August 16, 2024 • 30 mins
This week on The Highlight Reel Simon Barnett and James Daniels deal with a difficult question - is it OK to lie to someone suffering Dementia?
Australia looks to ban gambling advertising during and an hour either side of sporting fixtures - Si and James debate the issue.
Meanwhile here is New Zealand, the pair ask are the Government's moves on monitoring benefit abuse reasonable?
Si and James also float the idea of retiring on a perpetual cruise ship.
Plus, the afternoon duo join the garage carpet party and ask if you even keep your car in the garage?
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons
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This is the Highlight Reel with Simon Barnett and James Daniels,
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
News Talks head be Hello there, Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
God to James, Simon, and.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Gooda everyone, Great news. Sam Kines back in the all black.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Looky, he doesn't need to buy a lotto ticket.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Now, I'll cut it out. He so deserves his place.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
I do find it a bit odd that they've gone
with the same loose Ford trio, though I thought they
might have tweaked it a wee bit, not necessarily putting
Sam kinan. But anyway, drop both of the wingers.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
What you see what Sam does is he He's unabashed.
He gets in there, he's guts, he's all arms and legs.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Great at the turnover, Great at the tackle, hardest worker.
Talk to the players, James, Yeah, the players are the
ones that know.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Is he the Reuben Thorn of the twenty first?
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Is he?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
With respect to Rubin Thorn, who I really liked. Sam's
better than Ruben?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Was okay?
Speaker 6 (01:13):
Right?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And I like rubin Thorn.
Speaker 7 (01:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Anyway, so we've got there.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The highlight reel with Simon Barnett and James Daniels Hughes.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Talk said the Australia are looking at banning all advertising
on gambling inside sports games. So if you watch at
the moment, you'll see all sorts of betting agencies and
tab sports beets and things. I like the Yeah yeah,
well that'll go in Australia, and even an hour outside
of the game starting and outside of the game finishing,
(01:43):
no gambling advertising.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Does it really make a difference?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I wonder I'll leave this with you on that question.
Does it make a difference gambling advertising? Saturday night, six
pm and ad for Loto comes up forty four million dollars?
Make sure you've got your ticket? Do you then check
your online Loto account and go, oh flip, I haven't
got mine. I better get it good a Simon.
Speaker 8 (02:05):
Hi, guys, just listening to yourselves on an agreement with
both of you to some degree, I think a reasonable
viewpoint from this is my opinion, by the way, is
if you saturate in front of an addict or a
person who's towards that way, who finds gambling easy and
(02:26):
will make bad decisions. Saturated in front of their face,
it will only increase their ability to make the bad decision.
But I'm also in agreement with James. We can't make
it a complete nanny state, Nicky.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Whilst I agree people have to take on responsibility for themselves. Fortunately,
there's a lot of vulnerable people in our society and
they might not have had a stay blood bringing, and
they might have had bad influences, and they're a product
of their environment, and they aren't necessarily going to make
(03:00):
the best decision for themselves.
Speaker 9 (03:02):
I have worked in the addiction field, both gambling and
and all that stuff. I've also worked in care and
protection for over ten years, and I've seeing plenty of
vulnerable families. They're not addicts, but they're still very vulnerable.
And hope those hope that those lotto ads, I just
think they're terrible actually, because they do this thing about
this is your hope, This is hope for you. Can
(03:24):
people not see what's going on here. This is people
who can't afford to do this and being dragged into it.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And I think you've made an excellent point right off
the bat there, Peter, don't you agree, James, where Peter said,
it's not necessarily addicts, it's vulnerable people and that's a
huge catchment. So excellent, good on you.
Speaker 9 (03:40):
Yeah. And finally, of all places, a country that would
bet on two fliers going up a windows, a famous
description of Australia, of all places to even be talking
about it, doesn't that tell us anything?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
The highlight reel we're talking about some of the sanctions
that will be introduced to beneficiaries that don't meet their commitments,
most of which seem actually pretty reasonable. And I think
we're all most people come ffittable with, you know, the
notion of consequences. You know, that's life, right, and so
these seem pretty fair for the most part. There's some
(04:15):
concern around the new money management sanction that we'll see
half of a person's benefit go onto a payment card
that can be only used for a very limited range
of essential products and services. Opposition leader Chris Hipkins he
says he thinks that that's kind of old fashioned, it's
mean spirited, and it actually will make people become more
(04:35):
reliant on the government by taking away their independence and
their autonomy. And so that's his views. We've asked you
the question, what do you think about that? One hundred
and eighty ten eighty.
Speaker 10 (04:45):
A kate Hi Hi.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
I'm glad you just mentioned Chris Hipkins, because that's why
I was calling. I think he was a bit more
of a disingenuous when he talked about what the National
Party are bringing in, because he brought in a cash
flow card if you like. Up in Kaitaia, where people
on benefit, we're only allowed to spend it in certain
(05:10):
that's if you like, So it's not something new. He
already introduced something similar. They're given a cash card of
some description and they're only allowed to spend it in
the supermarket and not on cigarettes and things like that.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Look, I've been on the dole tours in my life,
once for three months during the DFC and then once
for about seven weeks during twenty twenty during COVID and
look old and wishing on anyone mate. It sucks that,
you know it's degrading, but at the end of the day,
you've got to set our obligations that you sign for
when you first get on the benefit. They're explained to
(05:45):
you and you've got to meet those obligations. You're getting
someone else's tech hard earned money that they pay the
tax to fund your doll Like you, if you can't
turn up to an appointment, how can you be expected
to shop for work? You know, Like it's not hard.
There's one hundred and sixty something hells and a week
(06:06):
and you're only having to turn out once every few weeks.
Like it's not for one hour, It's not difficult.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
One of the criticisms from folks that I know that
have been on job seekers said that the MSD basically
sent them to totally inappropriate places just to take a box,
you know, like one went to a might I to
do something, and even the mad I said to the person,
we'll take the box and you get out of here
because you're a waste of space and you're not interested.
And there was a bit of that. It was kind
of like digging potholes. Do you reckon? There was anything
(06:34):
like that for you. What did you feel You've got
some benefit from the places you were told to go
on job Seeker?
Speaker 5 (06:40):
There was some benefit and it kept your work ready,
you know, give you something to do so you're not
sitting around at home doing nothing. So it definitely helped.
But probably someone of that might have been a bit
of an appropriate you know, I'm sort of more talored
to someone that's never worked in their life. Yeah, so
that it was just, you know, one criterion meets everyone
instead of doing it based on someone's experience. But you
(07:02):
know you've got that many people. What are you meant
to do?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Been why you were mentioned in your interaction there you
said you've been on it and it sucked. Why did
it suck?
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Well, no one wants to walk into a door office
and ask for health and the boss the job, you know,
as us really sucks. No one wants to go through
paperwork and then find out you're only going to get
forty or fifty percent of what you know when you're
working and you've got a budget, you know, no one
wants to go through all that you know and heavy
ground use like you know, watching them and everyone driving
(07:32):
us and you're walking into a door office could be
quite downgrading. But at the end of the day, you've
got to do what you need to do to survive.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Have you got a job now?
