October 22, 2024 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 23rd of October, a Crown Observer is set to step in at Wellington City Council following mismanaged finances and big changes proposed for the city's Long Term plan. Councillor Tony Randle speaks to Ryan about what it means.
David Seymour has unveiled the Government’s new school lunch programme, with meals coming in at just $3 each. But what impact will this have on local suppliers currently working with schools? Greymouth High School principal Samantha Mortimer joins the show to discuss.
Retail business confidence is on the rise as we head into Q4. According to Retail NZ, 57% of retailers are expecting to meet or exceed their targets this quarter, up from just 32% in the last survey. Ryan talks to the manager of a new business opening next year who feels confident about where the economy is heading.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the inside. Ryan Bridge new
for twenty twenty four on the early edition with Smith City,
New Zealand's furniture vans and a play a store News Dogs.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
That'd be good Morning New Zealand. It is six after five.
Great to have you on a Wednesday morning. Coming up
on this show, the seven hundred million dollar question why
is Wellington using rates not debt to fund its water?
The eight hundred million dollar question why did we not
get cheapest school lunches sooner? Gavin Gray is in the
UK and new retail numbers out this morning. Good news
(00:37):
coming your way shortly.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It is Wednesday, the twenty third of October. A new
Reuters poll has Karmela Harris just three percent ahead of
Donald Trump with two weeks until polling day. It's forty
six forty three, within the margin of era.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
One of the things that really stood out to us
was that the electorate's mood is quite dour. We asked
do you think the the nations on the right track
or the wrong track? And across a slew of issues,
Americans said the nations on the wrong.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Track, and that is always the biggest indicator of who's
going to win an election? This week's Biggest Waste of
Time Award, Parliament's Select Committee into Banking Competition aka Banking
Profits gets underway today. It'll be all sizzle, no sausage.
A and Z bosses are going to front up today.
Chloe Swarbrick and Deborah Russell will froth at the mouth.
(01:26):
But nothing will change for a small country with little influence,
and the last thing we want is politicians defining excess profits.
Speaking of sauces, the twenty twenty four Sausage Awards were
held last night and the winner is Westmere Butchery. The
pork and leak beat eight hundred other bangers and just
(01:48):
the thought of tasting eight hundred sausages quite a disgusting one.
Judges acknowledged the classic combination of flavors. Perfectly cooked the
leak gave the sausage an exceptional texture, declaring it a
truly delicious sausage. A woman has been rescued after being
stuck upside down between two rocks for seven hours in
Australia's Hunter Valley. She had been out taking photos when
(02:09):
she dropped her phone tried to retrieve it, prompting a
mass rescue.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
We're all like, how did you get down there? And
how are we going to get her out? I've never
been to one in ten years like that. The VRA
haven't seen one like that. Please rescue, haven't seen one
like that. It was out of the box.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Rescue for us. Seven boulders had to be removed to
get the woman out, some weighing up to five hundred kilos.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and
a playing store News talk.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Zaid be what a contrast in political paintings yesterday. On
the one hand, you had Chloe's Swarbrick flanked by the
only two MPs left in her caucus whose names we
actually know anymore and have lasted longer than five minutes
holding her one hundred and fifty fifth Darlene Tana stand up.
Of course, according to Chloe Swawbrick, it's all over now,
(03:00):
nothing to see here, move on.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's be in a.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Position now we can draw a line under this issue,
and that focus can squarely be on the facts that
our people are hungry and the planet's on fire.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yes, people are hungry, and over at the banquet hall.
David Seymour, the evil right wing, cold hearted tyrant, is
feeding starving children.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
I'd give us a solid nine and a half only
because if you always want to improve, But.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
This is seriously good for oh the contrast, one party
leader mopping up the mess of an incompetent caucus appointed
by a clearly incompetent party process, the other dishing out
hidden veggie buttered chicken to needy kids. Here's the ironic
thing about yesterday. Neither will gain or lose votes either
way the Greens and the ACT Party over these two issues.
(03:47):
Green supporters are loyal, very loyal, loyal to a fault. Actually,
they're like, you know, church goers. They're like Christians going
to church, rain, hail or shine. They'll turn up. The
co leaders could basically shoot someone in the middle of
what did Trump say? Shoot someone in the middle of
Times Square, and they'd still vote for me. On the
other hand, is Seymour's Libertarian Party going to pick up
(04:08):
votes from taxpayer funded free lunches. Probably not, but I
suppose if we're going to have them, they might as
well cost us three bucks instead of eight ten after five.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Bryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Guess he's getting out of his beach chair this morning
and actually getting out on the campaign. It's Joe Biden.
Apparently he's going to turn up to New Hampshire perhaps
in the next hour or two. They'll wake them up
and push them out and drag them up or whatever
they have to do. Donald Trump, he is heading to
a round table with Latino leaders in Florida, and Eminem
(04:48):
is making an appearance at the Democrats event tonight introducing
former President Barack Obama. We've got the Pole results. More
detail on them coming your way shortly eleven after five,
You're on news Talk, said be on we Snesday morning.
We're gone, We're two games.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Ryan Bridge new for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture beds and a playing store.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
News Talks it b thirteen after five. Quarter three earnings
reports are coming out of the United States this morning,
Thick and Fast and General Motors. Despite the softening prices.
We've spoken about this over the last couple of months,
the ev challenge in China. General Motors is apparently within
striking distance of posting its record operating income. This is
for twenty twenty four they expect fourteen to fifteen billion dollars.
(05:41):
That compares with the record fourteen and a half billion
booked in twenty twenty two. How did they do it?
Apparently cost cutting and sticking to their knitting, which is
basically petrol and diesel trucks and suv So there you go.
Good news for General Motors. This morning, fourteen after five
in Bridge brig the government's teaming up with private companies
to deliver the new school lunches at just three bucks
(06:01):
a pop. They reckon seventeen Kiwi supplies and manufacturers are involved.
Savings for the taxpayer one hundred and thirty million dollars
a year. Will it works? Samantha Mortimer is the Graymouth
High School principal and she's with me this morning. Samantha,
good morning.
Speaker 7 (06:16):
Well Donna, good morning.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Thanks having with me. Does this sounds like a win
win to me? What do you reckon?
Speaker 7 (06:23):
Well, we're obviously happy that we still have something to
provide for our students, but you know, we have a
lot of concerns as well around what the food's going
to look like. Originally we're told it's only going to
be cold, but now it's going to be hot as well.
We have we're going to our local supplier who's been
providing our meals of not obviously been contracted, and so
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the money that they've already put into our external providers
has you know, all that money, I don't know where
that's going to go. We're going to the people are
going to lose about seven jobs as well. So it's
not just the base of the food, it's actually everything
else that goes behind it as well.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
What does it cost you at the moment per meal?
Speaker 7 (07:07):
I think it's it depends on the age of the student,
but it's definitely more than three dollars double plus a
little bit. But that includes everything, and it's not just
about the food as well. It's actually the production, it's
the wages, it's the transport. So yeah, I'll be really
interested to see how they're going to do everything for
three dollars. Well that can be true.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
It does sound ambitious. It does sound ambitious, But if
they can do it, it's got to be a good thing,
right because that money, the savings that they're making, they're
going to use to feed kids who are two to five,
you're years old, who are low income as well. I mean,
you know, if you can do it for cheaper and
you can do more with less, then that's a good thing. Surely.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
Yeah, I have to agree that is a good thing
if you can, but I just do question what is
actually included in that three dollars and also the benefits
to you know that currently about have another people at
least they are employed in the local community who now
won't have a job, So that is also something to say.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
It is sad. It is a shame you mentioned the
hot cold thing to kids care. I mean, if you're hungry,
like the idea is feeding hungry kids. If you're hungry,
you'll like cold one, won't you.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
Well, you know, if you're hungry, you eat anything. But
every kid deserves to have, you know, high quality food,
and every kid deserves to have a high quality education.
