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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Bryan Bridge on
early edition with Spark for Business Technology that keeps Business
moving US talks they'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Six out the five. Good morning, great to have your
company runs firing missiles at the UAE over Project Freedom.
We'll get the latest on that. Cook straight ferry projects
getting a shot over the bow from Treasury divorce rates.
What are your chances, I'll tell you Donald's in Australia
and we'll get to carry out of DC the agenda Tuesday,
the fifth of May. We're back to that, he said.
He said on the straight of poor Moves, the US
(00:32):
says ships have been sailing through, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No one has said emphatically or specifically that US Navy
units will actively escort neutral ships out of the strait.
It's unclear whether the intention is to guide and coordinate
or to actually go in and do a classic convoys situation.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Aaron's calling bs on the whole thing.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
We will that any aign armed forces, especially the aggressive
US military, that intends to approach or enter the Strait
of hor Moves, will be targeting.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Here is a captain of one of the cargo ships
stuck in the strait who spoke to media guests underwent.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
You know, various situations, various mindsets and stress, anxiety, all
those things were there.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Now there has been a release from US Central Command
in just the last couple of minutes. I'll give you
the details in a second. To other news this morning,
the UK is going to join the European Union in
a loan scheme for Ukraine. It's the one that's worth
one hundred and seventy billion New Zealand dollars. Starmer is
at a summit in Armenia.
Speaker 6 (01:39):
It's in our national interest to be closer to Europe
and whether that's the EU loan scheme which we are
discussing with them. That's a great benefit to Ukraine. But
it's also a great benefit to the United Kingdom as
well in terms of the jobs that it will create.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
And let's go to the Metgala, because why not Fashion's
biggest night. It's in New York. Jeff Bezos and his
wife Lawrence cheers Bezos and co cheers and sponsors of
the event.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
This year the first.
Speaker 7 (02:03):
Time in history that the lead sponsor of this event
has been individual billionaires. So we have had fashion designer sponsorate,
We've had big tech companies under the company name. So
Amazon has invested before, so has Apple. Instagram ticked up,
but it's different this year. I think leading with the
names and it being so tied to them as figures
is very political, right.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Seventy five thousand UIs dollars for a six If you'd
like to go.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
News and Views you trust to start your day. It's
early edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for business technology
that keeps business moving, News talks.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
For how the other half love. I've actually got my
hands on a list of what's inside the goodie bags
that they'll be given out, that will be handed out
Seventy five thousand dollars for a seat. You'd expect something decent.
I mean, I know it's charity, but still we'll get
to that a little before six o'clock this morning first.
So you as Central Command is it's interesting because what's
happening in the obviously affects us well. It affects us,
(03:04):
definitely does. Because the crude the feedstock for the refineries
in Asia that we rely on for our fuel. It
all goes through there, right, But if you listen to
what Luxon and Nichola Willis and Todd McLay to be fair,
have been saying out of Singapore over the last twenty
four hours that getting feedstock from elsewhere those Singaporean refineries
is going to take longer. It's going to take time,
(03:25):
which is what we were expecting, what we were told
would happen. But they are managing to source it from elsewhere,
including America. So it is important, but maybe a little
less important than it was a month ago. However, what's
interesting about this is that there is a ceasefire. Remember,
and it's been ages since the Ranians have actually fired
missiles and drones, and they've done that to the UAE overnight.
(03:46):
They've been alerts for the first time since April four, missiles,
a number of drones. There was a fire at an
oil hub. This is a fijura An oil hub. This
is where they pump much of the petrol output around
Iran's chokehold on the Straight of Horn Moves, So this
is you get around your long journey to get around
(04:09):
the Strait of Horn Moves. They're targeting that, and then
they're clever, aren't they. US Central Command has now said
that cruise missiles have been launched at US Navy vessels
and at tankers and that they have fended them off.
Sailors reported earlier witnessing a drone strike on a tanker
and a military jet buzzing overhead, which presumably would have
been American, because if we had to believe Trump, the
(04:31):
Iranians don't have any anymore. Oil as a result, has
been bouncing around. Benchmark Future's Brent crude hit one hundred
and fourteen dollars a barrel just before I came on here.
That was up five percent. Here it finally diesel is
getting back to where it belongs. Just so the average
price of diesel this is according to gas be Remember
(04:51):
they take a month average. But the average price of
diesel fallen back to just under the average price of
ninety one. This is the first it's happened in more
than a month. Petrol was down ten percent on the
highs that we saw in April, diesel down sixteen percent
on the highs that we saw in mid April. And
(05:11):
the Commerce Commission, remember they're watching very closely because they
don't want the petrol companies ripping us off. They reckon
that petrol prices were about what they would expect. However, diesel,
this is where it gets interesting. Diesel, the fuel companies
charged more than you could easily explain by a higher
refined fuel cost throughout the month of April. So the
(05:36):
diesel price went up a dollar forty two on pre
war and the imported cost went up only a dollar
and one dollar and zero one point zero two dollars.
That made sense. So basically they're watching I mean, they're
not saying they're ripping us off yet, but they're saying
(05:56):
that the numbers don't at this point quite add up,
as Knighted did mine clearly. Twelve minutes after five News
TALKSTB talk about marriages. What are your chances of getting
a divorce? Next we'll talk about the warning from Treasury
on the cook Straight Ferries. News Talks het B.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
The First Word on the News of the Day earlier
edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that
Keeps Business Moving News TALKSB five fourteen.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
There's a Royal Commission in Australian to anti Semitism. This
is after the Bondai terror attack and some of this
is the first day of hearings that they've held and
some of the testimony is pretty out there.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
I've been abused on the Street and again that was
the moment that really harkened back to the Soviet Union,
to be called a Jewish dog on the streets of Sydney.
Speaker 9 (06:43):
We never expected synagogues to be burned down, We never expected.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Jews to be hunted on Bondai Beach.
Speaker 9 (06:51):
We really didn't expect this sort of thing in this country.
This was the safest place in the world for jew
and it was golden and it is not anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Fifteen people died in that attack. They reckon this will
be a watershed moment for anti Semitism in Australia, and
you'd have to hope so after so many did it
is quarter past five. Brian Bridge Winston's cookstraight Fairies are
being whacked with a high risk Amber alert from Treasury,
warning there could be more cost blowouts delays because of
back to front planning and some of the landside infrastructure
(07:27):
they thought they could reuse can't be reused. In fact.
Carl Findlay, is Maritime Union Secretary, joins US Live this morning, Get.
Speaker 10 (07:33):
A Carl, Yeah, good morning, how are you very well?
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Thank you? What sort of infrastructure are we talking about
that's been degraded to the point it can't be used
in the way they thought it could be.
Speaker 10 (07:43):
Well, it's nothing new to us. I mean this was
a reporter back in my opinion Wallace made the silly
decision to scrap the IRIS project and so siding back
then the infrastructure issues in the cost blow out there.
So you know, it's a real surprise to me now
that the Treasury are jumping up and down almost three
(08:07):
years later, still citing the same problem, but understanding there
hasn't been anything done at the port of Littleton, sorry
not Littleton, Wellington or Pickton in preparation for these ferries
that Winston sorted out to bring down here.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Ferry Holdings Limited have come out and said they've done
extensive due diligence. We will reuse the rail and road
marshaling yards, we will reuse the existing buildings, but we
need new link spans for both ports that you've talked about.
