1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: The issues, the interviews and the inside. Ryan Bridge new 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty four on an early edition with Smith City, 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: New Zealand's furniture beds and a player store. 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: News Talks B. 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 3: Good morning, it is six half to five year on 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 3: News Talks B. I'm Ryan Bridge. Coming up an AA 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 3: report into driver licensing for learners and restricted drivers. Some 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 3: interesting recommendations. We'll look at that in a second. Also 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: Bridget Morton on Darling Tana. Yes, she's still there. Kiwibank? 10 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 3: Do we care if it's partially floated? Would you buy 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,959 Speaker 3: cheers and Kiwibank? You open to that? Would you care 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 3: if foreigners are allowed to buy shares and Keewi Bank. 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 3: We'll talk to David Tripe just before six o'clock this morning. 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 3: Welcome to your Wednesday. The Agenda the twenty first of August. 15 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 3: Israel says it's recovered the bodies of six hostages being 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 3: held in Gaza. It says they were held in tunnels 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 3: and carn unis, describing the recovery as a complex operation 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 3: which didn't involve any fighting. 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 4: The IDF had announced the deaths of five of them 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 4: in the months proceeding. Now they knew that some of 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 4: them had died, and they thought they had died potentially 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 4: from IDF fire, so most likely from air strikes. 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 3: Comes a day after the US Secretary of State Anthony 24 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 3: Blincoln met with Netanyahu. Apparently they have all agreed amongst 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 3: themselves to a proposal for a possible cease fire. They 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 3: just want Hamas to come on board. Boeing is back 27 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 3: in the headlines that've been forced to pause testing on 28 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 3: their new and long delay Triple seven X aircraft after 29 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 3: structural issues were found. The aircraft manufacturer said during a 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 3: test flight it identified a component that did not perform 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 3: as designed. Shares in the company drops two percent, which 32 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: I thought was not that much really, considering there are 33 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: structural designs in their new aircraft fleet, doesn't seem like much. 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: But then you take into account that they are already 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 3: down nearly thirty percent this year, so I guess how 36 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: low can you go. The Triple seven X was scheduled 37 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 3: to enter service in twenty twenty. Livestock numbers are continuing 38 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 3: to dwindle beef and Lamb's annual survey reckons three percent 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: drop in beef cattle four percent in sheep in the 40 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 3: year ending June issues according to the chair Kate Ackland, 41 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 3: week demand from China, conversion of farms to forestry and drought. 42 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: Getting rid of stock early, selling stock at lighter weights 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: and actually carrying less hoggots or less us. 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: The news you need this morning and the in depth 45 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: analysis early edition with Ryan Bridge and swith City, New 46 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: Zealand's furniture beds and a plying store News talks'd be nine. 47 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 3: Two is the number to text eight after five. Gavin 48 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 3: Gray is our UK europe correspondent. He'll be with us 49 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 3: at five forty four this morning. The search continues for 50 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 3: any survivors. I mean, obviously it's long past that isn't 51 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 3: it in terms of survivors. But they're having trouble even 52 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 3: accessing that vessel. It's fifty meters dun underwater and there's 53 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 3: furniture and all sorts of stuff in the way preventing 54 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: the divers from actually getting inside. So we'll get an 55 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 3: update from him a little later in the show. Surely 56 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 3: we'll talk to Clive Matthew Wilson Road Safety Campaign about 57 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: the recommended changes. Did you know that? Apparently, and this 58 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 3: is according to the AA report that's come out this morning. 59 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: Apparently a third of all of our fatalities on the 60 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: roads are eighteen to twenty four year olds, a third 61 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 3: of them and the overwhelming majority of those they are 62 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 3: responsible for. So do we need to do something like 63 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 3: this in Australia, Well, in certain states in Australia you 64 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: have to have one hundred and twenty hours of driving logged. 65 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 3: It doesn't have to be with a supervisor. It can 66 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: be with mum. Well I suppose mum and Dad is 67 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 3: the supervisor. So it's not like you have to pay 68 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: for it, but you have to actually fill in a 69 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: log book, which you don't have to do here anyway. 70 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 3: We'll talk about that in a minute. The Global Dairy 71 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 3: Trade auction held overnight good result up five point five percent, 72 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 3: which is very good considering that fall in July six. 73 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: On July second, I should save almost seven percent fall 74 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 3: and most importantly, whole milk powder up seven point two 75 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: percent in the auction overnight, which is great news. And 76 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: that's the one we really care about because it's fourteen percent. 