Just because you're poor doesn't mean that you should just
be given, you know whatever.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Samantha, thank you very much for your time. Great to
have you on the show. Samantha mortem at Graymouth High
School principal A little skeptical. I think it's fair to
say of the three dollars school lunch program seventeen after five,
I'd love to hear your views on this. This morning.
Do you think it can be done for three bucks
a pop? What is the cheapest meal you can get
to put in front of your child? Nine two ninety
(08:52):
two is the number to text. And I mean when
I grew up, never had a hot meal at lunch
unless I made two minute noodles.
Speaker 7 (09:01):
You know.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Mum used to say, BYO or GYO, get your own
on a Friday night and you you know, you did
noodles or something like that. But I mean I never
had a hot lunch. I'm still standing. Nineteen the number
of text. Seventeen after five The news you need.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
This morning and the in depth analysis early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture Beds and
a playing store.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
News talk said be yesterday nineteen after five. Yesterday I
mentioned that North Korean troops fighting with Russia is upsetting Soul,
upsetting South Korea. Why do we care? Well? Interestingly, now
South Korea is considering directly supplying weapons to Ukraine, so
it's kind of dragging South Korea into this. They're saying
(09:47):
they'll consider providing defensive and lethal weapons to Ukraine depending
on developments. Twenty after five, Ryan Bridge retailers this is
good news this morning. Retailers are saying they're seeing some
light at the end of the tunnel as the economic
time begin to change. The latest quarterly survey from retail
ends Ed shows sixty five percent of retailers are confident
or very confident that their business will survive the next
(10:09):
twelve months. Still doesn't sound great, but it's better than
the fifty eight percent last quarter. Meanwhile, fifty seven percent
think they will meet or exceed their targets in quarter four.
That is up from just thirty two percent in the
last survey, so a big jump there. Liz Whedon is
a general manager of Normanby Fine Wines, a new retail
business that's starting up in February next year. Liz, welcome
(10:32):
to the show. Thank you, good morning, good morning. Brave
time to be starting a business.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 9 (10:41):
I think you know, as either said, of those numbers,
there's some positive scientis in the market. I don't you know.
This year has been tough for retail, but started to
see some positive fines and we see it is a
(11:01):
good good time to look at starting a new business.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Have you done this before, been in business before, been
in the fine wine business before? Is this a completely
new venture.
Speaker 9 (11:11):
For you, so career career retailer, and I've worked in
the wine industry for the last thirty years, in fact
slightly longer, but last thirty years, so very familiar with
the industry. And you know, it's I don't I think
(11:32):
whilst you know, those steps are shown that there's signs
of the market looking better, it's still not great right now.
I think, you know, this period into Christmas is where
all retailers really need a strong trading period, and I
think that's starting starting to come right. But certainly we
(11:55):
see by you know CEP Jury next year, which is
when we're all the date was put down to open.
Norman be Fine wines that we should be seeing a
different trading pattern to what retailers have endured so far.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Yeah, you might actually fingers crossed, you might actually have
time to just right.
Speaker 9 (12:17):
We might we might have timed it just right. Maybe
a little bit of experience there, but yeah, I mean
it's also it's a hard market to read in all
the conditions that have put it to where it is now.
Certainly a hard market to read. But yeah, very very encouraging. Yeah,
it definitely feels I think right now there feels like
(12:38):
there's an optimism there, so hopefully we're reading that right
and it's a good time to open a new business.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Best of luck to you, Liz, and as I say this,
the quarterly survey results from retailing ate out this morning
should be a sign of some optimism for you. That's
Liz Weed and the general manager of Norman be Fine Wines.
If you haven't heard of them, it's because they haven't
even started yet. They can picking off business in February
next year. Twenty three minutes after five. I should say
that the survey is good, but it does still mean
(13:07):
that the remaining forty three percent don't think they will
meet their targets for quarter four. These are the new
quarterly sets up from Retailings. Edit's twenty three minutes after five.
Coming up next your views on the reaction to the
school lunch program and also mine the early.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Edition full the show podcast on iHeartRadio Power by Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
IV twenty five after five News Talks ZB. Nothing is
ever good enough for some people?
Speaker 7 (13:36):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Nothing? You've got to center right government just committing hundreds
of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to feed kids
in schools and they've managed to free up one hundred
and thirty million dollars in savings in the process, and
still it's not good enough for some The Health Coalition altered.
Oh that group, they're not happy. Some dietitians. They say
(13:57):
it's not nutritious enough.
Speaker 9 (13:59):
Simply cutting the.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Amount of food that they're having and supplying a more processed,
less varied diet as a complete lost opportunity for our
health system.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I'll tell you what, It's more nutritious than nothing at all,
an empty stomach. Some said the food was too processed,
it was one size fits all. It wouldn't appeal to
the kids. It's not meant to appeal to kids so
much as feed them when they're hungry. I thought, at
least I thought that was the point. And if they
don't eat it, they're not hungry. It's simple.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
There is some bold claims being made by David Seymour
which I am a little skeptical of, Like the fact
that we can do this with three dollars a meal
sounds unheard of. But he gets the benefit of the
doubt and my good luck for his cost saving crusade.
Guess where some of the savings are going feeding ten
thousand poor two to five year olds. David Seymour is
the new Robin Hood. In all the flurry of releases
(14:56):
yesterday about this, there was one staggering number that stood
out to me. Seymour reckons if Labor had adopted his
model from the get go when they launched this program
five years ago, we would have saved eight hundred million
dollars eight hundred million. They could have had that bike
bridge over the White to Matar Harbor, or they could
(15:18):
have had more rat tests, or whatever the hell they wanted.
It's true there was no such thing as a free lunch,
but thank the Lord is at least now a cheaper menu.
Bryan Bridge twenty seven after five news talks, he'd be
coming up Gavin Gray out of the UK. Can you
believe the UK government is releasing more prisoners early eleven
hundred of them and went so well last time? We'll
(15:40):
ask Gavin Gray about that. Also. Tony Randall, I know
I go on about him like I've got a crush
on Tony Randall. He's the Wellington City councilor who found
the hole in Wellington's budget when it came well. I
should say the officials accounting. When it came to dropping
the speed limits. They said, if you dropped this bread
limits in the city, you'll save two hundred million dollars
(16:02):
or whatever. Tony Randall was a smart guy and he
was the only one in the room, in fact, the
only one in the whole council building, including all of
the employees, who pointed out you've got an accounting era there,
which means it'll have the opposite effect. So anyway, he's
a smart guy. We're going to ask him about the
appointment of an observer to Wellington City Council. Nine two
(16:24):
nine terer us. The numbers of text loads of your
texts coming in amazing. How people still complain when they
are getting something for free when it should be supplied
by their caregivers. Ryan, peanut butters, sandwiches and as zapp
got me through primary school? Is that was that one
of those milk like chocolate milks. I think that's what
you're talking about, Ryan, We one step up from a
(16:45):
third world country. Unfortunately, beggars cannot be choosers. Any meal
that is made available to a needy child needs to
be celebrated. I was, Oh, there's this person was involved
with providing some lunches. Hi, Ryan, we own a rural
cafe and approached by a local school to provide school
lunches for two hundred kids. Couldn't be pies or chips
(17:06):
and had to be hot and delivered, all for five
dollars ahead. The school's five k's away never going to happen.
