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Speaker 1: You know, they say cranes in the sky is quite

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Speaker 1: a good sign of growth in a city. Well, not

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Speaker 1: in Auckland, not at seascape meant to be the city's

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Speaker 1: in fact, this country's tallest tower, one hundred and seven

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Speaker 1: eight hundred and eighty seven, almost one hundred and ninety

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Speaker 1: meters high. It is supposed to be beautiful, expansive views

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Speaker 1: over the water, fifty two stories, a statement building for

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Speaker 1: a city on the move. That's what we were told.

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Speaker 1: But for two years we've had this construction stopped, half finished,

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Speaker 1: beams and nuts and bolts exposed, and yesterday the Chinese

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Speaker 1: outfit developing it folds completely. Gonskis So what happens to

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Speaker 1: this half cooked tower down by the wharf. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of hard to miss. You'll see it. Imagine the skytower,

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Speaker 1: but with scaffolding all around it. For a year. Whatever

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Speaker 1: happens needs to happen fast. Auckland is getting its mojo back.

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Speaker 1: We've been talking about this for a while, the politicians

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Speaker 1: are talking about it, but it is happening. I've been

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Speaker 1: down there and seen it. You've got ICC, you've got

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Speaker 1: your CRL stations, the shops ponsonbe Viaduct waterfront absolutely humming

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Speaker 1: and heaving at the moment. There's a real buzz in

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Speaker 1: the year out there, and it is happening. It is real.

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Speaker 1: Someone out there will be surely ironing a bargain here.

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Speaker 1: Surely they will answer our prayers. Get up there, finish

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Speaker 1: the job, polish that turd, and help make the city

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Speaker 1: smile and shine. For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge,

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