October 5, 2024 • 15 mins
Dunedin's Mayor joins us to provide an update regarding the region's flooding, and everything involving citizens and services in this time
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks EDB. Keep it Simple, It's Sunday. The
Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin and Whig calls for the
best selection of great readings News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
EDB News Talks EDB fourteen past nine. Dunedin is in
recovery mode after the wettest day in over a century
led to evacuations and a state of emergency. Multiple properties
have already been read stickered due to extensive rain damage.
Many roads remain clothes and floods have caused landslides across
the region. Dunedin Madule's Radditch is with me now, good morning,
(00:44):
thanks for your time.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
How are things looking now? The rain has stopped. I'm
presuming the rain has stopped.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
The rain has stopped, The skies blue, the sun is shining,
so you can imagine what difference that makes just the
people's general demeanors and outlooks.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Certainly does.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
So.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, how's the clean up going.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Steadily? There was actually quite a lot of clean up
conducted yesterday and there'll be more today. So there's many
people going around picking up the sandbags, and we're probably
a bit early yet for picking up contaminated items from
households for those that did get with and there's yet
we have no indication or data on how many houses
(01:28):
did get water inside them.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
So we just yeah, one day at a time, really
at the moment, isn't it, Jill. So what is your
advice to the locals who may have water damage inside
their homes.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, you know, obviously in the first instance, you can
talk to that first instance, talk to the insurance coming yep,
and you know, navigate your way through that. There is
support from MSD for people that need that, and there
is support from Presbyterian Support as well. So Presbadian Support
has their offices in the more a place in the
(02:04):
center of town, so they're probably contactable by phone today,
but certainly they'll be open tomorrow for anyone that needs
support and help. And there are a lot of volunteers
out there working today but also who have made themselves
available to generally help with the cleanup. So the one
(02:26):
thing that is you know, absolutely very gratifying about this
whole business is the Cortant community support has been outstanding.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
That's good.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
There are lots of people ready to help out here,
help out others.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And Jules, you kind of implied there that at some
time in the very near future you will be collecting
damaged goods off the side of the road. Is that
is that what the council's planning on doing. If people
are having to get rid of, as you say, water
affected carpets, furniture and things like that.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
That's right, Okay, So how are we're going to do that?
I mean it's early for it's Sunday, yeah, and have
been you know, mannering the emergency center which has stood
down now and so you know, they said they've been
very busy. The critical Council staff have all been involved
in that. So I think I'm certainly not going to
be making any announcements about that today, but you know,
(03:20):
Monday's plenty early enough to be dealing with that.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
It's just good for people to know, Juels, that it's coming,
that that is coming, because you do kind of look around,
going what newth am they going to do with all this?
I've been through that experience. There are reports of food
shortages due to road closures. What kind of supports in
place for this?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Well, there's a lot of work being done on the
various road closures, and I'm not sure where you're referring
to in terms of that, because Peninsula Roads are open
and the road down West Harbor is closed, and I
just can't imagine how they'll be food shortages because there's
(04:00):
you know, that's not the only roads state Holy Ada
is not the only road to put charmers. So there's
Upper Junction Road, Cargo Road, and then there's the motorway,
so you know it's feasible to go across a Kenney
Road and used to take the motorway into town.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Nine properties have already been red stickered. Are you expecting
to see more?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Probably not. There was you know, yesterday there was fifty inspected,
so all of the ones that are seemed most at
risk were looked at. Most of those properties are because
of slips, so that you know, you know you've got
significant land movement, and so sometimes some of those properties
will still be intact and may be able to be
(04:45):
reoccupied at some stage in the future, but they are
in danger because of proximity to slips and so on.
So you know, there's a whole lot of additional assessment
required on those properties before a final answer is made.
