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The Muster- Snr Sgt Gary Iddenten: Gore Police · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: This is the muster on Hakanui, Bad Boys by Inner Circle,
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  Speaker 1: requested by our next guest, Senior Sergeant Gary Eddington of
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  Speaker 1: the Gore Police.
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  Speaker 2: How's things?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, hi Andy, it's very good and obviously the music's
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  Speaker 3: very appropriate.
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  Speaker 4: Were you a fan of that show Cops back in
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  Speaker 4: the day? I mean, it was before you were in
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  Speaker 4: the force, and it was a hell of a show
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  Speaker 4: back in the late.
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  Speaker 2: 80s when it first came to fruition.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it certainly changed a lot, but the reality of
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  Speaker 3: it is it's still ongoing and I do like watching
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  Speaker 3: the films and stuff, so it's good to keep in touch.
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  Speaker 4: Just times have changed as have hairstyles and vehicle number plates.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, look, we'll carry on. From the, look, long
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  Speaker 2: weekend coming up, road safety.
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  Speaker 4: You look out here, a lot of things, you talk
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  Speaker 4: the obvious, you talk people being on cell phones, people
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  Speaker 4: just at roundabouts not using indicators.
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  Speaker 2: These little things just continue.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they can have little things but devastating effects, life-changing,
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  Speaker 3: both for families and injuries. What we're just saying to
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  Speaker 3: people at the moment, if you've got the holiday coming
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  Speaker 3: up at any time for that matter, is just to
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  Speaker 3: drive safely, be patient.
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  Speaker 5: If you're tired and fatigued, pull over. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Get to your destinations and come back to your destinations.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the police are out on the roads. There'll
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  Speaker 3: be checkpoints and just making sure your cars are legal
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  Speaker 3: and roadworthy.
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  Speaker 2: How would you.
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  Speaker 4: Describe the driving habits of Gorth people in general?
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  Speaker 5: Generally, that's pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we do have the odd exceptions and people
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  Speaker 3: like to drive fast. and not worry about the consequences,
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  Speaker 3: but what we do is, like Crime Stoppers, if you
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  Speaker 3: know anyone who's driving, bad driving video, keep them safe,
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  Speaker 3: and we'll certainly deal with them and put them before
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  Speaker 3: the courts.
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  Speaker 4: Do you notice that, like social media, for example, people
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  Speaker 4: put stuff online to you, does that come to the
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  Speaker 4: equation for you guys?
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  Speaker 3: I think with social media and Facebook pages, it's fine
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  Speaker 3: if people are talking to each other, I think it's
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  Speaker 3: great to have a community page, but if you don't
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  Speaker 3: report it to police officially... then how can we investigate
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  Speaker 3: what we don't know sort of thing? We can't just
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  Speaker 3: investigate over a comment on social media. We need to
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  Speaker 3: come into the police station or report it.
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  Speaker 4: There must be a real frustration, like trial by keyboard effectively.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there is the keyboard warriors out there,
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  Speaker 3: but I just like to, you know, I generally want
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  Speaker 3: to know what's going on in my community and see
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  Speaker 3: what we can do to impact on it. But it's
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  Speaker 3: not just the police, it's working together with the community.
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  Speaker 4: Domestic violence, unfortunately these events occur. You don't need me
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  Speaker 4: to tell you what it's all about. You'll know about
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  Speaker 4: the situation as good as anything. Is there any cut through,
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  Speaker 4: like if you're messaging, is it getting out there into
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  Speaker 4: people who need to know it?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's been around, but what we're trying to
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  Speaker 3: say to people is obviously Christmas coming up, hot weather,
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  Speaker 3: people are out drinking, socialising. It happens all year round,
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  Speaker 3: but what we're saying to people is just have some
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  Speaker 3: good choices. Like if you feel like you're going to
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  Speaker 3: get angry, walk away. make me sound easier said than done,
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  Speaker 3: but your children, if you've got children, they watch it,
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  Speaker 3: they hear it, and they see it, and it sponges.
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  Speaker 3: What we're trying to do, it's not okay, it's okay
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  Speaker 3: to not be okay. So if you've got bereavement, finances,
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  Speaker 3: speak to a family member, speak to your doctor or
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  Speaker 3: GP or speak to the, there's a lot of good
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  Speaker 3: services in Gore, very much.
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  Speaker 2: We're working with the Southland Rural Support Trust at the moment.
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  Speaker 4: Mia Robb-Scott was on earlier in the hour, Gary, and
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  Speaker 4: just the messaging as well, especially for rural Southland regarding
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  Speaker 4: the weather of head through spring. It's been Anis Horribilis
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  Speaker 4: for the third time in a row, and it's just
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  Speaker 4: an avenue for people to realise, like it is for
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  Speaker 4: everybody in town and with the police too, that if
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  Speaker 4: you need help, you actually need to get out there
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  Speaker 4: and talk to people.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and also a problem shared is a problem halved.
