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Speaker 1: Sale GP back in town on the White to matad

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Speaker 1: this weekend. Last year more than twenty five thousand spectators.

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Speaker 1: Nick Hill is tantaki Auckland Unlimited CEO with me this morning.

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Speaker 2: Nick, Good morning, morning Ryan.

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Speaker 1: All the tickets sold, you have to ask.

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Speaker 2: Our GP that I'm not sure that they have. But

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Speaker 2: it's bigger this year, so it's a bit more of

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Speaker 2: an ask.

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Speaker 1: What involvement does tataki Auckland Unlimited.

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Speaker 2: Have quite a few things. We put in half the

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Speaker 2: funding to bring it here. We managed all the engagements

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Speaker 2: between the between sal GP and the city. So that's

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Speaker 2: everything that goes from physically the stadium through right through

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Speaker 2: to getting with the harbor Master and a whole range

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Speaker 2: of things that mean the city is able to put

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Speaker 2: on an event like this and make the most of it.

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Speaker 1: You say you put half the funding and you must

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Speaker 1: have some idea of how ticket sales are.

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Speaker 2: Going, well, not not directly. We don't. We don't. We

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Speaker 2: don't take that risk, do Okay?

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Speaker 1: All right? So what are you looking forward to this weekend?

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Speaker 2: Then?

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Speaker 1: Will it be about your what's your focus? How many

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Speaker 1: spectators you get down there?

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Speaker 2: A few things? Yeah, how many spectators go there? How

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Speaker 2: successful the event is. There's a whole bunch of targets

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Speaker 2: around that, how many people come to the city and

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Speaker 2: particularly when they stay in the hotels, what it does

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Speaker 2: to the city center, in particular in terms of the

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Speaker 2: spend and the vibrancy of the place, but also just

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Speaker 2: how it's promoted internationally. So an event like this on

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Speaker 2: the harbor, what it does for Auckland's reputation to attract

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Speaker 2: people here, to put Auckland on the world map.

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Speaker 1: It's a beautiful event. Twenty five thousand spectators last year.

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Speaker 1: What's your target this year?

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Speaker 2: No, it'll be similar, but they've increased to stand and

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Speaker 2: then you have a whole lot of people all around

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Speaker 2: the waterfront watching it. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well it's the ones that are walking around the waterfront

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Speaker 1: watching it that spend all the money in the restaurants

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Speaker 1: and stuff. I mean they all do, probably, but they

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Speaker 1: all do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they all do. Because it's actually quite a tight

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Speaker 2: window that they racing.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and a half of town.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. And it's a number of races and

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Speaker 2: it's spectacular. I mean last year they hit every single

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Speaker 2: target and we did two for the city. So do

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Speaker 2: you think it's a fantastic event.

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Speaker 1: And this year, so your target's about twenty five thousand.

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Speaker 1: Are you expecting that or more?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: We are, okay, good, We'll look forward to it. Nick,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on the show. Nick Hell, who is

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Speaker 1: Tantaky Auckland Unlimited CEO?

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