1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: But first we've got to sort out the RIMA and 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: regional councils. The government has said it wants to scrap 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: regional councils, replacing them with boards made up of mayors 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: from the local region. Our Ashburt mayor is Liz McMillan. 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: What do you make of the added workload? Morning, Good morning. 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: I'm still digesting all the info. 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: To be fair, So you weren't given any heads up. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: No got the press release through last night that have 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: just start to five us. I think with some information 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: we knew that there were some changes coming. We've been 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 2: told that, and we've got the rim reform coming through, 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: and I think there's a rates kepping announcement coming through 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: before Christmas as well, So we knew there was something coming, 14 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: but no read it, just like everyone else. 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: At least the government's listening to the likes of the 16 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: Leader Farmer, David Clark. His struggles have been pretty well 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: documented in the papers of late but going through the 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: consenting process to literally keep doing what he's doing. We 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: spoke about an hour ago. No change to the type 20 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: of farmings wanting to do, wanting to do, the time, 21 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: the stress and the money that's gone in the bills 22 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: already is sixty thousand dollars, he said, with the risk 23 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: of it blowing out to quarter a million if they 24 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: had to go to publicly notified hearing and whatnot. That 25 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: just seems nuts. 26 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, it does, doesn't it. So I mean, in the end, 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: we just want what's best for our distract. The key 28 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: is to improve efficiencies and then be responsive to local needs. 29 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: So we'll be making a submission. I think the submissions 30 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 2: are until sort of mid February, so we'll be making 31 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: a submission on that. I'll be chatting to the other 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: Canterbury mayors as well as our counselor is, just to 33 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: get a bit of a feel of it all. But yeah, 34 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: still a lot to digest. Is a thirty page draft 35 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: proposal that I've read once, but I'll probably need. 36 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: To read it again. Oh yeah. They proposed a few 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: different structures on what these boards could look like on 38 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: the news last night, and one where each mayor would 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: essentially have equal voting rights, so if there's seven, you know, 40 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: everybody would get a sevenance share. Or it could be 41 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: population based, and surely that's the one we need to 42 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: steer away from, because by all accounts, That's one of 43 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: the big issues of e CAN up to this point 44 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: is that you've got a majority christ you city based voice, 45 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: people voting for these names that they probably forget about 46 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: within three years, making decisions on stuff that's that's nowhere 47 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: near them. 48 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, So it's that it's that local voice as 49 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: really key, isn't it. And I think there's a couple 50 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 2: of different scenarios with those with the vote how the 51 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: news can vote so and that's all in that draft proposal. 52 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: So that's something that we can feed back on. 53 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: An exciting opportunity in that sense. Hey, were you at 54 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: the grand opening of that new Raquai four square yesterday? 55 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: I was, yes. 56 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: Did you have a look around? Is it fancy? I did? 57 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 2: I even did some shopping. It's really good. So if 58 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 2: you know the space of the how it was with 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: the cafe and the weak gift shop in there. They've 60 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 2: used the space really well. It looks really cool. Lots 61 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: of yeah, lots of nice stuff in there. It was great. 62 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: I love fencing new stuff. Hey, you know what, Lismith Millan, 63 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: Soon when you're in charge of e CAN, you can 64 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: make the call to restock the Rakai River and then 65 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: we could have more locally sourced salmon on the shelves. 66 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: How good would that be a bit of a tourist 67 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: angle there the recently referred statue right next to fresh 68 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: salmon from the river. 69 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: That would be good.