What are link spans and you know how important are they?
Speaker 10 (08:43):
Well, the very importantnes is key piece of infrastructure for
our rail enabled fairies to get our cargo running between
the two islands. But the problem I have was what
Ferry Holdings are you know that were set up to
sort of this out, So why haven't they pulled together
the Porter of Wellington, the Porter Picton, the Council of Wellington,
(09:06):
the Council of Picton and Paul Allen and sort of
this all out so that they're all working off the
same page. It doesn't seem to be any communication there.
And yet you know again it's the taxpayer and the
workers in particular that they're paying the price here for
you know, this, this bloody carry on that we're all
(09:28):
sick of.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Cal I want to apologize to our listeners for the
unfortunate turn of phrase there. That's right, hey, In terms
of the deadline, so twenty twenty nine is the deadline,
and Treasury has gone to them and said you need
to come up with a backup, a plan B. What
what could that look like? How could we keep sailing
if we don't have the land side done? The old
fairies are out of action? What do we do.
Speaker 10 (09:53):
Well? Exactly. There's someone sitting in the background looking at
the Gracie Brother was a project that they're looking at
and Campbell Bay I believe it's called and there they're
they're sitting out there and they're they're wait they to go.
So and that's on the south island side. So yeah.
(10:18):
Other than that, I'm not sure what else we can do.
I think just once Weston needs to get into here
and bang all that group said together again and make
them get a deal done.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Appreciate your times one in Calvin Lay Maritime Union Sectary.
It's eighteen minutes after five year on News Talks a bit. Yeah,
we could swim kayak. We'll be back with marriage and
divorce rates next.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that keeps Business Moving.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
News talksb News Talks twenty one minutes after five, we'll
get a decision from the Bserve Bank. In Australia this afternoon,
they're expected to hike again. It will be their third
consecutive hike and that will take them to four point
three to five percent. They're already at four point one
percent after two hikes this year, and we had yesterday
in Melbourne the Institute Inflation Gauge Tracking a er point
(11:11):
six percent rise from March to be four point three
percent higher than a year ago. They won't like that.
Although it is a bit lower on the March number
that they reported last month, it's still too high. For
the RBA, so they're likely to hike today for a
five twenty.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
One, Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Marriage rates are now officially lower than divorce rates. According
to stats in z three percent fewer couples decided to
tie the not last year than in twenty twenty. Four
to five percent more got divorced. Jeremy Sutton's a family lawyer. Jeremy,
good morning, Good morning, Ryan, How are you very well?
Thank you, Nice to have you on the show. Who's
getting divorced? Couples that have been together for twenty years
(11:48):
or couples that have been together for five years?
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah, it's kind of a mixer, Ryan, But there's one category,
the silver spooners. So they're you know, over fifty and
accisively time and they're just they don't have the same interest.
One wants to travel perhaps and one wants to work.
And then the younger ones sometimes are only together for
(12:14):
a few years and they have also those people you
will often have two or three relationships in their life.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Jeremy, does it matter how long you are together, Like,
if you are together for a longer period of time,
I guess there's more chance, a greater chance that you
will change as individual people and therefore you might be
more likely to get a divorce.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Yeah, if you're together for a longer period of time,
you'll you will change over time, and it's perhaps more
likely that you're going to kind of get a bit
sick of each other in terms of what you've been doing.
But the average lengths of a relationship, Ryan, is about
fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
You're a family lawyer. You see a lot of this
stuff in the courts. What's your advice to people? If
people don't want to get divorced, they want to stay married,
they'd like to give it a good go. What do
you tell people?
Speaker 5 (13:14):
I tell people that it's never perfect. There are always
going to be issues within a marriage, and get help
either through your friends, friends network, or buy some some
sort of counseling and professional help to you know, to
(13:37):
to work through things with a psychologist. That there are
always going to be issues within a marriage, aren't there, Ryan,
But you just need to work through these things. Sometimes
it might be to do with finances. Sometimes it could
be with you know, the amount of time you spend
it together. But just just have have a go and
(14:02):
be patient.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Jeremy Sutton, family lawyer. Nice to have you on talking
about those new stats in Z numbers. It is twenty
four minutes alfter five into of course, is having a fear?
I mean, stay married, but have an a fear and
keep things interesting. I suppose for a while longer than't
that a News Talks B. I was actually interested in
asking you this morning if you could text me nine
(14:24):
two nine two, what's how long have you been married?
And what's just what's the secret source? Because I'd love
to know if we could get we could probably crown
a winner this morning, who has been married the longest
and what is the secret twenty five after five News
Talks EB.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
The early edition full the show podcast on iHeartRadio how
It By News.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Talks EV, News TALKSB twenty seven minutes after five what
are your chances of getting divorced? The new stats in
Z numbers were interesting for a couple of reasons. One,
fewer people are getting hitched. In twenty twenty five it
was seven point six marriages per one thousand people. That's
half the it was in the year two thousand. In
nineteen seventy one, which was peak marriage, it was forty
(15:05):
five people per one thousand, So basically, fewer of us
are bothering to get married. I got friends who are single,
don't mind being single. That was far less acceptable in
nineteen seventy one. Number two, we're getting married later in life.
We put a ring on it at around twenty in
nineteen seventy one. We now wait until we're in our thirties,
and I reckon this is part of a biggo trend.
(15:26):
People still live at home with their parents when they're
twenty five. This is common. They go to UNI. They
don't get proper jobs until sometimes they're in their late
twenties or even early thirties. We're living longer at the
other end of life, and it feels like we're kind
of stretching out childhood a bit at the beginning as well.
Get a dog, live at home, complain about house prices,
marry later. Number three divorce the most interesting part. If
(15:48):
you're in a marriage and you're wondering whether you might
get a divorce, then I reckon you probably will. Otherwise,
why would you be thinking about or worrying about it,
You know what I mean? The numbers tell us how
long you're likely to be married for how long you're
married before you call it quits. Five percent quit within
five years, fifteen percent within ten years, and a third
within twenty five years. Here's the good news, the news
(16:11):
you should hope for. Sixty percent of couples remain married
for the rest of their lives, happily ever after. Just
like in the movies, A wise man once told me,
the best way to stay married is to just not
get divorced.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Ryan Red.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
I suppose makes sense, doesn't it? Twenty eight minutes after
five Ryan fifty three years married. Trust and communication the secrets. Ryan,
I'm forty three kids, married, fifteen years with the missus
for twenty two years. You don't hear people using missus
much these days. Dere for twenty two years. Once we
started sharing finances, arguments disappeared overnight. Communication is the key,
(16:50):
and marrying your best friend helps. Ryan. Yesterday was our
sixty second wedding anniversary. Tolerance and gratitude, says Allison, Ryan,
married nineteen years. I am very overly patient. That's slightly patronizing,
isn't it overly patient? And we both have our partition
of special jobs around the house which keeps the peace.
(17:15):
Looking forward to nineteen plus more years with my other half,
isn't that lovely? Go and give it if you're still
at home and your husband or your wife for pottering around.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio, Belly Edition with
Ryan Bridge and Spark for business technology that keeps business moving,
News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Pretty far away from the sex year on News Talks EDB.
