1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: We now have confirmation that yes, it's true, totaling A 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: City Council did have staff at the side of the 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: landslip before it happened. It's been confirmed earlier today by 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: the mayor, Marhe Drysdale, who's with us now, Hoi mahir Oh, 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: good evenings. Before I get to that, what's the deal 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: with the evacuations today? 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, we've had a situation where we've gone and 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: assessed a water maine and there was a slip on 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: Thursday night in Mangatawa, and unfortunately there was quite a 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: significant risk that that water main was compromised and could 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: bursten if that happened, potentially cause a landslip with a 12 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: reservoir above. So the good news is we've to pressurized 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,959 Speaker 2: that water maine now and we've just got the geotech 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 2: experts up there at the moment to ensure that they're 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: comfortable with the land stability. If that's the case, we'll 16 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: get these people back to their homes. 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: Okay. Now, on the major and fatal and very trade 18 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: jick landslipe that happened last week, how many staff did 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: you have at the site before it happened. 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: Look, as we've said before, we're going to do an 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: independent review, and the reason is we want to establish 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: all the facts. We want to put it all together. 23 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 2: Where we're currently working on putting a number of documents online. 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 2: We want to make as much information as we can 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: public so so that you know, people can see the 26 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 2: actual facts of the case. 27 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: What are the documents you're putting online. 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: Look, was a number of reports on slope stability. There 29 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: is a number of things that the decisions we've made 30 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 2: over time, so they'll be up on the website, so 31 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 2: you know, people are actually talking about, you know what 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: what actually happened. And we imagine that those documents will 33 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,559 Speaker 2: also form part of any independent investigation and also form 34 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: part of any any investigation by police, the coroner, you know, 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: work safe. So all that information obviously, you know, we're 36 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: just keen to have it in public so people are 37 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 2: talking facts. 38 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: What are the decisions that you made in the lead 39 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: up to I think that these documents relate to. 40 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: Oh, there's there's plenty of decisions. You know. This is 41 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: a holiday park that we've as tollinga city council. We've 42 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: we've had for you know, probably I think it's from 43 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 2: a fifty so seventy odd years and. 44 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: You're not going to put documents relating to seventy years 45 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: of decisions on it, are you. 46 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: No. Look at what we're trying to do is isolate 47 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 2: them a little bit. But you know, there's a lot 48 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 2: of information in some of the things that have happened. 49 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: I know people talking about having trees removed in the 50 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: last couple of years. So yeah, we'll put all the 51 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: information up where those trees were, what they were, what 52 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: we knew about the slope hazards and was. 53 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: It who to Kara that we're taking out for mortal rust. 54 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 2: Look again, that information will will make available, so we 55 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 2: we're talking you know facts. Yeah, that's that's very much 56 00:02:58,440 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: what we want to do. 57 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: And that you had on site ahead of the slip, 58 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: why didn't they evacuate people? 59 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, Look again, we've got to look at all that 60 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: and and understand who they were and what their their 61 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: jobs were and what they knew when. And as soon 62 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: as we've established that, you know, the stuff that were there, 63 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: they were they were in the process of of closing 64 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: mart Mong Andui and putting fences up to stop the 65 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: public from going in into the manger. And that's because 66 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: there is there was a lot of slips that it 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: was unsafe for for the public. 68 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: Why the staff who took the one one one referral 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: call ignore it? 70 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: Look again, well, we'll establish that. I don't believe they 71 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: they they ignored. 72 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: It, didn't they because if they didn't ignore it, they 73 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: would have evacuated people. 74 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: Well, you know, and this is this is part of 75 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: the information. Uh you know that related to a slip 76 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: over the other side of of the campground and and 77 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: you know, so that's what we need to establish and 78 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: know what we're talking about and what actions would. 79 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: Why why continue to mark your own homework with your 80 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: own inquiry if the government's already doing an inquiry? What's 81 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: the very good question. 82 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: Look, we'll work closely with government, and I've spoken to 83 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: Minster Mitchell and the Prime Minister about this, and you 84 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 2: know that will now now that they've launched this investigation. 85 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 2: We're very supportive of it. And it's it's obviously another 86 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: step of independence. But there's a lot of questions that 87 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: we need to answer. You know, you've you've just asked 88 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: me a number of those and we want to know 89 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 2: the answers. And I'm not sure that the public if 90 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: if we answer those questions directly will necessarily be be trusted, 91 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: So this is giving us an extra level of independence 92 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 2: and hopefully that will help them. 93 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: Cool. Okay, when is your when is your inquiry going 94 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: to be out? How quickly? 95 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 2: I would say, we'll stand that up in the next 96 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: couple of days and we would have answers within probably 97 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 2: three to four months. 98 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: Okay, my heir, Thanks very much, Mahir Rysdale, Tota Amir. 99 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 100 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 101 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.