1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: Earli initi with one roof love where you live News 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: talks'd be good morning, it. 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: Is six after five. Great to have your company on 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: this Thursday. Have a glass of cold milk to celebrate 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: our dairy farmers this morning. Some great numbers from them. 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 2: We'll head to the US with our correspondent. Ohakya, a 8 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: common sense decision on a backup airport and cash is king, 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: but it'll cost us. Also, I have some very promising 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: zero small business numbers I've just been handed. I'll get 11 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 2: them to you shortly. The agenda Thursday, the twenty sixth 12 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 2: of February, no sympathy for battlers in America and Trump's 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 2: State of the Union address yesterday. 14 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 3: A short time ago, we were a dead country. 15 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 4: Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world, 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 4: the hottest. 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: So hot, so heart predictably went after the Dems on 18 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 2: immigration and vot n. 19 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 4: Act Serious penalties for public officials who block the removal 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 4: of criminal lands in many cases, grew lords murrors all 21 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 4: over our country. They're blocking the immoval of these people 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 4: out of our country. 23 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 3: And you should be ashamed of yourself. 24 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: Pois and let's go to the UK Mandelssohn you know 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: he was arrested. Well, the UK House of Commons speakers 26 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 2: is that he passed on information to police ahead of 27 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: better arrest. He reckons that Mandalshon was a flight rist, 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: that he was going to do a run into the 29 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: Virgin Islands. 30 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 5: To prevent any inaccurate speculation. I'd like to confirm the 31 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 5: upon receipt of information that I felt it was relevant. 32 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 5: I passed this on to the Metropolitan Police in good faith, 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 5: as is my duty and responsibility. 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: Staying in the house down are still feeling the heat. 35 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 6: The Prime Minister has the cheek to talk about my 36 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 6: party being smaller. His party is smaller too, including one 37 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 6: MP who was arrested for child sex offenses. So perhaps 38 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 6: before he gets on his high horse, he should ask 39 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 6: why his backbenchers are saying that they're being the p 40 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 6: DOO defender's party. 41 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 4: Yet again, she's shown why she is so utterly irrelevant. 42 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: The bar's not high, is it? 43 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: On your radio? And online? On iHeartRadio early edition with 44 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: Ryan Bridge and one Root Love Where You Live News Talks. 45 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 2: Had been eight after five nine nine two. The number 46 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: to text's interesting watching the State of the Union from 47 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: Trump yesterday. He had that classic cost of living political 48 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: equation that he had to do in his head ahead 49 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: of the speech, and just Cinder adourn this case. She 50 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: came to a crossroads on this basically same situation. You know, 51 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: do you acknowledge that there is sort of a crisis 52 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: going on, that people are feeling poor, that there is 53 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 2: inflation all that stuff, or do you just blindly go 54 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: ahead and say that everything's fine, which is the road 55 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: he went down. But remember just Cinda went down that 56 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: road and wouldn't call it a crisis. They called everything 57 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: everything out of the sun was a crisis. According to Labor. 58 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: Remember before they were elected, it was the health system, 59 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: it was the education system, blah blah blah. And they 60 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: get into power, people feel poor. Is there a cost 61 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: of living crisis? No, I think what she said at 62 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 2: the time was there is a cost of living crisis 63 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: for some people, so people that within weeks she was 64 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 2: taking the excise off petrol. That's how bad it went 65 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 2: for her, right, And so Trump had a very similar 66 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: equation that he had to do, do you acknowledge the anxiety? 67 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: Do you say I feel your pain? And he said no, 68 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: this is a turnaround for the ages. So he's his 69 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 2: strategy is to go out there and basically convince people. 70 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: I will convince you of how good and great we are, 71 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: and then you will vote for me. That's the strategy 72 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: for the midterms come November. It was in our forty 73 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: eight minutes, by the way, the State of the Union address, 74 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: and he keeps going on about the tariffs being here 75 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: to stay. 76 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: Any of the wars I settled was because of the 77 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 3: threat of tariffs. I wouldn't have been able to settle 78 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: him with a will remain in place under fully approved 79 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 3: and tested alternative legal statues. 80 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: Now, those statutes he's talking about own only allow the 81 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: towers to stay in place for one hundred and fifty days, 82 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: which is not permanent with it, but he keeps saying 83 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: that they are. Anyway. Newstalk's heb just gone ten minutes 84 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 2: after five. Coming up next, we'll talk about cash. If 85 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: you love using cash, if you're a small business, and 86 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: I think this is probably the argument that tips it over. 87 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: If you're a small business and you're in a regional 88 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: part of New Zealand and you're in a small town 89 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: and you've got cash at the end of the day. 90 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 2: Where are you going to put it? How far are 91 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 2: you going to have to travel to get that to 92 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 2: a bank? And is that fair? Clear? Matthew's friend of 93 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 2: the show, Next News Talks, HEADB. 94 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: News and Views you Trust to start your day. It's 95 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: early edition with Bryan Bridge and One Room Love Where 96 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: You Live News Talks hed B five thirteen. 97 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: We'll talk to Katie Fisher out of the US at 98 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: about quarter two now zero. The Small Business Insights report 99 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 2: that we get well good news forward December, both of 100 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: the quarter and for the month itself. This is good data. 101 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: Two one hundred and forty four thousand small Kiwi businesses 102 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 2: use it and so that's where they've got the information 103 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 2: from sales growth up four point eight percent year on 104 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: year in the December quarter. That follows two point eight 105 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 2: percent increase four September quarter. The month of December specifically, 106 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 2: small business sales were up almost ten percent nine point 107 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: eight percent year on year. That is way above the 108 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: long urn averages six point two percent, the highest growth 109 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 2: in three years. Bring that on, Bryan Bridge. The reserve 110 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 2: banks wants retail banks. I should say to go pretty 111 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 2: much bananas and bring back the talents They say, cash 112 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 2: is still king, people still use it, small businesses need 113 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: somewhere to deposit it. The demand one thousand extra ATMs 114 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: or branches across the country, costing the banks one hundred 115 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 2: million dollars a year to operate. Claire Matthews, professor at 116 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 2: Massi University Business School, with us this morning. Clear, Good morning, Marina, Ryan, 117 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 2: so good to have you back. So, I mean, this 118 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 2: is very expensive for the banks. Do we actually need 119 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: that many ATMs and branches? 120 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 7: Absolutely not convinced that we do. I think the cost 121 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 7: is a side issue. I think it simply comes down 122 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 7: to do we need them? And quite frankly, I don't 123 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 7: understand where the Reserve Bank is coming from and suggesting 124 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 7: that we do. 125 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: What about if there's a natural disaster and everyone needs cash. 126 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: We need to have some circulation going, don't we? 127 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 7: Well, we do need to have So that's that part 128 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 7: of the argument carries some water. But I think that 129 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 7: the solution that they're providing is not the best solution 130 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 7: because how often do we have a disaster? And yes, 131 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 7: I know that happening more often, but they're quite isolated 132 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 7: and it's not clear that cash has actually been lacking 133 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 7: in most of those. I think the last time we 134 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 7: really had a cash issue was around COVID, and let's 135 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 7: hope we don't have anything like that in the near future. 136 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 7: I think there is potentially an issue, but I just 137 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 7: don't think the solution is the right solution. 138 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 2: I was in Hawk's Bay for cyclone Gabrielle doing some 139 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,119 Speaker 2: reporting there, and it was there maybe twelve hours or 140 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 2: twenty four hours after it happened. There was no cash. 141 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: The ATMs were empty. I mean, it was a problem 142 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: is I think there is a genuine argument there. You're 143 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: saying this is not necessarily. 144 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 7: A solution, but you're saying that ATMs were there, they 145 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 7: didn't have cash in them, And I think that is 146 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 7: the problem in a disaster. It's no good. It's no 147 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 7: good that there are cash, that there are branches or ATMs. 148 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 7: They've got to have cash, and then a disaster, how 149 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 7: are you going to get the cash to them? So 150 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 7: I think that that actually illustrates quite clearly where there 151 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 7: why the solution is lacking. 152 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: Yes, but if we had more ATMs, then we would 153 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 2: have more cash, and you know, we would use it more, 154 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: We'd be more likely to have it on us on 155 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: our person. That sort of thing. 156 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 7: I don't believe we would because we just don't generally 157 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 7: use cash as a population. There are some people that 158 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 7: use it a little bit, there are some that use 159 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 7: it entirely, but that's a very small fraction of the population. 160 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 7: For most of us, cash is something that we use 161 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 7: because we happen to have it, but it's not what 162 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 7: we want, and for small businesses it's not actually an 163 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 7: advantage to them to have cash. Cash is unhygienic, unclean, 164 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 7: and a real hussle to deal with, not just because 165 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 7: of the hassles around getting it to a branch to 166 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 7: ban there's just hassles and having to store it, and 167 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 7: there's risk because it opens them up to robbery. 