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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an early edition with ex pole insulation, keeping Kimi Holmes
warm and tray this winter news talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That'd be good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Welcome the Monday, just gone six minutes after five NCA.
Big announcement from the government today on this The question
is do you just basically rip it up and throw
it in the bin and start again. We'll look at that.
Gavin Gray's in the UK for us, another attempt at
a crackdown over there over people smuggling. Elliott Smith on
Royguard here. Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs, we'll talk about them a
(00:33):
lot during the show. And secondhand vehicles if you're in
the market for one, why you might be paying a
little bit more and what the government might be doing
about that. Shortly all ahead.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
The agenda.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It is Monday, the fourth of August. Israel's far right
minister has sparked controversy praying at the Aluksa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The reason this is so sacricanct is it breaks a
decades's old rule that Jews can visit but not pray
at the site.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
We've seen those images of Itama Bengavie leading Jewish prayers
there earlier today, and he released a video on his
social media accounts.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Again repeating some of his positions. He has been urging the.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Government the Israeli military to occupy the whole of the
Gaza Strip.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
To the United States, Trump's officials are going after a
guy who took two federal court cases against the president.
Former Special counsel Jack Smith is now himself under scrutiny
for possible rule breaks while prosecuting Trump.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
This investigation is not criminal in nature. Unlike when Jack
Smith was a prosecutor, the agency conducting this investigation won't
have the ability to compel testimony or cooperation from Smith
or any former government employees.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Staying with Trump, he wants to bring back the presidential
fitness test in public schools. Think sit ups, Think push ups,
Think pull ups. First launched in the fifties to measure kids' fitness,
scrapped under a b in twenty twelve.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Can your child pass a simple physical fitness test?
Speaker 6 (02:04):
It's an important indication of America's level of energy, competitiveness,
and vigor.
Speaker 7 (02:09):
This is an important step in our mission to make
America healthy again.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Could Trump pinissums and views you trust to start your day.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It's earlier.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
This ship with Ryan Bridge at ex Pole Insulation keeping
Kiwi homes warm and dry this winter.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
News talk, said Beg.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
The question is that could Trump actually do it himself?
Would be my question. But I don't see anything wrong
with that.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
You had to do.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
When I was at school, pe was a compulsory I'm
pretty sure it was a compulsory subject. So everybody had
to sort of move you could. The only way you
could get out of doing pe was by not bringing
your pe gear, And then you would have to sit
down and watch everyone do it anyway, And if it
was raining, you would have to sit out in the
rain and want did everyone do it anyway? So you
might as well join in and be warm. Nine two
(02:56):
ninety two is the number to text. Would love to
hear from you this morning. Tariffs. We aren't talking a
lot about tariffs for good reason. We have shot up
the rankings. So we were at ten percent. Now we're
at fifteen tariff day Friday, of course, so yes, we
are going to be paying more. The ten percent was
around nine hundred million dollars. Is how much the value
(03:17):
of the tariff was worth on how much we were exporting?
The question is whether the extra five points five percentage
points puts us out of competition with other exporters. Right,
it's clearly something this government has thought about, and it's
clearly enough to have them worried, because remember, these guys
weren't phased at ten percent. I asked Luxon and Maclay
(03:41):
several times about this over many months, and they all said,
it's basically fine. We're not even going to try and
get that number down to five percent, for example, We're
just going to go We're happy to cruise at ten.
Now five points added to the bill, and we're flying
diplomats and like it's the Munich conference, We've got urgent
(04:01):
meeting requests in, we're warming the jets on the tarmac,
civil servants briefcase up, and big coats on boarding planes
heading to Washington. So what gives the question for Luxan today,
I think is why were we so chill at ten
and now so worked up at fifteen. I don't get it.
Our prices and volumes held up apparently when we were
(04:23):
at ten percent. It's what they tell us, the exporters.
So why does fifteen makes such a big difference? What
does that do to our competitiveness? Serious question. And we
have a small trade surplus of about five hundred million
dollars with the US, but that's nothing to them given
the size of their economy, and it's enough, according to
(04:43):
Trump to get us on as naughty list, you know,
anyone with a trade surpus, no matter if it's a dollar.
Which makes no sense by the way, because that numbers
bounced around, like for New Zealand and America, that numbers
bounced around and bounced around and bounced around on average.
We sell them as much stuff as we buy back
off them, basically, so the calculation makes no sense. But
(05:04):
the calculations never made sense. But the ten percent to
fifteen percent, so you can't argue on the calculation, but
you ten to five percent to fifteen percent. How significant
a hit will we take from that change? Clearly it's
going to be significant enough for us to fire up
the jets and get the diplomats over there. Anyway, we'll
(05:26):
ask Luxon about that this morning on well over on
HERELD Now we'll do that. I'm sure Mike will be
doing it too. Eleven minutes after five here on News Talks.
Heb coming up next. We're going to talk to Beef
and Lamb about those terriffts, what they're seeing from Trump's
announcement on Friday.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
analysis earlier edition with Bryan Bridge and x Bowl Insulation
keeping Kiwi Holmes warm and dry.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
This Winter News Talks headb.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
It is fourteen minutes alf to five. Lillia Lawson's had
a great night finishing as Red Bulls best Car and Hungry.
We'll talk to Elliot Smith at that in just a
few moments. Right now, our top trade diplomats heading to
the States as we speak to try and bargain down
our tariff rate on exports to the US. We've been
hit with fifteen percent on Friday. Australia got away with
ten our trade Minster Todd McLay will plead his case
(06:14):
in the coming week. So what does the industry make
of it all? Kate Ackland, Beef and Nam New Zealand
share with us this morning, Kay, Good morning, morning Ryan.
What is this a big difference for exporters?
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (06:28):
Look, we're incredibly disappointed and the main reason is it
places our farms and exporters at a clear competitive disadvantage.
And what's one of our most valuable markets. So to
be on a different rate from Australia or Uruguay or Argentina,
that's quite significant.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Are they all on ten?
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Yeah, those guys are all on ten. So only Brazil
and Nicauagra are currently facing higher additional tariffs than New Zealander.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
The mining What.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Would that do to our sales and volumes potentially?
Speaker 8 (06:59):
Well, I think would make it very difficult to pass
that cost on, you know, so that would be something
that farmers and esports would have to have to absorbit
this end. And you know, five percent might not sound
like much, but you know, the extra that extra tariff
is we're looking at over three hundred million dollars more
than we were paying a year ago, assuming that trade
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level stayed the same.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
So that's that includes a tech that's the full fifteen
percent you mean, not the difference between ten and five. Yeah, yeah, yes, okay,
So it's well worth us sending over our diplomatic representations
and you know, kicking up a fuss as much as
we can. Are you happy with how the government's handled
this on your behalf thus far?
Speaker 8 (07:45):
Look, it's been a very tricky situation and as everyone knows,
quite unpredictable. So look, I think the approach you Zeland
had was right, but obviously now is the time to
do something. So it's great that the minister's heading up there.
And yeah, do you know what to happen?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
What are you hearing about? What it is that their
justification is for it?
Speaker 8 (08:07):
Look, we haven't heard anything that It was quite a surprise,
So you haven't heard any reason for this?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Okay? And what's your How often are they keeping you updated?
Our government?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
That is.
Speaker 8 (08:20):
We're in pretty constant contact with our government officials both
here in New Zealand but also over in DC, so
you know there is a great team over in DC.
