1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,613 Speaker 1: from News Talks at. 3 00:00:11,653 --> 00:00:15,693 Speaker 2: Be Mike Yardley's out travel corresponding He's with us this morning. 4 00:00:15,733 --> 00:00:19,253 Speaker 3: Good morning, Good morning Jack. I just said to Libya, 5 00:00:19,293 --> 00:00:21,413 Speaker 3: I went to bed last night to the soundtrack of 6 00:00:21,533 --> 00:00:26,093 Speaker 3: Supergroup and Split ends wafting beautifully and acoustically across the city. 7 00:00:26,293 --> 00:00:28,493 Speaker 2: Amazing. So came all the way to your paper. 8 00:00:28,613 --> 00:00:30,773 Speaker 3: Was so good. Yeah, yeah, So I think it would 9 00:00:30,773 --> 00:00:33,333 Speaker 3: be about probably six seven k from my place to 10 00:00:34,053 --> 00:00:36,893 Speaker 3: Hegley Park, but yeah, just the wind just carried the 11 00:00:37,053 --> 00:00:41,333 Speaker 3: voices across to me. It was so good. Yeah, get required. 12 00:00:41,693 --> 00:00:43,853 Speaker 2: So I looked close to Eaton Park and I'm not 13 00:00:43,893 --> 00:00:46,253 Speaker 2: one of these people who knowns about the noise. I'm like, 14 00:00:46,293 --> 00:00:48,813 Speaker 2: you know, you choose to live there, and honestly, I 15 00:00:49,013 --> 00:00:52,693 Speaker 2: like the sound of I like knowing that there's kind 16 00:00:52,733 --> 00:00:55,093 Speaker 2: of activity and there's life and there are events and things. 17 00:00:55,093 --> 00:00:57,573 Speaker 2: I really, I really enjoy it. Yeah, And even if 18 00:00:57,573 --> 00:01:00,093 Speaker 2: I'm not there, I think, oh, well, you know it's 19 00:01:00,133 --> 00:01:02,293 Speaker 2: great that this is on. You know, sometimes even I 20 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:02,573 Speaker 2: know this. 21 00:01:03,453 --> 00:01:05,613 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was just going to say, I know this 22 00:01:05,693 --> 00:01:07,653 Speaker 3: is going to show my age check. But I was 23 00:01:07,693 --> 00:01:11,253 Speaker 3: a bit taken aback around christ Church yesterday the number 24 00:01:11,293 --> 00:01:14,333 Speaker 3: of electro gaev goers who seem to be dressed and 25 00:01:14,453 --> 00:01:17,413 Speaker 3: no less than just kind of like a super yette. 26 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:26,013 Speaker 2: Ah, yep, you're right, you're showing your age. Yeah, I 27 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:27,613 Speaker 2: know you know that. I mean, first of all, we 28 00:01:27,813 --> 00:01:31,133 Speaker 2: can yeah, I mean some people go some people go 29 00:01:31,213 --> 00:01:33,293 Speaker 2: all out, and some people kind of go the other direction, 30 00:01:33,373 --> 00:01:37,013 Speaker 2: don't they. You know, Yeah, you can be very extravagant 31 00:01:37,013 --> 00:01:42,253 Speaker 2: outfits and there can be some less than expans really anyway, 32 00:01:42,773 --> 00:01:45,893 Speaker 2: this morning you are road tripping through wy Cuttle town 33 00:01:45,933 --> 00:01:49,173 Speaker 2: and country. So beyond the bright lights of Hamilton. Why 34 00:01:49,293 --> 00:01:52,493 Speaker 2: Cuttle offers so much variety across the region A. 35 00:01:53,893 --> 00:01:56,093 Speaker 3: It short does, and of course it's all an easy 36 00:01:56,133 --> 00:01:59,933 Speaker 3: reach for Aucklanders, but for South Islanders it's never been 37 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:02,813 Speaker 3: easier or cheaper to get to the way Kato because 38 00:02:03,093 --> 00:02:05,533 Speaker 3: both here in New Zealand and Jetstar you may know 39 00:02:05,573 --> 00:02:08,173 Speaker 3: the check they've been going head to head with a 40 00:02:08,333 --> 00:02:11,173 Speaker 3: three twenties on the Hamilton christ Chuchu route. So the 41 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:13,173 Speaker 3: FIRS is so cheap and of course you get there 42 