1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: The Man, the Myth, the legend. Barry Sofa is here 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,399 Speaker 1: in studio our senior political correspondent. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 2: Sir again Jack, how are you today. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: I'm very well, thank you. Just before we rip into things, 5 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: I just have to very quickly give an up that 6 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: on the rugby because the Blackfomends are taking on Ireland 7 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: at the moment. Ireland got ahead a couple of minutes ago, 8 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: but now the Black women have worked things back, so 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: we're ahead twenty five twenty two, seven minutes to go. 10 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: Let you know how they go. Anyway they should do, 11 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: they should do. The action plan is out forty three items. 12 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: I think most of these we knew about. But I'm 13 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: finding this to be a very honestly a useful exercise 14 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: and keeping up with the Yeah, it was program for 15 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: better than. 16 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: The old nebulas used to get Jacinda dourn saying a 17 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: year of delivery, but without spelling out what was going 18 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: to be delivered. By the end of the year, it 19 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: was an absolute disaster, so nothing was delivered. But this 20 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: specifically spells out exactly where I want to go. And 21 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: this one is essentially about infrastructure, so there's no surprises there. 22 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: We all knew what they're going to do, but they 23 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: can be held accountable. And the point there Chris Luxon 24 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 2: made today was that they've delivered thirty nine of the 25 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: forty actions they announced in that third Action Plan and 26 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 2: that was an easy while an easy year one. It 27 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: took a lot of legislation, a law and order. But 28 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: he was in Auckland today and he was doing a 29 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: stand up with some journalists. They went that interest in 30 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: the action Plan, but they were interested in the Dunedin hospital, which, 31 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: of course, as we know, drew a protest in that 32 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: city of thirty five thousand over the weekend. He said 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: he wants to build it, but it has to be 34 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: contained in the one point nine billion dollar envelope, which 35 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: he says, we'll still make it one of the most 36 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: expensive hospitals in the Southern Hemisphere. Here he was a 37 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: short time ago. 38 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 3: We've got a review underway looking at two options, whether 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: on the new side or the old site. Will take 40 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 3: advice on that and move through very quickly. We are 41 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 3: committed to building a new hospital there, but you cannot 42 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 3: have a set situation as we've inherited around the ferries, 43 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 3: as we've inhered around still buildings where we have cost 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: blowouts and we have to make sure that we can 45 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 3: get a good hospital in place for the people have 46 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 3: doneded in the south, but within budget because the choices 47 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 3: we have limited amounts of money and the reality is 48 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 3: that those are the moneys we cannot invest in other 49 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 3: regional hospitals which we also have in commitments and investments 50 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 3: around as well. 51 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 2: So I hope that gives some hope to the people 52 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: of Dunedin because they certainly do need an upgraded hospital 53 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 2: in that city. 54 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Shane Jones has with them. 55 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: I know you're going to be interviewing them. I think 56 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: after part oh we just had him were Shane Jones. 57 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: What I really love about Shane Jones he likes to 58 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: mix it and you'll get out there and standing on 59 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: a street, he was in Wellington and was r not 60 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: far from Parliament. He was standing there giving the protesters 61 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: jupo and they were climate change protesters and a woman 62 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 2: was standing essentially with a megaphone right up to his face, 63 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 2: but that didn't put him off his pace. You're climate terrorists. 64 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: You're being to destroy this country. 65 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 2: You are going to rip this country's hard up joy 66 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: your democratic writers, you're being hyperpolect, like you're entitled to 67 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: pre palasis when we're not destroying the planet. 68 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: The planet is not going to keating a prophebed pause. 69 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: We want to keep the lights on and power industry 70 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: carrying on and missing. 71 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: What they were really hosed off about was that the 72 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: legislation only gives four days on the oil and guess 73 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: stuff of submissions. What the point he made, and it's 74 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: absolutely right when it was canned, well, no notice was given. 75 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: The exploration was canned overnight. Essentially. 76 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: I don't think even New Zealand first even got a 77 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: heads up as a coalition partner. Then yeah, well you know, 78 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: and what. 79 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: He said was our mandate was at the last election, 80 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: they went out they they are not protested. They told 81 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 2: the electric what was going to happen, and they do it. 82 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, Christopher Luxen has sold his apartment and moved into 83 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: Premier House. 84 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: Well, the poor prime minister he turned out hopefully he 85 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: would think, I would imagine because it's at the Long 86 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: Bay housing development. He's hoping you get some questions on that. 87 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: But he got more about Premiere House and that used 88 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 2: to be known as the Murder House because it was 89 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: a dentist and the thing is that anyone gets murdered 90 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 2: if they don't live there. 91 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 92 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: Problem. So he sold his apartment around the corner, and 93 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: so he said it was rather pathetic, really, I thought, 94 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: he said. Look, they replaced some carpet thirty four years old. 95 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: They gave it a liqu of paint inside and some 96 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: new curtains, and look, I can testify I've been there 97 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 2: on many occasions. I did need something of an upgrade, 98 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: can tell you. 99 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, very good. Hey, thank you so much. Great to 100 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: see you, Barry Senior political correspondent Barry Sober. 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: There for more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive. 102 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: Listen live to news Talks. It'd be from four pm 103 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: weekd or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.