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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an early edition with ex pole insulation, keeping Kimi Holmes
warm and try this winter News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That'd be good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
It is six after five year on News Talk said
be coming up on the show this morning. A bit
of an immigration theme to the program. This morning. We're
trying to boost ours in New Zealand. We'll look at
parent boosts before six protests in the US over the
ice crackdown and the UK. Gavin Gray has the numbers.
Wait till you hear how much there's still spending in
Starmer's coppying some heat for this, how much there's still
(00:33):
spending on asylum seeker hotels. Andrew Orlison has sport for
us the Blues, what a win, the Warriors, Ryan Fox,
the all whites and young drivers. You know, you get
all the headlines about the boy races. Actually the stats
paint a different picture of young drivers. We'll get to
that shortly.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
The agenda.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It is Monday, the ninth of June. To the illegal
immigrant protests in the US. The National Guard about to
hit the streets of La Trump says they'll there for
sixty days.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Overnight.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
California Governor Gavin Newsom called Trump's decision quote purposefully inflammatory
and said it would quote only escalate tangents. A president
posting a truth social at two fourteen am, praising the
National Guard and christicizing Newsom is incompetent, even calling him
new scum.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Meanwhile, were you following the Musk Trump spatch divorce over
the weekend? I was glued to it. Simme it down
a bit yesterday after getting quite ugly on Friday and Saturday.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
These two very powerful men, they can really damage each other.
I mean, mister Trump has threatened that he will cut
the government contracts with Elotmusk's companies, and his allies have
already called for Elon Musk, who is a naturalized citizen
originally from South Africa, to be deported.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
In Colombia this presidential Canada and intensive care. After being
shot at a campaign event in Bogata, Senator Migael lou
Rabi Tube was addressing supporters in a park when he
was shot three times police arresting a fifteen year old.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
The question now is how the different political factions react
the effect that this assassination attempt to have on the
presidential race and the tone with which the President and
the ruling party take this further.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
That's your agenda for Monday morning, eight after five.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
Ryan Branch and ex Fole Insulation Keeping Kiwi Holmes warm
and dry. This winter News Talks.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
A'd be ooh, some fancy new music on the program
this morning. That sounds nice, doesn't it. Just speaking of Bogata,
I've actually been there before without then Prime Minister John Key,
who was on a trade mission and we were following it.
I mean, it's a very dangerous place Columbia, a very
dangerous place. Not quite as dangerous now as it was then,
(02:52):
but very dangerous place. And we were on the bus
because they put the media in the back of the
motorcade because he obviously had the police escored and everything,
and there was smoke. All of a sudden, the motike
came to a screeching holt and there was smoke at
the front, and everybody thought, oh, my goodness, somebody's tried
to attack the Prime minister. You know, there's something going anyway.
(03:12):
It turns out that they blew a tire, had to
pull over and change it, or he changed cars. I
think is what ended up happening nine minutes after five
year on news Talks ad B. So, do you think
parents are teaching their kids how to drive properly? That's
my question for you this morning. Or do you think
parents just put the L plates up because you see
them all over town annoying on the road. Put the
(03:34):
L plates up and then they're done with it. It's like
a virtue signaling they're not actually teaching them. Because AA's
got some stats out this morning that shows, by the way,
young people and I'm talking fifteen to nineteen year olds here,
are actually doing pretty well. The number who are offending
on the roads breaking the laws down by forty one
percent on ten years ago, drunk and drug driving down
(03:58):
by fifty eight percent, and see belt offenses down by
fifty two percent. Fewer of them are dying on the
road as a result, which is good news. But here's
the number I want to read to you. Half of
drivers under twenty five had less than forty hours experience
before sitting there restricted test. Seventeen percent said so about
twenty percent said they'd done less than fifteen hours in
(04:18):
the car with mum or dad. Now is that lazy
or is that lazy or is it is that? Do
you think? Because if you live in a city, you
don't actually potentially drive as much as you might in
the country. Nine two nine two the number to text.
I had great fun being taught how to drive by
my mum, not so much my dad. That was less
(04:39):
That was less fun. Just got eleven after five year.