00:02:13,173 --> 00:02:17,293 Speaker 3: so fast. And what I love is beyond the tron Yeah, 43 00:02:17,413 --> 00:02:23,053 Speaker 3: mighty Wyckedo. The spoil of towns and sights just project 44 00:02:23,373 --> 00:02:27,013 Speaker 3: so much distinctive character and personality. You know, you think 45 00:02:27,053 --> 00:02:30,973 Speaker 3: of Raglin or Tito or Orto, ahunger Matamata. They've all 46 00:02:31,053 --> 00:02:34,453 Speaker 3: got their own sort of sense of who we are. 47 00:02:35,773 --> 00:02:39,253 Speaker 3: And I think Wyato, perhaps more so than any other 48 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,893 Speaker 3: province in New Zealand, just has so many drive two 49 00:02:43,013 --> 00:02:46,173 Speaker 3: towns as opposed to drive through towns, if you know 50 00:02:46,213 --> 00:02:46,613 Speaker 3: what I mean. 51 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:50,133 Speaker 2: Yeah, So if we're talking drive two towns, Cambridge would 52 00:02:50,133 --> 00:02:50,933 Speaker 2: be a still right. 53 00:02:51,973 --> 00:02:54,893 Speaker 3: Oh man. It is no wonder Cambridge is undergoing such 54 00:02:54,893 --> 00:02:58,093 Speaker 3: a population boom. The lifestyle there is second to none, 55 00:02:58,213 --> 00:03:00,253 Speaker 3: and it's such a good base for a town and 56 00:03:00,333 --> 00:03:03,653 Speaker 3: country tiki tour. It is, of course the town of champions, 57 00:03:03,653 --> 00:03:08,333 Speaker 3: and they flaunt that sporting heritage with that fantastic Walk 58 00:03:08,373 --> 00:03:11,453 Speaker 3: of Fame all through town, all of their sporting heroes, 59 00:03:11,493 --> 00:03:14,893 Speaker 3: the local Olympians, over a dozen Melbourne Cup champions, you 60 00:03:14,973 --> 00:03:17,373 Speaker 3: name it. And I have to say, if you can 61 00:03:17,453 --> 00:03:22,413 Speaker 3: to yourself away from Cambridge's really good retail and hospital offerings, 62 00:03:23,413 --> 00:03:26,213 Speaker 3: go to that world class of elodrome and spend some 63 00:03:26,293 --> 00:03:28,493 Speaker 3: track time there. I was there a fortnight ago. The 64 00:03:28,493 --> 00:03:31,533 Speaker 3: ocean you champs were on, which was very lucky for 65 00:03:31,613 --> 00:03:36,613 Speaker 3: me man I was transfixed. The speed of those track races, Jack, 66 00:03:36,693 --> 00:03:40,213 Speaker 3: to see it in the flesh is absolutely staggering. 67 00:03:40,293 --> 00:03:42,733 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, you realize, like hat gutsy it 68 00:03:42,853 --> 00:03:46,533 Speaker 2: is you really can't give a full perspective a and 69 00:03:46,573 --> 00:03:49,693 Speaker 2: like one little goes wrong and you've got a long 70 00:03:49,733 --> 00:03:51,133 Speaker 2: way to slide around. 71 00:03:52,293 --> 00:03:55,213 Speaker 3: Yeah, and a lot of timber to slide on. Yeah. 72 00:03:56,053 --> 00:03:59,453 Speaker 2: So what's the latest hospitality hero in Cambridge? 73 00:04:00,533 --> 00:04:02,613 Speaker 3: Yes, well, it's the sort of town that doesn't rest 74 00:04:02,613 --> 00:04:06,853 Speaker 3: on its laurels. And you may recall on Juke Street 75 00:04:06,973 --> 00:04:10,613 Speaker 3: there used to be this really scruffy down at Hill Pub, 76 00:04:10,813 --> 00:04:14,133 Speaker 3: the Massona Hotel. I was actually there. It's sort of 77 00:04:14,373 --> 00:04:17,133 Speaker 3: I've got trauma over the Masonic Hotel, Jack, because when 78 00:04:17,213 --> 00:04:21,333 Speaker 3: Jasin Radurn declared the Delta lockdown, I happened to be 79 00:04:21,413 --> 00:04:24,893 Speaker 3: having a beer in the bar at the Massonic Hotel, 80 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:28,893 Speaker 3: many miles from a home I know. Anyway, that was 81 00:04:28,933 --> 00:04:33,133 Speaker 3: a few years ago in our dark history. The hotel 82 00:04:33,133 --> 00:04:35,853 Speaker 3: has been there since eighteen sixty six, and a few 83 00:04:35,893 --> 00:04:41,373 Speaker 3: months ago it reopened reborn as the Clements Hotel after 84 00:04:41,413 --> 00:04:45,253 Speaker 3: the most meticulous tip to toe restoration. It's been just 85 00:04:45,493 --> 00:04:49,973 Speaker 3: transformed into a boutique affordable luxury hotel. The lovely local 86 00:04:49,973 --> 00:04:54,693 Speaker 3: owners they've spent millions hushing up this old girl, so 87 00:04:54,813 --> 00:04:59,093 Speaker 3: it's now just got this red hot following as the 88 00:04:59,413 --> 00:05:03,773 Speaker 3: trendy gathering space indoors and out in Cambridge. Super impressive. 89 00:05:03,773 --> 00:05:05,933 Speaker 3: Whether you're staying in house or not, you've got to 90 00:05:05,973 --> 00:05:06,253 Speaker 3: go there. 91 00:05:06,413 --> 00:05:08,213 Speaker 2: Nice. They've got a speakeasy bar right. 92 00:05:09,333 --> 00:05:11,693 Speaker 3: Yes, this is what the locals love and it's something 93 00:05:11,773 --> 00:05:13,813 Speaker 3: you've definitely got to check out down in the basement, 94 00:05:13,893 --> 00:05:18,933 Speaker 3: this very intimate, evocative, underground speakeasy. It's named eighteen sixty six, 95 00:05:19,573 --> 00:05:23,253 Speaker 3: but it's such a great little spot for cosey libations 96 00:05:23,293 --> 00:05:26,693 Speaker 3: after dark. Really good bar trecks man, those bartenders they've 97 00:05:26,733 --> 00:05:29,493 Speaker 3: been watching that cocktail movie Farm and Party many times. 98 00:05:29,813 --> 00:05:32,133 Speaker 3: And the live music there super cool. By the way. 99 00:05:32,213 --> 00:05:35,173 Speaker 3: The Gallery restaurant in the hotel that's also attracting a 100 00:05:35,173 --> 00:05:37,093 Speaker 3: lot of buzz. And I thought of you, Jack, when 101 00:05:37,133 --> 00:05:41,213 Speaker 3: I considered the dessert menu. You've got to try the 102 00:05:41,413 --> 00:05:46,973 Speaker 3: black Forest to chocolate brulat with poached cherries. It's as 103 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:48,653 Speaker 3: unctious as it sounds. 104 00:05:48,733 --> 00:05:51,333 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, that sounds good. I feel like, I 105 00:05:51,373 --> 00:05:55,933 Speaker 2: feel like the poach, cherry and chocolate combination as an 106 00:05:55,973 --> 00:05:56,733 Speaker 2: absolute winner. 107 00:05:57,533 --> 00:06:01,413 Speaker 3: Did you got to Hobbiton, Well, I'm a sucker for 108 00:06:01,533 --> 00:06:05,733 Speaker 3: a really good tourist trap. Yeah. And those whip smart 109 00:06:05,773 --> 00:06:09,093 Speaker 3: guided movie set tours on the Alexander family farm, they 110 00:06:09,213 --> 00:06:12,613 Speaker 3: just keep on keeping on selling out virtually every day. 111 00:06:12,733 --> 00:06:15,773 Speaker 3: It's like the world is that Hobbit and it's just incredible. 112 00:06:16,253 --> 00:06:18,693 Speaker 3: But if you haven't been in a couple of years. 113 00:06:19,213 --> 00:06:22,253 Speaker 3: The added feature now is bagshot rows Hobbit holes, which 114 00:06:22,373 --> 00:06:26,853 Speaker 3: now include two walk in the Hobbit houses, so everything 115 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:31,173 Speaker 3: is purposized and crafted for Hobbits, from the beds and 116 00:06:31,253 --> 00:06:36,093 Speaker 3: the well stopped pantries, all the family heirlooms passed down 117 00:06:36,493 --> 00:06:42,533 Speaker 3: from generations of Hobbits. It's also magnificent, magnificently executed, and 118 00:06:42,573 --> 00:06:47,093 Speaker 3: it just reaffirmed to me how Hobbiton has nailed that 119 00:06:47,373 --> 00:06:51,613 Speaker 3: task of blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. It's 120 00:06:51,653 --> 00:06:53,893 Speaker 3: like you've gone into a third realm. It really is 121 00:06:53,933 --> 00:06:54,573 Speaker 3: so special. 122 00:06:54,933 --> 00:06:59,213 Speaker 2: Further south, how good is Sanctuary Mountain among the TOTEDI. 