77 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 3: The value of all of our exports coming out of 78 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 3: New Zealand. Barth up three point seven percent, mozzarella five 79 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 3: percent and skim milk powder four percent. It has just 80 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 3: gone ten after five. We're back with Clivee Matthew Wilson 81 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: a second. 82 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: Get ahead of the headlines. Ryan Bridge, you for twenty 83 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 1: twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture, 84 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: Beds and a playing Store. News Talk zid B. 85 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 3: Twelve after five on news Talk zaid b. Biden had 86 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: a barn storm yesterday. I thought anyway, watching the DNC 87 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 3: in Chicago and have a listen to his It sounded 88 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: like he'd had a good rest, which he probably probably has. 89 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: Have a listen. 90 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 5: I stand before you now on this August night to 91 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 5: report that democracy has prevailed, Democracy, democracy has delivered, and 92 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 5: now democracy must be preserved. 93 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 3: His voice was strong, no major slip ups, which is 94 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: I mean, if that's the best, we can do it 95 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 3: better than he has in the last couple of months. 96 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 3: I have to say that about him. You know, the 97 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: performance last night was pretty good. It really it just 98 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 3: seemed like he had had a sleep and he had 99 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 3: had a rest, and you know, and he had a 100 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 3: bit of vigor about him, which was which was good 101 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 3: to see. Still five months left in the White House, 102 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: can you believe it? Thirteen after five, Ryan Bridge right. 103 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 3: So a third of deaths on our roads are eighteen 104 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 3: to twenty four year olds involved eighteen to twenty four 105 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 3: year olds. Of the ninety six fatal crashes in twenty 106 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: twenty two, under twenty fives were responsible for eighty two 107 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 3: of them. So that's much worse than in comparable countries 108 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: like Australia. And the AA has done a study into 109 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 3: learners and restricted systems here and compared them to overseas. 110 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 3: It was done by the University of Adelaide and they 111 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 3: reckon that we should extend the learner license period from 112 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 3: six months to twelve months. They reckon we should also 113 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: have mandatory supervised driving outs. Clive Matthew Wilson's the road 114 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 3: safety campaign. He's with me this morning. High Clive, good morning. 115 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: Tell me do you think that this supervised driving thing 116 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 3: as a go is a good idea up. 117 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 6: To a point. You've got to reread the statistics. One 118 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:37,679 Speaker 6: of the reasons that the road toll involving young people 119 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 6: is so high is people from poor areas. The AA 120 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 6: represents the sort of last of a big group of 121 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 6: white middle class people in adare and it does a 122 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 6: very good job with those people. Everything they say makes 123 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 6: perfect sense. If you're dealing with white, middle class people 124 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 6: with organized caring families who pay for the kids to 125 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 6: have proper driver education, that all works. The people most 126 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 6: likely to have the accidents are young and poor and 127 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 6: coming from messy families, poor formal education, and they have 128 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 6: because of that poor outcomes on all levels. So you know, 129 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 6: and one of the problems. 130 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 3: So you just don't try. You just say, well, no, no, no. 131 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 6: No, not all. But you face reality, right. The reality 132 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 6: is that people, the young Mary in particular, may not 133 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 6: have a license at all when they crash. So the 134 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 6: harder that you make it to get a license, the 135 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 6: more likely they're are to drive without one. 136 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 3: Do we know how many people of these ninety six 137 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 3: fatal crashes, how many of them had a license? I 138 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 3: don't know, But wouldn't it be important if you're saying 139 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: that it's all young Malori kids without licensing. 140 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 6: Just bear with me for a moment, not looking at 141 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 6: a both o'clock in the morning, and I got up 142 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 6: specially for this. 143 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: No, I appreciate it, but I'm just making sure that you. 144 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 6: Know I bear with I do under licensed driver MARTI 145 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 6: drivers and fatal crashes have a forty two percent of 146 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 6: them have full current full driver's licenses, compared to seventy 147 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 6: percent of non MARDI. But among people who young people 148 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 6: who have fatal crashes significant percentage in every country that 149 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 6: at least ten percent don't have licenses to start with, 150 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 6: and they're very high risk drivers. 