March 5, 2026 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Friday 6th of March 2025, a parliamentary committee’s final report in online youth harm recommends a social media ban for under 16 year olds, Dr Parmjeet Parmar who represents Act on the committee says she was hoping for a different outcome.
The Formula One 2026 season kicks off in Melbourne today, NZ Herald sports reporter Alex Powell joins Ryan from Melbourne.
David Seymour thinks the medicinal Cannabis industry could be an untapped goldmine, with export levels similar to our wine industry, Cannabis Clinic CEO Waseem Alzaher shares his thoughts.
Plus, UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on Keir Starmer announcing the UK will send four fighter jets to Qatar to strengthen UK defensive operations and Spain pushing back against the White House’s claim that it agreed to cooperate militarily with Washington amid the conflict with Iran.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an earlier edition with one roof love where you live
news talks, there'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Good Morning six after five, A big of a boost
this morning for the social media band. Gavin Gray in
the UK for US, people are queuing for petrol in
New Zealand. Alex Powell from the Heralds on the one
in Melbourne for us this morning, and David Seymour wants
us to be exporting more wacky Becky the Agenda Righter
(00:30):
the sixth of March some has given another update on Iran.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I can announce today that we're sending four additional Typhoon
jets to join our squadron in Cutter to strengthen our
defensive operations in Cutter.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
And across the region.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Wildcat helicopters with anti drone capabilities are arriving in Cypress tomorrow.
The Defense Secretary is on the ground in Cypress right now.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
A bit of an embarrassment for him. The only thing
getting hit harder at least than around right now is Starma.
Other European countries they're having to step in to help
protect their own base in Cyprus because they still haven't
managed to get their warship. There comes after the High
Commission in cypress criticize them. The people are disappointed that
people are scared. The people could expect more. Meanwhile, to Spain,
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which Trump hates, the White Houses have actually shifted their
position on the wall.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
With respect to Spain. I think they heard the President's
message yesterday loud and clear, and it's my understanding. Over
the past several hours they've agreed to cooperate with the
US military, and so I know that the US military
is coordinating with their counterparts in Spain.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Spain says, no, we haven't. Gavin Gray on that shortly. Finally,
China's cut its growth target to the lowest level since
nineteen ninety one.
Speaker 6 (01:48):
Decision makers realize that we are in a very turbulent
MS and it is most important for the Chinese economy
to stay put rather than to pursue a rapid very
rapid so a.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
You target between four and a half and five percent.
It has been five percent and twenty twenty two member
it used to be up around seven.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
Ryan Branch and one roof Love where you live us.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Talks, that'd be eight after five. Great to have your
company on this Friday morning. Flick me Text nine two
ninety two. There are times when you've got a you've
got a bunch of policies, and you draft these policies
when conditions are a certain way, and then things change,
and it's probably important that you review and make sure
that your policy is aligned with the times in which
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you are living. Two examples of this. One is agriculture.
I mean, look, where would we be without farmers? Where
would we be without the backbone of our economy, which
is the agricultural sector. We told you ad nauseum this
week about the export numbers. Look at dairy, look at
meat was up twenty one percent, crazy numbers. In fact,
(02:56):
yesterday I was reading a record high seventy percent of
far responding to the Fed Farmer's Confidence Survey. That's twice
a year, record number of seventy percent currently profitable. Fantastic, excellent, great,
we will feel the benefits of that. And then you
have a Labor Party, which when they were last in power,
remember hammered the hell out of these guys to the
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point where confidence was falling through the floor. So if
you're the Labor Party today and you're going into an election,
an election in a country which is basically being held
up by agriculture and being held up by farming, then
what sort of policies do you aim and direct at them.
Labor might be listening because they are reviewing all of
their agricultural policies. In fact, I spoke to Hipkins a
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couple of months ago about this. He said, putting you know,
they'd want to put farmers into the etes. He said,
that is up for review, up for discussion as well,
we may not do that, So maybe they're listening anyway.
That review underway at the moment. The other one is
the NATS and Welfare. Now, there's nothing wrong with having
a traffic light system, there's nothing wrong with having penal tees,
there's nothing wrong with having more punishments. But fundamentally and
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going on about it, but fundamentally for welfare to work,
which is their slogan, you've actually got to have jobs,
don't you. You've got to have some way for people
to go. So it might be your right to do
all that stuff, but you cannot claim it as a
victory until someone is sitting at a desk working Bryan
Bridge or under a cow milking, whatever it might be.
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Ten minutes after five news Talks, there'd be will Talk
Weed next.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and one Root Love where you Live.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
News Talks had been five twelve. Brent crudes was up
to eighty four dollars a barrel over night. Of course,
the straitstill's closed and the golf producers are slashing their output.
And as we were talking about yesterday, the Asian refineries
that take that oil from the golf and refine it
Varna having to look for alternative supplies, so they are
cutting back on what they're doing as well. What is
all of this mean. Well, at the moment the price
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of a barrel of oil is going up. But also
in New Zealand people are queuing at the petrol station.
Story out this morning on the Herald. This is why
tomill you know the petrol station. They say that they're
the Qes and Wellington that were videoed and put online
yesterday are being reflected around the country. They say demand
is up, sales are increasing ten to fifteen percent this week.
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Bridge by thirteen. David Seymour thinks the medicinal cannabis industry
could be an untapped gold mine export levels similar to
our wine industry. In twenty twenty four we sent over
a ton of locally grown cannabis for our overseas, which
is more than double the year before that. Dr Jassim
Elvesa here is with US Cannabis Clinics CEO. Good morning
(05:46):
in modern Line, Good for having me, Good to have
you on the show. So what's holding us back from
growing this even further?
Speaker 7 (05:54):
What's holding us back here is not being able to
use the products that are grown in New Zealand locally.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Ryan.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
We've got a lot of cannabis companies growing cannabis here
locally extracting it. That product is being sent offshore to Australia,
UK and other places and forms that we can't even
get here in New Zealand. And as prescribers here in
the country, we're faced with this dilemma where we have
the product in our own backyard, but we can't prescribe
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it because of regulatory hurdles that Kiwis can't meet. These
ki companies can't meet, which is incredibly disappointing because it's a.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
High threshold for a pharmaceutical grade isn't it, that's the problem.
Speaker 7 (06:36):
Yeah, exactly, And I think the regulations here in New
Zealand are out of line with where we are internationally.
So I've had people with Kiwi products from Australia fly
over to New Zealand and show me their medicines. And
we've got thirty plus doctors here who wants to prescribe
cannabis but are restricted. They can't prescribe that product. And
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it's locally grown here in our own backyard. And it's
really a calling for us from the regulatory point of view,
to keep up with what people actually need here in
New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Who are you prescribing it too? And how many people
are using it in New Zealand.
Speaker 7 (07:13):
At the moment, there's about one hundred and twenty two
hundred and fifty thousand people in New Zealand have been
prescribed cannabis. And honestly, right, it's all walks of life.
It's you know, you name it, pain, anxiety, sleeping issues,
younger people, middle age, older, anybody who was looking to
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improve the quality of life. Where As a condition that
hasn't been improved with conventional treatment comes to us seeking alternatives.
And we live in a day and age where there's
so many chronic conditions and so many people suffering that
people are looking for natural options, something plant based, something
that has worked for thousands of years in human history
and now is accessible via doctors. So it makes sense.
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And we do have products. I mean, we are prescribing
here in New Zealand. We've got about sixty products that
are available. But it's growing very slowly, and I think
although it is growing, it has been a success bringing
the medicinal cannabis to New Zealand. There's so much more.
We could be doing so much more in terms of
bringing these Kiwi products in the hands of patients some
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of I was down at Puro and Blenheim just a
month back and we were standing in the middle of
these fields of cannabis that's been grown outdoors, just beautiful plants,
all being sported overseas because they are not able to
create the product there requirements.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Can't pass the red box. Appreciate your time this morning,
Dr sim Elzahir, Cannabis connects CEO TIMEUS sixteen minutes after
five number six. Does anyone use it or tried it?