123 00:07:01,333 --> 00:07:03,253 Speaker 3: I went there for the first time two weeks ago. 124 00:07:03,653 --> 00:07:07,413 Speaker 3: Wa a sanctuary and it's got one the world's biggest 125 00:07:07,573 --> 00:07:14,013 Speaker 3: predator proofenses forty seven kilometers of fence. Unbelievable. So the 126 00:07:14,093 --> 00:07:18,253 Speaker 3: forest in the wetland, it is so beautiful. But as 127 00:07:18,293 --> 00:07:21,213 Speaker 3: you sort of wander around and they've got over seven 128 00:07:21,293 --> 00:07:26,253 Speaker 3: hundred native species yet the century. It really is a 129 00:07:26,373 --> 00:07:31,893 Speaker 3: national arc. I found myself eyeballing to Atara while squawky 130 00:07:32,013 --> 00:07:36,373 Speaker 3: saddlebacks and kaka and bury binging kennedoo flu all around me. 131 00:07:36,893 --> 00:07:38,853 Speaker 3: The place is a revelation. 132 00:07:39,293 --> 00:07:41,253 Speaker 2: That's so good. Do you know I've never been there. 133 00:07:41,333 --> 00:07:43,173 Speaker 2: I've always wanted to. I've got like a little list 134 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:45,213 Speaker 2: I keep it a list on my phone of activities 135 00:07:45,213 --> 00:07:47,333 Speaker 2: to do with the family from time to time, and 136 00:07:47,373 --> 00:07:49,013 Speaker 2: that's always been there. I always thort it of be 137 00:07:49,013 --> 00:07:51,253 Speaker 2: an amazing thing to do because they've got kiwi. 138 00:07:50,973 --> 00:07:55,773 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, they do, and it's fascinating. The story of 139 00:07:55,853 --> 00:08:00,133 Speaker 3: success go back twenty years ago. That's when they translocated 140 00:08:00,173 --> 00:08:05,693 Speaker 3: the first kiwi Toomunga Totade. A century had passed since 141 00:08:05,733 --> 00:08:09,093 Speaker 3: the kiwi all had been heard there before they took 142 00:08:09,133 --> 00:08:13,933 Speaker 3: that first kiwi there. Today, this gorgeous old growth forest 143 00:08:14,653 --> 00:08:17,853 Speaker 3: is a Swiss cheese lock to it Jack because the 144 00:08:17,893 --> 00:08:21,693 Speaker 3: forest floor is pock marked with so many Kiwi borrows. 145 00:08:21,733 --> 00:08:24,573 Speaker 3: Wherever you lock, there's all these holes. There are now 146 00:08:24,773 --> 00:08:27,413 Speaker 3: three thousand Kiwi in this forest. 147 00:08:27,493 --> 00:08:32,493 Speaker 2: Wheesh, three thousand. That's remarkable. What an incredible success story. 148 00:08:33,573 --> 00:08:34,693 Speaker 3: That's a lot of breeding. 149 00:08:35,053 --> 00:08:40,933 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean that that is something, isn't it? Okay? Oh, 150 00:08:41,013 --> 00:08:43,533 Speaker 2: that's definitely going to be bumped further high up the list. 151 00:08:43,573 --> 00:08:46,573 Speaker 2: I reckon, yes, okay, cool, that sounds amazing. Thank you 152 00:08:46,613 --> 00:08:47,253 Speaker 2: so much, Mike. 153 00:08:48,453 --> 00:08:49,573 Speaker 3: Thanks Jack, very good. 154 00:08:50,053 --> 00:08:53,453 Speaker 2: Enjoy the rest of your weekend and enjoy the sounds 155 00:08:53,453 --> 00:08:56,493 Speaker 2: of electric have Day two wafting across the city. Today. 156 00:08:56,493 --> 00:08:58,653 Speaker 2: Before midday, we are going to take you to our 157 00:08:58,853 --> 00:09:02,013 Speaker 2: music reviewer who was there to see Split Ends perform 158 00:09:02,253 --> 00:09:05,573 Speaker 2: last night, and he'll be there again today alongside seventy nine, 159 00:09:05,933 --> 00:09:09,453 Speaker 2: nine hundred ninety nine others who we know that enjoying 160 00:09:09,453 --> 00:09:10,173 Speaker 2: elitric ev 161 00:09:11,053 --> 00:09:14,173 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 162 00:09:14,253 --> 00:09:17,093 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 163 00:09:17,133 --> 00:09:19,053 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.