The UA is one of its major oil ports is
on fire. A drone from Iran has had a mid
project Freedom. We'll get an update from the US just
before sex and we'll get to dinner in Australia. These
texts on marriages are just some of them are absolutely beautiful.
I just have to come back to them for a second. Hi, Ryan,
We've been married for twenty six years, says Mike and Arrowtown.
(18:02):
Good morning, Mike, Congratulations a different interest, but always spend
most of our time together, enjoy each other's company. Henry
takes the cake business morning, because I was asking. We
got stats yesterday our marriage and divorce. Henry has been
married sixty five years and you are officially of all.
We've had loads of texts this morning. You have been
married for the longest time. If there is any issue,
(18:25):
try and talk about it. That's what Henry says. Thank you.
Henry Henry, you must be hard of hearing because you've
called me Brian. Maybe that's the secret of success. You're
not really hearing anyway, Henry. It's lovely to have you listening.
Fifteen years. The secret is don't argue now this text
I have a problem with. They say silent treatment is
more peaceful, especially after a week, and you both end
(18:48):
up laughing because you forgot why you had silence in
the first place. I disagree. All of the people have
been married for decades say that you have to talk
about your problems. Silent treatment is the worst. It's a
toxic cocktail for your relationship. This one's interesting. Just one more,
and this is from Actually I won't say your name
because it might give you away. Married twenty six years,
(19:12):
first run six years together, split for fourteen, back together
for six. Don't know if we particularly like each other.
Ha ha. He does his thing, I do mine. We
care about each other for what we care about each
other and have done for so long. I guess it works.
There you go. It is twenty two.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Away from six Bryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Let's go to Callum and Eden. Callum, good morning morning, Brian, Hey,
what's that tiger? Reach are you married, Callum, correct, Yes,
how long you've been going last time I checked? H God,
do a mess? Thirty five? What thirty five?
Speaker 11 (19:55):
Thirty five years?
Speaker 7 (19:57):
Will?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Yeah? Thirty five? Wow, we'll put down thirty five. How
old are you, callum, mid fifties? Ah, you so much younger,
Thank you, Thank you for that. No idea? All right, anyway,
let's move on Targo Regional Council. What's happening here.
Speaker 11 (20:14):
Look, they've set out a road map for the rest
of this term for the Otago region. They've agreed on
thirty four priority actions the regional counselors, and that covers
areas like science, resilience, environmental management and public transport. That
includes strengthening pest control for Otago, improving infrastructure risk assessments,
(20:36):
and working more closely with central government, they say the
council chairs, Hillary Calvitch. She says this will provide them
with an additional layer of governance emphasis and they can
now clarify where attention is required and support a more
focused delivery.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
How's the weather, callum, Bit.
Speaker 11 (20:52):
Of low cloud about the coast this evening, but otherwise
a fine day today again, light winds and sixteen.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Nice Thank you Claires than christ this morning.
Speaker 5 (20:59):
Claire Gooding, Now you've.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Got an update from the police shooting in christ Church
last year.
Speaker 12 (21:04):
Yeah, this was the one in August last year. But
a charge has now been dropped against a man whose
partner was shot dead by police. In the incident on
Clyde Road. Police were called to a man who was
armed with a knife who was threatening to hurt himself
and his partner. The man was shot and injured. The
woman was then fatally shot and killed after she picked
up the knife and then ran at police. Now, yesterday
(21:25):
there was a significant development here. A District Court judge
granted a request from the man's lawyer to dismiss the
charge against the man. It was around having an offensive weapon.
The Crown did not oppose that. We got a statement
from police and Detective Superintendent Darryl Sweeney who says, look,
it's obvious there were multiple impacts on the man as
a result of this incident and the court has taken
(21:46):
that into account. It's not the end though for the
overall incident. There is still an investigation underway by the
Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
How's you were the Claire?
Speaker 1 (21:57):
A bit of fog and.
Speaker 12 (21:57):
Low clown about here, but should clear too far. Some
northeasterlies developing and the high will be fifteen nice one.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Thank you about Won't ask Mechs of his Mary because
there's are understanding he struggles to get dates. Mechs, good morning.
Why ask a question you know the answer directly? Hey,
what's Indian triala doing with the face the truck?
Speaker 13 (22:15):
Yeah? The hiking them for trucks, commercial vehicles a tough
look for them. The cook straight ferries not immune to
fuel hikes, obviously they use a type of diesel. A
percentage of a truck or freight invoice is made up
of what's called a fuel adjustment factor, which is charged
on top rather than I, rather like GST. The Post
(22:35):
reports in April it was twenty seven percent. It's now
fifty four percent. KiwiRail says fuel is simply one of
its biggest costs and the hike is necessary transporting New Zealand.
Not happy this is, it, says, going to end up
in the lap of customers at the end of the chain.
It is a little surprised by the degree of the increase.
Members already not happy. Winston Peter's defending Kbral says it's
(22:58):
pretty standard stuff.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Max. Thank you. How's your weather, barley? Cloudy? Nor the
least fifteen nice one neither? Good morning, good morning. Now
you have an update on our green food bins.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Yes, you and I we've been criticized, criticized by the newsroom.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
So in the two years that it's been running, this
is the food waste collection program has converted sixty two
thousand tons of organic material to fertilize it and biogas
for the national grid. Now I'm right in saying, because
we've spoken about this, we.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Don't use the green the little bins fuck compost.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
Bins, and only about forty percent of people who receive
a bin are using it. Now, I've done a quick
survey out there in the newsroom. They all use a bin,
of course they do, except for you and I, and
they are very.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Very edgy.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
The losers, they said, we don't care.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Well, do you know what if you ask the question,
who would you rather hang out than have a beer
with people who use the little green bin or people
who don't? I would rather hang out with people who don't.
Ye here, So it's just like you and I.
Speaker 12 (23:59):
That's that so well, I have no mates.
Speaker 4 (24:01):
Hey, Now I've just got to say because I love
this topic about what you're talking about divorced marriage. Now
I'm not married, but I was just telling producer, your
producer KEENSI, that's that. Her name just quickly escaped me.
I have been a bridesmaid seven times. Five of those
marriages ended in divorce. Two are still together. One I
(24:22):
think shouldn't be. But that's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Isn't it.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
That's pretty good. And you know what. You may not
have a marriage, Neva, but you have nine year streak
as newsreader of New Zealand. Well you know what I mean,
And I have no food waste. Seventeen away from six
News Talk ZB, we live to Australia next News Talk CB.
(24:47):
It is fourteen minutes away from six. We will head
to the US and we'll head to Australia in just
a second. But first, more than thirty European leaders and
Mark Karney because he's been given an invite the Canadian
Prime Minister. They're in Armenia for a summit and they're
talking about well, I mean, obviously Trump's been having a
go at Europe, so they're wanting to strengthen their own
tires amongst themselves. But the location is interesting. Zelenski is
(25:09):
going along and they're expected to give them a bunch
of money and loans. But Armenia, the capital of Armenia.
Why are they heading there? Well, it is pretty cozy
with the Kremlin. Moscow actually hosts a military base there,
and Armenia is very much reliant on Russian oil and gas,
and so they reckon. Basically, the reason that they're having
(25:31):
it in Armenia is a bit of a middle finger
to putin.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
International correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
But anyway, from sixth we've had day one of witnesses
that the Royal Commission in Sydney into Anti Semitis and
donnad demur with us Donna. It was pretty harrowing stuff.