Tell them they're dreaming and you know we'll give David
Seymore the benefit of the doubt on this one. Twenty
nine after five news Talks, it be.
Speaker 8 (17:27):
Stuck to.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture
beds and a play at store News Talk SIPP.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Good morning, it is twenty four minutes away from six
year on news Talk to you big Welcome to your
Wednesday morning. If you're just joining us, great to have you.
We're live to reporters around the country. Shortly we are
going to Wellington. Tony Randall the Counselor on the appointment
of an observer There also Gavin Gray out of the
UK the Government releasing eleven hundred more prisoners early because
(18:16):
it went so well for them last time yesterday in
Parliament Labours adding the Williams question Andrew Bailey on the
whole loser fiesco have a listen?
Speaker 4 (18:24):
And he had any alcohol at the beer garden or
the winery he visited that day?
Speaker 7 (18:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Is he saying that he did.
Speaker 10 (18:33):
Not tell the worker to f off?
Speaker 2 (18:35):
I do not believe I said that.
Speaker 10 (18:37):
Did he call the worker a loser?
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yes?
Speaker 10 (18:41):
Did he hold up the shape of an L on
his forehead?
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Again?
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Yes?
Speaker 9 (18:46):
I did.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
It sounds like one of those games of guess who
you know? Are you wearing glasses?
Speaker 7 (18:52):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Do you have ginger here? Yes? I wonder if you're
not drunk and you can't remember if you swore, then
you swear all the times. We're like a sailor, right,
So that squares that part off of it. The other
part of it is were you drinking? And he says no,
he was at a brewery. He was at a winery.
You wouldn't be stupid enough to lie about that, would you.
(19:16):
You know, just in the modern age with cell phones
and people taking photos and you're a minister visiting a workplace,
you wouldn't lie about that, would you. Probably, Well, unless
you were really stupid, you wouldn't lie about something like that.
So if that is the case, and no other evidence emerges,
then surely this is case closed. Twenty two away from
(19:36):
six ryen Bridge our reporters around the country, starting with Calm,
Proctor and Toned and Collen. Good morning morning, Ryan. Do
your dog control laws? The by law looks set to
get the green light.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (19:49):
A number of changes to these bylaws, Ryan that council
staff have recommended it, including allowing dogs back into the city.
They'll be allowed on leashes in the central Seabetdy area,
among other alterations. So that's area is like our Octagon
and Main Street where they are currently know dog zones.
This follows public consultation and hearings over the last month.
(20:10):
Staff have also proposed enabling exemptions to the proposed limit
of six dogs per person in public places. This is
after strong public feedback on that matter and concerned that
the rule could hurt dog walking businesses. The hearings committee
will consider these recommendations next Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
All right, how's your weather today, Coleen?
Speaker 11 (20:28):
A cloud increasing occasion arraund this afternoon. Northerly wins today.
The heighs today twenty five for Dunedin.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Thank you, Claire. She would is in christ Church with
us this morning. Clear, good morning to do the murder
trial of Tinjun Chow continuing today. Yes, Ryan, that's right.
Speaker 12 (20:44):
A lot of interest in this one down here. Tinjun
Chow is accused of killing Jan Feibao, who disappeared in
July of last year. She was a real estate agent
who was showing someone through a property when she was
never seen again. Her body was found buried in a
shallow grave more than a year later. Trial good underway
on Monday. The prosecutors say this man Chow attacked Boo
(21:05):
as she showed him through that property. Her partner, Paul Gooch,
hasn't spoken a lot. He took the stand yesterday saying
he last saw her sleeping as he left for work
that morning. He called her disappearance completely out of character.
He described her as beautiful, and then things got a
bit tense in the court room when he corrected the
defense lawyer who referred to Bao as missing. He said,
(21:27):
she's not missing, she's dead. Real estate agents and friends
of Bao are expected on the stand this morning when
court resumes at ten.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
All right, how's the weather today, clear?
Speaker 12 (21:37):
Nicer woman chrished at today too, Some low cloud will
clear to find northeasterly's turning northwest at a high of
twenty six.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Brilliant, have a good one. Max is in Malling and Haymax.
The Council's responded, We've got Tony Randall on actually just
before six on this. But the Council's responding to the
government's intervention.
Speaker 13 (21:53):
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what Tony says. An
important announcement obviously that will have ripple effects for some
time made. Torifano believes this appointment of a Crown Observer
is not a reflection of her leadership. She won't resign,
but she does admit that the Council has not always
covered itself in glory and needs to do better. She
is a little unhappy with the language used by senior
(22:14):
government figures over the past few weeks shambles, I imagine
the main term of dissatisfaction. Councilor Diane Calvert says she's
long wanted intervention now feels validated. Similarly, Ray Chung Nicolie
Young has often agreed with the government's criticism. Independent Tim
Brown says this is unnecessary in not going to automatically
(22:34):
mean better decisions have made it. Counsel better or decisions
preferable to the government. Lefty Rebecca Matthews points out bad
behavior from others around the council has led to this,
not from her and her allies, quite a few left
leaning counselors trying to see the positives of this labour.
Taking the position that Simeon Brown should release the advice
(22:55):
that led to this decision.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Yeah, I reckon he should too, just in the interest
of trans And see a lot of people saying this
will end in a commissioner, do you I don't think
that's the case. I think they've kind of reverse engineered
this just to do something. What's your take, Max.
Speaker 13 (23:09):
Well, it's it's difficult to put an observer in and
the observer come back and say all is well, and
then you don't put a commissioner in. I could see
a commissioner happening to be honest, I reckon.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Well, I mean, we've got a year to the election.
I don't know.
Speaker 13 (23:22):
It's not not long, is it.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
No?
Speaker 13 (23:24):
Anyway, it's a long way back from here.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah it is. How's your weather, Max?
Speaker 13 (23:28):
The odd shower this morning, clearing this afternoon, strong northerlyies
later eighteen the high.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Brilliant Thank you Neva's and Aukland this morning. Good morning, Neva,
Good morning.
Speaker 10 (23:36):
I'm sitting in a different seat here they come, you know,
afternoon team those new boys met in Tyler.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Someone mentioned there was a new computer which I can't see.
Speaker 13 (23:46):
Is this one here?
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Everything is?
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Yeah, it's different. I don't know whether I like that.
I'm a creature of hebit when it comes to coming
here in the morning.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
I mean, these boys shuffle along, the shuffle along.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
I've only been here what four minutes?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
They have been here for minutes, But they're doing good job.
They are doing a very okay.
Speaker 10 (24:03):
Yeah, be nice about them.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Come well. I mean, you know they can't decide where
they said, can they? Surely not unless they're divas.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Hey, the teacher at the North Auckland Primary school who's
been accused of some pretty nasty stuff.
Speaker 10 (24:19):
Yes, accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a young child
now facing criminal charges before the court. So the teacher,
who held a senior position, was charged by police last month.
Now police told The Herald the woman in her thirties
has been charged with the decent assault of a boy
under twelve and grooming for sexual conduct with a young person.
