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David Trewavas: Taupō Mayor ahead of this year's Taupō Super 440 · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So it's all on the eight supercars back in topul
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  Speaker 1: this weekend and I've got the mayor with me, David Trewevers. Hello, David.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Andrew Kyodo and yeah, nice to hear
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  Speaker 2: your friendly voice in the morning this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Now, sixty thousand people coming to pack in the region,
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  Speaker 1: now that's got to be good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. We had a taste of it last year,
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  Speaker 2: of course, and this is the second year that we're
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  Speaker 2: doing it, and yeah, it's just the town is absolutely
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  Speaker 2: buzzing and we're looking forward to it. The weather forecast
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  Speaker 2: locks absolutely brilliant, so we'll take it and we'll just
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  Speaker 2: do the job and welcome all these Aussies into town
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  Speaker 2: and all the people from around New Zealand. So looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, as you say, year two, So how did your
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  Speaker 1: one go? What economic benefits did Topo get?
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  Speaker 2: We got a measure done. We think about twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: to twenty three mill into the district just the direct
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  Speaker 2: spin on the weekend, so you know that's pretty good
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  Speaker 2: for a small population. So and good spenders too. It
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  Speaker 2: covers all fields. You know, you've got your mum and
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  Speaker 2: Dad's with the picnic rug and a couple of kids,
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  Speaker 2: and then you've got ten thousand die hard motorsport fans
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  Speaker 2: you know what they like. And then you've got the
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  Speaker 2: corporates and they do the corporates really well. And supercars
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  Speaker 2: of a totally professional outfit.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I really like. I really like the racecourses.
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  Speaker 1: Right beside the racecourse it ends up being a camping
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  Speaker 1: town and that looks like the best fun on earth
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  Speaker 1: to be fair.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, we've got the gliding club as well. The end
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  Speaker 2: the gliders stop for the weekend and they all pack
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  Speaker 2: up in the air as well.
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  Speaker 1: Great stuff. What are you looking forward to the most?
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  Speaker 1: What events over the weekend are you're looking forward to
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  Speaker 1: the most?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the two finals of course on Saturday and Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: and then the Jason Richards Trophies up for grabs as well,
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  Speaker 2: of course. And you know you've got twenty four of
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  Speaker 2: the best best teams in Australasia, that's for sure, and
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  Speaker 2: pretty fast these vehicles. And yeah, so I'm not an
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  Speaker 2: absolutely expert on the job, but I know there's a
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  Speaker 2: few favorites out there with the crowds and they really
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  Speaker 2: get behind their teams. You know.
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  Speaker 1: Good work, Topaulk, Good work David Truavis, and thank you
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  Speaker 1: for your time this morning.
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