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Phil Anderson: The Christchurch Show Director on the event kicking off today · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Alpacker judge and competitions, lawn mower racing, sheep and equestrian events.
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  Speaker 1: Christ Church Show is back this week, but smaller. They
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  Speaker 1: have one hundred thousand visitors last year, expecting sixty thousand
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  Speaker 1: this year. But it's still an amazing feat for Anderson's
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  Speaker 1: event high christ Church Show event director Phil thanks for
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  Speaker 1: being with me. It's quite a rabbit you've pulled out
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  Speaker 1: of the hat here to get this all together.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Sure has been, specially for the last three months,
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  Speaker 2: which is yeah, the time we've had, which is usually
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  Speaker 2: a year to organize such an event. So yeah, still
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  Speaker 2: such an oppressive lineup and the look and feel of
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  Speaker 2: a normal AMP show. So yeah, we're so excited because.
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  Speaker 1: It was going. I mean it was basically off, wasn't it.
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  Speaker 1: And you guys came in and you're doing a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a rescue job here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, basically we said can't be done. A new board
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  Speaker 2: came in and they went, I reckon, you guys are right,
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  Speaker 2: let's make something happen here, and yeah, it all just
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  Speaker 2: flowed from there, which we are so grateful for.
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  Speaker 1: How many events have you got your How big will
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  Speaker 1: the turnout be? I know that the numbers are about
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  Speaker 1: sixty thousand they're expecting. But in terms of the trade stores,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera, compared to last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, trade there is probably about thirty forty percent lease.
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  Speaker 2: But in terms of everything else around the AMP show
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  Speaker 2: experience much the same, if not more. Maybe entertainment or
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  Speaker 2: a real good mix of entertainment like lawnmar racing. Never
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  Speaker 2: seen it so excited, you know, that just seems so unusual,
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  Speaker 2: and I just think there'll be it's like that a
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  Speaker 2: part of the show that people are just going to
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  Speaker 2: really go what a core experience.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, do you guys make money out of something like this?
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  Speaker 2: Phil? The aim is too, but yeah, not a lot though,
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  Speaker 2: to be fear, there's a lot of costs associated with
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  Speaker 2: this event, especially you know when we consider the other
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  Speaker 2: events that we do, this thing's very heavy in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the cost. Is so much infrastructure that goes into
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  Speaker 2: this that's been such a massive learning curve.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you're for getting it done in such a
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  Speaker 1: quick amount of time. Phil, I really appreciate you coming
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  Speaker 1: on the show. And best of luck with a christ
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  Speaker 1: Church Show which is on this week. That was Phil
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