1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,453 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:15,053 Speaker 2: That'd be Mike Hardley has had travel corresponding he's with 4 00:00:15,173 --> 00:00:15,813 Speaker 2: us this morning. 5 00:00:15,853 --> 00:00:19,453 Speaker 3: More than a mic, more than a Jack, stupendous Christmas 6 00:00:19,533 --> 00:00:21,893 Speaker 3: cut up to your usual thing and thank you very much. 7 00:00:22,133 --> 00:00:23,973 Speaker 2: I don't know about stupendous. I think that might be 8 00:00:24,053 --> 00:00:26,693 Speaker 2: a stretch, but thank you. Look the mere fact if 9 00:00:26,733 --> 00:00:29,453 Speaker 2: you can, if you can read it, then I'm impressed 10 00:00:29,813 --> 00:00:33,253 Speaker 2: because my honestly, my name is so poor. 11 00:00:33,893 --> 00:00:35,653 Speaker 3: No, I think there's a bit of self load than 12 00:00:35,733 --> 00:00:37,853 Speaker 3: going on here, Jack tie. I don't have a problem 13 00:00:37,853 --> 00:00:41,333 Speaker 3: with your handwriting. I find it very legible. Oh very wow, 14 00:00:41,373 --> 00:00:42,373 Speaker 3: at the top of the class. 15 00:00:42,373 --> 00:00:45,093 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. I put out that quote and take 16 00:00:45,133 --> 00:00:47,853 Speaker 2: it home. Yeah, as the first time I've heard that ever. 17 00:00:49,053 --> 00:00:50,893 Speaker 2: In fact, I always think as a journalist, I'll be 18 00:00:50,893 --> 00:00:52,933 Speaker 2: able to protect my sources because even if they go 19 00:00:52,973 --> 00:00:54,893 Speaker 2: through my notebooks, they'll bet they won't be able to 20 00:00:54,893 --> 00:00:56,653 Speaker 2: read anything. You know, they won't be able to decide 21 00:00:56,693 --> 00:00:59,893 Speaker 2: for Anything'll be fine. Just a very quick update the 22 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:03,013 Speaker 2: black Caps twenty four to none off four point five overs. 23 00:01:03,013 --> 00:01:04,573 Speaker 2: I've just had a text from us saying Jack for 24 00:01:04,573 --> 00:01:07,253 Speaker 2: goodness sake, come on, keep us up to speed. So yeah, 25 00:01:07,573 --> 00:01:10,573 Speaker 2: reallestly early days four point five over the relatively good 26 00:01:10,573 --> 00:01:15,373 Speaker 2: sound so far. Anyway, we are focusing on street treats 27 00:01:16,173 --> 00:01:18,893 Speaker 2: and what I think is the most underrated of New 28 00:01:18,973 --> 00:01:23,853 Speaker 2: Zealand's big cities are indend this morning, and we start 29 00:01:23,893 --> 00:01:26,773 Speaker 2: off with George Street. How is George Street looking after 30 00:01:26,813 --> 00:01:27,733 Speaker 2: the major makeover? 31 00:01:27,853 --> 00:01:27,973 Speaker 1: Mit? 32 00:01:28,853 --> 00:01:31,773 Speaker 3: Yes, well it wasn't without controversy, as you'd know, Jack 33 00:01:31,813 --> 00:01:34,573 Speaker 3: and I did wonder at times if the tens of 34 00:01:34,653 --> 00:01:37,293 Speaker 3: millions being shelled out would be worth it. But I 35 00:01:37,333 --> 00:01:40,813 Speaker 3: have to say Dunedin's retail heart looks resplendent. And the 36 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:44,653 Speaker 3: really interesting thing about done is is that, unlike most cities, 37 00:01:45,173 --> 00:01:48,173 Speaker 3: they haven't been hollowed out with suburban walls. So when 38 00:01:48,213 --> 00:01:50,253 Speaker 3: you go to George Street you've got the Meridian Mall, 39 00:01:50,333 --> 00:01:53,253 Speaker 3: Wall Street Mall, Golden Center. So these are all great 40 00:01:53,373 --> 00:01:57,333 Speaker 3: CBD retail magnets which give George Street that sort of 41 00:01:57,413 --> 00:02:01,973 Speaker 3: continuing vitality. And the Georgia up to George Street is 42 00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:06,733 Speaker 3: undeniably pedestrian centric. But I think they've done a stunning