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Oh yeah, yeah, you know. I I think the first
time was only on not for two or three months,
and the second time was about seven weeks during COVID,
so not not that much, you know, all up in
my working life, you know, but the day it's a
safety there. If you need it, you need it. But
there's quite eerie to me. And you're explaining that, and
as long as you meet it, it doesn't sound like
there's going to be any issues.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Being very well said, thank you for calling. Hey, Rob,
I'll be on.
Speaker 11 (08:05):
It many many times since eighties, nineties, two thousands, two
tens and out with here Ryan. It's just a lifestyle, mate.
If you go around and look at all these young
fellows and probably the girls to their apartments. So they're
in apartments, they've got nice couches, they've got nice flat
screen televisions. You know, well, what's the intentive? So I'm
(08:27):
glad that I did it myself. And government should pay
the power the rent to the landlord. And you get
left back with what eighty ninety bucks, you know, so
you know that's pretty good man.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
The highlight reel.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I want to ask an ethical question. I went to
a cafeteria with my daughter, been for a walk, went
and got a coffee and we were going to sit down.
Didn't want to get a takeaway coffee, wanted to sit
down right, plenty of room, guys. Lovely there at the
Beach Cafe. Real love team actually, And I said, as
Zoe caf Gravis. He says, yeah, yeah, go for it.
(09:04):
And I said, now, just want two long blacks please?
Could we get them in take away cups?
Speaker 3 (09:09):
And you just asked them if you could take a.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Seat, take a seat, and he said he was great,
He said, yeah, that's fine. Did the same thing about
four days later at another cafeteria and they looked at
me like I just laid a cable on the ground
and when I asked for a takeaway cup, that wanted
to sit down at their premises. So the next question
is why do you want to take away cup, simon
(09:32):
when you're actually sitting down at a coffee shop. Why
wouldn't you drink out of the porcelain cup or the
china whatever you And there's a whole bunch of reasons,
but I actually prefer a takeaway cup because it stays
hotter for longer. They gave it to me, but they
weren't happy.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Gave you the side the.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Side eye, Yeah they did, and I just wanted to.
So that's my question to you listening to this is
that inappropriate? And why is are people worried? Are the
cups bad? I suppose for the climate? Environmental?
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Is that the only reason why you want a takeaway
cup in the cafe?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Yeah? Pretty much? Is there another the reason why they'd
look at me funny?
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well that's a different question for a different day.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Oh you see, see James, What shame on you, Simon
for getting a takeaway cup while you're sitting down? Next text,
that's terrible, Simon. What is wrong with you? Simon? Do
you not? Oh my gosh, see.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
That have gone crazy too?
Speaker 2 (10:27):
What is it?
Speaker 7 (10:29):
Is it?
Speaker 8 (10:29):
Am? I?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Is it? Have I broken an environmental protocol? Well?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
You're creating, you're using or creating more waste. Doren't you
we recyclable sort of thing?
Speaker 7 (10:41):
Not that?
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Not that the lids? Aren't I five bucks for it?
Shouldn't I have a shouldn't I have? Haven't I paid
the money? Not to be given the side? I? Then
we've got a text here from Eddie who sees hi
signed James. First step to ruining a good cup of
coffee is to put it in cardboard. Next step is
to drink it through a hole in a piece of plastic.
(11:03):
Takeaway coffee is an insult to all those working folk
in the growing roasting making chain.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Nice Eddie, good work.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Now I've offended Eddie too.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
The Highlight Reel with Sion James. The Highlight Reel with
Sion James.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
So six and a half decades have gone with Barfoot
and Thompson occupying a branch in Panmua no longer come
the end of September. They're saying it's too anti social behavior,
lots of crime in the era, so they're out. What
do you think about that? Is that the best way
to do this? Oh eight hundred eighty ten eighty is
our phone number. Hello, Troy, Germany. How are you doing? Great?
Thank you for calling up.
Speaker 10 (11:44):
Look on. My family live in the area, we shop
in the area, we go to Pamua weekly. I'm going
to take a slightly different step. I sort of believe
this might be a convenient excuse for closing. And where
I go with that is, you know, we had banks
that sat in the areas for sixty five or one
hundred years, and just about every area and New Zelle
(12:06):
closing up. I look at the change in the way
people actually purchase and sell houses, so much of it
is online. Do people actually walk into real estate offices
anymore to look at properties.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
That's good.
Speaker 10 (12:20):
So the word from Barfton Thompson is that they will
still be operating in the area from their agents. Their agents,
I would say, conveniently, just use that as an office space.
More and more agents are working from home. I also
say that, you know, we shop at many great shops there,
including the best Turkish bread in New Zealand, as well
(12:40):
as as a brilliant Spiceland where we buy all our
shrid Lankan foods, et cetera. I think there's just a
change that's happening in the real estate industry full stop.
And I would say you'll see more and more sites
closed because it's an overhead that the real estate agencies
don't need.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Well good point no.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
And I have to say, Troy, I wondered that when
I read the story this morning, I thought, is this
just an excuse? Convenient excuse? But then haven't they and
you live in the area, mate, haven't they done you
a massive disservice? Then why would they not because they've
maligned area now?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
One thing though, Troy, is that this isn't opinion that
was in the article it's actually a quote from the
general manager of Barfoot and Thompson. He's the one who
said we've noted an increasing trend and antisocial and criminal
behavior in the local area. He said it. It's not
someone else saying that that's what's happening.
Speaker 10 (13:35):
Yeah, I mean, that's that's as a comment that's been attributed.
I fully respect that, but I also would really question
how that would affect a real estate company that has
opened during the day, not after ours, who has the
ability to shut the door or have anything like any
other business. I mean, we talk about I don't think
(13:57):
there's going to be many real estate agencies that are
ram rated requirement for people to grab all the paperwork
from them. You know. I think we look at that
sort of anti social behavior that's happening right throughout New Zealand,
not specifically in Pamua. There's so many positive things that
are happening in Pamula, and you know, I'm I'm quite shocked,
(14:18):
to be honest that they sort of responses that come out. Yes,
there are anti social behavior in different areas right throughout
the country, but the reality is it is most people
that live in Panua and Mount Wellington and the greater
area are pretty good people and they've got great family scenarios.
Average age I think to the community is about thirty eight.
We've got a change in the demographic with a lot
(14:40):
of people coming in as new New Zealanders as well,
so there are some really positive things happening.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Yeah, good on you, Suroy.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
You should stand for the city council for Panmua. You're
a great advocate. Good on you, nice gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Textaar says Hi boys, I've lived in Panmuer since twenty twelve.
I've not noticed a change at all. It's always been
a little bit dingy if anything. Though personally I think
it's improved with the new restaurants, the new road layouts.
