Speaker 3: this wasn't a dog food toy or anything. It didn't

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Speaker 4: I'd say, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Now, because it is Christmas, Lisa, what is your favorite

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 4: Christmas Plassic Yeah, classic? And then Christmas Movie I really

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a Christmas movie. There's lots of Christmas in there. Yeah, definitely, No,

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Speaker 3: that counts a Christmas movie. Great movie.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I can. And it's always playing around this time

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you only really watch it this time of year,

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Speaker 3: but Christmas. But it's definitely sort of it's like Michael

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Speaker 2: Sitting down with some baileies.

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Speaker 2: And uh, this is a big one, Lisa. But have

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Speaker 2: you got a message for New Zealand for twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 4: Ooh, a message for New Zealand. I would think I

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Speaker 4: guess it's just be incredibly kind and compassionate over this

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Speaker 4: best to hold that compassion, hold compassion for others and

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Speaker 3: Well, thank you so much, Dame Lisa Carrington, thank you

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Speaker 3: for talking to us, and you have a fantastic Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much, you guys too.

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