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Speaker 1: Two brand new unmanned surface vessels were launched in Devenport yesterday.

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Speaker 1: They called Tahi and Ruher, and they're going to be

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Speaker 1: used to intercept Class A drugs before they get into

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Speaker 1: the country. For an idea of how big of a

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Speaker 1: problem this is getting, the Ministerial Working Group report showed

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Speaker 1: customs seized fifty five kilograms worth of methan fetterming ten

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Speaker 1: years ago. Now ninety kilograms get stopped every week. Charrell

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Speaker 1: Kenney is with the customs brokers in Freightford's Federation. She's

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Speaker 1: with me this morning. Charrell, Good morning, Ian, Good to

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Speaker 1: have you on the program. So what do you know

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Speaker 1: about these vessels?

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Speaker 2: Oh, aren't they a fabulous look Drones of the ocean.

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Speaker 2: I think they've been called. But there are you know,

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Speaker 2: an investment in sustainable safe technology to try and help

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Speaker 2: combat these illicit drugs that keep coming across the border.

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Speaker 1: Because there's a lot of it coming in, right and

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Speaker 1: they've already managed to find some on the bottom on

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Speaker 1: the hus of some ships.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, So these new vessels will be able to monitor

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Speaker 2: them safely offshore, you know, sort of be at the

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Speaker 2: forefront before it actually gets to the border. But it's

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Speaker 2: a welcomed announcement yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Are they hard to drive?

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Speaker 2: Well, they're remote controlled, I believe, so you know, they're

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Speaker 2: safe to operate for personnel going into potentially dangerous situations,

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Speaker 2: and they can be sustainable offshore for days on ends.

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Speaker 2: So it's a really welcomed addition to the sleep for

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Speaker 2: customs and the defense for.

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Speaker 1: Do you know what happens to them once they I mean,

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Speaker 1: because obviously somebody is going to be on land controlling them.

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Speaker 1: Does that mean that they would just be out there

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Speaker 1: potentially twenty four to seven. Would there be someone on

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Speaker 1: land keeping one and the whole time?

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Speaker 2: I definitely think it's twenty four to seven surveillance. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: And with the two vessels they can sort of you know,

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Speaker 2: monitor different parts of the coast, whereas potentially the defense

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Speaker 2: Force the New Zealand Customs can't get to those places

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Speaker 2: all the time. So it's a real asset in protecting

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Speaker 2: New Zealand.

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Speaker 1: Pretty cool technology, Shirley, thank you for Charrelle, Sorry, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for your time. Charell Kennedy, chief executive

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