February 4, 2026 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Thursday the 5th of Feburary 2025, unemployment’s jumped to a 10-year high of 5.4%, EMA Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald tells Ryan what the outlook is for the rest of the year.
Wellington's water is contaminated after an equipment failure flooded multiple floors of the moa point wastewater treatment plant, Eastern Ward Councillor Sam O'Brien tells Ryan what's being down to stop the contamination.
In less than 18 months in, Originair could be axing its Westport to Wellington route, NZ Airports CEO tells Ryan why the airline can't stay afloat.
Plus US Correspondent Mitch McCann has the latest on Trump's "border tsar" saying he will reduce the number federal immigration and border patrol agents in Minneapolis and Bill Gates interview on Epstein allegations.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge, on
an earlier edition with one Root Love where you Live
News Talk said, be.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Good morning, great to have your company on this Tuesday,
six minutes after five before six this morning, we'll get
to Allen McDonald on the unemployment numbers out yesterday, why
they are apparently not as bad as they look. Mitch
McCann's stateside for US origineer apparently going to pull out
a Westport. What's going on at Mawa Point and Wellington,
also Bromley and christ Church. The whole country just stinks
this morning, doesn't it. The agenda Tuesday to Tirth of February.
(00:34):
Another day, another Epstein's scandal. Starmer's catching heat in the
House over Mandelssohn. Angela Rayner, his former MP is leading
the charge.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Can the Prime Minister tell Us did the official security
vetting he received mention Mandelsson's ongoing relationship with the pedophile
Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Yes, it did. As a result, various questions were put.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
To him, Yes, he does regret actually making him a
US ambassador back in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Idelson betrayed our country, our parliament and my party. Mister speaker.
He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his
relationship with Epstein before and during his tenure as ambassador.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, Randy Andy. Meanwhile, he's been given the boot from
Royal Lodge, and a new letter has come out this
morning from an exotic dancer who claims he and Jeffrey
Epstein asked her to engage in various sexual acts. The
lawyers says she agreed to keep the whole thing a
secret for two hundred and fifty k. Let's go to
the US Tom home and this is Trump's borders are
(01:47):
He says He's drawing down ICE agents in Minneapolis, seven
hundred of them.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration, and as a result
of the need for less law enforcement officers to do
this work in a safer environment, I have announce, effective immediately,
we will draw down seven hundred people affected today, seven
hundred long enforcement personnel.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
It still lives about two three hundred there. Finally, this morning, Malfoy,
Draco Malfoy. Ahead of the lunar New Year, Chinese households
are putting up pictures of a new mascot, Draco Malfoy,
his name in Chinese contains the words for horse and fortune,
which is suddenly very on brand for the Year of
the Horse.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
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early edition with Ryan Bridge and one roof Love where
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Speaker 2 (02:36):
Talks that'd be great to have your company. My mum
goes swimming every day in Wellington in the ocean, which
I'm very proud of her for, but she won't be
doing that today because it's filled with literally raw sewage.
It's not even treated sewerage that they normally warn you about.
It's raw sewage. We're going to speak to a councilor
about that. In a second. What the hell happened? So
it rained a bunch. They literally can't figure out what
(02:59):
went wrong. It rained a bunch, There was some kind
of blockage and then before you know it, raw seerridge
is leaking into the ocean through an eighteen hundred meter
pipe that goes out to sea, and then it's coming
and obviously on the waves, into the south coast of Wellington. Disgusting.
I actually feel quite bad, So we'll talk to accounts
about that. In a second. I actually feel quite bad
this morning about something I said yesterday. I sort of
(03:23):
made light of the situation in Bromley, and I was
watching the news last you know, because it's it's a
smell and it's sort of funny, but it's actually not.
I was watching the news last night and listening to
the people at this meeting describe the smell and what
it's doing to them physically doing to them was quite heartbreaking.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
Are you sorry for the past five years where it
smells full of the time?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I can't hate the birthday party at home?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Can you cancel Christmas every year?
Speaker 6 (03:57):
No one cares about your figures, actually care when they
literally peeled over for three four five days straight, nearly
vomiting from coughing that much from the stage.
Speaker 7 (04:07):
I feel sick every day.
Speaker 8 (04:09):
My daughter was a bad with a bocket kit.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Can you think of anything worse? I don't think. I
don't think you could. And what about the house prices?
And this has been going on for years and years.
Remember Leanne Darzel was mayor and she was getting shouted at,
she was getting abused. So I'm sorry Bromley. What you're
actually smelling at the moment sounds horrendous and how can
it not be fixed after so many years? This is
(04:31):
what I don't understand. And you listen, you know, watching
that meeting yesterday, the town meeting. You've got your good
old fashioned working kiwis, and then you've got your bureaucrats
and your politicians who were reading from scripts. I mean, honestly,
just look people in the eye and talk to them
for goodness sakes, and using words like odor, you know,
as if that's going to make it better. It's not
(04:53):
a smell, it's not a stench. It's an odor. Come on,
just call it what it is, smells like, say it
on radio and we'll and instead, you know, instead of
fixing something, they're going to remediate it. Honestly, no wonder
people get frustrated. Can't you just speak in plane language
and tell us what's what? Bryan Bridge five eleven, hopefully
(05:15):
while you're the councilor out of Wellington will do that
for us. Next, also give you an update, you know
with the Global Dairy Trade auction kind of poop poot
itself yesterday. Finally we have a number and it's good news.
I'll give that to you.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Next, the news you need this morning and the in
depth analysiss early edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room
Love where you Live News Talks five thirteen.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Good morning, Corey. Corey says, are nineteen niney t is
number of text. Cory says, why is it a war
crime if a farmer accidentally discharges and then gets a
fine from the council, But when the council does it
with human waste, nothing seems to happen. Corey, Very good point.
We'll get to our councilor in just a second, very quickly.
The Global Dairy Trade Action from yesterday that we were
(05:58):
supposed to bring you and had another teen technical glitch,
which is why we didn't bring you the numbers. Finally
we got them at midday yesterday. So first two options
of twenty twenty six calendar year has seen prices lift.
This after we had nine consecutive falls at the back
end of last year. The good news that was up
six point seven percent overall. Whole milk powder that's what
we really care about, was up five point three percent.
(06:20):
Skim milk powder, the second thing we care most about,
up ten point six percent. Mozzarella was up ten Basso
was up eight point eight, which is great. The bad
news yesterday, of course, was sinlay. The turnaround not happening
quite quick enough, still struggling. They are expecting a first
half loss for twenty twenty six of between seventy seven
(06:41):
and eighty two million dollars. Their shares hit a five
month low off the back of that news. It's fourteen
after five bread So we'll go to Wellington. Now, this
is the long weekend that you can't swim on the
south coast. Don't go near it. They reckon equipment failure
at mole Point, the water treatment plant. Not quite sure
what caused it, but they say that untreated wastewater is
(07:01):
spewing into the ocean. Local city councilor Sam O'Brian's with me, now, Hey, Sam, come.
Speaker 9 (07:07):
On Ryan, thanks sending me on.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Any clarity on what happened.
Speaker 9 (07:10):
Yet at the stage it's still pretty unknown from my understanding.
We had some heavy rain and it appears like there's
been some sort of failure and it's led to wastewater
backing up one of the outful pipes and essentially flooding
the treatment planet itself.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Okay, and so can staff actually work in there, like,
can you fix it if the thing's flooded and start
had to evacuate.
Speaker 9 (07:36):
Well, at the moment, I guess the process is to
pump out that wastewater that's gotten in, and then you
can start going in and attempting to sort of assist
the damage in terms of the electrical stuff and things.
We don't really know what the scale of that damage
is at the moment.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Right And when you say pump it out, where do
you pump it out too?
Speaker 9 (07:58):
I'm not sure about that process, but I would assume
that it would be some sort of thing that gets
tucked away to somewhere that can be dealt with.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
How long do you do do you expect this will
go on before people can go swimming again?
