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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons

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Speaker 1: podcast from News Talk ZEDB one.

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Speaker 2: New Zealand CEO. Jason Paris is one of our most

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Speaker 2: successful business leaders. Previously, he had held very senior executive

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Speaker 2: roles in Europe and New Zealand across the technology, media

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Speaker 2: and retail industries. This guy's done at all. He's, of

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Speaker 2: course a huge Warriors fan and a proud Southlander. It

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Speaker 2: turns out it's a great pleasure to welcome Jason Paris

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Speaker 2: on for six and a song.

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Speaker 3: Hello Jason, Jason.

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Speaker 4: Get a team.

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Speaker 5: How are you going?

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Speaker 4: Thanks for having me?

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Speaker 2: Oh well, thanks for coming on. So you're an invercargo guy,

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Speaker 2: I am.

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Speaker 4: I'm a very proud Southlander. I married in Aucklander.

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Speaker 5: But if any asks where am I from, I say

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Speaker 5: I love in Auckland, that I'm from Southland.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and you married well, didn't you, Because you've got

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Speaker 2: a very clever wife who is an accomplished lawyer, and

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Speaker 2: I mean you not so much with the education I am.

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Speaker 5: I'd say I'm behind rachel, our three children, how too

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Speaker 5: dim and our cats in the picking order at home

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Speaker 5: and she is a massive fan of the show. So

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Speaker 5: she's he's a bit star struck that I'll be on here.

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Speaker 3: Oh well, that's lovely.

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Speaker 2: We need to get her on and not you, Jason,

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Speaker 2: by the sounds of it. Hey, no, we are really

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Speaker 2: delighted because, man, you've done well. And I joke about

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Speaker 2: the education, but I read a very interesting story on

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Speaker 2: you recently, and you've got a number of people to

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Speaker 2: thank for your career in a way, because they gave

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Speaker 2: you a head start when perhaps you were thinking otherwise.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's true, so many people. Probably the most important

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Speaker 5: one was my mum. She had me when she was sixteen,

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Speaker 5: so pretty young, and then she's.

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Speaker 4: A solo mum.

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Speaker 5: Dad leaf straight away, and you know, as a lot

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Speaker 5: of New Zealanders know, that's a pretty tough situation. But

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Speaker 5: never felt that I missed out on anything.

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Speaker 4: And she believed in me.

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Speaker 5: And I think if you've got someone in your life

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Speaker 5: that believes in you, then that's the most important thing.

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Speaker 2: That's really it's a beautiful story. Your mom must be

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Speaker 2: an incredible woman. I was in awe of her reading

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Speaker 2: about that because your dad and I hope this isn't

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Speaker 2: too personal. I hope it doesn't upset you. But basically

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Speaker 4: Really, oh correct?

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Speaker 5: You know, and my grandparents, who I was very close

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Speaker 5: to my mom's side, they lived in the same house

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Speaker 5: for you know, twenty five thirty years, so it's not

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Speaker 5: as if he didn't know where we were, but you know,

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Speaker 5: we didn't look back. And it means that, you know,

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Speaker 5: I get an opportunity to probably be their father to

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Speaker 5: our children that I never had. But I tell you what,

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Speaker 5: I was still on a home full of love and

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Speaker 5: in support, and I'm very grateful for that.

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Speaker 6: Good on you, Hey, Jason, You've held several senior executive

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Speaker 6: roles and currently CEO for One New Zealand. Tell us

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Speaker 6: about your early employment history. What was your first job?

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Speaker 5: First job was at packin safe six to late in

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Speaker 5: just basically trying to earn enough money to buy some

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Speaker 5: as you mentioned before, I kind of progressed from there,

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Speaker 5: like down in the Vicago We're not you knows a

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Speaker 5: few years ago now, but university wasn't often the natural

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Speaker 5: So I got a job at trust Being Southland at

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Speaker 5: the time, which is the end through. I was playing

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Speaker 5: just progress from there. So as you mentioned before, you

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Speaker 5: know Rape she's got a degree from Harvard, a master's

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Speaker 5: degree in law from Harvard, and then old Mugging's me.

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Speaker 4: It doesn't have anything, but it just goes.

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Speaker 5: To show you know, there's no wrong path as long

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Speaker 6: You're a graduate of the University of Life.

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Speaker 2: Though, tell us about absolutely which wonder just before? Sorry, Jad,

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Speaker 2: because one thing you may not know, James, but I

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Speaker 2: know about ja. You were a very very good running

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Speaker 7: Too overrated, seriously, mate, Goldie was a nightmare growing up

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Speaker 7: like some at school you can imagine, like didn't matter

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Speaker 7: if it was cricket, rugby or bloody Tudley Wegg every day.

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Speaker 3: That's a great story.

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Speaker 6: But you love your sport and the backing of the Warriors.

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Speaker 6: Tell us a little a little bit about that sponsorship.

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Speaker 6: How does that all set up?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, well down home, you know, I love I love

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Speaker 5: them for cargo, but not a lot to do at times.

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Speaker 4: So sport was a big part of my life.

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Speaker 5: So I played rugby league on Sundays down home, So

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Speaker 4: So it's a sport close to my heart.

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Speaker 5: And I've played a bit of it, but again, you know,

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Speaker 5: nothing like the levels of the Warriors, that's for sure.

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Speaker 5: And been a supporter right from the start, and so

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Speaker 5: you know, it was a pretty nice piece of icing

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Speaker 5: New Zealand. And know that, you know, we've been the

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Speaker 5: major sponsor for now twenty five years.

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Speaker 4: Longest sponsorship in NRL history.

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Speaker 5: We've been with each other through thick and thin, and

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Speaker 5: probably been a little bit more thin than we would like.