168 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 2: Clear, appreciate your time. This one in Clear Matthews from 169 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 2: Massi University. Time is sixteen after five. Would love to 170 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: know what you think about that if you're a small 171 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: business owner, it's unclean. Newstalk ZB the news. 172 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: You need this morning and the in depth analysis early 173 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room Love Where You 174 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: Live News talksb. 175 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: In nineteen minutes after five. Ryan, your guest is very 176 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 2: subjective with her cash views. This is for Linda Morning. 177 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 2: Linda not very good. I wouldn't take that advice. I 178 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 2: use cash er. I walk away, says Linda. You'd be 179 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 2: walking away from a few places these days. I would 180 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: have thought this. Texas says, good morning, Ryan. The State 181 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 2: of the Union address was basically two hours of Trump 182 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: telling everyone how great he is, which is what he 183 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 2: does on a daily basis. Anyway, have a great day, 184 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 2: thank you. I mean, it's not untrue, is it? Nineteen 185 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 2: after five? Rich Control Tower at a Harkia air Base 186 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 2: is soon going to operate twenty four to seven, making 187 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 2: it the country's official back up airport right now. As 188 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: you will know from listening to this show, long haul 189 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 2: flights have to carry an extra six tons of fuel 190 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 2: just in case Auckland Airport closes and they're forced to divert. 191 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: Same with christ Church. Kath O'Brien bought of airline reps 192 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 2: is with us this morning. Kath, Good morning, Good morning Ryan. 193 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 2: And it wasn't long ago we were talking about this 194 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 2: bit of common sense. 195 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 8: Here, Ah, some great common sense here. Airlines are delighted 196 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 8: to hear this news today from the minister, and it's 197 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 8: really gonna unlock some some value for the aviation system 198 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 8: in New Zealand. 199 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: What happens I was thinking about this this morning. So 200 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 2: if a plane diverts, has to divert to a harkier 201 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 2: in the middle of the night, what happens to all 202 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 2: the passengers in the harky? Do they go stay in 203 00:09:59,320 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: Bulls or what. 204 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 8: It operates? It's what we call a gas and go destination, 205 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 8: So that's in the name. So an aircraft will come in, 206 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 8: it will be refueled and will then be able to 207 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 8: continue on its way. And the reason that's important is 208 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 8: because long haul airlines are operating, you know, obviously at 209 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 8: a great distance when they come to New Zealand, and 210 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 8: when they reach their destination, they really don't have a 211 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 8: lot to go on. And so we have to have, 212 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 8: you know, an airport that's capable of receiving that aircraft 213 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 8: if it needs to desert away from its primary destination, 214 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 8: and give it some gas and get it on its. 215 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 2: Way, all right, So no one actually gets to stay 216 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: in Bulls that I'm disappointed. 217 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 8: It's certainly not the plan. No, we'll still get you, 218 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 8: get you where you're going. 219 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 2: And why do you what's taken so long? I mean, 220 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: you've been going on about this for a while now, 221 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 2: haven't you. 222 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, for sure, I have spoken to you a 223 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 8: few times about it, and it's certainly been something I've 224 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 8: still spoken extensively to officials and to the Minister about. 225 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 8: And really it was just about getting everybody to understand 226 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 8: the importance and to find an arrangement that we could 227 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 8: that we could get better air traffic control underway. And 228 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 8: I'm really glad we have. 229 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 2: When you say arrangement, it's all it's all funded by 230 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 2: the government. 231 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 8: Well, actually, airlines are fund nomination for hark here. So 232 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 8: certainly airlines are already paying substantial cost to nominate a 233 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 8: hark here and and those those funds do pay for 234 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 8: seth control as well and for use of the base, 235 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 8: and so certainally airlines are already contributing in a large part. 236 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 8: And this is just the very last piece of the puzzle, 237 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 8: if you like. For the for the overnight air traffic control, 238 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:39,719 Speaker 8: we're going to. 239 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 2: Have the air traffic controllers to do it. I was 240 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: speaking to a training the other day. Instead, we're sort 241 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: of running short, we've got gaps. 242 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 8: Yeah, well, certainly that's a global problem, and I'm confident 243 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 8: that Airways New Zealand will be able to manage this need. 244 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 8: I understand they already have the training needs kind of 245 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 8: in the in the plan, and they'll be able to 246 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 8: deliver this. I'm mid twenty twenty seven. 