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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast

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Speaker 1: from News Talks at b.

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Speaker 2: Well, you can't say we don't give you a variety

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Speaker 2: on Saturday mornings. That is the spice of life. Our

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Speaker 2: travel correspondent Mike Yardley is here this morning, and Mike,

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Speaker 2: I'm broadcasting from New York City, and this morning you're

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Speaker 2: here to tell us about one of the most beautiful

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Speaker 2: parts of altered Or. And I want to be totally

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Speaker 2: clear here, I am not bagging on Reefon and the

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Speaker 2: Lewis past. I sincerely think that part of the kind

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Speaker 2: of central South Island and the west coast of the

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Speaker 2: South Island is incredible. But it's a contrast from Manhattan,

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Speaker 2: you could say, just ever so slightly. Jack.

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Speaker 3: Yes, good morning to you and New York. It's been

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Speaker 3: so great listening to you from the Big Appel. By

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Speaker 3: the way, just before we talk about Reefdown, are you

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Speaker 3: going to Trump's rally at Medisine Square Garden.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm waiting to see exactly where we're going to

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Speaker 2: be over the next couple of days because I'm actually

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Speaker 2: first thing tomorrow morning, I am flying to Arizona, of

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Speaker 2: all places, So I'm going to go and do some

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Speaker 2: report an Arizona. I'm preparing myself for the thirty seven

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Speaker 2: degrees that it's going to be an Arizona, and then

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Speaker 2: I'm going to a couple of other spots this week

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Speaker 2: as well. But it's really interesting they've been the candidates

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Speaker 2: have been putting their plans out quite last minute because

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Speaker 2: obviously they're getting like real time polling data and they're

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Speaker 2: of course Madison Square Garden has been planned for a while.

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Speaker 2: I've got a couple of mates who, in fact, I've

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Speaker 2: actually I've got I've got some of my really close

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Speaker 2: friends over here are you know, very strong Donald Trump

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Speaker 2: supporters and you know, and are really excited about seeing

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Speaker 2: him there. He's it's funny though, he's been turning up

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Speaker 2: at all these different sports events. Obviously when he goes

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Speaker 2: to Madison Square Garden it's one of his rallies, but

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Speaker 2: he's been turning up at these, you know, at NFL games,

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Speaker 2: at UFC games, so clearly he's trying to you know,

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Speaker 2: So yeah, that's that's that's gonna be. That's going to

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Speaker 2: be something to behold. Yeah, yeah, And the funny thing is, like, sorry,

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Speaker 2: just the last point on this that people always think

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Speaker 2: kind of town, right, And it's true that like New

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Speaker 2: York City definitely skews Democrats, but it's easy to forget

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Speaker 2: how many million people live here and how many millions

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Sure he will have no problem packing out Madison Square

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Speaker 2: Garden to say the least.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Anyway, like I say, we're focusing on Reefdon this morning,

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Speaker 2: and Reefton's reputation as a starring tourist town is not

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Speaker 2: in dispute. But where is a new great place to stay?

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Speaker 3: Well for you, Jack post usay, you will be needing

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Speaker 3: place for you. It's called the Brewers Night In. And

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Speaker 3: this is such a singular accommodation experience and reaped in

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Speaker 3: it's a magnificent new addition to the town's amazing trobe

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Speaker 3: of heritage treasures. The thing about it, it's like a

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Speaker 3: Monteeth's cottage, so he was like a wealthy young chap

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Speaker 3: thetled in the eighteen seventies up to making his fortune

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Speaker 3: And of course the Monteeth legacy continues today. But the

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Speaker 3: thing about the cottage Jack it has just been so

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Speaker 3: magnificently period restored. So there's lots of authentic original features.

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Speaker 3: spending a night here feels like you've traveled back in

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, of course. I don't think it goes without saying.

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Speaker 2: You're not sleeping in like a are you?

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Speaker 3: No, not at all. I mean it's very cozy, very comfy.

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Speaker 3: love the fact that you are spending the night or

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Speaker 3: The other really cool thing is the owner is a

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Speaker 2: Excellent. Yeah, that's great. Okay, So what else peaked your

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Speaker 3: that historic main street just continue to blossom and that

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Speaker 3: once again it's very vintagely themed, but a really good

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Speaker 3: all around Eton. Speaking of which, the Powerhouse Walk, which

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Speaker 3: on this. The Powerhouse is the powerhouse that generated New

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Speaker 3: At the moment they are trying to reinstate that powerhouse

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Speaker 3: So you'll seed workers there when you take a wander

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Speaker 2: Yeah nice, Okay, So heading into Lewis Pass then kind

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Speaker 2: of inland. What is so distinctive about the Maruya hop poles.

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Speaker 3: Yes, well, if you're looking for a wellness break on

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Speaker 3: and man, it's just so perfectly named because a bit

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Speaker 3: But it's the sweet solitude of that location, all beach

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Speaker 2: I remember when I were when we were kids in

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Speaker 2: most amazing experience. Yeah, so can you purchase like a

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Speaker 3: Marily, Yeah, I was really intrigued by this. Jack so yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I've got some really good accommodation options, whether

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Speaker 3: you want swanky or cheap and cheerful. You can actually

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Speaker 3: want to have a quick devil, yeah, you can buy

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Speaker 3: a three hour path which gives you access to those

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Speaker 3: mineral rich hot poles and also the sauna. The coursing

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Speaker 3: Earth's core. So they then call it down because obviously

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Speaker 2: What about like the Lewis Pass Wilderness, because the bush

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Speaker 3: So many jack and I mean, I think I've been

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so good. Hey, I don't know why I didn't

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Speaker 2: of course connects that part of the world Reefton in

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Speaker 2: I'm broadcasting from this morning. A certain figure in New

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Speaker 2: Jack, Okay, Okay, So it is Reefton, technically it's Crushington

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Speaker 2: which is just outside of Reefton. But I mean, I

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Speaker 2: think even that the fine locals of Reefdon would agree

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Speaker 2: have you seen that? Yes?

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, Jack Lovelock he was born in.

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Speaker 2: Nineteen ten yep, and very sadly, of course, he died

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Speaker 2: at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York.

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Speaker 3: So do you go that is one cracking connection you've

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm a bit of a I'm a bit of

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Speaker 2: and so yeah, because he died Church Avenue subway station

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Speaker 2: little little connection there? Nineteen ten he was born in Crushington,

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Speaker 2: just outside of reef and went on, of course to

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Speaker 3: How may Yeah, and just out of Regidon Black's points

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Speaker 3: that neighboring village. The Museum THEA has the most amazing

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Speaker 3: collection all about Jack Lovelock's life.

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Speaker 2: Oh how about that? Look, we're all about connections this morning,

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Speaker 2: can if we put out something this morning and said,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna what connects New York and reefdon I don't

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Speaker 2: know how many how many listens would have got there,

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Speaker 2: I mean the reef and locals would have to disqualify them.

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Speaker 2: That'll get it immediately. But yeah, hey, thank you so much, Mike.

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Speaker 2: We're going to make sure that all of Mike's tips

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Speaker 2: on visiting Reefton and Lewis Pass are up and available

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