But I don't expect there to be anymore because the
number of fifty was relatively early in the day yesterday,
(05:06):
so work would have carried on in that. There may
even be further inspections today, and you know, the threat
to safety and human lives is number one priority, so
people will have been inspecting properties throughout yesterday and again today.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Jewels. Are there many people without power?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I don't know of any. Okay, God, there may be
some in some areas, but I have had no reports
of power outages ind in city. Certainly there's been power
problems out in smaller communities more distant from town, but yes, no,
I haven't heard any in town reports.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Jewels.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
How catastrophic has this been for the city?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Well, relative to twenty fifteen in the last big one,
I think it's not so much not so catasphoric catastrophic.
There's been a lot of water. And what it's pointed
out is that the system, the system that we do
have for stormwater, the stormwater system we do have because
(06:12):
it's been tuned up of recent years and it is
working well. The pumps were working, the gutters and drains
were flowing, and the mud tanks were clean, so it
got rid of the water very effectively, which is indicated
by the fact that the water level went down markedly
(06:33):
yesterday despite the fact it was raining all yesterday afternoon.
The floodwater levels were lowered quite a lot, so the
pumps were working well and continuously. But what it does
show is that we need more pumps and more pipes.
We need a significant leap forward and the amount of
infrastructure available to deal with stormwater.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Jules, what's the most important message for people in need
of help at the moment?
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Sing out for it. You know, if you need help,
just sing out for it. I mean, there's the DCC
line four double seven, four thousand people can contact there,
and you know the DCC has contact, you know, is
in touch with a great number of the volunteers that
are out there helping, so that's a good point of reference.
And now there's a call center, so there's always someone
(07:23):
going to answer your phone. Sometimes it might take longer
than expected, but you will get an answer and it
will be logged into a system. So every call that
you make there is recorded and logged into a computer system,
so it will be dealt with them.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Got to eventually very pleased to hear that the blue
sky is out today, Jills. Is there any more rain
expected over the coming days?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
And not to my knowledge, But honest, I haven't checked
the forecast.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Well, though I look so bright and bright and pleasant
out there, you know, I'm thinking more of Well, I'm
about to get out and go and have a tour
around the city just to check on the various areas,
because I had a really good look yesterday morning and
lots of areas were deeply flooded on the street. And
then I went back yesterday evening and many of them
are the ones that I had been to in the morning.
(08:14):
The water level was dropped by quite a bit, thirty
or forty centimeters lower, So that told me that the
pumps are working well. In the morning, had already had
checked on all the pump outfits and they were flowing perfectly.
But the thing is that pipes and pumps were overwhelmed.
We've got more rain than what we can deal with.
(08:35):
So the obvious answer is we can't change the rain,
and the likelihood is that there will be more rain events,
so we've got to have more and better pumps. Because
south of edins a bowl, the water accumulates in the bottom.
We've got to fix that. There's a few factors in that,
and one of those is that we have purchased Fullberry
Park for that purpose. And there's a range of other
things to do, and I've got a four part plan
(08:56):
and I'll be looking to get that implemented over the
coming months and years.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Oh Jiles, thank you so much for your time. Take
care down there. That was Dunedin Mayor Jules Radditch grab recover.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
It's the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin and Wickles for
the best selection of great brings us talk.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Sa'd be right Waykuto held on to beat Canterbury in
a thrilling final of the Farah Parmer Cup yesterday. The
team's closed out the first half at seventeen all and
met each other almost point for point throughout the second,
but it was Waikato that edged the Red and Blacks
twenty seven to twenty five. Here's the final moment with
Graham Mead falls there.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
It's gonna go and it's gonna be Nipia. Nipia kicks
it out and the game is over. Whait Katto have
the FBC champions twenty seven points to twenty five.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Oh, probably enjoying hearing that again. It's Waikato FPC coach
James as Simple, here's with us this srning good morning.
Oh you there, Joe, Oh good thing?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Good?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Thanks? How does it feel to be Parah Farmer Cup winners?
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (10:08):
So proud of the girls, what we achieved the sas.
But I'm still an emotional days made.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Hell of the man.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Came up on top of the head.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Hey, James, your line isn't so great, So I'm going
to get tyed to try and call you back because
really want to talk to you about the game, because
it was crazy close and there were really good crowds
there as well, so really keen to hear from James.
