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Speaker 1: Bryan Bridge.

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Speaker 2: Nicola Willis on the show after six. Lots to talk

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Speaker 2: about with her the supermarket duopoly. Is she going to

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Speaker 2: smash it to smithereens as she's been threatening. We'll get

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Speaker 2: to that after six, right now, All Black. Damien mackenzie

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Speaker 2: staying in the country for another four years. He signed

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Speaker 2: with nz R and the Chiefs until twenty twenty nine.

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Speaker 2: The contract includes an option for Damien to take a

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Speaker 2: sabbatical in twenty twenty eight. If you choose it's Damien

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Speaker 2: McKenzie is with me now, good after good evening to.

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Speaker 1: You, good ev mate, thanks of me.

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Speaker 2: All yeah, no worries. Why have you decided to stay?

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, it's a great opportunity the next

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Speaker 1: couple of years with the Chiefs in New Zealand Rugby

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Speaker 1: with the All Blacks to you know, to stick around.

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Speaker 1: And I think both clubs have given so much today,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs and the All Blacks and the opportunities I'm

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Speaker 1: think of and so yeah, I mean there's no place

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Speaker 1: like home either, So I think the next tw year

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Speaker 1: is going to be a big couple of years for

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Speaker 1: myself in both teams. So for the option to stay

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Speaker 1: in New Zealand was quite an easy one in.

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Speaker 2: The Did you get lots of other authors? Was there

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Speaker 2: a lot of money on the table?

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Speaker 1: Did get a couple offers? And yeah, least enough money.

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Speaker 1: I guess.

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Speaker 2: It is it fair to say you took you took

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Speaker 2: less money to stay in New Zealand. And if that

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Speaker 2: is true, why I think?

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Speaker 1: I guess like I said that, the opportunity to play

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Speaker 1: for the All Blacks is you know, one that you

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Speaker 1: can never take for granted. And you know, I was

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Speaker 1: out a pretty decent hand last year and got a

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Speaker 1: lot of opportunities to to prove myself that liveryone. I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, I learned a lot from that. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it's just been able to be in New

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Speaker 1: Zealand being at home. It's you know, I enjoyed being

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Speaker 1: in Hamilton and playing for the Chiefs, and you know

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Speaker 1: that sort of when you go overseas, you're kind of

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Speaker 1: kind of like st that And I guess experienced little

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Speaker 1: bit of a stint in Japan a few years back,

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Speaker 1: which I extremely enjoyed, and I thought the opportunity that

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Speaker 1: there is in the next couple of years here in

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Speaker 1: Zealand was too good to turn down and I know

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Speaker 1: it's going to obviously take a lot of hard work,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I'm really.

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Speaker 2: Well, I know there'd be a lot of all Blacks

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Speaker 2: fans who are very very anchiefs fans are very happy

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Speaker 2: that you're staying with us. Where did you or do

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Speaker 2: you have any plans or what's the deal with the

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Speaker 2: twenty eight sabbatical.

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Speaker 1: Just like any other spetical really not an option to

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Speaker 1: potentially play the season then and then rejoined back in

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Speaker 1: his younger later in the year.

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Speaker 2: Nice, So you get a bit of at home and

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Speaker 2: a bit of offshore and included in this in this contract.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, very very fortunate with how the contracts come all together.

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Speaker 1: And you know, obviously here at the Chiefs, which has

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Speaker 1: been home away from home for a long time now

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Speaker 1: and obviously huge motivation to try to bring a championship

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Speaker 1: to the club. Other than the yeah, the adoption to

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Speaker 1: potentially play overseas as well, which I've experienced before, I

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Speaker 1: really enjoyed, and so to have that in my contract,

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Speaker 1: I'm very grateful for.

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Speaker 2: All Right, Damien, thank you very much for being with me.

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Speaker 2: I really appreciate your time. And then congratulations on the

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Speaker 2: new deal. Cheers Dami Doame McKenzie, all Black and Chief

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