Speaker 9 (08:11):
Well, I guess the first stage is getting pumps working again,
which will mean that the wastewater can be discharged to
the long outfall, which will make it safer, and that
could be done within three days or so they estimate,
but that may not make it safe enough to swim
(08:32):
for people. So the stage it's really unknown how long
it'll take to resolve it.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Is that to get it out to the pipe that
goes two k's out to the ocean.
Speaker 9 (08:41):
Yeah, it's a columnar our, and to cook straight, which
means that it sort of yeah, can disperse further. Not
it's not the short outfall was essentially going straight into
the bay.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Sam. Are you happy with Wellington Water what they're doing
their response?
Speaker 9 (08:57):
On the short term, I would say, you know, you're
doing the best to resolve a situation and we don't
know what's caused it. But over the long term, obviously
it's a it's an ongoing issue. This isn't an isolated
thing and it's disappointing to see yet another example of
our water infrastructure failing in such a terrible way.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, it is a terrible way. Where's your what water
are you and where do you live?
Speaker 9 (09:23):
So I'm the multi cutting the eastern ward which includes
sort of Miramarlisle Bay area, which is where the treatment
plan is.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Right, so you won't be going swimming anytime soon. What's
what ticket did you run on? Sam? I've not heard
of you before. This is all I'm just curious. Are
you are left to your right? What are you? I'm
a labor councilor okay? And do you what where do
you sit with the infrastructure? You want to get this
fixed as a priority number one instead of you know,
the disco lose all that sort of stuff.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
Yeah, I think you could sum it up like that. Obviously,
the management of water infrastructure is a big deal, and
we're moving to a new water entity and I'm pretty
keen to ensure that moving from Wellington Water to our
new entity doesn't just mean that we repeat exactly the
same mistakes we had with smelling to water.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
All right, Sam, how old are you?
Speaker 9 (10:15):
I'm twenty five?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Okay, all right, I thought you sounded quite young. No,
good to know, good to know. And we'll just get
on and fix it, would you.
Speaker 9 (10:23):
It's planned all right?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Yees, Sam, appreciate it. Sam O'Brien, Wellington Eastern Water Council.
The time is eighteen minutes after five years talks. He'd
be next origin ere in Westport.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
The first word on the News of the Day early
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Speaker 2 (10:42):
Talk said b it is five twenty. We'll speak to
Allen McDonald from the EMA just before six this morning.
So we had the labor market, well, they say it's stabilizing,
even though the number of the unemployment number went from
five point three up to five point four. Not as
bad as it sounds. Apparently Ellen will help explain that
to us. That's coming up. Just before set Ryan bread
shovele on the tarmac for the coast. Less than eighteen
(11:04):
months in Origin there could be acting its Westport to
Wellington route. It's a bid for the government support that
looks like it's dead in the water. New Zealand Airport's
CEO Billy Moore with us this morning. Hey Billy, Hi,
what's going on here?
Speaker 10 (11:17):
Oh? Look, it's it's a tricky situation. Originea has been
clear they'll keep monitoring the route until mid May. It
has to work commercially for them and we have to
respect that. The difficulty we see in the regions to
their place, like Westport, is that the demand for the
route is there, but it has to also be matched
by the frequency and timing of services. So passenger numbers
(11:39):
will depend on having enough like frequency to make it practical,
be say commuters, and if you can't get that scale up,
the overall financial sustainability of the route is harder to maintain.
So it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation
with the timing of the routes, of frequency and getting
those numbers up to Origin. That's what the Council will
be grappling with. How do you give it a jolt
(12:02):
so it can become something sustainable.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
This is your classic regional airline problem, isn't it.
Speaker 10 (12:09):
It really is, and in a lot of countries around
the world, there are processes to provide a bit of
that baseline support and get it moving so that it
becomes more sustainable over time. The clincher in this case
is that we support is also a joint need to airport.
That means it's one of the last remaining airports around
(12:29):
the country five of them that is also co owned
by the taxpayer. So textpayers will already cover half of
the airport short for each year just to keep essential
airport services open, so things like emergencies, healthcare, ambulance. So
the question for us is how do we make sure
that public contribution that will continue anyway, is also supporting
(12:52):
a passenger route to make the actual public good of
that money worthwhile. So we deeply to need to find
solution here.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
One thing I've noticed. I've got friends who are increasingly
using regional airlines to get to places like Auckland to
Ketty Kitty with who does that one's barrier barrier Auckland
to part of pint our Mood that's Chatham Air. They're
great airlines and they often have you know, good times.
They often have a flat fear structure, so it's a
(13:21):
lot more affordable than your you know, your price gounging
Air New Zealand, et cetera. Is that how do you
get those airlines onto the search engines, because that's one
of the problems I reckon you find when you do
a search through an international that they don't pop up.
You just get Jetstar and Air New Zealand.
Speaker 10 (13:40):
Look, you're absolutely right to putting that out. It's something
we've been talking to the government about these airlines. You know,
they are great operations, but they are small in scale,
so it is tough for some of them to invest
in the systems that allow them to be in those
search engines and some of the other capabilities that we
see from the big airlines. Chattham does have that capability,
but we think there is some more things we can
(14:02):
do to make sure they're great offerings are exposed to
more and more people, says you, As you say, once
you start flying on them, you do tend to stick
because it is a.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Great service one hundred percent. Billy, appreciate your time this morning.
Billy Moore, who's new Zealand Airport's CEO. It's twenty four
after five. Now loads of texts coming in about Wellington
and the water and well this how it's not water,
it's actually wastewater. Ryan, if this was a farmer again,
this is the point, million dollar fines, possibly jail time.
(14:34):
Because it's a CCO, nothing will happen. The double standards
of bureaucracy, says Nathan at Trevis, says Ryan. Every time
it rains in Gisbon, the district council is forced to
discharge untreated sewage into the so called pristine waters of
Poverty Bay. Yeah, so the councils actually can be I
remember doing a story about this years ago. The councils
(14:54):
can be fined by the regional councils for discharging this stuff.
So that'll be interesting to see whether this is a
breach of their resource management legislation. Time air is twenty
five after five.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
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Speaker 2 (15:13):
It is five twenty seven. Happy White Tangy day. Everybody.
You'll probably see and hear a bit of Rgi bargie
from up north today because the Polleys are getting welcomed
onto the Treaty grounds. If you've ever been up there,
or if you've never been up there, you should easily
one of the best Kiwi weekends that you could experience.
Sunshine's guarantee. People are friendly, grubs good, plenty of drinks
(15:35):
to be had at the juw Core or another watering hole,
talking politics into the night great time. Protest is an
important part of democracy Lancer's societies boils. It keeps powerful
people in check, but it must be peaceful. The minute
you start throwing fists, punching cops and shoving people around,
you lose the room. And I've seen that happen at
White Tangy several times. We all have seen it happen
(15:57):
at many protests about a whole bunch of different issues.
I might add, I hope it doesn't happen this year.
There is apparently a group of twenty online who apparently
say that they're ready to be arrested in the name
of protests. And what a shame that would be. If
there's one thing we've shown each other as a country
over the past fortnight, with the storms and the floodings
(16:17):
and the landslides, and then the cleanup. It's that we
are still quite a united and down to earth country,
I reckon. The politicians might argue, the lobby groups hiss
and raw, but at its heart New Zealand is mostly
made up of decent people who look up for each other.
We saw made house and feed and water their neighbors.
(16:37):
I saw farmers being fed by cooier on madey. We
saw farmers helping clear mildi own land of debris. We
saw tradees and workers leaping to help terists trapped under rubble.
They might fight about race and parliament, but the reality
on the ground, as you and I both know well,
is way more chill than they make out, much more
(17:00):
children we in the media make out too. To be fair,
we're basically a nation of hardworking people of all different
cultures and colors who sometimes disagree but mostly get on
with life and look after each other. Of course there
are exceptions, but that's exactly the point. There are exceptions,
not the rule. And this white tonguey day, especially given
(17:22):
how badly some other democracies have gone to the dogs,
I think that's something surely worth celebrating. So happy white
tongue everybody back.
