1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: The Mowbrays have pulled the plug on building Auckland, that 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: new stadium at Western Springs. It's Anna Moobray, her husband 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: Ali Williams, and of course the American billionaire Bill Foley 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: that offered to spend about two to three hundred million 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: building the stadium. Wouldn't have cost rate payers a cent. 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Now the office being pulled. Shane Henderson as chair of 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: the Stadium Venues Working Group and with us Hey, Shane. 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 2: Cadigan warning what happened? Well, I mean, so they've pulled 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: out and they've put out a statement saying there were 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: unique challenges and extended timelines and complexities. I'd liked a 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 2: bit more detail on that, and that's probably for them 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: to extend upon because from my perspective it seemed like 13 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: a standard in OI process was. 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,319 Speaker 1: Well, maybe that's the problem. Was nobody talking to them? 15 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: You were you guys not in regular communication with them? 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: Well, it certainly seems that they were being talked to 17 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: through council and in fact Tartuki has recommended it as 18 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: a preferred option for the site. So it seemed like 19 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: from our perspective, it was something that we were interested 20 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 2: in exploring, something the public consultation. 21 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: Well, now, Shane, Okay, so yesterday when I heard this 22 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: new use, I immediately started calling people to find out 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: what happened. Did you not do the same thing? 24 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been putting out the word myself and they 25 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: haven't received anything more than hold in the media. 26 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: So the people who were talking to Anna and Ali 27 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 1: and Bill, the people in the council who were talking 28 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: to them the whole way through the process, they couldn't 29 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: tell you what had gone wrong. 30 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: No, well that that all I heard was what had 31 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: been put in the media. Exactly. 32 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, they had They not called Ali in them and 33 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: been like, whoa what happened? 34 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 2: Ya? I'm not too sure about that. This is content 35 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: those conversations. 36 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, haven't we just come to the actual problem here, 37 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: which is we have got people who are prepared to 38 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: spend two to three hundred million dollars in Auckland City 39 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: for free right, and when they pulled the pin, nobody 40 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: in councils like, oh geez, stop that from happening. In fact, 41 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: nobody's been talking to them by the sounds of things 42 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: in the lead up to know that there's a problem. 43 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: Isn't that the problem? 44 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: Well, it's certainly a frustrating situation, isn't that? Goodness me, 45 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 2: it sounds like a very attractive position, But at the 46 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: same time, the public didn't think so they didn't put 47 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: it as their preferred option in the feedback. 48 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: Is it not your preferred option? 49 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: Well, they've pulled out, so that will be a question 50 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 2: that has lost in the mist of time. 51 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: Oh no, Shane, I can't tell you how frustrating I'm 52 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: finding you right now? Are you not even like, like, 53 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten, about eleven bummed 54 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: out that we've lost a free stadium bummed out? 55 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: But yeah, honestly, I was not sure how the conversation 56 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: is going to go WIS council Is at that July meeting, 57 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 2: because the feedback results were quite clear that there was 58 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: no clear favorite. So how that conversation was going to 59 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 2: go we. 60 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: Didn't I So do you think that maybe they then 61 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: pulled out because they could see that you people were 62 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: not going to go with it. 63 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I can't sort of speculate too much on 64 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: the detail behind why they've pulled out. Goodness and me. Yeah, 65 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: it's but it's certainly frustrating. It's frustrating for everyone and 66 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 2: autened and frustrating for us as well. 67 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: Okay, right, okay, Shane, thank you. Shane Henderson, Chair of 68 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: the Stadium Venues working Group, Mind Blown Mind currently blown 69 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: three hundred million dollars for free and will God goodness me, 70 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: isn't that water bummer? 71 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 2: Yeah? 72 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: Just you know, well, never mind, somebody else will 73 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Come along for more from the mic Asking Breakfast, Listen 74 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 2: live to news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, 75 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 2: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.