job, greataing, 43 00:02:07,173 --> 00:02:12,093 Speaker 3: awesome street furniture. The plantings. I hate when councils put 44 00:02:12,133 --> 00:02:17,333 Speaker 3: in spindly, dispiriting plantings. Well in Dneda and I've gone lash, 45 00:02:17,373 --> 00:02:20,733 Speaker 3: you know, they've gone like jungle. Yeah, so it just 46 00:02:20,773 --> 00:02:24,453 Speaker 3: looks so good. They've got a curbside playground, cannibal writing 47 00:02:24,693 --> 00:02:27,213 Speaker 3: in the public artjeck really cold. I've got all sorts 48 00:02:27,253 --> 00:02:30,093 Speaker 3: of disease etched into the papers. So when you're walking 49 00:02:30,133 --> 00:02:33,853 Speaker 3: along there's all these local luminary showcase little dishes from 50 00:02:33,893 --> 00:02:37,293 Speaker 3: poet on a two fada, the writer Janet Frame and 51 00:02:37,453 --> 00:02:41,173 Speaker 3: lyrics from the iconic Donedian band to the Clean. So yeah, 52 00:02:41,213 --> 00:02:43,333 Speaker 3: there's lots to check out in George Street. 53 00:02:43,533 --> 00:02:45,853 Speaker 2: And tell us about the Warehouse precinc you reckon, it's 54 00:02:45,853 --> 00:02:46,493 Speaker 2: worth a wonder. 55 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:49,973 Speaker 3: I'm fascinated by this precinct and it's been sort of 56 00:02:49,973 --> 00:02:52,533 Speaker 3: in a state of revival for about a decade or so. 57 00:02:52,813 --> 00:02:56,453 Speaker 3: And I mean, obviously Dunedin's not sort of architectural flourishes. 58 00:02:56,933 --> 00:02:59,973 Speaker 3: So many great stately stone buildings over the place to 59 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,733 Speaker 3: feast your eyzon as. Just follow about that. The Warehouse Precinct. 60 00:03:03,173 --> 00:03:06,333 Speaker 3: It's sort of got the spirit of New York's meatpacking district. 61 00:03:06,973 --> 00:03:11,453 Speaker 3: So it's super hip, a huge trove of heritage buildings 62 00:03:11,493 --> 00:03:15,293 Speaker 3: that have been repurposed as offices and apartments and really 63 00:03:15,293 --> 00:03:18,613 Speaker 3: trendy hospo venues. Vogel Street is sort of like the 64 00:03:18,653 --> 00:03:21,813 Speaker 3: beating heart of the precinct. It's just a show piece street. 65 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:25,893 Speaker 3: And then you've got all of Dunedin's street art, a 66 00:03:25,893 --> 00:03:28,573 Speaker 3: lot of it is concentrated in that precinct, and there's 67 00:03:28,893 --> 00:03:31,813 Speaker 3: a trail you can follow that threads together all of 68 00:03:31,813 --> 00:03:34,893 Speaker 3: a splashy site, leading you down all sorts of nooks 69 00:03:34,933 --> 00:03:37,773 Speaker 3: and crannies. Jack like No Name Ellie, which is an 70 00:03:37,773 --> 00:03:40,333 Speaker 3: absolute cracker, what about. 71 00:03:40,093 --> 00:03:43,573 Speaker 2: The Kai Any recommended eats for us? 72 00:03:44,013 --> 00:03:47,013 Speaker 3: I would start at Vogel Street Kitchen because they were 73 00:03:47,013 --> 00:03:50,773 Speaker 3: the trailblazer that powered the revival of the precinct into 74 00:03:50,773 --> 00:03:54,173 Speaker 3: a very sort of buzzy hospo haunt. Really good wood 75 00:03:54,173 --> 00:03:56,813 Speaker 3: fired pizza there. If you're into your coffee, go to 76 00:03:57,013 --> 00:04:00,613 Speaker 3: Heritage Coffee. It's housed in a building that looks like 77 00:04:00,653 --> 00:04:05,173 Speaker 3: a miniature Raffle Singapore. It's this gorgeous cream building that 78 00:04:05,293 --> 00:04:09,453 Speaker 3: was actually the Harbor's Building one hundred and twenty years ago. 79 00:04:09,733 --> 00:04:11,453 Speaker 3: And then for lunch on the run, I went to 80 00:04:11,493 --> 00:04:14,213 Speaker 3: this brand's new kid on the block called Big Lizard. 81 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:17,773 Speaker 3: It's a galley style takeaway, and there Fakarta Sammy's and 82 00:04:17,853 --> 00:04:21,173 Speaker 3: the pastries Jack Tamee, Oh my god, they are unbeatable. 