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Speaker 1 (17:44):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and one roof love where you live used talks
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Speaker 2 (18:00):
But if we're away from six newstalk sai'd be great
to have your company this Tuesday morning. We'll get to
our reporters in just a second. We will get to
Allen McDonald from the EMA on the unemployment numbers before
six o'clock. And Bill Gates has spoken about the Epstein stuff.
He's visiting Australia at the moment.
Speaker 12 (18:14):
You know, it's actually true that I was only at dinners.
You know, I never went to the island. I never
met any women, and so you know, the morel that
comes out, the more clear it'll be that although the
time was a mistake, had nothing to do with that
kind of behavior.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Then there's the email that Epstein wrote to himself about
Bill Gates. Mitch McCann our US correspondent with us just
before it's quarter to six as well. Ryan, this is
from John and Westport, which is the airport we've been
discussing because origin here might pull out their flights. They
have not been operating very long. Might stop them all
together shortly least they get a bailout. Ryan, I used
(18:51):
to fly Wellington to Westport two times a year when
in New Zealand was flying. They stopped flying and the
rental cars vanished. This is the problem. So now there's
no getting out of Westport except one intercity bus depart
to the Graymouth at ten fifteen am. Normally no flight
arrives early morning to get the bus via a taxi
to the airport. So that's part of the problem, says John.
(19:13):
It is twenty three to six ray and Bridge column
first interned and culum good morning, right, So what's going
on with this fishing band in the peninsula.
Speaker 7 (19:23):
Well, look, a bid to titan or broaden this band's
being turned down. A legal challenge which sought to extend
this fishing band to protect the critically endangered hoyhor, which
is the yellow eyed penguin. He has been dismissed by
the High Court. At the moment, set net fishing is
prohibited around the Otago Peninsula since an initial three month
band was introduced in September. It was then extended by
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the Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones for another nine months,
but the charity, The Environmental Law Initiative, had sought a
judicial review to force a broader ban, but the court
has declined that application earlier this week. Naturally, Seafood inst
is welcoming this to see but remains concerned about the
impact on local fishes and their livelihoods.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
All right, how's your weather.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
It's mainly fine here today, high cloud light, winds twenty
two the high.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Enjoy long weekend. Callum, thank you, Clear's and christ Church morning.
Speaker 13 (20:12):
Clear, good morning.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
This terrible crash in Selwyn.
Speaker 13 (20:15):
Yeah, this was terrible. This was yesterday afternoon at about
three point thirty when police were called to reports that
a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle on Leiston
Roads out at Springston. Now they quickly confirmed that yes,
the pedestrian was a child who, despite best efforts of
emergency services and others at the scene, did die at
(20:36):
the scene. The Serious Crash Unit conducted a scene examination.
For those who don't know, Springston and Selwyn is beyond Rolliston,
beyond Lincoln. It's a small community so it will be
hard hit out there with this news. Police of course
say their inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
All right, how's your weather.
Speaker 13 (20:55):
For christ Church today? Should be fine, a bit of
high cloud, northeasterlies dying out in twenty one degrees.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Think you clear in mex and Wellington morning mechs good morning.
You're avoiding the wastewater for Kashima the poonami and you're
going with cag with the movie museum. Yeah, give listeners
a break.
Speaker 14 (21:13):
Yeah, Sir Peter Jackson's people are talking to the council's people,
and it really does seem that this long mooted project
will come to fruition, specifically around this massive Lyle Bay
site that the movie director owns. I mean he basically
owns half the land out that way. Anyway, we understand
a resource consent application is expected to be lodged soon.
We already know Sir Peter has all these movie trinkets
(21:35):
and memorabilia, the car from Chiddy Chudy Bang Bang, the
Charlie Chaplain's cane, props, costumes, et cetera, et cetera, so
he's basically ready to go. He and partner Dame fran
Walsh ranked fifth. Interestingly, they're basically property moguls on nbr's
Rich List last year, with a reported net worth of
two point six billion dollars. So that movie Museum at
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Lyle Bay looks like it really is coming along.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Spot down there, it's across from what's that beer bar.
You'll know what I'm talking about in.
Speaker 5 (22:04):
Line there's a.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Parrot dog.
Speaker 14 (22:07):
Yeah, it is down there. Spruce goes down there. That's
just that's closing up now. But yeah, some good places
down there.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Yeah, once they do that, I think it's going to
be an awesome spot. How's your with today, Max?
Speaker 14 (22:17):
Yeah, look we're looking good going into the weekend. Mostly fine.
A bit of a cold start this morning, but fine
today twenty the high, brilliant.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Enjoy your weekend, Max, neihvas here, Hey, Neva greetings. Tens
of thousands of festival goers are off to Lane Way.
Speaker 6 (22:31):
Today Lane Way, Yes, Oh my god. I'll be so
happy about that Western Springs today. So look, last year
they're about thirty thousand people filled that stadium for Charlie XCX.
Speaker 8 (22:42):
This year it's.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Been headlined by the twenty twenty five Grammys Best New
Artist Chapel Rohan, and joining her will be other globally
known ex like Pink Panther is, role model Alex G.
Wolf ellis don't know these people.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
I can tell you don't know. Reader, really was I
bubbling over it?
Speaker 6 (23:04):
Actually, I had to try and find a young person
out there going excuse me, youth of today. I found
a young reporter who was like read about nineteen twenty.
I said, come over here, come over to Auntie nev
and just you know, I'm just going to go over
these pronunciations.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Chapel Rohn is the one that's been in the news
for the last two days. She was at the Grammys
and wore an outfit that was a She wore prosthetic nipples.
It's right, and they were exposed.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
Yes, I saw that, and producer Kinsey was telling me
about that as well.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yeah, quite very controversial, also not revealing. It's actually quite clever.
You know, you can get away with looking naked without
actually being naked, so no one can complain.
Speaker 6 (23:40):
And she's pretty popular. So it's going to be you know,
it'll be full on and everyone will be going this
weekend and we can just say that there will be
no rain for Auckland either this weekend. It's going to
be mainly fine for lane weight.
Speaker 9 (23:52):
So that's good.
Speaker 6 (23:53):
Isolated morning showers and I have twenty five brilliant.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Brilliant Neva. Good to see. What are you doing? Got
any plans?
Speaker 6 (23:59):
No, I've got friends. I've got friends. I do have
one or two and they're coming up to visit me.
So yes, what about you?
Speaker 2 (24:05):
What do you want to I'm going to the pub
this afternoon.
Speaker 11 (24:08):
Stop.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yes, my friend Phil haven't seen them in ages and
we haven't caught up with it. He's got kids. People
get kids, yes, and they just disappear. It's like they
disappear down a trapdoor.
Speaker 6 (24:19):
So what will you do? Will you go home and
nat obviously?
Speaker 2 (24:22):
And then I've got a gym, I've got a nap
and them are out.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Oh nice, and try and stay awake until at least
nine p m.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Yeah, I'll try. I'll try. Good to see. Have a
great long weekend. It is seventeen away from six. Next
we'll head to the US with Mitch McCann. Then we're
to Alan McDonald from the EMA on Unemployment News Talk SEDB.
According to six on News Talks, HEREB a quick little
car update for you this morning. New passenger cars. This
is for January sales were up. We're buying cars like
(24:52):
it's twenty twenty three. Nine thirty six new cars were
sold in January. That's a twelve percent increase on the
same month a year ago. And since January of twenty three,
eighty one percent of them were SUVs. That's actually come
down quite a bit. The top selling suv category is
the compact version of compact suv, which, let's be honest,
if you've ever been in one of those, you have
(25:14):
to bend down to get They're not SUVs.
Speaker 15 (25:16):
Are they.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
International Correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
The backdown in Minnesota continues. It's got to Mitch mcckenna,
US correspondent, Mitch, good morning, Good morning, Ryan, How are
you doing very well? So what's Homan doing with the
ice agents?
