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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Bryan Bridge on
early edition with Spunk for Business Technology that keeps business
moving US talks.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
They'd be good morning of six after five. Great to
have your company coming up on the show. The amalgamation Ultimatan,
we'll look at that shortly. The UK will go there
ahead of their local elections. Two thirds of inmates here
in New Zealand released from jail go on to commit
new crimes within two years. We'll ask why. Mike Jones
from benz on the unemployment number, and we've got global
dairy trade auction numbers for you this morning too. The
(00:33):
agenda Instade sixth of made Pete Higgsitt says the US
around ceaseply is not over. What they have done so
far doesn't meet the threshold. Who actually get back to war.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
As a direct gift from the United States to the world,
we have established a powerful red, white and blue dome
over the street. American destroyers are on station support about
hundreds of fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and surveillance aircraft providing
twenty four to seven overwatch for peaceful commercial vessels.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
The big he Man and his bluster just cannot answer
basic questions about how this sort of work. I'll have
details on a second, or i won't have details text
because he said nothing. This is how Trump is explaining
what's going on in the straight at the moment.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Even shooting those boats, They've got three or four guys.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
They get a little machine gun in front.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
They're shooting at one of our ships.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
That's meant for it.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It bounces.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
It wouldn't even know they're being shot out.
Speaker 6 (01:27):
And then they take it out with an Apache helicopter
in about two seconds.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
They go Apache Apache ship northwest ten degrees. Turns are
a pool.
Speaker 8 (01:36):
I don't like that.
Speaker 7 (01:36):
You know, you lose people.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
All these people are so unnecessary.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
To the UK. Starmer's got a message for Tehran speaking
of them. This is after all those attacks on Jews
in London.
Speaker 9 (01:46):
I've seen this poison up close. I've seen the damage
it does when it takes hold. I don't know what
it demands to root it out. A coordinated approve, an
unwavering result, zero tolerance for failure. My government is using
the full force of the state to that end.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
And finally this morning, for our Dolly Parton, she's not
working nine to five at the moment has six state
run at the Coliseum Theater at Sesar's Palace, Las Vegas
over because of health issues.
Speaker 7 (02:22):
Good news is, I'm responding really well to medgs and
treatments and I'm improving every day.
Speaker 8 (02:29):
Now.
Speaker 7 (02:29):
The bad news is, It's going to take me a
little while before I'm up to stage performance level because
some of the meds and treatments make me a little
bit swimy headed. As my grandma used to say.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Gotta love her.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
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news talks, it'd be.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Nine after five nine nine two, the number of text
always love to hear from you. We will head to
the UK later in the program and talk about those elections,
plus Starmer's little speech there on anti Semitism. It's one
of his weak points at the moment, isn't it. I mean, well,
it's seen in the UK is one of his weak points.
It is being too liberal when it comes to those
marches and the anti semitism there. Anyway, coming back home,
(03:17):
the Salvation Army has a report out this morning, and
before you roll your eyes because some of them are
a long read and they're not necessarily that good. But
this one makes just states a fact and it's one
that we've known for a while. So more than forty
percent of people who are released from prison go back
there within two years, and about two thirds, so sixty
percent re offend within two years. So if you get
(03:39):
out of prison, there's a very high chance that within
a couple of years, you'll either be back behind bars
or you'll be arrested for committing a new crime. And
what does this tell you? Well, I mean, they're going
to come on the program this morning and they're going
to say it's because of housing. There's when people are
released from prison, they don't go into secure housing, and
(04:01):
then they are more likely they'll go and live with
gang members, or they'll go be paroled somewhere and they'll
be in a bad crowd, bad friends, and they'll go
on to reoffend. And what about those who don't Are
the rest of sixty percent of people who don't return
to prison? Are they all going to wonderful homes? And
you know, is it housing that is causing that problem?
(04:25):
And if so, how do you explain the people who
don't go to good houses but still don't reoffend. What
else is going on? What's happening inside the prison when
they're there, is anyone actually being rehabilitated. And the fundamental question,
if you don't want to be rehabilitated, then you never
will be not even a question. If you don't want it,
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it won't happen. And unfortunately, if you look at the
numbers inside our prisons at the moment, most don't want rehabilitation,
aren't interested saying no to doing any form of glass
or work. Eleven after five, Ryan Bridge, it should be
we'll give you the global dairy trade options next, plus
Mike Jones, B and Z on unemployment.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark for business technology
that keeps business moving.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
News Talk ZB five thirteen. So up one and a
half percent. This is the global dairy trade option overnight.
That's the overall number for us. The ones we really
care about. Skim milk powder up three percent, whole milk
powder up two point two percent, Mozzarella we sell a
bit of that to the Chinese, and I'll so we're
up four point seven percent, and butter coming down slightly
(05:35):
two point six percent. You're on news talks. He'd be
more on that in a second. Ryan Bridge, Right, let's
go to today's unemployment number, which we're going to get
at about quarter to eleven this morning, we'll get the
job's number. This is Q one. Unemployment expected to hold
around five point four percent, may tick up slightly to
five and a half. Still more people looking for jobs
and jobs available. Mike Jones, chief economist at Being in
(05:57):
Z with me this morning, get it, Mike, Good morning.
This is quarter one, so basically pre war. I mean
there'll be a bit of war, but mainly pre war.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
Right, Yeah, that's right. These numbers have been overtaken by
events a little bit. I think we'll see probably a
picture of a steadying but still pretty sluggish sort of
jobs environment from these figures.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Where are you picking it's going to peak unemployment?
Speaker 10 (06:22):
Well, it wasn't so long ago. We thought actually these
Q one numbers would mark the peak, but of course
that's changed in light of events. We now think unemployment
probably drifts up over most of this year and peaks
set five point eight percent by the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
So when we're talking about a recovery and sort of jobs,
we're looking at twenty twenty seven.
Speaker 10 (06:44):
Now that's I think what we are looking at. I
think that that picture of a recovery in labor market
this conditions has proven elusive and then sliding into twenty
twenty seven. Of course, the labor market is the last
shoe to drop. It does tend to lag the rest
of the economy. So if we do see a bit
of a steadying and economic growth over the second half
(07:07):
of this year, or that would pave the way for
a better looking labor market yet next year.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
And is this number about an increase in the number
of workers or is it about job losses?
Speaker 10 (07:21):
More the format, we actually do think we've got some
job's growth in the court, not a whole lot, but
an increase of zero point two percent. That would only
actually be the second quarter in the last eighteen months
in which you've got job's growth. But we don't think
that will be enough to offset the growth and the
labor supply through the quarter, So you still get a
(07:42):
list in unemployment or a slight nudge up and unemployment
on our forecast to five and a half the season.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Mike, how important is this number for our economy because
the last time we spoke about it, well, the last
time we had a quarterly result, it's very much about
giving people confidence. I mean, if you know that if
you're looking for work and you know there's a job
out there, or if you're in a job you don't
like and you want to move to a better one,
or you want to get a pay rise, all those
things are important for growth.
