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Speaker 1: And it was a big deal for Rod Duke to

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Speaker 1: go public with his concerns about the country. Yesterday, the

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Speaker 1: managing director of Brisco's was announcing his company's full year result.

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Speaker 1: He did well, He held on to its revenue in

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Speaker 1: a difficult year. They are smart operators at Brisco's. They

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Speaker 1: can bring blood out of a stone, it seems. But

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Speaker 1: you know, it's not part of the job description for

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Speaker 1: the managing director to pass comment on the government of

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Speaker 1: the day, but he did, and he turned up on

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Speaker 1: Ryan Bridges' show. But it is symptomatic of today's climate

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Speaker 1: because we are desperate, We are sick of the doldrums.

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Speaker 1: We want our captain to lead our way out of

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Speaker 1: the quicksand so Rod, as a corporate leader and a

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Speaker 1: leader in society, said the government needs to get its

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Speaker 1: us into gear and do something. He said, it's been

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Speaker 1: a year since the last lot, so there's been more

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Speaker 1: than enough time to get proactive. But then when he

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Speaker 1: was asked, well what should they do, he said, well,

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Speaker 1: that's not my business. I just want them to get

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Speaker 1: their ars into gear. And that's kind of the New

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Speaker 1: Zealand problem right there. Because we're really good at identifying

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Speaker 1: problems but we're not good at finding the solutions, so

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Speaker 1: we moan about them all the time. Now, interestingly, yesterday

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Speaker 1: we had the IMF come out and they said that

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Speaker 1: New Zealand needs to lower its corporate tax because we

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Speaker 1: were becoming uncompetitive. But they also said we need a

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Speaker 1: capital gains tax because the country needs to balance its

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Speaker 1: budget and we don't have enough revenue. So they were

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Speaker 1: saying we need to spend, but we also need to

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Speaker 1: raise the revenue to spend. So the IMF ha come

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Speaker 1: up with an answer as the current government reducing corporate tax,

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Speaker 1: not so far. Meanwhile, is the Labor Party championing a

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Speaker 1: capital gains tax? Well, no, not so far either. Is

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Speaker 1: there any a party that's offering both, No, not so far.

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Speaker 1: So where are the solutions? But thank you so much

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Speaker 1: Rod Duke for telling us the problems. For more from

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