247 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 2: All right, Keth, appreciate your time this morning. Cath O'Brien 248 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 2: bought a airline reps. Time is twenty two minutes after five. 249 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 8: Ryan brick chee. 250 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 2: Everyone's fired up about cash. I'll get to those texts 251 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 2: in just a second. First, maybe we're fired up because 252 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: we're not drinking enough booze to come us down. We've 253 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 2: got new numbers on that this morning. So alcohol consumption 254 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 2: in New Zealand is falling, in fact over the last year, 255 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: down eight point three percent overall, lowest amount recorded in 256 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 2: the fifteen years that stats ends that has been collecting 257 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 2: the data. So we're drinking way less. Bear volume down 258 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 2: ten percent to two hundred and sixty five million liters, 259 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: wine down eleven percent to eighty five million liters. Spirits 260 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 2: the volume up slightly to ninety three million liters, So 261 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: we're drinking more spirits than we are drinking wine, though 262 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 2: we're drinking a hell of a lot more beer. RTDs 263 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 2: increase one point nine percent year on year there you go. 264 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 2: Is this a cost of living thing? Like, are we 265 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 2: just drinking less because we can't afford to drink as much? 266 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: Or is this a cultural change that everyone goes on 267 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 2: TikTok now and everyone has abs and there's like fitness 268 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 2: influences and if you want to be beautiful, you need 269 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 2: to be thin, and if you want to be thin, 270 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 2: then you shouldn't drink. Nine two nine two twenty three 271 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,599 Speaker 2: after five the early. 272 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: Edition full show podcast on iHeartRadio, how It Bay News Talks, av. 273 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: News Talks Their b it is twenty five minutes after five. 274 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 2: There's a big puffy cloud of smoke hanging over the 275 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 2: vaping versus cigarettes debate this week. You might have noticed this. 276 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 2: It's all kicked off because the government's handing out free 277 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: vapes to smokers to stop them getting what we know 278 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 2: basically could be a death sentence, and they've done a 279 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 2: deal to buy a bunch of them four half a 280 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 2: million dollars. Now. Between January last year and July they 281 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 2: gave out three thousand vaping kits and hand them out 282 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 2: to all the smokers, and nearly half of them stopped smoking, 283 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 2: which ordinarily you would think would be a good news story. 284 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 2: Not so for Cali Burrows Auckland University vaping receips. She 285 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 2: said this on news Talk ZB. Basically, it's not well. 286 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 9: I mean, I don't know if it's working, but I 287 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 9: guess just the main point I think is that vaping 288 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 9: is not a registered medicine for smoking testation. It's not 289 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 9: been approved. It's not as stringently registered or regulated and 290 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 9: tested as other smoking testation products that are already available. 291 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 9: So to me, it seems quite crazy that they are 292 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 9: giving these free vapes out. 293 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: Okay, so yesterday I spoke to Robert Beegelhold, Yes the 294 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: Robert beegel Hol former boss of the World Health Organization, 295 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 2: public health expert. He said this about these anti vapists. 296 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 10: It's a mystery, but clearly some of the search is. 297 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 10: The one you refer to in particular, is a laboratory 298 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 10: based scientist who has no epidemiological, no public health experience, 299 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 10: doesn't have the big picture in mind. One of the 300 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 10: other antagonists to this approach clearly doesn't comprehend the evidence. 301 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 10: I mean, it's a mystery to why some someone we're 302 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 10: to pose something It is much less harmful, helps people stop, 303 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 10: and it's cheaper. 304 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 2: I don't know about you, but to me, this feels 305 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 2: a little bit like the COVID days, you know, when 306 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 2: you had the so called experts piping up about the 307 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: harms of a disease without taking a helicopter view of 308 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 2: the best way that a society should actually manage the 309 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 2: risk for the least overall harm. You know, you have 310 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 2: your people who are your specialist in your wei area, 311 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: and they say this is evil, and we're like, yeah, 312 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: we know that's bad. But what is the best way 313 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: for a society to deal with it? That's a very 314 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 2: different question, right. There's also a political element to this, 315 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 2: I think, because we know there are certain politicians who 316 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 2: were out there desperate to paint Casey Costello as some 317 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: sort of big vape lobbyist in drag. But the choice, really, 318 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 2: I mean, when individuals need to come and choose and 319 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 2: decide if it's really a choice, and you can call 320 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: it that, it seems to come down to the devil 321 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: we know versus the devil we don't. Twenty eight minutes 322 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 2: after five loving some of these texts this morning, Ryan, 323 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 2: If you want abs and stay sourced, spirits have fewer calories, Okay, 324 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 2: Thanks Nathan, Paul says Ryan. People on meth ten not 325 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 2: to drink as much alcohol. So there are two inverse 326 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: curves going on there. Not a bad point, not I 327 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 2: mean a very depressing one, Paul. Jeez, we're talking about 328 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 2: all the sins this morning too. We're vaping, smoking meth 329 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 2: and alcohol. But here we are, Paul. It's a good 330 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: point on cash, Ryan, I am over this BS about 331 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 2: cash not being important. Cash is more important than ever 332 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: when we get these big storms that wipe out the power, 333 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 2: et cetera. You have full control control over your own cash. 334 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: A hackable computer has full control over digital money, says Graham. 