Speaker 10 (08:07):
Right, It's right, that's right, and I think the lady
market has been in this sluggish, slow and low environment
where there's been a bit of job's growth, but not
a lot, as I say, not generally enough to offset
growth in the labor supply. And so that's meant that
opportunities to move has been a little bit more few
(08:30):
and far between than we would like, and that's kept
wage growth relatively low as well.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Mike, good to have you on the show. This morning
is always Mike Jones. Chief economist, Ben z It is
sixteen after five. It's interesting what's happening in Canada. You know,
Trump always said that there will be a breakaway state
from Canada and they'll become the fifty first US state. Well,
Alberta oil rich very well to do. Thank you very
much in that regard. Three hundred and two thousand signatures
(08:57):
they have collected for a referee to leave Canada little
separatist breakaway state. They needed one hundred and seventy eight
thousand signatures. They've got more than three hundred, so it
will trigger a vote. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that
they will leave. The vote will then mean that they
negotiate with the federal government to try and leave. However,
(09:19):
they reckon it's actually unlikely to do anything or unlikely
to pass. They hated. The big problem they had is
that the federal government i e. Trudeau and the Liberal
governments of which they've had many now, were trying to
hamstring hams. They were felt hamstrung, I should say by
exports and production of oil. That all the regulations and
(09:40):
all of the red tape and all of the hoops
they had jumped through were costing them billions of dollars.
And of course state like that oil production. State doesn't
like it. So they kicked this off when Trudeau was
in power. But now of course they've got Mark Carney,
and apparently Carne even though they don't like the Liberals,
is more like Trudeau was eighteen after five.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
The News You Need this Morning and the in Depth
Analysis Early Edition with Bryan Bridge and spark for business
technology that keeps business moving.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
News talks that'd be five twenty. You know the creepy
looking German guy that some reckon murdered an abducted Medaline McCann.
Will the Brits want I'm extradited to the UK to
stand trial for murder. This is Christian Brickner. The Telegraph
in the UK is reporting that police reckon. They can
gather enough evidence, and they've got enough strong evidence to
force some charges against him. The problem is the Germans
(10:34):
and their constitution that stops you from extraditing anyone to
a non EU country, and of course after Brexit, that's
exactly what the UK is. Bryan Bridge for prisoners back
in jail within two years. In New Zealand, two thirds
commit new crimes within two years. The Salvation Army report
out this morning blames housing. Ian Hudson, the Salvation Army
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mission officer with me, Ian, good morning, good morning, to
be with you. Is that number getting better? We are more.
I've just got a text here from Graham, says Ryan.
In the eighties, I remember from experience the recidivism rate
was around eighty percent.
Speaker 5 (11:11):
I wouldn't know how far back it would be at
that level, but this has been quite whatever level it
used to be. This is very high world by world standards,
and it's been pretty stable. It hasn't gone up or
down much for we've been doing these reports State of
(11:31):
the Nation reports now for about twenty years. It's not
got any better, and we've got one of the highest
imprisonment rates in the world, and we just think it's
time to try and do something to bring those numbers down.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
You're saying housing is a big problem that when they
get out they don't have a good house to go to,
more likely to commit crimes as a result, you said
that we are doing worse on this measure than other countries.
Are other countries doing better with housing?
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Yes they are. I mean the issues that people in
New Zealand face when they leave prison is that they
don't have any access to landlords when they're trying to
arrange for leaving prison. Obviously, I mean when you're inside
you don't have that access. You're unlikely I mean landlords
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would have some degree of not wanting to take you anyway.
And then they're released very often or too often without
any ID so they can't get access to MSD money.
So they don't have enough money to put up for
bond or any of those kinds of things. And so
basically when they are when they set free, if you like,
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they end up with three hundred and fifty dollars of
what's called the Steps to Freedom grant, which isn't really
much good get you into any kind of decent housing.
And what we've discovered, well, the things that we've seen.
(13:07):
One of the reports that was done by the University
of Auckland study had over one hundred people that they
looked at. They found that people that didn't get good
or stable housing are four point six times more likely
to re offend and those who had stable housing. Right,
(13:27):
So that's kind of what we're aiming at to try
to bring that.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I understand. And the other problem you've got is when
they're in prison, are they being rehabilitated, what percentage of
them actually want to be.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
Well, it's quite a low percentage of people that get
any kind of help well are in prison, and.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
So how many wanted well, it's pretty.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Hard to estimate that. What I do know is that
quite a few people when they leave prison I actually
want to turn their life around. I mean, they don't
want to end up back there. And what we see,
as you mentioned in the introduction, that forty three percent
of prisoners end up back in prison. And I mean
(14:16):
I remember visiting prison sometime back in one of the
workers there describing the way that she saw young men
leaving prison and then she saw them in the community
that they were so excited leaving, wanting to you know,
looking forward to it, and then the.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Hope it turns to custard once they get out. Ian
appreciate your time this morning in Hadson Salvation Army Mission
Officer times twenty four minutes after five one of those
catch twenty two things. I mean, someone commits a crime
and they do the time, and you want them to
be punished. Yeah, good, and then when they get out, unfortunately,
they do have to get out. I mean, you can't
(14:54):
just imprison people forever, can you, Unless I've done something
particularly hengous, can't in prison them forever. And when they
get out, they're going to maybe live next door to you,
or they're going to go on shop lit from a
store near you. So it's kind of in all our
interests to make sure that they are rehabilitated. But as
I said, if they don't want to be, they won't be.
Twenty five after five the early.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
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Speaker 10 (15:19):
Talks AV.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
News Talks, there be twenty seven after five. There are
basically two big things that governments, the state controls. That
affects the economy, therefore affects us. All the politicians make big,
grandiose statements. They promise to change the world, but the
reality is a lot simpler and more basic than that.
Spending and stability. Romanians are going to bed right now
(15:43):
unsure of who is going to run their country. The
government's just lost a confidence vote there the Socialists have
cided bizarrely with the far right of all groups to
collapse the coalition. This is bad for their economy because
business relies on stability and predictability. Their absence knee caps
and investment decisions, therefore growth and it's a problem. Same
(16:04):
reason investors right now dittery. In the UK, the long
term bond yields are the highest they have been since
nineteen ninety eight. Why because Starmer is going to get
a hiding in local elections in the coming days, and
his replacement, either Angela Rayner or even the outside of
Andy Burnham, the King of the North. We've talked about
him before, are left of him. They are further left
(16:25):
of Starma and that could mean more spending and borrowing,
something markets unsurprisingly think the Motherland can ill afford a
present which brings us neatly to spending. Look no further
than across the TASM. The RBA yesterday hiked the cash rate,
putting mortgage costs up for the third time this year,
and it comes with a warning to Jim Chalmers there
(16:46):
Nikola willis equivalent her jogging buddy in DC. Watch your spending, Cobber,
or you'll make this worse. Too much spending is fuel
on the fire, and the fire is burning, heading to
five percent inflation there, thank you very much. Pretty much
every economy us there, including Paul Bloxham, our rockstar Economists,
says the key risk to Ozzie's right now is the
threat of an Australian budget due Tuesday with bazookers that
(17:09):
more with more cash than can be expected and afforded,
that could force rates higher. Of course, all of this
is to say there are plenty of lessons around the
world just in the last twelve hours, let alone modern
history that politician's main job is basically to be responsible,
get along with one another and don't be tempted to
buy votes with cash you can't afford in the short
(17:30):
term and that we will pay for in the long term.
Here on News Talks, there'd be we will head to
the UK after news.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Hearritt first, Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark for
business technology that keeps business moving.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
News Talks ad B twenty four away from six there
on News Talks, there'd be great becoming this Wednesday morning,
we're going to head to the UK. Another arson attack,
this one on a Jewish community in London, will be
live there also Mahe Drysdale on the super City deadline
coming up before six o'clock this morning, and our reporters
(18:12):
in a second, just very quickly. The good news on
the straight up, holl moves is that well the ceasefire
isn't breaking, so that's good. They're not going back to war.
