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Speaker 1: As part of the government's of vents and tourism package.

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Speaker 1: They also announced a review into the roll of Eton

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Speaker 1: Park and whether the thing might be used a little

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Speaker 1: more productively than it currently is. Their current rules. If

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Speaker 1: you don't know, they're only six artists allowed to play

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Speaker 1: twelve shows a year, only on certain days and at

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Speaker 1: certain times. As watched. The Prime Minister announced this yesterday

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Speaker 1: along with Louise Upston. I just thought I knew this

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Speaker 1: and yet to hear it articulated out loud. It's just

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Speaker 1: embarrassing how bad we are as a country at times.

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Speaker 1: Chris Bishops, the REMA Reform ministries with us, good morning,

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Speaker 1: good morning. I mean, do you feel the same way.

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Speaker 1: You're only allowed six artists twelve shows a year, and

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Speaker 1: you can't do it on a Sunday or after three o'clock.

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Speaker 1: It's just pathetic.

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Speaker 2: It's comical, isn't it. And the worst is the only

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Speaker 2: allowed four concerts in a four week period. So if

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Speaker 2: you want a good run of X coming you can't

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Speaker 2: because you only allowed four in a four week period.

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Speaker 2: In a month, you know, you can't have more than

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Speaker 2: two thousand people for a conference facility. You know the

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Speaker 2: spot games have to finish at nine point thirty unless

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Speaker 2: their cricket, in which they can go to ten o'clock.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just sort of comically yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 1: So why is the announcement yesterday about an investigation as

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Speaker 1: opposed to just getting on and doing it.

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Speaker 2: Because the law requires me to do that. So we

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Speaker 2: gave ourselves the ability and central government to do this

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Speaker 2: just a couple of weeks ago. This is a very

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Speaker 2: new power. This was in the RMA Amendment Build that

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Speaker 2: just went through and it requires me to start an

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Speaker 2: investigation under the Act. And I have to basically do

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Speaker 2: an investigation into whether or not local rules like these

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Speaker 2: are holding back growth or development. I have to write

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Speaker 2: to the Council about it, I have to do some

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Speaker 2: work on it, I have to consult with people, and

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Speaker 2: then I have to make an assessment. It only takes

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Speaker 2: about four to six weeks. And we're not talking about

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Speaker 2: an aigated process here, but we.

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Speaker 1: Can jump to the end. You've made your assessment, we

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Speaker 1: know what's going to happen and things will change. Is

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Speaker 1: that fair or not?

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Speaker 2: No, I haven't made my assessment. I haven't prejdged anything.

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Speaker 2: I'm well, I'm a statutory decision maker in relation to this.

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Speaker 2: So I've indicated my you know, I mean I've publicly

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Speaker 2: said on many occasions, I think the rules are pretty stupid,

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Speaker 2: but I've got to go through a statutory process. So

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Speaker 2: I've started that work. In fact, I signed the paperwork

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Speaker 2: a couple of days ago.

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Speaker 1: That conference thing that you talk of, the medical I've forgotten.

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Speaker 1: It was a story around a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: Maybe act was involved medical conferences and the fear of

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Speaker 1: advertising medicines and we couldn't have conferences. It's as you've

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Speaker 1: discovered these mad rules. I mean, who thinks of this

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Speaker 1: in the first place.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think in relation to Eden Park, you know,

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Speaker 2: you've got quite a strong residence association there. You know,

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Speaker 2: Helen Clark and others who you know, are pretty worked

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Speaker 2: up about basically anything from what I can see happening

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Speaker 2: at Eden Park. But the reality is it's our national

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Speaker 2: stadium and it's it's where we want concerts and major

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Speaker 2: events to take place. It's just as simple as that.

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Speaker 2: We've got a train station right next door, you know,

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Speaker 2: and it's existing infrastructure, so we want, we do want

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Speaker 2: to see it developed.

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Speaker 1: Sooner the better get on with it. Appreciate it. Rama

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Speaker 1: reform Minister Christopher bushop with us this morning. For more

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