I don't actually believe the Barfoot in Thompson reason at all,
says the Texter. But you see this very next text
says Simon and James. Have either of you been to
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Panmua in recent times? It has a very heavy gang
presence now, very aggressive youth and homeless. Let's not talk
about the brothels and the barbershops. I absolutely agree with
Barfoot and Thompson pulling out good on.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Them the highlight reel.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
James has been house hunting.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Yeah, for my in laws. They're in their mid nineties
and they've made the decision that they want to make
take it a bit easier.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
One thing that really did, I suppose make me sit
up and pay attention, was when James mentioned the cost
of some of these retirement villas. I was telling my
daughter and she said she had seen on tech talk
of all places, Of all places, I suppose it's grandchildren
or maybe children filming their appearance on cruise ships that
(15:59):
were obviously young, fit and healthy enough. And that's the
caveat here. But they were healthy enough to spend years
on a cruise ship because it was chee cheaper, because
they got their meals provided, they get a movie theater,
they get shows big, you know, good shows.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
They get good views.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
They're on the azure. Yeah, I mean, which I said,
that actually makes a hell of a lot of sense,
Like if it were me, I'd probably want to do that.
Is it something you would consider? Have you done it?
There must be a downside, there must be paying. So
then I find this story jamesvill are the residences. They
(16:40):
run this cruise arm ship, the shipping line, and they
have what they call perpetual circumnavigating, and it's a cruise
they offer to the elderly and basically they circum navigate
the world every three and a half years on this
cruise ship. And you can buy it. You get your
ocean view, cabin, meals activities for two hundred and ninety
(17:01):
nine thousand US dollars. Oh how long does that last?
Fore and a half years? So work about That's pretty reason,
wasn't that?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Is that something you would consider doing? Is it something
you have done? Have you been on a cruise? And
you go, you know what? That is the next plan
for me? This text is is HOI guys so weird
you were discussing this. I literally just got quoted three
hundred and sixty dollars a day for my dad. He's
looking at it. There you go, they Chris, Hey, how
(17:32):
are you guys? Good? Thanks? Is that an appealing thing?
Do you reckon?
Speaker 8 (17:36):
Oh?
Speaker 10 (17:36):
Absolutely?
Speaker 12 (17:37):
We a little story about our first cruise, my partner
before kids. We went on a cruise started up in Italy,
all the way down to Robneck. But we met this
Welsh family and mom and dad would have been in
their late fifties and the kids were sort of in
their twenties and every stop was the first cruise. We
were out doing things and we're like, what are you
guys doing. They're like, we're just staying on the boat,
(17:59):
and they had a drinks package and they just loved
Mum and dad talked about and a few years they're
just going to cruise, you know, every day, for every
year because they loved it so much.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
That's extraordinary. Chris, thank you very much for your story.
There are some naysayers, but these people don't like cruising
by the sounds of it at all. Sounds really boring,
visiting the same ports all the time. You'd need good
insurance in case you need a treatment in other countries,
says Craig. This one says onboard entertainment is not what
it's cracked up to be. An eighty seven year old
(18:29):
Rod Stewart singing do you think I'm sexy? And taking
his shirt off like he did in the seventies, I'm
still not sold.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
And then Jen says, Hi, guys, what about superannuation? You
need a permanent address, can a Kathy.
Speaker 13 (18:42):
I have just come back from the UK last week
and I've had twenty three cruises. I think the most
I've had SEUs six weeks. I was on the d
Day cruise there in June. A lot of people on
that ship had walkers, they had ride on. They were
well looked after. There's great hospitals, good nurses, wonderful staff,
(19:03):
and you see a different view every day. We pulled
up the side another ship in Iceland, who was one
of these ships that does go around the world all
the time, and people are permanently on them, and so
they let us have a wee look. It's just like
being in a house, your own flat, and they say
it's wonderful. And I said, well, how do you get
on for pensions because most of them are English and
they said, O, I know, we still play their pension
(19:24):
because this is our living department at the moment. So
I don't know how your keiweeds would get on. But
over there you can still get your pension. Well, I
because I've got an English pension as well.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Hey, thank you for your insights in the cruising world.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
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Speaker 2 (19:45):
A really interesting story in the conversation publication, and the
writer is Steve McFarlane, and he asks a very good question,
is it okay to lie to a person battling with dementia?
And he goes on in his opinion piece to say
ethical care can be very challenging when a person is
in the late stages of dementia. And of course the
(20:05):
thing is, we know what best practices, but does it
always apply best practice as to not to lie? Because
that is best practice? He cites the ethical approach. The
ethical approach classically holds that specific actions are moral certainties,
regardless of the consequences, and in line with that moral absolutism,
it's always wrong to lie. Right, most of us know that,
(20:27):
and these SIT's an example where an elderly patient was
looking for their long deceased spouse and whether the care
workers should have just been up front and said he's
passed away, or another approach, maybe along the lines of look,
I know you're obviously wanting to see him, he will
be along shortly, or something like that, fudging it really
(20:48):
rather than just yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
You see. That first approach is called the ethical approach,
So I guess what the second one is?
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Yeah, hello there, Michael gill.
Speaker 14 (20:57):
I had both my parents and the security to me
each ward. They ran a retirement unit. They couldn't look
over themselves. Mum had already had to means for years dead.
Had a stroke in the came right. So it was
the safest place for them, you know, where they couldn't
get hurt and were fine. But just you thed little
white lives. You tell them you know they need a haircut,
but they say they don't need a haircut.
Speaker 8 (21:17):
You say, so, you say to.
Speaker 14 (21:18):
Them, don't you remember you told me to get your haircut,
and you get me a haircut. You go up for
dinner and they don't know what to order because you're
so confused. We're looking at the menu. So you say, well,
we're here last time, and you had that.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
You really enjoyed it, right, very good.
Speaker 14 (21:32):
I lost my dad about two weeks ago, and he
was eighty five. He had fallen over broken his hip
and his femur and he was in a hospital for
two and a half weeks and just couldn't get out
of beat after that, and his heart failed. He had
his heart failing and his kidney's failing. So we attacking
them over the air two or three times and every
time we take gravers she would say, where are we going?
(21:52):
And I'd say, We're going to see my dad, or
we're going to see dad. I just said we're going
to see dad. She and she would say my dad,
and I'd go, no, your husband, my dad, and she
would look, should go my husband? She was confused, and
you'd get over there and she'd as say about three
or four times and you get to the hospital and
and she goes, didn't tell us, we're coming to see dad,
and he should look at him and go how old
is he? And I say eighty five? And she just
had this blank, confused look on her face because in
(22:15):
her mind she thought, I know she was twenty or
thirty or forty. So he had been in there two
weeks and we're going to take mom over. But we
checked with the minch warden and said, right, is she
asking about dad? And they said no, she stopped asking.
They're in the same room. She had stopped asking about them,
but she was saying last night she was twenty two
years old and looking for her father. So when he passed,
(22:39):
we spoke to the mintss Aukland said what do we do?
Because I was quitey not to tell her, and they said,
tell her once and see how it goes, and then
he's have to tell her again. So we went in
and we sat it down, me and my sister, and
we said, we've got some news for you. We said
our father had passed. Right, We didn't say her father
or anything. Yeah, yeah, And mom said what my father
(23:01):
and we said, no, no, our father and she signed
very very sorry for your loss. How old was he
and we said eighty five? And then she said that
winter funeral. We said, we're still organizing this because this
is the following day. And then she said, oh, okay,
that's said, And what else he'd been up to?