We've also got staff over there, so you know it
is quite a collective team New Zealand effort.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Okay, Kate, appreciate your trying this morning. Good luck Kate Eckland,
who's beef and the New Zealand shared with us? Just
gone seventeen minutes after five. It's sort of scratched your
head stuff, isn't it when you've got a trade surplus. Yes,
we have a trade surplus, but it's you know, two
forts of bugger all to the American Is this just
just an excuse, a blanket excuse to take some money
(08:58):
off other countries you trade with. It looks like that
to me. Seventeen minutes after five, Ryan, remember the Beep
test and Pe. We're talking about school this morning because
NCA change is coming and being announced this morning. Ryan.
I love doing PE at school in the sixties only
so I could watch the girls in their PE year. Okay,
(09:23):
that's so weird, Ryan. This is on the health of
the US president, who wants kids at school to be
going and doing push ups and pull ups and all
sorts of things. And the president's fitness test. This person said,
could Biden even get out of bed? Well, that's that's
an equally good point. Seventeen minutes after five, News Talk Pit,
said be Elliot Smith in the studio.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Next the first word on the News of the Day
early edition with Ryan Bridge and x Fole Insulation, keeping
Kiwi Holmes warm and Drey this winter.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
News Talk said be.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Good morning, just gone twenty after five. We'll look at
those NCA changes come out this morning just before six o'clock.
Right now, Elliott Smith here was sport, Good morning morning, Ryan,
So great night for another one. Another points finished for
Liam Lawson.
Speaker 7 (10:08):
Back to back points finishes, back to back eighth in
Formula One, as he did in Belgium last week finished
eighth at the Hungarian Grand Prix overnight. This one probably
means a little bit more because he carried or beat
all the racing balls and red Bulls teammates time Max
A Stappin finishing just behind him in ninth u Gisnoda
down the track, as well as other rival from for
(10:29):
racing balls or rival teammate, whatever you want to call it,
also finishing outside the top ten. So in terms of
the result, it's a really good one for Liam Lawson.
Four points he gets and the f one. Our heads
into the summer breaks of four weeks and tends to
be where a lot of the backroom deals are made
around what's happening next season, even if it doesn't all
come out now. This is when the deals are sort
(10:50):
of made. They don't start again until right at the
end of month when they have the Dutch Formula one
Grand Prix. So he's put himself in a good position
as they head into the break and all sorts of negotiations.
I'm sorry as to what his role will be next year,
but in terms of what he's done points in the
last three or four races. You have to say pretty
good last few weeks for it for Liam Lawson the
race won by Orlando Norris, finishing ahead of Oscar Piastre overnight.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Right, nice good on him. And now the Warriors ye
missing out to the Dolphins. Is this the point in
the season where we start to go we should.
Speaker 7 (11:21):
Perhaps be a little bit worried about the Warriors. They've
got a lot of injuries. And after that loss on
Friday Night twenty to eighteen, I mean they got back
and were leading that game right till the very end,
and then the Dolphins scoring and taking the win in
a heartbreaker for the Warriors. But from that point on
it didn't get much better for the Warriors because all
their rivals for the top four, and you really want
(11:41):
to finish in the top four in the NRAL. Gives
you a second life in the playoffs where the Broncos
win just after them, so they closed to within a win,
the Panthers an hour a point behind after starting the
season terribly. The Sharks won yesterday, so all the teams
that are sort of chasing the Warriors for that fourth
spot in the playoffs have won over the weekend. Gap
is just tightening. They've got a tricky game this weekend
(12:02):
as well, the Warriors against the Bulldogs away, the Bulldogs
losing yesterday to the Tigers, but they're right in that
top four as well. So yeah, this isn't looking good
for the Warriors necessarily. Hopefully I can get it back
into winning ways. But it's just been a couple of wobbles,
which is not the point of the season where you
want to get wobbles right now.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
It's certainly not now. Lewis Clairebert Kleibert and the pool
in Singapore, how's he been doing? Not? Not great?
Speaker 7 (12:27):
No, he said, a national record in the two hundred
medley last week.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
That's not his preferred event.
Speaker 7 (12:33):
In his preferred event which he won the gold medal
at at the World Championships last year. In twenty twenty four,
he's missed out on the final and that's a real
surprise for Lewis Claire Birdie finished sixth in the Olympics
in this distance the four hundred individual medley and as
he won the World Championships last year, didn't even make
the final last night for this discipline. So hasn't been
(12:55):
the best of campaigns and men he can take away
the world record, so the national record in the two
hundred individual medley, but four hundreds where his bread and
butterers didn't make the final. There still a couple of
years obviously until the LA Olympics. But just an interesting
we I guess tripped for him that didn't really work
out for him in Singapore and now at this point
of career. Yeah, I guess a bit of a slide
(13:16):
in doors moment as to where.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
He goes and in such a young man's game.
Speaker 9 (13:20):
It is.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Yeah, my show on the world champion record holder want
again in twenty three laws clear, it's now twenty six.
You just gotta wonder what was around the corner.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
You see that twelve year old Chinese and the just
absolutely blitzing it.
Speaker 7 (13:33):
It's crazy, isn't it that these are just young athletes
that you know, get into it from a young age
and just it's hard to explain, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Really? Yeah, it's hard to watch it. It hard so
quickly all right, thanks so much for that, Alix Alix
Smith's news talk, said b Voice of Rugby. Well, most
sports today actually twenty four minutes after five still to come.
We will get to our reporters around the country after news.
Gavin Gray is in the UK for US this morning,
another attempt at cares Sara looking tough on migration. We'll
(14:02):
tell you about that and before six the Nceea changes
on the cards. Big announcement from Erica Stanford this morning,
twenty four after five News Talk SIBB.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
The Early Edition full show podcast on iHeartRadio Power by News.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Talks AB.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
News Talks AB. It is twenty six minutes after five
and it's about that time of year when it feels
like winters really starting to drag. And I think it
must be really starting to drag for Christopher Luxon too.
It's cold, it's dark. We just want to be at
the beach, like all of our poser friends on Instagram
(14:39):
who are in Bali or Europe being absolute you know
what's but we endure this gloomy season safe in the
knowledge that one day, in a month or so, springtime
will come, the days will get longer, everything about life
will just feel easier, easy, breezy, warm, great, get me
to it now. Contrast that to the economic winter that
will simultaneously enduring right now, and you can see that
(15:01):
there's an immediate problem. Unlike winter, which we know will
end soon. This economic funk has graced us longer than
the gfc's. Inflation is on its way back up for goodness,
as we may have bounced out of a recession for
a few quarters, but there's also a good chance we
currently back in negative growth territory. That's after three years
(15:21):
of unaffordable food, your mortgages, pretty much everything. You know this,
I know this. Politicians are arguing again at the weekend
about who's to blame. The answer, of course is the
Labor Party, the Reserve Bank. They went too far in
responding to the virus, and then we continue down the
spending spree, spending like a drunken sailor. Trump hasn't helped
(15:44):
just recently. The problem for National is that voters don't
seem to care much who started the fire. They just
want the whole thing put out quickly, and they need
to feel the numbers. This is National's problem. This is
the problem. They need to feel the numbers, not the
ocr announcement the top line, but they need to feel
the mortgage refixing on a lower rate. Food price inflation
(16:08):
still going up, so things might be getting more expensive
less quickly, but they're still going up. In price. Aren't
they Only once people feel different will the polls respond?
