1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Heather du for cila so. 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 2: Wellington mayor Tory Farno has announced that she's pulling out 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: of the Wellington mayoral race. She will instead run in 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: the Maori ward. Seed Ray Chung is a Wellington City 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 2: councilor who's also running for me, and he's with us. 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Now, Hey, Ray, Hey, Heather, how are you going? 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 2: Very well? She's your coming in hot let's take you 8 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: by surprise. 9 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: Not really. I'm actually having a good chat with Torri 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: over Anzac weekend at the commemoration and she's we were 11 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: talking about Andrew little coming in and what that actually 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: meant to her and what what what they actually mean 13 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: to you and else opposing them. So I think there's 14 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: something that's going to happen, but you know, it surprised 15 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: me that it happens so quickly. 16 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and how are you feeling about it? Because you 17 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: do sound peppy. Do you feel like this gives you 18 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: a better chance? 19 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: I think I don't think it changes things much because 20 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I reckon that there's actually not much daylight between Tory's 21 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: policies and Andrew's policies and so so it's pretty much 22 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: keeping the same strategy. I mean, my strategy is completely 23 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: different from theirs, and so I don't think it needs 24 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: to change it all just because it's Andrew, that Andrew 25 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: and Tory team, and and you know, anyone else that 26 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: comes up. 27 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 2: When you say Andrew and Tory team, are you referring 28 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: to the fact that she's already put herself out there 29 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: as a possible deputy for him. 30 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I think so. And she's she's going for 31 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: the easiest Seaton Council that the mary Ward Council, because 32 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: you know what what a Niel get Do you wonder 33 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: what's these how many votes did he actually get to 34 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: get in what six hundred and seven hundred or something? 35 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: Everyone else needed three and a half to five and 36 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: a half thousand votes, so that that is the easiest 37 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: seat to win. 38 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: Do you think that Do you think that she will 39 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: be Andrew Little's deputy? 40 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: I think that there's a good chance of it. Yes, 41 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: because they're they are points of the because I think 42 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: that I think that they actually had came to a 43 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: deal where she would actually step back. They're they're natural, 44 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: they're natural competitors. 45 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: Mm hmm. And do you have proof of this? 46 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: I don't have proof of but last night I went 47 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: to the vision for Wellington meeting and people will approach 48 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: me and talk to me about this. Now, I said 49 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: that I thought this was meant to be embargoed until 50 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: five am this morning, but people last night I knew 51 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: all about it, and so there was a hypothesis there 52 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: were There are two scenarios that came up, and this 53 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: is the more credible of them. And so I think 54 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: that because they both agree on the same thing, they both, 55 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: you know, want the same policies, I think, why wouldn't 56 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: they work together? I mean, I think I think that 57 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: I probably would if you know, if there was a 58 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: candidate who had the same policies that I did in 59 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: the same situation. 60 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: She gives herself a nine out of ten, what do 61 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 2: you give. 62 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: Her half out of ten? 63 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: Only a half? Ray, thank you, I appreciate your time, 64 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: and even that's probably given for ggrudgingly. Ray Young Meryl candidate. 65 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 66 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 67 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.