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Really?
Speaker 10 (23:17):
Yep?
Speaker 3 (23:18):
Did you ever figure out that that was her husband?
Speaker 12 (23:21):
No?
Speaker 14 (23:22):
Right, so we think she's now aggressed so that she
thinks we're her brother and sister. Oh so what we
got told from dementially New Zealand? Should we tell her?
But don't bring it up every day because otherwise she's
going through.
Speaker 10 (23:35):
It every day.
Speaker 14 (23:35):
And if we go and see her and she goes,
we're dad, and we go he died, then we're going
through it.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Michael, thanks very much for sharing your story.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
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Speaker 2 (23:52):
Tell you something that's got a lot of attention today.
I noticed Mike Hosking was talking about it the morning shows.
We're talking about it through the country. It's this huge
survey done by Ikia. You know who Ika are. Most
people do glombing here next year. I think they're famous
for meatballs, aren't they. Yeah, Swedish meatballs. Really that's their thing. Yeah, okay, anyway,
(24:13):
so this global furnishure giant, a head of their opening,
went round five hundred New Zealand homes to get into
their living habits, which begs the question, who would let
ikeer into your house? To say, coming out, yeah, you Swiss,
have we looked what you want?
Speaker 3 (24:28):
This is an Auckland christ Church and Wellington.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Yeah. I mean I don't get that, but anyway, that's
that's what they did. Five hundred families open their homes
and let them go through and what they found is
some very interesting stuff. For example, they said, what is
really unique about New Zealand is we carpet our garages.
Ninety three percent of people put carpet down in their garage.
Have you got carpet on your No?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
No, have you?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah? Hell yeah. It was the first thing I did.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Why do you part your you part your car in there?
Speaker 4 (24:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (24:57):
But mine's marine carpet too, so it can handle the
wed doesn't smell. And it's when I don't have the
car there, I vacuum the garage all the time. I
know that's a first world thing.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
But why do you carp at your garage?
Speaker 7 (25:08):
Well?
Speaker 2 (25:09):
I did that because I felt like we could then
with the kids, you know, grandkids and whatnot. It's just
like another room. You can put the kids out there
if I thought if I wanted to put a pool
table there or a table tennis table, I could do.
That just gives you another room, whereas a cold, barren, dusty,
dirty concrete floors particularly unappealing.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Do you mean a place to park your car? Is
that what you're talking about?
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Well, good on you, because that's what I Care said.
They see that around the world people don't carp at
their garages. The other thing, and this is not a
revelation to me, but I care people were struck by
the fact that some ninety three percent of people in
this country don't use their garage to park their car.
I have to say, though, well, I do notice, like
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when I drive around, if there's a garage door up,
you look in and it's got a home gym, it's
got bikes hanging from.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
The roof or hanging from the wall, maybe a kayak.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Kayak always in our subdivision, washing machine and dryer in
the garage.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Yeah, that's pretty standard.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Yeah, what seems to be, but it's not. It's not
offshore in other countries, says I care. A garage is
just a car parking space. That is all it's used for.
Eighty eight percent of people save that also said they
hate it, but the garage is used to store stuff. Hi, guys,
is this text bollocks. I'm a handyman. I've seen hundreds
of garages and I would say ten percent half carpet
if that new houses would have more than that, maybe
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twenty percent of carpeted. I agree with the cars thing, though,
most garages are full of crap, including mine.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Sets Greg, good on.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
You there, Ricky, Yeah here you going, good mate, Thank you.
What do you use your garage for?
Speaker 15 (26:45):
Well, I put quite a large garage. So it was
the odd Squires, which is a massive amount of space
to head onto your house. So I've got my office
in there. I've got a little hunting room, gun fakes
a little gym and it's just exceptional really with carpet.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Do you have like any heating in there or anything?
Speaker 15 (27:05):
Yes, I put hate up in there, which is just magic.
And I don't understand. Cars are made to be outdoors
and then you get home at night, at dark and
you put them in a ship.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
What about on a frosty morning, Ricky, you wake up
and your car's all frosted over, you can't sit. You
have you get the jug out. You don't get that
in the garage, mate, second part, well, good on you mate,
Thank you Ricky very much for calling Dona Marie High.
Speaker 8 (27:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
I'm just on my way now to measure a house.
Speaker 5 (27:30):
I was for a following company here in Christitch and
most of the places I'm doing are.
Speaker 15 (27:34):
New homes and garage Carbin.
Speaker 5 (27:36):
But I would say all my eighty percent of.
Speaker 15 (27:38):
New houses I'm putting garage Carver in the garage. That's
PROBA dollars.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
Was for a six five sex garage.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Hello there, Scott Cody, Hey, do you use your garage
for your car?
Speaker 7 (27:50):
No, we ended up just filling the thing with stuff,
you know, and it got to a point now where
you if you wanted to drive in there with the cake,
you actually physically couldn't. Because we thought we'd get a
home gym, right, we got.
Speaker 8 (28:02):
Motivated home gym year.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
This is us and then the home gym thing falls away.
You've got a mixture of jim Gie storage of you
know hoarders on TV. Yes, a laundry.
Speaker 8 (28:19):
So you open the slider door, you know, you just go.
Speaker 7 (28:21):
My wife's parents just cringe every time they come and
visit us.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Then mols are coming.
Speaker 10 (28:26):
We better tidy up.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Does that stress you out? I couldn't have that.
Speaker 5 (28:31):
Well, it's a right if you don't look at it.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
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Speaker 2 (28:44):
I was reading a story this morning before we came
on here, and it's a beautiful story.
Speaker 12 (28:47):
You know.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
The police, I really rate the New Zealand Police. The
men and women do an incredible job.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
I'm happy we've got them.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
I've had a son in law that's been on scope
with the police number of times because where they go
out with them in the cars when they're looking to
become police officers. One of my sons in law was
looking to become a police officer and he said, it's
just so demanding. It was a real after being on
scope for three days. He's not doing it, he's not
doing it right. Just an incredibly demanded job. Anyway, what
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they have to do on any given day, their scope
of their work is extraordinary. And I'm just reading the
story about two police officers, Constables pot of Tenney and Oliver,
were delivering a court order to somebody in an apartment
block and then the security guard from that apartment block
SA had quit come quickly and a woman was in
the midst of labor. There was no ambulances to just
(29:34):
having a baby, so they took the woman sort of
basically mid labor, put her in the back of the
patrol car. The baby didn't wait. The baby came out
in the back of the car and the police car.
But mum and baby are doing really well. And it
was just a really sweet story because these two police
officers were so moved by what that it wasn't part
of their job. They didn't have to do it busy people.
(29:55):
But after hours they went back to the hospital and
took the mum and the baby a couple of gifts.
One of the officers said it was one of the
best jobs I've ever done. I had an adrenaline rush
for days. Bet the baby and they took some baby booties.
We police baby booties. Oh gorgeous. And the baby's called
cahu Angy. Was a gorgeous name. Cahou Dangy apparently actually
(30:15):
has some significance. It's another shade of blue, the cloak
of the sky father. So that's a beautiful name. Called
the baby cahoud ANGI. The mum, Nora, she joked that
they were going to call the new baby Andrew Costa
the police commissioner, because they wanted the child to grow
into a police officer. Now that hits, that's amazing. Nice
to ray.