For your Christopher Luxance, The biggest problem for the Coalition
on waiting for that to happen is not that some
(16:28):
might convert to labor voters in the meantime, but that
they might jump ship all together and move to Brisbane.
Pry and Bridge eight minutes after five on news book
set B nine two ninety two is the number to text.
Would love to hear your thoughts on that. This morning.
Are lots of people texting about Trump and the tariffs
and what should our strategy be. Our strategy for the government.
(16:51):
Initially to the homeless thing was deny, deny, deny. Now
there's acceptance, there's a problem. Here's Chris Bishop at the
weekend saying they're going to do something urgent about it.
I'm open to it, but I don't really want to
do it. I'll do it if I think it would
make a difference. This is changing the rules to emergency
housing criteria. So we change the rules, homelessness goes up.
(17:16):
If you change them back, will it reverse the trend?
He's saying, well, actually we're not sure, so watch this space.
We'll look at NCA before six. News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and ex fol Insulation, Keeping Kiwi Holmes warm and
Dray this Winter News Talks B.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Good morning, Welcome to Monday, twenty four minutes away six.
Great to have your company. NCA changes will be announced
this morning, affecting your kids if they're off to school.
We will tell you about those changes just before six
of the PPTA, at least what we know so far.
We'll also talk to Gavin Gray out of the UK
as Starmer tries to avert, well avert the continuation of
(18:18):
a migrant crisis over across the English Channel. Our reporters
all around the country in a second as well, but
staying with the UK for just a second. Love a
good royal story, especially one involving fisticuffs. So you might
have seen this at the weekend. Prince Andrew apparently got
punched in the face by Harry. Harry was upset at
(18:39):
something Andrew had said, and then you think, well, what
was Andrew saying? Apparently it was meant to be behind
his back, and then actually Harry heard it, and so
Harry got all fired up. But Andrew said something behind
Harry's back about Meghan being you know it's not gonna
the marriage won't last lot, Like I give it a month,
(18:59):
he said, give it what it might last more than
a month. He also said Megan was an opportunist and
thought that she was too old for Harry, well far
bent from Prince Andrew to be talking about age. But yeah,
he said, which I didn't even realize there was an
age gap. It's three years. Apparently she's three years older
than Harry. Do I think that makes a big difference.
(19:20):
I don't think that's that important anyway. Harry hears it.
Harry gets upset, launches at Andrew, punches him in the nose,
royal blood spelling on the palace floor, and then apparently
it all kicks off. This is in a new biography
about the Duke of York. Harry now has come out
(19:40):
as a result of this, because it was published in
the Daily Mail at the weekend. Harry has come out
and said, not true, not true. I did lay no
punch on my uncle twenty two minutes away.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
From six Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Get to our reporters around the country, starting in Dunedin,
Rosie Leishman, Rosie, good morning, good morning, Bumper turnout of
election candidates for.
Speaker 10 (20:00):
You guys, yes, So nominations closed on Friday for October's
local body elections. Sixteen people have put their hat in
the ring to be Dunedin's mayor, including incumbent Jules Raddick.
There are more than fifty five candidates for the Council
at large, and elections will also be held in all
six community boards. After a rush of nominations in the
(20:21):
final week. Council Chief Executive Sandy Graham says she's delighted
to see such a high level of community engagement and
participation in this democratic process.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
Great. I'm excited to see that too, Rosie. How's the weather.
Speaker 10 (20:34):
Some severe frosts about this morning with developing northeasterlies before
clouding over a bit in the evening in a high
of eleven degrees.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Brilliant. Thank you very much, Rosie, because you look at
other places around the country and I was looking just
this morning in hut South, for example. This is a
Chris Bishop's area. Int five councilors have already been elected
unopposed to the council, so not even contested. In the
East Community Board. They've all been elected on the post
(21:04):
five slots five people, no one going against them. Rosie,
thank you for that. Clears you would it in clash
jats this morning, clear, good morning.
Speaker 11 (21:11):
Good morning.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Now a new robotic lab in Canterbury's coming on. What's this?
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Yeah, this is ARL's purpose built soil testing lab, which
is opening in Roliston today after their previous one at
Hawk's Bay was destroyed during a cyclone. Gabrielle. This lab
will boost New Zealand's capacity for soil testing. Their new
lab is fifty percent bigger than the previous one they
had and also uses robots to test to double testing capabilities.
(21:39):
Now Agnition CEO Jasper van Holder says no jobs are
being launched from adding robotics. They have taken out some
manual labor though, but ultimately the robot means that they
can do double the work with half the number of people.
Plus the person looking after the robot can also be
doing other tasks at the same time, meaning the lab
is more productive overall.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Okay, because I was going to say, if they bring
a robot and they have to fire people, surely otherwise
it's you.
Speaker 11 (22:05):
And I have to wonder if the person looking after
the robot is of a lower skill level and maybe
lower pay.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
I don't know. Yes, good point. How's your weather clear?
Speaker 11 (22:14):
Frosty and very cold here to start minus three at
the moment. Some light winds at northeasterly is developing and
we will get to ten degrees.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Thank you, Max and Wellington A Max, good morning. You've
got a problem with local government candidates? No, well you
just talked about it.
Speaker 12 (22:29):
Yes, so five councilors elected unopposed already in Lower Hearts,
all of the Eastbourne Community Board elected unopposed. This was
pointed out by a local MP, Christ Bishop, over the
weekend called it depressing. We spend so much of our
time analyzing these people, counselors, their decisions. They can be
monumental for a city, town region. Yet generally speaking, the
(22:50):
number putting their hands up is not trending in the
right direction. And that's evident. Now that nominations are closed
and the last local elections twenty percent of elections were
uncan tested, we are still tallying up this one. Some
academics are talking about the rise and abuse possibly being
a factor. Why would you want to put your hand up?
Trust going down in elected officials. Voter turn out relatively low,
(23:13):
here in Wellington. Unless something remarkable happens, the meryoral race
looks more like a procession. Younger generations less likely to
vote as well, less likely to enroll. Fingers crossed, though
twenty twenty five could still end up bucking the trend.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Hey, on the bright side, my parents sent me a
text on the weekend when I thought of you Max,
it's a clown. You've got a clown running in the
mayoral race. Oh and he's wanting to turn the base
and Reserve back into a swamp. This is a big policy.
Something metaphorical there you. How's your weather?
Speaker 12 (23:45):
Cloudy periods with isolated showers? Eleven the High Center one.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Thank you, Ney of good morning, good morning. You've got
a woman jew in Auckland's north Shore District court today.
What's this about?
Speaker 13 (23:55):
This is a terrible story. Look, a toddler was found
in a suitcase and the luggage compartment of a bus.
Now this happened yesterday, yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, so
an Orthan's kiwaker the bus driver discovered. Can you believe this?
A two year old girl inside a suitcase which was moving.
I think what had happened was alive alive, Thank goodness,
(24:15):
she was alive. So I think one of the passengers
on board wanted something, you know, in the luggage department
and in their bag, and so Kaiwaker was one of
the stops and so he stopped off, Thank goodness for that,
and then he was getting something for Another passenger saw
this bag moving, thought what the flip and heck is
that opened it up? And a two year old was
in there. So she was unharmed, very hot though she
(24:36):
could imagine taken to hospital. And we can tell you
that a twenty seven year old woman's being charged with neglect.
Ordung A Tambadiki's been notified. She I know, and you
kind of think, well, why why would you do that?
