1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: And Barry soob Our senior political correspondents with me. Hey Barry, 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: good afternoon. He So, do you think these electoral changes 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: are justified? Let's start with the treating. The treating is 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: fair enough, isn't it so? 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 2: Because I think we're going to disagree here, and it's 6 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: unlike me to disagree with you herether but treating, yes, 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: I do believe that. And we saw it the manual 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: or mudrai last year oh sorry, last election, where people 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: were encouraged at the voting place to change roles and 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: offer often incentives to do that. And that's totally oppose. 11 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 2: It's not democratic as bringing pressure on people when they're 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: about to make their democratic vote. As far as the 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 2: drop kicks turning up on the day and expecting to 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 2: vote if they're not enrolled, I think they are drop kicks. 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: I don't think. I think if they want to take 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 2: part in democracy, they've got under these new rules, thirteen days. 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: That's a couple of days before early voting starts. Now 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: that the advertising campaign will there'll be a blitz and 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: people will be well aware that the elections not only on, 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: but when they should be enrolled and if they can't 21 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: get their butts into gear and enroll on time. Then 22 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 2: they've got themselves to blame if their vote's not counted. 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 2: The thing is either by narrowing this time down and 24 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 2: not allowing and rolling on the day. It means that 25 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 2: come election night we'll find out the result earlier than 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 2: what we do at the moment. It's about a fortnight 27 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: and it could be up to three weeks if this 28 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 2: ridiculous situations, And. 29 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: How much earlier would we find out? 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: Oh? Hopefully you know that those special votes I guess 31 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: you know overseas voters, they have to be counted. But 32 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: this would preclude a lot of the nonsense that goes on. Oh, 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: I would imagine probably a week earlier. 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: Did you just make that up? Yeah? What's your problem 35 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: with it? I mean, what you're doing is you're punishing 36 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: them for being stupid allowed to vote. 37 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: Well, you know, I mean you should stupid people are 38 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: allowed to have as much as votes. I've got to say, 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 2: but I notice that you say with a more lean 40 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: to the left. So what you're saying is the left 41 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: voters are stupid, more stupid than those I have dug 42 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: yourself into a hole here as well. 43 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 1: So this will affect people who are predominant who move 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: addresses right, So we're talking about students, we're talking about 45 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: we're talking about people who are I itinerant, maybe people 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: who are. 47 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: Making excuses for drop kicks. 48 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: I just I just don't. I just I think that 49 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: the punishment is completely disproportionate to. 50 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: The not allowed to vote. Well, I'll tell you what 51 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: nextection They will be out in time. 52 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: Tell me what's happened with out here? Or why is 53 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: this a problem? 54 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: Well? I love it because Winston can't stand the word 55 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: being used in a question in Parliament. He gets really 56 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: up tired about it. The word that he says that 57 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: this country is no or words is New Zealand. That's 58 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: what we are, not RT roller And there was only 59 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: ironically only one question on the order paper today that 60 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,839 Speaker 2: are to Roller in it, and thank goodness it wasn't 61 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: directed at Winston because he refuses to answer. Well, I've 62 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: got to say to justify his case as to why 63 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: the word should not be used instead of New Zealand. 64 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: Peters quoted the New Zealand Geographic Board, which failed to 65 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: impress Speaker Jerry Browne. 66 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 3: The board has no jurisdiction over the country name of 67 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 3: New Zealand And To change it would require an Act 68 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 3: of Parliament and of quotes. Members may speak in any 69 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 3: of the three languages at any time. If other members 70 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 3: do not like certain words, they do not have to 71 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 3: use them. In his time serving New Zealand the capacity 72 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 3: of Minister of Foreign Affairs, he would have presented the 73 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: New Zealand passport at various passport stations around the world 74 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: and never had questioned the fact that our passport has 75 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 3: the word Alta on the front of it. That's for 76 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: all of those he is I might use a term 77 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 3: familiar with the member, not a syllable, not a sound, 78 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 3: not a mutter, not a murmur, no condemnation whatsoever from 79 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 3: a compan he was part of. That is the end 80 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 3: of the matter. 81 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: There you go. W'sdon take that, put that in your 82 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: pipe and smoke. 83 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: Its stupid anyway. Okay, So what do they get on 84 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: the food prices today? 85 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: Well, food price is never far away from their lips. 86 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 2: I've got to say. You know they say that when 87 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 2: you want nothing else to talk about, you talk about 88 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 2: the price of eggs. Well, we've been talking about the 89 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: price of butter. Labor's Barbara Edmonds, I came off second best. 90 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,239 Speaker 2: I've got to say. When she was add nauseum quoting 91 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 2: frontline service providers and throwing their views at the Finance 92 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: min as to who came to the house, I've got 93 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: to say, well armed. 94 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 4: Does she stand by her statements that quote, national will 95 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 4: take action to get food prices under control once more 96 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 4: unquote and if so, when will the price of butter 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 4: come down? 98 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 5: An evidence of our progress on this. In December twenty 99 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 5: twenty two, food price inflation was ten point seven percent, 100 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 5: In March twenty twenty three, food price inflation was eleven 101 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 5: point three percent, and June twenty twenty three, food price 102 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 5: inflation was twelve point three percent. Since being elected, our 103 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 5: government achieved in the March twenty four point two point 104 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 5: four percent food price inflation in June twenty four zero 105 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 5: point two percent, Hi Bote. 106 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: Come on hot, haven't you okay? Barry? Thanks very much, 107 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: Barry Soper, Senior Political correspondent. 108 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 4: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 109 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 4: news Talks. 110 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast 111 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 3: on iHeartRadio.