1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: It is Monday morning. The Prime Minister Chrysto ba Lackson 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: is with us. A very good morning to you. 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Mike. 4 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: I've got a couple of questions for you that you 5 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: will not hear on radio anywhere else in this country today. 6 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: Unique questions. 7 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: Unique questions. I'll come to them in just a couple 8 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: of moments. But just let me get a couple of 9 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: new things out of the way too, just to tick 10 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: that box so someone doesn't yell at me and so 11 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: it didn't cover enough subject. The LNG thing. Is that 12 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: real story this morning? Yep. 13 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 3: I mean basically for me, it's coming down to the 14 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 3: commercial business case. LNG as a commodity will be elevated 15 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 3: for a bit. This is about procurement kit to sort 16 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 3: of create the flexibility for us as a backup. 17 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: Solution so you're not canceling it. 18 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 3: Well, the answer to me is, I'm just briefally going 19 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 3: to make a decision on the commercial case. If it 20 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 3: doesn't stack up, we won't be doing it. When you're 21 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 3: making that decision, well, when the procurement process finishes, which 22 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 3: is middle of the year, so it's about it. But 23 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 3: when there's a number of bits in there. They've got 24 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 3: a whole bunch of ideas. Some will be light touch, 25 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: some will be golden engineered, and essentially they've got to 26 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 3: make it stack up and we'll. 27 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: Make it call. 28 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: Okay, as you sit here this morning, it seems to me, 29 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: why would you look at something like this. Surely you 30 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: would know when making a decision like this that gas 31 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: goes up and down depending on what's happening in the wall. 32 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 2: It does. 33 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 3: I mean, I remember running an airline on thirty five 34 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 3: dollars and one hundred and forty dollars a hour of oil, 35 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: So you do need to look through that because there's 36 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 3: a different The purchase of LNG is one thing. But 37 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 3: obviously we've got to make sure we get in this 38 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 3: thing right size and it's fit for purpose. So I 39 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: genuinely just want to make sure it's the cost benefits 40 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 3: there the business case is right. If it's a good 41 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 3: business case, yep, we'll do it. If not, we won't. 42 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Okay, when's that timeline? 43 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 3: I think from memory when we kicked it off. I 44 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,919 Speaker 3: think it's due middle of June or into June, somewhere 45 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 3: on there. I've got a number of bidders that have 46 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 3: come to us with their ideas of how to go 47 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 3: about doing it. They'll imagine there'll be lots of different 48 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 3: engineering solutions for that of varying costs. 49 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: They've got to put their best foot forward. 50 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 3: I want them to put their best foot forward and 51 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: give it really a good go as an option, and 52 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 3: then we'll have. 53 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: A look at it. 54 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: Okay, Australia they're going to underwrite some purchases of fuel. 55 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: Do we need to do that potentially? Yeah? 56 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 3: So what that's about us saying, look, you talk to 57 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: your fuel important company. They have all these forward orders. 58 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: At the moment, all our forward orders are coming in. 59 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 3: We've got healthy stocks. We'll update our numbers later on 60 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 3: this afternoon, but I suspect that it will be in 61 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 3: good shape. And then what you must expect because you know, no, no, 62 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: I don't know, but I just know that there's been 63 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 3: no challenges over the last week or so, so ships 64 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: have been riving and that'll be adding into our stocks. 65 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 3: But the second thing I'd say is that you then 66 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 3: want to make sure that if there's any incremental additional 67 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 3: capacity we can get, we'd like to try and get 68 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: that now rather than later. And that's like unsolicited bids 69 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 3: over and above fuel that we're already getting from the 70 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: fuel orders that are coming out of the important companies. 71 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 3: So this has us being quite opportunistic, and certainly that's 72 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 3: a conversation that we're up for as well, and we 73 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 3: are thinking about that. But again, how you structure those 74 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: deals so New Zealand doesn't get screwed and all of 75 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: that is kind of important. 76 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: Okay, so last week when we were talking about this, 77 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: you're going to ring Lawrence Wong and you have I 78 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: don't know that you were asked specifically about it, but 79 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: did your phone calls with the Koreans, the Malaysians or 80 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: Singapore elicits something tangible that would serve us well beyond 81 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: what we've got currently as regards petrol. 82 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 3: What I'm trying to do in those calls is put 83 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 3: New Zealand top of mind. You know, they're getting hit 84 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 3: with lots of calls I imagine from people who are 85 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: getting very anxious, and I'm reminding them of our comprehensive 86 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 3: strategic partnership upgrades that we've done, so we've got highest 87 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 3: levels of partnership that we can have. In the case 88 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 3: of Singapore, we're very much committed to and even though 89 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 3: will sign it in May, we're already operating under it, 90 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 3: which is our essential supplies piece. So I think they 91 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 3: were very positive conversations. Again, if your prime miniss and 92 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 3: presidents of those countries that have refineries in those countries 93 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: that they don't. Some are privately owned, some are publicly owned, 94 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 3: some are a combination. It's really about those refineries out 95 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: there in the world hustling to find alternative sources of 96 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: crude oil to bring to their refineries, and some of 97 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: them start looking to Canada, they start looking to Chile, Peru, 98 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: other countries around the world, and. 99 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: They're very good at that. They're big oil companies where 100 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: big sources of oil could be still. 