Are you trying to save money on for affair or
what did they get on for free? Or is it
something like ten dollars for a two year old? Goodness sake?
Speaker 3 (25:00):
All right, how's our weather?
Speaker 13 (25:01):
Happy news now mainly fine, cloudy periods increasing towards evening.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Fourteen is a home, Thank goodness, that where girls found. Yes,
thank goodness, thank you, Neva seventeen away from six yer
on news Talk ZB. We'll get to Gavin Gray out
of the UK next good news for Milford this morning
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Speaker 3 (26:32):
Thirteen Away from six News Talks here Bgevin Gray, UK
Europe Correspondent, Gavin We've got more moves from the government
in the UK on the Channel crossings.
Speaker 14 (26:42):
Yeah, I'm afraid it has become a dominant news story
about the number of migrants crossing by small boats. Last
week we were reporting more than twenty five thousand have
arrived in small boats illegally across the English Channel from
France into the UK in twenty twenty five, so far,
a record for this point in the year. Today, the
government has announced that people advertising illegal channing crossms online
(27:07):
could face up to five years in prison under a
new offense they wanted to bring in. Now, you may
think what advertising online, Yes, because, according to the government's analysis,
eighty percent of migrants arriving in the UK via a
small boat tell officials that they used social media during
their journey, many of them to contact agents linked to
(27:27):
people smuggling gangs. Indeed, recently they've had cases of Albanian people,
smugglers who have used social media platforms to promote twenty
four thousand New Zealand dollar package deals. That's what they
described them as, in order to get somebody to Britain
illegally and then get them accommodation and employment upon arrival.
It is quite extraordinary. But the opposition party to say
(27:49):
this plan is too little, too late, that the government's
lost control of them its borders, and what a fine
mess we appear.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
To be in goodness, may what about this old guy
who put some kind of poison and sweets that were
given to kids? What was going on here? Do we know?
Speaker 14 (28:09):
Well, those are the allegations and no we don't have
many details. But a seventy six year old man has
now appeared in court facing charges to a number of
children falling ill at a summer camp in the Midlands
in Leicestershire. To be more precise, eight children and one
adult from this camp in Stathurn were taken to hospital.
(28:30):
All were discharged quite quickly. But a man, seventy six
year old man has been charged with three counts of
wilful ill treatment of a child relating to three boys.
At the end of last month, what does that mean.
We're basically wilfully assaulting, ill, treating, neglecting, abandoned, or exposing
three boys to unnecessary suffering or injury to health. Again,
(28:51):
what does all that mean? Because it's all the legal talk. Basically,
it has suggested that this man laced suites with sedatives
for the children at the summer camp and they fell
ill afterwards. As I said, all allegations. The man didn't
make a plead at this particular point. Incidentally, he's not
the only one being investigated here. The police didn't turn
(29:13):
up for twenty four hours after problems were initially reported
to them, and now the police are in their own
kind of doc if you like, that's going to be
investigated the police force for the handling of that incident.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
All right, Kevin, appreciate that. Kevin Gray are UK europe
correspondent just gone ten away from six right and Bridge
Rich take announcement this morning on in Cea and its future.
Will it be script entirely? Will parts of it be kipped?
We'll find out by nine o'clock this morning. Consultation will
be launched on up the wazoo. You can imagine the teachers,
the parents, industry, will have a chance to have a say.
(29:47):
Chris Hebercrombie is the PPTA president. Chris, good morning, good morning.
Have you seen what the plan is? No?
Speaker 9 (29:54):
No, I'm not giving a briefing until a week beforehand.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
Okay, And what do you think they're going to do
is throw and a bin start again or keep some bits.
Speaker 9 (30:03):
Well, there's some really good bits to it, and so
hopefully they build on the system. Of course, it's not perfect.
We know this, and in recent years has been really
whiteseat agreement on improvements needed. So we hope we don't
throw it out and we don't improve on what we need.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
What the what's the biggest thing that needs improvement? Is
it the you know, the consistency depending on what you're studying,
or is it the way that things are assessed.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
It's a bit of both. So we need what we know,
we need a bit more coherency and around subjects and
development in that area, and we also just need a
weave a bit more issue in making clear vocational pathways
and just a simpler structure.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
So what does that mean making clear the vocational pathways?
If you don't want to go to university, then there's
something else for you to do and this is how
you do it exactly.
Speaker 9 (30:49):
So at the moment, it's really reliant on schools and
their relationship with local politechs, businesses, et cetera. There's no
real clear national pathways and so someone around that area
would be fountastic.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Getting the schools closer to the polytechs.
Speaker 9 (31:04):
Well, it could be polytechts, could be business, could be
other things. Schools do amazing things through gateway programs and
other work experience programs, but there's no real national policy around.
This is all schools leaving it up to themselves in
their relationships with individual businesses polytechs. If they happened to
have one in their community.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
What's the one thing you don't want them to go near.
Speaker 9 (31:25):
We'd hate for it to scrap the standards based assessment
because at the heart of it is about rewarding students
what for what they know, and they can demonstrate their
knowledge and they have all opportunities to succeed the older
system which had a built in failure rate. We don't
want to see that happen.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
Chris, appreciate your time. Chris Abercrombi PPTA President. That decision
will be out by nine o'clock This morning disc on
eight to six.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with
Ryan Bridge and ex Full Insulation keeping Kiwi homes warm
and dry this winter News.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
Talks, that'd be folks six to six on News Talks,
he'd be Wednesday. We will get our stats in set
update on employment. This is for the June quarter. We'll
get an unemployment number, which would probably be going up
to five point three percent. They reckon from five point
one percent. We will get an employment number and we
will get information about our wages. Doesn't feel like they've
(32:18):
been going up with inflation, but apparently they are ahead
of it. That's Wednesday this week, just gone five to
six and the big NCAA announcement coming before nine o'clock.
Mike's in the studio this morning. Make good morning. You
grouped by that, Well, it depends what they do. I
suppose do they get Well, I.
Speaker 6 (32:34):
Tell you what they'll initially do, is they whatever they announced,
they'll go, We're going to consult on it. So it's month,
it's months down the track. My big concern was, and
I've gone through this in the last few years with kids,
is that the idea was that by the time you
got to year thirteen, you could choose whatever you wanted. Yeah, so,
and that was good for the kid who was engaged.
So if you had a plan in life, you could
(32:56):
go I'm going to channel myself in that direction. Because
when I was at school, and you'll be the same,
you had to do maths, you had to do English,
you had to do with science and all that crap
that may or may not have been relevant to you.
And my suspicion is today they're going to go back
to that. Well because the tse of school, no, it's not.
The powers of school for people who are engaged is
to channel. And this where university comes and you channel
(33:17):
yourself in the direction you want to go. Problem is
it's weakest link, lowest common denominator. Everyone does drama and
does so.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
My brother left school before he was well when he
was sixteen. I stayed because I wanted to go to UNI.
So I learned all that stuff that I had to learn.
But if you are not wanting to go to university
or keep going with education, then aren't you better off
Like in a business? Yeah, I agree, you knowing an apprenticeship,
but there's place for you to be.
Speaker 6 (33:44):
Falling between stools is what I'm saying. The more prescriptive
they get, the more trouble they're going to have. It
suit some people. That's not you know, the moment you
get a test, you're going to have people failing. When
you have people failing and go oh, we can't have
so many people failing.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
They have to fix the exam versus internal thing though.
