1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Our mere lismicc Mellan Morning Morning Business Awards Friday night. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: What do you love about this event? 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 2: Ah? Everything dole up. 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, did you see some family food. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 4: But just I mean just all the amazing businesses we've 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 4: gotten in the district. 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 3: A lot of inspiration, a really really cool. 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 4: I mean, you know, we had the winners and the 9 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 4: highly commend it, but just all the finalists were just fantastic. 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 2: I was very proud, very proudly. 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: About the likes of Kai Pak. Not to single anybody out, 12 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: but I'm trying to remember what the stat was on 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: the night, but they distribute to seventeen different countries around 14 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: the World's twenty four million boxers a year. 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: It's incredible. 16 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: Is that that's big numbers and it's all produced. 17 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: Here in ASHBURGA I know, amazing. 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 3: Really cool. 19 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: And then another observation I sort of made this comment 20 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: on the night too, is that it felt like the 21 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: vast majority of the finalists we were celebrating this year 22 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: a relatively new businesses that have only cropped up in 23 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: the past five six years. Can you think about the 24 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: turbulence to keep the aviation theme that we were running 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: on the night there as well? The turbulence, the headwinds 26 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: that were faced over the past few years in particular 27 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: as well. Credits to you know, those who were taking 28 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: a punt and doing some cool stuff out there across Eachburton. 29 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd agree it was. 30 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was pretty amazing to hear the Baxter and 31 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 4: I know you did a blurb about every single business 32 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 4: that was a finalist. 33 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: Great to hear their blurbs, and. 34 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 4: Some of them made some really great speeches as well 35 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 4: when they accepted their awards and gave a wee bit 36 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 4: of insight and you know what they've been through. 37 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: So yeah, really great night. 38 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: Good on your team. You can find the full list 39 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: of finalists and winners up on our Hawken and we 40 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: Ashburten facebook page. I also sported your cameo on TV 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: Breakfast TV yesterday timilled Viaduct. When you got called up 42 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: for that, you must have thought, oh really again, most 43 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: hit bridge in the country. So there's more signage going 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: up around it. 45 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: Yes, there is, so, I I think hot off the 46 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 4: press there was. I was holding up a little piece 47 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 4: of paper that had the new signage that was going 48 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 4: to go up, so just examples of those. So showed 49 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: that to Charlotte. Charlotte loves doing stories on ash burden. 50 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 3: So whatever they may be. 51 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 2: It was yeah, No, it was fun and we filmed that. 52 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: I think the most effective sign is going to be 53 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: the one that sees no cars. Yeah, because nobody really 54 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: knows what the height of the events. It doesn't say 55 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: no camp events. Oh yeah, sorry, cars that's right, campus only. Well, 56 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: the your favorite pastime, isn't it watching things hit it? No, 57 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: probably don't want to courage that. Oh so it's going 58 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: to get cars only. 59 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: Cars only, no camp events in lieu. 60 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: Of sort of you know, something dengly before and after 61 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: and whatno gees? Is there enough space for any more signags? 62 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: There's quite a there as it is. 63 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, well we'll see how it goes. 64 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: Well, I mentioned before and i'll say it again. Holiday 65 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: brain Right, if you're in the camper and you live 66 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: in your best life touring the country, sometimes common sense 67 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: just disappears. 68 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 2: And Google redirecting them will be nice. 69 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, nice, they listen. 70 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: Well, maybe Charlotte's going to be back to do a 71 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: story on the Rakaia salmon, because that was the other 72 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: big headlined of the of the past week, Greenpeace giving 73 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: it addressing that was rather unwelcome. I spotted that there 74 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: was a crane that was called in to take the 75 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: cable cross eye off the top on the weekend. 76 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it was who staying for that. 77 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 4: Cost about a thousand bucks and it comes out of 78 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: our vandalism bud. 79 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 3: Oh, you've got to be kidding. 80 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 4: Really, Yeah, so until I mean police are investigating at 81 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 4: the moment, So until that sort of wraps up, yeah, 82 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 4: well no more. But yes, the Trea tech guys that'd 83 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 4: help put help with the salmon installation and the sizzle 84 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 4: lift was sort of stuck over on Beck's Peninsula during 85 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 4: that terrible weather, so we could only get it on Saturday. 86 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 4: So they were there on Saturday morning to get the 87 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 4: the eye off and a bit of other tape that 88 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 4: have been stuck on the semon. 89 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 3: So is there any damage, not that I know of, 90 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 3: which is good. 91 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, but we didn't know, and so it was 92 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 4: good to get the sizzle lift up and people up 93 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 4: there to sort of have a good lock. 94 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: And I'm sure somebody is forwarding that and voice to 95 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: green Peace. But whether they pay it, yeah, I won't 96 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: hold my breath and just quickly on money. But in 97 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: a good sense, I see that this Black Skills pack 98 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: which is destined for the Ashburton domain by the playgrounds there. 99 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: It was already on track, it's been given another big boost. 100 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're pretty stoked. So I'm part of the working 101 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 4: group that's that's sort of moving things along. I guess. 102 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, so training wheel spinning. 103 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 4: So we got another grant of one hundred thousand dollars 104 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 4: from lotteries, which is fantastic. Brings our total to over 105 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 4: three hundred thousand dollars. 106 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: How much do we need a little bit more? 107 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 2: So? Tim Tarbottom is. 108 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 4: Pushing for lots of sponsorship from his end, so he's 109 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 4: project managing the job, which is fantastic. Alice from Sport 110 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 4: Cannibury is heading out to some of the schools to 111 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 4: to see if they want to do some fundraisers. So yeah, 112 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 4: just a little bit more and work will start hopefully 113 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 4: next month