1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Ohe the irony bit of banks around the money, speaking 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: of which we pull from International tourists budget papers, a 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: show of the two hundred and twenty nine million collected 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: each year. The government's banking one hundred and thirty nine 5 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: of that. So this is the levey they raised, remember, 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: from thirty five to one hundred bucks a year. Tim 7 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: oft Potak as the Ministry of Conservation and is with 8 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: us morning mate. 9 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 2: Hey jim mate, how are you very well? 10 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: Are those numbers true? 11 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 2: Well, the t twenty nine was an inestimate number, and 12 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: I'm sure mays will be coming true. But importantly, tourists 13 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: come and use services, use the conservation state, a whole 14 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: range of other things, so it's important that we allocate accordingly. 15 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: So that's what I was trying to find out. Was 16 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: the two twenty nine an estimate. So in other words, 17 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: you will, once you've got it, pass it on to 18 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: the right areas or not. 19 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: Yes, well, that's exactly what we're going to do. You 20 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 2: might recall in the budget twenty five we said we're 21 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: going to give some more money to conservation through their ideal, 22 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: and I've got some other ideas as well about how 23 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: to make some money off thirty percent of the country, 24 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: like what like paid parking in certain areas, charging tourists 25 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: international tourists in four or five locations like maybe Cathedrall, 26 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: Milford Sound. There's some areas of the country thirty percent 27 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: under conservation. We make about sixty million dollars from that, Mike, 28 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: it's not good. 29 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: Enough, okay, So just to clarify the story, what you get, 30 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: you will pass on. This is like the funding of roads. 31 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: When I go to the petrol pump, the money I 32 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: pay in tax goes to roads. This will go to conservation, 33 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: et cetera. 34 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: The IVL was set up to allocate funds through to 35 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: conservation and tourism, right, Okay, that's the first thing. The 36 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 2: second thing is we lifted the dollar amounts of the 37 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: IVL from thirty five to hundred dollars. Will increase the 38 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: number of dollars that are now going conservation, but not 39 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 2: all of it will go to conservation and tourism. 40 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: Well where's it going. 41 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: Well, some of it will go to general Crown expenses. 42 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: It's not as if tourists come in and just use 43 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: the conservation of states and tourism areas. They actually also 44 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: use things like the health system and the roads and 45 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: a whole runge of very good point. 46 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: Did you say at the time, and I think this 47 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: is where people get exsty Did you say at the 48 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: time and putting it from thirty five to one hundred, 49 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: it will go exclusively to conservation and tourism or not. 50 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: No, we did not say that. We were very clear 51 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 2: in the budget that some would go to conservation tourism 52 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: and increased amount actually, but some would go to general. 53 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: Have you got any sense of whether it's put people 54 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: off because that was one of the great criticisms of 55 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: the time. People won't come because it's a hundred bucks? 56 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: Is that true? 57 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: No, then tourism's coming back. The numbers are branding again. 58 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: They're not perfect, but certainly in the South Island, down 59 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: Queenston and other areas. Mike, you will know that a 60 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: lot of your Australian cousins are coming over. 61 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: Yes, they are well done, mate. Nice to catch up 62 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: time a po Tak and Minister of Conservation. For more 63 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: from the Mic Asking Breakfast, Listen live to news talks. 64 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast 65 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.