Speaker 14 (25:49):
Absolutely, yes, this is the first day of public hearings
of this Commission into Anti Semitism and Social Cohesion. Now
we heard from a woman called she a Gootnik. Her father,
Reuven Morrison was killed fighting these alleged gunmen and she
was that first witness at this commission. And we know
(26:10):
that her dad was sixty two years old and he
was one of those fifteen people shot and killed on
December fourteen in that anti Semitic attack. And we know
that her father died after he threw bricks at the
alleged gunment. Now, this is a man who'd fled to
Australia from Ukraine aged fourteen. He met her mum, another
Jewish refugee, at that very same beach, many many years earlier. Now,
(26:33):
in her testimony, she said she lived in constant fear
and a heightened sense of vigilance in public spaces. We
also heard from a Holocaust survivor who said that Jews
have become targets in Australia. We also heard from a
former High Court justice, Virginia Bell, who's heading the hearings,
and she said yesterday that it is important that people
(26:55):
understand how quickly events in the Middle East can prompt
ugly to plays of hostility towards Jewish Australians. We know
the hearings will run for about a fortnight.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
It's absolutely disgusting some of that stuff. Hey, who's criticizing
your social media band?
Speaker 14 (27:11):
I think this is extraordinary. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, well,
he's on a speaking tour in Australia, he's promoting his book,
but he's found the time to describe Australia as a
social media ban, an unmitigated disaster, and an embarrassment. And
he believes that teaching kids to accept surveillance from tech
companies when they go online is just ridiculous. And he's
criticized you know how much social media can be, you know,
(27:34):
a nasty place, you know for people. You know, there's
people that are attacked on these platforms, you know, Facebook
and Instagram, TikTok and so forth. But then in the
same breath he's opposed to government policies that are aimed
at keeping teenagers off social media, so he thinks the
federal government hasn't thought it through anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
That's Donna. I appreciate the update, Thank you, Donad. Tomorrow
Our Australia corresponding eleven minutes away from six someone says
I want to divorce and marry Neva, which I thought
was quite funny and Bridge rich Right, So the UA
is intercepting missiles and drones hitting from Iran that are
edited again, Why well, it's Trump's Project Freedom, which aims
to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to have some US
(28:16):
navy destroyers and US flag merchant ships sailing through the
strike which is starting to happen. Tony Waterman, US correspondent
Feature Storey on News with US this morning, Tony, what's
the lightest to you? Well?
Speaker 15 (28:28):
President Trump just put a social media post out saying
that the US has destroyed seven Iranian fast boats that
have tried to interfere with this effort to guide ships
through the Strait of Jumus. This is something that Iran
has denied, and in this social media post, the President
has also said that Iran has managed to damage a
(28:48):
South Korean cargo ship, suggesting that Soul come to join
this mission to reopen this vital waterway. But what we
have seen today is really this back and forth of
attacks not just at sea, but also on land. The
UAE the United Arab Emirates saying that they have been
responding to multiple drone and missile attacks, some of those
(29:12):
actually connecting with structures on the ground. There's been a
fire reported at a petroleum site in the country, also
damage to some structures. So this is really threatening what
is a pretty shaky cease fire at this point, but
also really risks spiraling this situation out of control and
(29:33):
entering a new front in this.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
War, and we're seeing the price of oil respond to that,
What are the chances this thing blows out and we're
back to square one again? They're fighting.
Speaker 9 (29:43):
Well.
Speaker 15 (29:43):
I guess when you speak to certain experts, they'll say,
you know, despite the optics the way that everything looks
right now, we are in fact progressing towards a peace deal.
There are these conversations that are taking place in exchange
of proposals throughout the WEE weekend, So there is discussion,
there is dialogue that is still taking place. But certainly
(30:06):
this announcement by the President on Sunday to start guiding
these ships through the Strait of Hormuz has opened up
another area in this conflict, because the strait is really
Iron's main leverage point right now. So the US appears
to be trying to chip away at that by pushing
(30:26):
these boats through. But experts say that even if they're
successful in getting ships through this waterway, this is not
a permanent solution to this problem because those ships are
not going to return if that area is not yet secure,
if there is still fighting taking place.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Tony Waterman, I, US correspondent, great to have your analysis
this morning. It is eight to six News Talks ABI.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Before the news breaks here it first Bryan Bridge on
early edition with Spuck for business Technology that keeps Business moving.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
News TALKSIB time is six to six News Talks Abby
and Mike is with your next. Good morning, Mike.
Speaker 8 (31:02):
Well not next now, I mean I'm here now, live
here now.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
But's your show starts. It's all on what are you
doing today? Jet Garla.
Speaker 8 (31:10):
Generally I know, yes, yes, I'd lie if I wasn't
going to show an interest in that, but I am.
I note this morning of great interests. Are you following
the Beesos aspect of the met Gala?
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Yes? The fact so him and his wife are the
sponsors of him.
Speaker 8 (31:23):
Brought his way into it. But I also note this
morning that he's selling his yacht, which is called Koru. Now,
the interesting thing about the yacht is that he had
it built, and there was much coverage at the time
because it's the biggest in the world and the most
expensive and stuff. Then he's gone and got that and
he's decided because it's so distinctive, he can't live with
it anymore, so he needs to sell it.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
What do you mean so distinctive. Oh that's Jeff's yacht.
Speaker 8 (31:48):
You can't there's no anonymity anymore.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
So you can have everything.
Speaker 8 (31:51):
But once you've got everything, you don't want everything because
you become conspicuous by your consumption.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
I'm reading a book book called The Have Knots and
the Have Yachts, and it's about It's kind a good title,
that's why I bought it, but it goes through just
how big those things have gotten through the years. And
you've now got your gigga yachts, you had your CEP yachts,
and then you get the last thing.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
I was reading another article the other day, not in
that book, but it's the last thing in the world
whereby you can truly show the world what you're about.
Because everyone's got a plane and everyone's got multiple houses.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
But if you and the idea was that you can
go and get away from people clubs us clubs. But
the world is getting smaller. You've got satellites, you've got drones.
Speaker 8 (32:32):
You if you follow the super yacht community is closely
as you do, is you know I do. The interesting
thing is they all go to the same places, and
once they all go to Saint Bart's and the Caribbean,
and so they're all parked up next to each other,
steering at each other, and you're having cocktails. Come over
to my yacht and have It's all about footage. It's
all about size. When they say, you know, size doesn't matter,
(32:53):
size doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
You have to have a lot of money because the
stress of the upkeep the costs.
Speaker 8 (32:58):
Running, it's extraordinary. It's not totally on myself. You can
afford a yacht, but running it and having the staff
I have.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Have you ever watched Below Dick, But it's probably beneath you.
It's beneath you. But I love that show and I've
always wanted. I've always wanted to go on one of
those week long cruises that you do. Well, why don't
you Well, there's very.
Speaker 8 (33:15):
Expensive, but equally you you get the rat virus. Yeah, man,
imagine packed on a yacht and you've got the rat
virus and Kate Birdie won't let you in and you're trapped.
