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The Muster- Nathan Burdon: Tour of Southland · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the muster. Our resident sporting guru is
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  Speaker 1: Nathan Burden. He's keenly following the SBS Bank Tour of
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  Speaker 1: Southland this week in its 70th edition. Good afternoon, Nathan.
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  Speaker 1: How's it all going?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, very good, mate. Yeah, it's been a good week
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  Speaker 2: so far. Some hard and fast racing around the roads
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  Speaker 2: of Southland, including obviously yesterday with the the big queen
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  Speaker 2: stage up with the Remarkables hill climb, which Matthew Wilson
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  Speaker 2: sort of took control of the race with an amazing
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  Speaker 2: climb up that 6k climb. So, yeah, pretty good week.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to jinx the weather, but they've had
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  Speaker 1: it too easy with all this blue sky and not
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  Speaker 1: really many wind, not much wind.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, kind of gnarly the first couple of days.
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  Speaker 2: But then, yeah, you're right, mate, it has sort of
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  Speaker 2: evened out a bit. And especially today, there's really not
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  Speaker 2: enough wind to sort of break that peloton up and
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  Speaker 2: I'm not exactly sure what the average speed was for
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  Speaker 2: the first hour or so of this stage, but it
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  Speaker 2: would have been pretty quick. It would have been close
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  Speaker 2: to 50k an hour, I'm guessing. And, you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: sort of knocked out a fair bit of this 180k
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  Speaker 2: stage to Lumsden.
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  Speaker 1: Is it fair to say that this tour will be
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  Speaker 1: one of the quicker ones?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it would be fair to say. Actually,
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  Speaker 2: it'd be interesting to look at those average speeds by
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  Speaker 2: the end of the week, and especially it is probably
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  Speaker 2: one of the younger tours that we've had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of under-23 riders come and a lot of riders having
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  Speaker 2: their first go at an SBS Bank Tour of Southland
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  Speaker 2: this week, so yeah, it will definitely be one of
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  Speaker 2: the quicker ones.
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  Speaker 1: So what's the feedback from the riders so far?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they've been enjoying it. I'm not sure, I'm currently
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  Speaker 2: sitting on a, actually just watching as we speak, I'll
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  Speaker 2: take you live into the tour, we've got a group
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  Speaker 2: of four riders who have managed to break away, which is,
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  Speaker 2: they will have been, you know, there's been numerous breaks
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  Speaker 2: that have been trying to get away without this win,
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  Speaker 2: but they've just headed away, we're sitting on a A
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  Speaker 2: little bit of road work, about one and a half
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  Speaker 2: K of gravel between Ojai and Nightcaps. And so some
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  Speaker 2: of these riders who actually ride gravel professionally in the
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  Speaker 2: States and that sort of thing, they'll be loving it.
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  Speaker 2: But some of the guys in the peloton won't be
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  Speaker 2: loving it so much. And as we speak, I can
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  Speaker 2: just see the peloton in the distance. So that breakaway
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  Speaker 2: probably opened up a lead of about 30 to 40 seconds.
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  Speaker 1: So what's your role with the tour as such? Because
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  Speaker 1: we talked about this last week but it's interesting and
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  Speaker 1: full credit to you guys, there's been a lot of
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  Speaker 1: coverage in the mainstream media regarding the event.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah and I think a big part of this week
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  Speaker 2: is about maximising that exposure for Southland and the various sponsors.
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  Speaker 2: It takes a lot of money to make this race
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  Speaker 2: happen so it's all about getting the name of the
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  Speaker 2: tour out there and the various sponsors that support it
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  Speaker 2: and giving them as much reach as possible so It's
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  Speaker 2: all about the radio. It's all about the TV, the newspaper.
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  Speaker 2: We get kinetic media come along and do a great
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  Speaker 2: job of putting together a 30-minute show each night. So
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  Speaker 2: that's on Tora Southen's YouTube channel and also on TVNZ +. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and social media is obviously a big part of it.
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  Speaker 2: These days, when I look at the reach that this
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  Speaker 2: event gets on social media across Instagram and Facebook, and
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  Speaker 2: it's huge. There's people all over the world that like
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  Speaker 2: to tune in and see the images that come.
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  Speaker 1: From this event There's a real camaraderie amongst the press
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  Speaker 1: and everybody who's following?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a real team effort. It's a big job to,
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  Speaker 2: jumping back in the car, it's a big job to
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  Speaker 2: get safely. You know, it's all about safety and everyone's
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  Speaker 2: sort of got to look after themselves and look after
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  Speaker 2: each other to make sure that we all get to
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  Speaker 2: the finish line in Gala Street on Saturday afternoon in
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  Speaker 2: one piece. So, yeah, everyone works together really well.