The investigation was launched and this is after the matter
(24:40):
was reported to police last month. What we do know
is that the woman has been reminded on bail due
to reappear. This is in the north Shore District Court
on November fifteen. So the names of the teacher obviously
and the school is suppressed.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Okay, how's the weather today.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
Cloudy, fine spells developing?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Nineteen is the high brilliant You get to do something
or what to their chair or nice well to break
the chair, break the chair and leave it for them
to clean up. Seventeen away from six news Talk said
Bee coming up next, we're live to the UK with
Gavin Gray. News Talk said, be all right, so your
morning Tomot's under way. You've got your coffee in hand
(25:15):
and you're already thinking about that to do list. Right,
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Speaker 1 (26:02):
In Z International correspondence with insign Eye Insurance Peace of
mind for New Zealand Business.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
It's a really interesting update on Andrew Bailey, which we'll
get to in. Just to sicken from one of our
listeners this morning, Devin Gray's in the UK, Gavin. The
UK government releasing eleven hundred more prisoners early because they
went so well last time.
Speaker 8 (26:24):
The first ranch was in September. This is the second
one and by it is following also a major review
of sentencing. Why are we doing this well? Because these
one hundred prisoners are just the tip of the iceberg.
We are fast running out of spaces in our prisons,
and this government has said that we have to release
(26:45):
people early or else quite simply, the justice system will
come to a complete hold with nowhere to place prisoners.
So instead of the usual considered for release after fifty
percent of serving our sentence and good behavior, they've reduced
the forty percent. But to be clear, those convicted of
serious violent sex crimes and terrorism are not allowed. However,
(27:07):
you will remember back in September that Ryan somebody was
released and committed a sexual assault allegedly within hours of
having been released, and was put back behind bars within minutes.
And then they realized there weren't enough tags to go around,
electronic tags, and some of those who had been released
shouldn't have been eligible for that early release. So hopefully
(27:28):
they've got things a little more organized this time around.
But yeah, I'm afraid that that capacity or near capacity
of our prisons is a major headache.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
The initial toxicology report for Liam Payne foundly head drugs
in his body. I don't think there'll be any great
surprise to hear that, Gevin, but these calls to increase
the protection for musicians. How's that going down?
Speaker 8 (27:52):
Yeah, I mean at the moment it's every one's sort
of handbringing. I think there are going to have to
be more definitive things for those who reach fame very
early in life, as he did at the age of sixteen.
But we're going to have to see, you know, exactly
what they were able to implement on this the record companies,
the talent shows themselves. But I'm afraid the initial autopsy,
(28:13):
the initial postmartem examination, has revealed that his body concluded
traces of cocaine, pink cocaine and benzodiazepine. Now pink cocaine,
if you're wondering, is a mix of methamphetamine, ketamine and
MDMA and also pink food coloring. Plenty of people rather suspected,
(28:34):
as you suggested there, that Liam Payne had had some
substance abuse early in the day, and I'm afraid that
does appear to be ringing true in this particular autopsy report.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
All right, Devin, thank you very much for that up.
So that great to have you as always. Kevin Gray
at UK Europe correspondent in his team to six Bryan Bridge.
So they're getting an observer This is Wellington City Council.
Following the council's decision to make big changes to its
long term plan and a fail vote to sell a
stake in its airport shares, the Local Government Minister Simon
Brown will appoint a Crown observer to the local Council
(29:10):
following advice from the Department of Internal Affairs. The council
has ten working days to respond. Tony Randall's and Wellington
City Council. He's with us this morning, Tony.
Speaker 14 (29:18):
Good morning, good morning, how are you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
I'm very well. Thank you. Any rumors on who this observer.
Speaker 14 (29:23):
Might be, well, I own look, just random rumors and
Tolly was the name that was thrown at me, just randomly.
But I've got no reason to think that it was
that it would be her, and I think in fact
it may there may not be anyone at the moment,
because an observer can't be appointed until after we've responded
(29:44):
back to the minister.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
Yeah, and you're obviously going to respond favorably.
Speaker 14 (29:50):
Yes, oh, yes, that's right. I think I think the
Council accepts the Minister's decision and while we might give
some feedback on attemps of reference, the whole principle of
having a Crown observer is accepted I think by the
majority of the councilors, and we're going to go from here.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Is Wellington going to elect Tory Faro again?
Speaker 14 (30:10):
No, that's a big decision. I'm not a fan, but
you know, election times, who knows. I think she's I
think she's had some challenging times and it's you know,
her record isn't necessarily the best record, but also depends
who else stands against her. Of course, the.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Argument that we will go from observer to commissioner I
don't think holds much weight. What's your feeling. I mean,
we've got a year till the election.
Speaker 14 (30:41):
I agree, I absolutely agree. I think the threshold for
a commissioner is that we literally have breached the Local
Government Act. We haven't done that yet. And the minister's
outline though that we're obviously having trouble getting our finances
in order, and so he's kindly come along and said
he's going to help us out.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Why are you funding water infrastructure through rates not debt?
Speaker 14 (31:07):
Well, that's an interesting claim and I don't I can't
get my head around exactly what he's saying. I do
know though, that we need to cut some of our
projects and that we aren't forty funding all the money
that Wellings and Warter would wind us to fund. Water
is not the top priority and it should be and
we're going to get there. I think through this long
term and amendment.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Tony, thank you very much for being on the show
this morning. Great to have you. Tony Randall. Wee I
told you he was good Wellington City councilor they do exist,
good Wellington City Councilors. Eight minutes away from Sex News talks, ab.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
Get ahead of the headlines, Ryan Bridge, you for twenty
twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's
furniture bids and a playing store News Talks.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Zi'd be five away from six on news Talks. It'd
be one of our listeners, lovely listeners this morning. Has
said just before ten pm last night, I would have
been fast asleep. Mike's here, Mike, good morning. You would
have been far to sleep in Parliament. Apparently Bailey stood
up to amend his answer to Question Time yesterday. He
thought he was asked a question about being drunk. He says,
(32:11):
actually he did have a drink before he left the
Now this is just from a texture. I haven't confirmed.
Speaker 6 (32:17):
We can confirm that because I watched question Time yesterday
and they the Labor Party clearly had something because Hipkins
led off with the questions and you played Arena Williams.
But they clearly have something by way of a beer
garden slash. And then when he stood up yesterday and
said I didn't drink at all, I thought that's fair enough.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
That settles out, because you wouldn't mislead the house. And
surely in this day and age, if you're at a
brewery or you're at a winery and you're having a
beer or a wine and you're a minister, you'd expect
someone would get you on a photo or a you know.
So that to me put it to rest.
Speaker 6 (32:52):
If he amended that, then you're opening the door again
and they've handled it badly. It shouldn't even be a story.
What he did was stupid and we'll probably never know
what actually unfolded, and it's a shame that we sort
of obsess about these kind of incidents. But at the
moment you start going down the track and was leaving
the house or having to correct what you said, Now.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
That's scrubby, grubby, sackable offense.
Speaker 6 (33:11):
This morning, David Seymour will celebrate the three dollar lunch
that actually look good. Yeah, I'd been more than happy
to have that for lunch.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
And what did you have for lunch growing up? I
mean weird sandwiches. Yes it was cold. And this idea
that can need a hot lunch.
Speaker 6 (33:25):
These nutritionists who've come out of nowhere and going, it's
not filling me on anymore. And what are we going
to do?
Speaker 2 (33:30):
I mean, wake up board children.
