1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Right. It seems there's a very good chance that toadung 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: A City Council is going to have that inquiry that 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: they've launched taken off them and run by the government instead. 4 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: That the government hasn't actually said those words out loud 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: just yet. What they have said is that there is 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: a strong case for a government inquiry. But you can 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: read between the lines here. They're preparing us and probably 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: and most importantly preparing the toadung A City Council that 9 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: they the government are going to run this inquiry and 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: they should be the ones running this inquiry. That the 11 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: council can't investigate its own actions like it's planning to do. 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: No one's going to believe the council if the council 13 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: finds that the council has done nothing wrong, if you 14 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: follow what I'm saying here, and there are plenty of 15 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: reasons to think actually the Council may have done quite 16 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: a lot of things wrong here from the one one 17 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: one call they say wasn't forwarded to them until they 18 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: realize whoopsie, yes, it was actually forwarded to them to 19 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: reports that they were actually at the campground before the 20 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: slip but didn't evacuate everyone to the fact that they 21 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: were possibly involved in the clearing of trees above the 22 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: slip site. Now that, by the way, the trees issue 23 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: is potentially quite significant here. It looks very much if 24 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: you look at comparison photos, it looks very much like trees, 25 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: probably Pahuda kawa were cleared from the site above the 26 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: slip between twenty seventeen and twenty nineteen, probably to stop 27 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: myrtle rust. Now, if this is what has happened, if 28 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: the council has stuffed up by removing trees and not 29 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: replacing them when everyone knows that plantings stabilized ground, If 30 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: the council was warned about the slips in the hours 31 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: before the slips and ignored those warnings, they should carry 32 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: the can for that. I have seen. I don't know 33 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: if you've been seeing, but I have seen too many 34 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: councils lately get away with dropping the ball. Auckland Council 35 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: having drinks when the city was flooding three years ago. 36 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: Hawks Bay Regional Council begged to open the bar to 37 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: prevent wire were flooding. Didn't open the bar. Guess what 38 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: wire were flooded. No one, if no one is ever 39 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: blamed for the things that they do wrong before the event, 40 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: then nothing changes. So the government's on the right track here. 41 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: They need to take over this inquiry. For more from 42 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: Hither Duplicy Allan Drive, listen live to news talks it'd 43 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on 44 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: iHeart Radio.