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
News Talks head be Hello there, Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
God to James, Simon, and.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Gooda everyone, Great news. Sam Kines back in the all black.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Looky, he doesn't need to buy a lotto ticket.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Now, I'll cut it out. He so deserves his place.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
I do find it a bit odd that they've gone
with the same loose Ford trio, though I thought they
might have tweaked it a wee bit, not necessarily putting
Sam kinan. But anyway, drop both of the wingers.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
What you see what Sam does is he He's unabashed.
He gets in there, he's guts, he's all arms and legs.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Great at the turnover, Great at the tackle, hardest worker.
Talk to the players, James, Yeah, the players are the
ones that know.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Is he the Reuben Thorn of the twenty first?
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Is he?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
With respect to Rubin Thorn, who I really liked. Sam's
better than Ruben?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Was okay?
Speaker 6 (01:13):
Right?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And I like rubin Thorn.
Speaker 7 (01:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Anyway, so we've got there.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The highlight reel with Simon Barnett and James Daniels Hughes.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Talk said the Australia are looking at banning all advertising
on gambling inside sports games. So if you watch at
the moment, you'll see all sorts of betting agencies and
tab sports beets and things. I like the Yeah yeah,
well that'll go in Australia, and even an hour outside
of the game starting and outside of the game finishing,
(01:43):
no gambling advertising.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Does it really make a difference?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I wonder I'll leave this with you on that question.
Does it make a difference gambling advertising? Saturday night, six
pm and ad for Loto comes up forty four million dollars?
Make sure you've got your ticket? Do you then check
your online Loto account and go, oh flip, I haven't
got mine. I better get it good a Simon.
Speaker 8 (02:05):
Hi, guys, just listening to yourselves on an agreement with
both of you to some degree, I think a reasonable
viewpoint from this is my opinion, by the way, is
if you saturate in front of an addict or a
person who's towards that way, who finds gambling easy and
(02:26):
will make bad decisions. Saturated in front of their face,
it will only increase their ability to make the bad decision.
But I'm also in agreement with James. We can't make
it a complete nanny state, Nicky.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Whilst I agree people have to take on responsibility for themselves. Fortunately,
there's a lot of vulnerable people in our society and
they might not have had a stay blood bringing, and
they might have had bad influences, and they're a product
of their environment, and they aren't necessarily going to make
(03:00):
the best decision for themselves.
Speaker 9 (03:02):
I have worked in the addiction field, both gambling and
and all that stuff. I've also worked in care and
protection for over ten years, and I've seeing plenty of
vulnerable families. They're not addicts, but they're still very vulnerable.
And hope those hope that those lotto ads, I just
think they're terrible actually, because they do this thing about
this is your hope, This is hope for you. Can
(03:24):
people not see what's going on here. This is people
who can't afford to do this and being dragged into it.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And I think you've made an excellent point right off
the bat there, Peter, don't you agree, James, where Peter said,
it's not necessarily addicts, it's vulnerable people and that's a
huge catchment. So excellent, good on you.
Speaker 9 (03:40):
Yeah. And finally, of all places, a country that would
bet on two fliers going up a windows, a famous
description of Australia, of all places to even be talking
about it, doesn't that tell us anything?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
The highlight reel we're talking about some of the sanctions
that will be introduced to beneficiaries that don't meet their commitments,
most of which seem actually pretty reasonable. And I think
we're all most people come ffittable with, you know, the
notion of consequences. You know, that's life, right, and so
these seem pretty fair for the most part. There's some
(04:15):
concern around the new money management sanction that we'll see
half of a person's benefit go onto a payment card
that can be only used for a very limited range
of essential products and services. Opposition leader Chris Hipkins he
says he thinks that that's kind of old fashioned, it's
mean spirited, and it actually will make people become more
(04:35):
reliant on the government by taking away their independence and
their autonomy. And so that's his views. We've asked you
the question, what do you think about that? One hundred
and eighty ten eighty.
Speaker 10 (04:45):
A kate Hi Hi.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
I'm glad you just mentioned Chris Hipkins, because that's why
I was calling. I think he was a bit more
of a disingenuous when he talked about what the National
Party are bringing in, because he brought in a cash
flow card if you like. Up in Kaitaia, where people
on benefit, we're only allowed to spend it in certain
(05:10):
that's if you like, So it's not something new. He
already introduced something similar. They're given a cash card of
some description and they're only allowed to spend it in
the supermarket and not on cigarettes and things like that.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Look, I've been on the dole tours in my life,
once for three months during the DFC and then once
for about seven weeks during twenty twenty during COVID and
look old and wishing on anyone mate. It sucks that,
you know it's degrading, but at the end of the day,
you've got to set our obligations that you sign for
when you first get on the benefit. They're explained to
(05:45):
you and you've got to meet those obligations. You're getting
someone else's tech hard earned money that they pay the
tax to fund your doll Like you, if you can't
turn up to an appointment, how can you be expected
to shop for work? You know, Like it's not hard.
There's one hundred and sixty something hells and a week
(06:06):
and you're only having to turn out once every few weeks.
Like it's not for one hour, It's not difficult.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
One of the criticisms from folks that I know that
have been on job seekers said that the MSD basically
sent them to totally inappropriate places just to take a box,
you know, like one went to a might I to
do something, and even the mad I said to the person,
we'll take the box and you get out of here
because you're a waste of space and you're not interested.
And there was a bit of that. It was kind
of like digging potholes. Do you reckon? There was anything
(06:34):
like that for you. What did you feel You've got
some benefit from the places you were told to go
on job Seeker?
Speaker 5 (06:40):
There was some benefit and it kept your work ready,
you know, give you something to do so you're not
sitting around at home doing nothing. So it definitely helped.
But probably someone of that might have been a bit
of an appropriate you know, I'm sort of more talored
to someone that's never worked in their life. Yeah, so
that it was just, you know, one criterion meets everyone
instead of doing it based on someone's experience. But you
(07:02):
know you've got that many people. What are you meant
to do?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Been why you were mentioned in your interaction there you
said you've been on it and it sucked. Why did
it suck?
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Well, no one wants to walk into a door office
and ask for health and the boss the job, you know,
as us really sucks. No one wants to go through
paperwork and then find out you're only going to get
forty or fifty percent of what you know when you're
working and you've got a budget, you know, no one
wants to go through all that you know and heavy
ground use like you know, watching them and everyone driving
(07:32):
us and you're walking into a door office could be
quite downgrading. But at the end of the day, you've
got to do what you need to do to survive.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Have you got a job now?
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Oh yeah, yeah, you know. I I think the first
time was only on not for two or three months,
and the second time was about seven weeks during COVID,
so not not that much, you know, all up in
my working life, you know, but the day it's a
safety there. If you need it, you need it. But
there's quite eerie to me. And you're explaining that, and
as long as you meet it, it doesn't sound like
there's going to be any issues.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Being very well said, thank you for calling. Hey, Rob,
I'll be on.