151 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 3: So what do you think we should do about that? 152 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: Then? 153 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 3: If the issue is not that the restricted or learning 154 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 3: system is broken, but that there are a bunch of 155 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 3: young people whatever you know, color that desk and might 156 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 3: be who don't even have a license, then what do 157 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 3: you do about that? 158 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 6: Well, the magic bullet here is formal education. But you 159 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 6: know what they used to call reading, writing, arithmetic. People 160 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 6: with a people are compared to people with college education, 161 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 6: and this has been noted since the nineteen fifties. People 162 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 6: without a formal education are about four times more likely 163 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 6: to die on the roads. So I would put in really, 164 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 6: really really big incentives for families to get education. And 165 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 6: I'm talking about formal education. It's also important, obviously to 166 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 6: learn how to drive, and hopefully to go to a 167 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 6: driving school and learn all the rules to get a license. 168 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 6: That's great, but the most important factor is basically the 169 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 6: whether or not you understand the world around you. 170 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 3: I'm not quite sure how that translates, but thank you 171 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:59,599 Speaker 3: very much for your time, and I do appreciate you 172 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 3: getting nice and early for us. That's Clive Matthew Wilson, 173 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 3: who is a road safety campaigner. Eighteen minutes after five, 174 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 3: News Talk said, be on. 175 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: Your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with Ryan 176 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture beds and a 177 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: playing store. On News Talk said. 178 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 3: Be welcome to your Wednesday morning. It's just gone twenty 179 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 3: after five. Former Green MP Darling Tana has responded to 180 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 3: the party co leader's formal request to resign, saying she 181 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: has no intention of doing so. Are we saying she 182 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 3: or are we saying they? From memory? Last time we 183 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: did this story, they she had said that she was 184 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 3: only a theay because she didn't walk alone. I don't 185 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 3: think it was necessarily a gender thing. And we checked 186 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: with her office or her office. We checked with her, 187 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 3: she didn't really have an office anymore anyway, and she 188 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 3: said she said that she didn't mind whether we use 189 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 3: they or she, So anyway, we're using she. 190 00:10:59,240 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 7: So. 191 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 3: Tana has par a lengthy letter to the Green Party 192 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 3: arguing why she doesn't think the Greens can reasonably invoke 193 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 3: the walker jumping law against her, and doing so, she 194 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 3: quotes Rod Donald, which gets interesting. Brojette Morton is political commentator. 195 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,599 Speaker 3: She's with us good Morning, good Morning, to tell me 196 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,359 Speaker 3: about the Rod Donald thing, because I think that's interesting. 197 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 3: She's basically leaning on his interpretation of why walker jumping 198 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 3: ain't good. 199 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean absolutely, she's reminding the Greens that they 200 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 8: have always opposed this walker jumping legislation and they've a 201 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 8: posted on the basis that they think it's undemocratic that 202 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 8: if somebody disagrees with the party that they should not 203 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 8: be kicked out on that basis. So they should be 204 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 8: able to basically vote on their morals or their values. 205 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 8: I think the problem is, though, is that she is 206 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 8: not actually delivering on some of those that said those 207 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 8: principles because of the activities that her and her husband 208 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 8: engaged in which go completely against what the Green stands for. 209 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's not taking a moral stand, and isn't she 210 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 3: even in bringing up Rod Donald? Is she not conceding 211 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 3: that there is no moral stand or or dispute that 212 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 3: she's got. It's just it's more of a character issue. 213 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 214 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 8: Absolutely. In the course she dispute that there is a 215 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 8: character issue, she says obviously that she's done nothing wrong 216 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 8: and that she's been a victim of an unfair process. 217 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 3: So what happens from here, Brigitte, So. 218 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 8: They've got that vote. I think it's about two weeks 219 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 8: time to the Green's membership. It's quite This puts there 220 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 8: on quite a collision course in quite dangerous territory for 221 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 8: the Green's leadership, the entire caucus. You know, Yunanos. We 222 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 8: agree that they should use the walker jumping legislation, and 223 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 8: therefore if the Green's membership does not agree with that, 224 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 8: that means they're going to be quite out of set 225 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 8: with their grassroots membersIt. 226 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 3: Thank you very much for that update. We will wait 227 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 3: and see what happens. Something tells me this is going 228 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 3: to Whatever happens, it's going to take a very very 229 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: long time. Bridget Morton. Our political commentation just gone twenty 230 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 3: three minutes after five A lot of people texting in 231 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 3: about the interview just after five ten with Clive Matthew Wilson. 