On news Talk said B, We're going to get to
Gavin Gray as sorry, get to Andrew Ordison on Sport.
But first we will speak about those young driver numbers
and just what the implications are for injuries and deaths
on the road. That's next News.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
And views you trust to start your day. It's early
edition with Ryan Bridge at expol Insulation keeping Kiwi, Holmes,
Ward and Drey this winter.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
News Talk said, be good morning, it is five point thirteen.
On news Talk said B, We're going to talk just
a twenty five past five this morning. I'll talk to
you about the gas because we are now investors thanks
to the budget to the tune of two hundred million dollars.
We are going to be joint partners and exploring for
new gas fields in New Zealand. The question is whether
that's actually a smart thing to do. There was a
new research note out on Friday from fullsyth Bar that
(05:28):
looked at energy in New Zealand and actually this year
apparently we're not going to have an energy crunch like
we had last year, but twenty twenty six will be
back to energy crunch. Territory problem is takes you two
to three years to develop a gas field once you
find it, and no one's even looking right now, so
is it the right thing to be doing. We'll look
at that at five twenty five, just gone fourteen after
(05:50):
Ryan Bridge you research from the AA Research Foundation this
morning they reckon young drivers are committing around forty percent
fewer traffic offenses than a decade ago. Offending rate for
fifteen to nineteen year olds have fallen by forty one percent,
drunk and drugged driving by fifty eight percent, and seat
belt offenses by fifty two percent. Young driver fatalities are
(06:11):
also down, but still above the obviously the average and
above the older age groups here as well. Jeff Upson
is a Rodney Local board member and road safety campaigner
with me this morning. GA Jeff get a he done? Yeah, good,
thank you. First of all, these numbers are good, I
mean we see the headlines about the boy racers, but
actually on the whole they're behaving better than they were
(06:31):
than I was ten years ago.
Speaker 7 (06:33):
Well, I mean I think, you know, we can't lump
in the boy racers and all young drivers. But yeah, no,
you're right in this statistic of fifty eight percent reduction
and drink driving and young people. I mean, that's an
amazing statistic. But we do need to be careful how
we review statistics because that could just be less drink
driver testing. So so it's really important how we how
(06:55):
we interpret the data. But if the statistic also show
less crashes, then maybe that is a factual thing.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Well, I mean the death the fatalities are coming down, right,
Fatalities are down from twenty two point five per one
hundred thousand to sixteen point six over that ten year period.
Speaker 7 (07:16):
Yeah, I wonder what else we're looking at, you know,
some of the other things that have created that data.
I mean, is it the tires are getting better on cars?
I mean, have we got better driver education now? I
think driver education for young people is probably the most
important thing, and it's important that we learn how to
drive when we were younger. You know, it's a lot
(07:37):
more difficult to learn things, you know, for you and
I now than when we were at school.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
An old dog new tricks. So one of the things
that they've identified is they want this is AA. They
want driver training to be well, the learner license period
to go from six months to a year, and they
reckon that, you know, the parents perhaps aren't spending enough
time in the car with the kids. Something like seventeen
percent of them are getting less than fifteen hours over
(08:07):
that six month period of actual driving time.
Speaker 7 (08:11):
Yeah, that's not a lot of time at all. And
the other thing is that if you're learning from your parents,
I mean, that's that's great, but it's sometimes you pick
up the bad habits. And sometimes it's really important to
have a professional driver trainer at least for a small
portion of your your education process. And there's a lot
of professional driver training courses, you know, Greek Murphy sponsors
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one that's it's on the racetrack and you learn some
particular special skills. Some of the most basic things are
not being taught, you know. You know, for example, what
a tire footprint is. We are going to it today,
but maybe the listeners will google that later on and
find out what that means.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
What, can you just tell me what it is because
I actually don't know. Okay.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
Yeah, so you look at the tire and you think
it's a massive, big tire, but the tire footprint is
the teeny tiny little part of that tire that's actually
touching the road, and quite often that's about the size
of your hand. So you know, you think you're driving
one hundred or one hundred and ten kilometers along a
wet road, but you've only got such a teeny tiny
little bit of rubber actually keeping you going in a
(09:14):
straight line.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah right, okay, but like Fred Finstone putting his foot down,
it's not much. There's not much tread. Okay. So so
you kind of agree with AA. You think there should
be a more focus on training. Who taught you how
to drive jet?