101 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 3: In the system. But you know, you've seen other countries have. 102 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 3: It's also been interesting because you talk to these countries 103 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 3: and they all have slightly different starting points from where 104 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: we are. We are relatively well organized. You know, we've 105 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: got a great ministerial group all over it like a 106 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 3: rash meeting, you know, once or three times a day. 107 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 3: We've got good supplies, much higher levels of stocks, say 108 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 3: than the Australians have and others have. You go to 109 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 3: places like Malaysia Slovenia. I was talking to the European president. 110 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: They've all got different systems where they've been underwriting fuel 111 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 3: and therefore they're now massively exposed. They've all got sets 112 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 3: of dramas. So you know where in our job is one? 113 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 3: Secure fuel supply. Yes, it's going to be expensive, but secured. 114 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 3: So that's what kills jobs. Two, if you have to 115 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 3: get down a road where you've got to make choices 116 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: about who gets that fuel, put. 117 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: That framework in place. That was what Friday was about. 118 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 3: And three make sure you can support Keewis, but learn 119 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: the lessons from COVID and do not repeat them. 120 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: You will know more about this than I do. But 121 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: what I've been unable to work out in my mind, 122 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: there's still eighty percent of the world out there. Oil 123 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: out there, so twenty percent eighty percent still out there. 124 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 1: The Saudi Arabian pipeline is up to nine million barrels 125 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: a day. Can we realistically hustle our way through this? 126 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: In other words, the world is not lacking oil. Yes, 127 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: we'll pay more for it, but the supply is there. 128 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right, So I think that's the issue that 129 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 3: I'm thinking about in three months time, frankly, is that 130 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 3: the oil is there. The question is a logistical supply 131 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: chain one, which is when hostilities cease, you're going to 132 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 3: be producing oil. Then you've actually got to store it. 133 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 3: There's a whole bunch of storage that's already taking place 134 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: as storage tanks are maxed out in the region. Then 135 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 3: you've got to get it from storagely into ships. Then 136 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 3: you've got last account, I hod there was three thy 137 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 3: six hundred ships stuck in the Hamus. Typically you do 138 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 3: one hundred and twenty five passages through the Homu straight 139 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: a day. Currently there's three ships moving a day of 140 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 3: dodgy from dodgy places. So there's just a I'm just saying, 141 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: you know, it's sort of like an elephant. How you 142 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 3: digest that change in the supply chain and how it 143 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 3: works its way through. That's what I'm thinking is what 144 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 3: will cause ultimately our disruption to supply which we want 145 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 3: to have our head in the game ready to deal with. 146 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: Do you worry there were forecasts a couple of forecasts 147 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: from the banks last week. Q two is now going backwards, 148 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: Housing is flat for the year. Do you worry this 149 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: will reflect on you in election year? Or do you 150 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: believe that people will see it for what it is 151 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: and it's not your fault. 152 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 3: Look, I mean, I get it might come in. I 153 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 3: think we're all fatigued and tired and we're over it, right. 154 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 3: I mean, we went through COVID recession, inflation, you know, 155 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 3: Tariff's weather events, now are dealing with this issue. I honestly, 156 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 3: I just can't. I just don't give that any thought. 157 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 3: What I'm focused on is making sure I'm doing the 158 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: very best I can to help get kiwe through what's 159 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 3: another crisis and another challenge. I do want to minimize 160 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 3: the impact on inflation. I do want to minimize the 161 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 3: impact on growth. I acknowledge there will be a hit 162 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: to both, but I'm not being naive about that. 163 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 2: But we are in better shape dealing. 164 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 3: With it now than we were three months ago when 165 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 3: we had a strengthening of our financials a week before 166 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: the conflict. We're better than we were two years ago 167 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 3: dealing with seven point three percent inflation. But I've got 168 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 3: to manage do well. You've got to manage the crisis well, right, 169 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 3: that's essential in zones, that's to do so. 170 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: I get a letter this morning morning, Mike. I know 171 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: you via a client that I attend to in the morning. 172 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: I enter her home and hear her voice coming from 173 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: her bedroom. You are one of her constant companions. I'm 174 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: worried her in her home support she's a home support worker, 175 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: may not be able to attend to her needs and 176 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: she will have to lay listening to you waiting for 177 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: help to come. Now, I'm not playing the violin on that. 178 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: What I'm saying is that of all the people who 179 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: had their handout asking for money at the moment, that 180 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: would strike me as one of the better cases. 