Speaker 7 (08:50):
For? What?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Did he say? For pain? For anxiety, for sleep? All
those sorts of things. It is odd. I think if
you look at the regulations going having to send your
product to Canada or to Australia to then go through
some kind of manufacturing process and then come back to
New Zealand and the cost of that involves does seem
a little bit old, doesn't. I mean, if you're going
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to do it and it's going to be legal and
all that sort of thing, then why not make it simpler?
Seventeen after five News Talk dB Views.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
And Views You Trust to start your day. It's early
edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room Love Where You Live.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
News Talks d B five nineteen on newstalks 'b Just
coming back to the fuel price for a second, so
why Tomo. There were reports of people queuing up, particularly
on Tinacorey Road in Wellington, but other parts of New
Zealand as well. There'll be a story out in the
Herald about that today. But apparently some people brought fuel
containers to take advantage of the fuel prices, and they
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were advising against using unsafe vessels such as milk or
fizzy drink bottles. For goodness sake, now somebody has text
in quite right, Graham, Ryan. There are cues of petrol
pumps every third Tuesday. That's the day the petrol has
discounted at this at White Tima. Yes, you're correct, but
that is not why the q was so big as
what was being said yesterday. Their sales were ten to
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fifteen percent higher than they usually would be even though
it's discount day. Ryan Bridge Formula one twenty twenty six
season kicks off in Melbourne today. Liam Lawson, Well, he'll
be hoping for a change in favor after the same
race last season saw and finished well. Last I learned
a lot.
Speaker 8 (10:29):
Last year was a very important season for me, especially
to survive it. I think that's been something that I've
learned a lot from so on that side, I'm grateful
to have done that and feel a lot better going
into this year.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Alex Powell, HEROLD Sports reporter in Melbourne this weekend. Alex,
good morning, good to have you on the show.
Speaker 9 (10:47):
Thank you mate.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
How's it looking.
Speaker 9 (10:50):
It's actually been a really tricky start to the year
for everyone. I mean there's new cars, there's new regulations
that stctated how you can build them, so no one
really knows how it's going to go. Today, it's going
to be the first time we actually see these cars
and sort of race situation on track. So I think
we're all just waiting with data breath to see how
they'll go.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
I was reading this day about Aston Martin only able
to do twenty five laps because of vibration issues.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (11:17):
Aston Martin has been a real sort of head case
all pre season. They've completely changed their engine manufacturer, so
they're now with Honda. They've just had an issue after
a show after issue, they's suggested that they might just
do the formation that in Melbourne and then retire, which
would be crazy to not even professionally start the race.
So it's again, it's another one of those things that
we're just waiting and seeing how it's actually going to
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go once racing begins later this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
So what is that? How do you get into that position?
How long did they have to make the cars fit
the regulations?
Speaker 9 (11:49):
Yeah, so we knew they've been coming in for a
couple of years. But basically teams have to balance last year.
Do they want to be competitive and went into twenty
five and put everything into between twenty six or go
the other way around and try and compete in twenty
twenty five that's right. Yeah, just hold themselves off for
this year, as Martain kind of did neither. So they
were a bit competitive last year, and then now they've
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sort of just given everything away. Ferandel Alonso, who's their
senior driver, a two time world champion, he just looks
absolutely devastated whenever he does anything with the media because
he knows they just don't have a car it's going
to be able to compete at all.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
From what you've seen, and I know you've been talking
to him, is Liam looking sound and confident.
Speaker 9 (12:32):
Liam's a very confident guy just just by who he is.
That does come across as arrogance to some people, but
he is just He's one of the most self believing
people I've ever met. I think he has personally everything
he needs to have a really good season. So again,
it's all going to come down to the car. Like
that is just the repeat message you're getting from not
just Liam but all the drivers. We don't know what
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the car is going to be like in comparison to
everyone else.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
I guess that makes it more exciting, does that.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
Yeah, that's why they've done it. I Mean, there was
so much criticism over the last few years about Formula
One and being so predictable, no one really overtakes anyone
on track. We had breakfast out at Mercedes yesterday and
Kimi INSIDEI, who is about nineteen years old, was saying,
what they've done with the new regulation changes is you're
going to get more overtaken in areas of tracks that
you just didn't in the past. And so from a
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fans point of view, that's great, but there are a
lot of traditionalists who are really anti it because it's
just not the racing beer used to. So I mean
it's it's going to be really good for neutrals.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Appreciate your time this morning, Alex. Go back to bed.
Alex Powell, the Herald Sports supporter in Melbourne for us
IF one kicking off today twenty three after five Graham Bridge,
Aserbaijan borders a run to the north. They have been
hit by drones and the Azerbaijani's reckon it's from Iran,
but Iran and said no, it's Israel, so they're unsure
on that. But here's the list of countries now that
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have been drawn into this that have been hit by
missiles or drones since this thing kicked off. Bahrain Cypress, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Katar,
Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and the UAE. I mean, the
list gets longer, and that doesn't count. Remember the other
day we had the torpedo from the American submarine that
(14:14):
hit the Iranian ship that was an in some international waters,
that was near Sri Lanka. So the thing just keeps
getting bigger and bigger and bigger, doesn't it. And you've
got the Europeans sending over help to the Brits and Cypress.
So we'll talk to Gavin Gray about all of this,
of course at quarter two News Talks.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
VB, the early edition full show podcast on IHARM Radio
Power by NEWSTALKSB News.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Talks B twenty six after five. I don't mind paying,
if I'm being honest with you, completely honest with you.
I don't mind paying the train tax in Auckland, even
though I won't be using the damn thing. Rates are
going up. If you didn't see this yesterday, rates are
going up seven point nine percent next year. Now, let's
be honest. It's like wool was selling butt of a
seven ninety nine. It's eight percent, all right, We're talking
(15:01):
about eight percent. Wayne Brown is the eight percent man,
mister fix it is hitting us in the pocket, and
it will hurt an extra three hundred and twenty dollars
for your average rate payer. The average rate goes from
four thousand and fifty five to four thousand, three hundred
and seventy five. If you didn't have to subsidize the
city rail links operations, that would be zero, a zero
(15:23):
percent rate increase. Now, usually something like this would get
me angry. I would come in and I would sort
of get random, and my blood pressure would go up,
and I'd get a bit stressed. I'd be tempted to
go tag the side of a locomotive in the middle
of the night with the cartoon of Wayne Brown, you know,
saying something like, let's f auckland just take off the
IX from his campaign slogan. But I'm not doing that.
(15:46):
I'm calming myself down and remembering I don't generally use
public transport. It's just not convenient for me to do
so because of timing and location. We're basically paying for
a service for commuters for or less than the cost
that it is to operate it. Right. But if we
don't do that, then it won't get used. And if
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it doesn't get used, then the roads will stay just
as clogged as they are now. If the roads stage
just as clogged as they are now, then that's time
and money down the drain. And we've been talking about
the fact we need to do something about this. Well
something has been done, so aren't we best to just
make use of it if the thing does what it
says on the label. And we haven't actually seen that
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yet of course, because the bloody thing hasn't open. But
if that happens, it'll be worth the extra three hundred
bucks a year to me via other gains. This might
be naive, it might be a touch too hopeful for
you this morning, but if this thing works then I
don't mind paying the train tax. Bread rich us talk
said be so you know Pumji Palma the ACTMP. She
(16:51):
kicked off a review or an inquiry into social media
and young people, saying well, we need to look into
this because of the harm and now not happy with
the outcome in which you can't do I mean, you
can't ask a question you don't know the answer to.
The review in the committee has come out and said
online harm is serious and widespread. It can affect mental health,
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well being, development, stuff that you already know and your
kids already know. And they're saying let's go ahead with
the band, a social media band for young people. PALMJ
not happy with that and tweeting furiously about it ironically.
