1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: Local MP and South Island Minister James Mega. 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: Morning morning, Luke more Thaning Hocknui. 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 1: You've been bringing a few friends to town lately and 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: the next was meant to be Paul Goldsmith tomorrow, but 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: he's pulled the pen on that. Don't blame him, to 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: be fair, I wouldn't want to be flying today. 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, we would due to have a couple of corvids. 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 2: Actually we had. We're going to go to the Dot 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: to the planes, the Heritage center out there and take 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: him to the art gallery and in his arts and 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: heritage role. But with the state of emergency down there 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: and the advice to everyone to avoid all non essential travel, 13 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 2: we thought the most appropriate responsible thing would better to 14 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: postpone until later on and just put as little pressure 15 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: on emergency services and civil defense as possible. So I 16 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 2: guess that's the key message for the next couple of days. 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 2: If you can stay home, do so. If you can 18 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: avoid non essential travel, do do so and stay safe. 19 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: You would have had a few bumpy landings in your time. 20 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean I saw one plane coming the 21 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: other day which was almost on its side, so never 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 2: quite that bad. She's usually pretty good. We've got pretty 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: good pilots here in New Zealand and they're well used 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: landing in places like Wellington. But I wouldn't want to 25 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 2: be flying around on one of those Ington Kansas stuff. 26 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: And no, as the Minister for Aviation, I'm sure like 27 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: myself you having a real appreciation for pilots on a 28 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: daylight today getting those those birds landed. You know, when 29 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: you're coming into christ Church and you go over the 30 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: porthills and you're coming down, you know against the Northwestern 31 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: that's when you know it's going to be choppy. 32 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and you're going to feel for you know, 33 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: the crew and the they have to keep doing through 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: in the cabin as well. They gotta, they've gotta. They're 35 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 2: gotta be there with the big smile on their face 36 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: as though everything's all right. 37 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: Well, that's right. You get down and of course the 38 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: rest of us can hop off and and and you know, 39 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: kneel and kiss the tarmac, whereas they've got to take 40 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: off and do it all again another three or four 41 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: times the day. 42 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: And you've also got the team who are dealing with 43 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: all the cancelations and trying to reroute flights here and there. 44 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: And I've been in that scene are in christ Church 45 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: for the Regionals Lights and it's amazing what they do 46 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: to try and limit the impact on travelers, and so 47 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: I would just advise it is going to be disrupted 48 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: over the next couple of days and it's going to 49 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: be really frustrating, but have some patients. I know in 50 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: New Zealand is offering to rebook any ticket in the 51 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 2: next forty eight hours, and that everyone is trying their best, 52 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: and I think now is the time to pull together 53 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: and just try and help each other out. 54 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: Well, then we know what the northwester does to moods, 55 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: and then you got the long weekends through on in 56 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,839 Speaker 1: there too, which won't help. So patience is a virtue. Hey, 57 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: the other big topic this morning, mega strike. What's your take. 58 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: Well, look, we've always said that the way to resolve 59 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: this is to come back to the table and continue bargaining. 60 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 2: The Public Service Commission has put forward what we think 61 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: is a pretty strong offer and it's not just about pay, 62 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: it's about conditions and about investment in things like learning 63 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 2: support too. So we think that the package is there. 64 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 2: We just encourage the unions and teachers to come back 65 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: to the table and get it sorted. And for those 66 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 2: who are going to be venturing out today and striking, 67 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: just again, just do take care of yourselves out there. 68 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 2: Maybe if you are in a big crowd, huddle up 69 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: so you can embrace yourself against the strong wins and 70 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: just make sure that you don't take any necessary risks 71 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 2: on the roads or anything. Yeah. 72 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's going to be too many 73 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: people out, but we might hear some noise on social media. 74 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: I mean, clearly a lot of these guys and girls 75 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: just don't feel valued, which is real shame. That's what 76 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: it boils down to. We want to go to work, 77 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: we want to feel valued. 78 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's the I think everyone wants 79 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: to go to their job and feel valued. And we 80 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: should underline that we do value our teachers. And I 81 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: think one of the challenges we have as a country 82 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: is we consistently talk about how hard some of these 83 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: jobs are and what the conditions are like, and then 84 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 2: we wonder why people don't put their hand up to 85 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: go into them. So I think, look, I do my 86 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: best to talk positively about my teachers to my teachers. 87 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: I've got a great working relationship with all of my 88 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: local teachers. I'm in a quiz team with a group 89 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: of teachers, and they do phenomenal work, and we need 90 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: them to keep doing what they're doing, and so we 91 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: are supported them. We are supporting them with additional learning 92 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: support and with maintenance and classroom upgrades, and we just 93 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: want to be able to get to settled so that 94 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: we can limit the disruptions and get on with whatever 95 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: I wants to get on with the next of learning.