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  Speaker 3: I know it sounds a bit cliche, but even the
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  Speaker 3: rural communities are suffering. The farmers have been in some
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  Speaker 3: hard yards, work, the weather's been crap. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: they still continue. And we realise there's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: pressure across the board in all walks of life. So
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  Speaker 3: we're just saying to people, think about your choices, think
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  Speaker 3: about your decisions, and try and sort it out. You know,
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  Speaker 3: just be mindful of generational sort of children and reaching out.
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  Speaker 2: Burglaries, has there been an.
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  Speaker 4: Issue with your thefts with the way the pricing's been?
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  Speaker 4: Have you seen a bit of a spike?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, there's always going to be people out there
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  Speaker 5: that are stealing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: We are actively looking for them, catching them.
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  Speaker 3: We're asking the community if you're here with anyone or
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  Speaker 3: know of anyone who's doing it. Crime Stoppers or 105
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  Speaker 3: report it. If it's urgent and happened at the time, 111.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, we want to know.
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  Speaker 4: You've had some really good successes too around successful operations.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, just recently we've had a couple of operations involving
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  Speaker 3: drug seizures. And what we're trying to do is that's
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  Speaker 3: around the community, around a lot of staff beyond the
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  Speaker 3: scenes doing a lot of work.
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  Speaker 5: We continue to do that. We're looking forward now.
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  Speaker 3: So what we're saying to people, if you know of
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  Speaker 3: someone whose drugs ruins and harms our communities, there's support
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  Speaker 3: out there. Let's put a stop to it and let
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  Speaker 3: them look over their shoulder and not know what's coming
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  Speaker 3: for them. And if there's anything like Crimestoppers information, just
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  Speaker 3: report it.
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  Speaker 4: It's an avenue for people to get out there and
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  Speaker 4: reach out and connect. I mean, and that's the messaging
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  Speaker 4: we share whenever we catch up is, it might sound
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  Speaker 4: like the same old stuff, and I'll say this time
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  Speaker 4: and again, Gary, it's about getting the message out there
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  Speaker 4: so people can understand there is help.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: And also, it's not just the police on their own.
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  Speaker 3: It's a united approach, the community support services. We do
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  Speaker 3: hear a lot, it's the police, they're not doing this,
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  Speaker 3: they're not doing that. But again, if we don't know
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  Speaker 3: what we don't know, and if you don't report it,
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  Speaker 3: We want to know. Well, I certainly do, being responsible
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  Speaker 3: for the area, and we'll investigate things.
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  Speaker 4: What about people wanting to come into the police force,
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  Speaker 4: like you recruits? You're always after.
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  Speaker 2: People like that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we are actively recruited at the moment. So there's
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  Speaker 3: people out there that are interested in the police. Come
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  Speaker 3: along to the station. Keep an eye out for recruitment campaigns.
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  Speaker 3: We just had one recently. And a lot of people
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  Speaker 3: might doubt themselves. You may have had a criminal record
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  Speaker 3: when you were youth, a little bit older now. It's
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  Speaker 3: a case by case. But we're saying to people, if
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  Speaker 3: you look at it, it's a great job. It's a
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  Speaker 3: long-term career. Come and talk to us or go on
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  Speaker 3: New Cops.
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  Speaker 4: Just on that, was Police Academy one of the greatest
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  Speaker 4: movie franchises of all time?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, but quite a little bit different.
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  Speaker 2: I just thought I'd throw that on there because I can.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to throw this at you as well. You
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  Speaker 2: like your football.
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  Speaker 4: People little know in fact that you were an English
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  Speaker 4: Academy player back in the day as well, weren't you?
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  Speaker 3: When I was up to, I think, about 16, I
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  Speaker 3: had trials for England in the 16s. And then I
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  Speaker 3: played sort of semi-professional football for a little while. That
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  Speaker 3: was my go up until 24. And then joined the
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  Speaker 3: police and had to make a choice.
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  Speaker 2: Manchester City, how guilty are they? Come on, you're a policeman.
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  Speaker 5: You can give a bit of thought on this. I
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  Speaker 5: can't say no comment, but I'm a Liverpool fan.
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  Speaker 2: Righto, mate. Lucky you, you get to listen to this
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  Speaker 2: We all have a bit of inner circle, Gary. What
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  Speaker 2: do you call an elephant that doesn't matter?
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  Speaker 5: I have no idea.
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  Speaker 2: An irrelevant.
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  Speaker 5: Keep them coming.
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  Speaker 2: Keep them coming. Good on you, Gary. Thanks, mate. Let
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  Speaker 2: you carry on. And that is us over in Dunwall
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  Speaker 2: for the afternoon. The podcast is up shortly. Thanks to iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Andy Muir.
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