1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Seven away from eight, we'll give them the debate around infrastructure 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: this past week or so, what are a lief to 3 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: have a few entrepreneurs about the place with news of 4 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: something bold and progressive. One hundred million dollar surf park 5 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: in Auckland's been given the green light full precinct. In 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: Dairy Flat, you got a wavepool at it's heart. You've 7 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: got a farm to table restaurant, accommodation of the high 8 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: performance facilities. There's a data center, renewable energy. So John 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: Kerwin is one of the partners, and listen he's with us. 10 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 2: Morning mate, Mike, I'm going to I'm going to take 11 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: you surfing. I'm going to have you surfing, like in 12 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: about a month. You'll be out there. 13 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: For entertainment purposes. Only I can assure you how long 14 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: has this been in the pipeline. 15 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 2: The boys first contact of me about four years ago. Now, 16 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: I mean the wavepark sort of boom has taken off 17 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: around the world. You probably remember seeing Kelly Slater's wave pool. 18 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: But Kelly's was you know, Kelly's is probably not its 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 2: expensive as commission not viable because can't produce enough waves. 20 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: So these wave parks produced a thousand waves a thousand 21 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: waves an hour and you can do sort of teen 22 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: fifteen different settings. So we've probably been a year in 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: the consent. We went for fast track consenting which which 24 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: was really interesting and yeah, so it's been going now 25 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: for probably three years as concept and money and then 26 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 2: a year for consent. So just absolutely staked. Yesterday we've 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: been out to the you know, to dairy Flat, spoken 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: to the community. We've got another meeting with them next week. 29 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 2: They're really excited. Good. 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: It's just when you talk about the money, the international money. 31 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: Is there international money coming in for good ideas? 32 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, there'll be a little bit, but probably more New 33 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: Zealand money. You know. We will now start to raise 34 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 2: some money to pay for it. There's a little bit 35 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 2: of overseas money the Ovent tour, the overseas companies run 36 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: by New Zealander, so we'll be looking to raise some 37 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: money for some investment. 38 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure need to be more than just a 39 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: wave park, did you need you know, obviously going to 40 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: have somewhere to week the hotel. I find interesting data 41 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: center as a stroke of genius. So you've got a 42 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: data center eats up a lot of power, creates a 43 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: lot of heat, that'll heat the water. All of that's clever. 44 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: So you put all these pieces together. 45 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: I think you have to. Now is it a thing 46 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: like this? For me, it's about community. So what does 47 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: the community want now? They want somewhere you know, just 48 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: can't be for surfers, you know, although there's fifty four 49 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 2: thousand surfers in Auckland alone, So the data center makes 50 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: it sustainable. We're very keen to try and put a 51 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: solar farm up there as well, try and make it 52 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: as off the great as possible. You know, if if 53 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 2: I take you to surfing, you know, maybe our beautiful 54 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: wives will go to have dinner while we're having a surf. 55 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: You know, it's got to be for the community. So 56 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:47,559 Speaker 2: for us it was sustainability, community and fun fantastic. 57 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: So it's a destination in itself in that sense. You 58 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: build it, they will come because deary flat for people 59 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: listening around the country, you don't know it's in the 60 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: country is and there's not remotely near the water at all. 61 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And you know the thing with New Zealand 62 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: surfers as we all travel, you know, with you're an 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 2: Auckland surfer, you travel out to Murdai up to charity 64 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 2: places like that. So yeah, we think it's a destination. 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 2: We want to put you know this forty on acres, 66 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 2: so we want to put some bike tracks up and 67 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 2: just make it a real community center. 68 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: Super exciting. Go well this weekend, Make good to catch 69 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: up as always brilliant ideas John Kerwin. 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