That's that's got to happen today.
Speaker 6 (34:01):
So the proof isn't putting prime ministers. And by the way,
with the terroriffs, have.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
A great day of run. See you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Exkip what.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live
to News Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an early edition with ex pole insulation, keeping Kimi Holmes
warm and tray this winter news talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That'd be good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Welcome the Monday, just gone six minutes after five NCA.
Big announcement from the government today on this The question
is do you just basically rip it up and throw
it in the bin and start again. We'll look at that.
Gavin Gray's in the UK for us, another attempt at
a crackdown over there over people smuggling. Elliott Smith on
Royguard here. Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs, we'll talk about them a
(00:33):
lot during the show. And secondhand vehicles if you're in
the market for one, why you might be paying a
little bit more and what the government might be doing
about that. Shortly all ahead.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
The agenda.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It is Monday, the fourth of August. Israel's far right
minister has sparked controversy praying at the Aluksa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The reason this is so sacricanct is it breaks a
decades's old rule that Jews can visit but not pray
at the site.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
We've seen those images of Itama Bengavie leading Jewish prayers
there earlier today, and he released a video on his
social media accounts.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Again repeating some of his positions. He has been urging the.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Government the Israeli military to occupy the whole of the
Gaza Strip.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
To the United States, Trump's officials are going after a
guy who took two federal court cases against the president.
Former Special counsel Jack Smith is now himself under scrutiny
for possible rule breaks while prosecuting Trump.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
This investigation is not criminal in nature. Unlike when Jack
Smith was a prosecutor, the agency conducting this investigation won't
have the ability to compel testimony or cooperation from Smith
or any former government employees.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Staying with Trump, he wants to bring back the presidential
fitness test in public schools. Think sit ups, Think push ups,
Think pull ups. First launched in the fifties to measure kids' fitness,
scrapped under a b in twenty twelve.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Can your child pass a simple physical fitness test?
Speaker 6 (02:04):
It's an important indication of America's level of energy, competitiveness,
and vigor.
Speaker 7 (02:09):
This is an important step in our mission to make
America healthy again.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Could Trump pinissums and views you trust to start your day.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It's earlier.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
This ship with Ryan Bridge at ex Pole Insulation keeping
Kiwi homes warm and dry this winter.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
News talk, said Beg.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
The question is that could Trump actually do it himself?
Would be my question. But I don't see anything wrong
with that.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
You had to do.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
When I was at school, pe was a compulsory I'm
pretty sure it was a compulsory subject. So everybody had
to sort of move you could. The only way you
could get out of doing pe was by not bringing
your pe gear, And then you would have to sit
down and watch everyone do it anyway, And if it
was raining, you would have to sit out in the
rain and want did everyone do it anyway? So you
might as well join in and be warm. Nine two
(02:56):
ninety two is the number to text. Would love to
hear from you this morning. Tariffs. We aren't talking a
lot about tariffs for good reason. We have shot up
the rankings. So we were at ten percent. Now we're
at fifteen tariff day Friday, of course, so yes, we
are going to be paying more. The ten percent was
around nine hundred million dollars. Is how much the value
(03:17):
of the tariff was worth on how much we were exporting?
The question is whether the extra five points five percentage
points puts us out of competition with other exporters. Right,
it's clearly something this government has thought about, and it's
clearly enough to have them worried, because remember, these guys
weren't phased at ten percent. I asked Luxon and Maclay
(03:41):
several times about this over many months, and they all said,
it's basically fine. We're not even going to try and
get that number down to five percent, for example, We're
just going to go We're happy to cruise at ten.
Now five points added to the bill, and we're flying
diplomats and like it's the Munich conference, We've got urgent
(04:01):
meeting requests in, we're warming the jets on the tarmac,
civil servants briefcase up, and big coats on boarding planes
heading to Washington. So what gives the question for Luxan today,
I think is why were we so chill at ten
and now so worked up at fifteen. I don't get it.
Our prices and volumes held up apparently when we were
(04:23):
at ten percent. It's what they tell us, the exporters.
So why does fifteen makes such a big difference? What
does that do to our competitiveness? Serious question. And we
have a small trade surplus of about five hundred million
dollars with the US, but that's nothing to them given
the size of their economy, and it's enough, according to
(04:43):
Trump to get us on as naughty list, you know,
anyone with a trade surpus, no matter if it's a dollar.
Which makes no sense by the way, because that numbers
bounced around, like for New Zealand and America, that numbers
bounced around and bounced around and bounced around on average.
We sell them as much stuff as we buy back
off them, basically, so the calculation makes no sense. But
(05:04):
the calculations never made sense. But the ten percent to
fifteen percent, so you can't argue on the calculation, but
you ten to five percent to fifteen percent. How significant
a hit will we take from that change? Clearly it's
going to be significant enough for us to fire up
the jets and get the diplomats over there. Anyway, we'll
(05:26):
ask Luxon about that this morning on well over on
HERELD Now we'll do that. I'm sure Mike will be
doing it too. Eleven minutes after five here on News Talks.
Heb coming up next. We're going to talk to Beef
and Lamb about those terriffts, what they're seeing from Trump's
announcement on Friday.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
analysis earlier edition with Bryan Bridge and x Bowl Insulation
keeping Kiwi Holmes warm and dry.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
This Winter News Talks headb.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
It is fourteen minutes alf to five. Lillia Lawson's had
a great night finishing as Red Bulls best Car and Hungry.
We'll talk to Elliot Smith at that in just a
few moments. Right now, our top trade diplomats heading to
the States as we speak to try and bargain down
our tariff rate on exports to the US. We've been
hit with fifteen percent on Friday. Australia got away with
ten our trade Minster Todd McLay will plead his case
(06:14):
in the coming week. So what does the industry make
of it all? Kate Ackland, Beef and Nam New Zealand
share with us this morning, Kay, Good morning, morning Ryan.
What is this a big difference for exporters?
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (06:28):
Look, we're incredibly disappointed and the main reason is it
places our farms and exporters at a clear competitive disadvantage.
And what's one of our most valuable markets. So to
be on a different rate from Australia or Uruguay or Argentina,
that's quite significant.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Are they all on ten?
Speaker 8 (06:46):
Yeah, those guys are all on ten. So only Brazil
and Nicauagra are currently facing higher additional tariffs than New Zealander.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
The mining What.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Would that do to our sales and volumes potentially?
Speaker 8 (06:59):
Well, I think would make it very difficult to pass
that cost on, you know, so that would be something
that farmers and esports would have to have to absorbit
this end. And you know, five percent might not sound
like much, but you know, the extra that extra tariff
is we're looking at over three hundred million dollars more
than we were paying a year ago, assuming that trade
(07:19):
level stayed the same.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
So that's that includes a tech that's the full fifteen
percent you mean, not the difference between ten and five. Yeah, yeah, yes, okay,
So it's well worth us sending over our diplomatic representations
and you know, kicking up a fuss as much as
we can. Are you happy with how the government's handled
this on your behalf thus far?
Speaker 8 (07:45):
Look, it's been a very tricky situation and as everyone knows,
quite unpredictable. So look, I think the approach you Zeland
had was right, but obviously now is the time to
do something. So it's great that the minister's heading up there.
And yeah, do you know what to happen?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
What are you hearing about? What it is that their
justification is for it?
Speaker 8 (08:07):
Look, we haven't heard anything that It was quite a surprise,
So you haven't heard any reason for this?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Okay? And what's your How often are they keeping you updated?
