1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: All right, this is the situation with Wellington Regional Hospital. Okay, 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: Wellington Regional Hospital is currently building a high Dependency unit HDU. 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: It's got twelve beds. Now. High dependency unit is a 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: really important thing because when somebody comes out of ICU 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: intensive care, they can't just necessarily go straight back to 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: the ward because they might not be well enough, like 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: you're kind of you're almost sick, you're dying, and then 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: that's for ICU, and then the ward is for your 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: totally well, you're not you're most you're not going to 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: die on us any minute, right, And the HDU is 11 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: that interim step where they're like, oh, yes, sort of 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: getting better, but we're just a little bit worried about you. 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: They are building this thing. They have not got one 14 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: of these up, but from the sounds of things, as 15 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: far as I understand, the unit is eighty percent completed. 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: And on Tuesday yesterday, the Infrastructure Oversite Group, who are 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: in charge of the sent out an email saying to 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: everybody down tools, we're not building this thing anymore. Stop 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: what you're doing, which is crazy because apparently they've already 20 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: offered staff employment to work there and stuff like that. 21 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: Now how crazy is that you're eighty percent through a 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 1: build of something that you need and you've offered jobs 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: to staff and you just go, okay, that's it right. 24 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: Pollingpin Marjorie Upper had to step in, which is probably 25 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: less de levee having to step in and tell them no, 26 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: you pick up your tools and you finish the job. 27 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: That is how crazy House New Zealand is at the 28 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: moment twenty past four and Darcy water Grave sports stalkhoasters 29 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: with me right now. 30 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: He does eighty percent. 31 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: Mate. I know, like when you come into the studio, 32 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: I just tell you things that blow your mind all 33 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: the time, because that's what's up. 34 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: It's because I focus predominantly on sport because it's not 35 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: as depressing as the real world, although the real word 36 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: is quite stimulating. To be fair, I mean, I'm not 37 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: not a news junkie, but I know, but eighty percent. 38 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: I know, Hey, am I supposed to have heard of 39 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: Jerome Pampalone. 40 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 2: Jerome Pampalone is part of Peach Boxing and tonight he's 41 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: taking on a bloke called Connor Wallace and this is 42 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: a title eliminator. So he wins this, he goes to 43 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: a IBF title fight. For light heavyweight. Now he was 44 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: in an eliminator a few months ago, but he got beaten, 45 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 2: first time he's ever been beaten. And even that, somehow, 46 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: with the vagaries of boxing, he managed to get himself 47 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: another title shot, not quite but an eliminated final, and 48 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: that's coming up tonight. So Drome Pambalone, super super nice guy, 49 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: plumber and there's part time in the spare time when 50 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: he's not plumbing. Yeah, because he works with Peach. He 51 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: punches people in the face and he's all that. I've 52 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: watched him quite a few times live Darcy. I've watched 53 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: him nail people by hitting them in the liver and 54 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: just watched them fold up. It's frightening. 55 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: One of the most interesting things that I have discovered 56 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: today was people slapping each other for competitive powerslap power slap. 57 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: You and the boys in sport were sitting around watching 58 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: these power slap videos. What's going on? How did you 59 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: even come across the Oh? 60 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 2: I wasn't watching the videos. I wanted to show you 61 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: what it was because you didn't know, so I said, okay, 62 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 2: here we go. 63 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: Why were you even on the subject? 64 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: Powerslap? Is something here turned up a couple of years 65 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: ago down to White from UFC decided to be a 66 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: good idea and we're absolutely gobsmacked at the stupidity of it. 67 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: But tonight's talk not only we're talking I dro and Pampa. 68 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to talk to Isaac Peach's coast, but the 69 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 2: fact that five sports is really accelerating over here in 70 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: New Zealand with mixed martial arts, with boxing, da da 71 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: da da. But would we go. 72 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: As far how slappers literally where you've got two men 73 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: standing there. 74 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: To competitors, right, your two competitors because we do. 75 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: A point, decide who gets to go first, and the 76 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: receiver has to stand there and take slaps that are 77 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: so hard they can slap. 78 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: It's one and the max them out. It's insane. 79 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: It's like a like an open handed. 80 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: Punch pretty much. And it's like you know the the. 81 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: Do they and an appallingly low i Q. 82 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: Well they came out with one they take. I don't 83 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 2: think they do much of the way training to imagine 84 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 2: that in the gym. But look, there's money to be 85 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: made from Dana White, so he is all over it. 86 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: But one of the key parts of boxing and of 87 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: mixed martial arts is what defense. Yes, this idea is 88 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: defend yourself for all times. That's the way it rolls. 89 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: Not like watching people eat the hottest chili in the world. 90 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: That's basically that, isn't it. Darcy. I'm really looking forward 91 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: to the show this evening. It's going to be crazy. 92 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: Appreciate it. That's Darcy Watergrave, sports talk host. 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