Tell me about the history of that and how you've got to where you are today with just getting the resource consent.

Yeah, so I mean the history goes like a long way back to 1875 when there was a bathhouse and a hotel which welcomed Aucklanders from the people from the region via steamer ship and has been quoted as being the first commercial thermal resort in New Zealand and I went there back in the 90s after doing a triathlon in Auckland and loved it.

And then I went back in 2012 and was saddened by the state that it was in.

And then 10 years after that, then it was demolished.

So the site has a place that's dear to Aucklanders and Islanders' hearts.

And we want to bring that back.

We want to bring it back in a slightly different way than what it was.

So what is actually involved in the redevelopment?

And then we'll get specifically into the career and where, what- what's brought you to the current day.

Yeah.

So I'm from Falkirk.

I've been based centrally most of my life, apart from a little bit when I was very young, uh, spent a wee bit of time in the Middle East and down south when I was at university.

But other than that, I've been based around sort of Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Newcarron area.

I've recently launched POP Homes, as you say, so I'm the, the founder and director there.

Um, I've worked in construction for a lot of years.

... uh, where you're based and what your demographic is.