232 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 3: I do think Clive for getting up early and talking 233 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 3: to us, it's very much appreciated. But I just think 234 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 3: the point being made about driver licensing and young people 235 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 3: was maybe a little off peace to put it mildly, 236 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 3: A lot of people texting and saying, this is madness. 237 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: What on earth are we talking about this for? What 238 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 3: does a college education or a university education have to 239 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 3: do with knowing how to drive a car? I suppose 240 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 3: in the US they do teach you that. In high school, 241 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: they teach you how to drive a car, don't They 242 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: Like you go out during school hours in some schools 243 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 3: and learn how to drive a car. So maybe there's 244 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 3: a link there. I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, 245 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 3: I would have thought the most important thing is that 246 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 3: you know how to drive a car, and probably more importantly, 247 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 3: that you know when you get into trouble. You know 248 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 3: what to do. You know whether you should swerve or 249 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 3: break or you know, And to be honest, I'm not 250 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: entirely sure what to do if you are in trouble 251 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 3: going one hundred k's an hour. 252 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 2: You know. 253 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: I did do the defensive driving course, which I don't 254 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 3: believe is a requirement, but perhaps it should be. Anyway, 255 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 3: we'd love to know what you think. Nine two nine two. 256 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: Also a very quick update on our energy crunch or 257 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 3: our energy crisis, probably more accurately, our energy shortage. Transpower 258 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 3: is going to decide this week if the generators can 259 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: take more water from the hydro lakes. This is the 260 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 3: grid operator, Transpower. The levels are obviously very low at 261 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: the moment, and if they drop too low then they 262 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: breach resource consent. So the argument as well, if there's 263 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: a such a shortage, then perhaps we should actually look 264 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: at increasing the allowance. Twenty four minutes, twenty five minutes 265 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 3: after five the early. 266 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: Edition Full Show podcast on IHARM Radio powered by. 267 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 3: News Talks at me Just Go on twenty seven after 268 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: five year on news Talk said B David's anymore. You 269 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 3: might have seen him on the news last night or 270 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 3: in the Herald yesterday basically calling Christopher Luxen and the 271 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 3: government undemocratic for refusing to support this Treaty Principle's bill 272 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 3: past the first reading when it gets to Select committee. 273 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: Have you listened to what he said on the news 274 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 3: last night? Well, I think its a disrespectful and antidemocratic 275 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 3: to tell people that, no matter what they think, you're 276 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 3: not open to changing your mind. Is this the issue 277 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 3: you want to dine and ditch over let's face that 278 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 3: the Treaty Principle's Bill is dead in the water anyway. 279 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 3: A couple of reasons for that. Number one, and most importantly, 280 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: your coalition partners have said, nah, we don't want to 281 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 3: support it past the first reading. And even if they 282 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 3: agreed to it, the debate and the media attention would 283 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 3: surely from a political perspective, purely political perspective, would drown 284 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 3: out the next two years of potentially good headlines about 285 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 3: economic growth and all the stuff the government, the other 286 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 3: stuff the government's trying to do. And even if, as 287 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 3: you say, it's a principal thing to do it for democracy, 288 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 3: to have the debate, etc. The next government will just 289 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 3: undo it anyway, won't they. Whoever, and whenever that government 290 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 3: might be, the more oxygen you give this, the sooner 291 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 3: that day might arrive. In reality, I don't think David 292 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 3: Seymour is a stupid man or a stupid politician. He's not, 293 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 3: and he knows this is going nowhere. It's probably more 294 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 3: about positioning for a plank to balance a campaign on 295 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty six f and Bridge twenty eight minutes 296 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 3: after five lots of text coming in about the AA 297 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 3: and the recommendations you can imagine and the recommendations from them. Interestingly, 298 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 3: it's not just the extension of your learners from six 299 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 3: months to twelve months that they are recommending, but also 300 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 3: that you have supervised hours. So in New South Wales 301 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 3: you have one hundred and twenty hours supervised driving before 302 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 3: you can move on to the next stage of your license, 303 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: and that includes nighttime drive, which I actually think is 304 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 3: quite important because it is very hard. You know, if 305 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 3: you're not used to driving at nighttime. I know my 306 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 3: grandma has stopped driving at nighttime because it's too dark, 307 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 3: can't see the road anyway, that would probably be a 308 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 3: very helpful thing to do. Twenty nine minutes after five 309 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 3: News is next. We've got Gavin Gray out of the 310 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 3: UK and we're also talking Kiwi bank and whether you 311 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 3: would buy shears. Just before six. 312 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: Where news and Views you trust to start your day 313 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: is Early Edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City New 314 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: Zealand's furniture bids at a Flying Store. News Talk sid 315 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: be So. 316 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 3: Good morning. It is twenty four minutes away from six 317 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 3: News Talk sa'd be Wednesday, the twenty first of August. 