335 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: And it is a fair enough point. In fact, if 336 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 2: you go to the Swedes, Norway, Finland, they're all bringing 337 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: cash back in a big way. They actually produced a 338 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: brochure warning about war with Russia, and one of the 339 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 2: bullet points on it was get yourself some cash. Make 340 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: sure you've got to stop pile under the bed, because 341 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 2: if the Russians come and hack us, then how you're 342 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: going to pay for your groceries? You know, which is 343 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 2: a fair point. Nine nine two is the number to text. 344 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 2: Great to have your company on this Tuesday, We'll head 345 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 2: to the US with Katie Fisher and then celebrate our 346 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 2: dairy farmers. Before six o'clock. 347 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 6: Your World. 348 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: Who the first word on the News of the Day 349 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: early edition with Ryan Bridge and one Roote Love Where 350 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: you Live? News Talk said, Balk. 351 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 8: Come. 352 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 2: Try grow away from the sex. News Talk said b 353 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 2: coming up, We'll head to the US. See how Trump 354 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,959 Speaker 2: say that the union went down with voters, so they 355 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 2: were a bit lukewarm heading into it. It's fair to say, then, 356 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 2: we'll it's more out of dairy. They certainly are. That's 357 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 2: before six this morning, Ryan, good morning. This is on drinking. 358 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 2: While we are drinking less booze, Ryan, More people are 359 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 2: focused on fitness, sleep and mental health. Drinking less fits 360 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 2: into the lifestyle. Also, there's a shift towards wanting to 361 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 2: feel present, sharp and in control, especially with work and relationships. Okay, 362 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 2: but fair enough that this person says, cheers to that, Well, 363 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 2: cheers to you if that's how you are feeling, Ryan. 364 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 2: This is from Steve in The Cargo Airport is a 365 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 2: twenty four hour airport. It could do the job to 366 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 2: Love your show. Is it in forcargol Airport of twenty 367 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 2: four I didn't know that, but Steve, I love that 368 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 2: you love the show and I love you too, but 369 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 2: it's too far to go. A Harkey is way more 370 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 2: convenient if you're Auckland and your Christians and you're diverting. 371 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 2: That's why it has become our backup airport of choice. 372 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 2: This morning, twenty three to six, Ja Leishman, Toneden, good morning, 373 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 2: Good morning. We've got recognition for a hero there. 374 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 11: Yes, so, a man who rescued students from a deadly 375 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 11: stairwell crush in Dunedin is being honored for his bravery. 376 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 11: Nineteen year old Sophia Christani died at the overcrowded student 377 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 11: flat party on Dundas Street in twenty nineteen. A coroner 378 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 11: later ruled her death was tragic but lightly preventable. Recommendations 379 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 11: included students taking better safety measures at large parties and 380 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 11: for Otago University to reconsider its disciplinary approach for events 381 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 11: that breach the Code of Student Conduct. Police say that 382 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 11: Sampson ATDAWA showed exceptional calm and courage as he helped 383 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 11: others escape the crush that night. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers 384 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 11: will present a certificate of appreciation to Adawa today with 385 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 11: Christani's parents and leaders from the Otago University in attendance. 386 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 2: All Right, how's the weather in Dunedin today? 387 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 11: There's a period of morning rain. Otherwise it's partly cardi 388 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 11: with some cool southwesterlies in a high of eighteen degrees. 389 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 2: Thank you, Clear in christ this morning, Clear, good morning. 390 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: You've got a school rebuild but some funding problems. 391 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 12: Yes, surprise, surprise. The first three learning hubs and auditorium 392 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 12: at Selwyn's Allesmere College are due to open within a 393 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 12: few months, but the rest of the project that includes 394 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 12: their gym, library and admin bloc is now officially on 395 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 12: hold awaiting approval. Principal Anthony French says the Ministry of 396 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 12: Educations instructed the school to use its maintenance budget to 397 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 12: keep its existing classrooms, which he says are both cold 398 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 12: and leaky. He says the student's staff and community deserve 399 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,479 Speaker 12: a completed school instead of all of this waiting in limbo. 400 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 12: He does say it very much feels like they've been 401 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 12: put on the back burner, with the rebuild actually announced 402 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 12: seven years ago. 403 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: Right, And how's your weather? 404 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 12: Cloud increasing to a few showers developing It could turned 405 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 12: to heavy rain by this afternoon. Westerly's changing calls southerly 406 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 12: and a high of twenty two. 407 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 2: Thanks Claire Max and Wellington Morning Max, Good morning. Now. 408 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 2: I enjoyed watching Andrew littlegoton. Well, this sounds weird going 409 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 2: swimming yesterday, only because I was sort of just waiting 410 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 2: for some big turd to chase him. 411 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 13: Dumb and sure, you know, yeah, yeah, I personally wouldn't 412 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 13: be getting in the water on the Southern coast right now. 413 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 13: But yeah, the mayor with quite an eye catching photo 414 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 13: up down at Lyle Bay yesterday going for a swim. 415 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: Apparently it is. 416 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 13: Safe enough ish to get back in the water on 417 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 13: our beaches. The risk apparently is low. You'd rather it 418 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 13: was nil, but there you go. You just have to 419 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 13: check the latest advice monitor guidelines that are constantly changing, 420 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 13: keep an eye on the latest testing, which I don't 421 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 13: think anyone's going to do. Yeah, I think we'll have 422 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 13: to do a health check up on Andrew Little later today. 