Speaker 7 (09:29):
It was a mix I learned from watching watching Dad drive.
I also had a lot of experience off road, you know,
on on farms, driving on gravel roads, and driving dirt bikes.
So so I think I was quite lucky in that respect.
But I did have some professional driver training and I
did a team some driver training courses. There was a
the company's gone bus now, but it was called pro
(09:51):
drive and that was like a full day event, some
in the classroom, some behind the wheel in some of
the things that I doing that was invaluable. You just
can't learn it without actually doing something like that.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, I did the same thing, Jeff, Thank you very
much for that. Jeff Upson, a Rodney local board member
road safety campaign. Nine two ninety two is the number
to text who bought you how to drive? I can remember, Yeah,
I remember distinctly, just having fits of laughter. I just
thought it. I think I was nervous and I would
just laugh when I was being taught how to drive,
which didn't give much confidence to my parents who were
(10:28):
trying to teach me. Eighteen after five News Talks here
B will get to Andrew Allison was.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Sport next Ryan Bridge on earlier edition with ex Pol
insulation keeping Kiwi Holmes warm and try this winter News
talks 'B.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Five twenty one News Talks, HEB will look at the
parent boost immigration issue. Just before six, Andrew Allison here
was sport this morning. Lots to watch this morning, love it.
So we've got Ryan Fox. He's teeing off quarters to six,
quarter to six.
Speaker 8 (10:54):
Yes, he was leading over nights, but just at least
last support Shane, he had taken one stroke.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
He was five under through four holes.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
Today Fox now in a share of second, But of
course he can change that once he once he teas
off himself and change the momentum there.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
But Fox, like Gause, the key things. Remember, he's seventy
five in the wild of the moment he gets into
the top.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Sixty, he will contest, or can contest the US Open
this week at Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
It's going to require like it's going to require a.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
Top five finish. So that's really the key other outright
winning it, which would be ideal from Fox's perspective. Jesus,
he's been playing so well right and adaptable too in
that I saw that shot with his right leg shoeless.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
In the water.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So he has to get to sixty.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah, inside the top sixty.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Inside the top sixteen, you get to the US Open.
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 8 (11:46):
So he's this is how he's doing it, though he
wins event he top twenty finishes, et cetera.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
And happy pops, Yeah right, brilliant. And so we've had
the tenant the French Open, Cocoa Golf wins.
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Yes, she's won of the women's and then the match
against against the Reda Sablinka.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
And this morning Italian in front of me at the moment, but.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
I've got the wrong channel.
Speaker 8 (12:05):
Carlos al Karrath was on the verge of being able
to get back into the fourth set. So it was
two one to Yarnicks Cinner Sinner one the first two.
Alcaath with a victory in the third set and he
was down to break al Karrath.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
In the fourth.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
I'm trying to change the channels.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
And he was almost on the verge of breakboy, But
hopefully we'll get that to you in a moment. But
this is what we want to see from the men's
French Tennis Open final.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
A thrilling duel there this.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
Morning as well between these two who are I guess
the next wave of players, who have I guess taken
over from the new three, the week four of the
past generation and these two now taking it into the
next level.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Speaking of thrilling, what about the Blues and the Chiefs.
That's one way to survive and the seasons are out.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah it watch. It was a great watch.
Speaker 8 (12:56):
Not twenty nineteen in the end, but the Blues defending
chair is survived and the Chiefs.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, thinking the Chiefs, surely this is there.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
Year again under Clayton McMillan as finally you as coach
with the Chiefs, but not to be so far. But
by virtue of being the best loser, they get the
home semi final again this week, so they playing the
Brumbies and well there'll be Saturday, but Blues Crusaders on Friday.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
It's a hell of a jill too.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (13:23):
Do you think, wow, she's pastform. We'd have to say
the Crusaders that they've never been beaten in their playoff
at home there. But Van Cotta he's got a real
steely mindset to them. And the Blues coming finding some
momentum at that crucial stage of the season.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Yeah yeah. And the Warriors one.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Too, hiding too.
