1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: The Huddle with New Zealand Southeby's International Realty Find You're 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: one of a kind. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 2: Allie Jones read pr with us this evening. Hi, Ellie 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: get Ryan and Nick Mills News Talks. They'd be Wellington Mornings. Nick, 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: good evening to you, Hi. Right, let's start with the lunches. 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: Nick. 7 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: We've heard from David Seymour ninety nine percent on time. 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 2: You know, there's obviously going to be some teething problems, 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 2: et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But what do you 10 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: make of this? 11 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 3: I thought there was a lot of bs from Minister Seymore. 12 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 3: I mean, we've just had a big article on the 13 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 3: local paper here about Marna College, one of the colleges 14 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 3: that get the delivery, and they showed the food that 15 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 3: they got twelve months ago against the food they're getting now. 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 3: The food is crap. It's coming cold, it's coming burnt, 17 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: it's not turning up on time for them to turn 18 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 3: around and try and make out that everything's all right now. 19 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 3: You know, I understand eating problems, but he's done it 20 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 3: on the cheap with a big company that don't give 21 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: a damn and the results are there. You can see it. 22 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 3: You don't have to be a rocket scientist, you don't 23 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 3: have to be a prime and so you can see 24 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 3: that the proper is a problem because it's been done 25 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: too damn. 26 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 2: Cheap, Ellie. Two thirds of schools have not complained, and 27 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: the third of schools that have complained, I've either asked 28 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: questions or complained, So we don't actually know yet. But 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 2: it's a minority who have complained about this. Does that 30 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: not indicate that for most it's actually working? 31 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, but that doesn't make it right. And I never 32 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 4: thought i'd say this, but I agree with every. 33 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 5: Single word that Nick just said. 34 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 4: What I think is the issue here is exactly what 35 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 4: Nick said, that it's the big picture. Listening to David Seymour, 36 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 4: who sounded exhausted actually and so he should be, is 37 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 4: that this is not just about stuff being delivered on time, 38 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 4: as Nick said, It's about the quality of the food. 39 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 4: It's about the food being cold, it's about the food 40 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 4: being burnt, it's about it not being halal food, it's 41 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 4: about it not being vegetarian. So for him to focus 42 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 4: on ninety nine percent of it's on time. 43 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 5: As just rubbish. 44 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 4: And also, how the hell is it going to take 45 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 4: another eight weeks to flip that ninety nine. 46 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 5: Percent to one hundred percent. 47 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 4: What's going on that needs to take eight weeks to 48 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 4: get right? 49 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 5: And again, and Nick just made that point about. 50 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: Hang on, how are we expecting so much perfection from this, 51 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: from this new system when we had so many problems 52 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: with the previous We did we. 53 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 4: Didn't, he said, we had seven Well, we certainly didn't. 54 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 4: Down here, I've been speaking to a group of women 55 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: this week that used to do it. Well, not women, 56 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 4: there were guys in there as well. They used to 57 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 4: provide food to the local schools. They served six schools. 58 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 4: The kids loved it. It was on time, it provided jobs. 59 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 4: It was a circular economy. And now they're asking can 60 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 4: we have the old provider back? 61 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 2: People go on about the jobs. It was a thousand 62 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: jobs that was created. The system was costing us half 63 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 2: a billion dollars. That's not good value for money, Nick, Sure. 64 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I mean that surely that we can do it. 65 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 3: That beats both those So do you really want to 66 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 3: be feeding our kids this crap? Do you really want 67 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 3: the money to go off shore? Why wouldn't you just 68 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: do it? So? Localized businesses and organizing. This government says 69 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 3: they're all about small business, but they don't give a 70 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: rats about small business. They give a direts about big business. 71 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: That's where our issue is. 72 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: The huddle with New Zealand Southeby's International Realty, the ones 73 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: with local and global reach. 74 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 2: Ellie Jones read pr and Nick Mills Newstalks. They'd be 75 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: Wellington Mornings with me on the huddle tonight quarter Just sorry, 76 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: thirteen minutes away from six o'clock now, congestion charging. This 77 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: is either good news or bad news. If you're stuck 78 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: in traffic listening to us right now, Congestion charging is 79 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 2: probably going to be on the way because the first 80 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 2: reading of the bill that will enable counsels to do 81 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: it is just passed in the House, everyone voting in 82 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: favor apart from Taparty Maori, though we're not quite sure 83 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: at this point. Why Allie do you think because you're 84 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 2: in christ Church, aren't you? 85 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: So? 86 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: Is this something that christ is going to do that 87 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: you would support them doing. 88 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 4: It's been looked at before, it was raised in the 89 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 4: last Annual Plan in the last term of Council, and 90 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 4: there wasn't the mechanism there, as you know, we're seeing 91 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: now because it's going through government for the legislation, but 92 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 4: there wasn't the mechanism there for the council to do it. 93 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 4: It's certainly something that people have been talking about. I 94 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 4: think it needs to be considered. But I think the 95 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 4: point that Mey Brown makes that a stronger public transport 96 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 4: and roading system is also needed for us down here, 97 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 4: that is absolutely key. I mean, we basically don't really 98 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 4: have a public transport system other than buses, so you know, 99 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: it's a little different in Auckland perhaps, but man, our streets. 