Speaker 11 (08:05):
It many many times since eighties, nineties, two thousands, two
tens and out with here Ryan. It's just a lifestyle, mate.
If you go around and look at all these young
fellows and probably the girls to their apartments. So they're
in apartments, they've got nice couches, they've got nice flat
screen televisions. You know, well, what's the intentive? So I'm
(08:27):
glad that I did it myself. And government should pay
the power the rent to the landlord. And you get
left back with what eighty ninety bucks, you know, so
you know that's pretty good man.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
The highlight reel.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I want to ask an ethical question. I went to
a cafeteria with my daughter, been for a walk, went
and got a coffee and we were going to sit down.
Didn't want to get a takeaway coffee, wanted to sit
down right, plenty of room, guys. Lovely there at the
Beach Cafe. Real love team actually, And I said, as
Zoe caf Gravis. He says, yeah, yeah, go for it.
(09:04):
And I said, now, just want two long blacks please?
Could we get them in take away cups?
Speaker 3 (09:09):
And you just asked them if you could take a.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Seat, take a seat, and he said he was great,
He said, yeah, that's fine. Did the same thing about
four days later at another cafeteria and they looked at
me like I just laid a cable on the ground
and when I asked for a takeaway cup, that wanted
to sit down at their premises. So the next question
is why do you want to take away cup, simon
(09:32):
when you're actually sitting down at a coffee shop. Why
wouldn't you drink out of the porcelain cup or the
china whatever you And there's a whole bunch of reasons,
but I actually prefer a takeaway cup because it stays
hotter for longer. They gave it to me, but they
weren't happy.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Gave you the side the.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Side eye, Yeah they did, and I just wanted to.
So that's my question to you listening to this is
that inappropriate? And why is are people worried? Are the
cups bad? I suppose for the climate? Environmental?
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Is that the only reason why you want a takeaway
cup in the cafe?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Yeah? Pretty much? Is there another the reason why they'd
look at me funny?
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well that's a different question for a different day.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Oh you see, see James, What shame on you, Simon
for getting a takeaway cup while you're sitting down? Next text,
that's terrible, Simon. What is wrong with you? Simon? Do
you not? Oh my gosh, see.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
That have gone crazy too?
Speaker 2 (10:27):
What is it?
Speaker 7 (10:29):
Is it?
Speaker 8 (10:29):
Am? I?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Is it? Have I broken an environmental protocol? Well?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
You're creating, you're using or creating more waste. Doren't you
we recyclable sort of thing?
Speaker 7 (10:41):
Not that?
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Not that the lids? Aren't I five bucks for it?
Shouldn't I have a shouldn't I have? Haven't I paid
the money? Not to be given the side? I? Then
we've got a text here from Eddie who sees hi
signed James. First step to ruining a good cup of
coffee is to put it in cardboard. Next step is
to drink it through a hole in a piece of plastic.
(11:03):
Takeaway coffee is an insult to all those working folk
in the growing roasting making chain.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Nice Eddie, good work.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Now I've offended Eddie too.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
The Highlight Reel with Sion James. The Highlight Reel with
Sion James.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
So six and a half decades have gone with Barfoot
and Thompson occupying a branch in Panmua no longer come
the end of September. They're saying it's too anti social behavior,
lots of crime in the era, so they're out. What
do you think about that? Is that the best way
to do this? Oh eight hundred eighty ten eighty is
our phone number. Hello, Troy, Germany. How are you doing? Great?
Thank you for calling up.
Speaker 10 (11:44):
Look on. My family live in the area, we shop
in the area, we go to Pamua weekly. I'm going
to take a slightly different step. I sort of believe
this might be a convenient excuse for closing. And where
I go with that is, you know, we had banks
that sat in the areas for sixty five or one
hundred years, and just about every area and New Zelle
(12:06):
closing up. I look at the change in the way
people actually purchase and sell houses, so much of it
is online. Do people actually walk into real estate offices
anymore to look at properties.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
That's good.
Speaker 10 (12:20):
So the word from Barfton Thompson is that they will
still be operating in the area from their agents. Their agents,
I would say, conveniently, just use that as an office space.
More and more agents are working from home. I also
say that, you know, we shop at many great shops there,
including the best Turkish bread in New Zealand, as well
(12:40):
as as a brilliant Spiceland where we buy all our
shrid Lankan foods, et cetera. I think there's just a
change that's happening in the real estate industry full stop.
And I would say you'll see more and more sites
closed because it's an overhead that the real estate agencies
don't need.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Well good point no.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
And I have to say, Troy, I wondered that when
I read the story this morning, I thought, is this
just an excuse? Convenient excuse? But then haven't they and
you live in the area, mate, haven't they done you
a massive disservice? Then why would they not because they've
maligned area now?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
One thing though, Troy, is that this isn't opinion that
was in the article it's actually a quote from the
general manager of Barfoot and Thompson. He's the one who
said we've noted an increasing trend and antisocial and criminal
behavior in the local area. He said it. It's not
someone else saying that that's what's happening.
Speaker 10 (13:35):
Yeah, I mean, that's that's as a comment that's been attributed.
I fully respect that, but I also would really question
how that would affect a real estate company that has
opened during the day, not after ours, who has the
ability to shut the door or have anything like any
other business. I mean, we talk about I don't think
(13:57):
there's going to be many real estate agencies that are
ram rated requirement for people to grab all the paperwork
from them. You know. I think we look at that
sort of anti social behavior that's happening right throughout New Zealand,
not specifically in Pamua. There's so many positive things that
are happening in Pamula, and you know, I'm I'm quite shocked,
(14:18):
to be honest that they sort of responses that come out. Yes,
there are anti social behavior in different areas right throughout
the country, but the reality is it is most people
that live in Panua and Mount Wellington and the greater
area are pretty good people and they've got great family scenarios.
Average age I think to the community is about thirty eight.
We've got a change in the demographic with a lot
(14:40):
of people coming in as new New Zealanders as well,
so there are some really positive things happening.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Yeah, good on you, Suroy.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
You should stand for the city council for Panmua. You're
a great advocate. Good on you, nice gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
Textaar says Hi boys, I've lived in Panmuer since twenty twelve.
I've not noticed a change at all. It's always been
a little bit dingy if anything. Though personally I think
it's improved with the new restaurants, the new road layouts.
I don't actually believe the Barfoot in Thompson reason at all,
says the Texter. But you see this very next text
says Simon and James. Have either of you been to
(15:14):
Panmua in recent times? It has a very heavy gang
presence now, very aggressive youth and homeless. Let's not talk
about the brothels and the barbershops. I absolutely agree with
Barfoot and Thompson pulling out good on.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Them the highlight reel.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
James has been house hunting.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Yeah, for my in laws. They're in their mid nineties
and they've made the decision that they want to make
take it a bit easier.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
One thing that really did, I suppose make me sit
up and pay attention, was when James mentioned the cost
of some of these retirement villas. I was telling my
daughter and she said she had seen on tech talk
of all places, Of all places, I suppose it's grandchildren
or maybe children filming their appearance on cruise ships that
(15:59):
were obviously young, fit and healthy enough. And that's the
caveat here. But they were healthy enough to spend years
on a cruise ship because it was chee cheaper, because
they got their meals provided, they get a movie theater,
they get shows big, you know, good shows.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
They get good views.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
They're on the azure. Yeah, I mean, which I said,
that actually makes a hell of a lot of sense,
Like if it were me, I'd probably want to do that.