Speaker 8 (25:33):
Yeah, in the last fr while, Homan, now that's Tom Homan,
and he's Donald Trump's borders are He's decided that they're
going to draw down the number of people they have
in Minneapolis. Now, remember Tom Homan was sent there in
recent days to try and calm the situation down after
the fatal shootings of two members of the public. He's
announced this morning that they're removing seven hundred agents, leaving
(25:54):
a total of about two thousand and Minneapolis. He says
the reason they're able to do this is because of
what he call unprecedented cooperation between the federal government and
state and local officials. Of course, this is not something
that's been happening up until now. He said those agencies
are now working together to make immigration enforcement more efficient.
(26:14):
He says that more officers are now working in jails
also to arrest people on immigration related offenses. He said
they'll be staying there for a while because many ICE
officers are still facing intimidation. But he even thanked Tim Walsh,
the governor of Minnesota, someone that the Trump administration has
really clashed with in recent weeks.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Now let's go to Epstein. I mean who isn't being
named at the moment, but Melinda Gates, this is Bill
z X says he's probably got some questions to answer
now he has.
Speaker 8 (26:44):
Yes, he's done an interview with Channel nine. He's been
in Australia for the last couple of days. And this
comes amid new allegations around Bell Gates in terms of
some of the emails that were going back and forth
with Jeffrey Epstein. But this is related to an email
that Jeffrey Epstein appears to have written himself to himself
that may have been meant for Bell Gates. And in
(27:05):
that email, he suggests that Bell Gates wanted Jeffrey Epstein
to source antibiotics for him because he contracted sexually transmitted diseases,
and that he wanted to secretly give these pells to
his wife. Now Bill Gates has responded, and this is
what he said. He said. Apparently Jeffrey wrote himself an email.
That email was never sent. The email is false. I
(27:26):
don't know what his thinking was. Was he trying to
attack me in some way? He said, every minute I
spent with him, I regret and I apologize that I
did that. Of course, Bill Gates has never been charged
or convicted of any crimes or wrongdoing related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Mitch, appreciate your time. Mitch mccanna, US correspondent, just gone
twelve to six. Brian Bridge unemployment up to a ten
year high five point four percent, up from five point
three percent. Under usualization also climbing, now sitting at a
five year high thirteen percent Alan MacDonald is with the
head of Advocacy, Finance and Strategy at the AMA joining
us as warning Ellen, good morning. What are your members
(28:03):
seeing to you know, are they hiring? Are they sort
of holding? What's going on?
Speaker 15 (28:08):
Probably holding, I think is the answer at the moment, Ryan,
everybody wants everything to get better, and some of the
indicators are there, but I think they want to see
a few months or quarters strung together before they follow
through on some of those intentions to invest into hire.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
This is hard because it's checking and egg stuff. People
don't want to spend until they know the unemployment rates
coming down, but businesses don't want to hire until they
know people are going to spend. Yeah, there's a bit.
Speaker 15 (28:35):
Of background to those numbers because more people are looking,
so that counts. But also you get a little bump
towards the end of the year as people leave school
and universities and things like that too. But some of
the underlying, more positive stuff says that the hiring intentions
are there in both the sort of performance of manufacturing
and Performance of Services index, and they are long run ones,
(28:58):
so we pay a lot of attention to those. But
I think you know that the recovery has been coming.
The recovery has been coming. Could we wait and see
some really solid evidence before we follow through on some
of those intentions?
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Do you think one of the big I was listening
to an economist yesterday, one of the big problems is
that we had a sort of a false dawn, false
start last year. And you know, if this was if
we'd come straight out of a recession and this was
the start of it, then perhaps we would be more confident.
But because we got burnt last time, we're a bit
gun show.
Speaker 5 (29:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (29:30):
I think there's a fair bit of that, and even
going back beyond last year. But I think if you
remember at the start of last year, it was going
to be thriving twenty five and it became survived in
twenty five, and the reality is a lot of businesses
died in twenty five. So yeah, that's what's driving some
of that caution.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I think, what is there anything that you, as the
UMA want done now tomorrow that would help get us
out of it.
Speaker 15 (29:54):
I don't think there's any sort of magic wave you
wand and away we go kind of approach. I think
a lot of the stuff seeing from some of the
policy things that they're getting things out of the way.
They take time, and so when when you get the
cumulative effect of all of those things coming through, then
it's not going to be a hockey stick. But I
think we'll start to see that slide up into recovery.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
If you like, we've just got to do the hard
yards and tough it out. Alan, appreciate you.
Speaker 15 (30:21):
That's a bit of a grind.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Appreciate your time as always, Allan. Allan McDonald's EMA, head
of NBC Finance and Strategy. Time is nine to six
News Talk SAB.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
On your radio and online on Iheard Radio Early edition
with Ryan Bridge and one Root Love where you Live
News Talks.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
EDB seven Away from six. We spoke earlier in the
week about this review, this look into insurance premiums in
New Zealand. They are up three times as fast as
inflation since twenty eleven, forty two years. Weather is obviously
a problem, but does anyone think it's this this probe
is going to solve anything. It's another one of those
(31:00):
as Financial Regulators, Council of Financial Regulators which is FMA,
mb ComCom and Treasury all having a little look. See
the competition is one of the things that they'll look at.
They'll also look at how much capital the insurance companies
have to hold. And one of them has already come
out of the blocks. Tower has come out and said
(31:21):
early on, we are passing on our savings, thank you
very much. Our average motor and home premiums fell eight
percent in twenty twenty five. Did anyone notice that? Six
to six? And bredge Mike greetings, how are you very well?
Thank you?
Speaker 16 (31:38):
Thanks all over again?
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Isn't it that is?
Speaker 16 (31:39):
It's their fascination with is there enough competition in the marketplace?
Speaker 2 (31:43):
And how many industries do we need to say don't
have enough competition before we realize that we're just a
small country. The national companies name and industry and there's
not enough competition. Gets it off, the gets it off.
The political agenda. Yeah, I guess Hey, here's the Winter
Olympic snug on you. Yes, it has. We spoke to
someone a couple of well, we had video from a
(32:05):
couple of ethletes on our show Uesday, But apart from
that very little.
Speaker 16 (32:08):
We got the shift of mission today. So we got
seventeen biggest team ever he reckons hopefully three plus last
time apparently we got three medals that is, so you think, no, no,
but we need a little bit more this time around.
He's reasonably bullish on.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
That, Tony. What's interested in me is the Russians. You
know how they can compete.
Speaker 16 (32:26):
Under the tennis the other day.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Yeah, but they they have a board that investigates is
this Russian a good Russian or is this Russian a
bad Russian?
Speaker 16 (32:36):
Acceptable Russian?
Speaker 2 (32:37):
And they've found the BBC Sports done this big thing.
And on the board there's a woman who apparently was
seen hugging one of the bad Russians. They're saying, this
whole thing is corrupt and you shouldn't trust them. You
can throw them a bad Russian.
Speaker 16 (32:54):
The Nikola Willis is on this morning, and she'll try
and explain away out of the problem yesterday, which I
see the problem in an election year, and she was
right yesterday, and the nuance and subtlety. There are actually
more jobs. You can't argue with that. And that's the
great thing about these sort of stats. They're facts, they're
not vibes or mood or stuff. So there are more jobs.
But the problem is five point four is not five
point two or five point three statement of fact, and
(33:16):
an election year. Going the wrong way is not something
you can sell easily, not a good headline.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Although I thought, actually yesterday the media did quite a
good job of explaining all.
Speaker 16 (33:26):
I couldn't agree with you more, which is unusual, I did,
I thought. I think I think part of that came
from the fact, though, that the economists came to her rescue,
to the extent that they said, have a look at,
you know, dig below the headline for once, and you might,
you know, go go and find some truth and some
fact and stuff like that. So I think she got helped.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Out along that.