Speaker 6 (33:33):
All we ever had at best was a cold sausage
from the late from the left overs, but a breast.
It was lunch and sausage sandwich.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Wasn't it? Lunch and sausage with a bit of tomato sauce.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
There we go and were and look at us.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
If that's the advertisement they want. It is three away
from six mics next. I'll see you tomorrow. Have a
great day.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Live to
News Talks. It'd be from five am weekdays, or follow
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The issues, the interviews and the inside. Ryan Bridge new
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
That'd be good Morning New Zealand. It is six after five.
Great to have you on a Wednesday morning. Coming up
on this show, the seven hundred million dollar question why
is Wellington using rates not debt to fund its water?
The eight hundred million dollar question why did we not
get cheapest school lunches sooner? Gavin Gray is in the
UK and new retail numbers out this morning. Good news
(00:37):
coming your way shortly.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It is Wednesday, the twenty third of October. A new
Reuters poll has Karmela Harris just three percent ahead of
Donald Trump with two weeks until polling day. It's forty
six forty three, within the margin of era.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
One of the things that really stood out to us
was that the electorate's mood is quite dour. We asked
do you think the the nations on the right track
or the wrong track? And across a slew of issues,
Americans said the nations on the wrong.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Track, and that is always the biggest indicator of who's
going to win an election? This week's Biggest Waste of
Time Award, Parliament's Select Committee into Banking Competition aka Banking
Profits gets underway today. It'll be all sizzle, no sausage.
A and Z bosses are going to front up today.
Chloe Swarbrick and Deborah Russell will froth at the mouth.
(01:26):
But nothing will change for a small country with little influence,
and the last thing we want is politicians defining excess profits.
Speaking of sauces, the twenty twenty four Sausage Awards were
held last night and the winner is Westmere Butchery. The
pork and leak beat eight hundred other bangers and just
(01:48):
the thought of tasting eight hundred sausages quite a disgusting one.
Judges acknowledged the classic combination of flavors. Perfectly cooked the
leak gave the sausage an exceptional texture, declaring it a
truly delicious sausage. A woman has been rescued after being
stuck upside down between two rocks for seven hours in
Australia's Hunter Valley. She had been out taking photos when
(02:09):
she dropped her phone tried to retrieve it, prompting a
mass rescue.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
We're all like, how did you get down there? And
how are we going to get her out? I've never
been to one in ten years like that. The VRA
haven't seen one like that. Please rescue, haven't seen one
like that. It was out of the box.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Rescue for us. Seven boulders had to be removed to
get the woman out, some weighing up to five hundred kilos.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and
a playing store News talk.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Zaid be what a contrast in political paintings yesterday. On
the one hand, you had Chloe's Swarbrick flanked by the
only two MPs left in her caucus whose names we
actually know anymore and have lasted longer than five minutes
holding her one hundred and fifty fifth Darlene Tana stand up.
Of course, according to Chloe Swawbrick, it's all over now,
(03:00):
nothing to see here, move on.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's be in a.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Position now we can draw a line under this issue,
and that focus can squarely be on the facts that
our people are hungry and the planet's on fire.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yes, people are hungry, and over at the banquet hall.
David Seymour, the evil right wing, cold hearted tyrant, is
feeding starving children.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
I'd give us a solid nine and a half only
because if you always want to improve, But.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
This is seriously good for oh the contrast, one party
leader mopping up the mess of an incompetent caucus appointed
by a clearly incompetent party process, the other dishing out
hidden veggie buttered chicken to needy kids. Here's the ironic
thing about yesterday. Neither will gain or lose votes either
way the Greens and the ACT Party over these two issues.
(03:47):
Green supporters are loyal, very loyal, loyal to a fault. Actually,
they're like, you know, church goers. They're like Christians going
to church, rain, hail or shine. They'll turn up. The
co leaders could basically shoot someone in the middle of
what did Trump say? Shoot someone in the middle of
Times Square, and they'd still vote for me. On the
other hand, is Seymour's Libertarian Party going to pick up
(04:08):
votes from taxpayer funded free lunches. Probably not, but I
suppose if we're going to have them, they might as
well cost us three bucks instead of eight ten after five.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Bryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Guess he's getting out of his beach chair this morning
and actually getting out on the campaign. It's Joe Biden.
Apparently he's going to turn up to New Hampshire perhaps
in the next hour or two. They'll wake them up
and push them out and drag them up or whatever
they have to do. Donald Trump, he is heading to
a round table with Latino leaders in Florida, and Eminem
(04:48):
is making an appearance at the Democrats event tonight introducing
former President Barack Obama. We've got the Pole results. More
detail on them coming your way shortly eleven after five,
You're on news Talk, said be on we Snesday morning.
We're gone, We're two games.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Ryan Bridge new for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture beds and a playing store.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
News Talks it b thirteen after five. Quarter three earnings
reports are coming out of the United States this morning,
Thick and Fast and General Motors. Despite the softening prices.
We've spoken about this over the last couple of months,
the ev challenge in China. General Motors is apparently within
striking distance of posting its record operating income. This is
for twenty twenty four they expect fourteen to fifteen billion dollars.
(05:41):
That compares with the record fourteen and a half billion
booked in twenty twenty two. How did they do it?
Apparently cost cutting and sticking to their knitting, which is
basically petrol and diesel trucks and suv So there you go.
Good news for General Motors. This morning, fourteen after five
in Bridge brig the government's teaming up with private companies
to deliver the new school lunches at just three bucks
(06:01):
a pop. They reckon seventeen Kiwi supplies and manufacturers are involved.
Savings for the taxpayer one hundred and thirty million dollars
a year. Will it works? Samantha Mortimer is the Graymouth
High School principal and she's with me this morning. Samantha,
good morning.
Speaker 7 (06:16):
Well Donna, good morning.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Thanks having with me. Does this sounds like a win
win to me? What do you reckon?
Speaker 7 (06:23):
Well, we're obviously happy that we still have something to
provide for our students, but you know, we have a
lot of concerns as well around what the food's going
to look like. Originally we're told it's only going to
be cold, but now it's going to be hot as well.
We have we're going to our local supplier who's been
providing our meals of not obviously been contracted, and so
(06:46):
the money that they've already put into our external providers
has you know, all that money, I don't know where
that's going to go. We're going to the people are
going to lose about seven jobs as well. So it's
not just the base of the food, it's actually everything
else that goes behind it as well.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
What does it cost you at the moment per meal?
Speaker 7 (07:07):
I think it's it depends on the age of the student,
but it's definitely more than three dollars double plus a
little bit. But that includes everything, and it's not just
about the food as well. It's actually the production, it's
the wages, it's the transport. So yeah, I'll be really
interested to see how they're going to do everything for
three dollars. Well that can be true.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
It does sound ambitious. It does sound ambitious, But if
they can do it, it's got to be a good thing,
right because that money, the savings that they're making, they're
going to use to feed kids who are two to five,
you're years old, who are low income as well. I mean,
you know, if you can do it for cheaper and
you can do more with less, then that's a good thing. Surely.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
Yeah, I have to agree that is a good thing
if you can, but I just do question what is
actually included in that three dollars and also the benefits
to you know that currently about have another people at
least they are employed in the local community who now
won't have a job, So that is also something to say.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
It is sad. It is a shame you mentioned the
hot cold thing to kids care. I mean, if you're hungry,
like the idea is feeding hungry kids. If you're hungry,
you'll like cold one, won't you.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
Well, you know, if you're hungry, you eat anything. But
every kid deserves to have, you know, high quality food,
and every kid deserves to have a high quality education.
