The Mayor of Christchurch isn't too worried about the impact of fuel prices on the council at the moment but is keeping a close eye on things.
Phil Mauger told Canterbury Mornings that costs will be affected by the Middle East conflict, but a lot of the council's infrastructure runs on electricity.
"A lot of our fleet is electric, the boilers in the building are changed over to electric, we've got solar on our galleries"
"It's not critical yet, but we're certainly looking at it and keeping a very good eye on it."
They also discussed the Crusaders Express train taking fans to rugby games to the new stadium from Rangiora and Rolleston, the councils satisfaction survey, and if there are any updates from his 3am idea to fix Cathedral Square.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Canterbury Mornings podcast with John McDonald
from News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Phil Majors with us going to film. Hello there, how
are you very well? So it's fuel situation as the
council starting to panic at are you're doing anything to
reduce the amount of fuel you guys are using.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
We're certainly not panicking yet that we've got a lot
of our fleet is electric, you know, the boilers in
the building have changed over to electric. What's solar on
our galleries, all that sort of thing. It will affect
costs going forward when we start getting our next round
of voting, contracts in and stuff like that, but we're
at the end of our construction, seeds in per se,
(00:45):
ceiling season per se, so it's it's not critical yet
that we're certainly looking at it and giving a very
good iron.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
How much of an impact do you think this is
going to have on the long term planning process?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
It's going to it is going to the tail on this.
I fear this is me personally. I fear the tail
on this is going to actually last quite a long time.
I hope the problem gets sold fairly soon, but going
forward it will take a long time to get to
get back to where we are now. If ever, what.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Makes you so concerned about that?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Ah, Well, people put their prices up. It might be
for vegies, it might be for plastic pipes, it might
be for anything, and people get used to paying that
and it will take a while once the price of
well fuel comes down. And PBC pipe, that's one of
the ones that is a real killer. It's really gone
gone berserk. It's going to take a long time for
(01:39):
that when the price comes down to feedback into the system.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, speaking of long time, it's spent a long
time coming. But tomorrow is the official opening of the stadium.
How's it going to play out?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Oh, it's only, it's only. I shouldn't say it's only.
It's very important for the whole city. It's fantastic. It's
it's a ceremonial opening, as you know, the openings on
the opening, the real openings on the twenty fourth of April.
But this is a ceremonial one. I think it's a
couple of hundred odd people going and I'm really really
looking forward to it. I was down there yesterday with
(02:11):
the Prime Minister from Tavalu. He had shot into town
for a day. Just about an hour really I had
with him and showed him around and it is looking
a picture. Man, it is really good.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
What was the Prime Minister of Tavalu's interest in Christjurch.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I'm not actually sure. There was other things. He was
here for climate change and things like that, and he
was I know he went to speak at St. Andrews
because he was a boarder there in the nineteen eighties
and so that was all good. And he had half
an hour up his sleeve, shot past the stadium. He
had been to Nitahu and he was going out to
the University of Canbury straight after that. Mainly I think
(02:49):
to talk about climate change issues because his little island
is only a meter and a half above the water,
so he's in trouble soon.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah. Last time we spoke, you talked about the idea
you had it three in the morning in relation to
the council putting more money into the cathedral set of
into the the square area itself. Where have you got
to with that?
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well, talk about lighter match. That's actually been it's been good.
It's certainly got people thinking. I know from when a
long time ago, when I was a contractor for twenty
eight million. You could build not by the land, but
you could develop two hundred and eighty sections. Right now,
that land in front of the cathedral is not that big,
(03:32):
so I know that that twenty eight million is too much.
So it's certainly got people thinking, and I'm sure something
will pop out of it would work as we go
forward into long term plan.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh come on, come on, come on, but what do
you mean. It's got people thinking what are they saying?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
For a start, they saying, you're sure you know what
you're talking about, And of course I do as I
always do, John, But now it's certainly got people thinking,
is that far too much? How did that number get there?
Can we direct redirect some of that to other places?
And once the plans there's some little plans getting drawn
for some of the corners by where new hotels may
(04:07):
be going and stuff like that, So it's there's going
to be a certainly there for sure.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
So there is a saying that there is appetite around
the council table for more right power investment in the
actual cathedral itself.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
As that we say no, not not yet. We'll have
to wait to annual plan comes through and see what
people have submitted on we'll do that, but I'm just
going in my head out further. There's that money in
the long term plan that we could bring forward or
do whatever we do, But we don't need that much
money to spend on us square itself all.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Right with the stadium opening. Mainland Rail got the act. God,
it's act together and it's going to be putting trains
on for the big crusaders matches. What's your what's your
interest in that becoming more of a regular thing, you know,
commuter rail and Greater christ Church.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
I think it's fantastic that these guys a brilliant initiative.