Speaker 16 (33:45):
Plans this weekend, well, I'm just relaxing. I'm just decompressing
to the land and up to the land, and i'm
wind while I'm looking. I've got a little bit of
work going on at the land, and the excitements happening. Well,
I know I can't give you too much to tame on,
but I've got a couple of projects off. But the
beauty of going to the land on the weekend is,
I know not what it looks like. So as I
(34:06):
come around the corner, it's like opening a white tang
your day present, right, So it could.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Be a pool or something.
Speaker 16 (34:12):
I already got a pool. I got a pool cent
that've done ages ago.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Happy White, Tang you weeking everyone, See you Monday.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Good morning, great to have your company on this Tuesday,
six minutes after five before six this morning, we'll get
to Allen McDonald on the unemployment numbers out yesterday, why
they are apparently not as bad as they look. Mitch
McCann's stateside for US origineer apparently going to pull out
a Westport. What's going on at Mawa Point and Wellington,
also Bromley and christ Church. The whole country just stinks
this morning, doesn't it. The agenda Tuesday to Tirth of February.
(00:34):
Another day, another Epstein's scandal. Starmer's catching heat in the
House over Mandelssohn. Angela Rayner, his former MP is leading
the charge.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Can the Prime Minister tell Us did the official security
vetting he received mention Mandelsson's ongoing relationship with the pedophile
Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Yes, it did. As a result, various questions were put.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
To him, Yes, he does regret actually making him a
US ambassador back in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Idelson betrayed our country, our parliament and my party. Mister speaker.
He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his
relationship with Epstein before and during his tenure as ambassador.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, Randy Andy. Meanwhile, he's been given the boot from
Royal Lodge, and a new letter has come out this
morning from an exotic dancer who claims he and Jeffrey
Epstein asked her to engage in various sexual acts. The
lawyers says she agreed to keep the whole thing a
secret for two hundred and fifty k. Let's go to
the US Tom home and this is Trump's borders are
(01:47):
He says He's drawing down ICE agents in Minneapolis, seven
hundred of them.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration, and as a result
of the need for less law enforcement officers to do
this work in a safer environment, I have announce, effective immediately,
we will draw down seven hundred people affected today, seven
hundred long enforcement personnel.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
It still lives about two three hundred there. Finally, this morning, Malfoy,
Draco Malfoy. Ahead of the lunar New Year, Chinese households
are putting up pictures of a new mascot, Draco Malfoy,
his name in Chinese contains the words for horse and fortune,
which is suddenly very on brand for the Year of
the Horse.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Views and Views you trust to start your day. It's
early edition with Ryan Bridge and one roof Love where
you live news.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Talks that'd be great to have your company. My mum
goes swimming every day in Wellington in the ocean, which
I'm very proud of her for, but she won't be
doing that today because it's filled with literally raw sewage.
It's not even treated sewerage that they normally warn you about.
It's raw sewage. We're going to speak to a councilor
about that. In a second. What the hell happened? So
it rained a bunch. They literally can't figure out what
(02:59):
went wrong. It rained a bunch, There was some kind
of blockage and then before you know it, raw seerridge
is leaking into the ocean through an eighteen hundred meter
pipe that goes out to sea, and then it's coming
and obviously on the waves, into the south coast of Wellington. Disgusting.
I actually feel quite bad, So we'll talk to accounts
about that. In a second. I actually feel quite bad
this morning about something I said yesterday. I sort of
(03:23):
made light of the situation in Bromley, and I was
watching the news last you know, because it's it's a
smell and it's sort of funny, but it's actually not.
I was watching the news last night and listening to
the people at this meeting describe the smell and what
it's doing to them physically doing to them was quite heartbreaking.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
Are you sorry for the past five years where it
smells full of the time?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I can't hate the birthday party at home?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Can you cancel Christmas every year?
Speaker 6 (03:57):
No one cares about your figures, actually care when they
literally peeled over for three four five days straight, nearly
vomiting from coughing that much from the stage.
Speaker 7 (04:07):
I feel sick every day.
Speaker 8 (04:09):
My daughter was a bad with a bocket kit.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Can you think of anything worse? I don't think. I
don't think you could. And what about the house prices?
And this has been going on for years and years.
Remember Leanne Darzel was mayor and she was getting shouted at,
she was getting abused. So I'm sorry Bromley. What you're
actually smelling at the moment sounds horrendous and how can
it not be fixed after so many years? This is
(04:31):
what I don't understand. And you listen, you know, watching
that meeting yesterday, the town meeting. You've got your good
old fashioned working kiwis, and then you've got your bureaucrats
and your politicians who were reading from scripts. I mean, honestly,
just look people in the eye and talk to them
for goodness sakes, and using words like odor, you know,
as if that's going to make it better. It's not
(04:53):
a smell, it's not a stench. It's an odor. Come on,
just call it what it is, smells like, say it
on radio and we'll and instead, you know, instead of
fixing something, they're going to remediate it. Honestly, no wonder
people get frustrated. Can't you just speak in plane language
and tell us what's what? Bryan Bridge five eleven, hopefully
(05:15):
while you're the councilor out of Wellington will do that
for us. Next, also give you an update, you know
with the Global Dairy Trade auction kind of poop poot
itself yesterday. Finally we have a number and it's good news.
I'll give that to you.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Next, the news you need this morning and the in
depth analysiss early edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room
Love where you Live News Talks five thirteen.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Good morning, Corey. Corey says, are nineteen niney t is
number of text. Cory says, why is it a war
crime if a farmer accidentally discharges and then gets a
fine from the council, But when the council does it
with human waste, nothing seems to happen. Corey, Very good point.
We'll get to our councilor in just a second, very quickly.
The Global Dairy Trade Action from yesterday that we were
(05:58):
supposed to bring you and had another teen technical glitch,
which is why we didn't bring you the numbers. Finally
we got them at midday yesterday. So first two options
of twenty twenty six calendar year has seen prices lift.
This after we had nine consecutive falls at the back
end of last year. The good news that was up
six point seven percent overall. Whole milk powder that's what
we really care about, was up five point three percent.
(06:20):
Skim milk powder, the second thing we care most about,
up ten point six percent. Mozzarella was up ten Basso
was up eight point eight, which is great. The bad
news yesterday, of course, was sinlay. The turnaround not happening
quite quick enough, still struggling. They are expecting a first
half loss for twenty twenty six of between seventy seven
(06:41):
and eighty two million dollars. Their shares hit a five
month low off the back of that news. It's fourteen
after five bread So we'll go to Wellington. Now, this
is the long weekend that you can't swim on the
south coast. Don't go near it. They reckon equipment failure
at mole Point, the water treatment plant. Not quite sure
what caused it, but they say that untreated wastewater is
(07:01):
spewing into the ocean. Local city councilor Sam O'Brian's with me, now, Hey, Sam, come.
Speaker 9 (07:07):
On Ryan, thanks sending me on.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Any clarity on what happened.
Speaker 9 (07:10):
Yet at the stage it's still pretty unknown from my understanding.
We had some heavy rain and it appears like there's
been some sort of failure and it's led to wastewater
backing up one of the outful pipes and essentially flooding
the treatment planet itself.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Okay, and so can staff actually work in there, like,
can you fix it if the thing's flooded and start
had to evacuate.
Speaker 9 (07:36):
Well, at the moment, I guess the process is to
pump out that wastewater that's gotten in, and then you
can start going in and attempting to sort of assist
the damage in terms of the electrical stuff and things.
We don't really know what the scale of that damage
is at the moment.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Right And when you say pump it out, where do
you pump it out too?
Speaker 9 (07:58):
I'm not sure about that process, but I would assume
that it would be some sort of thing that gets
tucked away to somewhere that can be dealt with.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
How long do you do do you expect this will
go on before people can go swimming again?
Speaker 9 (08:11):
Well, I guess the first stage is getting pumps working again,
which will mean that the wastewater can be discharged to
the long outfall, which will make it safer, and that
could be done within three days or so they estimate,
but that may not make it safe enough to swim
(08:32):
for people. So the stage it's really unknown how long
it'll take to resolve it.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Is that to get it out to the pipe that
goes two k's out to the ocean.