But as I said to you from the very beginning
of this, this war was going to be over. But
that's not the important thing for us, not the important
thing for the world. It's getting the straight open. And
on that front, we are no closer really than we
(18:34):
were yesterday. I mean, the Americans are in there with
a bunch of sailors and a bunch of navy vessels
and a bunch of bunch of destroyers, but we're no
real closer because when you ask Pete higsth and he's
just held a prince conference overnight, what if you're a
ship sitting there right now in the Gulf waiting to
go through, how do you know whether you can go
(18:54):
through or not? Is it safe? Am I going to
be bombed? Am I going to Is there a speedboat?
You know? How do you who initiates the crossing and
didn't answer the question, didn't answer the question. There was
a weird bit earlier in the press conference. It's kind
of this bizarre comment about whether the US was using
Kamakazi dolphins to help with the Iran war. I know,
(19:16):
apparently there's been some reports that Iran could be looking
at using dolphins armed with mines for attacks.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
And I can't confirm or to know whether we have
Kamakazi dolphins, but I can confirm they don't.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Yeah, okay, so very funny, but also not a lot
of information that we got from Pete Hegseith this morning.
I have to say, it's twenty two away from six
Ryan Bridge. Just go to our reporters around the country
Clum and Tonedin Morning Colum Right, the Dunedin Studied getting
a bit of a change. What's changing, Well, it's just shifting.
Speaker 11 (19:45):
Its focus now to pass the midlife years for it's study.
The Multi Disciplinary Health and Development Study which follows the
lives of more than a thousand babies born here in
Dnedan between nineteen seventy two and seventy three. So it's
just finished its age fifty two data collection phase. So
this is New Zealand's longest running long the Tudoral Study.
(20:08):
Ninety two percent of people still take part, so that
makes it the world's best participation rates for research of
this kind. Most studies rre and only see about fifty
percent of its members still. The study director is Professor
Mowana Theodore. She says they've revealed the impact of early
life on adulthood. They've now completed the midlife assessment and
so next us starting to look at how to prevent
(20:28):
age related conditions like dementia.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
How's your weather fine?
Speaker 11 (20:32):
To start with, but scattered rain develops today the high
northerlies and seventeen.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Thank you very much. Clear in christis morning, Claire, Good morning.
What's the latest, Gloria Vail?
Speaker 12 (20:42):
Well, this one's a glory of old teacher who will
spend the next ten months on home detention after attacking
four boys within the Christian community. Open Justice reports that
Vigilant stand True was found guilty of some representative charges
of assault with a blunt instrument in January, after attacking
the children with tools ranging from pitchforks to shovels. Now
(21:03):
these assaults occurred between two thousand and one and twenty thirteen.
The judge Tony Zoab has accepted that stand True was
under pressure at the time, but nothing could justify these assaults.
One of the victims, who has now grown to be
an adult, says he finds it really hard to quantify
the mental strain that was caused by years of abuse
at this man's hands.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
How's your weather clear for christ Church? Fine?
Speaker 12 (21:26):
Aside from a bit of evening high cloud expected northerlys
and high twenty nice one.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Thank you enjoy Max and Wellington morning Max, good morning. Hey,
I thought this is today good news about well our
reprieve for now, at least on those Westport Wellington flights.
Speaker 13 (21:38):
Yeah, some late funding coming in to save the route.
Origin Air was to shut it down this month. It
was supposed to be the first major victim of obviously
spiraling jet fuel costs in the country, small market regional aviation,
but also the only scheduled service operating from Westport development
West Coast and the government approving a month's funding. So
(22:00):
obviously a short term measure, but it does in some
small positive way. I suppose signal support as we reckon
with the future of regional air services Oraginaire itself had
only stepped in twenty twenty four when Sounds Air had withdrawn.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
A new Zealand Judgstar.
Speaker 13 (22:14):
They're all going to keep reducing their schedule while this
run stuff goes on. Nelson complaining just a few days
ago that they were losing dozens.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Of flights at this rate.
Speaker 13 (22:23):
How's you with, Max, cloudy with a little drizzle, gusty northerly.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Sixteen, Thank you, Good morning.
Speaker 4 (22:29):
Neber, good morning.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
What's the story with this? There's an open justice report
on this man who was found and concrete under his house.
Speaker 14 (22:35):
Yes, now, look at the time, this is quite a
big story. So a border most likely knew the truth.
This was about what really happened to a man, you're
quite right, found entombed in concrete. This is beneath his
Mount Eden home for sixteen years. So open justice is
saying that, you know, like David Stanley, Heart's remains there
were found in twenty twenty. This is at a Molborough
Street property. This is where he used to operate as
(22:57):
a boarding house. So the coroner findings they're really today.
They're finding that the cause of the death's still unknown,
but it's likely that it happened in two thousand and four.
It also suggests Gabriel Ormsby, who continued living in the
house until he died in twenty sixteen, knew something about
Heart's disappearance. The coroner stopped short of linking Ormsby to
(23:18):
the death due to lack of evidence.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Though, right, interesting stuff. How's our weather?
Speaker 15 (23:23):
Cloudy?
Speaker 14 (23:23):
Isolated showers mainly in the afternoon. Twenty one is the
high And I have to say, you've got a new
top on.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
It's an old shirt? Is it an old shirt?
Speaker 16 (23:33):
It's very nice.
Speaker 14 (23:33):
I thought, Mike Hosking, it's got that Mike Costking feel
about it. I thought, was he giving you fashion say.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
That, do you know it's actually not my student's my husband.
And the only reason I'm wearing it is because I
went to the wardrobe this morning, where I thought I
had a nice you know, normally wear my white cris
do was missing. I like that I wore this one.
Speaker 14 (23:53):
I think Mike's going to prove when he comes in
the year your husband's got great tyst and clothing better
than yours.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Shall I say thank you? I think never. Eighteen away
from six Ryan right, loads of texts coming in on
reoffending and prisoners. Ryan, the stats Sally's have just made
up these numbers and throwing more money at the problem
won't stop the scumbags reoffending. Lots of text of that ILK.
Jacqueline says the problem here is who's monitoring. It's the
(24:19):
probation Service. And another says Ryan, throwing money at problems
doesn't fix them. And really what we need to fix
is literacy and numerousy and that is exactly what Seymour
and Stanford and Willis are trying to do. Seventeen away
from six News talks so B We're in London.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Next International correspondence with Ends and eye Insurance peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Who's talk their b it has called it to six.
It's got to Peter Anderson, our UK europe correspondent, Peter,
Nice to have you on the program. I see that
Starmer has been talking about anti semitism once, he said, Ryan,
good morning to you. Yes.
Speaker 8 (24:57):
Over recent weeks, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced
strong criticism from Jewish groups for not doing enough to
tackle antisemitism. He was even booed a few days ago
as he visited the site of a recent attack on
two Jewish men. Well Today, the Prime Minister hosted more
than ninety people at a summit in Downing Street, including
(25:18):
senior figures from the police, businesses, universities, the arts and
trade unions. And following the discussions, Keir Starmer said recent
attacks against British Jews were a crisis for everyone in
the country. He issued a specific warning to foreign states
such as Iran, which are suspected of being behind some
(25:39):
recent incidents. He told Iran that efforts to stir up violence,
hatred or division in the UK will not be tolerated,
and he promised that tougher legislation to tackle so called
malign threats would be fast tracked, with anti terror powers
being stepped up. Also at the summit, more money was
pledged to protect the uns Jewish communities seem to be
(26:01):
at greatest risk and to support community cohesion, for example
by giving greater funding to youth and to school initiatives.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
And we've got more evidence of anti Semitism and action.
Speaker 5 (26:16):
Yes.