Just because you're poor doesn't mean that you should just
be given, you know whatever.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Samantha, thank you very much for your time. Great to
have you on the show. Samantha mortem at Graymouth High
School principal A little skeptical. I think it's fair to
say of the three dollars school lunch program seventeen after five,
I'd love to hear your views on this. This morning.
Do you think it can be done for three bucks
a pop? What is the cheapest meal you can get
to put in front of your child? Nine two ninety
(08:52):
two is the number to text. And I mean when
I grew up, never had a hot meal at lunch
unless I made two minute noodles.
Speaker 7 (09:01):
You know.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Mum used to say, BYO or GYO, get your own
on a Friday night and you you know, you did
noodles or something like that. But I mean I never
had a hot lunch. I'm still standing. Nineteen the number
of text. Seventeen after five The news you need.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
This morning and the in depth analysis early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture Beds and
a playing store.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
News talk said be yesterday nineteen after five. Yesterday I
mentioned that North Korean troops fighting with Russia is upsetting Soul,
upsetting South Korea. Why do we care? Well? Interestingly, now
South Korea is considering directly supplying weapons to Ukraine, so
it's kind of dragging South Korea into this. They're saying
(09:47):
they'll consider providing defensive and lethal weapons to Ukraine depending
on developments. Twenty after five, Ryan Bridge retailers this is
good news this morning. Retailers are saying they're seeing some
light at the end of the tunnel as the economic
time begin to change. The latest quarterly survey from retail
ends Ed shows sixty five percent of retailers are confident
or very confident that their business will survive the next
(10:09):
twelve months. Still doesn't sound great, but it's better than
the fifty eight percent last quarter. Meanwhile, fifty seven percent
think they will meet or exceed their targets in quarter four.
That is up from just thirty two percent in the
last survey, so a big jump there. Liz Whedon is
a general manager of Normanby Fine Wines, a new retail
business that's starting up in February next year. Liz, welcome
(10:32):
to the show. Thank you, good morning, good morning. Brave
time to be starting a business.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 9 (10:41):
I think you know, as either said, of those numbers,
there's some positive scientis in the market. I don't you know.
This year has been tough for retail, but started to
see some positive fines and we see it is a
(11:01):
good good time to look at starting a new business.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Have you done this before, been in business before, been
in the fine wine business before? Is this a completely
new venture.
Speaker 9 (11:11):
For you, so career career retailer, and I've worked in
the wine industry for the last thirty years, in fact
slightly longer, but last thirty years, so very familiar with
the industry. And you know, it's I don't I think
(11:32):
whilst you know, those steps are shown that there's signs
of the market looking better, it's still not great right now.
I think, you know, this period into Christmas is where
all retailers really need a strong trading period, and I
think that's starting starting to come right. But certainly we
(11:55):
see by you know CEP Jury next year, which is
when we're all the date was put down to open.
Norman be Fine wines that we should be seeing a
different trading pattern to what retailers have endured so far.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Yeah, you might actually fingers crossed, you might actually have
time to just right.
Speaker 9 (12:17):
We might we might have timed it just right. Maybe
a little bit of experience there, but yeah, I mean
it's also it's a hard market to read in all
the conditions that have put it to where it is now.
Certainly a hard market to read. But yeah, very very encouraging. Yeah,
it definitely feels I think right now there feels like
(12:38):
there's an optimism there, so hopefully we're reading that right
and it's a good time to open a new business.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Best of luck to you, Liz, and as I say this,
the quarterly survey results from retailing ate out this morning
should be a sign of some optimism for you. That's
Liz Weed and the general manager of Norman be Fine Wines.
If you haven't heard of them, it's because they haven't
even started yet. They can picking off business in February
next year. Twenty three minutes after five. I should say
that the survey is good, but it does still mean
(13:07):
that the remaining forty three percent don't think they will
meet their targets for quarter four. These are the new
quarterly sets up from Retailings. Edit's twenty three minutes after five.
Coming up next your views on the reaction to the
school lunch program and also mine the early.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Edition full the show podcast on iHeartRadio Power by Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
IV twenty five after five News Talks ZB. Nothing is
ever good enough for some people?
Speaker 7 (13:36):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Nothing? You've got to center right government just committing hundreds
of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to feed kids
in schools and they've managed to free up one hundred
and thirty million dollars in savings in the process, and
still it's not good enough for some The Health Coalition altered.
Oh that group, they're not happy. Some dietitians. They say
(13:57):
it's not nutritious enough.
Speaker 9 (13:59):
Simply cutting the.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Amount of food that they're having and supplying a more processed,
less varied diet as a complete lost opportunity for our
health system.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I'll tell you what, It's more nutritious than nothing at all,
an empty stomach. Some said the food was too processed,
it was one size fits all. It wouldn't appeal to
the kids. It's not meant to appeal to kids so
much as feed them when they're hungry. I thought, at
least I thought that was the point. And if they
don't eat it, they're not hungry. It's simple.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
There is some bold claims being made by David Seymour
which I am a little skeptical of, Like the fact
that we can do this with three dollars a meal
sounds unheard of. But he gets the benefit of the
doubt and my good luck for his cost saving crusade.
Guess where some of the savings are going feeding ten
thousand poor two to five year olds. David Seymour is
the new Robin Hood. In all the flurry of releases
(14:56):
yesterday about this, there was one staggering number that stood
out to me. Seymour reckons if Labor had adopted his
model from the get go when they launched this program
five years ago, we would have saved eight hundred million
dollars eight hundred million. They could have had that bike
bridge over the White to Matar Harbor, or they could
(15:18):
have had more rat tests, or whatever the hell they wanted.
It's true there was no such thing as a free lunch,
but thank the Lord is at least now a cheaper menu.
Bryan Bridge twenty seven after five news talks, he'd be
coming up Gavin Gray out of the UK. Can you
believe the UK government is releasing more prisoners early eleven
hundred of them and went so well last time? We'll
(15:40):
ask Gavin Gray about that. Also. Tony Randall, I know
I go on about him like I've got a crush
on Tony Randall. He's the Wellington City councilor who found
the hole in Wellington's budget when it came well. I
should say the officials accounting. When it came to dropping
the speed limits. They said, if you dropped this bread
limits in the city, you'll save two hundred million dollars
(16:02):
or whatever. Tony Randall was a smart guy and he
was the only one in the room, in fact, the
only one in the whole council building, including all of
the employees, who pointed out you've got an accounting era there,
which means it'll have the opposite effect. So anyway, he's
a smart guy. We're going to ask him about the
appointment of an observer to Wellington City Council. Nine two
(16:24):
nine terer us. The numbers of text loads of your
texts coming in amazing. How people still complain when they
are getting something for free when it should be supplied
by their caregivers. Ryan, peanut butters, sandwiches and as zapp
got me through primary school? Is that was that one
of those milk like chocolate milks. I think that's what
you're talking about, Ryan, We one step up from a
(16:45):
third world country. Unfortunately, beggars cannot be choosers. Any meal
that is made available to a needy child needs to
be celebrated. I was, Oh, there's this person was involved
with providing some lunches. Hi, Ryan, we own a rural
cafe and approached by a local school to provide school
lunches for two hundred kids. Couldn't be pies or chips
(17:06):
and had to be hot and delivered, all for five
dollars ahead. The school's five k's away never going to happen.