423 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 13: Another story in keeping with this theme is a story 424 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 13: in The Herald. A Wellington contractor has described discovering a 425 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 13: mud slide of hell in an inner city elevator coated 426 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 13: with human feces yesterday, just meets away from that expensive 427 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 13: new light up public bathroom in the CBD doesn't seem 428 00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 13: like someone could make. 429 00:21:59,640 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 2: It in time. 430 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 13: Yeah, a month's lad from hell. Apparently in this very 431 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 13: well used public left by the Lesmils gym on Taranaki Street. 432 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 13: Authorities investigating well like it wasn't a sewerage leg it 433 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 13: was just one person going to town in a left. 434 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: It definitely seems so. 435 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 13: In a very public, very well used public left in 436 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 13: the middle of town. 437 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, might have been Andrew through a swim. That's the weather. 438 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 13: On his way to the gym. Clarly, the showers strong 439 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 13: norther least twenty Well, clearly he goes. 440 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 2: We know that now maybe good morning, so much of 441 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 2: I love it? I love it now. Tickets selling fast 442 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 2: for this four day Landon festival. 443 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 14: Yes, the Auckland four day annual Landin Festival. Now this 444 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 14: is at Monaco Sports Bowl. Apparently about one hundred and 445 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 14: fifty thousand people are expected, so it's just one of 446 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 14: many of the lunar New Year celebrations around the country. 447 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 14: Auckland Transports offering ticket holders free public transport from two 448 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 14: pm in special buses to and from the venue. Auckland 449 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 14: Unlimited JEBSU Bullies. Is it Saturday's festival that's already sold out, 450 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 14: so you know they're expecting quite a few people. 451 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: Now. 452 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 14: Our news director just said to me, oh Ne, but 453 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 14: can you just ad that there's no Southern and Eastern 454 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 14: trains running this weekend? Of course not Yeah, they are 455 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 14: running today, so I can tell you that. You know 456 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 14: it's starting today, but this is the Southern and Eastern 457 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 14: trains this weekend and this is due to the CRL. 458 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 14: So I think that's just you know, trying to get 459 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 14: everything done before the latter half of the year. 460 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 2: Tell you what, once that CRL's here, they've got no excuse. 461 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 2: Better all be running exactly how. 462 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 14: Weather fine, fine, so maybe a good day just to 463 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 14: walk around a high twenty five here in Auckland. 464 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 2: Never, thank you, eighteen minutes away from six Bryan Bridge. 465 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 2: You know Wellington Water before the mile Point disaster. Do 466 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,239 Speaker 2: you remember they had a procurement problem. We're paying an 467 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 2: arm and a leg for pipes and in some cases 468 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 2: they were paying like a third more for pipes and 469 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 2: infrastructure than other cities were paying for the same thing 470 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 2: because they didn't have the financial controls. They weren't tendering proper, 471 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 2: so they weren't going out to market. Well, Hamilton City 472 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 2: Council has had an independent order done KPMG. They had 473 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 2: it done last year. It's come out significant areas of 474 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 2: concern have been identified. So council awarded two hundred and 475 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 2: forty million dollars in non tended contracts between twenty twenty 476 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 2: one and twenty twenty three. Two hundred and forty million 477 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: dollars A lot of money, right. Seventy five percent of 478 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 2: about twelve hundred active contracts during the three year period 479 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 2: were awarded without an open competitive process seventy five percent. 480 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 2: So what was that? Lead to? Lots of spending? How 481 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 2: much are they spending? Well, the report says that in 482 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four so basically from last year, for 483 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 2: the next ten years, expenditure is expected to grow seventy 484 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 2: three percent, increasing daily spend from one point seven million dollars. 485 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 2: This is to one council daily spend one point seven 486 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 2: million dollars up to three million over a ten year period. 487 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 2: So no wonder, I mean, when you're not tendering for stuff, 488 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 2: this is what happens, isn't it? Is anyone surprised to 489 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 2: hear this? They do have procedures. They do have handbooks 490 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 2: to tell you how to do things, but and I 491 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 2: quote them here, compliance is not enforced and repeated non 492 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 2: compliance occurs without consequences sixteen to six US. 493 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: Next International correspondence with endsit Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind 494 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: for New Zealand business. 495 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 2: Fourteen to six flu Dari And a second here's Trump 496 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 2: on Iran in his State of the Union. 