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Speaker 1: Right, Which suburbs will Auckland Council save from high rise

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Speaker 1: apartment towers? That is the question after the government you

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Speaker 1: turn on intensification yesterday. The council apparently has until around

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Speaker 1: April to tell the government. Andy Baker is Franklin Ward

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Speaker 1: councilor joins us live this morning. Andy, good morning, Kday. Right,

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Speaker 1: So who it is council that will decide or at

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Speaker 1: least recommend to the government which suburbs. Do you know

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Speaker 1: have an idea of which suburbs you might be saving

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Speaker 1: from high rises?

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Speaker 2: No, we don't because we haven't seen any detail yet.

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Speaker 2: But you know, I would imagine with the intent being

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Speaker 2: that we're going to intensify along the when near transport

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Speaker 2: hubs and along the rapid transit network, it's those areas

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Speaker 2: on the outside of those that aren't as well served

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Speaker 2: that will be first in line to be have a

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Speaker 2: specter of intensification removed from them.

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Speaker 1: So you're Mount Eden's, oh.

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Speaker 2: Well, who knows? I mean? And that's the thing. And

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Speaker 2: so you know Mount Eden has a beautiful new train

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Speaker 2: station getting built there, Munga Foe so as part of

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Speaker 2: the CRL. So you know, who knows I don't think

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Speaker 2: it's going to please everybody. The outcome. I don't think

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Speaker 2: it's the silver bullet that some people have been asking for.

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Speaker 1: So for those because there is the people with the

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Speaker 1: character homes and the character areas, they're going, yeah, we've won.

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Speaker 1: You're saying, not necessarily.

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Speaker 2: I'd be. It wouldn't be. I wouldn't be celebrating too soon.

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Speaker 2: You know, who knows, And that's the thing. It's just

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Speaker 2: we just don't know, and we're going to have to.

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Speaker 2: You know, as of last night, staff had any engagement

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Speaker 2: with government officials. We only know what's out in the

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Speaker 2: public arena from what we've seen and read.

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Speaker 1: Is it fair to say, if you are in the CBD,

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Speaker 1: or if you are in the town center or near

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Speaker 1: a station, you're probably going to have a high rise

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Speaker 1: near you, and if you're not, you won't.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I think that's a reasonable assumption and

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Speaker 2: that makes sense, and I don't think there's been too

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Speaker 2: much opposition to that whole sort of the context of

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Speaker 2: doing it, and in the intensification where there is access

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Speaker 2: to good public transport. You know, we do have to

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Speaker 2: take into consideration heritage and the other things that we've

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Speaker 2: been told are important Talklanders, but exactly what that means

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Speaker 2: we won't know yet and for a little while yet.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate your time this morning, Andy. Thank you, Andy Baker,

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Speaker 1: Franklin WARLD counselor.

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