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Alistair Boyce: Backbencher pub owner ahead of the Hīkoi descending on Parliament · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So the HICCOI the protest happening in the capitol today
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  Speaker 1: and already we've heard from our reporter there's chanting, there's
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  Speaker 1: singing going on. Alistair Boyce is the back bench pub
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  Speaker 1: owners with us live.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, can you hear me?
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  Speaker 1: I've got you. Good to have you on the show.
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  Speaker 1: Are you there? Can you see anything yet? And what
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  Speaker 1: plans have you got for your business today?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I've arrived about twenty past five, had to come
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  Speaker 2: through a police checkpoint. The area's already got some occupation.
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  Speaker 2: There's a group of ten gang members at the base
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  Speaker 2: of Kate ship and place waving flags, so it's all
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  Speaker 2: well out of the way.
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  Speaker 1: What sort of gang members? What patches that happen?
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  Speaker 2: Mungle mob?
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  Speaker 1: What flags are they waving?
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  Speaker 2: It's Mary style flags and gang flags.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, how do you feel about that?
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  Speaker 2: My wife was a bit concerned, but I don't have
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  Speaker 2: an issue with you. Well, you will remember I had
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  Speaker 2: to endure the occupation protests for four weeks, so it's
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  Speaker 2: not an unusual situation. And I was also here for
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  Speaker 2: the original hackoys with for Sea Bed and for Shure.
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  Speaker 1: Do you are you your opening today? Right? You might
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  Speaker 1: as to get more Absolutely, you might as to get
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  Speaker 1: more business out of it.
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  Speaker 2: You reckon, Well, it should be a boon for Wellington.
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  Speaker 2: What man needs to do is stop thinking about attending
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  Speaker 2: the protest and think about catering for the protest, keeping
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  Speaker 2: the street tape and keep business and functioning and treating
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  Speaker 2: it like a stadium event, except in that parliament. So
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  Speaker 2: it should be an economic boon for the city. And
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  Speaker 2: if we approached it in that manner, I think everyone
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  Speaker 2: would be a lot better off.
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  Speaker 1: All right, he's hoping, Alistair, Thanks so much for your
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  Speaker 1: time this morning. Best to like Alistair Boyce back ben
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  Speaker 1: Ship pub owner.
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