Speaker 8 (26:16):
The threat faced by Britain's Jewish communities has been highlighted
again today with a suspected arson attack at a former
synagogue in Whitechapel in East London. Counter Terrorism officers are
involved in the investigation, with London's Metropolitan Police already saying
that CCTV footage indicates the fire was started deliberately. The
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building was formerly home to East London Central Synagogue. Police
have said they're taking today's incident extremely seriously and are
investigating potential links to other recent attacks on London's Jewish community.
They've also said to be providing support and security advice
to local organizations, to community venue and also to businesses.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Peter Anderson, UK Yourope correspondent, Great to have your update
this morning, twelve minutes away from six Brilland Bridge to
shatter Australia. The RBA Michelle Bullock warning Labor on their
budget cash handout that they are expected to deliver next
week when Charmers delivers as budget. They have just hiked
the official cash right there for the third time this year.
And this was Michelle Bullock quite like the cut of
(27:23):
herd jib, giving them a bit of a warning.
Speaker 16 (27:25):
Already, we've seen a sharp increase in fuel and related
commodity prices and this is already feeding through to inflation.
The recent increases and interest rates will have no impact
on this. What these increases do, however, is helped to
contain the domestic inflationary pressures after the inflation due to
oil and related commodity prices eases.
Speaker 17 (27:47):
Now.
Speaker 16 (27:47):
I understand this is a really difficult time for households
who are already facing higher fuel prices and other cost
of living pressures. But we must get on top of
inflation now so that it doesn't get away from us and.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Bridge China's twelve minutes away from six councils have been
given an ultimatum by the government. You've got three months
to come up with a plan to merge or restructure
yourselves or government will come in and do it for you.
Speaker 17 (28:09):
There is a clear carrot, which is a three month
window for councils to shape their own destiny and the
future of their own local governing arrangements. And if that
opportunity is not seized and grasped by local government, then
the government will act and do it for those communities.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Mahe Drysdale todng amir with me this morning. Mahey, good morning,
good morning. Do you want amalgamation? Oh?
Speaker 6 (28:34):
Look, I think we need to change the way we
do things. The local government system was designed in nineteen
eighty nine and needs to change. I think everyone's agreeing
on that. So yeah, I welcome the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
To do that. Do you will you be able to
get this done in three months? Put something in.
Speaker 6 (28:51):
Look, that's going to be tough.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
You know.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
We've got to work with seven different councils around our
region to come up with a plan. But I will
definitely be advocating with them that we should do it ourselves.
We've been elected by our communities to make decisions for
our communities and I think that's a better way than
waiting for the government to doing whatever they want to us.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Regional council's gone. What is the You know, you've got
seven councils to deal with. What sort of structure would
be ideal do you think for your area?
Speaker 6 (29:25):
Look, I'm not exactly sure. I think it's less and
you know, the government have set some pretty clear guidelines.
You can have a maximum of three unitaries in a region,
so you know that that's potentially something that works pretty well.
You know, we've got some natural kind of boundaries, I
guess if if you kind of think about the Bay
(29:47):
of Plenty with us in Western Bay being very aligned
in our geography and basically one economy, you know, you've
got Rosa and you've got sort of the Eastern councils.
So look, I'm not sure exactly where the boundaries end up,
but you know that's a conversation that we'd have to
(30:08):
have and going to have to do it very quickly,
because three months is a tight time frame to get
a proposal together.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
No, it's not long at all, but it's sort of
something has to be done with it because it's been
a mess for a very long time. As you pointed
out at the start of this interview, how much do
you reckon we would realistically save from doing something like this.
I mean, rape payers hate spending money on councils, no
matter which level they're at. Do you think we'd actually
save a huge amount.
Speaker 6 (30:33):
Yes, I do if we do it right. And you
know that's where we've got to start doing a lot
more sort of shared services, et cetera. So I think
there's probably two facets to this. There's a partly a
region and there's going to be a whole lot of
things that we deliver as a region. And then and
then we're going to have the sort of local councils
doing a lot more. And I guess you know, Local
(30:55):
Water has done well, has showed us that our community
is going to save about two hundred million dollars over
over ten years. That's what the modeling says. So yeah,
I think the opportunities for saving are significant. If you
think that's thirty percent of our business, so yeah, I
think I think you you could be looking at at
hundreds of millions. But you know, it's it's that efficiency ultimately,
(31:20):
that that is something that can be achieved better, and
you know it that's going to be the challenges is
getting all that and getting all that data in three months,
selling that to our communities, showing them why this is
a good thing. But look, we've got an opportunity and
now we've got to sort of try to grasp it.
And you know, we've heard the backstop. The government will
(31:42):
do it. So you know, I'm certainly an advocate of
holding our own destiny and I think that's what we've
been elected to do.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Mahe drives down, tolling AMAGODV on the show it's eight
to six News Talks.
Speaker 8 (31:54):
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Speaker 1 (31:57):
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Speaker 2 (32:06):
Six to sex News Talks dB. It's interesting what Obama's
come out and said. This is Barack Obama, not Michelle.
But Barak has said about Michelle. You know how he
keeps coming out and criticizing Trump because he takes the bait.
How can you not He comes out and see something
criticizing Donald Trump and then he gets, you know, dragged
through the media. Fox News is doing bits on him,
(32:26):
and apparently Michelle just wants him to stop, like you
are not the president anymore, so do what most presidents
do and go in dark mode and just be quiet.
He's come out and a podcast said it's actually causing
genuine problems for their marriage, which is interesting. Five Away
from six, Ryan Bridge, mich is in the studio Morning
Mike thrilled to see you.
Speaker 4 (32:46):
Ryan.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
It's on the show today.
Speaker 4 (32:48):
Well, we're going to talk.
Speaker 15 (32:49):
About the jobs because it's jobs Day, Q one gen
feed March. Of course, expectation it will stay the same,
will possibly go up a little smidge, and then they
look to the latter part of the year with the
war and when does peak and how bad does it get?
Speaker 8 (33:01):
You run?
Speaker 4 (33:01):
How much diesels down in price?
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah, I did. It's now below ninety one again, which
was good.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Ninety one's virtually cheap.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Would we say that it's still we wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
Say that that.
Speaker 15 (33:13):
I was just I was just ruminating on it this
morning because I thought i'd better look it up and
double check because I was walking.
Speaker 4 (33:17):
I was on the walk yesterday.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
How long are you walking? Haven't well steps in a day?
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Twelve thirteen thousand solidays? How you need to do a few.
Speaker 15 (33:25):
So anyways, walking past the service station, I looked at
the numbers and I thought they looked cheap to me.
So I went home double checked it, and they've come
it like diesels down like sixty cents a.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Liter, Yeah, sixty down sixteen percent from the highs of
early last night.
Speaker 15 (33:38):
And of course when it went up at sixty cents
a liter, it's like literally the end of the world.
But when it's suddenly dropped in and no one ever,
no one's even interested, are they?
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Well, I'm not, frankly, you're just relieved that it's gone out.
Speaker 15 (33:48):
So but you're tying it into the spending figures, which
are also we'll look at that this morning. So obviously
we're spending more.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
On your less.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
Did you see that stuff?
Speaker 2 (33:57):
The interesting number I thought was that we're spending less
on groceries, so we're spending more on fuel. How can
you spend less on groceries?
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Does you shop around on the special?
Speaker 2 (34:05):
Do you buy it? Yeah, to go to buy cheaper brands.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
You knock back the chocky bicks. You know how it
goes anyway, all of that.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
More so, twelve to thirteen thousand steps, that's not bad.
It beats mine ten thousand. News Talks it Be.