This is taking a bit of a twister.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
It's in your hands. But I've enjoyed it all right,
Mica is with your next Have a fantastic day and
we will see you tomorrow. And stay Marrying.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live
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moving US talks they'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Six out the five. Good morning, great to have your
company runs firing missiles at the UAE over Project Freedom.
We'll get the latest on that. Cook straight ferry projects
getting a shot over the bow from Treasury divorce rates.
What are your chances, I'll tell you Donald's in Australia
and we'll get to carry out of DC the agenda Tuesday,
the fifth of May. We're back to that, he said.
He said on the straight of poor Moves, the US
(00:32):
says ships have been sailing through, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No one has said emphatically or specifically that US Navy
units will actively escort neutral ships out of the strait.
It's unclear whether the intention is to guide and coordinate
or to actually go in and do a classic convoys situation.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Aaron's calling bs on the whole thing.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
We will that any aign armed forces, especially the aggressive
US military, that intends to approach or enter the Strait
of hor Moves, will be targeting.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Here is a captain of one of the cargo ships
stuck in the strait who spoke to media guests underwent.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
You know, various situations, various mindsets and stress, anxiety, all
those things were there.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Now there has been a release from US Central Command
in just the last couple of minutes. I'll give you
the details in a second. To other news this morning,
the UK is going to join the European Union in
a loan scheme for Ukraine. It's the one that's worth
one hundred and seventy billion New Zealand dollars. Starmer is
at a summit in Armenia.
Speaker 6 (01:39):
It's in our national interest to be closer to Europe
and whether that's the EU loan scheme which we are
discussing with them. That's a great benefit to Ukraine. But
it's also a great benefit to the United Kingdom as
well in terms of the jobs that it will create.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
And let's go to the Metgala, because why not Fashion's
biggest night. It's in New York. Jeff Bezos and his
wife Lawrence cheers Bezos and co cheers and sponsors of
the event.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
This year the first.
Speaker 7 (02:03):
Time in history that the lead sponsor of this event
has been individual billionaires. So we have had fashion designer sponsorate,
We've had big tech companies under the company name. So
Amazon has invested before, so has Apple. Instagram ticked up,
but it's different this year. I think leading with the
names and it being so tied to them as figures
is very political, right.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Seventy five thousand UIs dollars for a six If you'd
like to go.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
News and Views you trust to start your day. It's
early edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for business technology
that keeps business moving, News talks.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
For how the other half love. I've actually got my
hands on a list of what's inside the goodie bags
that they'll be given out, that will be handed out
Seventy five thousand dollars for a seat. You'd expect something decent.
I mean, I know it's charity, but still we'll get
to that a little before six o'clock this morning first.
So you as Central Command is it's interesting because what's
happening in the obviously affects us well. It affects us,
(03:04):
definitely does. Because the crude the feedstock for the refineries
in Asia that we rely on for our fuel. It
all goes through there, right, But if you listen to
what Luxon and Nichola Willis and Todd McLay to be fair,
have been saying out of Singapore over the last twenty
four hours that getting feedstock from elsewhere those Singaporean refineries
is going to take longer. It's going to take time,
(03:25):
which is what we were expecting, what we were told
would happen. But they are managing to source it from elsewhere,
including America. So it is important, but maybe a little
less important than it was a month ago. However, what's
interesting about this is that there is a ceasefire. Remember,
and it's been ages since the Ranians have actually fired
missiles and drones, and they've done that to the UAE overnight.
(03:46):
They've been alerts for the first time since April four, missiles,
a number of drones. There was a fire at an
oil hub. This is a fijura An oil hub. This
is where they pump much of the petrol output around
Iran's chokehold on the Straight of Horn Moves, So this
is you get around your long journey to get around
(04:09):
the Strait of Horn Moves. They're targeting that, and then
they're clever, aren't they. US Central Command has now said
that cruise missiles have been launched at US Navy vessels
and at tankers and that they have fended them off.
Sailors reported earlier witnessing a drone strike on a tanker
and a military jet buzzing overhead, which presumably would have
been American, because if we had to believe Trump, the
(04:31):
Iranians don't have any anymore. Oil as a result, has
been bouncing around. Benchmark Future's Brent crude hit one hundred
and fourteen dollars a barrel just before I came on here.
That was up five percent. Here it finally diesel is
getting back to where it belongs. Just so the average
price of diesel this is according to gas be Remember
(04:51):
they take a month average. But the average price of
diesel fallen back to just under the average price of
ninety one. This is the first it's happened in more
than a month. Petrol was down ten percent on the
highs that we saw in April, diesel down sixteen percent
on the highs that we saw in mid April. And
(05:11):
the Commerce Commission, remember they're watching very closely because they
don't want the petrol companies ripping us off. They reckon
that petrol prices were about what they would expect. However, diesel,
this is where it gets interesting. Diesel, the fuel companies
charged more than you could easily explain by a higher
refined fuel cost throughout the month of April. So the
(05:36):
diesel price went up a dollar forty two on pre
war and the imported cost went up only a dollar
and one dollar and zero one point zero two dollars.
That made sense. So basically they're watching I mean, they're
not saying they're ripping us off yet, but they're saying
(05:56):
that the numbers don't at this point quite add up,
as Knighted did mine clearly. Twelve minutes after five News
TALKSTB talk about marriages. What are your chances of getting
a divorce? Next we'll talk about the warning from Treasury
on the cook Straight Ferries. News Talks het B.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
The First Word on the News of the Day earlier
edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that
Keeps Business Moving News TALKSB five fourteen.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
There's a Royal Commission in Australian to anti Semitism. This
is after the Bondai terror attack and some of this
is the first day of hearings that they've held and
some of the testimony is pretty out there.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
I've been abused on the Street and again that was
the moment that really harkened back to the Soviet Union,
to be called a Jewish dog on the streets of Sydney.
Speaker 9 (06:43):
We never expected synagogues to be burned down, We never expected.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Jews to be hunted on Bondai Beach.
Speaker 9 (06:51):
We really didn't expect this sort of thing in this country.
This was the safest place in the world for jew
and it was golden and it is not anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Fifteen people died in that attack. They reckon this will
be a watershed moment for anti Semitism in Australia, and
you'd have to hope so after so many did it
is quarter past five. Brian Bridge Winston's cookstraight Fairies are
being whacked with a high risk Amber alert from Treasury,
warning there could be more cost blowouts delays because of
back to front planning and some of the landside infrastructure
(07:27):
they thought they could reuse can't be reused. In fact.
Carl Findlay, is Maritime Union Secretary, joins US Live this morning, Get.
Speaker 10 (07:33):
A Carl, Yeah, good morning, how are you very well?
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Thank you? What sort of infrastructure are we talking about
that's been degraded to the point it can't be used
in the way they thought it could be.
Speaker 10 (07:43):
Well, it's nothing new to us. I mean this was
a reporter back in my opinion Wallace made the silly
decision to scrap the IRIS project and so siding back
then the infrastructure issues in the cost blow out there.
So you know, it's a real surprise to me now
that the Treasury are jumping up and down almost three
(08:07):
years later, still citing the same problem, but understanding there
hasn't been anything done at the port of Littleton, sorry
not Littleton, Wellington or Pickton in preparation for these ferries
that Winston sorted out to bring down here.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Ferry Holdings Limited have come out and said they've done
extensive due diligence. We will reuse the rail and road
marshaling yards, we will reuse the existing buildings, but we
need new link spans for both ports that you've talked about.
