1
00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:01,520
Speaker 1: Heller duper Cel.

2
00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:03,840
Speaker 2: So the issue of Transpower paying compo is back in

3
00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,640
Speaker 2: the news. They were called into a meeting today with

4
00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,559
Speaker 2: the MP for Northland about their refusal to pay COMPO

5
00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:10,719
Speaker 2: to the businesses who were affected by the power outage

6
00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,840
Speaker 2: last month. When this happened, all.

7
00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,280
Speaker 1: The nuts securing the tower to the base plate on

8
00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,880
Speaker 1: three legs have been removed, which caused the tower to

9
00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,520
Speaker 1: lift off the base plate and fall.

10
00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,120
Speaker 2: North of an. MP. Grant McCallum is with me, now, hey, Grant, yeah.

11
00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,240
Speaker 3: The Jugemen I hear that. It still makes you shake

12
00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,120
Speaker 3: your head in disbelief.

13
00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,919
Speaker 2: I know that's why we keep playing it, just so

14
00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,360
Speaker 2: we can remember, we can remember why they need to

15
00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,200
Speaker 2: pay compo. Grant, have they changed their minds since you're meeting?

16
00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,599
Speaker 3: It's interesting. I have a been really constructive meding with makes.

17
00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,640
Speaker 3: They acknowledged to me that they do. Oh Northland. We've

18
00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,440
Speaker 3: just got to now work out what that looks like.

19
00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,720
Speaker 3: It would be there to say that they suggested and

20
00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,479
Speaker 3: made a suggestion I made once further word bit far

21
00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,240
Speaker 3: of the part. But they're going to go back and

22
00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:54,920
Speaker 3: talk to the board.

23
00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,040
Speaker 2: So did they give you a number?

24
00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,040
Speaker 3: They gave you a very low number of how they

25
00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,760
Speaker 3: approached these things the past. And I said, no, no, no,

26
00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,640
Speaker 3: this is unique. No, we're not going to wear that.

27
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,560
Speaker 3: We're going to I was, look, something significantly higher than that.

28
00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,440
Speaker 3: What was the number though, I'm not telling you dad here,

29
00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,639
Speaker 3: I'll get myself in trouble.

30
00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,280
Speaker 2: How much smaller than your number? Was their number?

31
00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,600
Speaker 3: This is a multiple rather a large multiple, probably of

32
00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:18,240
Speaker 3: about ten.

33
00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,120
Speaker 2: Oh wow, okay, did you give them a bollocking?

34
00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,959
Speaker 3: Oh? We had looked, Yes, I look, they acknowledged they

35
00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000
Speaker 3: actually they were. They were very respectful. They got it

36
00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,920
Speaker 3: that they I just see, you guys really have to

37
00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,960
Speaker 3: come to party for us up in the north, because

38
00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,720
Speaker 3: we really, you know, people just don't. We're just a

39
00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,479
Speaker 3: lot of businesses from the chemistry had to throw jugs

40
00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,040
Speaker 3: out of his fridge, from the little guy with a

41
00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,600
Speaker 3: pizza oven with the throwers dough out to the big

42
00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,520
Speaker 3: businesses that lost hundreds of houses of bucks and author

43
00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,680
Speaker 3: has had enough. They just feel that they are no

44
00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:50,160
Speaker 3: fair enough.

45
00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,000
Speaker 2: Here's the trouble though, right, they've done this before. They've

46
00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,680
Speaker 2: gone into a meeting and they've made it sound like

47
00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,440
Speaker 2: they're going to pay compod then they've changed their mind.

48
00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,040
Speaker 2: So how do you know they're not doing this to you?

49
00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,280
Speaker 3: Well, well, i'll give put to be you know, I'll

50
00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,240
Speaker 3: give them a go, give them a chance and if

51
00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,360
Speaker 3: they just refuse to play ball, then we'll go public

52
00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,800
Speaker 3: and go hard again. Right, You've got to give them

53
00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,000
Speaker 3: opportunity to come back to me with a constructive offer

54
00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,600
Speaker 3: that northonder, we'll see our value add yeah.

55
00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,040
Speaker 2: Grant Monster of Transport. On another subject, Minister of Transport

56
00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,000
Speaker 2: has just announced in the past hour that the government

57
00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,839
Speaker 2: is going to accelerate work on that new four lane

58
00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,919
Speaker 2: expressway between Auckland and Fargada. How good is this for Northland?

59
00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,600
Speaker 3: Outstanding news, particularly after what happened on the weekends with

60
00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,119
Speaker 3: the madou On shutting again for a few hours. It's

61
00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,920
Speaker 3: just what it's to fill up. Our region needs to

62
00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,280
Speaker 3: know that we get and we're going to fix that problem.

63
00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,080
Speaker 3: It will take a few years, but we're going to

64
00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,200
Speaker 3: do it because it has to happen for the benefit

65
00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:40,840
Speaker 3: of Northland.

66
00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,680
Speaker 2: Good stuff, mate, Thank you so much for your time

67
00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,360
Speaker 2: and good luck with the compo. That's Grant McCallum, Northland MP.

68
00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,320
Speaker 2: That's what Electric MP should be doing again.

69
00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,520
Speaker 1: For more from hither Duplessy Allen Drive.

70
00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,120
Speaker 2: Listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,

71
00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,400
Speaker 2: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio