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The Muster- Snr Gary Iddenton: Gore Police · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the muster. Senior Sergeant Gary Eddington of
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  Speaker 1: the Gore Police joins us. G'day, Gary. Long time no speak.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good day, Andy. Good day to the community.
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  Speaker 1: How are you? Pretty good. You were lucky enough to
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  Speaker 1: have a bit of a holiday, so you've come back
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  Speaker 1: all refreshed and rearing to go?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I've come back like I've never been away. I
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed my time away. It was good.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Quite a bit going on from a policing perspective. There's
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  Speaker 1: the obvious we've talked about in the past. Community patrols, though.
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  Speaker 1: You want to make a comment around this to start?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just noticed just recently there's been a few
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  Speaker 2: comments about what the community patrol, what they're about, and
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  Speaker 2: I just wanted to sort of clarify a few things.
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  Speaker 2: They're a good organisation nationally. They're volunteers that give up
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  Speaker 2: their time and they help, you know, sort of look
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  Speaker 2: after the streets and making sure things... They're not police officers...
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  Speaker 2: but they're just making sure that we keep our streets
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  Speaker 2: safe and they're reporting. So I just want to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that people do understand they are volunteers and they're
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  Speaker 2: not police officers, that they're just doing a good job
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  Speaker 2: in our communities at different hours of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a perception around community patrols perhaps that they're vigilante?
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  Speaker 1: Is that what some people think?
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  Speaker 2: No, I just think that people feel frustrated sometimes and
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  Speaker 2: social media doesn't always... sort of give a good picture
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  Speaker 2: of things. And so I just want to reiterate they
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  Speaker 2: are out there doing an amazing job, giving up their time.
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  Speaker 2: And if people want to, I think, yeah, you can
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  Speaker 2: be recruited as well. There's CPNZ. You can go online
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  Speaker 2: as well if you're interested in giving up some time
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  Speaker 2: and working in the community.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a number of patrols occurring in the south?
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  Speaker 2: Yep, absolutely. As I say, it's a national organisation and
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  Speaker 2: we're very lucky to have quite a few here in
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  Speaker 2: Gore that cover the bigger area.
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  Speaker 1: What else has been going on over the weekend? We're
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  Speaker 1: starting to get the longer days now. People are starting
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  Speaker 1: to get out and about a bit more. What was
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  Speaker 1: happening over the weekend?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just probably a timely reminder around people's driving.
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  Speaker 2: We are aware there's obviously quite a few people going around,
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  Speaker 2: driving around Gore at the moment. They think it's fun
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  Speaker 2: to do speeds, double park and cause a nuisance to
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  Speaker 2: locals as well as the general public. And what we're
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  Speaker 2: just saying to these people is that a licence is
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  Speaker 2: a privilege, not a given. And if you want to
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  Speaker 2: drive like that, you're going to draw attention to yourself
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  Speaker 2: and then we'll target you as a road safety target.
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  Speaker 2: And if need be, we'll take your car and put
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  Speaker 2: you before the courts. So just asking people just to
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  Speaker 2: drive sensibly, watch your speed. If you're going on the phone,
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  Speaker 2: pull over. And it's not funny, it's actually quite serious
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  Speaker 2: when you're killing someone or injuring someone.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of people use a cell phone when they're driving, unfortunately.
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  Speaker 1: You see it every day.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know what message or where they've come from,
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  Speaker 2: what planet. But if it's not urgent, you just pull
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  Speaker 2: over if it's an urgent phone call, not driving around
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  Speaker 2: just willy-nilly on it. People do get injured and sometimes fatal.
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  Speaker 2: The last thing I want is someone getting hit on
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  Speaker 2: the crossing when someone's on the phone and they're in attention.
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  Speaker 1: As far as rural thefts, are we seeing much of
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  Speaker 1: a spike in that at the moment, given it's been
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  Speaker 1: a difficult season, let alone coming home and seeing your
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  Speaker 1: house or property or sheds have been ransacked?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's like everything is, you know, it'd
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  Speaker 2: be nice to say we're going to stop it full time.
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  Speaker 2: There is people out there that are targeting rural properties, sheds.
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  Speaker 2: They're coming on stealing anything that gets not tied down.
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  Speaker 2: But what I will say is we've had some really
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  Speaker 2: good results recently. That's not to say that we're not stopping.
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  Speaker 2: And we've got people before the courts and recovered quite
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  Speaker 2: a lot of property. So we're just saying to those
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  Speaker 2: ones out there, if you think you're not going to
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  Speaker 2: get caught, think again. Just look over your shoulder because
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  Speaker 2: you'll never know when we're coming for you.
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  Speaker 1: Cameras, you're seeing a lot of them being up and
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  Speaker 1: about now and understandably so too. You just want to
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  Speaker 1: look after your assets.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just making sure people buy a reputable camera and
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  Speaker 2: just making sure that they know how to work it
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  Speaker 2: and record it. We still have to go through a
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  Speaker 2: whole load of processes, but doorbell cameras on the farms,
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  Speaker 2: just literally if you can afford it. Cameras don't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: prevent crime. don't necessarily stop crime as such, but they
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  Speaker 2: certainly give us a good part into the investigation to
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  Speaker 2: catch these criminals out there doing this.
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  Speaker 1: Just going back to community patrols, Gary, as far as
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  Speaker 1: Neighbourhood Watch, we've talked about this in the past. Is
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  Speaker 1: this still an initiative?
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  Speaker 2: Neighbourhood Watch is, I mean, I think community patrols is
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  Speaker 2: probably going around at the moment. Neighbourhood Watch is not
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  Speaker 2: where we would like it to be, I guess. but
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  Speaker 2: I'd say that's a work in progress with the council,
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  Speaker 2: I think. But we're still obviously trying to look at
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  Speaker 2: people who want to be part of the community, who
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  Speaker 2: want to support us.
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  Speaker 1: So is it about working with the council regarding those
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  Speaker 1: kind of initiatives?
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  Speaker 2: Well, there's council, there's police, there's all sorts of support
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  Speaker 2: agencies within the community. But yeah, I mean, we're always
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  Speaker 2: looking at new, fresh ideas, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: And as well, there's some new road rules. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of people will be caught unaware on these, so we'll
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  Speaker 1: just go over them very briefly, Gary. Children aged 12
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  Speaker 1: years and under can now legally ride bicycles and footpaths.
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  Speaker 1: Motorists must leave a safe gap when passing cyclists and
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  Speaker 1: horse riders of at least one metre of 60km zones
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  Speaker 1: or less, 1.5 metres in zones above 60km. E-scooters are
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  Speaker 1: allowed in cycle lanes. We've got a lot of cycle
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  Speaker 1: lanes in Gore, haven't you? And giving way to buses.
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  Speaker 1: Drivers must give way to buses pulling up from bus
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  Speaker 1: stops on roads with a speed limit of 60km less.
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  Speaker 1: On the open road, the bus gives way, but when
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  Speaker 1: you are driving in the bigger areas, you now have
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  Speaker 1: to give way to a bus. These are coming in
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  Speaker 1: very shortly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's the beginning of October. There's a
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  Speaker 2: lot to digest for people there as well, so it's
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  Speaker 2: going to take time to come in. The one thing
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  Speaker 2: I would say is obviously just a reminder is... You know,
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  Speaker 2: people need to be cycling sensibly and not fast, same
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  Speaker 2: as e-scooters. You need to be watching your road rules,
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  Speaker 2: stopping at stop signs. People are walking on footpaths, walking dogs,
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  Speaker 2: the elderly. So it doesn't give you carte blanche to
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  Speaker 2: be able to cycle at speed and you should be
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  Speaker 2: wearing your helmets.
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  Speaker 1: Helmets is a big one. These people on scooters and
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  Speaker 1: these things boot along. They look like they're doing 45, 50k,
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  Speaker 1: for goodness sake. And they're not wearing helmets. It's loony.
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  Speaker 2: There's legislation out there. I think it's the old attitude,
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  Speaker 2: nothing that will happen to me until it happens sort
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  Speaker 2: of thing. And then we obviously pick up the pieces
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  Speaker 2: and all the first responders and they're knocking on the
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  Speaker 2: door of the family to say, Joe Brogg isn't coming
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  Speaker 2: home tonight. So there's a serious, serious side to it
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  Speaker 2: as well. And the same rules apply on the road
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  Speaker 2: to them. Like you need to be looking at being
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  Speaker 2: aware of what's around you, vehicles on the road, buses, trucks, um,
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  Speaker 2: and also abiding by the speed limits. Um, the other
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  Speaker 2: thing I would say on the speed limits as well,
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  Speaker 2: we've obviously got the 30 K signs around the schools
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  Speaker 2: at set times. So just making sure, um, Members of
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  Speaker 2: public abide by them as well. We do have road
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  Speaker 2: policing out there who will be targeting them.
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  Speaker 1: Just reiterate the numbers that people need to remember, Gary.
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  Speaker 2: Start triple five, or if it's urgent, just 111 or
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  Speaker 2: 105 if there's a driving complaint. Just make sure there's
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  Speaker 2: correct registration, time, date, place, and any descriptions and things
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  Speaker 2: like that, and we can do a follow-up.
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  Speaker 1: Senior Sergeant Gary Eddington of the Gore Police. Good to
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  Speaker 1: catch up again.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, Andy, and thanks to the community.
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  Speaker 1: at 1 o'clock.