181 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 3: So there are groups of people that we are thinking 182 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: about how best to deliver support to. When we deliver 183 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 3: that support, again, we've got to do it timely, targeted, 184 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: and temporary. That's a big learning out of COVID. We've 185 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: got to keep an eye on making sure we're not 186 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 3: minimizing impacts on inflation and growth. 187 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 2: That's a big learning out of COVID. 188 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: And we've actually got to get it to the people 189 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 3: who genuinely are going to need it. Because I've set 190 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 3: up front, you know, I've sadly, given the state of 191 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: our finances, we're not going to be able to alleviate 192 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 3: the pressure off everybody This is not COVID two point zero. 193 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: People are not going to be sitting at home baking 194 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 3: sour dough. The kids are going to school, you know. 195 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 3: That's why it's business as usual at the moment. 196 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: So she has a case. 197 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, I think. 198 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: I think there's a number of cases of people that 199 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 3: we have already started to talk about how can we 200 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 3: get support to them. And but again we've got it 201 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 3: when we developed the detail of a package. 202 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: It has to be sensible. 203 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 3: You know, we cannot do the cash berzuoka that we 204 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 3: saw through COVID period that caused. 205 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: Plain and suffering down the road. 206 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: So I was in Christ, Dutch on Friday. 207 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 3: I heard first time you left your home or your 208 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 3: studio for since what nineteen ninety six? 209 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: As indeed were you. It is hard correct me if 210 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: I'm wrong. It is hard to overstate the value of 211 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: the stadium to people in Christ. 212 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: Judge. 213 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, I think Christitch. There's a lot going on 214 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 3: in Christ. It's of interest to me with respect to 215 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 3: the whole of New Zealand. You've got a city that's 216 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 3: built with modern, reliable infrastructure. You've got consistent moderate slow 217 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 3: house growth that's going faster than people's wages, So that's affordable. 218 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 3: You've got great institutions down there, rebuilt university. You've got 219 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 3: an engineering school that's spinning off innovations like Daorn Aerospace. 220 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 3: We've got a launch pad down there for rockets. You've 221 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 3: got a brand new stadium there. That stadium, for every 222 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: dollar we spent trying to bring attractions there, whether it's 223 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,599 Speaker 3: you know, Robbie Williams or six sixty or whatever it is, 224 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 3: drive three dollars twenty back into local bars, hotels, hospitality sector. 225 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 3: So it is truly a world class venue. It's amazing, 226 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 3: Like the seats are right on the edge. You'll be 227 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 3: able to hear the line out calls. And I'm just 228 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 3: proud as a crashitch lad. 229 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 2: I know, you know. 230 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 3: It's actually the resilience of that city is what that was, 231 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 3: was what that stadium represents. 232 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: Couldn't agree more. So, I'm sitting on the plane. I 233 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: rushed to the airport to come back. Yeah, and if 234 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 1: things take longer, that screening process at the airport's a 235 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: bit slow. So anyway, I'm rushing back. I'm busting people 236 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: talking to you. At this point, there were some people 237 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: talking to the road more importantly. I was busting to 238 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: go to the toilet. So I looked through the reading 239 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: and I see the gate gate nineteen. It's boarding. I 240 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: think I better get on board. So I get on board. 241 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: It's ten to three. This is the three o'clock. It's 242 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: ten to three. Sitting on board, I think I can 243 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: last an hour and a half. I'll be okay. 244 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 2: I got a strong ladder. Yeah. 245 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,839 Speaker 1: So I'm on the plane supplements. I'm thinking, we're going 246 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: to take you exactly. We're going to take off on time. 247 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: It's going to be fantastic. This is the story of 248 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: in New Zealand. It's going to take off on time. 249 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: Then they say we're waiting for some cargo. Were you 250 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: were you? Were you that cargo? 251 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 2: No? 252 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: Were you on the three o'clock? I think I was 253 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: on the four, isn't I were you when you drove 254 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: through Auckland? Were you and your eyes seven driving back 255 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: to Auckland at about five o'clock at night? 256 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 2: Yeah? 257 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: I think you were on the three o'clock? 258 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 2: Was that on the three? 259 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: You were on the three o'clock? I was on time 260 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: and full of my friend you. You held me in. 261 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 3: I'm not having you start that at all that is 262 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: completely unfair. That's just media media. They hold the plane misinformation. 263 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 3: How long would they hold the plane? 264 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 2: Mate? 265 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 3: They hold the play are the rulers. And when I 266 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 3: was at in New Zealand it was the same. You 267 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 3: do not hold the plane for me, my family, nobody. 268 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 3: That plane goes on time and full only got three 269 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: jobs running on your line to fid gravity, get people 270 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 3: from A to B safely as always. Job number one, two, 271 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 3: preferably with their bags, would be nice and three on 272 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 3: time and if we can make money at the end 273 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 3: of it, they would be nice. 274 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 2: There we go. 275 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: Nice to see you, Prime Minister. For more from the 276 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news Talks. It'd be 277 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 1: from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.