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
They'd be good morning of six after five. Great to
have your company coming up on the show. The amalgamation Ultimatan,
we'll look at that shortly. The UK will go there
ahead of their local elections. Two thirds of inmates here
in New Zealand released from jail go on to commit
new crimes within two years. We'll ask why. Mike Jones
from benz on the unemployment number, and we've got global
dairy trade auction numbers for you this morning too. The
(00:33):
agenda Instade sixth of made Pete Higgsitt says the US
around ceaseply is not over. What they have done so
far doesn't meet the threshold. Who actually get back to war.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
As a direct gift from the United States to the world,
we have established a powerful red, white and blue dome
over the street. American destroyers are on station support about
hundreds of fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and surveillance aircraft providing
twenty four to seven overwatch for peaceful commercial vessels.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
The big he Man and his bluster just cannot answer
basic questions about how this sort of work. I'll have
details on a second, or i won't have details text
because he said nothing. This is how Trump is explaining
what's going on in the straight at the moment.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Even shooting those boats, They've got three or four guys.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
They get a little machine gun in front.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
They're shooting at one of our ships.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
That's meant for it.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It bounces.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
It wouldn't even know they're being shot out.
Speaker 6 (01:27):
And then they take it out with an Apache helicopter
in about two seconds.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
They go Apache Apache ship northwest ten degrees. Turns are
a pool.
Speaker 8 (01:36):
I don't like that.
Speaker 7 (01:36):
You know, you lose people.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
All these people are so unnecessary.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
To the UK. Starmer's got a message for Tehran speaking
of them. This is after all those attacks on Jews
in London.
Speaker 9 (01:46):
I've seen this poison up close. I've seen the damage
it does when it takes hold. I don't know what
it demands to root it out. A coordinated approve, an
unwavering result, zero tolerance for failure. My government is using
the full force of the state to that end.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
And finally this morning, for our Dolly Parton, she's not
working nine to five at the moment has six state
run at the Coliseum Theater at Sesar's Palace, Las Vegas
over because of health issues.
Speaker 7 (02:22):
Good news is, I'm responding really well to medgs and
treatments and I'm improving every day.
Speaker 8 (02:29):
Now.
Speaker 7 (02:29):
The bad news is, It's going to take me a
little while before I'm up to stage performance level because
some of the meds and treatments make me a little
bit swimy headed. As my grandma used to say.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Gotta love her.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
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Speaker 2 (02:54):
Nine after five nine nine two, the number of text
always love to hear from you. We will head to
the UK later in the program and talk about those elections,
plus Starmer's little speech there on anti Semitism. It's one
of his weak points at the moment, isn't it. I mean, well,
it's seen in the UK is one of his weak points.
It is being too liberal when it comes to those
marches and the anti semitism there. Anyway, coming back home,
(03:17):
the Salvation Army has a report out this morning, and
before you roll your eyes because some of them are
a long read and they're not necessarily that good. But
this one makes just states a fact and it's one
that we've known for a while. So more than forty
percent of people who are released from prison go back
there within two years, and about two thirds, so sixty
percent re offend within two years. So if you get
(03:39):
out of prison, there's a very high chance that within
a couple of years, you'll either be back behind bars
or you'll be arrested for committing a new crime. And
what does this tell you? Well, I mean, they're going
to come on the program this morning and they're going
to say it's because of housing. There's when people are
released from prison, they don't go into secure housing, and
(04:01):
then they are more likely they'll go and live with
gang members, or they'll go be paroled somewhere and they'll
be in a bad crowd, bad friends, and they'll go
on to reoffend. And what about those who don't Are
the rest of sixty percent of people who don't return
to prison? Are they all going to wonderful homes? And
you know, is it housing that is causing that problem?
(04:25):
And if so, how do you explain the people who
don't go to good houses but still don't reoffend. What
else is going on? What's happening inside the prison when
they're there, is anyone actually being rehabilitated. And the fundamental question,
if you don't want to be rehabilitated, then you never
will be not even a question. If you don't want it,
(04:48):
it won't happen. And unfortunately, if you look at the
numbers inside our prisons at the moment, most don't want rehabilitation,
aren't interested saying no to doing any form of glass
or work. Eleven after five, Ryan Bridge, it should be
we'll give you the global dairy trade options next, plus
Mike Jones, B and Z on unemployment.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark for business technology
that keeps business moving.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
News Talk ZB five thirteen. So up one and a
half percent. This is the global dairy trade option overnight.
That's the overall number for us. The ones we really
care about. Skim milk powder up three percent, whole milk
powder up two point two percent, Mozzarella we sell a
bit of that to the Chinese, and I'll so we're
up four point seven percent, and butter coming down slightly
(05:35):
two point six percent. You're on news talks. He'd be
more on that in a second. Ryan Bridge, Right, let's
go to today's unemployment number, which we're going to get
at about quarter to eleven this morning, we'll get the
job's number. This is Q one. Unemployment expected to hold
around five point four percent, may tick up slightly to
five and a half. Still more people looking for jobs
and jobs available. Mike Jones, chief economist at Being in
(05:57):
Z with me this morning, get it, Mike, Good morning.
This is quarter one, so basically pre war. I mean
there'll be a bit of war, but mainly pre war.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
Right, Yeah, that's right. These numbers have been overtaken by
events a little bit. I think we'll see probably a
picture of a steadying but still pretty sluggish sort of
jobs environment from these figures.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Where are you picking it's going to peak unemployment?
Speaker 10 (06:22):
Well, it wasn't so long ago. We thought actually these
Q one numbers would mark the peak, but of course
that's changed in light of events. We now think unemployment
probably drifts up over most of this year and peaks
set five point eight percent by the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
So when we're talking about a recovery and sort of jobs,
we're looking at twenty twenty seven.
Speaker 10 (06:44):
Now that's I think what we are looking at. I
think that that picture of a recovery in labor market
this conditions has proven elusive and then sliding into twenty
twenty seven. Of course, the labor market is the last
shoe to drop. It does tend to lag the rest
of the economy. So if we do see a bit
of a steadying and economic growth over the second half
(07:07):
of this year, or that would pave the way for
a better looking labor market yet next year.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
And is this number about an increase in the number
of workers or is it about job losses?
Speaker 10 (07:21):
More the format, we actually do think we've got some
job's growth in the court, not a whole lot, but
an increase of zero point two percent. That would only
actually be the second quarter in the last eighteen months
in which you've got job's growth. But we don't think
that will be enough to offset the growth and the
labor supply through the quarter, So you still get a
(07:42):
list in unemployment or a slight nudge up and unemployment
on our forecast to five and a half the season.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Mike, how important is this number for our economy because
the last time we spoke about it, well, the last
time we had a quarterly result, it's very much about
giving people confidence. I mean, if you know that if
you're looking for work and you know there's a job
out there, or if you're in a job you don't
like and you want to move to a better one,
or you want to get a pay rise, all those
things are important for growth.