On the show just before six, we'll also head to
the UK with Gavin gram News Talks ab Oh.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
The News you Need this morning and the in depth
Analysis Early edition with Ryan Bridge and One Route Love
Where You Live News Talks at.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
B twenty four minutes away from six, y're on newsbooks.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
I did tell Kensey, I said, Kenzy, give us something
you know to liven us up after the five thirty
news each morning, and so I can't blame you for
doing this.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Right.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Coming up this morning, Gavin Gray's in the UK for us,
We've got this new report out from Parliament on social
media saying basically ban it on the trains, Ryan, nobody
is catching trains. What are you talking about? Businesses have
moved away. But also there is far less chance this
is from Paul, far less chance of being accosted by
some random crackhead in your car. I think that is
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a problem. People, go do I want to get the
train or will I be stabbed? Hey out of the UK.
I just want to quick to go to this before
we get to our reporters. This is from that They
must be joking right files the government there Labor Government
new guidelines for British businesses advising employers to strip stereotypically
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masculine language, including terms like competitive and ambitious from job advertisements.
How condescending is that the guidance has come from the
Office for Equality and Opportunity. It suggests that as subconsciously
you are deterring women from applying for roles, particularly in
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mid to senior management. They say this is evidence informed strategy.
What on earth are they talking about? Would you like
to go and tell I don't know, Dame Lisa Carrington
to stop being competitive? Would you like to go and
tell I don't know Dame Vale that she's too ambitious
and that's not very lady like? On what planet is
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this normal? Well, an Ireland, that is the UK twenty
two away from six let's set to our reporters. Jacob
Jones de Needin, good morning.
Speaker 11 (19:53):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
What's going on with the carbon zero target in Queenstown?
Speaker 11 (19:58):
Yeah, this is the keystone projet You've launched in twenty
twenty two, aiming to make Queenstown the first tourist destination
in the world with a completely carbon zero visitor economy
by twenty thirty. CEO Mattwood says they set the extra
ambitious goal to encourage people to make urgent change. He
says progress is being made. He says halfway through, some
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amazing things are happening to ensure the visitor economy can
give back more than it takes. But there's always more
they can do. He says, they're realistic. The goal may
not be achieved, but they're proud they'll have at least
moved the needle in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Fantastic. How's den Edin's weather.
Speaker 11 (20:32):
Fine and warm, then cloudy with a few spots of
rain in the afternoon and early evening.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Cheers Jacob Clais and christ this morning, Claire, Good morning.
A bit of a birthday for the Student Volunteer Army.
Speaker 12 (20:42):
I know many will remember hundreds, if not thousands, of
university students taking to the streets and to all of
the Red Zone at the time of the earthquake. Well,
this weekend they're getting back together and doing exactly that.
There should be hundreds of students who will return to
the red zone today and tomorrow for what they've called
the Big Give. It's so they can mark fifteen years
since the quake that sparked the SVA movement. Many students
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at the moment with children at the time, some of
them weren't even born. But the SVA movement lives on.
Founder Sam Johnson, who we know very well, says what
began is a spontaneous response in twenty eleven mobilizing eleven
thousand students to shovel liquefaction has grown to a national
volunteer network. There's more than sixty thousand people in the
army nationwide. He says, when the worst things happened, it
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is amazing to see what students can stand up and do.
He says, when you give them the means to help,
what they will achieve is utterly remarkable. And he says
disasters in New Zealand are only getting more frequent, so
he's urging yet more people to think about volunteering.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Very cool thing that he did in a fantastic achievement.
How's the weather today clear?
Speaker 12 (21:48):
It should be good for them. It's a fog clearing
to a beautiful day, fine northerlies and twenty seven all right.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Max and Wellington Morning Max, Good morning. Got a rates update?
Speaker 13 (21:58):
Well, yes, The City until about midday today is to
release its latest budget paper and there are some rumors
about what's in it. Apparently there may be some job
cuts at the City Council, which is kicking up a
face at the Union of course and among a small
group of councilors. But you've got to get rates down.
Some projects are being shelved. We already know about cycle
ways the Golden Mile. Some aspects around emissions reductions and
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measures around bringing down emissions have also been wound back.
Apparently fifty recommendations in this budget paper. Obviously a lot
of money is going to be needed to be spent
on more point in the next few months. Deputy Mayor
Ben McNulty's behind this. This year's planned rates rise had
already come down from twelve point seven percent to nine
point four percent, so apparently we may get more favorable
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news today as well. That's the rumor cuts, that's the
word du jour in the capital today.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
All they could do with a few of those.
Speaker 13 (22:50):
How's the weather, Yeah, mostly fine, Today's strong Northerlyies nineteen.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Good on your Max, have a good weekend. Good morning, yavor,
good morning. Last month a big one for Auckland. How
many hotels almost fall to the broom?
Speaker 14 (23:01):
Yes, yes, this is pretty good. Actually, so the city's
accommodation more than ninety percent full for more than a
third of February, so the occupation occupation occupancy, I should say,
reached ninety five percent. This was the weekend of the
sale GP Valentine's Day and then the weekend after which
was obviously the Royal Edinburgh Military tattoo at Eden Park.
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So yeah, we can attribute it to all of that.
Auckland un Limited says that we actually haven't had a
feb as busy exist since before COVID nineteen.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Ah, great, it felt like that it did.
Speaker 14 (23:34):
And look, I've got to tell you because we're preparing
for a sporting frenzy this weekend next four days because
we've got the Warriors Blues racing at Ellesleie Auckland FC
on Sunday, so that's going to be a big one.
And let's hope that the trains are operating.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah's a combined forces. Apparently it's like foot they're doing
that's right a joint marketing campaign.
Speaker 14 (23:53):
Andrew said that you know, like to go to all four.
It's it's like over about one hundred dollars, but that's
really really good. So yeah, how's our weather, morning cloud,
afternoon cloud otherwise fine twenty two is high here in
Auckland and it's going to be stunning Saturday Sunday.
Speaker 11 (24:06):
No rains.
Speaker 14 (24:07):
It's going to be great for our football flies. Blah
blah blah.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Weekend brilliant e the blah blah blah weekend eighteen away.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
From six Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Our little update investor is over in Wall Street dialing back.
The chance of a FED rate cut not surprising given
the fact that you've actually had some quite solid economic
data coming out of the US. But then you also
now have concerns about the energy prices, and one of
that due to inflation, where you're hardly going to go
cut your rates at the point like that. So there
is now a fifty to fifty chance of two cuts
in twenty twenty six. That compares to an eighty percent
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chance that the markets were pricing in last week seventeen
to six. We're in London next News.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Talk SEBB International correspondence with ends and eye insurance Peace
of mind for New Zealand Business News.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Talk to b it is quarter to six on your
Friday morning. Let's go to Gavin Gray, a UK europe correspondent.
Gavin Starars just spoken sending some more finer jets to Cutter.
Speaker 15 (25:00):
Yes for typhoon jets, but I'm afraid he's still being
accused widely of having completely misjudged this whole requirement to
put defenses into cypress cypresses where Britain has an raf
based Arif Acreteri, which had a drone attack which damaged
the runway earlier in the week. Now the UK is
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sending a frigate a ship, but it won't be ready
until next week and that means that it won't get
there for probably a week from now. Other European nations, though,
are very quickly jumping into this void Italy, France, Spain,
the Netherlands or sending naval assets Greece as well joining
in with anti drone materials and frankly many people think
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Kirstar has been caught rather napping on this, plus the fact,
rather embarrassingly for him, the first flight that was the
government chartered flight out of the Middle East for people
who were stuck there. Had been delayed for some engineering problems.