497 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 3: We are in negotiations with him. They want to make 498 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 3: a deal, but we haven't heard those secret words. We 499 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,239 Speaker 3: will never have a nuclear weapon now. 500 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 2: Big focus of the speech was on basically ging up 501 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: Americans that the economy is turning around, one of the 502 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 2: greatest turnarounds in American history. So is it landing for shit? 503 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 2: Are you? 504 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 4: Is? 505 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 2: Correspondent with us Katie, Good morning. 506 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 15: Good morning. 507 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: We know voters were skeptical going in. How do you 508 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 2: think they are feeling after? 509 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 9: Well? 510 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 15: As you say, this was his kind of job in 511 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 15: this speech was to reassure the American people that even 512 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 15: though they may be feeling the pinch right now, things 513 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 15: are going to get better and that he understands their 514 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 15: anxiety about the rising cost of living. 515 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 3: Now. 516 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 15: He did talk a lot about how brilliantly. The economy 517 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,959 Speaker 15: is doing. It's the golden Age of America. The roaring 518 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 15: economy is roaring like never before. But if you look 519 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 15: at the polls everyday, Americans are not feeling that at 520 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 15: the moment. They are feeling just that their energy bills 521 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 15: are going up, their grocery bills are going up, their 522 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 15: housing costs are increasing. And there wasn't much in this 523 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 15: speech to suggest that the President has any empathy for 524 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 15: that or understands what Americans are going through. And I 525 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 15: think that means that it's unlikely to change much on 526 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 15: those poll numbers how the American people are feeling about 527 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 15: the president's job, about how he's doing, And that, of 528 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 15: course is a problem because in November they will head 529 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 15: to the polls and vote on many members of Congress, 530 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 15: and Donald Trump needs to keep the Republicans in power 531 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 15: in both chambers of Congress if he wants to get 532 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 15: anything done in his last two years as the president. 533 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 2: So what's the strategy, Caddy? Is the strategy just repeated 534 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 2: ed nauseum and hope that eventually they believe that they 535 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 2: are in a good spot. 536 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 15: I think yes, that is one. It's also blaming Democrats 537 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 15: a lot of this speech was blaming, you know, blaming 538 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 15: the inherited economy that he says is the problem that 539 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 15: was causing any problems that still exist is something because 540 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 15: it was something done during the Joe Biden's time as president. 541 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 15: He also called Democrats crazy. He blamed them for everything 542 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 15: that everything that was basically not perfect in the US 543 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 15: right now, without really giving any evidence, and I think 544 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 15: so kind of blame, deflect talk about other things. So 545 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 15: he brought out the victorious US men's hockey team fresh 546 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 15: from Milan where they win the gold medal, really kind 547 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 15: of trying to show again associating that with America winning. 548 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 15: He says the country is winning as a whole, and 549 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 15: then showing the victorious team. It's a kind of distraction, 550 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 15: deflection and blaming it on somebody else rather than acknowledging 551 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 15: the feelings that the US as a whole has about 552 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 15: the cost of living and suggesting any policies to improve that. 553 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 15: There were a couple of policy announcements, but nothing that 554 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 15: you know, he can do immediately, and most of them 555 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 15: would involve having Congress approved them because they need to 556 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 15: be funded. 557 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 2: Katie, appreciate your time. Katie Fisher our US correspondence stateside 558 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 2: living away from six Bryan Bridge tixst here, says Ryan, 559 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 2: it's a bit depressing when you hear about the wasteful 560 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 2: spinding going on at council, knowing wonder people are leaving 561 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 2: the country and their drives. That's from John, John, I've 562 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 2: got reason for you to stay. This morning, Dairy and 563 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 2: Zed State of the Dairy Nation Report twenty four to 564 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 2: twenty five season. They have produced the most milk ever 565 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 2: twenty one billion liters export earning's highest ever twenty seven billion. 566 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 2: Carl Den fed Farmer's dairy chair with us this morning Morning, 567 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: Carl Morning, Royan Worth celebrating. 568 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 16: Definitely worth celebrating. So that performance on dairy farms is 569 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 16: continuing to increase and by the looks of the report 570 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 16: also profitability which flows through to what this government needs, 571 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 16: which is tax revenue. 572 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 2: The increase the production per cow is interesting. Can you 573 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 2: explain how we're getting more out of them? 574 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 16: So every year we get slightly better production per cow 575 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 16: just through due to genetics and due to the fact 576 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 16: that farmers are constantly refine, owning their practices and getting 577 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 16: the most that they can efficiency wise out of animals 578 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 16: and out of the grass while making sure they're not 579 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 16: using any more input inputs. 