Tony Alexander

Good to see Kenny Naholo back after a long time out.

A couple of tries for him, Josh Morby with four.

But no, the big games are to come.

The Hurricanes have got a couple of derbies to finish.

I mean, the back end of the season is fascinating with Crusaders, Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes all at some stage playing against one or more of the others.

You're right.

Yeah, that's true.

Shaking hands and kissing babies before kickoff.

You mean pre-game?

Yeah, pre-game.

Oh, you're very big in the 04, as you know, Mike, yes.

I mean, it's like when the two of you go to Christchurch, you know, they have to set up extra security to allow for the crowds.

Mainly, yeah, it's war-related.

But when we look at the monthly indicators that I gather there, things were already starting to turn around a bit before the invasion on February 28th.

as people started to get newly worried about interest rates going up in particular, because the wholesale rates bottomed out in October last year.

They've been coming up, and mortgage rates were already rising before February 28th.

Yeah, 34,000 or so properties listed for sale.

It's a heck of a change from 2021 when for a while there were fewer than 14,000.

So, you know, people have a lot that they can pick and choose from and it is solidly a buyer's market out there and has become more so recently.

Oh, definitely.