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Speaker 1: Heah, I was listening to Hipkins and it just made

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Speaker 1: me think perhaps we should give Chloe a chance because

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Speaker 1: it can't be any worse. Why not, We're at that

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Speaker 1: level eighteen past five. Now, Christ Judge's new stadium is

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Speaker 1: going to host a whole weekend of Super Rugby games

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Speaker 1: shortly after it opens next year. Super Rugby Pacific has

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Speaker 1: just announced that Ta Kaha the Stadium is going to

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Speaker 1: host next year's Super Round, where all the matches are

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Speaker 1: played at one venue, and this is going to happen

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Speaker 1: in late April. Venues Autotahi is in charge of running

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Speaker 1: the stadium, and the CEO, Caroline Harvey Tear joins us. Now, Hey, Caroline, evening, Henna,

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Speaker 1: how are you? I'm well, thank you, but I'm stressed

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Speaker 1: out for you guys? Are you cutting it a bit

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Speaker 1: fine between getting the keys to the stadium and then

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Speaker 1: hosting the big event?

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Speaker 2: It's ambitious, that's for sure, but no, we're confident we're

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Speaker 2: going to have plenty of time to give a really

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Speaker 2: good handover test the venue. And why not. We've been

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Speaker 2: waiting fifteen years for this stadium, so let's crack on.

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Speaker 1: When are they giving you the keys?

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Speaker 2: Practical completion is the twentieth of April, so five days before.

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Speaker 1: The five days Caroline, are you sure about this? Nobody

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Speaker 1: in no builder ever has finished something on time with

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Speaker 1: five days to spare, so you can have a house warming.

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Speaker 2: Oh look, we're trekking beautifully. We're not worried about there

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Speaker 2: in twentieth of April. That've been amazing. Look and for

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Speaker 2: us and our team, we're running five wicked busy venues now,

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Speaker 2: so we're ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Okay, how much are you paying to get the super

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Speaker 1: round there?

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Speaker 2: Oh that's not a question for me, that's a question

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Speaker 2: for the city. So no, I'm not able to talk

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Speaker 2: about that.

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Speaker 1: So all right, where are you planting the grass and

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Speaker 1: growing it? Because we've been obsessed with it on the

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Speaker 1: show because it's a secret. Can you tell us?

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Speaker 2: No, it's top secret. I've not been there either. I've

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Speaker 2: seen it. It's growing beautifully.

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Speaker 1: I'm not photos.

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Speaker 2: I've seen photos, yeap, and it's looking glorious.

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Speaker 1: Okay, all right. Does there need to be a permanent

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Speaker 1: train station on the corner of Moorhouse in Colombo?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Look, I really like the idea, you know, making

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Speaker 2: it easy and safe for people to get into the city.

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Speaker 2: It's a central city. Venue parking is pretty limited, so

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Speaker 2: changing the way that we get to venue is going

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Speaker 2: to be a bit of a challenge to actially.

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Speaker 1: Don't you think that it's an absolute must have. You've

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Speaker 1: got to have the public transport right there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a belting idea, absolutely brilliant.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Caroline, best of luck with it. So I'm stoked

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Speaker 1: you guys are going to have a great, great week

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Speaker 1: in a rugger. There, there's Caroline Harvey Tear, whose Venus

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Speaker 1: Auto Tahi chief executive. For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive,

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