580 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 2: So the herd testing, how important is that to making 581 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 2: sure that you know if you're testing the herd and 582 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 2: then you're mating with the right size. 583 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 16: So it's very important that farmers have the most data 584 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 16: possible to make those decisions. So the idea herd testing 585 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 16: is knowing exactly what the production of h cow is 586 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 16: and therefore being able to make that cow to the 587 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 16: best sire to make sure that you get the best offs. 588 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 2: One makes sense. So this is genetics, this is data. 589 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 2: How does our efficiency? How does your output per cow 590 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 2: compare to the rest of the world. 591 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 16: So our output per cow doesn't look great compared to 592 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 16: the rest of the world. Because we are one of 593 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 16: the only countries in the world that are on a 594 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 16: pasture based system and our only carve once a year 595 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 16: for that sort of system, we're doing very well. But 596 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 16: there's only about three countries in the world that really 597 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 16: do that well, and New Song's the leader of those. 598 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 2: That's also why I milk so good though, right. 599 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 16: It is indeed why I'm milk is some of the 600 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 16: best in the world. 601 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 2: Cay, I appreciate your timing congratulations this morning Caldene fed 602 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 2: Farmer's dairy chair. Time is eight to six. News Talk, 603 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 2: said B. 604 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan 605 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: Bridge and one roof love where you live News. 606 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 2: Talks B six minutes away from six. A couple of 607 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 2: quick little bits for you this morning. You know the 608 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 2: taka each of the new Japanese Prime minister who is 609 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 2: irking Beijing. Well, they're doing even more of that now. 610 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 2: They're deploying surface to air missiles to this little island 611 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 2: that's near Taiwan, which China won't like. It's not a 612 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 2: surprise that they're doing it, but it's the first time 613 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 2: that they've announced that there's a timeline for it. And 614 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 2: to John who said, is there a reason to stay 615 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 2: in New Zealand other than the dairy numbers I've just 616 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 2: given you. How about the fact that over in Australia 617 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: then flash and is still at three point eight percent, 618 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 2: unchanged from December. Bridge makes in the studio, good morning, 619 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 2: make meeting's Ryan. You'll be celebrating Derry. Who wouldn't Well, 620 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 2: I was listening yesterday to a Liam Dan you know 621 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 2: from the Herald a piece and there was a question 622 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 2: asked in this session about the fact that dairy farms 623 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 2: it is no longer just mum and dad dairy farms 624 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 2: or farms in general. In New Zealand. You've got these 625 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 2: kind of corporates taking over. So do the profits transfer 626 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 2: in the same way and flow into the economy in 627 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 2: the same way that they used to, or do. 628 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 17: They Well, because you're on farm, you're getting you're getting 629 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 17: the returns on farm, and on farm you need to 630 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 17: do a number of things. One paydown your debt and 631 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 17: then put some fences up, and then buy some new equipment. 632 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 17: Then go to town and buy a new mute. 633 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 2: Yes, but it's not yes for if you're working on 634 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 2: a farm. But the ownership structures are change. But all 635 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 2: of that that doesn't matter. 636 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 17: So the guy is sitting in Germany, he still needs 637 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 17: a new ut, he still needs a new fence, and 638 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 17: he still needs new equipment. 639 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 2: Yes, but he's not going to go on holiday and 640 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 2: top No, that's true. 641 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 17: That's true. I mean, but there isn't that a good 642 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 17: example of how we worry about things that may not 643 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 17: need worrying about. Why don't we just simply a set 644 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 17: that things are quite good in the country and then 645 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 17: instead of going, well, hold on, what about you know 646 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 17: what I mean, it's I don't default moan position. 647 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 2: I don't think you and Liam Dan dragging. It's not 648 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 2: it's not when you might, I don't know. 649 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 17: Anyway, intellectual discussion is that Alex Kendall is a New Zealander. 650 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 17: So he's raised one and a half billion. He runs 651 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 17: a company called Wavy Yeah exactly, it's a related drive 652 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 17: self drive, and so he's on the verge of something 653 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 17: big and Mercedes are behind it in Stillantis and Thiss 654 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 17: and all that sort of stuff. So the big time 655 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 17: he's going to hook up with. So anyway, we got 656 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 17: him on the program this morning, and Scott McLaughlin but 657 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 17: I'm sorry to tell you as another sportsman, racing card driver, 658 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 17: well done, so Scott in these days then go then 659 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 17: go exactly. 660 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 2: So anyway he's with us. Look forward to Mike. Have 661 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 2: a great morning, everyone, and see you tomorrow Friday. 662 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live 663 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: to News Talks. It'd be from five am weekdays, or 664 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.