Is it something you would consider? Have you done it?
There must be a downside, there must be paying. So
then I find this story jamesvill are the residences. They
(16:40):
run this cruise arm ship, the shipping line, and they
have what they call perpetual circumnavigating, and it's a cruise
they offer to the elderly and basically they circum navigate
the world every three and a half years on this
cruise ship. And you can buy it. You get your
ocean view, cabin, meals activities for two hundred and ninety
(17:01):
nine thousand US dollars. Oh how long does that last?
Fore and a half years? So work about That's pretty reason,
wasn't that?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Is that something you would consider doing? Is it something
you have done? Have you been on a cruise? And
you go, you know what? That is the next plan
for me? This text is is HOI guys so weird
you were discussing this. I literally just got quoted three
hundred and sixty dollars a day for my dad. He's
looking at it. There you go, they Chris, Hey, how
(17:32):
are you guys? Good? Thanks? Is that an appealing thing?
Do you reckon?
Speaker 8 (17:36):
Oh?
Speaker 10 (17:36):
Absolutely?
Speaker 12 (17:37):
We a little story about our first cruise, my partner
before kids. We went on a cruise started up in Italy,
all the way down to Robneck. But we met this
Welsh family and mom and dad would have been in
their late fifties and the kids were sort of in
their twenties and every stop was the first cruise. We
were out doing things and we're like, what are you
guys doing. They're like, we're just staying on the boat,
(17:59):
and they had a drinks package and they just loved
Mum and dad talked about and a few years they're
just going to cruise, you know, every day, for every
year because they loved it so much.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
That's extraordinary. Chris, thank you very much for your story.
There are some naysayers, but these people don't like cruising
by the sounds of it at all. Sounds really boring,
visiting the same ports all the time. You'd need good
insurance in case you need a treatment in other countries,
says Craig. This one says onboard entertainment is not what
it's cracked up to be. An eighty seven year old
(18:29):
Rod Stewart singing do you think I'm sexy? And taking
his shirt off like he did in the seventies, I'm
still not sold.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
And then Jen says, Hi, guys, what about superannuation? You
need a permanent address, can a Kathy.
Speaker 13 (18:42):
I have just come back from the UK last week
and I've had twenty three cruises. I think the most
I've had SEUs six weeks. I was on the d
Day cruise there in June. A lot of people on
that ship had walkers, they had ride on. They were
well looked after. There's great hospitals, good nurses, wonderful staff,
(19:03):
and you see a different view every day. We pulled
up the side another ship in Iceland, who was one
of these ships that does go around the world all
the time, and people are permanently on them, and so
they let us have a wee look. It's just like
being in a house, your own flat, and they say
it's wonderful. And I said, well, how do you get
on for pensions because most of them are English and
they said, O, I know, we still play their pension
(19:24):
because this is our living department at the moment. So
I don't know how your keiweeds would get on. But
over there you can still get your pension. Well, I
because I've got an English pension as well.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Hey, thank you for your insights in the cruising world.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
The best moment from the week this is the Highlight
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Speaker 2 (19:45):
A really interesting story in the conversation publication, and the
writer is Steve McFarlane, and he asks a very good question,
is it okay to lie to a person battling with dementia?
And he goes on in his opinion piece to say
ethical care can be very challenging when a person is
in the late stages of dementia. And of course the
(20:05):
thing is, we know what best practices, but does it
always apply best practice as to not to lie? Because
that is best practice? He cites the ethical approach. The
ethical approach classically holds that specific actions are moral certainties,
regardless of the consequences, and in line with that moral absolutism,
it's always wrong to lie. Right, most of us know that,
(20:27):
and these SIT's an example where an elderly patient was
looking for their long deceased spouse and whether the care
workers should have just been up front and said he's
passed away, or another approach, maybe along the lines of look,
I know you're obviously wanting to see him, he will
be along shortly, or something like that, fudging it really
(20:48):
rather than just yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
You see. That first approach is called the ethical approach,
So I guess what the second one is?
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Yeah, hello there, Michael gill.
Speaker 14 (20:57):
I had both my parents and the security to me
each ward. They ran a retirement unit. They couldn't look
over themselves. Mum had already had to means for years dead.
Had a stroke in the came right. So it was
the safest place for them, you know, where they couldn't
get hurt and were fine. But just you thed little
white lives. You tell them you know they need a haircut,
but they say they don't need a haircut.
Speaker 8 (21:17):
You say, so, you say to.
Speaker 14 (21:18):
Them, don't you remember you told me to get your haircut,
and you get me a haircut. You go up for
dinner and they don't know what to order because you're
so confused. We're looking at the menu. So you say, well,
we're here last time, and you had that.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
You really enjoyed it, right, very good.
Speaker 14 (21:32):
I lost my dad about two weeks ago, and he
was eighty five. He had fallen over broken his hip
and his femur and he was in a hospital for
two and a half weeks and just couldn't get out
of beat after that, and his heart failed. He had
his heart failing and his kidney's failing. So we attacking
them over the air two or three times and every
time we take gravers she would say, where are we going?
(21:52):
And I'd say, We're going to see my dad, or
we're going to see dad. I just said we're going
to see dad. She and she would say my dad,
and I'd go, no, your husband, my dad, and she
would look, should go my husband? She was confused, and
you'd get over there and she'd as say about three
or four times and you get to the hospital and
and she goes, didn't tell us, we're coming to see dad,
and he should look at him and go how old
is he? And I say eighty five? And she just
had this blank, confused look on her face because in
(22:15):
her mind she thought, I know she was twenty or
thirty or forty. So he had been in there two
weeks and we're going to take mom over. But we
checked with the minch warden and said, right, is she
asking about dad? And they said no, she stopped asking.
They're in the same room. She had stopped asking about them,
but she was saying last night she was twenty two
years old and looking for her father. So when he passed,
(22:39):
we spoke to the mintss Aukland said what do we do?
Because I was quitey not to tell her, and they said,
tell her once and see how it goes, and then
he's have to tell her again. So we went in
and we sat it down, me and my sister, and
we said, we've got some news for you. We said
our father had passed. Right, We didn't say her father
or anything. Yeah, yeah, And mom said what my father
(23:01):
and we said, no, no, our father and she signed
very very sorry for your loss. How old was he
and we said eighty five? And then she said that
winter funeral. We said, we're still organizing this because this
is the following day. And then she said, oh, okay,
that's said, And what else he'd been up to?
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Really?
Speaker 10 (23:17):
Yep?
Speaker 3 (23:18):
Did you ever figure out that that was her husband?
Speaker 12 (23:21):
No?
Speaker 14 (23:22):
Right, so we think she's now aggressed so that she
thinks we're her brother and sister. Oh so what we
got told from dementially New Zealand? Should we tell her?