Speaker 10 (08:07):
Right, It's right, that's right, and I think the lady
market has been in this sluggish, slow and low environment
where there's been a bit of job's growth, but not
a lot, as I say, not generally enough to offset
growth in the labor supply. And so that's meant that
opportunities to move has been a little bit more few
(08:30):
and far between than we would like, and that's kept
wage growth relatively low as well.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Mike, good to have you on the show. This morning
is always Mike Jones. Chief economist, Ben z It is
sixteen after five. It's interesting what's happening in Canada. You know,
Trump always said that there will be a breakaway state
from Canada and they'll become the fifty first US state. Well,
Alberta oil rich very well to do. Thank you very
much in that regard. Three hundred and two thousand signatures
(08:57):
they have collected for a referee to leave Canada little
separatist breakaway state. They needed one hundred and seventy eight
thousand signatures. They've got more than three hundred, so it
will trigger a vote. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that
they will leave. The vote will then mean that they
negotiate with the federal government to try and leave. However,
(09:19):
they reckon it's actually unlikely to do anything or unlikely
to pass. They hated. The big problem they had is
that the federal government i e. Trudeau and the Liberal
governments of which they've had many now, were trying to
hamstring hams. They were felt hamstrung, I should say by
exports and production of oil. That all the regulations and
(09:40):
all of the red tape and all of the hoops
they had jumped through were costing them billions of dollars.
And of course state like that oil production. State doesn't
like it. So they kicked this off when Trudeau was
in power. But now of course they've got Mark Carney,
and apparently Carne even though they don't like the Liberals,
is more like Trudeau was eighteen after five.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
The News You Need this Morning and the in Depth
Analysis Early Edition with Bryan Bridge and spark for business
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Speaker 2 (10:12):
News talks that'd be five twenty. You know the creepy
looking German guy that some reckon murdered an abducted Medaline McCann.
Will the Brits want I'm extradited to the UK to
stand trial for murder. This is Christian Brickner. The Telegraph
in the UK is reporting that police reckon. They can
gather enough evidence, and they've got enough strong evidence to
force some charges against him. The problem is the Germans
(10:34):
and their constitution that stops you from extraditing anyone to
a non EU country, and of course after Brexit, that's
exactly what the UK is. Bryan Bridge for prisoners back
in jail within two years. In New Zealand, two thirds
commit new crimes within two years. The Salvation Army report
out this morning blames housing. Ian Hudson, the Salvation Army
(10:54):
mission officer with me, Ian, good morning, good morning, to
be with you. Is that number getting better? We are more.
I've just got a text here from Graham, says Ryan.
In the eighties, I remember from experience the recidivism rate
was around eighty percent.
Speaker 5 (11:11):
I wouldn't know how far back it would be at
that level, but this has been quite whatever level it
used to be. This is very high world by world standards,
and it's been pretty stable. It hasn't gone up or
down much for we've been doing these reports State of
(11:31):
the Nation reports now for about twenty years. It's not
got any better, and we've got one of the highest
imprisonment rates in the world, and we just think it's
time to try and do something to bring those numbers down.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
You're saying housing is a big problem that when they
get out they don't have a good house to go to,
more likely to commit crimes as a result, you said
that we are doing worse on this measure than other countries.
Are other countries doing better with housing?
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Yes they are. I mean the issues that people in
New Zealand face when they leave prison is that they
don't have any access to landlords when they're trying to
arrange for leaving prison. Obviously, I mean when you're inside
you don't have that access. You're unlikely I mean landlords
(12:23):
would have some degree of not wanting to take you anyway.
And then they're released very often or too often without
any ID so they can't get access to MSD money.
So they don't have enough money to put up for
bond or any of those kinds of things. And so
basically when they are when they set free, if you like,
(12:47):
they end up with three hundred and fifty dollars of
what's called the Steps to Freedom grant, which isn't really
much good get you into any kind of decent housing.
And what we've discovered, well, the things that we've seen.
(13:07):
One of the reports that was done by the University
of Auckland study had over one hundred people that they
looked at. They found that people that didn't get good
or stable housing are four point six times more likely
to re offend and those who had stable housing. Right,
(13:27):
So that's kind of what we're aiming at to try
to bring that.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I understand. And the other problem you've got is when
they're in prison, are they being rehabilitated, what percentage of
them actually want to be.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
Well, it's quite a low percentage of people that get
any kind of help well are in prison, and.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
So how many wanted well, it's pretty.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Hard to estimate that. What I do know is that
quite a few people when they leave prison I actually
want to turn their life around. I mean, they don't
want to end up back there. And what we see,
as you mentioned in the introduction, that forty three percent
of prisoners end up back in prison. And I mean
(14:16):
I remember visiting prison sometime back in one of the
workers there describing the way that she saw young men
leaving prison and then she saw them in the community
that they were so excited leaving, wanting to you know,
looking forward to it, and then the.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Hope it turns to custard once they get out. Ian
appreciate your time this morning in Hadson Salvation Army Mission
Officer times twenty four minutes after five one of those
catch twenty two things. I mean, someone commits a crime
and they do the time, and you want them to
be punished. Yeah, good, and then when they get out, unfortunately,
they do have to get out. I mean, you can't
(14:54):
just imprison people forever, can you, Unless I've done something
particularly hengous, can't in prison them forever. And when they
get out, they're going to maybe live next door to you,
or they're going to go on shop lit from a
store near you. So it's kind of in all our
interests to make sure that they are rehabilitated. But as
I said, if they don't want to be, they won't be.
Twenty five after five the early.
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Speaker 2 (15:21):
News Talks, there be twenty seven after five. There are
basically two big things that governments, the state controls. That
affects the economy, therefore affects us. All the politicians make big,
grandiose statements. They promise to change the world, but the
reality is a lot simpler and more basic than that.
Spending and stability. Romanians are going to bed right now
(15:43):
unsure of who is going to run their country. The
government's just lost a confidence vote there the Socialists have
cided bizarrely with the far right of all groups to
collapse the coalition. This is bad for their economy because
business relies on stability and predictability. Their absence knee caps
and investment decisions, therefore growth and it's a problem. Same
(16:04):
reason investors right now dittery. In the UK, the long
term bond yields are the highest they have been since
nineteen ninety eight. Why because Starmer is going to get
a hiding in local elections in the coming days, and
his replacement, either Angela Rayner or even the outside of
Andy Burnham, the King of the North. We've talked about
him before, are left of him. They are further left
(16:25):
of Starma and that could mean more spending and borrowing,
something markets unsurprisingly think the Motherland can ill afford a
present which brings us neatly to spending. Look no further
than across the TASM. The RBA yesterday hiked the cash rate,
putting mortgage costs up for the third time this year,
and it comes with a warning to Jim Chalmers there
(16:46):
Nikola willis equivalent her jogging buddy in DC. Watch your spending, Cobber,
or you'll make this worse. Too much spending is fuel
on the fire, and the fire is burning, heading to
five percent inflation there, thank you very much. Pretty much
every economy us there, including Paul Bloxham, our rockstar Economists,
says the key risk to Ozzie's right now is the
threat of an Australian budget due Tuesday with bazookers that
(17:09):
more with more cash than can be expected and afforded,
that could force rates higher. Of course, all of this
is to say there are plenty of lessons around the
world just in the last twelve hours, let alone modern
history that politician's main job is basically to be responsible,
get along with one another and don't be tempted to
buy votes with cash you can't afford in the short
(17:30):
term and that we will pay for in the long term.
Here on News Talks, there'd be we will head to
the UK after news.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Hearritt first, Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark for
business technology that keeps business moving.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
News Talks ad B twenty four away from six there
on News Talks, there'd be great becoming this Wednesday morning,
we're going to head to the UK. Another arson attack,
this one on a Jewish community in London, will be
live there also Mahe Drysdale on the super City deadline
coming up before six o'clock this morning, and our reporters
(18:12):
in a second, just very quickly. The good news on
the straight up, holl moves is that well the ceasefire
isn't breaking, so that's good. They're not going back to war.