What are link spans and you know how important are they?
Speaker 10 (08:43):
Well, the very importantnes is key piece of infrastructure for
our rail enabled fairies to get our cargo running between
the two islands. But the problem I have was what
Ferry Holdings are you know that were set up to
sort of this out, So why haven't they pulled together
the Porter of Wellington, the Porter Picton, the Council of Wellington,
(09:06):
the Council of Picton and Paul Allen and sort of
this all out so that they're all working off the
same page. It doesn't seem to be any communication there.
And yet you know again it's the taxpayer and the
workers in particular that they're paying the price here for
you know, this, this bloody carry on that we're all
(09:28):
sick of.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Cal I want to apologize to our listeners for the
unfortunate turn of phrase there. That's right, hey, In terms
of the deadline, so twenty twenty nine is the deadline,
and Treasury has gone to them and said you need
to come up with a backup, a plan B. What
what could that look like? How could we keep sailing
if we don't have the land side done? The old
fairies are out of action? What do we do.
Speaker 10 (09:53):
Well? Exactly. There's someone sitting in the background looking at
the Gracie Brother was a project that they're looking at
and Campbell Bay I believe it's called and there they're
they're sitting out there and they're they're wait they to go.
So and that's on the south island side. So yeah.
(10:18):
Other than that, I'm not sure what else we can do.
I think just once Weston needs to get into here
and bang all that group said together again and make
them get a deal done.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Appreciate your times one in Calvin Lay Maritime Union Sectary.
It's eighteen minutes after five year on News Talks a bit. Yeah,
we could swim kayak. We'll be back with marriage and
divorce rates next.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that keeps Business Moving.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
News talksb News Talks twenty one minutes after five, we'll
get a decision from the Bserve Bank. In Australia this afternoon,
they're expected to hike again. It will be their third
consecutive hike and that will take them to four point
three to five percent. They're already at four point one
percent after two hikes this year, and we had yesterday
in Melbourne the Institute Inflation Gauge Tracking a er point
(11:11):
six percent rise from March to be four point three
percent higher than a year ago. They won't like that.
Although it is a bit lower on the March number
that they reported last month, it's still too high. For
the RBA, so they're likely to hike today for a
five twenty.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
One, Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Marriage rates are now officially lower than divorce rates. According
to stats in z three percent fewer couples decided to
tie the not last year than in twenty twenty. Four
to five percent more got divorced. Jeremy Sutton's a family lawyer. Jeremy,
good morning, Good morning, Ryan, How are you very well?
Thank you, Nice to have you on the show. Who's
getting divorced? Couples that have been together for twenty years
(11:48):
or couples that have been together for five years?
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah, it's kind of a mixer, Ryan, But there's one category,
the silver spooners. So they're you know, over fifty and
accisively time and they're just they don't have the same interest.
One wants to travel perhaps and one wants to work.
And then the younger ones sometimes are only together for
(12:14):
a few years and they have also those people you
will often have two or three relationships in their life.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Jeremy, does it matter how long you are together, Like,
if you are together for a longer period of time,
I guess there's more chance, a greater chance that you
will change as individual people and therefore you might be
more likely to get a divorce.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Yeah, if you're together for a longer period of time,
you'll you will change over time, and it's perhaps more
likely that you're going to kind of get a bit
sick of each other in terms of what you've been doing.
But the average lengths of a relationship, Ryan, is about
fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
You're a family lawyer. You see a lot of this
stuff in the courts. What's your advice to people? If
people don't want to get divorced, they want to stay married,
they'd like to give it a good go. What do
you tell people?
Speaker 5 (13:14):
I tell people that it's never perfect. There are always
going to be issues within a marriage, and get help
either through your friends, friends network, or buy some some
sort of counseling and professional help to you know, to
(13:37):
to work through things with a psychologist. That there are
always going to be issues within a marriage, aren't there, Ryan,
But you just need to work through these things. Sometimes
it might be to do with finances. Sometimes it could
be with you know, the amount of time you spend
it together. But just just have have a go and
(14:02):
be patient.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Jeremy Sutton, family lawyer. Nice to have you on talking
about those new stats in Z numbers. It is twenty
four minutes alfter five into of course, is having a fear?
I mean, stay married, but have an a fear and
keep things interesting. I suppose for a while longer than't
that a News Talks B. I was actually interested in
asking you this morning if you could text me nine
(14:24):
two nine two, what's how long have you been married?
And what's just what's the secret source? Because I'd love
to know if we could get we could probably crown
a winner this morning, who has been married the longest
and what is the secret twenty five after five News
Talks EB.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
The early edition full the show podcast on iHeartRadio how
It By News.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Talks EV, News TALKSB twenty seven minutes after five what
are your chances of getting divorced? The new stats in
Z numbers were interesting for a couple of reasons. One,
fewer people are getting hitched. In twenty twenty five it
was seven point six marriages per one thousand people. That's
half the it was in the year two thousand. In
nineteen seventy one, which was peak marriage, it was forty
(15:05):
five people per one thousand, So basically, fewer of us
are bothering to get married. I got friends who are single,
don't mind being single. That was far less acceptable in
nineteen seventy one. Number two, we're getting married later in life.
We put a ring on it at around twenty in
nineteen seventy one. We now wait until we're in our thirties,
and I reckon this is part of a biggo trend.
(15:26):
People still live at home with their parents when they're
twenty five. This is common. They go to UNI. They
don't get proper jobs until sometimes they're in their late
twenties or even early thirties. We're living longer at the
other end of life, and it feels like we're kind
of stretching out childhood a bit at the beginning as well.
Get a dog, live at home, complain about house prices,
marry later. Number three divorce the most interesting part. If
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you're in a marriage and you're wondering whether you might
get a divorce, then I reckon you probably will. Otherwise,
why would you be thinking about or worrying about it,
You know what I mean? The numbers tell us how
long you're likely to be married for how long you're
married before you call it quits. Five percent quit within
five years, fifteen percent within ten years, and a third
within twenty five years. Here's the good news, the news
(16:11):
you should hope for. Sixty percent of couples remain married
for the rest of their lives, happily ever after. Just
like in the movies, A wise man once told me,
the best way to stay married is to just not
get divorced.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Ryan Red.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
I suppose makes sense, doesn't it? Twenty eight minutes after
five Ryan fifty three years married. Trust and communication the secrets. Ryan,
I'm forty three kids, married, fifteen years with the missus
for twenty two years. You don't hear people using missus
much these days. Dere for twenty two years. Once we
started sharing finances, arguments disappeared overnight. Communication is the key,
(16:50):
and marrying your best friend helps. Ryan. Yesterday was our
sixty second wedding anniversary. Tolerance and gratitude, says Allison, Ryan,
married nineteen years. I am very overly patient. That's slightly patronizing,
isn't it overly patient? And we both have our partition
of special jobs around the house which keeps the peace.
(17:15):
Looking forward to nineteen plus more years with my other half,
isn't that lovely? Go and give it if you're still
at home and your husband or your wife for pottering around.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio, Belly Edition with
Ryan Bridge and Spark for business technology that keeps business moving,
News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Pretty far away from the sex year on News Talks EDB.