We're just going to see if we can get him
on a slightly better line and we'll talk about we'll
head back to that, we'll see. It was just you know,
you want your rugby close, you want it competitive. That
(10:45):
was a game that ticked all the boxes. Hey, a
little bit later this hour, we're going to talk to
someone about palaeogenetics because I was really intrigued esday read
about the story about bringing the Dodo bird back, and
I'm not sure we need the Dodo bood bag I saying,
look at the pictures of the Dodo bood not necessarily
(11:09):
bring back for aesthetic reasons. That a lot of money
and time and effort has been has been is going
into trying to bring these animals back, and I'm just wondering
if there was a scientific reason as to why this
would be an amazing thing to do. So we're gonna
be talking about that later on the hours as well.
But James is back with us now.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
James, Hello, Hey, sorry about up.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That's all right, that's much better. I am sure that
there was a good celebration last night, was there.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
I don't I probably can't count how many beers I had,
but we definitely had a good night. Yeah, it's really good.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
What a game I mean, there were several swings of
momentum between each team. Were the nerves high?
Speaker 4 (11:51):
Oh, honestly it was. It was honestly horrific. It was
like one of the most emotional games that have ever
been a part of them. Like credits to Cannabury. They
know how to play in finals and yeah, just so
proud of the girls of how we, I guess got
through those momentum swings and then eventually came out on top.
But yeah, it was definitely a tough match and I
(12:12):
guess credit to what a final should be.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Well, it came down to getting every little moment right,
didn't it.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Yeah, for sure, And like we definitely I think in
that first half we were trying to win it straight
away rather than just going moment to moment is what
we talked about. But yeah, we sort of just we're
trying to rush it and things like that, and then
I feel like we adjusted really well at half time
and then came out and yeah, lucky enough to get
across the line at the end.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I was going to ask what was said at halftime
with the score at seventeen, All.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
Yeah, I was sort of just what I said there.
It was just like just be in the prison. I
feel like we were just trying to get to the
eighty minute mark or trying to get to the future
the end result. It was just like control what we
can in that moment because that's all that matters. So
we just really talked about that and then going back
to our game, which has been direct creating fast rucks
where I feel like we were just going wider but
(13:07):
too early, not earning the rights and creating that space,
and yeah, I feel like we made that adjustment pretty
well in the second half. Still could have been a
bit sharper, but that's one was footy, you know, pressure,
those funny things. Yeah, and you do things that you
don't really talk about or have trained for. But yeah,
I guess for us to come out on top and
take those learnings throughout the game was pretty impressive by
(13:29):
the girls.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Second ever Fara Palmer Cup for Waikato. How does it
What does it mean to the team?
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Oh, yeah, it means a lot. Like lots of these
girls have been there from the starts and they've played
a lot of games. So when we first sort of
started out, we'd sort of get pumped, and then we've
just built over time, taking learning and for us to
do this for our region and hopefully inspire the next
generation is just immensely proud, and you know, we want
(14:00):
to try to create a legacy, and I guess that
this is the first step towards doing that.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
How was the crowd turnout?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
I think we had two thus in there, so yeah,
in the semi we had nine hundred, and yeah, we
wanted to make a big posh for the final, because yeah,
as I said before, we want to create a legacy.
So if we thought we could get some young girls
there and they could witness us winning on our lands
in front of our people, it's going to create that
hunger and that drive to want to be a part
(14:28):
of that Jersey in the future. So for us to
get that turnout and the set so much the waki
Araby for sort of promoting it and the way they did,
and to get two thousand there and man, they were passionate.
It was so loud of just so many cow bells
and I think they honestly that crowd helped drive us
home in the end.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Well, thank you for the great game and the tense entertainment.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
I don't know, I want to thank the girls for
how strictly that was, but yeah, just so crowded that
we got out there at the end. But yeah, I
feel like we'll probably aged ten years in the last
twenty four else.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Oh, James, hey, thank you so much for your time
and enjoy the rest of your Sunday. We appreciate you
taking a moment to talk to us. That was the
Waikato FPC coach James Simple there who as he says,
age ten years yesterday, watching that final Politics is up. Next,
it's nine twenty nine News Talks IB.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
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from News Talks EDB. Keep it Simple, It's Sunday. The
Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin and Whig calls for the
best selection of great readings News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
EDB News Talks EDB fourteen past nine. Dunedin is in
recovery mode after the wettest day in over a century
led to evacuations and a state of emergency. Multiple properties
have already been read stickered due to extensive rain damage.