318 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 3: If you're just joining us, great to have you would 319 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 3: have heard in the news just then Wendy talking about 320 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: AA this report out this morning where they recommend a 321 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 3: bunch of things to try and improve the lot of 322 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 3: our young drivers who are crashing and dying on our 323 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: roads at a higher rate than our cousins across the 324 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 3: ditch in Australia. And one of the things they want 325 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 3: to that they talk about is basically clamping down or 326 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 3: making it harder to get a license, things like a 327 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 3: learner's license and a restricted license, and to keep them 328 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 3: things like log booking, supervised driving for young people. And 329 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 3: we had a guest on who was talking, well, what 330 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 3: was he saying? That is the question. Lots of you 331 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 3: have text in a lot of people supporting our guest 332 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 3: that we had on just before just after five o'clock Ryan. 333 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: What the guy was saying is that it is the 334 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 3: lesser educated people drivers that don't even bother getting a 335 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 3: license so they have no idea how to safely drive 336 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 3: a car, that are potentially involved in crashes on our roads. 337 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 3: He actually went a step further and said they have 338 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 3: bad outcomes across the board. I tend to agree, says Graham. 339 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: It is the less educated that are in court for 340 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 3: all sorts of offenses, including driving offenses. Regards Graham. Yeah, 341 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 3: I think there's two issues. One is how do you 342 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 3: get better drivers on the roads. The other one was 343 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 3: that the AA was some sort of representing white, wealthy drivers. 344 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 3: That was the part I thought was maybe a little 345 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 3: off pieced anyway, It has just gone twenty two minutes 346 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 3: away from six Bridge. Going to our reporters around the country. 347 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 3: Calum Proctor is in Dunedin this morning. Calum, a former 348 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 3: Southland local board chair, has got concerns for the community 349 00:19:58,880 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 3: after he was given the boot. 350 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 9: Yeah, this is Colin Smith we're talking about. He's removed 351 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 9: as the Ariti Community Board chair at a large public 352 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 9: meeting on Monday. Reports of more than one hundred people 353 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 9: attending this meeting at the Winton Town Hall, and his 354 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 9: removal comes on the back of a July request from 355 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 9: four members to have him removed. Smith says there were 356 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 9: other agendas on the board after it voted against CCTV 357 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 9: upgrades which went against the community's wishes and a police recommendation. 358 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 9: He says the response to the meeting was overwhelming and 359 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 9: shows the community has no trust in the board going forward. 360 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 3: Has the weather inned today. 361 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 9: It's fine apart from sir Morning Cloud and rdly this 362 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 9: afternoon and fourteenth. 363 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 3: Thank you and Claire Sherwoods and christ Church this morning. 364 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 3: Good morning, Claire. Tell us about that obviously, the cathedral. 365 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 3: We've spoken about this in the last couple of weeks. 366 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 3: Is it going to dent faith in the city do 367 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 3: you think? 368 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 10: Well belief that it won't, at least from some of 369 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 10: the big players down here. Ryan, the project has, if 370 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 10: you haven't been aware, been paused indefinitely, and that's because 371 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 10: of an eighty five million dollar funding shortfall. Business Canterbury 372 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 10: Chief executively Anne Watson has spoken with our newsroom. She says, Look, 373 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 10: it is really disappointing, but christ Church as city is buzzing. 374 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 10: We've got new businesses and facilities constantly popping up. She 375 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 10: says the cathedral isn't the only thing that makes us 376 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 10: a city and doesn't reflect the progress that has been 377 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 10: made post quake. Christ Church Central MP Duncan Web though, 378 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 10: says he would be surprised if a better alternative for 379 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 10: the cathedral could be found. 380 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 3: How's your weather today, Claire. 381 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 10: Another frosty star northeasterlies will develop as it clears up 382 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 10: later thirteen degrees the high with minus two overnight brilliant Thank. 383 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 3: You, Max. Toll is in Wellington, Max, Sir Peter Jackson 384 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 3: is buying up more land. 385 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 11: Well Yes, a good story in the Post this morning. 