1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:01,359 Speaker 1: Bryan Bridge. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 2: Drug testing at summer festivals has had a bit of 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 2: a snag. The testing agency Know Your Stuff says it 4 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 2: doesn't have enough equipment to provide a number of New 5 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 2: Year's festivals with drug checks. One of them is Rhythm 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: and ELPs. The general manager there is Harry Gorin. She's 7 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 2: with me this evening, Harry, good evening. Tell me why 8 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: haven't you got the testing kits. 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 3: It's not so much a kit as it is quite 10 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 3: an expensive piece of equipment called a spectrometer. We don't 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 3: have one, or we're not allowed the use of one 12 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 3: because there are not enough left in this area of 13 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 3: the country during the New Year's area New Year's time periods. 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: Basically there's too much demand. 15 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: And Know your Stuff's a charity, they've only got so 16 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 2: much resource, right. I think there's one in Nelson that's 17 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 2: going to get it over New Years. 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: How many people do you have coming to your festival 19 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: ten thousand to day? 20 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: Do you have a health and safety requirement? What if 21 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: somebody overdosed on your watch? 22 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 3: A health and safety requirement doesn't stretch as far as 23 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 3: as drug testing per se. Our drug management plan is 24 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 3: very detailed and I think if you wanted to use 25 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 3: an analogy. It might be that you're adding sort of 26 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 3: layers of protection for our patrons, and those are present 27 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 3: with our sort of communication strategy as well as Saint 28 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 3: John being on site and our Angels tent as well 29 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 3: as a detox tent. So we do keep a very 30 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 3: good eye on our customers. But another layer of protection 31 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: and a safe place for people to check drugs would. 32 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: Go a long way for sure. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 2: Is there anywhere to check drugs around where the festival 34 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 2: is being held over that period? 35 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: Yes, certainly we've got testing stations courtesy of all your 36 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: stuff on the twenty eighth and twenty ninth of December 37 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: in Wanaca and in Queenstown. 38 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: So somebody was to know in God forbid this whatever happen. 39 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 2: But if something was bad was to happen involving drugs 40 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: in one of your festival goers, would you know, have 41 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: you had legal advice? What is the potential repercussions for you? 42 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: Look, we do everything we can to eliminate drugs from 43 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: entering our festival site. Obviously, is that there is a 44 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 3: limit to resources and how much we can sort of 45 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 3: prevent from entering, and it as a music festival, we 46 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: know it happens. We have medical staff, security staff, police 47 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 3: on site to sort of maintain and watch the intox 48 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: level of patients of patrons. We're keeping a very close 49 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 3: eye on everyone at all times, and we like to 50 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: stop things from becoming problems before their problems. So it's 51 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 3: not so much it's a treatment, not so much treatment, 52 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: it's prevention. 53 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: How much does a spectrometer cost? Do you know? Ah? 54 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 3: Look, by no means an authority on science equipment. I'm 55 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 3: a music promoter. I've been told brand new that they're 56 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 3: about quarter of a million dollars. 57 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: Oh wow, okay, so there's a not cheap piece as 58 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: a kit. Hard Harry, good tonight, Thank you very much 59 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: and good luck with your festival this summer. 60 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 3: My pleasure. 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