1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Okay, how is it possible that the Dame Noles crisis 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: has actually got worse today? How is it possible that 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: she's got her job back today and this thing has 4 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: still got worse. I'm getting the impression that Netbull New 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: Zealand do not realize how bad this is today. If 6 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: they don't realize the enormous damage that Dame Knowles has 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: done to them by going on at least three radio 8 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: interviews in one TV interview and saying repeatedly the same 9 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: thing that she does not know how she was stood down, 10 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: that there was no investigation to clear her before she 11 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: was brought back. If they don't realize how enormous this is, 12 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: I can't explain it to them. They're not responding today 13 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: to Dame Knowles's comments. They're not saying if she's right 14 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: or wrong. All we know is that the Netball New 15 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Zealand minder who was with her when she was doing 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: the interviews, told her to stop telling Mike Hosking that 17 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: she didn't know why she was stood down. Now, let me, 18 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: for the benefit of everyone, but particularly I think for 19 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: Netball New Zealand, explain how bad this is. None of 20 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: us here in this office can think of a single 21 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: employment disagreement that has been dragged out in public like 22 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: this for this long, with this much interest in it. 23 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: Not even I would say, the John hawksby Richard long 24 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: case back in the late nineties, which was really big 25 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: deal at the time. Not even that went on this 26 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: long and was this badly handled. None of us can 27 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: also think of a single time when Mike Hoskin interviewed 28 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: someone over four interview slots, which is what happened with 29 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Dame Noles this morning. Even during covid Ji Sindadan maybe 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: got three slots maximum, Nole's got four. That's how big 31 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: this is. It's certainly big enough I think for somebody 32 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: at Netbull New Zealand now to lose their job now. 33 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm sorry to say this because I've got a lot 34 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: of respect for Matt Winneray, the chair of the board, 35 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: but I think this is now big enough for him 36 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: to actually have to consider standing down, either him or 37 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: the CEO, Jenny Wiley, or frankly both of them. Either 38 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: that or they tell us that Dame Knowles is wrong 39 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: and that what she said on here this morning was wrong. 40 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: But if her version of events is right, then what 41 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: has happened to her, is completely unacceptable and Netball New 42 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: Zealand must indicate that they think that that they do 43 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: not condone this kind of ill treatment of employees because 44 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: their judgment is now in question. We're all looking at 45 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: this and thinking, if you can stuff something this badly, 46 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: what else are you going to stuff up? They cannot 47 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: afford for us to not believe in their judgment because 48 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: they are now far from far. They are far from 49 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: through the worst of what they're going through and the 50 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: financial crisis that they are in and the broadcasting crisis 51 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: that they're in. Right, they have not actually solved their 52 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: broadcasting problems. They have not saved the domestic competition. If 53 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: they want us to trust that they know what they 54 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: are doing, and if they want us to not question 55 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: them at every single turn, then I'm sorry. Someone absolutely 56 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: has to lose their job over this. 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