386 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 11: A massive block of land in Lyell Bay has new 387 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 11: owners and it is believed that they are Sir Peter 388 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 11: and Dame fran Walsh. This block of land, it was 389 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 11: to be a new metlink busty poets next to the waterfront. 390 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 11: It's next to the airport and it would add to 391 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 11: the power couple's growing portfolio of land, which also includes, 392 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 11: of course, the abandoned mega development on the peninsula that 393 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 11: was shelved when they bought it from Ian Castle's. Plenty 394 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 11: of rumors continuing about Sopia Jackson's long proposed film museum. 395 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 11: Where's that going to be? As usual, he is not 396 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 11: answering questions. 397 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 3: I thought that the film museum was going to be 398 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 3: in Lyle Bay, right opposite the beach. 399 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 11: That's right, and the Post is speculating that this may 400 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 11: now be a new option for that. 401 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 3: Okay, so they might be changing tech. How's it wheel 402 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 3: that today? 403 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 2: Max? 404 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 11: A very cold start here, but should turn out fine 405 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 11: with Northerlees a high thirteenth Central. 406 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 3: Thank you. Wendy Pictree is with us in Auckland this morning. 407 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 3: Good morning man, good morning, good morning. Tell us about 408 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 3: the pool, the Newmarket Olympic Pool. 409 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 7: Yes, so it's a little bit of a complicated one. 410 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 7: The Auckland Local Board has refused to temporarily extend the 411 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 7: license of a popular central city pool, being the Olympic 412 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 7: Pools in Newmarket. They opened in nineteen thirty nine. Uncertainly, 413 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 7: uncertainty surrounds its future because it's least with the Auckland councilors, 414 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 7: due to expire in November. The council, though, was pawned 415 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 7: the decision to the White Matar Local Board, which heard 416 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 7: the pools director yesterday morning. However, that director says that 417 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 7: the board voted against a six month leaks extension. So 418 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 7: everything is a little bit up in the air for 419 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 7: the Olympic Pools, and of course the board, the chairman, 420 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 7: no one knows what's going on, and they say that 421 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 7: the decision is very disappointing and lacks empathy for the 422 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 7: people who depend on the pools and for the staff 423 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 7: that work there. 424 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 3: Gosh, well, it sounds like they're swimming around in circles, 425 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 3: doesn't it. It's quite Have you been to that pool. 426 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 7: Because it's a long time ago. 427 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 3: It's a fifty meter so it's quite good and quite central. 428 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 7: It is right in the heart of Newmarket. 429 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it would be a shame if it was 430 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 3: to go. 431 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 7: Yeah, I think in a lot of recreational swimmers do 432 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 7: use it. I've got competitive swimmers, so they don't use 433 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 7: they don't use that pool, but I think a lot 434 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 7: of recreational swimmers use it. 435 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, all right. And weather today, Wendy. 436 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 7: Yeah, we look it's looking pretty good at party. Cloudy 437 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 7: with isolated showers, but it will become fine this evening Southwesterlys. 438 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 7: They will ease in a high fifteen brilliant. 439 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,239 Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Wendy Petrie in Auckland has just 440 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 3: gone eighteen minutes away from Sex Ryan Bridge. Now I've 441 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 3: got a story for you. This is from Spain and 442 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 3: it's about our The world's oldest person has died. It's 443 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 3: very said. One hundred and seventeen years old. She was 444 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 3: born in nineteen oh seven, lived through two World Wars 445 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 3: Spanish Civil War, died peacefully in her sleep. Dear old thing. 446 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 3: She spent two decades in a nursing home. Can you 447 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 3: believe that she's got a Twitter account? I think her 448 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 3: family types for her. But this was her final message. 449 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 3: She said, the time is near. Don't cry, I don't 450 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 3: like tears, and above all, don't suffer for me. Wherever 451 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 3: I go, I will be happy. It has just gone 452 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 3: fourteen minutes away from six Smith's City. Since nineteen eighteen, 453 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,479 Speaker 3: they've served communities throughout New Zealand with quality furniture, beds 454 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 3: and home appliances and also some great deals. Over one 455 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 3: hundred years later, the flagship store is still in its 456 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 3: original location and still one hundred percent New Zealand owned 457 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 3: and operated, so shopping with Smith City supports Kiwi business. 458 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 3: They boast eighteen stores across New Zealand, including the new 459 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 3: Wido Park Outlet store in Auckland, which is now open. 460 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 3: They stock everything you need for your home, including beds, 461 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 3: furniture appliances from the world's leading brands like Samsung, alg Bosh, 462 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 3: Fisher and parke Ll, Lazy Boy and Sleepy Head, just 463 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 3: to name a few. 