Tell them they're dreaming and you know we'll give David
Seymore the benefit of the doubt on this one. Twenty
nine after five news Talks, it be.
Speaker 8 (17:27):
Stuck to.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture
beds and a play at store News Talk SIPP.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Good morning, it is twenty four minutes away from six
year on news Talk to you big Welcome to your
Wednesday morning. If you're just joining us, great to have you.
We're live to reporters around the country. Shortly we are
going to Wellington. Tony Randall the Counselor on the appointment
of an observer There also Gavin Gray out of the
UK the Government releasing eleven hundred more prisoners early because
(18:16):
it went so well for them last time yesterday in
Parliament Labours adding the Williams question Andrew Bailey on the
whole loser fiesco have a listen?
Speaker 4 (18:24):
And he had any alcohol at the beer garden or
the winery he visited that day?
Speaker 7 (18:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Is he saying that he did.
Speaker 10 (18:33):
Not tell the worker to f off?
Speaker 2 (18:35):
I do not believe I said that.
Speaker 10 (18:37):
Did he call the worker a loser?
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yes?
Speaker 10 (18:41):
Did he hold up the shape of an L on
his forehead?
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Again?
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Yes?
Speaker 9 (18:46):
I did.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
It sounds like one of those games of guess who
you know? Are you wearing glasses?
Speaker 7 (18:52):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Do you have ginger here? Yes? I wonder if you're
not drunk and you can't remember if you swore, then
you swear all the times. We're like a sailor, right,
So that squares that part off of it. The other
part of it is were you drinking? And he says no,
he was at a brewery. He was at a winery.
You wouldn't be stupid enough to lie about that, would you.
(19:16):
You know, just in the modern age with cell phones
and people taking photos and you're a minister visiting a workplace,
you wouldn't lie about that, would you. Probably, Well, unless
you were really stupid, you wouldn't lie about something like that.
So if that is the case, and no other evidence emerges,
then surely this is case closed. Twenty two away from
(19:36):
six ryen Bridge our reporters around the country, starting with Calm,
Proctor and Toned and Collen. Good morning morning, Ryan. Do
your dog control laws? The by law looks set to
get the green light.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (19:49):
A number of changes to these bylaws, Ryan that council
staff have recommended it, including allowing dogs back into the city.
They'll be allowed on leashes in the central Seabetdy area,
among other alterations. So that's area is like our Octagon
and Main Street where they are currently know dog zones.
This follows public consultation and hearings over the last month.
(20:10):
Staff have also proposed enabling exemptions to the proposed limit
of six dogs per person in public places. This is
after strong public feedback on that matter and concerned that
the rule could hurt dog walking businesses. The hearings committee
will consider these recommendations next Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
All right, how's your weather today, Coleen?
Speaker 11 (20:28):
A cloud increasing occasion arraund this afternoon. Northerly wins today.
The heighs today twenty five for Dunedin.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Thank you, Claire. She would is in christ Church with
us this morning. Clear, good morning to do the murder
trial of Tinjun Chow continuing today. Yes, Ryan, that's right.
Speaker 12 (20:44):
A lot of interest in this one down here. Tinjun
Chow is accused of killing Jan Feibao, who disappeared in
July of last year. She was a real estate agent
who was showing someone through a property when she was
never seen again. Her body was found buried in a
shallow grave more than a year later. Trial good underway
on Monday. The prosecutors say this man Chow attacked Boo
(21:05):
as she showed him through that property. Her partner, Paul Gooch,
hasn't spoken a lot. He took the stand yesterday saying
he last saw her sleeping as he left for work
that morning. He called her disappearance completely out of character.
He described her as beautiful, and then things got a
bit tense in the court room when he corrected the
defense lawyer who referred to Bao as missing. He said,
(21:27):
she's not missing, she's dead. Real estate agents and friends
of Bao are expected on the stand this morning when
court resumes at ten.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
All right, how's the weather today, clear?
Speaker 12 (21:37):
Nicer woman chrished at today too, Some low cloud will
clear to find northeasterly's turning northwest at a high of
twenty six.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Brilliant, have a good one. Max is in Malling and Haymax.
The Council's responded, We've got Tony Randall on actually just
before six on this. But the Council's responding to the
government's intervention.
Speaker 13 (21:53):
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what Tony says. An
important announcement obviously that will have ripple effects for some
time made. Torifano believes this appointment of a Crown Observer
is not a reflection of her leadership. She won't resign,
but she does admit that the Council has not always
covered itself in glory and needs to do better. She
is a little unhappy with the language used by senior
(22:14):
government figures over the past few weeks shambles, I imagine
the main term of dissatisfaction. Councilor Diane Calvert says she's
long wanted intervention now feels validated. Similarly, Ray Chung Nicolie
Young has often agreed with the government's criticism. Independent Tim
Brown says this is unnecessary in not going to automatically
(22:34):
mean better decisions have made it. Counsel better or decisions
preferable to the government. Lefty Rebecca Matthews points out bad
behavior from others around the council has led to this,
not from her and her allies, quite a few left
leaning counselors trying to see the positives of this labour.
Taking the position that Simeon Brown should release the advice
(22:55):
that led to this decision.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Yeah, I reckon he should too, just in the interest
of trans And see a lot of people saying this
will end in a commissioner, do you I don't think
that's the case. I think they've kind of reverse engineered
this just to do something. What's your take, Max.
Speaker 13 (23:09):
Well, it's it's difficult to put an observer in and
the observer come back and say all is well, and
then you don't put a commissioner in. I could see
a commissioner happening to be honest, I reckon.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Well, I mean, we've got a year to the election.
I don't know.
Speaker 13 (23:22):
It's not not long, is it.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
No?
Speaker 13 (23:24):
Anyway, it's a long way back from here.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah it is. How's your weather, Max?
Speaker 13 (23:28):
The odd shower this morning, clearing this afternoon, strong northerlyies
later eighteen the high.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Brilliant Thank you Neva's and Aukland this morning. Good morning, Neva,
Good morning.
Speaker 10 (23:36):
I'm sitting in a different seat here they come, you know,
afternoon team those new boys met in Tyler.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Someone mentioned there was a new computer which I can't see.
Speaker 13 (23:46):
Is this one here?
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Everything is?
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Yeah, it's different. I don't know whether I like that.
I'm a creature of hebit when it comes to coming
here in the morning.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
I mean, these boys shuffle along, the shuffle along.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
I've only been here what four minutes?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
They have been here for minutes, But they're doing good job.
They are doing a very okay.
Speaker 10 (24:03):
Yeah, be nice about them.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Come well. I mean, you know they can't decide where
they said, can they? Surely not unless they're divas.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Hey, the teacher at the North Auckland Primary school who's
been accused of some pretty nasty stuff.
Speaker 10 (24:19):
Yes, accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a young child
now facing criminal charges before the court. So the teacher,
who held a senior position, was charged by police last month.
Now police told The Herald the woman in her thirties
has been charged with the decent assault of a boy
under twelve and grooming for sexual conduct with a young person.