100 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 5: Are really congested down here. 101 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 4: We do have to do something, and I think this 102 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 4: will be talked about, you know, far more in the 103 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 4: coming years. 104 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, the public transport point is a good one, Nick, 105 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 2: because if you're and we've had so many people text 106 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: in here to say, I would love, you know, I'd 107 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: love to catch the public transport and not pay a 108 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 2: congestion charge. But that would mean three buses and three 109 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 2: hours you know to get to work. 110 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I'm down for it. I'm absolutely down 111 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: for it. I mean, you guys have got to pay 112 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 3: the price for living in Auckland. You know, you're the 113 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 3: hearts and soul of the country. You know, one point 114 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 3: two million people. You know, it takes a little bit 115 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 3: of time to you to get for me to be well, 116 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 3: that's something you've got to put up with because why 117 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 3: you're you're a big city, you're playing in the big league. 118 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 3: Take a bit of time, relax. But public transport, if 119 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: you are going to actually look at public Chansler, go 120 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 3: to Melbourne. Go to Melbourne. I mean Melbourne has a 121 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 3: population of New Zealand and complain about anything towards the roading. 122 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 3: I mean it's expensive to park in town, very expensive 123 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 3: to park in town. One hundred dollars a day to 124 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 3: park in town in some places. But the public transport's fantastic, 125 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: the freeways fantastic. Auckland's just got to move with the times. 126 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 3: And you know what, you know that you're lucky. You're 127 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 3: so lucky. You've got people going out, you got people 128 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 3: in traffic jams, you got people, people create people and 129 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: fun and money. So it's a good thing. 130 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I suppose that's coming from someone who's living in 131 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: Wellington as well. 132 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 5: Look, you just have to look at London. I mean, 133 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 5: you look at London. 134 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 4: I know that's not alike for like, and I'm very 135 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 4: wary of comparing cities, but you know, I'd hate to 136 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 4: be stuck in traffic. I've been using an e bike 137 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 4: more because I can, because of time and things. But 138 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 4: you know, in London there is a fantastic public transports system. 139 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 4: And I've got friends that are living very close to 140 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 4: the center of town and they rarely use a vehicle. 141 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 4: They'll either use a bike or they'll use the buses 142 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 4: or the underground, and their congestion charging is well in 143 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 4: place and has been for a while. 144 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, ming Ryan, it took me fifteen minutes to drive 145 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 3: from the middle of Courtney Place to the airport tonight 146 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 3: at five o'clock. 147 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 5: Right. 148 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 3: I mean, I don't want to be coming straight out 149 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 3: of town. I want to be traffic. I want to 150 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 3: be part of people. I want to see people back 151 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 3: in the city, and I mean congestion is just part 152 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: of it. 153 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, you can have people. You don't need congestion. 154 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 2: I don't, although actually we won't go too far into Wellington, 155 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: but all those cycle ways around the bay is making 156 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 2: luck very difficult, very difficult. Hey, just before we go, 157 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: Adrian Brody at the Oscars last night. He's been critic well, 158 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 2: I don't. I've criticized. He's been certainly got some attention 159 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: online because just before he went up to accept his 160 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 2: award for Best Actor, he took chewing gum out of 161 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: his mouth, which he had obviously been chewing on during 162 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 2: the ceremony, and threw it to his wife, who caught 163 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: it and like she was I don't know what she 164 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: was going to do with it, hold on to it 165 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 2: for later. We were talking about this in the office 166 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: today and Ellie, chewing gum is not I didn't think 167 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: was still a thing other than in America obviously people 168 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: chewing chewing gum. 169 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 4: No, well, maybe he's trying to stop smoking man. Maybe 170 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 4: it was like, you know, you have a troll or 171 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 4: some sort of nicotine journal. But look, if I'm chewing 172 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 4: gum and I have done it before, really, But if 173 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: I chew gum and I'm going somewhere meant to be talking, 174 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 4: or I'll just take it out and hold it in 175 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 4: my hand. So I don't understand why he didn't do 176 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: that whole moment. 177 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: Listen to me at chewing gum. I chew gum all 178 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 3: the time, you know why, Because I want to kiss 179 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 3: people if I meet them. And see them. I want 180 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: to have fresh breath when I kissed them. So I 181 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 3: chew gum all the time. I think chewing gum is cool, 182 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:48,559 Speaker 3: really cool. 183 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: Where do you put it once you finished with it? Though? 184 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: That's the question. 185 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: I keep chewing it all day. I keep chewing it 186 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 3: all day. I do a three hour show with a 187 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 3: piece of gum in my mouth. 188 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: Oh reminder to never use the mics in Wellington. Thank you, Nick, I. 189 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 3: Had to use it after you a couple of weeks ago. 190 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: Nick Mills News Talks EB Wellington Mornings and Allie Jones 191 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: read pr on the huddle. Tonight time is eight minutes 192 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: away from six. There was a guy who used to 193 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 2: sit next to at at work desk and who he 194 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: had a pump bottle and he would choose cheering gum 195 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: and then he would put the chewing gum on the 196 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: top of the pump bottle lid and just leave it there. 197 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 2: I had to get a new job. 198 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to 199 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 1: news Talks he'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 200 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,479 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.