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Experienced 472 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 3: the legendary install service or shop online smith City dot 473 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 3: co dot. 474 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: INZID International Correspondence with insidn Eye Insurance Peace of Mind 475 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: for New Zealand Business. 476 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 3: We're going to Gavin draya UK and Europe correspondent now 477 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 3: for an update on that vessel, the super yacht that's 478 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 3: sunk off the coast of Sicily. 479 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 2: Gevin, Yes, Ryan. 480 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 12: Just within the last couple of hours we now know 481 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 12: the identity of the man found dead near that coast. 482 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 12: It's a Canadian Antiguan chef who was working on board 483 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 12: the boat which sank just off Sicily near the Palermo, 484 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 12: the capitol. The name of the chef Ricaldo Thomas. This 485 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 12: was a yachting trip for a very very wealthy British 486 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 12: man called Mike Lnchy was described as the Bill Gates 487 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 12: of Britain by selling a software company that he built 488 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 12: from scratch for several billion pounds, and it appears that 489 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 12: he might have been entertaining on board some of the 490 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 12: lawyers that helped him in a legal case subsequent to 491 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 12: that when he was accused of overvaluing his company incorrectly 492 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 12: doing that and then the court actually ruled in his 493 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 12: favor and he went on this yacht it's believed to celebrate. 494 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 12: British investigators have now arrived on the site, so we 495 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 12: now believe there are six still missing, one confirmed dead 496 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 12: and a number of those have survived. But that man 497 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 12: Miche Linch, the British Bill Gates as he's been described, 498 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 12: and also the chair of Morgan Stanley Bank are still. 499 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 3: Missing, interestingly, and I can only imagine given what the 500 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 3: conspiracy theorist will do with this. But the code defendant 501 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 3: in their case, his code offendant also passed away, was 502 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 3: hit by a car and died in the UK. 503 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 12: Yes, so you're quite right. Social media is an absolute 504 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 12: buzz with that, but there's no proof, I mean, apart 505 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 12: from anything. The yacht sank in a freak storm, and 506 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 12: that was eyewitnessed from the land. But yeah, you're right, 507 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 12: the conspirators having a wonderful time about this. 508 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 3: Tell us about Scotland what seems to be going on 509 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 3: there with the overdose drugged overdose use death. 510 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 12: Yes, so I'm afraid to say that the number of 511 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 12: people who died in Scotland knowing to drug misuse has 512 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 12: risen sharply. So the latest figures that are on record, 513 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 12: which is for the year twenty twenty three, revealed that 514 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 12: one one hundred and seventy two people died. That's up 515 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 12: one hundred and twenty one or a twelve percent increase. 516 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 12: Now that actually sounds well quite a bit, doesn't it. 517 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 12: But it's even worse when you consider that it is 518 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 12: the worst record in Europe. It is more than double 519 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 12: the number of deaths seen in England and Northern Ireland, 520 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 12: and indeed it is significantly more than the next highest 521 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 12: within Europe. So it really is a huge leap in 522 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 12: the Scottish authorities trying to obviously do something about this. 523 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 12: Now it is thought cocaine was a factor in forty 524 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 12: one percent of deaths. That's been up six percent from 525 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 12: fifteen years ago. And the data that people living in 526 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 12: the most deprived areas of Scotland were more than fifteen 527 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 12: times as likely to drive to die from drug missuse 528 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 12: has got government ministers in Scotland scratching their heads, all. 529 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 3: Right, Kevin, thanks for that. Gavin Gray, a UK and 530 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 3: Europe correspondent. It is ten away from six, Ryan Bridge. 531 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 3: She would have seen the recommendations the final report from 532 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 3: the ComCom the Commerce Commission yesterday fourteen recommendations to make 533 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 3: our banking sector more competitive. Among those was an idea 534 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 3: to beef up Kiwibank, and this is something the government 535 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 3: is looking at. Nikola Willis says she's investigating, and she 536 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 3: was on this show last Thursday and asked her about 537 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 3: whether she would float, potentially float partially float Keybank on 538 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 3: the Stock Exchange and what she thought about foreign ownership. 539 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 3: Would you rule out foreign investment in Qwibank? 540 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 8: Well, look, I'm taking advice on what is needed to 541 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 8: get investment into Kiwibank. 542 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 2: Can ever say I've said, let's look at what the 543 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 2: options are. 544 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 3: So how could these options shake down? David Trump as 545 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 3: massive university banking expertise with us this morning. David, Good morning, 546 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 3: Good morning, Ryan. How do you best help Chevy Bank 547 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,959 Speaker 3: raise capital? What is the what would be the smartest approach? 