The UA is one of its major oil ports is
on fire. A drone from Iran has had a mid
project Freedom. We'll get an update from the US just
before sex and we'll get to dinner in Australia. These
texts on marriages are just some of them are absolutely beautiful.
I just have to come back to them for a second. Hi, Ryan,
We've been married for twenty six years, says Mike and Arrowtown.
(18:02):
Good morning, Mike, Congratulations a different interest, but always spend
most of our time together, enjoy each other's company. Henry
takes the cake business morning, because I was asking. We
got stats yesterday our marriage and divorce. Henry has been
married sixty five years and you are officially of all.
We've had loads of texts this morning. You have been
married for the longest time. If there is any issue,
(18:25):
try and talk about it. That's what Henry says. Thank you.
Henry Henry, you must be hard of hearing because you've
called me Brian. Maybe that's the secret of success. You're
not really hearing anyway, Henry. It's lovely to have you listening.
Fifteen years. The secret is don't argue now this text
I have a problem with. They say silent treatment is
more peaceful, especially after a week, and you both end
(18:48):
up laughing because you forgot why you had silence in
the first place. I disagree. All of the people have
been married for decades say that you have to talk
about your problems. Silent treatment is the worst. It's a
toxic cocktail for your relationship. This one's interesting. Just one more,
and this is from Actually I won't say your name
because it might give you away. Married twenty six years,
(19:12):
first run six years together, split for fourteen, back together
for six. Don't know if we particularly like each other.
Ha ha. He does his thing, I do mine. We
care about each other for what we care about each
other and have done for so long. I guess it works.
There you go. It is twenty two.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Away from six Bryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Let's go to Callum and Eden. Callum, good morning morning, Brian, Hey,
what's that tiger? Reach are you married, Callum, correct, Yes,
how long you've been going last time I checked? H God,
do a mess? Thirty five? What thirty five?
Speaker 11 (19:55):
Thirty five years?
Speaker 7 (19:57):
Will?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Yeah? Thirty five? Wow, we'll put down thirty five. How
old are you, callum, mid fifties? Ah, you so much younger,
Thank you, Thank you for that. No idea? All right, anyway,
let's move on Targo Regional Council. What's happening here.
Speaker 11 (20:14):
Look, they've set out a road map for the rest
of this term for the Otago region. They've agreed on
thirty four priority actions the regional counselors, and that covers
areas like science, resilience, environmental management and public transport. That
includes strengthening pest control for Otago, improving infrastructure risk assessments,
(20:36):
and working more closely with central government, they say the
council chairs, Hillary Calvitch. She says this will provide them
with an additional layer of governance emphasis and they can
now clarify where attention is required and support a more
focused delivery.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
How's the weather, callum, Bit.
Speaker 11 (20:52):
Of low cloud about the coast this evening, but otherwise
a fine day today again, light winds and sixteen.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Nice Thank you Claires than christ this morning.
Speaker 5 (20:59):
Claire Gooding, Now you've.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Got an update from the police shooting in christ Church
last year.
Speaker 12 (21:04):
Yeah, this was the one in August last year. But
a charge has now been dropped against a man whose
partner was shot dead by police. In the incident on
Clyde Road. Police were called to a man who was
armed with a knife who was threatening to hurt himself
and his partner. The man was shot and injured. The
woman was then fatally shot and killed after she picked
up the knife and then ran at police. Now, yesterday
(21:25):
there was a significant development here. A District Court judge
granted a request from the man's lawyer to dismiss the
charge against the man. It was around having an offensive weapon.
The Crown did not oppose that. We got a statement
from police and Detective Superintendent Darryl Sweeney who says, look,
it's obvious there were multiple impacts on the man as
a result of this incident and the court has taken
(21:46):
that into account. It's not the end though for the
overall incident. There is still an investigation underway by the
Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
How's you were the Claire?
Speaker 1 (21:57):
A bit of fog and.
Speaker 12 (21:57):
Low clown about here, but should clear too far. Some
northeasterlies developing and the high will be fifteen nice one.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Thank you about Won't ask Mechs of his Mary because
there's are understanding he struggles to get dates. Mechs, good morning.
Why ask a question you know the answer directly? Hey,
what's Indian triala doing with the face the truck?
Speaker 13 (22:15):
Yeah? The hiking them for trucks, commercial vehicles a tough
look for them. The cook straight ferries not immune to
fuel hikes, obviously they use a type of diesel. A
percentage of a truck or freight invoice is made up
of what's called a fuel adjustment factor, which is charged
on top rather than I, rather like GST. The Post
(22:35):
reports in April it was twenty seven percent. It's now
fifty four percent. KiwiRail says fuel is simply one of
its biggest costs and the hike is necessary transporting New Zealand.
Not happy this is, it, says, going to end up
in the lap of customers at the end of the chain.
It is a little surprised by the degree of the increase.
Members already not happy. Winston Peter's defending Kbral says it's
(22:58):
pretty standard stuff.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Max. Thank you. How's your weather, barley? Cloudy? Nor the
least fifteen nice one neither? Good morning, good morning. Now
you have an update on our green food bins.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Yes, you and I we've been criticized, criticized by the newsroom.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
So in the two years that it's been running, this
is the food waste collection program has converted sixty two
thousand tons of organic material to fertilize it and biogas
for the national grid. Now I'm right in saying, because
we've spoken about this, we.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Don't use the green the little bins fuck compost.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
Bins, and only about forty percent of people who receive
a bin are using it. Now, I've done a quick
survey out there in the newsroom. They all use a bin,
of course they do, except for you and I, and
they are very.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Very edgy.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
The losers, they said, we don't care.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Well, do you know what if you ask the question,
who would you rather hang out than have a beer
with people who use the little green bin or people
who don't? I would rather hang out with people who don't.
Ye here, So it's just like you and I.
Speaker 12 (23:59):
That's that so well, I have no mates.
Speaker 4 (24:01):
Hey, Now I've just got to say because I love
this topic about what you're talking about divorced marriage. Now
I'm not married, but I was just telling producer, your
producer KEENSI, that's that. Her name just quickly escaped me.
I have been a bridesmaid seven times. Five of those
marriages ended in divorce. Two are still together. One I
(24:22):
think shouldn't be. But that's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Isn't it.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
That's pretty good. And you know what. You may not
have a marriage, Neva, but you have nine year streak
as newsreader of New Zealand. Well you know what I mean,
And I have no food waste. Seventeen away from six
News Talk ZB, we live to Australia next News Talk CB.
(24:47):
It is fourteen minutes away from six. We will head
to the US and we'll head to Australia in just
a second. But first, more than thirty European leaders and
Mark Karney because he's been given an invite the Canadian
Prime Minister. They're in Armenia for a summit and they're
talking about well, I mean, obviously Trump's been having a
go at Europe, so they're wanting to strengthen their own
tires amongst themselves. But the location is interesting. Zelenski is
(25:09):
going along and they're expected to give them a bunch
of money and loans. But Armenia, the capital of Armenia.
Why are they heading there? Well, it is pretty cozy
with the Kremlin. Moscow actually hosts a military base there,
and Armenia is very much reliant on Russian oil and gas,
and so they reckon. Basically, the reason that they're having
(25:31):
it in Armenia is a bit of a middle finger
to putin.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
International correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
But anyway, from sixth we've had day one of witnesses
that the Royal Commission in Sydney into Anti Semitis and
donnad demur with us Donna. It was pretty harrowing stuff.