83 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:24,533 Speaker 3: And then just very quickly beyond the warehouse precinct, close 84 00:04:24,573 --> 00:04:27,093 Speaker 3: to the Octagon, I checked out a place called Grays 85 00:04:27,093 --> 00:04:31,253 Speaker 3: and Grays and Glow and they typically a line out 86 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:35,493 Speaker 3: the door. The reason everything on the menu is nine dollars. 87 00:04:35,853 --> 00:04:40,973 Speaker 3: Farco's Croquettes, Lamb, Stewards, Knocky all for nine dollars. 88 00:04:41,213 --> 00:04:45,093 Speaker 2: Man, that's graven. It sounds wonderful. Okay, what about the 89 00:04:45,133 --> 00:04:47,253 Speaker 2: bruise scene in Dnedan. 90 00:04:47,613 --> 00:04:50,093 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, obviously they've got a very proud living history. 91 00:04:50,133 --> 00:04:53,333 Speaker 3: And it's amazing how the Spates Brewery tours they still 92 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:56,453 Speaker 3: rate on trip Advisor as one of the essential things 93 00:04:56,493 --> 00:05:01,533 Speaker 3: you've got to do. So it's our oldest working brewery, 94 00:05:01,893 --> 00:05:03,893 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty years old next year, and I 95 00:05:03,933 --> 00:05:06,733 Speaker 3: love how that building could be a stand in Willy 96 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:11,333 Speaker 3: Wonka's chocolate factory. It's just so cool. Further your liquid 97 00:05:11,413 --> 00:05:15,053 Speaker 3: education at Emerson's, which is widely considered as the pioneer 98 00:05:15,453 --> 00:05:18,453 Speaker 3: of our craft beer industry and when you're in No 99 00:05:18,613 --> 00:05:21,973 Speaker 3: Name Ellie and the Warehouse precinct. Check out a recent 100 00:05:22,173 --> 00:05:27,773 Speaker 3: micro brewery arrival called Steamer Basin, really cooled brewery and Tapprim. 101 00:05:27,973 --> 00:05:31,613 Speaker 3: I tried the Eceptron sour, which is fabulous the summer. 102 00:05:32,093 --> 00:05:34,653 Speaker 3: And the cream stout check which has a hint of 103 00:05:34,733 --> 00:05:35,973 Speaker 3: chocolate and vanilla. 104 00:05:36,133 --> 00:05:39,133 Speaker 2: Oh don't mind, just a wee stout. I just won 105 00:05:39,493 --> 00:05:42,453 Speaker 2: You know what I mean? Yes, you know it just said, yeah, yeah, beautiful? 106 00:05:42,893 --> 00:05:45,533 Speaker 2: Is the loop around the harbor the Otago Vine? Is 107 00:05:45,533 --> 00:05:46,613 Speaker 2: that proving popular? 108 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:50,693 Speaker 3: Oh? Wild? It is on fire. I was there a 109 00:05:50,773 --> 00:05:53,813 Speaker 3: couple of weeks ago and despite it raining, there were 110 00:05:54,013 --> 00:05:58,333 Speaker 3: hundreds on the trails. So this is this massive project 111 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:02,533 Speaker 3: that was completed last year. But the trailers, the cyclists 112 00:06:02,573 --> 00:06:06,053 Speaker 3: and walkers, it is absolutely riveting. It spans a thirty 113 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:09,213 Speaker 3: thirty two k loop. So you've got the West Harbor 114 00:06:09,253 --> 00:06:13,453 Speaker 3: Path which threats along the peninsula to Port a Bellow 115 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:16,693 Speaker 3: and then over on the eastern side. That path links 116 00:06:16,733 --> 00:06:19,333 Speaker 3: the city with Port Charmers. And look, they've got this 117 00:06:19,453 --> 00:06:22,733 Speaker 3: amazing boardwalk over Blanket Base, so you feel like you're 118 00:06:22,733 --> 00:06:25,733 Speaker 3: cycling on the water as you go over Blinket Bay. 119 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:28,933 Speaker 3: The scenery as you know, Jack, mind blowing, and the 120 00:06:28,973 --> 00:06:31,973 Speaker 3: full circuit takes most riders about two to four hours 121 00:06:31,973 --> 00:06:33,973 Speaker 3: to knock off, but there is so much to see 122 00:06:34,013 --> 00:06:34,893 Speaker 3: and do along the trail. 