It has now taken off, but I think Sir Kirstam
has got an uphill battle to convince people he's doing
(26:04):
the right thing.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Kevin Spain, Caroline leave at US today.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
With respect to Spain, I think they heard the President's
message yesterday loud and clear, and it's my understanding over
the past several hours they've agreed to cooperate with the
US military, and so I know that the US military
is coordinating with their counterparts in Spain.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Now, the Spanish made something to say about that, haven't they.
Speaker 15 (26:27):
They sure have. They've categorically rejected that. They said that
our opinion opposition has not changed at all. So is
this another misspeak from the Trump administration and it's spokespeople, Well,
Spain says it absolutely is. They're completely dismissing Caroline Levitt's
words there. Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, has
(26:49):
been very quick to say no to war. This is
a disaster in the Middle East, it'll be a disaster
for the wider world. President Trump has had a real
go at him, saying they're going to advertise with Spain.
But incidentally, it's very interesting that our Aansha Ganzale is
the former Foreign Minister of Spain, saying, you know what
is interesting that Trump has attacked the British Prime Minister,
(27:10):
the Ukrainian president, Denmark's Metafredicson and now the Spanish Prime minister.
Why well, they've all got in common the fact they've
said no to him, and I think a great deal
of European sentiment now going the way that we need
to look after ourselves and not worry too much about
what Donald Trump is saying about our leaders.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Yeah, an insult from Trump no longer carries the same weight,
does it? Appreciate your time? Gavin gray Ow, UK europe
Correspondent twelve to six Bridge, the MP who kicked off
an inquiry into social media harm for kids, doesn't like
the outcome the Education Committee's final reports is basically been
under sixteens from TikTok, Facebook other platforms is doing them damage.
Dr Palmji Palmer, represents ACT on the Education Workforce Committee,
(27:50):
joins me this morning, good morning.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
Hello, good morning.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
So you didn't like the outcome of the inquiry. Why not?
Speaker 4 (27:58):
I'm actually quitted pointed to see the outcome, because the
idea was to go with an open mind, not just
copy and paste of what others have done without actually
examining everything. I don't like it because banning social media
funder sixteen is one of the recommendations, and this issue
was actually central to the reason for the inquiry. And
(28:18):
you will note in the advice that was provided by
the advisors, the advisors didn't provide full advice on this
issue this intervention, and I wrote to the Select Committee
urging the Select Committee to seek advice on this particular intervention,
and the Select Committee members, by maturity, decided not to proceed.
(28:39):
So my view is that they took a predetermined approach,
and in my view, this is a very serious issue,
and so they didn't really undermine the Select Committe's rule.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Didn't get the evidence, didn't get the evidence. They just
go on ahead with a sort of headline grabbing decision.
But you, I mean, you can't say, Pumpjack Kennedy. You
can't sit there and tell us that it's not bad
for kids. I mean, look at them, so we know.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
And I must say that concerns about young people online
are real and we need to find real solutions for them.
So this is a complex issue, and what I'm saying
is that it was not dealt with the seriousness that
parents and young people deserve. And our issue here is
this that with this approach, what will happen is that
(29:25):
all New Zealanders will be required to upload their IDs digitally.
And this is not just about the physical part of it.
So if you consider the scale of data these platforms
would command, so this is your identity, your online behavior,
your networks, your past and current behaviors online. So in
my view, this isn't just information, it's actually powerful.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
It's fair pavility, that is fair. But you can choose,
like we live in a free society, you do not
have to sign up to a social media platform. You
can choose not to. If I go buy alcohol, then
I need to show my ID.
Speaker 4 (30:00):
You don't leave your ID with them here. You will
be required to upload your ID to these platforms, and
that is where we have concerns. We don't want to
see New Zealanders, so don't you compromise for their property.
But what I wanted the Electimittee to do was orrow
work to see how we could mitigate this. But that
didn't happen because we didn't get the advice on this
intervention from the advisors, and the Selectimitty then went ahead
(30:23):
and made this as a recommendation, one of the recommenda.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
All right, but let's be honest. If you force under
sixteen year olds to prove their age, that doesn't mean
that everyone over sixteen has to give an idea, does it?
Speaker 4 (30:35):
So that will be the case because when it is
going to be based on age, age verification will be required.
So in many many cases it may not be possible
for even if it's biometrics or some other ways used
to just look at the image and say the person
is sixteen? Right doing so the shoe here is this.
(31:01):
We had the opportunity to learn from them, and YouTube
also wrote to the Select Comittee this is when we
were doing the second report, to share their experiences, but
Selectimittee turned down that request as well.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Okay, all right, Pumji, appreciate your time this morning. Acting
p Palm Jeck Palmer not happy with the inquiry. Eight
minutes away from sixth.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and one roof Love where You
Live News Talks.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
He'd be away from six News talks, he'd be and
amongst all of the war and the social media bands
and everything we've been discussing. This morning, Britney Spears has
been arrested again. Happened at three am local time a
couple of days ago, apparently, according to CNN Mike's in
the studio, Good morning, Mike.
Speaker 16 (31:44):
Is there a person who's achieved great success at a
very young age who's gone on to live a productive
and successful life.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
In adulthood justin Timberlake?
Speaker 16 (31:54):
Well, I dispute that because he was pulled over, not
so what was it last year? Pulled out with a
few details and yeah it was slightly over.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Oh is that acceptable?
Speaker 4 (32:03):
Now?
Speaker 9 (32:03):
Is it right?
Speaker 2 (32:04):
It's not the end of the world. I'm going to say,
it's not the end of the work. Well, when you
compare it to the meltdowns that you see from the
other Disney stars.
Speaker 16 (32:11):
Yeah, but you're you're off a low bar. See I'm
thinking of Robbie Williams. So Robbie Williams remains wildly successful,
but yet it's still troubled. So so you can't care.
I wouldn't count that. I'd say, yes, he's successful, but
he's remained troubles. He's had a hell of a pathway.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Would you say that these are necessarily people who are
popular and famous young or just famous people who are troubled.
Generally you'll never know.
Speaker 16 (32:36):
But if you start when you're seven or eight years old,
were you always going to end up trouble?
Speaker 10 (32:40):
See?
Speaker 16 (32:40):
I think of poor old Britney. So she sold her
catalog the other day, so she's got she's got all
the money in the world. She doesn't need to work again.
So she's essentially bored, witless.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
Yes, and troubled. What's your purpose? So how's that?
Speaker 16 (32:53):
How's that going to end up for you?
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Other than poorly? Jason Bateman, Shirley Temple has had trouble.
Speaker 16 (32:59):
He was on the pills and the potions and the
trog Do you see let them in? And Bateman?
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Yeah, I did see that. That was good. They're all
that's Hollywood. They're all on the pills in the posh
Well not all of them are, are they?
Speaker 16 (33:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
There's a few maybe that are. There's very few.
Speaker 16 (33:12):
People who go, you know, start off young and do well. Hey,
by the way, congratulations to you on your interview this
morning on the F one. I know how hard that
must have been research wise for you to come up.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
With most of the probing. Well, I find that Aston
Martin thing.
Speaker 16 (33:26):
It's very very interesting.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
I wanted to ask about it. Twenty five so they're
going to do twenty five laps out of fifty.
Speaker 16 (33:32):
So they say the problem is knwi who's the genius.
The design genius is a perfectionist. And if you're really interested,
you want to watch a guy called Windsor who used
to work for Ferrari and Williams. He says, because he's perfectionist,
putting this car together at this point, because they started late,
is nigh on impossible, hence their problems. It will come
right during the season.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
But is that the equivalent of playing half a game
of rugby?
Speaker 16 (33:56):
Oh you can't. I find it hard to believe that happened.
But if they turn up for twenty five laps. Alonzo
yesterday is saying the shaking is so bad it's got nerves.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
He fears nerve damage in his hands. So that's true.
It's on Honda.
Speaker 16 (34:10):
Know he's blaming Honda.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
I know where you'll be this weekend on the count.