Speaker 8 (13:43):
It's fantastic from the Warriors just showing their depth and
Andrew Webster and even without Mitch Barnead et cetera.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
They've just got the right mindset.
Speaker 8 (13:51):
There's a terrific culture there at the moments and younger
players coming through as well.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
It's it's good science.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Not happening this morning.
Speaker 8 (13:57):
We'll look for your next up. So we love Monday morning,
busy time. We'll get that Alcrassinara update to you very surely.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Yes, you'll have it in six to seven minutes. I
think absolutely, Thanks Andrew, good to see it. Others was
for twenty four minutes after five, you're on News Talk
Seed B. Coming up next, we'll look at the two
hundred million dollars in the budget for we will be
basically co investors or we will be going into business
with gas explorers trying to find and extractors trying to
(14:25):
find gas fields in New Zealand. Is that a smart
and wise investment. We'll look into that next twenty four
after five News Talk set B.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
The early edition Full the Show podcast on iHeartRadio powered
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Speaker 3 (14:39):
Talks HEB five twenty six. She was a chilly weekend,
wasn't she? Even in Auckland it was five degrees. We
had the heat pump cranking the entire weekend. I spoke
to a friend of Marlborough last night who had the
fire going all week and they actually had a proper frost.
It's right now you start thinking, though, isn't it? How
much is all this going to cost?
Speaker 7 (14:57):
Me?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
And the answer because I checked this morning the power
bill the answer was for May two hundred and fifty
dollars for a house of two people one dog. Already
we've spent seventy dollars for June, which what are we
the ninth of June at the moment. This is one
of the few bills that I actually pay in our household,
so it's one of the few that I really notice.
It's not going through the roof tracking roughly the same
(15:19):
as last year. And disclaimer for those of you thinking
this is an outrageous amount, our place is old and cold,
pretty poorly ventilated, and basically you need either airconn in
the summer on all the time or heat in the winter.
There is good news on the energy front though for
twenty twenty five, not that it directly affects us all
more than big industrial users, but by virtue of that
(15:42):
US all full syth Bar released an energy note on Friday.
They reckon we'll avoid another big energy crunch this winter,
but we will return to one in twenty twenty six.
So no blackouts for twenty twenty five, which is good.
The reason we've avoided this is because the electricity producers
did a deal with Methodex and we've had rain so
the hydrolanks have been given a top up. To avoid
(16:03):
future black arts, we'll need to cut industrial demand, which
is not great for business, and burn more coal. And
that brings us to gas, a shortage of which caused
last year's energy price crunch. For Soyth, bar reckons, the
government's push for gas is actually unlikely to solve our problems.
It takes two to three years to get a gas
(16:24):
field up and running. First, you have to find it
right now, nobody's even looking. No gas fields are being explored.
By the time you get gas out of the government's
two hundred million dollar budget buy in, the energy shortages
will likely have passed. It's one thing to let the
producers go it alone and risk their investment in capital.
(16:46):
It's another to put our money on the line to
develop these fields. There's a genuine question about whether this
is smart investment in our future or if taxpayer money
is being wasted here A bit like the heat escaping
from my old house. Ryan Bridge, US talks B twenty
nine minutes after five some great techs on how you
(17:08):
who taught you how to drive? And how well you
were taught how to drive? One from a rural girl.
We'll get to that after this and s Kevin Gray
in the UK News Talks.
Speaker 10 (17:18):
Ed B.
Speaker 8 (17:28):
Waiting for the.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
News you need this morning and the in depth analysis
early edition with Ryan Bridge and ex Bowl Insulation keeping
Kiwi homes warm and dry this Winter News Talks B.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Good morning, Welcome to your Monday at Chili start twenty
four away from six o'clock. Coming up the fourth six,
we'll get to the Act party on the parents boost
visa and Gavin Gray's in the UK for US Starma
having a bit of trouble over there over immigration himself.
Some texts before we get to our reporters around the country. Ryan,
this is on gas, the fact that we are going
soon going to be partners with some gas explorers and
(18:16):
extractors to try and find it and get it out. Ryan.