You know, we could they could, we could have spent
a small fortune on getting consultants to tell us whether
it's good, better otherwise. I'm a great believer in try
it to see what they might try this, and I hope,
I'm sure it will work. But they'll try it and
if it's no good, they won't do it. But they're
(05:17):
having to go and they're bringing people up from Dunedin
and stuff. But the commuter rail thing some at once,
at everyone, but it may well suit some people to
go and sit on the train work on their laptop
do their work going home on the train, and if
it gets five percent of cars off the road, it
all helps. So it's just a different mode of transport
to get into town, and every little bit will hopefully
(05:39):
work towards getting congested off some of those traits, do
you reckon?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
It's more of a realistic option than the trackless trend
that you're in favor of.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Oh, now, I think it's another option. It's not everyone's
cap of course. The train will come from Raleigh or
Rollist or Rangura more or less straight in and might
stop at one place, whereas the trackless tram will stop
like buses do. It'll be a wee bit better in
that respect. But for getting people from out of town
(06:08):
like to Needing for an all black test or whatever,
it's certainly got some legs.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
All right. Who's paying for the platform where this train
is going to stop at?
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yes, Now, what happened was we have we have given
a loan. I'm sure the council is given a loan
of fifty odd grand to them for it for a
temporary for a temporary platform, temporary platform set up. It's
going to be not a hard platform per se. It's
going to be like if you get off an airplane
with the smaller airplanes out at the airport, you walk
(06:42):
down an aluminium ramp, it's going to be along those lines.
So it's it's as cheap as it possibly can be
to try it out. If it works, people wouldn't therest
more money in it?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Do you know what? I thought you were going to
stay filled?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Three o'clock in the morning.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I thought you were going to sounds like getting out
of a plane an emergency and you've got to jump
off some inflatable thing. Like I just liked the experience,
wouldn't it?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Certainly?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
What it's all part of the fund of coming to
gross and the other thing. I might might just say
that the other day yesterday we had a council. Our
new levels of service stuff has come through the residents
of satisfaction is up to sixty percent. The financial performance
of less than twenty years mare and counselor is confidence
is up ten percent. So it was a good news
(07:28):
day yesterday at council.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
All right, Yeah, what's happened there with that sixty percent
satisfaction level up from what forty two percent four years ago?
As the council up its game or are people just
less grizzly.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Oh no, no, the councilor up its game. It's like
little things like we bought our parks maintenance in house.
Right now, I'd say it'd be hard to find anyone
that's going to moan about the quality of the way
all the playing surfaces have been presented this summer. It
is outstanding. So things like that, the things that people
(08:01):
like to see and being rubbishings more often all that
sort of stuff that's what they pay their n see.
And of course Paracuri came on stream and now the
stadium so everyone's relatively update update brilliant.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
All right, enjoy the celebrations tomorrow. We'll catch up again
in a fortnite.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Thanks Phil, Thanks then see you bye.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
For more from Caterbory Mornings with John McDonald, listen live
to news Talks It'd be christ Church from nine am weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Canterbury Mornings podcast with John McDonald
from News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Phil Majors with us going to film. Hello there, how
are you very well? So it's fuel situation as the
council starting to panic at are you're doing anything to
reduce the amount of fuel you guys are using.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
We're certainly not panicking yet that we've got a lot
of our fleet is electric, you know, the boilers in
the building have changed over to electric. What's solar on
our galleries, all that sort of thing. It will affect
costs going forward when we start getting our next round
of voting, contracts in and stuff like that, but we're
at the end of our construction, seeds in per se,
(00:45):
ceiling season per se, so it's it's not critical yet
that we're certainly looking at it and giving a very
good iron.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
How much of an impact do you think this is
going to have on the long term planning process?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
It's going to it is going to the tail on this.
I fear this is me personally. I fear the tail
on this is going to actually last quite a long time.
I hope the problem gets sold fairly soon, but going
forward it will take a long time to get to
get back to where we are now. If ever, what.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Makes you so concerned about that?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Ah, Well, people put their prices up. It might be
for vegies, it might be for plastic pipes, it might
be for anything, and people get used to paying that
and it will take a while once the price of
well fuel comes down. And PBC pipe, that's one of
the ones that is a real killer. It's really gone
gone berserk. It's going to take a long time for
(01:39):
that when the price comes down to feedback into the system.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, speaking of long time, it's spent a long
time coming. But tomorrow is the official opening of the stadium.
How's it going to play out?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Oh, it's only, it's only. I shouldn't say it's only.
It's very important for the whole city. It's fantastic. It's
it's a ceremonial opening, as you know, the openings on
the opening, the real openings on the twenty fourth of April.
But this is a ceremonial one. I think it's a
couple of hundred odd people going and I'm really really
looking forward to it. I was down there yesterday with
(02:11):
the Prime Minister from Tavalu. He had shot into town
for a day. Just about an hour really I had
with him and showed him around and it is looking
a picture. Man, it is really good.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
What was the Prime Minister of Tavalu's interest in Christjurch.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I'm not actually sure. There was other things. He was
here for climate change and things like that, and he
was I know he went to speak at St. Andrews
because he was a boarder there in the nineteen eighties
and so that was all good. And he had half
an hour up his sleeve, shot past the stadium. He
had been to Nitahu and he was going out to
the University of Canbury straight after that. Mainly I think
(02:49):
to talk about climate change issues because his little island
is only a meter and a half above the water,
so he's in trouble soon.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah. Last time we spoke, you talked about the idea
you had it three in the morning in relation to
the council putting more money into the cathedral set of
into the the square area itself. Where have you got
to with that?
