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Speaker 1: So change coming to Antec Day, changes which will mean

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Speaker 1: a wider range of veterans can be honored. On the

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Speaker 1: twenty fifth of April, the head of Veterans Affairs Bernd mckenzie', well,

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Speaker 1: there's been ade morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning.

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Speaker 1: Is this a bit slow? It's one of these things

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at with the government at the moment. They're

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Speaker 1: going to sort the legislation by the end of twenty

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Speaker 1: five and it's going to be implemented by twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: Could they move a bit quicker? Are you just happy

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Speaker 1: they're moving at all?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Really happy that this moving. What happened, Mike is

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Speaker 2: that over the years New Zealanders have increasingly used and

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Speaker 2: Zac Day to remember and honor those men and women

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Speaker 2: who have served in more recent conflicts. So you know,

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Speaker 2: it's really tiny that the Anzac Day legislation we'll catch

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Speaker 2: up and explicitly recognize these men and women.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the interesting thing. Anzac Day is my favorite day.

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Speaker 1: That's the right word to use. It's the most sort

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Speaker 1: of important day to me that we mark. But I

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Speaker 1: always thought that if you served, you were on ited.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't realize that there were some who

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Speaker 1: did and some who didn't. Does it matter?

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Speaker 2: It matters to those men and women who have put

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Speaker 2: their life on the line for our country and really

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Speaker 2: difficult and dangerous circumstances. To have this recognition would be

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Speaker 2: fantastic to them.

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Speaker 1: They say the government, this is mister pink that it's

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Speaker 1: more complicated than we think, is it in terms of

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Speaker 1: recognition and who to recognize and who not to recognize?

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Speaker 2: Well to what broadly recognized those from current conflicts. It

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Speaker 2: is when you're talking about legislation. But the important thing

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Speaker 2: about ZACT Day is to look in to see that

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Speaker 2: this is a time for us as New Zealanders to

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Speaker 2: really recognize these people who have put their life on

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Speaker 2: the line to serve our country and to keep us safe.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, could not agree more. Bernardine go well, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Bernardine mackenzie had a Veterans Affairs with us this morning.

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