Have you ever heard of that old saying you have
to start sometime or you don't start. As far as
the gas is concerned, let's get into it, says Bruce. Bruce. Yeah.
The question is whether we actually in the long term
need it, because it'll take two to three years to
find the gas. Currently, no one's even looking for gas,
(18:37):
So is it worth us putting two hundred million dollars
on the line. I think that's the question. Ryan, very
well and good to talk about the gas and I
appreciate you doing so. However, it would have been good
to hear from someone in government on this is Brian, Brian,
I do actually intend to ask the Prime Minister about
that later this morning over on the Herald. And this
is a great one on who taught you how to drive?
(18:58):
And how well can you drive? And how well were
you taught how to drive? We've had some new numbers
out in young people this morning. Ryan. We were brought
up on a farm, so we knew from a very
young age how to drive. I now live in Auckland
and compared to my husband there is a lot he
doesn't know. I am one of five and the baby girl.
But I know how to check my oil, water, tire
(19:19):
pressure and also how to change a tire. My husband
can only do the tire pressure. Twenty two to six
Brian bred cadding for divorce. If you keep that up, Kelly.
Now we'll get to our reporters around the country Cullum
and Dunedin first this morning. Callum, good morning morning. Right now,
the cause to revive the Southerner passenger train this morning. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
Look, there's been a petition launched to revive the Southerner
and more than two thousand people already have signed this
seeking the restoration of the service between christ Church and
in the Cargo Vias and Needans on the main trunk line.
The service shut down in two thousand and two, but
it's proposed that a refer service would stop off at
multiple key towns along the way like ashburd and Timaru, Omaru,
(20:05):
Belkluther and Gore to save our trained Southern Groups says
there are seven hundred and fifty thousand people living along
this route. They are currently starved off reasonable public transport links.
This petition is to be presented at Parliament in July.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
And how's your weather?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Still cold?
Speaker 9 (20:22):
Rainies into the odd shower today, Southerly's dying out still
single figures the heights today.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Just night night all right, gets to get to clear
and christ Church clear. Good morning to you, Good morning.
Another step forward in the rebuild for the new cathedral.
Speaker 11 (20:37):
Yes, well this is the Catholic Cathedral Ryan, So the
one that was on Barbados Street here in Christchurch, and
that's where it will be rebuilt as well. The news
today is that they've picked an architectural firm A Warren
and Marni to design the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
and the surrounding precinct. This is the company that have
worked on many of Christchurch's key buildings, including our christ
(20:58):
Church town Hall, the tip Hi Convention Center and our
new Big Justice Precinct. The diocese has been without a
cathedral since the quakes. Bishop Michael Geeland says they really
hope that the cathedral will regain status as one of
the architectural treasures of the city. This is, of course,
the first Catholic cathedral to be built in New Zealand
in more than one hundred and twenty years.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Goodness be I suppose they're not really in hot demand anymore,
are they? So they probably yeah, rebuilding old ones, but
not doing new ones. How's the weather?
Speaker 11 (21:28):
They're clear cold here too, some snow falling to seven
hundred meters this morning and then becoming few and far
between from this afternoon. Southwesterlies and a high of nine.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Blessed you clear, thank you and Max's and Wellington Max
good morning, Good morning businesses. They're paying more in commercial
rates than anywhere else in the country.
Speaker 10 (21:47):
Yeah. So the average commercial rates spell in Wellington is
almost forty nine thousand dollars. In Auckland it's twenty thousand,
eighteen thousand in christis twenty five in Hamilton. These are
figures that really do show home to a struggle it
is to do business in the capital. Our local Chamber
of Commerce calls it a stark difference, a real worry.
Wellington businesses paying about forty eight percent of the city's
(22:09):
rate burden. Leaseholders obviously getting the full effect of that
as well. Businesses are closing. They've been closing for months.
Most are saying the same thing, it's not worth it anymore.
Rents are too high. In twenty twenty three, city council
officials pointed this problem out. They recommended to councilors they
bring down the commercial rates differential ad Council. That proposal
was voted down. It's simple. The next voter is in October.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
All right, how's your with them? Max?