Speaker 9 (08:41):
Yeah, it's a columnar our, and to cook straight, which
means that it sort of yeah, can disperse further. Not
it's not the short outfall was essentially going straight into
the bay.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Sam. Are you happy with Wellington Water what they're doing
their response?
Speaker 9 (08:57):
On the short term, I would say, you know, you're
doing the best to resolve a situation and we don't
know what's caused it. But over the long term, obviously
it's a it's an ongoing issue. This isn't an isolated
thing and it's disappointing to see yet another example of
our water infrastructure failing in such a terrible way.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, it is a terrible way. Where's your what water
are you and where do you live?
Speaker 9 (09:23):
So I'm the multi cutting the eastern ward which includes
sort of Miramarlisle Bay area, which is where the treatment
plan is.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Right, so you won't be going swimming anytime soon. What's
what ticket did you run on? Sam? I've not heard
of you before. This is all I'm just curious. Are
you are left to your right? What are you? I'm
a labor councilor okay? And do you what where do
you sit with the infrastructure? You want to get this
fixed as a priority number one instead of you know,
the disco lose all that sort of stuff.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
Yeah, I think you could sum it up like that. Obviously,
the management of water infrastructure is a big deal, and
we're moving to a new water entity and I'm pretty
keen to ensure that moving from Wellington Water to our
new entity doesn't just mean that we repeat exactly the
same mistakes we had with smelling to water.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
All right, Sam, how old are you?
Speaker 9 (10:15):
I'm twenty five?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Okay, all right, I thought you sounded quite young. No,
good to know, good to know. And we'll just get
on and fix it, would you.
Speaker 9 (10:23):
It's planned all right?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Yees, Sam, appreciate it. Sam O'Brien, Wellington Eastern Water Council.
The time is eighteen minutes after five years talks. He'd
be next origin ere in Westport.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and One Route Love where you
live News.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Talk said b it is five twenty. We'll speak to
Allen McDonald from the EMA just before six this morning.
So we had the labor market, well, they say it's stabilizing,
even though the number of the unemployment number went from
five point three up to five point four. Not as
bad as it sounds. Apparently Ellen will help explain that
to us. That's coming up. Just before set Ryan bread
shovele on the tarmac for the coast. Less than eighteen
(11:04):
months in Origin there could be acting its Westport to
Wellington route. It's a bid for the government support that
looks like it's dead in the water. New Zealand Airport's
CEO Billy Moore with us this morning. Hey Billy, Hi,
what's going on here?
Speaker 10 (11:17):
Oh? Look, it's it's a tricky situation. Originea has been
clear they'll keep monitoring the route until mid May. It
has to work commercially for them and we have to
respect that. The difficulty we see in the regions to
their place, like Westport, is that the demand for the
route is there, but it has to also be matched
by the frequency and timing of services. So passenger numbers
(11:39):
will depend on having enough like frequency to make it practical,
be say commuters, and if you can't get that scale up,
the overall financial sustainability of the route is harder to maintain.
So it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation
with the timing of the routes, of frequency and getting
those numbers up to Origin. That's what the Council will
be grappling with. How do you give it a jolt
(12:02):
so it can become something sustainable.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
This is your classic regional airline problem, isn't it.
Speaker 10 (12:09):
It really is, and in a lot of countries around
the world, there are processes to provide a bit of
that baseline support and get it moving so that it
becomes more sustainable over time. The clincher in this case
is that we support is also a joint need to airport.
That means it's one of the last remaining airports around
(12:29):
the country five of them that is also co owned
by the taxpayer. So textpayers will already cover half of
the airport short for each year just to keep essential
airport services open, so things like emergencies, healthcare, ambulance. So
the question for us is how do we make sure
that public contribution that will continue anyway, is also supporting
(12:52):
a passenger route to make the actual public good of
that money worthwhile. So we deeply to need to find
solution here.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
One thing I've noticed. I've got friends who are increasingly
using regional airlines to get to places like Auckland to
Ketty Kitty with who does that one's barrier barrier Auckland
to part of pint our Mood that's Chatham Air. They're
great airlines and they often have you know, good times.
They often have a flat fear structure, so it's a
(13:21):
lot more affordable than your you know, your price gounging
Air New Zealand, et cetera. Is that how do you
get those airlines onto the search engines, because that's one
of the problems I reckon you find when you do
a search through an international that they don't pop up.
You just get Jetstar and Air New Zealand.
Speaker 10 (13:40):
Look, you're absolutely right to putting that out. It's something
we've been talking to the government about these airlines. You know,
they are great operations, but they are small in scale,
so it is tough for some of them to invest
in the systems that allow them to be in those
search engines and some of the other capabilities that we
see from the big airlines. Chattham does have that capability,
but we think there is some more things we can
(14:02):
do to make sure they're great offerings are exposed to
more and more people, says you, As you say, once
you start flying on them, you do tend to stick
because it is a.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Great service one hundred percent. Billy, appreciate your time this morning.
Billy Moore, who's new Zealand Airport's CEO. It's twenty four
after five. Now loads of texts coming in about Wellington
and the water and well this how it's not water,
it's actually wastewater. Ryan, if this was a farmer again,
this is the point, million dollar fines, possibly jail time.
(14:34):
Because it's a CCO, nothing will happen. The double standards
of bureaucracy, says Nathan at Trevis, says Ryan. Every time
it rains in Gisbon, the district council is forced to
discharge untreated sewage into the so called pristine waters of
Poverty Bay. Yeah, so the councils actually can be I
remember doing a story about this years ago. The councils
(14:54):
can be fined by the regional councils for discharging this stuff.
So that'll be interesting to see whether this is a
breach of their resource management legislation. Time air is twenty
five after five.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
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Speaker 2 (15:13):
It is five twenty seven. Happy White Tangy day. Everybody.
You'll probably see and hear a bit of Rgi bargie
from up north today because the Polleys are getting welcomed
onto the Treaty grounds. If you've ever been up there,
or if you've never been up there, you should easily
one of the best Kiwi weekends that you could experience.
Sunshine's guarantee. People are friendly, grubs good, plenty of drinks
(15:35):
to be had at the juw Core or another watering hole,
talking politics into the night great time. Protest is an
important part of democracy Lancer's societies boils. It keeps powerful
people in check, but it must be peaceful. The minute
you start throwing fists, punching cops and shoving people around,
you lose the room. And I've seen that happen at
White Tangy several times. We all have seen it happen
(15:57):
at many protests about a whole bunch of different issues.
I might add, I hope it doesn't happen this year.
There is apparently a group of twenty online who apparently
say that they're ready to be arrested in the name
of protests. And what a shame that would be. If
there's one thing we've shown each other as a country
over the past fortnight, with the storms and the floodings
(16:17):
and the landslides, and then the cleanup. It's that we
are still quite a united and down to earth country,
I reckon. The politicians might argue, the lobby groups hiss
and raw, but at its heart New Zealand is mostly
made up of decent people who look up for each other.
We saw made house and feed and water their neighbors.
(16:37):
I saw farmers being fed by cooier on madey. We
saw farmers helping clear mildi own land of debris. We
saw tradees and workers leaping to help terists trapped under rubble.
They might fight about race and parliament, but the reality
on the ground, as you and I both know well,
is way more chill than they make out, much more
(17:00):
children we in the media make out too. To be fair,
we're basically a nation of hardworking people of all different
cultures and colors who sometimes disagree but mostly get on
with life and look after each other. Of course there
are exceptions, but that's exactly the point. There are exceptions,
not the rule. And this white tonguey day, especially given
(17:22):
how badly some other democracies have gone to the dogs,
I think that's something surely worth celebrating. So happy white
tongue everybody back.
Speaker 11 (17:30):
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Speaker 1 (17:44):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and one roof love where you live used talks
at me.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
But if we're away from six newstalk sai'd be great
to have your company this Tuesday morning. We'll get to
our reporters in just a second. We will get to
Allen McDonald from the EMA on the unemployment numbers before
six o'clock. And Bill Gates has spoken about the Epstein stuff.
He's visiting Australia at the moment.
