1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: New plan to boost our freight industry and listen to this. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: It's so exciting. We've got an MZTA backed action plan 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: which focuses on maximizing economic value and infrastructure. You freight 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Advisory Council. Who doesn't want an advisory council that'll coordinate road, rail, 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: air and sea. Airports are into it. Billy Moore's the 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: chief executive New Zealand Airports Association, is back with there's 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: Billy morning, good morning, Just mean anything? Should I be excited? Yeah? 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: Another action plan right and another council. Look, I normally 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 2: be first to agree with you that this seems to 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: be another go round, but I think this is Chris Bishop. 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: He gets stuff done and it's capturing lancy and air. 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: So we're really keen to see what we can get 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 2: done with it. 14 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: Why haven't we done this before? 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: Look, it's a good question. We had a pretty good 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: process over COVID to really understand the importance of freight 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: links to New Zealand. We had slight supported make sure 18 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,959 Speaker 2: all their stuff kept flowing. But one of the big 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: questions for people like myself is how do you bank 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: that knowledge the public service long term? So that's not 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: just lost and that we don't just think about freight 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: during a crisis. So there's a good question why we 23 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: haven't done it before. But good to see it's carrying 24 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: through now into something hopefully a bit more permanent. 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: Is there intersector rivalry? Do you know CEV road everyc 26 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: that sort of stuff or not you'll cooperate. 27 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think so. I don't think there is. 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: I think the challenge is that all of these things 29 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: are managed in a separate way within government. Obviously, their 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: focus is on roading because that's where most of the 31 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: money has to go. And again this will be run 32 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: out of MVTA, so that's the roading focus. But so 33 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 2: we have to kind of have these overarching things to 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: bring all those modes together. There's only so much you 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: can achieve through the huge investments going on all clind 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: and christ Your airports for instance, on cargo right now 37 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: if the road and connections to those airports aren't good enough. 38 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: So that's the kind of stuff that we're going to 39 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: be looking at. 40 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: I like it. You sold me well. I'm Billy Billy Moore, 41 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: who's the chief executive New Zealand Airport's Association. See that's 42 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: another example, as explaining it earlier in the week, you 43 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: look at someone like Bishop is getting stuff done. Now 44 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: do you swing a vote because of that? 45 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: Nah? 46 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: But there's just a lot of good, common sense stuff 47 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: being done at the moment. 48 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 49 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 50 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.