Our government?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
That is.
Speaker 8 (08:20):
We're in pretty constant contact with our government officials both
here in New Zealand but also over in DC, so
you know there is a great team over in DC.
We've also got staff over there, so you know it
is quite a collective team New Zealand effort.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Okay, Kate, appreciate your trying this morning. Good luck Kate Eckland,
who's beef and the New Zealand shared with us? Just
gone seventeen minutes after five. It's sort of scratched your
head stuff, isn't it when you've got a trade surplus. Yes,
we have a trade surplus, but it's you know, two
forts of bugger all to the American Is this just
just an excuse, a blanket excuse to take some money
(08:58):
off other countries you trade with. It looks like that
to me. Seventeen minutes after five, Ryan, remember the Beep
test and Pe. We're talking about school this morning because
NCA change is coming and being announced this morning. Ryan.
I love doing PE at school in the sixties only
so I could watch the girls in their PE year. Okay,
(09:23):
that's so weird, Ryan. This is on the health of
the US president, who wants kids at school to be
going and doing push ups and pull ups and all
sorts of things. And the president's fitness test. This person said,
could Biden even get out of bed? Well, that's that's
an equally good point. Seventeen minutes after five, News Talk Pit,
said be Elliot Smith in the studio.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Next the first word on the News of the Day
early edition with Ryan Bridge and x Fole Insulation, keeping
Kiwi Holmes warm and Drey this winter.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
News Talk said be.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Good morning, just gone twenty after five. We'll look at
those NCA changes come out this morning just before six o'clock.
Right now, Elliott Smith here was sport, Good morning morning, Ryan,
So great night for another one. Another points finished for
Liam Lawson.
Speaker 7 (10:08):
Back to back points finishes, back to back eighth in
Formula One, as he did in Belgium last week finished
eighth at the Hungarian Grand Prix overnight. This one probably
means a little bit more because he carried or beat
all the racing balls and red Bulls teammates time Max
A Stappin finishing just behind him in ninth u Gisnoda
down the track, as well as other rival from for
(10:29):
racing balls or rival teammate, whatever you want to call it,
also finishing outside the top ten. So in terms of
the result, it's a really good one for Liam Lawson.
Four points he gets and the f one. Our heads
into the summer breaks of four weeks and tends to
be where a lot of the backroom deals are made
around what's happening next season, even if it doesn't all
come out now. This is when the deals are sort
(10:50):
of made. They don't start again until right at the
end of month when they have the Dutch Formula one
Grand Prix. So he's put himself in a good position
as they head into the break and all sorts of negotiations.
I'm sorry as to what his role will be next year,
but in terms of what he's done points in the
last three or four races. You have to say pretty
good last few weeks for it for Liam Lawson the
race won by Orlando Norris, finishing ahead of Oscar Piastre overnight.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Right, nice good on him. And now the Warriors ye
missing out to the Dolphins. Is this the point in
the season where we start to go we should.
Speaker 7 (11:21):
Perhaps be a little bit worried about the Warriors. They've
got a lot of injuries. And after that loss on
Friday Night twenty to eighteen, I mean they got back
and were leading that game right till the very end,
and then the Dolphins scoring and taking the win in
a heartbreaker for the Warriors. But from that point on
it didn't get much better for the Warriors because all
their rivals for the top four, and you really want
(11:41):
to finish in the top four in the NRAL. Gives
you a second life in the playoffs where the Broncos
win just after them, so they closed to within a win,
the Panthers an hour a point behind after starting the
season terribly. The Sharks won yesterday, so all the teams
that are sort of chasing the Warriors for that fourth
spot in the playoffs have won over the weekend. Gap
is just tightening. They've got a tricky game this weekend
(12:02):
as well, the Warriors against the Bulldogs away, the Bulldogs
losing yesterday to the Tigers, but they're right in that
top four as well. So yeah, this isn't looking good
for the Warriors necessarily. Hopefully I can get it back
into winning ways. But it's just been a couple of wobbles,
which is not the point of the season where you
want to get wobbles right now.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
It's certainly not now. Lewis Clairebert Kleibert and the pool
in Singapore, how's he been doing? Not? Not great?
Speaker 7 (12:27):
No, he said, a national record in the two hundred
medley last week.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
That's not his preferred event.
Speaker 7 (12:33):
In his preferred event which he won the gold medal
at at the World Championships last year. In twenty twenty four,
he's missed out on the final and that's a real
surprise for Lewis Claire Birdie finished sixth in the Olympics
in this distance the four hundred individual medley and as
he won the World Championships last year, didn't even make
the final last night for this discipline. So hasn't been
(12:55):
the best of campaigns and men he can take away
the world record, so the national record in the two
hundred individual medley, but four hundreds where his bread and
butterers didn't make the final. There still a couple of
years obviously until the LA Olympics. But just an interesting
we I guess tripped for him that didn't really work
out for him in Singapore and now at this point
of career. Yeah, I guess a bit of a slide
(13:16):
in doors moment as to where.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
He goes and in such a young man's game.
Speaker 9 (13:20):
It is.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
Yeah, my show on the world champion record holder want
again in twenty three laws clear, it's now twenty six.
You just gotta wonder what was around the corner.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
You see that twelve year old Chinese and the just
absolutely blitzing it.
Speaker 7 (13:33):
It's crazy, isn't it that these are just young athletes
that you know, get into it from a young age
and just it's hard to explain, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Really? Yeah, it's hard to watch it. It hard so
quickly all right, thanks so much for that, Alix Alix
Smith's news talk, said b Voice of Rugby. Well, most
sports today actually twenty four minutes after five still to come.
We will get to our reporters around the country after news.
Gavin Gray is in the UK for US this morning,
another attempt at cares Sara looking tough on migration. We'll
(14:02):
tell you about that and before six the Nceea changes
on the cards. Big announcement from Erica Stanford this morning,
twenty four after five News Talk SIBB.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
The Early Edition full show podcast on iHeartRadio Power by News.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Talks AB.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
News Talks AB. It is twenty six minutes after five
and it's about that time of year when it feels
like winters really starting to drag. And I think it
must be really starting to drag for Christopher Luxon too.
It's cold, it's dark. We just want to be at
the beach, like all of our poser friends on Instagram
(14:39):
who are in Bali or Europe being absolute you know
what's but we endure this gloomy season safe in the
knowledge that one day, in a month or so, springtime
will come, the days will get longer, everything about life
will just feel easier, easy, breezy, warm, great, get me
to it now. Contrast that to the economic winter that
will simultaneously enduring right now, and you can see that
(15:01):
there's an immediate problem. Unlike winter, which we know will
end soon. This economic funk has graced us longer than
the gfc's. Inflation is on its way back up for goodness,
as we may have bounced out of a recession for
a few quarters, but there's also a good chance we
currently back in negative growth territory. That's after three years
(15:21):
of unaffordable food, your mortgages, pretty much everything. You know this,
I know this. Politicians are arguing again at the weekend
about who's to blame. The answer, of course is the
Labor Party, the Reserve Bank. They went too far in
responding to the virus, and then we continue down the
spending spree, spending like a drunken sailor. Trump hasn't helped
(15:44):
just recently. The problem for National is that voters don't
seem to care much who started the fire. They just
want the whole thing put out quickly, and they need
to feel the numbers. This is National's problem. This is
the problem. They need to feel the numbers, not the
ocr announcement the top line, but they need to feel
the mortgage refixing on a lower rate. Food price inflation
(16:08):
still going up, so things might be getting more expensive
less quickly, but they're still going up. In price. Aren't
they Only once people feel different will the polls respond?