Speaker 16 (34:14):
I'm going to be on the couch right on the
Palatine away.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Happy Friday everyone, See you Monday.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
to News Talks it Be from five am weekdays, or
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The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an earlier edition with one roof love where you live
news talks, there'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Good Morning six after five, A big of a boost
this morning for the social media band. Gavin Gray in
the UK for US, people are queuing for petrol in
New Zealand. Alex Powell from the Heralds on the one
in Melbourne for us this morning, and David Seymour wants
us to be exporting more wacky Becky the Agenda Righter
(00:30):
the sixth of March some has given another update on Iran.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I can announce today that we're sending four additional Typhoon
jets to join our squadron in Cutter to strengthen our
defensive operations in Cutter.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
And across the region.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Wildcat helicopters with anti drone capabilities are arriving in Cypress tomorrow.
The Defense Secretary is on the ground in Cypress right now.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
A bit of an embarrassment for him. The only thing
getting hit harder at least than around right now is Starma.
Other European countries they're having to step in to help
protect their own base in Cyprus because they still haven't
managed to get their warship. There comes after the High
Commission in cypress criticize them. The people are disappointed that
people are scared. The people could expect more. Meanwhile, to Spain,
(01:21):
which Trump hates, the White Houses have actually shifted their
position on the wall.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
With respect to Spain. I think they heard the President's
message yesterday loud and clear, and it's my understanding. Over
the past several hours they've agreed to cooperate with the
US military, and so I know that the US military
is coordinating with their counterparts in Spain.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Spain says, no, we haven't. Gavin Gray on that shortly. Finally,
China's cut its growth target to the lowest level since
nineteen ninety one.
Speaker 6 (01:48):
Decision makers realize that we are in a very turbulent
MS and it is most important for the Chinese economy
to stay put rather than to pursue a rapid very
rapid so a.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
You target between four and a half and five percent.
It has been five percent and twenty twenty two member
it used to be up around seven.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
Ryan Branch and one roof Love where you live us.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Talks, that'd be eight after five. Great to have your
company on this Friday morning. Flick me Text nine two
ninety two. There are times when you've got a you've
got a bunch of policies, and you draft these policies
when conditions are a certain way, and then things change,
and it's probably important that you review and make sure
that your policy is aligned with the times in which
(02:35):
you are living. Two examples of this. One is agriculture.
I mean, look, where would we be without farmers? Where
would we be without the backbone of our economy, which
is the agricultural sector. We told you ad nauseum this
week about the export numbers. Look at dairy, look at
meat was up twenty one percent, crazy numbers. In fact,
(02:56):
yesterday I was reading a record high seventy percent of
far responding to the Fed Farmer's Confidence Survey. That's twice
a year, record number of seventy percent currently profitable. Fantastic, excellent, great,
we will feel the benefits of that. And then you
have a Labor Party, which when they were last in power,
remember hammered the hell out of these guys to the
(03:18):
point where confidence was falling through the floor. So if
you're the Labor Party today and you're going into an election,
an election in a country which is basically being held
up by agriculture and being held up by farming, then
what sort of policies do you aim and direct at them.
Labor might be listening because they are reviewing all of
their agricultural policies. In fact, I spoke to Hipkins a
(03:40):
couple of months ago about this. He said, putting you know,
they'd want to put farmers into the etes. He said,
that is up for review, up for discussion as well,
we may not do that, So maybe they're listening anyway.
That review underway at the moment. The other one is
the NATS and Welfare. Now, there's nothing wrong with having
a traffic light system, there's nothing wrong with having penal tees,
there's nothing wrong with having more punishments. But fundamentally and
(04:04):
going on about it, but fundamentally for welfare to work,
which is their slogan, you've actually got to have jobs,
don't you. You've got to have some way for people
to go. So it might be your right to do
all that stuff, but you cannot claim it as a
victory until someone is sitting at a desk working Bryan
Bridge or under a cow milking, whatever it might be.
(04:28):
Ten minutes after five news Talks, there'd be will Talk
Weed next.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and one Root Love where you Live.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
News Talks had been five twelve. Brent crudes was up
to eighty four dollars a barrel over night. Of course,
the straitstill's closed and the golf producers are slashing their output.
And as we were talking about yesterday, the Asian refineries
that take that oil from the golf and refine it
Varna having to look for alternative supplies, so they are
cutting back on what they're doing as well. What is
all of this mean. Well, at the moment the price
(05:02):
of a barrel of oil is going up. But also
in New Zealand people are queuing at the petrol station.
Story out this morning on the Herald. This is why
tomill you know the petrol station. They say that they're
the Qes and Wellington that were videoed and put online
yesterday are being reflected around the country. They say demand
is up, sales are increasing ten to fifteen percent this week.
(05:25):
Bridge by thirteen. David Seymour thinks the medicinal cannabis industry
could be an untapped gold mine export levels similar to
our wine industry. In twenty twenty four we sent over
a ton of locally grown cannabis for our overseas, which
is more than double the year before that. Dr Jassim
Elvesa here is with US Cannabis Clinics CEO. Good morning
(05:46):
in modern Line, Good for having me, Good to have
you on the show. So what's holding us back from
growing this even further?
Speaker 7 (05:54):
What's holding us back here is not being able to
use the products that are grown in New Zealand locally.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Ryan.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
We've got a lot of cannabis companies growing cannabis here
locally extracting it. That product is being sent offshore to Australia,
UK and other places and forms that we can't even
get here in New Zealand. And as prescribers here in
the country, we're faced with this dilemma where we have
the product in our own backyard, but we can't prescribe
(06:22):
it because of regulatory hurdles that Kiwis can't meet. These
ki companies can't meet, which is incredibly disappointing because it's a.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
High threshold for a pharmaceutical grade isn't it, that's the problem.
Speaker 7 (06:36):
Yeah, exactly, And I think the regulations here in New
Zealand are out of line with where we are internationally.
So I've had people with Kiwi products from Australia fly
over to New Zealand and show me their medicines. And
we've got thirty plus doctors here who wants to prescribe
cannabis but are restricted. They can't prescribe that product. And
(06:56):
it's locally grown here in our own backyard. And it's
really a calling for us from the regulatory point of view,
to keep up with what people actually need here in
New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Who are you prescribing it too? And how many people
are using it in New Zealand.
Speaker 7 (07:13):
At the moment, there's about one hundred and twenty two
hundred and fifty thousand people in New Zealand have been
prescribed cannabis. And honestly, right, it's all walks of life.
It's you know, you name it, pain, anxiety, sleeping issues,
younger people, middle age, older, anybody who was looking to
(07:36):
improve the quality of life. Where As a condition that
hasn't been improved with conventional treatment comes to us seeking alternatives.
And we live in a day and age where there's
so many chronic conditions and so many people suffering that
people are looking for natural options, something plant based, something
that has worked for thousands of years in human history
and now is accessible via doctors. So it makes sense.
(08:00):
And we do have products. I mean, we are prescribing
here in New Zealand. We've got about sixty products that
are available. But it's growing very slowly, and I think
although it is growing, it has been a success bringing
the medicinal cannabis to New Zealand. There's so much more.
We could be doing so much more in terms of
bringing these Kiwi products in the hands of patients some
(08:21):
of I was down at Puro and Blenheim just a
month back and we were standing in the middle of
these fields of cannabis that's been grown outdoors, just beautiful plants,
all being sported overseas because they are not able to
create the product there requirements.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Can't pass the red box. Appreciate your time this morning,
Dr sim Elzahir, Cannabis connects CEO TIMEUS sixteen minutes after
five number six. Does anyone use it or tried it?
Speaker 7 (08:50):
For? What?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Did he say? For pain? For anxiety, for sleep? All
those sorts of things. It is odd. I think if
you look at the regulations going having to send your
product to Canada or to Australia to then go through
some kind of manufacturing process and then come back to
New Zealand and the cost of that involves does seem
a little bit old, doesn't. I mean, if you're going
(09:12):
to do it and it's going to be legal and
all that sort of thing, then why not make it simpler?