Many roads remain clothes and floods have caused landslides across
the region. Dunedin Madule's Radditch is with me now, good morning,
(00:44):
thanks for your time.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
How are things looking now? The rain has stopped. I'm
presuming the rain has stopped.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
The rain has stopped, The skies blue, the sun is shining,
so you can imagine what difference that makes just the
people's general demeanors and outlooks.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Certainly does.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
So.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, how's the clean up going.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Steadily? There was actually quite a lot of clean up
conducted yesterday and there'll be more today. So there's many
people going around picking up the sandbags, and we're probably
a bit early yet for picking up contaminated items from
households for those that did get with and there's yet
we have no indication or data on how many houses
(01:28):
did get water inside them.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
So we just yeah, one day at a time, really
at the moment, isn't it, Jill. So what is your
advice to the locals who may have water damage inside
their homes.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, you know, obviously in the first instance, you can
talk to that first instance, talk to the insurance coming yep,
and you know, navigate your way through that. There is
support from MSD for people that need that, and there
is support from Presbyterian Support as well. So Presbadian Support
has their offices in the more a place in the
(02:04):
center of town, so they're probably contactable by phone today,
but certainly they'll be open tomorrow for anyone that needs
support and help. And there are a lot of volunteers
out there working today but also who have made themselves
available to generally help with the cleanup. So the one
(02:26):
thing that is you know, absolutely very gratifying about this
whole business is the Cortant community support has been outstanding.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
That's good.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
There are lots of people ready to help out here,
help out others.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And Jules, you kind of implied there that at some
time in the very near future you will be collecting
damaged goods off the side of the road. Is that
is that what the council's planning on doing. If people
are having to get rid of, as you say, water
affected carpets, furniture and things like that.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
That's right, Okay, So how are we're going to do that?
I mean it's early for it's Sunday, yeah, and have
been you know, mannering the emergency center which has stood
down now and so you know, they said they've been
very busy. The critical Council staff have all been involved
in that. So I think I'm certainly not going to
be making any announcements about that today, but you know,
(03:20):
Monday's plenty early enough to be dealing with that.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
It's just good for people to know, Juels, that it's coming,
that that is coming, because you do kind of look around,
going what newth am they going to do with all this?
I've been through that experience. There are reports of food
shortages due to road closures. What kind of supports in
place for this?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Well, there's a lot of work being done on the
various road closures, and I'm not sure where you're referring
to in terms of that, because Peninsula Roads are open
and the road down West Harbor is closed, and I
just can't imagine how they'll be food shortages because there's
(04:00):
you know, that's not the only roads state Holy Ada
is not the only road to put charmers. So there's
Upper Junction Road, Cargo Road, and then there's the motorway,
so you know it's feasible to go across a Kenney
Road and used to take the motorway into town.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Nine properties have already been red stickered. Are you expecting
to see more?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Probably not. There was you know, yesterday there was fifty inspected,
so all of the ones that are seemed most at
risk were looked at. Most of those properties are because
of slips, so that you know, you know you've got
significant land movement, and so sometimes some of those properties
will still be intact and may be able to be
(04:45):
reoccupied at some stage in the future, but they are
in danger because of proximity to slips and so on.
So you know, there's a whole lot of additional assessment
required on those properties before a final answer is made.
But I don't expect there to be anymore because the
number of fifty was relatively early in the day yesterday,
(05:06):
so work would have carried on in that. There may
even be further inspections today, and you know, the threat
to safety and human lives is number one priority, so
people will have been inspecting properties throughout yesterday and again today.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Jewels. Are there many people without power?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I don't know of any. Okay, God, there may be
some in some areas, but I have had no reports
of power outages ind in city. Certainly there's been power
problems out in smaller communities more distant from town, but yes, no,
I haven't heard any in town reports.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Jewels.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
How catastrophic has this been for the city?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Well, relative to twenty fifteen in the last big one,
I think it's not so much not so catasphoric catastrophic.