For your Christopher Luxance, The biggest problem for the Coalition
on waiting for that to happen is not that some
(16:28):
might convert to labor voters in the meantime, but that
they might jump ship all together and move to Brisbane.
Pry and Bridge eight minutes after five on news book
set B nine two ninety two is the number to text.
Would love to hear your thoughts on that. This morning.
Are lots of people texting about Trump and the tariffs
and what should our strategy be. Our strategy for the government.
(16:51):
Initially to the homeless thing was deny, deny, deny. Now
there's acceptance, there's a problem. Here's Chris Bishop at the
weekend saying they're going to do something urgent about it.
I'm open to it, but I don't really want to
do it. I'll do it if I think it would
make a difference. This is changing the rules to emergency
housing criteria. So we change the rules, homelessness goes up.
(17:16):
If you change them back, will it reverse the trend?
He's saying, well, actually we're not sure, so watch this space.
We'll look at NCA before six. News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and ex fol Insulation, Keeping Kiwi Holmes warm and
Dray this Winter News Talks B.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Good morning, Welcome to Monday, twenty four minutes away six.
Great to have your company. NCA changes will be announced
this morning, affecting your kids if they're off to school.
We will tell you about those changes just before six
of the PPTA, at least what we know so far.
We'll also talk to Gavin Gray out of the UK
as Starmer tries to avert, well avert the continuation of
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a migrant crisis over across the English Channel. Our reporters
all around the country in a second as well, but
staying with the UK for just a second. Love a
good royal story, especially one involving fisticuffs. So you might
have seen this at the weekend. Prince Andrew apparently got
punched in the face by Harry. Harry was upset at
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something Andrew had said, and then you think, well, what
was Andrew saying? Apparently it was meant to be behind
his back, and then actually Harry heard it, and so
Harry got all fired up. But Andrew said something behind
Harry's back about Meghan being you know it's not gonna
the marriage won't last lot, Like I give it a month,
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he said, give it what it might last more than
a month. He also said Megan was an opportunist and
thought that she was too old for Harry, well far
bent from Prince Andrew to be talking about age. But yeah,
he said, which I didn't even realize there was an
age gap. It's three years. Apparently she's three years older
than Harry. Do I think that makes a big difference.
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I don't think that's that important anyway. Harry hears it.
Harry gets upset, launches at Andrew, punches him in the nose,
royal blood spelling on the palace floor, and then apparently
it all kicks off. This is in a new biography
about the Duke of York. Harry now has come out
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as a result of this, because it was published in
the Daily Mail at the weekend. Harry has come out
and said, not true, not true. I did lay no
punch on my uncle twenty two minutes away.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
From six Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Get to our reporters around the country, starting in Dunedin,
Rosie Leishman, Rosie, good morning, good morning, Bumper turnout of
election candidates for.
Speaker 10 (20:00):
You guys, yes, So nominations closed on Friday for October's
local body elections. Sixteen people have put their hat in
the ring to be Dunedin's mayor, including incumbent Jules Raddick.
There are more than fifty five candidates for the Council
at large, and elections will also be held in all
six community boards. After a rush of nominations in the
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final week. Council Chief Executive Sandy Graham says she's delighted
to see such a high level of community engagement and
participation in this democratic process.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
Great. I'm excited to see that too, Rosie. How's the weather.
Speaker 10 (20:34):
Some severe frosts about this morning with developing northeasterlies before
clouding over a bit in the evening in a high
of eleven degrees.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Brilliant. Thank you very much, Rosie, because you look at
other places around the country and I was looking just
this morning in hut South, for example. This is a
Chris Bishop's area. Int five councilors have already been elected
unopposed to the council, so not even contested. In the
East Community Board. They've all been elected on the post
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five slots five people, no one going against them. Rosie,
thank you for that. Clears you would it in clash
jats this morning, clear, good morning.
Speaker 11 (21:11):
Good morning.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Now a new robotic lab in Canterbury's coming on. What's this?
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Yeah, this is ARL's purpose built soil testing lab, which
is opening in Roliston today after their previous one at
Hawk's Bay was destroyed during a cyclone. Gabrielle. This lab
will boost New Zealand's capacity for soil testing. Their new
lab is fifty percent bigger than the previous one they
had and also uses robots to test to double testing capabilities.
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Now Agnition CEO Jasper van Holder says no jobs are
being launched from adding robotics. They have taken out some
manual labor though, but ultimately the robot means that they
can do double the work with half the number of people.
Plus the person looking after the robot can also be
doing other tasks at the same time, meaning the lab
is more productive overall.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Okay, because I was going to say, if they bring
a robot and they have to fire people, surely otherwise
it's you.
Speaker 11 (22:05):
And I have to wonder if the person looking after
the robot is of a lower skill level and maybe
lower pay.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
I don't know. Yes, good point. How's your weather clear?
Speaker 11 (22:14):
Frosty and very cold here to start minus three at
the moment. Some light winds at northeasterly is developing and
we will get to ten degrees.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Thank you, Max and Wellington A Max, good morning. You've
got a problem with local government candidates? No, well you
just talked about it.
Speaker 12 (22:29):
Yes, so five councilors elected unopposed already in Lower Hearts,
all of the Eastbourne Community Board elected unopposed. This was
pointed out by a local MP, Christ Bishop, over the
weekend called it depressing. We spend so much of our
time analyzing these people, counselors, their decisions. They can be
monumental for a city, town region. Yet generally speaking, the
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number putting their hands up is not trending in the
right direction. And that's evident. Now that nominations are closed
and the last local elections twenty percent of elections were
uncan tested, we are still tallying up this one. Some
academics are talking about the rise and abuse possibly being
a factor. Why would you want to put your hand up?
Trust going down in elected officials. Voter turn out relatively low,
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here in Wellington. Unless something remarkable happens, the meryoral race
looks more like a procession. Younger generations less likely to
vote as well, less likely to enroll. Fingers crossed, though
twenty twenty five could still end up bucking the trend.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Hey, on the bright side, my parents sent me a
text on the weekend when I thought of you Max,
it's a clown. You've got a clown running in the
mayoral race. Oh and he's wanting to turn the base
and Reserve back into a swamp. This is a big policy.
Something metaphorical there you. How's your weather?
Speaker 12 (23:45):
Cloudy periods with isolated showers? Eleven the High Center one.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Thank you, Ney of good morning, good morning. You've got
a woman jew in Auckland's north Shore District court today.
What's this about?
Speaker 13 (23:55):
This is a terrible story. Look, a toddler was found
in a suitcase and the luggage compartment of a bus.
Now this happened yesterday, yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, so
an Orthan's kiwaker the bus driver discovered. Can you believe this?
A two year old girl inside a suitcase which was moving.
I think what had happened was alive alive, Thank goodness,
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she was alive. So I think one of the passengers
on board wanted something, you know, in the luggage department
and in their bag, and so Kaiwaker was one of
the stops and so he stopped off, Thank goodness for that,
and then he was getting something for Another passenger saw
this bag moving, thought what the flip and heck is
that opened it up? And a two year old was
in there. So she was unharmed, very hot though she
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could imagine taken to hospital. And we can tell you
that a twenty seven year old woman's being charged with neglect.