But don't bring it up every day because otherwise she's
going through.
Speaker 10 (23:35):
It every day.
Speaker 14 (23:35):
And if we go and see her and she goes,
we're dad, and we go he died, then we're going
through it.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Michael, thanks very much for sharing your story.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Chats laughs and the best calls this is the Highlight
Reel with Simon Barnett and James Daniels powered by News
Talk said, be I'll.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Tell you something that's got a lot of attention today.
I noticed Mike Hosking was talking about it the morning shows.
We're talking about it through the country. It's this huge
survey done by Ikia. You know who Ika are. Most
people do glombing here next year. I think they're famous
for meatballs, aren't they. Yeah, Swedish meatballs. Really that's their thing. Yeah, okay, anyway,
(24:13):
so this global furnishure giant, a head of their opening,
went round five hundred New Zealand homes to get into
their living habits, which begs the question, who would let
ikeer into your house? To say, coming out, yeah, you Swiss,
have we looked what you want?
Speaker 3 (24:28):
This is an Auckland christ Church and Wellington.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Yeah. I mean I don't get that, but anyway, that's
that's what they did. Five hundred families open their homes
and let them go through and what they found is
some very interesting stuff. For example, they said, what is
really unique about New Zealand is we carpet our garages.
Ninety three percent of people put carpet down in their garage.
Have you got carpet on your No?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
No, have you?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah? Hell yeah. It was the first thing I did.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Why do you part your you part your car in there?
Speaker 4 (24:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (24:57):
But mine's marine carpet too, so it can handle the
wed doesn't smell. And it's when I don't have the
car there, I vacuum the garage all the time. I
know that's a first world thing.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
But why do you carp at your garage?
Speaker 7 (25:08):
Well?
Speaker 2 (25:09):
I did that because I felt like we could then
with the kids, you know, grandkids and whatnot. It's just
like another room. You can put the kids out there
if I thought if I wanted to put a pool
table there or a table tennis table, I could do.
That just gives you another room, whereas a cold, barren, dusty,
dirty concrete floors particularly unappealing.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Do you mean a place to park your car? Is
that what you're talking about?
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Well, good on you, because that's what I Care said.
They see that around the world people don't carp at
their garages. The other thing, and this is not a
revelation to me, but I care people were struck by
the fact that some ninety three percent of people in
this country don't use their garage to park their car.
I have to say, though, well, I do notice, like
(25:54):
when I drive around, if there's a garage door up,
you look in and it's got a home gym, it's
got bikes hanging from.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
The roof or hanging from the wall, maybe a kayak.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Kayak always in our subdivision, washing machine and dryer in
the garage.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Yeah, that's pretty standard.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Yeah, what seems to be, but it's not. It's not
offshore in other countries, says I care. A garage is
just a car parking space. That is all it's used for.
Eighty eight percent of people save that also said they
hate it, but the garage is used to store stuff. Hi, guys,
is this text bollocks. I'm a handyman. I've seen hundreds
of garages and I would say ten percent half carpet
if that new houses would have more than that, maybe
(26:33):
twenty percent of carpeted. I agree with the cars thing, though,
most garages are full of crap, including mine.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Sets Greg, good on.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
You there, Ricky, Yeah here you going, good mate, Thank you.
What do you use your garage for?
Speaker 15 (26:45):
Well, I put quite a large garage. So it was
the odd Squires, which is a massive amount of space
to head onto your house. So I've got my office
in there. I've got a little hunting room, gun fakes
a little gym and it's just exceptional really with carpet.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Do you have like any heating in there or anything?
Speaker 15 (27:05):
Yes, I put hate up in there, which is just magic.
And I don't understand. Cars are made to be outdoors
and then you get home at night, at dark and
you put them in a ship.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
What about on a frosty morning, Ricky, you wake up
and your car's all frosted over, you can't sit. You
have you get the jug out. You don't get that
in the garage, mate, second part, well, good on you mate,
Thank you Ricky very much for calling Dona Marie High.
Speaker 8 (27:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
I'm just on my way now to measure a house.
Speaker 5 (27:30):
I was for a following company here in Christitch and
most of the places I'm doing are.
Speaker 15 (27:34):
New homes and garage Carbin.
Speaker 5 (27:36):
But I would say all my eighty percent of.
Speaker 15 (27:38):
New houses I'm putting garage Carver in the garage. That's
PROBA dollars.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
Was for a six five sex garage.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Hello there, Scott Cody, Hey, do you use your garage
for your car?
Speaker 7 (27:50):
No, we ended up just filling the thing with stuff,
you know, and it got to a point now where
you if you wanted to drive in there with the cake,
you actually physically couldn't. Because we thought we'd get a
home gym, right, we got.
Speaker 8 (28:02):
Motivated home gym year.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
This is us and then the home gym thing falls away.
You've got a mixture of jim Gie storage of you
know hoarders on TV. Yes, a laundry.
Speaker 8 (28:19):
So you open the slider door, you know, you just go.
Speaker 7 (28:21):
My wife's parents just cringe every time they come and
visit us.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Then mols are coming.
Speaker 10 (28:26):
We better tidy up.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Does that stress you out? I couldn't have that.
Speaker 5 (28:31):
Well, it's a right if you don't look at it.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
Simon bringing you the best of the week.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
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Speaker 2 (28:44):
I was reading a story this morning before we came
on here, and it's a beautiful story.
Speaker 12 (28:47):
You know.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
The police, I really rate the New Zealand Police. The
men and women do an incredible job.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
I'm happy we've got them.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
I've had a son in law that's been on scope
with the police number of times because where they go
out with them in the cars when they're looking to
become police officers. One of my sons in law was
looking to become a police officer and he said, it's
just so demanding. It was a real after being on
scope for three days. He's not doing it, he's not
doing it right. Just an incredibly demanded job. Anyway, what
(29:14):
they have to do on any given day, their scope
of their work is extraordinary. And I'm just reading the
story about two police officers, Constables pot of Tenney and Oliver,
were delivering a court order to somebody in an apartment
block and then the security guard from that apartment block
SA had quit come quickly and a woman was in
the midst of labor. There was no ambulances to just
(29:34):
having a baby, so they took the woman sort of
basically mid labor, put her in the back of the
patrol car. The baby didn't wait. The baby came out
in the back of the car and the police car.
But mum and baby are doing really well. And it
was just a really sweet story because these two police
officers were so moved by what that it wasn't part
of their job. They didn't have to do it busy people.
(29:55):
But after hours they went back to the hospital and
took the mum and the baby a couple of gifts.
One of the officers said it was one of the
best jobs I've ever done. I had an adrenaline rush
for days. Bet the baby and they took some baby booties.
We police baby booties. Oh gorgeous. And the baby's called
cahu Angy. Was a gorgeous name. Cahou Dangy apparently actually
(30:15):
has some significance. It's another shade of blue, the cloak
of the sky father. So that's a beautiful name. Called
the baby cahoud ANGI. The mum, Nora, she joked that
they were going to call the new baby Andrew Costa
the police commissioner, because they wanted the child to grow
into a police officer. Now that hits, that's amazing. Nice
to ray.
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