Speaker 14 (25:49):
Absolutely, yes, this is the first day of public hearings
of this Commission into Anti Semitism and Social Cohesion. Now
we heard from a woman called she a Gootnik. Her father,
Reuven Morrison was killed fighting these alleged gunmen and she
was that first witness at this commission. And we know
(26:10):
that her dad was sixty two years old and he
was one of those fifteen people shot and killed on
December fourteen in that anti Semitic attack. And we know
that her father died after he threw bricks at the
alleged gunment. Now, this is a man who'd fled to
Australia from Ukraine aged fourteen. He met her mum, another
Jewish refugee, at that very same beach, many many years earlier. Now,
(26:33):
in her testimony, she said she lived in constant fear
and a heightened sense of vigilance in public spaces. We
also heard from a Holocaust survivor who said that Jews
have become targets in Australia. We also heard from a
former High Court justice, Virginia Bell, who's heading the hearings,
and she said yesterday that it is important that people
(26:55):
understand how quickly events in the Middle East can prompt
ugly to plays of hostility towards Jewish Australians. We know
the hearings will run for about a fortnight.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
It's absolutely disgusting some of that stuff. Hey, who's criticizing
your social media band?
Speaker 14 (27:11):
I think this is extraordinary. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, well,
he's on a speaking tour in Australia, he's promoting his book,
but he's found the time to describe Australia as a
social media ban, an unmitigated disaster, and an embarrassment. And
he believes that teaching kids to accept surveillance from tech
companies when they go online is just ridiculous. And he's
criticized you know how much social media can be, you know,
(27:34):
a nasty place, you know for people. You know, there's
people that are attacked on these platforms, you know, Facebook
and Instagram, TikTok and so forth. But then in the
same breath he's opposed to government policies that are aimed
at keeping teenagers off social media, so he thinks the
federal government hasn't thought it through anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
That's Donna. I appreciate the update, Thank you, Donad. Tomorrow
Our Australia corresponding eleven minutes away from six someone says
I want to divorce and marry Neva, which I thought
was quite funny and Bridge rich Right, So the UA
is intercepting missiles and drones hitting from Iran that are
edited again, Why well, it's Trump's Project Freedom, which aims
to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to have some US
(28:16):
navy destroyers and US flag merchant ships sailing through the
strike which is starting to happen. Tony Waterman, US correspondent
Feature Storey on News with US this morning, Tony, what's
the lightest to you? Well?
Speaker 15 (28:28):
President Trump just put a social media post out saying
that the US has destroyed seven Iranian fast boats that
have tried to interfere with this effort to guide ships
through the Strait of Jumus. This is something that Iran
has denied, and in this social media post, the President
has also said that Iran has managed to damage a
(28:48):
South Korean cargo ship, suggesting that Soul come to join
this mission to reopen this vital waterway. But what we
have seen today is really this back and forth of
attacks not just at sea, but also on land. The
UAE the United Arab Emirates saying that they have been
responding to multiple drone and missile attacks, some of those
(29:12):
actually connecting with structures on the ground. There's been a
fire reported at a petroleum site in the country, also
damage to some structures. So this is really threatening what
is a pretty shaky cease fire at this point, but
also really risks spiraling this situation out of control and
(29:33):
entering a new front in this.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
War, and we're seeing the price of oil respond to that,
What are the chances this thing blows out and we're
back to square one again? They're fighting.
Speaker 9 (29:43):
Well.
Speaker 15 (29:43):
I guess when you speak to certain experts, they'll say,
you know, despite the optics the way that everything looks
right now, we are in fact progressing towards a peace deal.
There are these conversations that are taking place in exchange
of proposals throughout the WEE weekend, So there is discussion,
there is dialogue that is still taking place. But certainly
(30:06):
this announcement by the President on Sunday to start guiding
these ships through the Strait of Hormuz has opened up
another area in this conflict, because the strait is really
Iron's main leverage point right now. So the US appears
to be trying to chip away at that by pushing
(30:26):
these boats through. But experts say that even if they're
successful in getting ships through this waterway, this is not
a permanent solution to this problem because those ships are
not going to return if that area is not yet secure,
if there is still fighting taking place.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Tony Waterman, I, US correspondent, great to have your analysis
this morning. It is eight to six News Talks ABI.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Before the news breaks here it first Bryan Bridge on
early edition with Spuck for business Technology that keeps Business moving.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
News TALKSIB time is six to six News Talks Abby
and Mike is with your next. Good morning, Mike.
Speaker 8 (31:02):
Well not next now, I mean I'm here now, live
here now.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
But's your show starts. It's all on what are you
doing today? Jet Garla.
Speaker 8 (31:10):
Generally I know, yes, yes, I'd lie if I wasn't
going to show an interest in that, but I am.
I note this morning of great interests. Are you following
the Beesos aspect of the met Gala?
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Yes? The fact so him and his wife are the
sponsors of him.
Speaker 8 (31:23):
Brought his way into it. But I also note this
morning that he's selling his yacht, which is called Koru. Now,
the interesting thing about the yacht is that he had
it built, and there was much coverage at the time
because it's the biggest in the world and the most
expensive and stuff. Then he's gone and got that and
he's decided because it's so distinctive, he can't live with
it anymore, so he needs to sell it.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
What do you mean so distinctive. Oh that's Jeff's yacht.
Speaker 8 (31:48):
You can't there's no anonymity anymore.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
So you can have everything.
Speaker 8 (31:51):
But once you've got everything, you don't want everything because
you become conspicuous by your consumption.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
I'm reading a book book called The Have Knots and
the Have Yachts, and it's about It's kind a good title,
that's why I bought it, but it goes through just
how big those things have gotten through the years. And
you've now got your gigga yachts, you had your CEP yachts,
and then you get the last thing.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
I was reading another article the other day, not in
that book, but it's the last thing in the world
whereby you can truly show the world what you're about.
Because everyone's got a plane and everyone's got multiple houses.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
But if you and the idea was that you can
go and get away from people clubs us clubs. But
the world is getting smaller. You've got satellites, you've got drones.
Speaker 8 (32:32):
You if you follow the super yacht community is closely
as you do, is you know I do. The interesting
thing is they all go to the same places, and
once they all go to Saint Bart's and the Caribbean,
and so they're all parked up next to each other,
steering at each other, and you're having cocktails. Come over
to my yacht and have It's all about footage. It's
all about size. When they say, you know, size doesn't matter,
(32:53):
size doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
You have to have a lot of money because the
stress of the upkeep the costs.
Speaker 8 (32:58):
Running, it's extraordinary. It's not totally on myself. You can
afford a yacht, but running it and having the staff
I have.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Have you ever watched Below Dick, But it's probably beneath you.
It's beneath you. But I love that show and I've
always wanted. I've always wanted to go on one of
those week long cruises that you do. Well, why don't
you Well, there's very.
Speaker 8 (33:15):
Expensive, but equally you you get the rat virus. Yeah, man,
imagine packed on a yacht and you've got the rat
virus and Kate Birdie won't let you in and you're trapped.
This is taking a bit of a twister.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
It's in your hands. But I've enjoyed it all right,
Mica is with your next Have a fantastic day and
we will see you tomorrow. And stay Marrying.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
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