Ordung A Tambadiki's been notified. She I know, and you
kind of think, well, why why would you do that?
Are you trying to save money on for affair or
what did they get on for free? Or is it
something like ten dollars for a two year old? Goodness sake?
Speaker 3 (25:00):
All right, how's our weather?
Speaker 13 (25:01):
Happy news now mainly fine, cloudy periods increasing towards evening.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Fourteen is a home, Thank goodness, that where girls found. Yes,
thank goodness, thank you, Neva seventeen away from six yer
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Thirteen Away from six News Talks here Bgevin Gray, UK
Europe Correspondent, Gavin We've got more moves from the government
in the UK on the Channel crossings.
Speaker 14 (26:42):
Yeah, I'm afraid it has become a dominant news story
about the number of migrants crossing by small boats. Last
week we were reporting more than twenty five thousand have
arrived in small boats illegally across the English Channel from
France into the UK in twenty twenty five, so far,
a record for this point in the year. Today, the
government has announced that people advertising illegal channing crossms online
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could face up to five years in prison under a
new offense they wanted to bring in. Now, you may
think what advertising online, Yes, because, according to the government's analysis,
eighty percent of migrants arriving in the UK via a
small boat tell officials that they used social media during
their journey, many of them to contact agents linked to
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people smuggling gangs. Indeed, recently they've had cases of Albanian people,
smugglers who have used social media platforms to promote twenty
four thousand New Zealand dollar package deals. That's what they
described them as, in order to get somebody to Britain
illegally and then get them accommodation and employment upon arrival.
It is quite extraordinary. But the opposition party to say
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this plan is too little, too late, that the government's
lost control of them its borders, and what a fine
mess we appear.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
To be in goodness, may what about this old guy
who put some kind of poison and sweets that were
given to kids? What was going on here? Do we know?
Speaker 14 (28:09):
Well, those are the allegations and no we don't have
many details. But a seventy six year old man has
now appeared in court facing charges to a number of
children falling ill at a summer camp in the Midlands
in Leicestershire. To be more precise, eight children and one
adult from this camp in Stathurn were taken to hospital.
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All were discharged quite quickly. But a man, seventy six
year old man has been charged with three counts of
wilful ill treatment of a child relating to three boys.
At the end of last month, what does that mean.
We're basically wilfully assaulting, ill, treating, neglecting, abandoned, or exposing
three boys to unnecessary suffering or injury to health. Again,
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what does all that mean? Because it's all the legal talk. Basically,
it has suggested that this man laced suites with sedatives
for the children at the summer camp and they fell
ill afterwards. As I said, all allegations. The man didn't
make a plead at this particular point. Incidentally, he's not
the only one being investigated here. The police didn't turn
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up for twenty four hours after problems were initially reported
to them, and now the police are in their own
kind of doc if you like, that's going to be
investigated the police force for the handling of that incident.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
All right, Kevin, appreciate that. Kevin Gray are UK europe
correspondent just gone ten away from six right and Bridge
Rich take announcement this morning on in Cea and its future.
Will it be script entirely? Will parts of it be kipped?
We'll find out by nine o'clock this morning. Consultation will
be launched on up the wazoo. You can imagine the teachers,
the parents, industry, will have a chance to have a say.
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Chris Hebercrombie is the PPTA president. Chris, good morning, good morning.
Have you seen what the plan is? No?
Speaker 9 (29:54):
No, I'm not giving a briefing until a week beforehand.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
Okay, And what do you think they're going to do
is throw and a bin start again or keep some bits.
Speaker 9 (30:03):
Well, there's some really good bits to it, and so
hopefully they build on the system. Of course, it's not perfect.
We know this, and in recent years has been really
whiteseat agreement on improvements needed. So we hope we don't
throw it out and we don't improve on what we need.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
What the what's the biggest thing that needs improvement? Is
it the you know, the consistency depending on what you're studying,
or is it the way that things are assessed.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
It's a bit of both. So we need what we know,
we need a bit more coherency and around subjects and
development in that area, and we also just need a
weave a bit more issue in making clear vocational pathways
and just a simpler structure.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
So what does that mean making clear the vocational pathways?
If you don't want to go to university, then there's
something else for you to do and this is how
you do it exactly.
Speaker 9 (30:49):
So at the moment, it's really reliant on schools and
their relationship with local politechs, businesses, et cetera. There's no
real clear national pathways and so someone around that area
would be fountastic.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Getting the schools closer to the polytechs.
Speaker 9 (31:04):
Well, it could be polytechts, could be business, could be
other things. Schools do amazing things through gateway programs and
other work experience programs, but there's no real national policy around.
This is all schools leaving it up to themselves in
their relationships with individual businesses polytechs. If they happened to
have one in their community.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
What's the one thing you don't want them to go near.
Speaker 9 (31:25):
We'd hate for it to scrap the standards based assessment
because at the heart of it is about rewarding students
what for what they know, and they can demonstrate their
knowledge and they have all opportunities to succeed the older
system which had a built in failure rate. We don't
want to see that happen.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
Chris, appreciate your time. Chris Abercrombi PPTA President. That decision
will be out by nine o'clock This morning disc on
eight to six.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with
Ryan Bridge and ex Full Insulation keeping Kiwi homes warm
and dry this winter News.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
Talks, that'd be folks six to six on News Talks,
he'd be Wednesday. We will get our stats in set
update on employment. This is for the June quarter. We'll
get an unemployment number, which would probably be going up
to five point three percent. They reckon from five point
one percent. We will get an employment number and we
will get information about our wages. Doesn't feel like they've
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been going up with inflation, but apparently they are ahead
of it. That's Wednesday this week, just gone five to
six and the big NCAA announcement coming before nine o'clock.
Mike's in the studio this morning. Make good morning. You
grouped by that, Well, it depends what they do. I
suppose do they get Well, I.
Speaker 6 (32:34):
Tell you what they'll initially do, is they whatever they announced,
they'll go, We're going to consult on it. So it's month,
it's months down the track. My big concern was, and
I've gone through this in the last few years with kids,
is that the idea was that by the time you
got to year thirteen, you could choose whatever you wanted. Yeah, so,
and that was good for the kid who was engaged.
So if you had a plan in life, you could
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go I'm going to channel myself in that direction. Because
when I was at school, and you'll be the same,
you had to do maths, you had to do English,
you had to do with science and all that crap
that may or may not have been relevant to you.
And my suspicion is today they're going to go back
to that. Well because the tse of school, no, it's not.
The powers of school for people who are engaged is
to channel. And this where university comes and you channel
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yourself in the direction you want to go. Problem is
it's weakest link, lowest common denominator. Everyone does drama and
does so.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
My brother left school before he was well when he
was sixteen. I stayed because I wanted to go to UNI.
So I learned all that stuff that I had to learn.
But if you are not wanting to go to university
or keep going with education, then aren't you better off
Like in a business? Yeah, I agree, you knowing an apprenticeship,
but there's place for you to be.
Speaker 6 (33:44):
Falling between stools is what I'm saying. The more prescriptive
they get, the more trouble they're going to have. It
suit some people. That's not you know, the moment you
get a test, you're going to have people failing. When
you have people failing and go oh, we can't have
so many people failing.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
They have to fix the exam versus internal thing though.
That's that's got to happen today.
Speaker 6 (34:01):
So the proof isn't putting prime ministers. And by the way,
with the terroriffs, have.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
A great day of run. See you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Exkip what.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
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