Speaker 12 (18:14):
You know, it's actually true that I was only at dinners.
You know, I never went to the island. I never
met any women, and so you know, the morel that
comes out, the more clear it'll be that although the
time was a mistake, had nothing to do with that
kind of behavior.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Then there's the email that Epstein wrote to himself about
Bill Gates. Mitch McCann our US correspondent with us just
before it's quarter to six as well. Ryan, this is
from John and Westport, which is the airport we've been
discussing because origin here might pull out their flights. They
have not been operating very long. Might stop them all
together shortly least they get a bailout. Ryan, I used
(18:51):
to fly Wellington to Westport two times a year when
in New Zealand was flying. They stopped flying and the
rental cars vanished. This is the problem. So now there's
no getting out of Westport except one intercity bus depart
to the Graymouth at ten fifteen am. Normally no flight
arrives early morning to get the bus via a taxi
to the airport. So that's part of the problem, says John.
(19:13):
It is twenty three to six ray and Bridge column
first interned and culum good morning, right, So what's going
on with this fishing band in the peninsula.
Speaker 7 (19:23):
Well, look, a bid to titan or broaden this band's
being turned down. A legal challenge which sought to extend
this fishing band to protect the critically endangered hoyhor, which
is the yellow eyed penguin. He has been dismissed by
the High Court. At the moment, set net fishing is
prohibited around the Otago Peninsula since an initial three month
band was introduced in September. It was then extended by
(19:45):
the Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones for another nine months,
but the charity, The Environmental Law Initiative, had sought a
judicial review to force a broader ban, but the court
has declined that application earlier this week. Naturally, Seafood inst
is welcoming this to see but remains concerned about the
impact on local fishes and their livelihoods.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
All right, how's your weather.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
It's mainly fine here today, high cloud light, winds twenty
two the high.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Enjoy long weekend. Callum, thank you, Clear's and christ Church morning.
Speaker 13 (20:12):
Clear, good morning.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
This terrible crash in Selwyn.
Speaker 13 (20:15):
Yeah, this was terrible. This was yesterday afternoon at about
three point thirty when police were called to reports that
a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle on Leiston
Roads out at Springston. Now they quickly confirmed that yes,
the pedestrian was a child who, despite best efforts of
emergency services and others at the scene, did die at
(20:36):
the scene. The Serious Crash Unit conducted a scene examination.
For those who don't know, Springston and Selwyn is beyond Rolliston,
beyond Lincoln. It's a small community so it will be
hard hit out there with this news. Police of course
say their inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
All right, how's your weather.
Speaker 13 (20:55):
For christ Church today? Should be fine, a bit of
high cloud, northeasterlies dying out in twenty one degrees.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Think you clear in mex and Wellington morning mechs good morning.
You're avoiding the wastewater for Kashima the poonami and you're
going with cag with the movie museum. Yeah, give listeners
a break.
Speaker 14 (21:13):
Yeah, Sir Peter Jackson's people are talking to the council's people,
and it really does seem that this long mooted project
will come to fruition, specifically around this massive Lyle Bay
site that the movie director owns. I mean he basically
owns half the land out that way. Anyway, we understand
a resource consent application is expected to be lodged soon.
We already know Sir Peter has all these movie trinkets
(21:35):
and memorabilia, the car from Chiddy Chudy Bang Bang, the
Charlie Chaplain's cane, props, costumes, et cetera, et cetera, so
he's basically ready to go. He and partner Dame fran
Walsh ranked fifth. Interestingly, they're basically property moguls on nbr's
Rich List last year, with a reported net worth of
two point six billion dollars. So that movie Museum at
(21:56):
Lyle Bay looks like it really is coming along.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Spot down there, it's across from what's that beer bar.
You'll know what I'm talking about in.
Speaker 5 (22:04):
Line there's a.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Parrot dog.
Speaker 14 (22:07):
Yeah, it is down there. Spruce goes down there. That's
just that's closing up now. But yeah, some good places
down there.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Yeah, once they do that, I think it's going to
be an awesome spot. How's your with today, Max?
Speaker 14 (22:17):
Yeah, look we're looking good going into the weekend. Mostly fine.
A bit of a cold start this morning, but fine
today twenty the high, brilliant.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Enjoy your weekend, Max, neihvas here, Hey, Neva greetings. Tens
of thousands of festival goers are off to Lane Way.
Speaker 6 (22:31):
Today Lane Way, Yes, Oh my god. I'll be so
happy about that Western Springs today. So look, last year
they're about thirty thousand people filled that stadium for Charlie XCX.
Speaker 8 (22:42):
This year it's.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Been headlined by the twenty twenty five Grammys Best New
Artist Chapel Rohan, and joining her will be other globally
known ex like Pink Panther is, role model Alex G.
Wolf ellis don't know these people.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
I can tell you don't know. Reader, really was I
bubbling over it?
Speaker 6 (23:04):
Actually, I had to try and find a young person
out there going excuse me, youth of today. I found
a young reporter who was like read about nineteen twenty.
I said, come over here, come over to Auntie nev
and just you know, I'm just going to go over
these pronunciations.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Chapel Rohn is the one that's been in the news
for the last two days. She was at the Grammys
and wore an outfit that was a She wore prosthetic nipples.
It's right, and they were exposed.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
Yes, I saw that, and producer Kinsey was telling me
about that as well.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yeah, quite very controversial, also not revealing. It's actually quite clever.
You know, you can get away with looking naked without
actually being naked, so no one can complain.
Speaker 6 (23:40):
And she's pretty popular. So it's going to be you know,
it'll be full on and everyone will be going this
weekend and we can just say that there will be
no rain for Auckland either this weekend. It's going to
be mainly fine for lane weight.
Speaker 9 (23:52):
So that's good.
Speaker 6 (23:53):
Isolated morning showers and I have twenty five brilliant.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Brilliant Neva. Good to see. What are you doing? Got
any plans?
Speaker 6 (23:59):
No, I've got friends. I've got friends. I do have
one or two and they're coming up to visit me.
So yes, what about you?
Speaker 2 (24:05):
What do you want to I'm going to the pub
this afternoon.
Speaker 11 (24:08):
Stop.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yes, my friend Phil haven't seen them in ages and
we haven't caught up with it. He's got kids. People
get kids, yes, and they just disappear. It's like they
disappear down a trapdoor.
Speaker 6 (24:19):
So what will you do? Will you go home and
nat obviously?
Speaker 2 (24:22):
And then I've got a gym, I've got a nap
and them are out.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Oh nice, and try and stay awake until at least
nine p m.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Yeah, I'll try. I'll try. Good to see. Have a
great long weekend. It is seventeen away from six. Next
we'll head to the US with Mitch McCann. Then we're
to Alan McDonald from the EMA on Unemployment News Talk SEDB.
According to six on News Talks, HEREB a quick little
car update for you this morning. New passenger cars. This
is for January sales were up. We're buying cars like
(24:52):
it's twenty twenty three. Nine thirty six new cars were
sold in January. That's a twelve percent increase on the
same month a year ago. And since January of twenty three,
eighty one percent of them were SUVs. That's actually come
down quite a bit. The top selling suv category is
the compact version of compact suv, which, let's be honest,
if you've ever been in one of those, you have
(25:14):
to bend down to get They're not SUVs.
Speaker 15 (25:16):
Are they.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
International Correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
The backdown in Minnesota continues. It's got to Mitch mcckenna,
US correspondent, Mitch, good morning, Good morning, Ryan, How are
you doing very well? So what's Homan doing with the
ice agents?
Speaker 8 (25:33):
Yeah, in the last fr while, Homan, now that's Tom Homan,
and he's Donald Trump's borders are He's decided that they're
going to draw down the number of people they have
in Minneapolis. Now, remember Tom Homan was sent there in
recent days to try and calm the situation down after
the fatal shootings of two members of the public. He's
announced this morning that they're removing seven hundred agents, leaving
(25:54):
a total of about two thousand and Minneapolis. He says
the reason they're able to do this is because of
what he call unprecedented cooperation between the federal government and
state and local officials. Of course, this is not something
that's been happening up until now. He said those agencies
are now working together to make immigration enforcement more efficient.