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well, talk about lighter match. That's actually been it's been good.
It's certainly got people thinking. I know from when a
long time ago, when I was a contractor for twenty
eight million. You could build not by the land, but
you could develop two hundred and eighty sections. Right now,
that land in front of the cathedral is not that big,
(03:32):
so I know that that twenty eight million is too much.
So it's certainly got people thinking, and I'm sure something
will pop out of it would work as we go
forward into long term plan.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh come on, come on, come on, but what do
you mean. It's got people thinking what are they saying?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
For a start, they saying, you're sure you know what
you're talking about, And of course I do as I
always do, John, But now it's certainly got people thinking,
is that far too much? How did that number get there?
Can we direct redirect some of that to other places?
And once the plans there's some little plans getting drawn
for some of the corners by where new hotels may
(04:07):
be going and stuff like that, So it's there's going
to be a certainly there for sure.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
So there is a saying that there is appetite around
the council table for more right power investment in the
actual cathedral itself.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
As that we say no, not not yet. We'll have
to wait to annual plan comes through and see what
people have submitted on we'll do that, but I'm just
going in my head out further. There's that money in
the long term plan that we could bring forward or
do whatever we do, But we don't need that much
money to spend on us square itself all.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Right with the stadium opening. Mainland Rail got the act. God,
it's act together and it's going to be putting trains
on for the big crusaders matches. What's your what's your
interest in that becoming more of a regular thing, you know,
commuter rail and Greater christ Church.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
I think it's fantastic that these guys a brilliant initiative.
You know, we could they could, we could have spent
a small fortune on getting consultants to tell us whether
it's good, better otherwise. I'm a great believer in try
it to see what they might try this, and I hope,
I'm sure it will work. But they'll try it and
if it's no good, they won't do it. But they're
(05:17):
having to go and they're bringing people up from Dunedin
and stuff. But the commuter rail thing some at once,
at everyone, but it may well suit some people to
go and sit on the train work on their laptop
do their work going home on the train, and if
it gets five percent of cars off the road, it
all helps. So it's just a different mode of transport
to get into town, and every little bit will hopefully
(05:39):
work towards getting congested off some of those traits, do
you reckon?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
It's more of a realistic option than the trackless trend
that you're in favor of.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Oh, now, I think it's another option. It's not everyone's
cap of course. The train will come from Raleigh or
Rollist or Rangura more or less straight in and might
stop at one place, whereas the trackless tram will stop
like buses do. It'll be a wee bit better in
that respect. But for getting people from out of town
(06:08):
like to Needing for an all black test or whatever,
it's certainly got some legs.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
All right. Who's paying for the platform where this train
is going to stop at?
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yes, Now, what happened was we have we have given
a loan. I'm sure the council is given a loan
of fifty odd grand to them for it for a
temporary for a temporary platform, temporary platform set up. It's
going to be not a hard platform per se. It's
going to be like if you get off an airplane
with the smaller airplanes out at the airport, you walk
(06:42):
down an aluminium ramp, it's going to be along those lines.
So it's it's as cheap as it possibly can be
to try it out. If it works, people wouldn't therest
more money in it?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Do you know what? I thought you were going to
stay filled?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Three o'clock in the morning.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I thought you were going to sounds like getting out
of a plane an emergency and you've got to jump
off some inflatable thing. Like I just liked the experience,
wouldn't it?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Certainly?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
What it's all part of the fund of coming to
gross and the other thing. I might might just say
that the other day yesterday we had a council. Our
new levels of service stuff has come through the residents
of satisfaction is up to sixty percent. The financial performance
of less than twenty years mare and counselor is confidence
is up ten percent. So it was a good news
(07:28):
day yesterday at council.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
All right, Yeah, what's happened there with that sixty percent
satisfaction level up from what forty two percent four years ago?
As the council up its game or are people just
less grizzly.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Oh no, no, the councilor up its game. It's like
little things like we bought our parks maintenance in house.
Right now, I'd say it'd be hard to find anyone
that's going to moan about the quality of the way
all the playing surfaces have been presented this summer. It
is outstanding. So things like that, the things that people
(08:01):
like to see and being rubbishings more often all that
sort of stuff that's what they pay their n see.
And of course Paracuri came on stream and now the
stadium so everyone's relatively update update brilliant.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
All right, enjoy the celebrations tomorrow. We'll catch up again
in a fortnite.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Thanks Phil, Thanks then see you bye.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
For more from Caterbory Mornings with John McDonald, listen live
to news Talks It'd be christ Church from nine am weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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