Seventeen after five News Talk dB Views.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
And Views You Trust to start your day. It's early
edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room Love Where You Live.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
News Talks d B five nineteen on newstalks 'b Just
coming back to the fuel price for a second, so
why Tomo. There were reports of people queuing up, particularly
on Tinacorey Road in Wellington, but other parts of New
Zealand as well. There'll be a story out in the
Herald about that today. But apparently some people brought fuel
containers to take advantage of the fuel prices, and they
(09:49):
were advising against using unsafe vessels such as milk or
fizzy drink bottles. For goodness sake, now somebody has text
in quite right, Graham, Ryan. There are cues of petrol
pumps every third Tuesday. That's the day the petrol has
discounted at this at White Tima. Yes, you're correct, but
that is not why the q was so big as
what was being said yesterday. Their sales were ten to
(10:11):
fifteen percent higher than they usually would be even though
it's discount day. Ryan Bridge Formula one twenty twenty six
season kicks off in Melbourne today. Liam Lawson, Well, he'll
be hoping for a change in favor after the same
race last season saw and finished well. Last I learned
a lot.
Speaker 8 (10:29):
Last year was a very important season for me, especially
to survive it. I think that's been something that I've
learned a lot from so on that side, I'm grateful
to have done that and feel a lot better going
into this year.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Alex Powell, HEROLD Sports reporter in Melbourne this weekend. Alex,
good morning, good to have you on the show.
Speaker 9 (10:47):
Thank you mate.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
How's it looking.
Speaker 9 (10:50):
It's actually been a really tricky start to the year
for everyone. I mean there's new cars, there's new regulations
that stctated how you can build them, so no one
really knows how it's going to go. Today, it's going
to be the first time we actually see these cars
and sort of race situation on track. So I think
we're all just waiting with data breath to see how
they'll go.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
I was reading this day about Aston Martin only able
to do twenty five laps because of vibration issues.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (11:17):
Aston Martin has been a real sort of head case
all pre season. They've completely changed their engine manufacturer, so
they're now with Honda. They've just had an issue after
a show after issue, they's suggested that they might just
do the formation that in Melbourne and then retire, which
would be crazy to not even professionally start the race.
So it's again, it's another one of those things that
we're just waiting and seeing how it's actually going to
(11:39):
go once racing begins later this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
So what is that? How do you get into that position?
How long did they have to make the cars fit
the regulations?
Speaker 9 (11:49):
Yeah, so we knew they've been coming in for a
couple of years. But basically teams have to balance last year.
Do they want to be competitive and went into twenty
five and put everything into between twenty six or go
the other way around and try and compete in twenty
twenty five that's right. Yeah, just hold themselves off for
this year, as Martain kind of did neither. So they
were a bit competitive last year, and then now they've
(12:11):
sort of just given everything away. Ferandel Alonso, who's their
senior driver, a two time world champion, he just looks
absolutely devastated whenever he does anything with the media because
he knows they just don't have a car it's going
to be able to compete at all.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
From what you've seen, and I know you've been talking
to him, is Liam looking sound and confident.
Speaker 9 (12:32):
Liam's a very confident guy just just by who he is.
That does come across as arrogance to some people, but
he is just He's one of the most self believing
people I've ever met. I think he has personally everything
he needs to have a really good season. So again,
it's all going to come down to the car. Like
that is just the repeat message you're getting from not
just Liam but all the drivers. We don't know what
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the car is going to be like in comparison to
everyone else.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
I guess that makes it more exciting, does that.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
Yeah, that's why they've done it. I Mean, there was
so much criticism over the last few years about Formula
One and being so predictable, no one really overtakes anyone
on track. We had breakfast out at Mercedes yesterday and
Kimi INSIDEI, who is about nineteen years old, was saying,
what they've done with the new regulation changes is you're
going to get more overtaken in areas of tracks that
you just didn't in the past. And so from a
(13:22):
fans point of view, that's great, but there are a
lot of traditionalists who are really anti it because it's
just not the racing beer used to. So I mean
it's it's going to be really good for neutrals.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Appreciate your time this morning, Alex. Go back to bed.
Alex Powell, the Herald Sports supporter in Melbourne for us
IF one kicking off today twenty three after five Graham Bridge,
Aserbaijan borders a run to the north. They have been
hit by drones and the Azerbaijani's reckon it's from Iran,
but Iran and said no, it's Israel, so they're unsure
on that. But here's the list of countries now that
(13:54):
have been drawn into this that have been hit by
missiles or drones since this thing kicked off. Bahrain Cypress, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Katar,
Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and the UAE. I mean, the
list gets longer, and that doesn't count. Remember the other
day we had the torpedo from the American submarine that
(14:14):
hit the Iranian ship that was an in some international waters,
that was near Sri Lanka. So the thing just keeps
getting bigger and bigger and bigger, doesn't it. And you've
got the Europeans sending over help to the Brits and Cypress.
So we'll talk to Gavin Gray about all of this,
of course at quarter two News Talks.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
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Speaker 2 (14:40):
Talks B twenty six after five. I don't mind paying,
if I'm being honest with you, completely honest with you.
I don't mind paying the train tax in Auckland, even
though I won't be using the damn thing. Rates are
going up. If you didn't see this yesterday, rates are
going up seven point nine percent next year. Now, let's
be honest. It's like wool was selling butt of a
seven ninety nine. It's eight percent, all right, We're talking
(15:01):
about eight percent. Wayne Brown is the eight percent man,
mister fix it is hitting us in the pocket, and
it will hurt an extra three hundred and twenty dollars
for your average rate payer. The average rate goes from
four thousand and fifty five to four thousand, three hundred
and seventy five. If you didn't have to subsidize the
city rail links operations, that would be zero, a zero
(15:23):
percent rate increase. Now, usually something like this would get
me angry. I would come in and I would sort
of get random, and my blood pressure would go up,
and I'd get a bit stressed. I'd be tempted to
go tag the side of a locomotive in the middle
of the night with the cartoon of Wayne Brown, you know,
saying something like, let's f auckland just take off the
IX from his campaign slogan. But I'm not doing that.
(15:46):
I'm calming myself down and remembering I don't generally use
public transport. It's just not convenient for me to do
so because of timing and location. We're basically paying for
a service for commuters for or less than the cost
that it is to operate it. Right. But if we
don't do that, then it won't get used. And if
(16:07):
it doesn't get used, then the roads will stay just
as clogged as they are now. If the roads stage
just as clogged as they are now, then that's time
and money down the drain. And we've been talking about
the fact we need to do something about this. Well
something has been done, so aren't we best to just
make use of it if the thing does what it
says on the label. And we haven't actually seen that
(16:29):
yet of course, because the bloody thing hasn't open. But
if that happens, it'll be worth the extra three hundred
bucks a year to me via other gains. This might
be naive, it might be a touch too hopeful for
you this morning, but if this thing works then I
don't mind paying the train tax. Bread rich us talk
said be so you know Pumji Palma the ACTMP. She
(16:51):
kicked off a review or an inquiry into social media
and young people, saying well, we need to look into
this because of the harm and now not happy with
the outcome in which you can't do I mean, you
can't ask a question you don't know the answer to.
The review in the committee has come out and said
online harm is serious and widespread. It can affect mental health,
(17:12):
well being, development, stuff that you already know and your
kids already know. And they're saying let's go ahead with
the band, a social media band for young people. PALMJ
not happy with that and tweeting furiously about it ironically.
