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Speaker 1: Now the worst kept secret in New Zealand football is

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Speaker 1: finally out. Ryan Reynolds football team are coming to Wellington

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Speaker 1: to play the Phoenix. How cool is that? Rixham MAYFC famous,

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Speaker 1: of course because of the award winning TV documentary series

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Wrexham. Now. Our Heidi Morton is from Wellington,

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Speaker 1: New Zealand. The guys who actually managed to pull this off.

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Speaker 2: Hey Heidi, Hey Heather, how are you well?

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Speaker 1: Thank you? How much are you paying them?

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Speaker 2: I knew that was going to be your first question.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately I'm not going to answer that. That's commercially sensitive,

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Speaker 2: but what I can say is has been a great

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Speaker 2: buye and considering are the outcomes that we think we're

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Speaker 2: going to get from this on par with what we

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Speaker 2: obviously partner with other things for other major events in

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Speaker 2: the city.

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Speaker 1: Auckland's mayor was on our show yesterday saying that that

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Speaker 1: you know, if Auckland wants to get a big concert

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Speaker 1: or something, it's about three or four million dollars to

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Speaker 1: just get them to turn up. Have you paid round

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Speaker 1: about that amount?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely not less or more? Absolutely less, well less, very

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Speaker 3: much less.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for the money that you've paid, are we going

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Speaker 1: to get Ryan Reynolds as well.

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 2: I can't comment on that, but we've all with our

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Speaker 2: fingers crossed in the office and around the city that

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Speaker 2: will not only get Ryan but will also get Rob

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Speaker 2: as well, but of course that's in the hands of

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Speaker 2: Ryan and Rob's schedules.

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Speaker 1: Do you think it will sell out?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: When we hosted Newcastle United in twenty fourteen we had

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Speaker 2: around thirty one thousand, and the same for the LA

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Speaker 2: Galaxy and David Beckham back when they came in two

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Speaker 2: thousand and seven. So I think it will sell out,

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Speaker 2: and not only because this is going to be a

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Speaker 2: fantastic friendly football match, but also the entertainment drawer with

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Speaker 2: the Welcome to Wrexham show that's on Disney Plus, and

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Speaker 2: you know the rise that Wrexham have had going into

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Speaker 2: the English Football League Championship.

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Speaker 1: Do you what do you reckon? Is it going to

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Speaker 1: do well because we're becoming a football country or is

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Speaker 1: it simply because it's been all over itally and it's

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Speaker 1: got this wonderful story behind it.

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Speaker 3: I think it's both.

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Speaker 2: So we really look forward to welcoming all those Auckland

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Speaker 2: f C Fans down to down to Wellington to come

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Speaker 2: and see it. You know, there's people from all over

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Speaker 2: the country that you know loves love the Phoenix, loves

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Speaker 2: love Auckland f C. So football is on the rise

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Speaker 2: in this country and be still luck to Auckland f

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Speaker 2: C in their run to the finals. But also you know,

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Speaker 2: the entertainment factor is immense here. I mean it has

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Speaker 2: one of the biggest followings this show around the world

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Speaker 2: and included in Wellington and New Zealand.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Wrexham. So there will be people that are

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Speaker 3: coming and hopefully you know it's a good weekend for them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he is hoping. Hey, thanks very much, Heidi really

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Heidi Morton Wellington, New Zealand Events and experience

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Speaker 1: as general manager.

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