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Aug 17, 2026
Casey McIntoshHOST
Growth rates vary with species and temperature and water conditions, so this isn't a stopwatch, but it is strong physical evidence that this yacht floated inverted for an extended period of time.
Casey McIntoshHOST
The Ministry of Transport's preliminary inquiry that November brought in an Auckland University zoologist, Associate Professor Brian Foster, to analyze it.
Casey McIntoshHOST
The barnacle report is an actual appendix of the official inquiry.
Casey McIntoshHOST
Think of it as tree rings loosely, not a precise date, but a record you can't fake, scrub off, or hurry.
Julie HenningsenHOST
So ultimately, no single piece cleared them.
Julie HenningsenHOST
First gone right, then gone wrong.
Julie HenningsenHOST
So these four men told the truth for 119 days, and in the end, the animals living on their boat backed them up.
Julie HenningsenHOST
The inquiry did one more thing, and it may be the most consequential.
Charlie MercerHOST
But, you know, the first of that kind of scale of, of international investment here in New Zealand.
Charlie MercerHOST
And I guess that that's kind of, that kind of opened the floodgates for some of the stuff that's, that's come later with, you know, the likes of the Te Ara Lynxes of the world and, and at the moment, you know, plenty of, of golf courses under construction, uh, with, with plenty of both domestic and overseas investment.
Charlie MercerHOST
But what do you think, w- when, in your sort of short time in the position, like what do you think it is that maybe needs to be done, uh, to kind of, you know, like what you say, to, to raise that profile as, as far as rounds are concerned? Like is there, is there anything that you've sort of, you know, laid your finger on at the moment as to things that you can change moving forwards?
Heath HenrichGUEST
Yeah.