Speaker 10 (22:34):
Some showers this morning, SOUTHERLYA'ST ten the high Central brilliant.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Thank you have a good day, Neiva's and orkanahay nava
good morning. Or can property valuations going to be released?
Speaker 12 (22:43):
Yeh?
Speaker 13 (22:44):
This week finally. So obviously we know that these valuations
are used to seat rates because they were originally seat
for release. I think people remember this in May of
last year. Then they were pushed back I think a
couple of times, and that was for the value a
General to carry out a set of reviews. So we
know that these property valuations will be released finally this week.
(23:05):
It's also expected that many of the rate payers will
object object to their new value, so.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
No one likes them when they come out. But they
don't mean anything anyway, really do they. They just well
apart from what you're right, whether.
Speaker 13 (23:17):
To go up or down or yeah, yeah, quite right,
quite right.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Now. What's happening with our weather today?
Speaker 6 (23:22):
Okay?
Speaker 13 (23:23):
Wow, rain, possible, thunderstorms turning to showers before dawn. Yeah,
showers fu and far between by the afternoon. Strong winds
as well. We've got westerlies gus to one hundred and
ten kilometers, but our possible in the squadly thunderstorm seventeen
the high here at all clubs.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Thank you very much, Neiva. It has just gone eighteen
minutes away from six. Here is Alcarez winning this as
the French Open, winning his fourth set against Sonner.
Speaker 14 (23:59):
Carlo Us takes the role Gallows father all the way,
takes the championship points. He takes the fourth seven.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Six. There we go. It has just set gone seventeen
minutes away from six and Ryan Fox, by the way,
will be teeing off in two minutes time. You're on
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Advice, International Correspondence with ins and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind.
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Speaker 3 (25:24):
Fourteen to six News Talk zimb We'll get to the
peer and boost visa in a second right now. Gavin
Gray in the UK for US Kevin, good morning, good
evening to you. The government accused there of failing to
keep its election promises. This is over the amount spent
on the asylum seekers.
Speaker 12 (25:40):
Yeah, sides down, but it's down not very much, Ryan.
So in total, the bill being spent on hotels to
How's migrants last year was four point four billion New
Zealand dollars, down from four point six billion the year before.
It is said that there are thirty two thousand asylum
seekers in hotels in the UK. The money is coming
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out of the overseas development budget. So money that should
be going to help the poorest people around the world
is instead being used to house migrants who have come
to the UK. It really is unsustainable. I think plenty
of people are thinking. But here's the other thing. Because
the country's not losing any money, people are also beginning
to wonder if ministers are really serious about tackling this injustice,
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in that this money would be saving lives elsewhere around
the globe as opposed to comfort for those who have
come here illegally and are applying for asylum. It's a
very tricky issue. No government's got a grip on it.
But this hotel bill seems to go on and on
and on.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Meanwhile, we've got arrests up for illegal migrants.
Speaker 12 (26:43):
Yes, this the government has improved on since they came
into parent July of last year, in that they have
toughened up quite considerably the fines and penalties to employers
who do carry on employing migrants who are working here illegally. Now,
the problem is for those who are in those hotels
we just described Ryan, and they are allowed to go
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out and about and do what they want. They're given
a small amount of money each day, but they are
not allowed to work and plenty of people think well
they should be allowed to work. And so we've heard
there's a fifty one percent rise on the number of
people arrested on suspicion of working illegally in the UK.
That's a significant rise and it is said that they
have managed to thirty thousand people in total who have
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no right to be in the UK have now been
returned to their home countries according to the Home Office.
So this is a more positive story.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
But then you get down.
Speaker 12 (27:36):
To the detail and footage showing on video shows the
moment thirty six people were arrested on one construction site,
nine others arrested illegally using delivery drivers. The list goes
on and on, and the question is how can the
government crack down further on that?