There's been a lot of water. And what it's pointed
out is that the system, the system that we do
have for stormwater, the stormwater system we do have because
(06:12):
it's been tuned up of recent years and it is
working well. The pumps were working, the gutters and drains
were flowing, and the mud tanks were clean, so it
got rid of the water very effectively, which is indicated
by the fact that the water level went down markedly
(06:33):
yesterday despite the fact it was raining all yesterday afternoon.
The floodwater levels were lowered quite a lot, so the
pumps were working well and continuously. But what it does
show is that we need more pumps and more pipes.
We need a significant leap forward and the amount of
infrastructure available to deal with stormwater.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Jules, what's the most important message for people in need
of help at the moment?
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Sing out for it. You know, if you need help,
just sing out for it. I mean, there's the DCC
line four double seven, four thousand people can contact there,
and you know the DCC has contact, you know, is
in touch with a great number of the volunteers that
are out there helping, so that's a good point of reference.
And now there's a call center, so there's always someone
(07:23):
going to answer your phone. Sometimes it might take longer
than expected, but you will get an answer and it
will be logged into a system. So every call that
you make there is recorded and logged into a computer system,
so it will be dealt with them.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Got to eventually very pleased to hear that the blue
sky is out today, Jills. Is there any more rain
expected over the coming days?
Speaker 3 (07:46):
And not to my knowledge, But honest, I haven't checked
the forecast.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Well, though I look so bright and bright and pleasant
out there, you know, I'm thinking more of Well, I'm
about to get out and go and have a tour
around the city just to check on the various areas,
because I had a really good look yesterday morning and
lots of areas were deeply flooded on the street. And
then I went back yesterday evening and many of them
are the ones that I had been to in the morning.
(08:14):
The water level was dropped by quite a bit, thirty
or forty centimeters lower, So that told me that the
pumps are working well. In the morning, had already had
checked on all the pump outfits and they were flowing perfectly.
But the thing is that pipes and pumps were overwhelmed.
We've got more rain than what we can deal with.
(08:35):
So the obvious answer is we can't change the rain,
and the likelihood is that there will be more rain events,
so we've got to have more and better pumps. Because
south of edins a bowl, the water accumulates in the bottom.
We've got to fix that. There's a few factors in that,
and one of those is that we have purchased Fullberry
Park for that purpose. And there's a range of other
things to do, and I've got a four part plan
(08:56):
and I'll be looking to get that implemented over the
coming months and years.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Oh Jiles, thank you so much for your time. Take
care down there. That was Dunedin Mayor Jules Radditch grab recover.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
It's the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin and Wickles for
the best selection of great brings us talk.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Sa'd be right Waykuto held on to beat Canterbury in
a thrilling final of the Farah Parmer Cup yesterday. The
team's closed out the first half at seventeen all and
met each other almost point for point throughout the second,
but it was Waikato that edged the Red and Blacks
twenty seven to twenty five. Here's the final moment with
Graham Mead falls there.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
It's gonna go and it's gonna be Nipia. Nipia kicks
it out and the game is over. Whait Katto have
the FBC champions twenty seven points to twenty five.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Oh, probably enjoying hearing that again. It's Waikato FPC coach
James as Simple, here's with us this srning good morning.
Oh you there, Joe, Oh good thing?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Good?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Thanks? How does it feel to be Parah Farmer Cup winners?
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (10:08):
So proud of the girls, what we achieved the sas.
But I'm still an emotional days made.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Hell of the man.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Came up on top of the head.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Hey, James, your line isn't so great, So I'm going
to get tyed to try and call you back because
really want to talk to you about the game, because
it was crazy close and there were really good crowds
there as well, so really keen to hear from James.