123 00:06:35,013 --> 00:06:36,733 Speaker 2: Yeah, so how do you get across the water? 124 00:06:37,853 --> 00:06:41,333 Speaker 3: Very good question, you could summons Jesus. But most people 125 00:06:41,373 --> 00:06:45,533 Speaker 3: go for port to port cruisers. They operate a Shilton 126 00:06:45,653 --> 00:06:48,893 Speaker 3: suite ferry crossing several times a day. It's only about 127 00:06:48,893 --> 00:06:51,613 Speaker 3: five or ten minutes across from Port Charmers to Port Bellow, 128 00:06:51,653 --> 00:06:55,093 Speaker 3: So that's brilliant. The simplicity is brilliant. It just completes the. 129 00:06:55,053 --> 00:06:59,573 Speaker 2: Loop nice and any quick tips on Port Charmers very quickly. 130 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:02,773 Speaker 3: Do not miss the Maritime Museum and the reasoning. It's 131 00:07:02,933 --> 00:07:06,253 Speaker 3: just been enlarged and upgraded. So it does this gooldless 132 00:07:06,693 --> 00:07:09,933 Speaker 3: job immersing you in the glories of everything when it 133 00:07:09,973 --> 00:07:12,253 Speaker 3: comes to seaf here and here at age job of Dunedin. 134 00:07:12,613 --> 00:07:15,973 Speaker 3: The Wall of Ship's Gallery is something you have to 135 00:07:16,053 --> 00:07:18,933 Speaker 3: see to believe. It is genuinely a wall of ships 136 00:07:19,213 --> 00:07:21,173 Speaker 3: and that is going to be a sure fire summer hit. 137 00:07:21,453 --> 00:07:23,973 Speaker 2: Yeah, very good. Oh it sounds wonderful, Thank you so much. 138 00:07:25,213 --> 00:07:28,133 Speaker 2: My parents used to always do Dunedin over the summer. 139 00:07:28,373 --> 00:07:30,453 Speaker 2: They always quite like going down because of course, you 140 00:07:30,453 --> 00:07:32,213 Speaker 2: know they have all the students that come into town 141 00:07:32,253 --> 00:07:33,733 Speaker 2: and then they go off and you know, if they've 142 00:07:33,773 --> 00:07:35,533 Speaker 2: come from around the country, they often spread out over 143 00:07:35,573 --> 00:07:37,933 Speaker 2: summer and so d it doesn't empty out, but it's 144 00:07:37,933 --> 00:07:39,973 Speaker 2: definitely you know, empties out a little bit relative to 145 00:07:40,013 --> 00:07:41,813 Speaker 2: the middle of the year. And they always reckon it 146 00:07:41,853 --> 00:07:43,253 Speaker 2: was a great spot to go. And then you go 147 00:07:43,293 --> 00:07:45,133 Speaker 2: down to sin Clear every bit of a swim as well. 148 00:07:45,573 --> 00:07:47,933 Speaker 2: It's just a really really good place to have a 149 00:07:47,933 --> 00:07:49,853 Speaker 2: few days over the summer. So thank you for that, Mike, 150 00:07:49,973 --> 00:07:52,613 Speaker 2: really appreciate it. And you have a wonderful Christmas. I 151 00:07:52,613 --> 00:07:54,413 Speaker 2: know I don't need to tell you to do that, 152 00:07:54,893 --> 00:07:56,533 Speaker 2: given how much you love the sum of the year, 153 00:07:56,533 --> 00:07:58,773 Speaker 2: but yeah, thank you for everything this year, and have 154 00:07:58,813 --> 00:07:59,933 Speaker 2: a wonderful summer, won't you. 155 00:08:00,693 --> 00:08:02,693 Speaker 3: Thanks you too, Jack in regards to the family. 156 00:08:02,813 --> 00:08:04,973 Speaker 2: Yes, sounds good, All right, catch you so, Mike Yardley, 157 00:08:05,013 --> 00:08:07,693 Speaker 2: our travel correspondent, all of us tips for enjoying today, 158 00:08:07,733 --> 00:08:09,573 Speaker 2: and there will be up on the news talks he'd 159 00:08:09,573 --> 00:08:12,933 Speaker 2: be website. 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