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Thank you very much, Kevin Gavin Gray are UK. You're
a correspondent just going to live in minutes away from
six Ryan Bridge. Terrants will from September be allowed to
visit the country on a special visa. The Parent Boost
visa will allow parents and will allow the parents of
citizens and residents to be granted with multi entry access
for up to five years if they meet health income
and insurance criteria, plus you can extend for another five,
(28:15):
so it's basically ten. It's a copy paste of the
Australia Canada model. Dr Palmjuck Palmer is the act immigration
spokesperson with me this morning, Good morning.
Speaker 15 (28:24):
Good morning game now for having me on, great.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
To have you here. Now, the estimates for how many
we might see apply for this very wildly from two
thousand to ten thousand a year. What do you think
is going to happen with it?
Speaker 15 (28:37):
I think we'll have to wait and watch how many
people actually take up this opportunity, because as it was
said in yesterday's media conference that it could be between
two to ten thousand. But we'll have to wakency.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Are you happy with I mean, you guys wanted a
public system with a payment from the parents rather than
them having to have health insurance. Why did you want that?
And do you think this will make a difference?
Speaker 15 (29:02):
So where we have blended, we are quite actually satisfied
with that. I am quite confident it will work and
it will help families those who really want to bring
their parents here on long term visitors visa. So when
we were doing work on our policy that was done
While we were in a position, I spoke to various
health insurance industry people and the feedback that I received
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from them was that some health insurance companies are reluctant
to take new clients those who are over a certain age.
And also the second point they made was that they're
reluctant to take people those who are on our visitor's visa.
And they also said that health insurance can be given
for one year with the travel insurance. And that's why
we thought that it's best to have a fund associated
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with the application that goes towards public health fund, so
that we are not creating a situation for the sponsor
where the sponsor is aniga in our death yourself, their
parents ending up in hospital and then the hospital choosing
for fairments. So that's why we thought we want to
actually balance it for sponsor and for taxpayers. And that
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was the idea.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
There, right, But does that not mean that if that
is the case, that some of these parents won't actually
be able to get insurance.
Speaker 15 (30:17):
So what I would say is that industries evolved and
if there is a need, then industries might look into it.
Some really positive about it and confident partical work but
we will watch closely how it goes and if it
needs improvement, we will be definitely talking about that.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Panji, appreciate your time spanting Pundrick Palmer, spokesperson for Immigration
for the ACT Party. It is eight minutes away from
six on News talk to because I guess the thing
is you don't want you don't want a whole bunch
of parents of immigrants coming to New Zealand and draining
the super our superannuation and the health system, which is
what this is aiming to address. You can't do that,
But then the question is really how effective is it
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if they can't get insurance. I suppose can't get health insurance.
Eight minutes away from six News Talks, there'd be right.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Next the first word on the News of the Day
early edition with Ryan Bridge and x Fole Insulation keeping
Kiwi Holmes warm and dry this winter news talks, that'd
be news talks.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
Here'b just gone six minutes away from six. Over in
the US, you might be wondering, how is Trump getting
the National Guard to go into the streets of Los
Angeles to deal with this rebellion. That's what he's calling it,
and that's why he's able to do it. Usually the
governor is the basically the commander in chief of like
Newsom would be in charge of the National Guard in California.
(31:35):
But under Title ten of the US Code, presidents can
federalize the National Guard, meaning to order the state based
troops to active duty when there is a rebellion or
danger of a rebellion against government authority. And that is
exactly what Trump is saying is happening there. It's five
to six Ryan Bridge rebellion of sorts in the studio
this morning, Mike, good morning.
Speaker 16 (31:55):
Do you know it's a funny thing when I come in,
especially on a Monday. Yeah, And I tied you this
dump up from all the low renters that have occupied
the place over the weekend. I myself excluded, well yourself
excluded until this morning, and I think, how is it
possible that this calamitous shambles.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
Could get any worse unfolds?
Speaker 16 (32:15):
And yet I've just seen you do it so changed.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
The channel on the TV, and my need to explain
to well and truly twisted.
Speaker 16 (32:23):
There are three TVs, and it's widely known that you
don't do it from a distance, because then you change
all the channels.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
Widely knowing how well, not that way by.
Speaker 16 (32:32):
People who know what they're doing technically, And so what
happens when you've just literally cocked the entire thing up.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
The studio and what you were seeking You didn't find
the tennis I was looking for. The tennis didn't have
you got.