(26:14):
He says that more officers are now working in jails
also to arrest people on immigration related offenses. He said
they'll be staying there for a while because many ICE
officers are still facing intimidation. But he even thanked Tim Walsh,
the governor of Minnesota, someone that the Trump administration has
really clashed with in recent weeks.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Now let's go to Epstein. I mean who isn't being
named at the moment, but Melinda Gates, this is Bill
z X says he's probably got some questions to answer
now he has.
Speaker 8 (26:44):
Yes, he's done an interview with Channel nine. He's been
in Australia for the last couple of days. And this
comes amid new allegations around Bell Gates in terms of
some of the emails that were going back and forth
with Jeffrey Epstein. But this is related to an email
that Jeffrey Epstein appears to have written himself to himself
that may have been meant for Bell Gates. And in
(27:05):
that email, he suggests that Bell Gates wanted Jeffrey Epstein
to source antibiotics for him because he contracted sexually transmitted diseases,
and that he wanted to secretly give these pells to
his wife. Now Bill Gates has responded, and this is
what he said. He said. Apparently Jeffrey wrote himself an email.
That email was never sent. The email is false. I
(27:26):
don't know what his thinking was. Was he trying to
attack me in some way? He said, every minute I
spent with him, I regret and I apologize that I
did that. Of course, Bill Gates has never been charged
or convicted of any crimes or wrongdoing related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Mitch, appreciate your time. Mitch mccanna, US correspondent, just gone
twelve to six. Brian Bridge unemployment up to a ten
year high five point four percent, up from five point
three percent. Under usualization also climbing, now sitting at a
five year high thirteen percent Alan MacDonald is with the
head of Advocacy, Finance and Strategy at the AMA joining
us as warning Ellen, good morning. What are your members
(28:03):
seeing to you know, are they hiring? Are they sort
of holding? What's going on?
Speaker 15 (28:08):
Probably holding, I think is the answer at the moment, Ryan,
everybody wants everything to get better, and some of the
indicators are there, but I think they want to see
a few months or quarters strung together before they follow
through on some of those intentions to invest into hire.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
This is hard because it's checking and egg stuff. People
don't want to spend until they know the unemployment rates
coming down, but businesses don't want to hire until they
know people are going to spend. Yeah, there's a bit.
Speaker 15 (28:35):
Of background to those numbers because more people are looking,
so that counts. But also you get a little bump
towards the end of the year as people leave school
and universities and things like that too. But some of
the underlying, more positive stuff says that the hiring intentions
are there in both the sort of performance of manufacturing
and Performance of Services index, and they are long run ones,
(28:58):
so we pay a lot of attention to those. But
I think you know that the recovery has been coming.
The recovery has been coming. Could we wait and see
some really solid evidence before we follow through on some
of those intentions?
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Do you think one of the big I was listening
to an economist yesterday, one of the big problems is
that we had a sort of a false dawn, false
start last year. And you know, if this was if
we'd come straight out of a recession and this was
the start of it, then perhaps we would be more confident.
But because we got burnt last time, we're a bit
gun show.
Speaker 5 (29:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (29:30):
I think there's a fair bit of that, and even
going back beyond last year. But I think if you
remember at the start of last year, it was going
to be thriving twenty five and it became survived in
twenty five, and the reality is a lot of businesses
died in twenty five. So yeah, that's what's driving some
of that caution.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I think, what is there anything that you, as the
UMA want done now tomorrow that would help get us
out of it.
Speaker 15 (29:54):
I don't think there's any sort of magic wave you
wand and away we go kind of approach. I think
a lot of the stuff seeing from some of the
policy things that they're getting things out of the way.
They take time, and so when when you get the
cumulative effect of all of those things coming through, then
it's not going to be a hockey stick. But I
think we'll start to see that slide up into recovery.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
If you like, we've just got to do the hard
yards and tough it out. Alan, appreciate you.
Speaker 15 (30:21):
That's a bit of a grind.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Appreciate your time as always, Allan. Allan McDonald's EMA, head
of NBC Finance and Strategy. Time is nine to six
News Talk SAB.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
On your radio and online on Iheard Radio Early edition
with Ryan Bridge and one Root Love where you Live
News Talks.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
EDB seven Away from six. We spoke earlier in the
week about this review, this look into insurance premiums in
New Zealand. They are up three times as fast as
inflation since twenty eleven, forty two years. Weather is obviously
a problem, but does anyone think it's this this probe
is going to solve anything. It's another one of those
(31:00):
as Financial Regulators, Council of Financial Regulators which is FMA,
mb ComCom and Treasury all having a little look. See
the competition is one of the things that they'll look at.
They'll also look at how much capital the insurance companies
have to hold. And one of them has already come
out of the blocks. Tower has come out and said
(31:21):
early on, we are passing on our savings, thank you
very much. Our average motor and home premiums fell eight
percent in twenty twenty five. Did anyone notice that? Six
to six? And bredge Mike greetings, how are you very well?
Thank you?
Speaker 16 (31:38):
Thanks all over again?
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Isn't it that is?
Speaker 16 (31:39):
It's their fascination with is there enough competition in the marketplace?
Speaker 2 (31:43):
And how many industries do we need to say don't
have enough competition before we realize that we're just a
small country. The national companies name and industry and there's
not enough competition. Gets it off, the gets it off.
The political agenda. Yeah, I guess Hey, here's the Winter
Olympic snug on you. Yes, it has. We spoke to
someone a couple of well, we had video from a
(32:05):
couple of ethletes on our show Uesday, But apart from
that very little.
Speaker 16 (32:08):
We got the shift of mission today. So we got
seventeen biggest team ever he reckons hopefully three plus last
time apparently we got three medals that is, so you think, no, no,
but we need a little bit more this time around.
He's reasonably bullish on.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
That, Tony. What's interested in me is the Russians. You
know how they can compete.
Speaker 16 (32:26):
Under the tennis the other day.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Yeah, but they they have a board that investigates is
this Russian a good Russian or is this Russian a
bad Russian?
Speaker 16 (32:36):
Acceptable Russian?
Speaker 2 (32:37):
And they've found the BBC Sports done this big thing.
And on the board there's a woman who apparently was
seen hugging one of the bad Russians. They're saying, this
whole thing is corrupt and you shouldn't trust them. You
can throw them a bad Russian.
Speaker 16 (32:54):
The Nikola Willis is on this morning, and she'll try
and explain away out of the problem yesterday, which I
see the problem in an election year, and she was
right yesterday, and the nuance and subtlety. There are actually
more jobs. You can't argue with that. And that's the
great thing about these sort of stats. They're facts, they're
not vibes or mood or stuff. So there are more jobs.
But the problem is five point four is not five
point two or five point three statement of fact, and
(33:16):
an election year. Going the wrong way is not something
you can sell easily, not a good headline.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Although I thought, actually yesterday the media did quite a
good job of explaining all.
Speaker 16 (33:26):
I couldn't agree with you more, which is unusual, I did,
I thought. I think I think part of that came
from the fact, though, that the economists came to her rescue,
to the extent that they said, have a look at,
you know, dig below the headline for once, and you might,
you know, go go and find some truth and some
fact and stuff like that. So I think she got helped.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Out along that.
Speaker 16 (33:45):
Plans this weekend, well, I'm just relaxing. I'm just decompressing
to the land and up to the land, and i'm
wind while I'm looking. I've got a little bit of
work going on at the land, and the excitements happening. Well,
I know I can't give you too much to tame on,
but I've got a couple of projects off. But the
beauty of going to the land on the weekend is,
I know not what it looks like. So as I
(34:06):
come around the corner, it's like opening a white tang
your day present, right, So it could.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Be a pool or something.
Speaker 16 (34:12):
I already got a pool. I got a pool cent
that've done ages ago.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Happy White, Tang you weeking everyone, See you Monday.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
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