On the show just before six, we'll also head to
the UK with Gavin gram News Talks ab Oh.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
The News you Need this morning and the in depth
Analysis Early edition with Ryan Bridge and One Route Love
Where You Live News Talks at.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
B twenty four minutes away from six, y're on newsbooks.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
I did tell Kensey, I said, Kenzy, give us something
you know to liven us up after the five thirty
news each morning, and so I can't blame you for
doing this.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Right.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Coming up this morning, Gavin Gray's in the UK for us,
We've got this new report out from Parliament on social
media saying basically ban it on the trains, Ryan, nobody
is catching trains. What are you talking about? Businesses have
moved away. But also there is far less chance this
is from Paul, far less chance of being accosted by
some random crackhead in your car. I think that is
(18:38):
a problem. People, go do I want to get the
train or will I be stabbed? Hey out of the UK.
I just want to quick to go to this before
we get to our reporters. This is from that They
must be joking right files the government there Labor Government
new guidelines for British businesses advising employers to strip stereotypically
(19:00):
masculine language, including terms like competitive and ambitious from job advertisements.
How condescending is that the guidance has come from the
Office for Equality and Opportunity. It suggests that as subconsciously
you are deterring women from applying for roles, particularly in
(19:21):
mid to senior management. They say this is evidence informed strategy.
What on earth are they talking about? Would you like
to go and tell I don't know, Dame Lisa Carrington
to stop being competitive? Would you like to go and
tell I don't know Dame Vale that she's too ambitious
and that's not very lady like? On what planet is
(19:42):
this normal? Well, an Ireland, that is the UK twenty
two away from six let's set to our reporters. Jacob
Jones de Needin, good morning.
Speaker 11 (19:53):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
What's going on with the carbon zero target in Queenstown?
Speaker 11 (19:58):
Yeah, this is the keystone projet You've launched in twenty
twenty two, aiming to make Queenstown the first tourist destination
in the world with a completely carbon zero visitor economy
by twenty thirty. CEO Mattwood says they set the extra
ambitious goal to encourage people to make urgent change. He
says progress is being made. He says halfway through, some
(20:18):
amazing things are happening to ensure the visitor economy can
give back more than it takes. But there's always more
they can do. He says, they're realistic. The goal may
not be achieved, but they're proud they'll have at least
moved the needle in the right direction.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Fantastic. How's den Edin's weather.
Speaker 11 (20:32):
Fine and warm, then cloudy with a few spots of
rain in the afternoon and early evening.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Cheers Jacob Clais and christ this morning, Claire, Good morning.
A bit of a birthday for the Student Volunteer Army.
Speaker 12 (20:42):
I know many will remember hundreds, if not thousands, of
university students taking to the streets and to all of
the Red Zone at the time of the earthquake. Well,
this weekend they're getting back together and doing exactly that.
There should be hundreds of students who will return to
the red zone today and tomorrow for what they've called
the Big Give. It's so they can mark fifteen years
since the quake that sparked the SVA movement. Many students
(21:06):
at the moment with children at the time, some of
them weren't even born. But the SVA movement lives on.
Founder Sam Johnson, who we know very well, says what
began is a spontaneous response in twenty eleven mobilizing eleven
thousand students to shovel liquefaction has grown to a national
volunteer network. There's more than sixty thousand people in the
army nationwide. He says, when the worst things happened, it
(21:30):
is amazing to see what students can stand up and do.
He says, when you give them the means to help,
what they will achieve is utterly remarkable. And he says
disasters in New Zealand are only getting more frequent, so
he's urging yet more people to think about volunteering.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Very cool thing that he did in a fantastic achievement.
How's the weather today clear?
Speaker 12 (21:48):
It should be good for them. It's a fog clearing
to a beautiful day, fine northerlies and twenty seven all right.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Max and Wellington Morning Max, Good morning. Got a rates update?
Speaker 13 (21:58):
Well, yes, The City until about midday today is to
release its latest budget paper and there are some rumors
about what's in it. Apparently there may be some job
cuts at the City Council, which is kicking up a
face at the Union of course and among a small
group of councilors. But you've got to get rates down.
Some projects are being shelved. We already know about cycle
ways the Golden Mile. Some aspects around emissions reductions and
(22:22):
measures around bringing down emissions have also been wound back.
Apparently fifty recommendations in this budget paper. Obviously a lot
of money is going to be needed to be spent
on more point in the next few months. Deputy Mayor
Ben McNulty's behind this. This year's planned rates rise had
already come down from twelve point seven percent to nine
point four percent, so apparently we may get more favorable
(22:44):
news today as well. That's the rumor cuts, that's the
word du jour in the capital today.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
All they could do with a few of those.
Speaker 13 (22:50):
How's the weather, Yeah, mostly fine, Today's strong Northerlyies nineteen.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Good on your Max, have a good weekend. Good morning, yavor,
good morning. Last month a big one for Auckland. How
many hotels almost fall to the broom?
Speaker 14 (23:01):
Yes, yes, this is pretty good. Actually, so the city's
accommodation more than ninety percent full for more than a
third of February, so the occupation occupation occupancy, I should say,
reached ninety five percent. This was the weekend of the
sale GP Valentine's Day and then the weekend after which
was obviously the Royal Edinburgh Military tattoo at Eden Park.
(23:23):
So yeah, we can attribute it to all of that.
Auckland un Limited says that we actually haven't had a
feb as busy exist since before COVID nineteen.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Ah, great, it felt like that it did.
Speaker 14 (23:34):
And look, I've got to tell you because we're preparing
for a sporting frenzy this weekend next four days because
we've got the Warriors Blues racing at Ellesleie Auckland FC
on Sunday, so that's going to be a big one.
And let's hope that the trains are operating.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah's a combined forces. Apparently it's like foot they're doing
that's right a joint marketing campaign.
Speaker 14 (23:53):
Andrew said that you know, like to go to all four.
It's it's like over about one hundred dollars, but that's
really really good. So yeah, how's our weather, morning cloud,
afternoon cloud otherwise fine twenty two is high here in
Auckland and it's going to be stunning Saturday Sunday.
Speaker 11 (24:06):
No rains.
Speaker 14 (24:07):
It's going to be great for our football flies. Blah
blah blah.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Weekend brilliant e the blah blah blah weekend eighteen away.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
From six Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Our little update investor is over in Wall Street dialing back.
The chance of a FED rate cut not surprising given
the fact that you've actually had some quite solid economic
data coming out of the US. But then you also
now have concerns about the energy prices, and one of
that due to inflation, where you're hardly going to go
cut your rates at the point like that. So there
is now a fifty to fifty chance of two cuts
in twenty twenty six. That compares to an eighty percent
(24:37):
chance that the markets were pricing in last week seventeen
to six. We're in London next News.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Talk SEBB International correspondence with ends and eye insurance Peace
of mind for New Zealand Business News.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Talk to b it is quarter to six on your
Friday morning. Let's go to Gavin Gray, a UK europe correspondent.
Gavin Starars just spoken sending some more finer jets to Cutter.
Speaker 15 (25:00):
Yes for typhoon jets, but I'm afraid he's still being
accused widely of having completely misjudged this whole requirement to
put defenses into cypress cypresses where Britain has an raf
based Arif Acreteri, which had a drone attack which damaged
the runway earlier in the week. Now the UK is
(25:22):
sending a frigate a ship, but it won't be ready
until next week and that means that it won't get
there for probably a week from now. Other European nations, though,
are very quickly jumping into this void Italy, France, Spain,
the Netherlands or sending naval assets Greece as well joining
in with anti drone materials and frankly many people think
(25:43):
Kirstar has been caught rather napping on this, plus the fact,
rather embarrassingly for him, the first flight that was the
government chartered flight out of the Middle East for people
who were stuck there. Had been delayed for some engineering problems.
It has now taken off, but I think Sir Kirstam
has got an uphill battle to convince people he's doing
(26:04):
the right thing.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Kevin Spain, Caroline leave at US today.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
With respect to Spain, I think they heard the President's
message yesterday loud and clear, and it's my understanding over
the past several hours they've agreed to cooperate with the
US military, and so I know that the US military
is coordinating with their counterparts in Spain.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Now, the Spanish made something to say about that, haven't they.