But as I said to you from the very beginning
of this, this war was going to be over. But
that's not the important thing for us, not the important
thing for the world. It's getting the straight open. And
on that front, we are no closer really than we
(18:34):
were yesterday. I mean, the Americans are in there with
a bunch of sailors and a bunch of navy vessels
and a bunch of bunch of destroyers, but we're no
real closer because when you ask Pete higsth and he's
just held a prince conference overnight, what if you're a
ship sitting there right now in the Gulf waiting to
go through, how do you know whether you can go
(18:54):
through or not? Is it safe? Am I going to
be bombed? Am I going to Is there a speedboat?
You know? How do you who initiates the crossing and
didn't answer the question, didn't answer the question. There was
a weird bit earlier in the press conference. It's kind
of this bizarre comment about whether the US was using
Kamakazi dolphins to help with the Iran war. I know,
(19:16):
apparently there's been some reports that Iran could be looking
at using dolphins armed with mines for attacks.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
And I can't confirm or to know whether we have
Kamakazi dolphins, but I can confirm they don't.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Yeah, okay, so very funny, but also not a lot
of information that we got from Pete Hegseith this morning.
I have to say, it's twenty two away from six
Ryan Bridge. Just go to our reporters around the country
Clum and Tonedin Morning Colum Right, the Dunedin Studied getting
a bit of a change. What's changing, Well, it's just shifting.
Speaker 11 (19:45):
Its focus now to pass the midlife years for it's study.
The Multi Disciplinary Health and Development Study which follows the
lives of more than a thousand babies born here in
Dnedan between nineteen seventy two and seventy three. So it's
just finished its age fifty two data collection phase. So
this is New Zealand's longest running long the Tudoral Study.
(20:08):
Ninety two percent of people still take part, so that
makes it the world's best participation rates for research of
this kind. Most studies rre and only see about fifty
percent of its members still. The study director is Professor
Mowana Theodore. She says they've revealed the impact of early
life on adulthood. They've now completed the midlife assessment and
so next us starting to look at how to prevent
(20:28):
age related conditions like dementia.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
How's your weather fine?
Speaker 11 (20:32):
To start with, but scattered rain develops today the high
northerlies and seventeen.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Thank you very much. Clear in christis morning, Claire, Good morning.
What's the latest, Gloria Vail?
Speaker 12 (20:42):
Well, this one's a glory of old teacher who will
spend the next ten months on home detention after attacking
four boys within the Christian community. Open Justice reports that
Vigilant stand True was found guilty of some representative charges
of assault with a blunt instrument in January, after attacking
the children with tools ranging from pitchforks to shovels. Now
(21:03):
these assaults occurred between two thousand and one and twenty thirteen.
The judge Tony Zoab has accepted that stand True was
under pressure at the time, but nothing could justify these assaults.
One of the victims, who has now grown to be
an adult, says he finds it really hard to quantify
the mental strain that was caused by years of abuse
at this man's hands.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
How's your weather clear for christ Church? Fine?
Speaker 12 (21:26):
Aside from a bit of evening high cloud expected northerlys
and high twenty nice one.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Thank you enjoy Max and Wellington morning Max, good morning. Hey,
I thought this is today good news about well our
reprieve for now, at least on those Westport Wellington flights.
Speaker 13 (21:38):
Yeah, some late funding coming in to save the route.
Origin Air was to shut it down this month. It
was supposed to be the first major victim of obviously
spiraling jet fuel costs in the country, small market regional aviation,
but also the only scheduled service operating from Westport development
West Coast and the government approving a month's funding. So
(22:00):
obviously a short term measure, but it does in some
small positive way. I suppose signal support as we reckon
with the future of regional air services Oraginaire itself had
only stepped in twenty twenty four when Sounds Air had withdrawn.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
A new Zealand Judgstar.
Speaker 13 (22:14):
They're all going to keep reducing their schedule while this
run stuff goes on. Nelson complaining just a few days
ago that they were losing dozens.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Of flights at this rate.
Speaker 13 (22:23):
How's you with, Max, cloudy with a little drizzle, gusty northerly.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Sixteen, Thank you, Good morning.
Speaker 4 (22:29):
Neber, good morning.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
What's the story with this? There's an open justice report
on this man who was found and concrete under his house.
Speaker 14 (22:35):
Yes, now, look at the time, this is quite a
big story. So a border most likely knew the truth.
This was about what really happened to a man, you're
quite right, found entombed in concrete. This is beneath his
Mount Eden home for sixteen years. So open justice is
saying that, you know, like David Stanley, Heart's remains there
were found in twenty twenty. This is at a Molborough
Street property. This is where he used to operate as
(22:57):
a boarding house. So the coroner findings they're really today.
They're finding that the cause of the death's still unknown,
but it's likely that it happened in two thousand and four.
It also suggests Gabriel Ormsby, who continued living in the
house until he died in twenty sixteen, knew something about
Heart's disappearance. The coroner stopped short of linking Ormsby to
(23:18):
the death due to lack of evidence.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Though, right, interesting stuff. How's our weather?
Speaker 15 (23:23):
Cloudy?
Speaker 14 (23:23):
Isolated showers mainly in the afternoon. Twenty one is the
high And I have to say, you've got a new
top on.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
It's an old shirt? Is it an old shirt?
Speaker 16 (23:33):
It's very nice.
Speaker 14 (23:33):
I thought, Mike Hosking, it's got that Mike Costking feel
about it. I thought, was he giving you fashion say.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
That, do you know it's actually not my student's my husband.
And the only reason I'm wearing it is because I
went to the wardrobe this morning, where I thought I
had a nice you know, normally wear my white cris
do was missing. I like that I wore this one.
Speaker 14 (23:53):
I think Mike's going to prove when he comes in
the year your husband's got great tyst and clothing better
than yours.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Shall I say thank you? I think never. Eighteen away
from six Ryan right, loads of texts coming in on
reoffending and prisoners. Ryan, the stats Sally's have just made
up these numbers and throwing more money at the problem
won't stop the scumbags reoffending. Lots of text of that ILK.
Jacqueline says the problem here is who's monitoring. It's the
(24:19):
probation Service. And another says Ryan, throwing money at problems
doesn't fix them. And really what we need to fix
is literacy and numerousy and that is exactly what Seymour
and Stanford and Willis are trying to do. Seventeen away
from six News talks so B We're in London.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Next International correspondence with Ends and eye Insurance peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Who's talk their b it has called it to six.
It's got to Peter Anderson, our UK europe correspondent, Peter,
Nice to have you on the program. I see that
Starmer has been talking about anti semitism once, he said, Ryan,
good morning to you. Yes.
Speaker 8 (24:57):
Over recent weeks, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced
strong criticism from Jewish groups for not doing enough to
tackle antisemitism. He was even booed a few days ago
as he visited the site of a recent attack on
two Jewish men. Well Today, the Prime Minister hosted more
than ninety people at a summit in Downing Street, including
(25:18):
senior figures from the police, businesses, universities, the arts and
trade unions. And following the discussions, Keir Starmer said recent
attacks against British Jews were a crisis for everyone in
the country. He issued a specific warning to foreign states
such as Iran, which are suspected of being behind some
(25:39):
recent incidents. He told Iran that efforts to stir up violence,
hatred or division in the UK will not be tolerated,
and he promised that tougher legislation to tackle so called
malign threats would be fast tracked, with anti terror powers
being stepped up. Also at the summit, more money was
pledged to protect the uns Jewish communities seem to be
(26:01):
at greatest risk and to support community cohesion, for example
by giving greater funding to youth and to school initiatives.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
And we've got more evidence of anti Semitism and action.
Speaker 5 (26:16):
Yes.