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  Speaker 1: And on the Saturday or Sunday when the event finishes,
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  Speaker 1: I remember in years gone past, former cameraman Jamie Burrett,
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  Speaker 1: they used to turn up at his place for a bonfire.
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  Speaker 1: What do they do these days?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there is talk of the unofficial stage nine. I
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  Speaker 2: think as a media person, it's good to sort of
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  Speaker 2: stay away. So some things it's better to know a
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  Speaker 2: little bit less about, to be fair.
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  Speaker 1: What's it like with the cyclists, though? I mean, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of them coming to Southland for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: You get to meet some real characters.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think that's one of the things that
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  Speaker 2: I've always enjoyed about covering cycling as a sport. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it is one of those sports that either, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if it sort of attracts people with special character
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  Speaker 2: or it brings the best in character out of these guys. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you definitely get some interesting individuals that come down, and
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  Speaker 2: it's just such a hard and demanding thing sort of sport,
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  Speaker 2: it requires a huge amount of resilience and you end
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  Speaker 2: up with some great stories.
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  Speaker 1: Are we starting to see a couple of clear names
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  Speaker 1: break away at the top?
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  Speaker 2: I think Matthew Wilson's ride up to up the remarks yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: that was such a dominant performance. If you get a
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  Speaker 2: chance to have a look at the TV coverage of
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  Speaker 2: that and you see him jump away at the base
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  Speaker 2: of that climb was just an absolute legend sort of
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  Speaker 2: an effort and he showed a real clean pair of
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  Speaker 2: heels And I'd say, you know, touch wood, if he
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  Speaker 2: can stay nice and safe today, he won't be doing
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  Speaker 2: much work, if anything, on today's stage. And he'll be
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  Speaker 2: trying to leave himself pretty fresh. If people think back
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  Speaker 2: to January, he actually lost the bluff stage to Josh
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  Speaker 2: Burnett in a photo finish, which was an absolutely, you know,
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  Speaker 2: probably one of the best finishes we've ever seen on
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  Speaker 2: this race. And so Matthew will be, you know, from
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  Speaker 2: what happened in January. And I'd say if he can
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  Speaker 2: get that done, then he probably, he'll be steering down
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  Speaker 2: the barrel of his first Tour of Southland victory.
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  Speaker 1: How's the community buy-in been for the week?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think one of the things from January
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  Speaker 2: we really missed was having the schools out. And so
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  Speaker 2: that's been awesome to have the schools back involved. And
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  Speaker 2: the riders absolutely love it. You know, they've spent a
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  Speaker 2: lot of time training in the middle of nowhere. Lots
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  Speaker 2: of lonely hours. So they love coming down to Southland
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  Speaker 2: and getting cheered as they go through all the little
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  Speaker 2: towns past the little farms and that sort of thing.
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  Speaker 2: We did stop at Gropers Bush, the community there. They
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  Speaker 2: do a great job of coming out and putting a
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  Speaker 2: morning tee shout on and cheering on the riders. So
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  Speaker 2: that's something that they absolutely love.
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  Speaker 1: And, of course, the vehicle you're in and the same
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  Speaker 1: people that you catch up with every year, normally it's
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  Speaker 1: either biscuits or cheese that you're salivating over for the week.
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  Speaker 1: What is it this time?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we get very well hosted by SBS Bank
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  Speaker 2: Partnership Manager Andrew Morton, and, yeah, there's been possibly a
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  Speaker 2: little bit too much cheese consumed during the week so far. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a lovely... I think we've got a bit of
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  Speaker 2: cumin and some crackers to... to get through this afternoon
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  Speaker 2: before we get to the stage finish in Lumsden. So
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: The life and times of Nathan Burrett are not for
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  Speaker 1: the weak-hearted. Good on you, Nathan. This tour is something
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  Speaker 1: that continues to be part of Southern Fabric. Keep up
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  Speaker 1: the great work. Lovely.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, mate.
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  Speaker 1: prayer for today, he asked. My hearing, Lee answered quietly.
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  Speaker 1: tell the congregation how your hearing is now. Lee answered,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, Father. It's not till next Tuesday.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing to it.
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  Speaker 1: And just on the SBS Bank Tour of Southland with
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  Speaker 1: the Southland Rural Support Trust, another coffee shout happening tomorrow
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