548 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 2: Do you think, oh, certainly some partial sale to the 549 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 2: New Zealand public would be one way of going ahead 550 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 2: with that. It wouldn't It will take some time to 551 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 2: absorb a large amount of capital, so that's probably better 552 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 2: done as a relatively slow process. On the other hand, 553 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:40,959 Speaker 2: just giving them small and providing some more amounts of capital, 554 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 2: it isn't going to mean that they're going to grow 555 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 2: very rapidly, but kind of have them them to have 556 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 2: a bank grow rapidly as usually a recipe for disaster. 557 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 3: True, what has Kii Bank done in the past, Because 558 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 3: when they have had access to extra capital in the past, 559 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 3: have they used it for expandingly? 560 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 2: On the other hand, they got small capital August last 561 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 2: year and they they've only partially used that so far, 562 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 2: so that processes that process has been relatively slow. Now 563 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 2: I've read something about how they're spending money on digitalization 564 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 2: again that that's that's not necessarily a bad thing and 565 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 2: that's one of the things that they would need to 566 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 2: do if they were to expand significantly. 567 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 3: Anyway, does in your mind, does Kiwi Bank need to 568 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 3: be key we owned. 569 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 2: There's no necessity for any bank to be under any 570 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 2: particular country's ownership. What has happened in recent years is 571 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 2: that operating banks across borders has become has been made 572 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 2: more challenging by international regulation. So that may that might 573 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 2: that might limit foreigners willing stood by Kiev Bank out right, 574 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 2: but that's a step down the road that we haven't 575 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 2: got to yet. 576 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 3: All right, thanks so much for your time this morning. 577 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 3: David Trump, Mass University banking expert talking about the ComCom recommendations, 578 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 3: one of which is to give Kewi Bank a big 579 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 3: boost so that they can be more of a player 580 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 3: on the local market. Just gone seven to six. 581 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: Ryan Bridge New for twenty twenty four on early edition 582 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture Beds had a playing 583 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: store a News Talk Sidby. 584 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 3: He's gone five away from six on news Talk, said 585 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 3: b Maria Branyis, Marera is her name? What was her name? 586 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 3: She's just died. She was one hundred and seventeen years old, 587 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 3: the oldest person in the world and she's now dead. Mike, 588 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 3: good morning morning. Would you like to be one hundred and. 589 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 13: Seventy now, Well, it depends now I've always said, and 590 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 13: the closer you get to that age, the more you 591 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 13: think about it. I've always said that you want to 592 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 13: go out living life you want. As opposed to being 593 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 13: one hundred and seventeen game jees I wish I wasn't 594 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 13: one hundred and seventeen. See, I'd rather peg out at 595 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 13: eighty seven. Yeah, you know, five all in a deciding 596 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 13: set on the tennis court and go out in one 597 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 13: hundred percent as opposed to being in a retirement home 598 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 13: for would you say. 599 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 3: Twenty years into years? 600 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 2: I mean, nothing wrong with. 601 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,239 Speaker 3: The retirement home. 602 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 13: If you want to be in a retirement home for 603 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 13: twenty fantastic, But live your life. 604 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 3: And she used a voice to text device in the 605 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 3: last few years of her life because she couldn't. Well, 606 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 3: don't we all that's got to sell. 607 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,640 Speaker 13: Half the people who text my show do the voice 608 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 13: to text in the morning at half comes. You should 609 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 13: see it doesn't work. The technology doesn't work anyway, Joe Biden, 610 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 13: I thought you a little bit hard on, Joe. I 611 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,959 Speaker 13: watched that yesterday. It was brilliant he was, and it 612 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 13: was one of those moments you thought, where was all this? 613 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 2: Joe? 614 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 3: For the last two or three years. Where was it? 615 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 13: Because that standing ovation he got, but that was four 616 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 13: or five minutes long. They were like, you could see 617 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 13: why they did it on day one, because it would 618 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 13: have if it was day three or four, just ahead 619 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 13: of her. I started a little bit embarrassing because they 620 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker 13: were loving them. 621 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 3: It was brilliant. Anyway, more on that, it had a 622 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 3: good sleep, Yes had Mike's next s to mine. 623 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: For more from News Talks at b Listen live on 624 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever 625 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.