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Speaker 1: Now listen. In Wellington, the opposition against the constant roadworks

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Speaker 1: has just gone up a notch. Retail New Zealand, Hospitality

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Speaker 1: New Zealand and the Bus and Coach Association have banded

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Speaker 1: together the calling on the Council to stop the plans

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Speaker 1: to develop the Golden Mile. Carolyn Young is the chief

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Speaker 1: executive at Retail New Zealand. Hey, Carolyn, how's it going good?

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Speaker 1: Thank you?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 1: Is this because Tory was on the radio here on

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Speaker 1: newstalksz'd be this morning and said it's a bottom line,

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Speaker 1: the Golden Mile.

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Speaker 2: No, it's not. We were talking about this last week.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: Obviously there's a lot of in the media last week

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Speaker 2: and of course the vote around the airport shares was

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Speaker 2: taken on Thursday, and we felt it's a really good

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Speaker 2: opportunity for us to reiterate the need to take stock,

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Speaker 2: have a pause and consult whither around what is the

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Speaker 2: right thing we need so we go forward.

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Speaker 1: When you heard her say this morning, then it's like

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Speaker 1: nothing else is the bottom line, but Golden Mile is

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Speaker 1: the bottom line. How did you feel?

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Speaker 2: Well? Pretty disappointed really, because we know that the issues

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Speaker 2: around Thorn and Key are significant that businesses have really

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Speaker 2: struggled and businesses are closing now, taking the opportunity right

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Speaker 2: now to sit down and find out how this could

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Speaker 2: be done better and understanding the environment that businesses are

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Speaker 2: trading and right now it's an extremely difficult trading environment.

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Speaker 2: Businesses are struggling anyway. And then when you've got you know,

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Speaker 2: hundreds of meters of road cones and fences up in

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Speaker 2: front of your entrance, people don't know if you're open

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Speaker 2: or not open, there's no where to park, they're not

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Speaker 2: coming through, and all of the businesses John Thorne and

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Speaker 2: Key have really struggled. So it's really an opportunity to

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Speaker 2: stop and think, how could we do this better, and

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Speaker 2: what parts of Thorn and Key do we need to

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Speaker 2: complete as to the plan and what would be better

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Speaker 2: to think a little bit differently, and then thinking about

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Speaker 2: Courtney Place, you know, actually do a little bit more

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Speaker 2: consultation with businesses. Don't rush in and try and get

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Speaker 2: it started early. Let's take our time.

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Speaker 1: Understand your problem is you're a real person operating in

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Speaker 1: the real world. They're not what they haven't listened to you, Carolyn,

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Speaker 1: and now why are they going to listen to you?

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Speaker 2: Well, all we can do this. So there's three business associations,

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Speaker 2: so Hospitality New Zealand, Retail in New Zealand, and the

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Speaker 2: Bus Approach Association. We're an agreement that more needs to

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Speaker 2: be done.

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Speaker 1: So basically, are you going to make them listen to

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Speaker 1: you by just harping at them?

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Speaker 2: Well, sure, we're hoping that we well we have regular

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Speaker 2: meetings with the council and we give them regular feedback

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Speaker 2: and I'm not sure that we're being listening to. So,

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Speaker 2: you know, getting out and getting a bit more forward thinking,

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Speaker 2: a bit more media in front of it, hopefully you'll

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Speaker 2: get a little bit more traction.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good, good luck. I really hope you guys actually

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Speaker 1: succeed with us. This seems like a really stupid idea.

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Speaker 1: Carolyn Young, chief executive at Retail New Zealand. For more

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