The investigation was launched and this is after the matter
(24:40):
was reported to police last month. What we do know
is that the woman has been reminded on bail due
to reappear. This is in the north Shore District Court
on November fifteen. So the names of the teacher obviously
and the school is suppressed.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Okay, how's the weather today.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
Cloudy, fine spells developing?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Nineteen is the high brilliant You get to do something
or what to their chair or nice well to break
the chair, break the chair and leave it for them
to clean up. Seventeen away from six news Talk said
Bee coming up next, we're live to the UK with
Gavin Gray. News Talk said, be all right, so your
morning Tomot's under way. You've got your coffee in hand
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Speaker 1 (26:02):
In Z International correspondence with insign Eye Insurance Peace of
mind for New Zealand Business.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
It's a really interesting update on Andrew Bailey, which we'll
get to in. Just to sicken from one of our
listeners this morning, Devin Gray's in the UK, Gavin. The
UK government releasing eleven hundred more prisoners early because they
went so well last time.
Speaker 8 (26:24):
The first ranch was in September. This is the second
one and by it is following also a major review
of sentencing. Why are we doing this well? Because these
one hundred prisoners are just the tip of the iceberg.
We are fast running out of spaces in our prisons,
and this government has said that we have to release
(26:45):
people early or else quite simply, the justice system will
come to a complete hold with nowhere to place prisoners.
So instead of the usual considered for release after fifty
percent of serving our sentence and good behavior, they've reduced
the forty percent. But to be clear, those convicted of
serious violent sex crimes and terrorism are not allowed. However,
(27:07):
you will remember back in September that Ryan somebody was
released and committed a sexual assault allegedly within hours of
having been released, and was put back behind bars within minutes.
And then they realized there weren't enough tags to go around,
electronic tags, and some of those who had been released
shouldn't have been eligible for that early release. So hopefully
(27:28):
they've got things a little more organized this time around.
But yeah, I'm afraid that that capacity or near capacity
of our prisons is a major headache.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
The initial toxicology report for Liam Payne foundly head drugs
in his body. I don't think there'll be any great
surprise to hear that, Gevin, but these calls to increase
the protection for musicians. How's that going down?
Speaker 8 (27:52):
Yeah, I mean at the moment it's every one's sort
of handbringing. I think there are going to have to
be more definitive things for those who reach fame very
early in life, as he did at the age of sixteen.
But we're going to have to see, you know, exactly
what they were able to implement on this the record companies,
the talent shows themselves. But I'm afraid the initial autopsy,
(28:13):
the initial postmartem examination, has revealed that his body concluded
traces of cocaine, pink cocaine and benzodiazepine. Now pink cocaine,
if you're wondering, is a mix of methamphetamine, ketamine and
MDMA and also pink food coloring. Plenty of people rather suspected,
(28:34):
as you suggested there, that Liam Payne had had some
substance abuse early in the day, and I'm afraid that
does appear to be ringing true in this particular autopsy report.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
All right, Devin, thank you very much for that up.
So that great to have you as always. Kevin Gray
at UK Europe correspondent in his team to six Bryan Bridge.
So they're getting an observer This is Wellington City Council.
Following the council's decision to make big changes to its
long term plan and a fail vote to sell a
stake in its airport shares, the Local Government Minister Simon
Brown will appoint a Crown observer to the local Council
(29:10):
following advice from the Department of Internal Affairs. The council
has ten working days to respond. Tony Randall's and Wellington
City Council. He's with us this morning, Tony.
Speaker 14 (29:18):
Good morning, good morning, how are you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
I'm very well. Thank you. Any rumors on who this observer.
Speaker 14 (29:23):
Might be, well, I own look, just random rumors and
Tolly was the name that was thrown at me, just randomly.
But I've got no reason to think that it was
that it would be her, and I think in fact
it may there may not be anyone at the moment,
because an observer can't be appointed until after we've responded
(29:44):
back to the minister.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
Yeah, and you're obviously going to respond favorably.
Speaker 14 (29:50):
Yes, oh, yes, that's right. I think I think the
Council accepts the Minister's decision and while we might give
some feedback on attemps of reference, the whole principle of
having a Crown observer is accepted I think by the
majority of the councilors, and we're going to go from here.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Is Wellington going to elect Tory Faro again?
Speaker 14 (30:10):
No, that's a big decision. I'm not a fan, but
you know, election times, who knows. I think she's I
think she's had some challenging times and it's you know,
her record isn't necessarily the best record, but also depends
who else stands against her. Of course, the.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Argument that we will go from observer to commissioner I
don't think holds much weight. What's your feeling. I mean,
we've got a year till the election.
Speaker 14 (30:41):
I agree, I absolutely agree. I think the threshold for
a commissioner is that we literally have breached the Local
Government Act. We haven't done that yet. And the minister's
outline though that we're obviously having trouble getting our finances
in order, and so he's kindly come along and said
he's going to help us out.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Why are you funding water infrastructure through rates not debt?
Speaker 14 (31:07):
Well, that's an interesting claim and I don't I can't
get my head around exactly what he's saying. I do
know though, that we need to cut some of our
projects and that we aren't forty funding all the money
that Wellings and Warter would wind us to fund. Water
is not the top priority and it should be and
we're going to get there. I think through this long
term and amendment.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Tony, thank you very much for being on the show
this morning. Great to have you. Tony Randall. Wee I
told you he was good Wellington City councilor they do exist,
good Wellington City Councilors. Eight minutes away from Sex News talks, ab.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
Get ahead of the headlines, Ryan Bridge, you for twenty
twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's
furniture bids and a playing store News Talks.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Zi'd be five away from six on news Talks. It'd
be one of our listeners, lovely listeners this morning. Has
said just before ten pm last night, I would have
been fast asleep. Mike's here, Mike, good morning. You would
have been far to sleep in Parliament. Apparently Bailey stood
up to amend his answer to Question Time yesterday. He
thought he was asked a question about being drunk. He says,
(32:11):
actually he did have a drink before he left the
Now this is just from a texture. I haven't confirmed.
Speaker 6 (32:17):
We can confirm that because I watched question Time yesterday
and they the Labor Party clearly had something because Hipkins
led off with the questions and you played Arena Williams.
But they clearly have something by way of a beer
garden slash. And then when he stood up yesterday and
said I didn't drink at all, I thought that's fair enough.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
That settles out, because you wouldn't mislead the house. And
surely in this day and age, if you're at a
brewery or you're at a winery and you're having a
beer or a wine and you're a minister, you'd expect
someone would get you on a photo or a you know.
So that to me put it to rest.
Speaker 6 (32:52):
If he amended that, then you're opening the door again
and they've handled it badly. It shouldn't even be a story.
What he did was stupid and we'll probably never know
what actually unfolded, and it's a shame that we sort
of obsess about these kind of incidents. But at the
moment you start going down the track and was leaving
the house or having to correct what you said, Now.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
That's scrubby, grubby, sackable offense.
Speaker 6 (33:11):
This morning, David Seymour will celebrate the three dollar lunch
that actually look good. Yeah, I'd been more than happy
to have that for lunch.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
And what did you have for lunch growing up? I
mean weird sandwiches. Yes it was cold. And this idea
that can need a hot lunch.
Speaker 6 (33:25):
These nutritionists who've come out of nowhere and going, it's
not filling me on anymore. And what are we going
to do?
Speaker 2 (33:30):
I mean, wake up board children.
Speaker 6 (33:33):
All we ever had at best was a cold sausage
from the late from the left overs, but a breast.
It was lunch and sausage sandwich.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Wasn't it? Lunch and sausage with a bit of tomato sauce.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
There we go and were and look at us.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
If that's the advertisement they want. It is three away
from six mics next. I'll see you tomorrow. Have a
great day.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
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