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Speaker 1: Wellington Mayor Tory Farno has caused a bit of a

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Speaker 1: commotion over the weekend because in an interview with Q

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Speaker 1: and A she admitted, yeah, she backtracked on the claim

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Speaker 1: that she made a few days earlier that she'd sold

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Speaker 1: the car to pay the bills.

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Speaker 2: No, I actually didn't. And it's a shame because it

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Speaker 2: was taken out of context. It was an hour long interview,

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Speaker 2: you get a bit relaxed. I mean the main reason

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Speaker 2: actually was because it's a walkable city.

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Speaker 1: And then afterwards, in another twist on a twist, the

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Speaker 1: Mayor's office sent a statement to Q and A saying, Nola,

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Speaker 1: actually she did sell the car to help with the

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Speaker 1: mortgatory payments. So who knows what's actually the truth. Wellington

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Speaker 1: City Councilor Diane Calvert is with us. Now, Hi, Diane,

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Speaker 1: Hi had her. She's obviously the laughing stock of the

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Speaker 1: city today, isn't she.

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Speaker 3: Well. I have to say that a lot of people

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Speaker 3: have either rung me, text me or stopped me in

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Speaker 3: the street. Really sad about what's happening about our city.

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Speaker 3: You know, it needs strong leadership and it's not there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So do you think it's time for the Crown observer.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think an observer with a specific role of facilitation,

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Speaker 3: you know, basically helping the mayor be able to engage

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Speaker 3: with all the elected members, you know, helping the council

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Speaker 3: better engage with the community and with the government and

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Speaker 3: with our regional partners such as other councils in the region.

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Speaker 1: Okay, how do you trigger that council observer, that Crown

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Speaker 1: observer coming in?

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Speaker 3: Well, you can do it two ways. You can either

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Speaker 3: the council can ask the government for help, which I

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Speaker 3: don't think our council will come because the majority don't

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Speaker 3: you know, don't understand, I don't realize, or the government itself,

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Speaker 3: the Minister of Local Government can doesn't.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like he wants to. I mean, your

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Speaker 1: third option actually is that you guys can tank that

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Speaker 1: airport airport shares sales vote in order to basically set

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Speaker 1: off a domino affecting kind which kind of forces to

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Speaker 1: me in Brown's hand. Is that possible?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I suppose that that could be the outcome

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Speaker 3: of what if we agree not to sell the shares?

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Speaker 3: But I think the key to that is the council's

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Speaker 3: lost the public trust and confidence so you know a

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Speaker 3: lot of people have said to me, look on paper,

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Speaker 3: just like you said before, it's a good idea to

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Speaker 3: sell the shares. However, we don't trust the council to

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Speaker 3: do the right thing. We haven't been given all the

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Speaker 3: information all at the same time, it's been drip fed.

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Speaker 3: So the council's lost the public's trust and confidence. And

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Speaker 3: it's the public's asset, not our asset. It's the public's asset.

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Speaker 1: So has Tori got a mayor car?

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Speaker 3: Yes, she does.

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Speaker 1: So when she said that she sold her car in

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Speaker 1: the Q and A interviews because she can just walk

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Speaker 1: around the city, she actually has another car that she

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Speaker 1: can use.

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Speaker 3: Well, all I know is that their mayor has a

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Speaker 3: car for their exclusive use.

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Speaker 1: Okay, cool, that's really interesting, Diane, Thanks very much appreciated,

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Speaker 1: Diane Calvert, Wellington City councilor For more from Hither Duplessy

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