We're just going to see if we can get him
on a slightly better line and we'll talk about we'll
head back to that, we'll see. It was just you know,
you want your rugby close, you want it competitive. That
(10:45):
was a game that ticked all the boxes. Hey, a
little bit later this hour, we're going to talk to
someone about palaeogenetics because I was really intrigued esday read
about the story about bringing the Dodo bird back, and
I'm not sure we need the Dodo bood bag I saying,
look at the pictures of the Dodo bood not necessarily
(11:09):
bring back for aesthetic reasons. That a lot of money
and time and effort has been has been is going
into trying to bring these animals back, and I'm just wondering
if there was a scientific reason as to why this
would be an amazing thing to do. So we're gonna
be talking about that later on the hours as well.
But James is back with us now.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
James, Hello, Hey, sorry about up.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That's all right, that's much better. I am sure that
there was a good celebration last night, was there.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
I don't I probably can't count how many beers I had,
but we definitely had a good night. Yeah, it's really good.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
What a game I mean, there were several swings of
momentum between each team. Were the nerves high?
Speaker 4 (11:51):
Oh, honestly it was. It was honestly horrific. It was
like one of the most emotional games that have ever
been a part of them. Like credits to Cannabury. They
know how to play in finals and yeah, just so
proud of the girls of how we, I guess got
through those momentum swings and then eventually came out on top.
But yeah, it was definitely a tough match and I
(12:12):
guess credit to what a final should be.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Well, it came down to getting every little moment right,
didn't it.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Yeah, for sure, And like we definitely I think in
that first half we were trying to win it straight
away rather than just going moment to moment is what
we talked about. But yeah, we sort of just we're
trying to rush it and things like that, and then
I feel like we adjusted really well at half time
and then came out and yeah, lucky enough to get
across the line at the end.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I was going to ask what was said at halftime
with the score at seventeen, All.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
Yeah, I was sort of just what I said there.
It was just like just be in the prison. I
feel like we were just trying to get to the
eighty minute mark or trying to get to the future
the end result. It was just like control what we
can in that moment because that's all that matters. So
we just really talked about that and then going back
to our game, which has been direct creating fast rucks
where I feel like we were just going wider but
(13:07):
too early, not earning the rights and creating that space,
and yeah, I feel like we made that adjustment pretty
well in the second half. Still could have been a
bit sharper, but that's one was footy, you know, pressure,
those funny things. Yeah, and you do things that you
don't really talk about or have trained for. But yeah,
I guess for us to come out on top and
take those learnings throughout the game was pretty impressive by
(13:29):
the girls.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Second ever Fara Palmer Cup for Waikato. How does it
What does it mean to the team?
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Oh, yeah, it means a lot. Like lots of these
girls have been there from the starts and they've played
a lot of games. So when we first sort of
started out, we'd sort of get pumped, and then we've
just built over time, taking learning and for us to
do this for our region and hopefully inspire the next
generation is just immensely proud, and you know, we want
(14:00):
to try to create a legacy, and I guess that
this is the first step towards doing that.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
How was the crowd turnout?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
I think we had two thus in there, so yeah,
in the semi we had nine hundred, and yeah, we
wanted to make a big posh for the final, because yeah,
as I said before, we want to create a legacy.
So if we thought we could get some young girls
there and they could witness us winning on our lands
in front of our people, it's going to create that
hunger and that drive to want to be a part
(14:28):
of that Jersey in the future. So for us to
get that turnout and the set so much the waki
Araby for sort of promoting it and the way they did,
and to get two thousand there and man, they were passionate.
It was so loud of just so many cow bells
and I think they honestly that crowd helped drive us
home in the end.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Well, thank you for the great game and the tense entertainment.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
I don't know, I want to thank the girls for
how strictly that was, but yeah, just so crowded that
we got out there at the end. But yeah, I
feel like we'll probably aged ten years in the last
twenty four else.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Oh, James, hey, thank you so much for your time
and enjoy the rest of your Sunday. We appreciate you
taking a moment to talk to us. That was the
Waikato FPC coach James Simple there who as he says,
age ten years yesterday, watching that final Politics is up. Next,
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