Speaker 8 (26:16):
The threat faced by Britain's Jewish communities has been highlighted
again today with a suspected arson attack at a former
synagogue in Whitechapel in East London. Counter Terrorism officers are
involved in the investigation, with London's Metropolitan Police already saying
that CCTV footage indicates the fire was started deliberately. The
(26:38):
building was formerly home to East London Central Synagogue. Police
have said they're taking today's incident extremely seriously and are
investigating potential links to other recent attacks on London's Jewish community.
They've also said to be providing support and security advice
to local organizations, to community venue and also to businesses.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Peter Anderson, UK Yourope correspondent, Great to have your update
this morning, twelve minutes away from six Brilland Bridge to
shatter Australia. The RBA Michelle Bullock warning Labor on their
budget cash handout that they are expected to deliver next
week when Charmers delivers as budget. They have just hiked
the official cash right there for the third time this year.
And this was Michelle Bullock quite like the cut of
(27:23):
herd jib, giving them a bit of a warning.
Speaker 16 (27:25):
Already, we've seen a sharp increase in fuel and related
commodity prices and this is already feeding through to inflation.
The recent increases and interest rates will have no impact
on this. What these increases do, however, is helped to
contain the domestic inflationary pressures after the inflation due to
oil and related commodity prices eases.
Speaker 17 (27:47):
Now.
Speaker 16 (27:47):
I understand this is a really difficult time for households
who are already facing higher fuel prices and other cost
of living pressures. But we must get on top of
inflation now so that it doesn't get away from us and.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Bridge China's twelve minutes away from six councils have been
given an ultimatum by the government. You've got three months
to come up with a plan to merge or restructure
yourselves or government will come in and do it for you.
Speaker 17 (28:09):
There is a clear carrot, which is a three month
window for councils to shape their own destiny and the
future of their own local governing arrangements. And if that
opportunity is not seized and grasped by local government, then
the government will act and do it for those communities.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Mahe Drysdale todng amir with me this morning. Mahey, good morning,
good morning. Do you want amalgamation? Oh?
Speaker 6 (28:34):
Look, I think we need to change the way we
do things. The local government system was designed in nineteen
eighty nine and needs to change. I think everyone's agreeing
on that. So yeah, I welcome the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
To do that. Do you will you be able to
get this done in three months? Put something in.
Speaker 6 (28:51):
Look, that's going to be tough.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
You know.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
We've got to work with seven different councils around our
region to come up with a plan. But I will
definitely be advocating with them that we should do it ourselves.
We've been elected by our communities to make decisions for
our communities and I think that's a better way than
waiting for the government to doing whatever they want to us.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Regional council's gone. What is the You know, you've got
seven councils to deal with. What sort of structure would
be ideal do you think for your area?
Speaker 6 (29:25):
Look, I'm not exactly sure. I think it's less and
you know, the government have set some pretty clear guidelines.
You can have a maximum of three unitaries in a region,
so you know that that's potentially something that works pretty well.
You know, we've got some natural kind of boundaries, I
guess if if you kind of think about the Bay
(29:47):
of Plenty with us in Western Bay being very aligned
in our geography and basically one economy, you know, you've
got Rosa and you've got sort of the Eastern councils.
So look, I'm not sure exactly where the boundaries end up,
but you know that's a conversation that we'd have to
(30:08):
have and going to have to do it very quickly,
because three months is a tight time frame to get
a proposal together.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
No, it's not long at all, but it's sort of
something has to be done with it because it's been
a mess for a very long time. As you pointed
out at the start of this interview, how much do
you reckon we would realistically save from doing something like this.
I mean, rape payers hate spending money on councils, no
matter which level they're at. Do you think we'd actually
save a huge amount.
Speaker 6 (30:33):
Yes, I do if we do it right. And you
know that's where we've got to start doing a lot
more sort of shared services, et cetera. So I think
there's probably two facets to this. There's a partly a
region and there's going to be a whole lot of
things that we deliver as a region. And then and
then we're going to have the sort of local councils
doing a lot more. And I guess you know, Local
(30:55):
Water has done well, has showed us that our community
is going to save about two hundred million dollars over
over ten years. That's what the modeling says. So yeah,
I think the opportunities for saving are significant. If you
think that's thirty percent of our business, so yeah, I
think I think you you could be looking at at
hundreds of millions. But you know, it's it's that efficiency ultimately,
(31:20):
that that is something that can be achieved better, and
you know it that's going to be the challenges is
getting all that and getting all that data in three months,
selling that to our communities, showing them why this is
a good thing. But look, we've got an opportunity and
now we've got to sort of try to grasp it.
And you know, we've heard the backstop. The government will
(31:42):
do it. So you know, I'm certainly an advocate of
holding our own destiny and I think that's what we've
been elected to do.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Mahe drives down, tolling AMAGODV on the show it's eight
to six News Talks.
Speaker 8 (31:54):
He b.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
The first word on the News of the Day Billie
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Speaker 2 (32:06):
Six to sex News Talks dB. It's interesting what Obama's
come out and said. This is Barack Obama, not Michelle.
But Barak has said about Michelle. You know how he
keeps coming out and criticizing Trump because he takes the bait.
How can you not He comes out and see something
criticizing Donald Trump and then he gets, you know, dragged
through the media. Fox News is doing bits on him,
(32:26):
and apparently Michelle just wants him to stop, like you
are not the president anymore, so do what most presidents
do and go in dark mode and just be quiet.
He's come out and a podcast said it's actually causing
genuine problems for their marriage, which is interesting. Five Away
from six, Ryan Bridge, mich is in the studio Morning
Mike thrilled to see you.
Speaker 4 (32:46):
Ryan.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
It's on the show today.
Speaker 4 (32:48):
Well, we're going to talk.
Speaker 15 (32:49):
About the jobs because it's jobs Day, Q one gen
feed March. Of course, expectation it will stay the same,
will possibly go up a little smidge, and then they
look to the latter part of the year with the
war and when does peak and how bad does it get?
Speaker 8 (33:01):
You run?
Speaker 4 (33:01):
How much diesels down in price?
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah, I did. It's now below ninety one again, which
was good.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Ninety one's virtually cheap.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Would we say that it's still we wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
Say that that.
Speaker 15 (33:13):
I was just I was just ruminating on it this
morning because I thought i'd better look it up and
double check because I was walking.
Speaker 4 (33:17):
I was on the walk yesterday.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
How long are you walking? Haven't well steps in a day?
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Twelve thirteen thousand solidays? How you need to do a few.
Speaker 15 (33:25):
So anyways, walking past the service station, I looked at
the numbers and I thought they looked cheap to me.
So I went home double checked it, and they've come
it like diesels down like sixty cents a.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Liter, Yeah, sixty down sixteen percent from the highs of
early last night.
Speaker 15 (33:38):
And of course when it went up at sixty cents
a liter, it's like literally the end of the world.
But when it's suddenly dropped in and no one ever,
no one's even interested, are they?
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Well, I'm not, frankly, you're just relieved that it's gone out.
Speaker 15 (33:48):
So but you're tying it into the spending figures, which
are also we'll look at that this morning. So obviously
we're spending more.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
On your less.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
Did you see that stuff?
Speaker 2 (33:57):
The interesting number I thought was that we're spending less
on groceries, so we're spending more on fuel. How can
you spend less on groceries?
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Does you shop around on the special?
Speaker 2 (34:05):
Do you buy it? Yeah, to go to buy cheaper brands.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
You knock back the chocky bicks. You know how it
goes anyway, all of that.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
More so, twelve to thirteen thousand steps, that's not bad.
It beats mine ten thousand. News Talks it Be.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
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