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Speaker 5: But I'm feeling really confident in Cam George and Andrew

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Speaker 4: They are incredible people.

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Speaker 5: The club, The feeling the club is amazing and I'm

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Speaker 5: just I'm really proud of what the team is.

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Speaker 4: Going to be building over the next few years.

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Speaker 3: Well, good on you. You are true supporters.

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Speaker 2: Hey, can you tell us a bit about Starlink how

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Speaker 2: that came about the because obviously that's very very exciting,

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Speaker 2: some teething issues, but I'm getting coverage everywhere. But how

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Speaker 5: Yeah, well, off the back of cyclone Gabriel. To be honest,

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Speaker 5: power got cut and then fiber got cut, and so

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Speaker 4: And so we looked.

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Speaker 5: Around the world at whether there is technical solutions that

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Speaker 5: And so we've partnered with SpaceX and Starlink, and what

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Speaker 5: this text messaging and then voice and data to follow

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Speaker 5: where if you're out and about and you can see

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Speaker 5: you will be able to text people even when there's

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Speaker 6: So brilliant.

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Speaker 5: It's rocket science. You know, it's not easy to execute.

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Speaker 5: There's definitely a few feeding problems, as you said, but

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Speaker 5: you know you're going to remember this is these are

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Speaker 5: satellites five hundred kilometers above us in lower orbit, traveling

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Speaker 5: at twenty seven thousand kilometers now beaming back to your

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Speaker 4: So here's a bit of a bit of.

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Speaker 5: Stuff to us to work through before we launch.

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Speaker 4: But it's going to be a game changer.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's just so exciting. Just yeah, very exciting. One

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Speaker 2: n Z CEO Jason Paris. He's a really good man,

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Speaker 2: actually a nice bloke too, so thoroughly enjoying the chat. Jason,

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Speaker 2: Thank you for your time.

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Speaker 4: Problem at all.

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Speaker 2: So we're going to just sort of whip through some

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Speaker 2: rapid fire questions. Find out a little bit about who

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Speaker 6: What's one of the nicest compliments you've ever received that.

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Speaker 4: I'm a good father?

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Speaker 3: Oh lovely, you strike me as a good dad.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you touched on your background, which was obviously

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Speaker 5: Hey, So I'm really proud that I can genuinely say

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Speaker 5: I've never missed an important moment in their life. You know,

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Speaker 5: I'm a real believer, and you don't don't get their

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Speaker 5: And I've been lucky enough that all the organizations I've

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Speaker 4: So it's something that I drive, but.

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Speaker 5: It's also something that all the organizations have been a.

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Speaker 4: Part of have been trying to drive as well.

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Speaker 3: So I've been lucky, superb.

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Speaker 2: If you had the power to change one thing in

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Speaker 4: One thing, it would be to find a cure for cancer.

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Speaker 5: My dear sister in law has been going through that

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Speaker 6: I agree that Jason Paris. What's something you thought was

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Speaker 5: Not I think trying to be too cool for school.

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Speaker 5: You know, we're in that kind of high school area.

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Speaker 5: You think that being part of the cool crew is important,

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Speaker 5: when actually just being a good human being is the

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Speaker 5: most important thing. And having good manners, good values, you know,

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Speaker 4: Those are the things that are much.

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Speaker 5: More important that you probably don't realize when you're when

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Speaker 5: you're going through those teenage years and struggling with the hormones.

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Speaker 2: Lovely, where did you meet your wife? And how did

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Speaker 2: you propose?

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Speaker 5: We've been in Queenstown and I said to h it

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Speaker 5: was love it for a sight, wasn't it? And she

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Speaker 5: can't remember actually seeing me when I saw her, Yeah,

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Speaker 5: clearly and actually funnily Funnily enough, we were living together

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Speaker 5: when I proposed, and I was pretty nervous about it,

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Speaker 5: and I had a backpack with a bottle of champagne,

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Speaker 5: and I was kep on texting her saying when you're

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Speaker 4: Was breaking up with her. Actually it was a bottle.

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Speaker 5: Of champagne and the ring I got down on one knee.

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Speaker 3: And gorgeous story and the rest of the sister gorgeous story.

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Speaker 6: You're renowned for being easily contactable on social media. I

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Speaker 5: Ah.

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Speaker 4: Oh, that's lovely to hear. I try and do that

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Speaker 5: You know, there's a twenty four to seven roll, because

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Speaker 4: So you know, I kind of we kind of think

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Speaker 5: So I'm glad to pay my part and I'm glad

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Speaker 6: Nice.

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Speaker 3: What would you consider to be your worst quality?

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Speaker 5: My dress sense is horrifically I have I have the

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Speaker 4: So in my dress sense is awful.

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Speaker 6: No, okay, last question. If you could invite any one

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Speaker 5: Would that be, Like, you know, apart from my apart

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's goodly nice.

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Speaker 3: Just before we get your choice of song, I've got

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Speaker 2: I bet in your job, Jason, as the CEO, with

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's so constant.

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Speaker 5: You know, you got anything for an option or a record, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, We've really loved chatting with you, mate, thank you

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Speaker 3: We're going to finish with your choice of song. What

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Speaker 5: My song is a kind of a heart back to

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Speaker 5: At my very first concert I went to NYMB Cargo

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Speaker 3: We're going to play that for you, but more particularly

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Speaker 2: Thank you very very much again mate, all the best

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Speaker 2: cap and running. Thank you again, Jason, Thank you Tom.

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Speaker 2: Jason Paris One New Zealand CEO. Here is his choice

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Speaker 3: It News Talk Zed Bean.

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Speaker 5: Round and Sam to the Town.

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