Speaker 15 (26:27):
They sure have. They've categorically rejected that. They said that
our opinion opposition has not changed at all. So is
this another misspeak from the Trump administration and it's spokespeople, Well,
Spain says it absolutely is. They're completely dismissing Caroline Levitt's
words there. Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, has
(26:49):
been very quick to say no to war. This is
a disaster in the Middle East, it'll be a disaster
for the wider world. President Trump has had a real
go at him, saying they're going to advertise with Spain.
But incidentally, it's very interesting that our Aansha Ganzale is
the former Foreign Minister of Spain, saying, you know what
is interesting that Trump has attacked the British Prime Minister,
(27:10):
the Ukrainian president, Denmark's Metafredicson and now the Spanish Prime minister.
Why well, they've all got in common the fact they've
said no to him, and I think a great deal
of European sentiment now going the way that we need
to look after ourselves and not worry too much about
what Donald Trump is saying about our leaders.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Yeah, an insult from Trump no longer carries the same weight,
does it? Appreciate your time? Gavin gray Ow, UK europe
Correspondent twelve to six Bridge, the MP who kicked off
an inquiry into social media harm for kids, doesn't like
the outcome the Education Committee's final reports is basically been
under sixteens from TikTok, Facebook other platforms is doing them damage.
Dr Palmji Palmer, represents ACT on the Education Workforce Committee,
(27:50):
joins me this morning, good morning.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
Hello, good morning.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
So you didn't like the outcome of the inquiry. Why not?
Speaker 4 (27:58):
I'm actually quitted pointed to see the outcome, because the
idea was to go with an open mind, not just
copy and paste of what others have done without actually
examining everything. I don't like it because banning social media
funder sixteen is one of the recommendations, and this issue
was actually central to the reason for the inquiry. And
(28:18):
you will note in the advice that was provided by
the advisors, the advisors didn't provide full advice on this
issue this intervention, and I wrote to the Select Committee
urging the Select Committee to seek advice on this particular intervention,
and the Select Committee members, by maturity, decided not to proceed.
(28:39):
So my view is that they took a predetermined approach,
and in my view, this is a very serious issue,
and so they didn't really undermine the Select Committe's rule.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Didn't get the evidence, didn't get the evidence. They just
go on ahead with a sort of headline grabbing decision.
But you, I mean, you can't say, Pumpjack Kennedy. You
can't sit there and tell us that it's not bad
for kids. I mean, look at them, so we know.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
And I must say that concerns about young people online
are real and we need to find real solutions for them.
So this is a complex issue, and what I'm saying
is that it was not dealt with the seriousness that
parents and young people deserve. And our issue here is
this that with this approach, what will happen is that
(29:25):
all New Zealanders will be required to upload their IDs digitally.
And this is not just about the physical part of it.
So if you consider the scale of data these platforms
would command, so this is your identity, your online behavior,
your networks, your past and current behaviors online. So in
my view, this isn't just information, it's actually powerful.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
It's fair pavility, that is fair. But you can choose,
like we live in a free society, you do not
have to sign up to a social media platform. You
can choose not to. If I go buy alcohol, then
I need to show my ID.
Speaker 4 (30:00):
You don't leave your ID with them here. You will
be required to upload your ID to these platforms, and
that is where we have concerns. We don't want to
see New Zealanders, so don't you compromise for their property.
But what I wanted the Electimittee to do was orrow
work to see how we could mitigate this. But that
didn't happen because we didn't get the advice on this
intervention from the advisors, and the Selectimitty then went ahead
(30:23):
and made this as a recommendation, one of the recommenda.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
All right, but let's be honest. If you force under
sixteen year olds to prove their age, that doesn't mean
that everyone over sixteen has to give an idea, does it?
Speaker 4 (30:35):
So that will be the case because when it is
going to be based on age, age verification will be required.
So in many many cases it may not be possible
for even if it's biometrics or some other ways used
to just look at the image and say the person
is sixteen? Right doing so the shoe here is this.
(31:01):
We had the opportunity to learn from them, and YouTube
also wrote to the Select Comittee this is when we
were doing the second report, to share their experiences, but
Selectimittee turned down that request as well.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Okay, all right, Pumji, appreciate your time this morning. Acting
p Palm Jeck Palmer not happy with the inquiry. Eight
minutes away from sixth.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and one roof Love where You
Live News Talks.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
He'd be away from six News talks, he'd be and
amongst all of the war and the social media bands
and everything we've been discussing. This morning, Britney Spears has
been arrested again. Happened at three am local time a
couple of days ago, apparently, according to CNN Mike's in
the studio, Good morning, Mike.
Speaker 16 (31:44):
Is there a person who's achieved great success at a
very young age who's gone on to live a productive
and successful life.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
In adulthood justin Timberlake?
Speaker 16 (31:54):
Well, I dispute that because he was pulled over, not
so what was it last year? Pulled out with a
few details and yeah it was slightly over.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Oh is that acceptable?
Speaker 4 (32:03):
Now?
Speaker 9 (32:03):
Is it right?
Speaker 2 (32:04):
It's not the end of the world. I'm going to say,
it's not the end of the work. Well, when you
compare it to the meltdowns that you see from the
other Disney stars.
Speaker 16 (32:11):
Yeah, but you're you're off a low bar. See I'm
thinking of Robbie Williams. So Robbie Williams remains wildly successful,
but yet it's still troubled. So so you can't care.
I wouldn't count that. I'd say, yes, he's successful, but
he's remained troubles. He's had a hell of a pathway.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Would you say that these are necessarily people who are
popular and famous young or just famous people who are troubled.
Generally you'll never know.
Speaker 16 (32:36):
But if you start when you're seven or eight years old,
were you always going to end up trouble?
Speaker 10 (32:40):
See?
Speaker 16 (32:40):
I think of poor old Britney. So she sold her
catalog the other day, so she's got she's got all
the money in the world. She doesn't need to work again.
So she's essentially bored, witless.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
Yes, and troubled. What's your purpose? So how's that?
Speaker 16 (32:53):
How's that going to end up for you?
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Other than poorly? Jason Bateman, Shirley Temple has had trouble.
Speaker 16 (32:59):
He was on the pills and the potions and the
trog Do you see let them in? And Bateman?
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Yeah, I did see that. That was good. They're all
that's Hollywood. They're all on the pills in the posh
Well not all of them are, are they?
Speaker 16 (33:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
There's a few maybe that are. There's very few.
Speaker 16 (33:12):
People who go, you know, start off young and do well. Hey,
by the way, congratulations to you on your interview this
morning on the F one. I know how hard that
must have been research wise for you to come up.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
With most of the probing. Well, I find that Aston
Martin thing.
Speaker 16 (33:26):
It's very very interesting.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
I wanted to ask about it. Twenty five so they're
going to do twenty five laps out of fifty.
Speaker 16 (33:32):
So they say the problem is knwi who's the genius.
The design genius is a perfectionist. And if you're really interested,
you want to watch a guy called Windsor who used
to work for Ferrari and Williams. He says, because he's perfectionist,
putting this car together at this point, because they started late,
is nigh on impossible, hence their problems. It will come
right during the season.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
But is that the equivalent of playing half a game
of rugby?
Speaker 16 (33:56):
Oh you can't. I find it hard to believe that happened.
But if they turn up for twenty five laps. Alonzo
yesterday is saying the shaking is so bad it's got nerves.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
He fears nerve damage in his hands. So that's true.
It's on Honda.
Speaker 16 (34:10):
Know he's blaming Honda.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
I know where you'll be this weekend on the count.
Speaker 16 (34:14):
I'm going to be on the couch right on the
Palatine away.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Happy Friday everyone, See you Monday.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
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