Speaker 16 (32:46):
The tennis there, We've got, we've got it. We've got
quiz on duke, a little bit of fox on the
left hand side, and a week or no signals and
the clock that used to be there is no longer
there at all.
Speaker 3 (32:57):
Think there is a clock in front of you on
these computers. You know that I do, So why do
you need a clock on that up there?
Speaker 16 (33:02):
You never have too many clocks, never have too many clocks.
Everybody knows that. So yep, Glenn will have to come
and here I already done.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Thought you would be interested to know, because you've been
on a bit of a rampage lately about Minister's not
turning up. That we asked Erica Stanford on this morning
about family and.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
What'd she say?
Speaker 3 (33:18):
She declined on because of the time five forty eight
am and she's feeling a little bit under the weather.
Speaker 16 (33:26):
No unacceptable, Is that good? Enough unacceptable. I'm going to
raise that with Prominis this morning.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Before you Live. I really don't know how Mike is
here with the next Have a great day, run I'll
see tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, Listen live
to News Talks. It'd be from five am weekdays, or
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The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an early edition with ex pole insulation, keeping Kimi Holmes
warm and try this winter News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That'd be good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
It is six after five year on News Talk said
be coming up on the show this morning. A bit
of an immigration theme to the program. This morning. We're
trying to boost ours in New Zealand. We'll look at
parent boosts before six protests in the US over the
ice crackdown and the UK. Gavin Gray has the numbers.
Wait till you hear how much there's still spending in
Starmer's coppying some heat for this, how much there's still
(00:33):
spending on asylum seeker hotels. Andrew Orlison has sport for
us the Blues, what a win, the Warriors, Ryan Fox,
the all whites and young drivers. You know, you get
all the headlines about the boy races. Actually the stats
paint a different picture of young drivers. We'll get to
that shortly.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
The agenda.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It is Monday, the ninth of June. To the illegal
immigrant protests in the US. The National Guard about to
hit the streets of La Trump says they'll there for
sixty days.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Overnight.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
California Governor Gavin Newsom called Trump's decision quote purposefully inflammatory
and said it would quote only escalate tangents. A president
posting a truth social at two fourteen am, praising the
National Guard and christicizing Newsom is incompetent, even calling him
new scum.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Meanwhile, were you following the Musk Trump spatch divorce over
the weekend? I was glued to it. Simme it down
a bit yesterday after getting quite ugly on Friday and Saturday.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
These two very powerful men, they can really damage each other.
I mean, mister Trump has threatened that he will cut
the government contracts with Elotmusk's companies, and his allies have
already called for Elon Musk, who is a naturalized citizen
originally from South Africa, to be deported.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
In Colombia this presidential Canada and intensive care. After being
shot at a campaign event in Bogata, Senator Migael lou
Rabi Tube was addressing supporters in a park when he
was shot three times police arresting a fifteen year old.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
The question now is how the different political factions react
the effect that this assassination attempt to have on the
presidential race and the tone with which the President and
the ruling party take this further.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
That's your agenda for Monday morning, eight after five.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
Ryan Branch and ex Fole Insulation Keeping Kiwi Holmes warm
and dry. This winter News Talks.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
A'd be ooh, some fancy new music on the program
this morning. That sounds nice, doesn't it. Just speaking of Bogata,
I've actually been there before without then Prime Minister John Key,
who was on a trade mission and we were following it.
I mean, it's a very dangerous place Columbia, a very
dangerous place. Not quite as dangerous now as it was then,
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but very dangerous place. And we were on the bus
because they put the media in the back of the
motorcade because he obviously had the police escored and everything,
and there was smoke. All of a sudden, the motike
came to a screeching holt and there was smoke at
the front, and everybody thought, oh, my goodness, somebody's tried
to attack the Prime minister. You know, there's something going anyway.
(03:12):
It turns out that they blew a tire, had to
pull over and change it, or he changed cars. I
think is what ended up happening nine minutes after five
year on news Talks ad B. So, do you think
parents are teaching their kids how to drive properly? That's
my question for you this morning. Or do you think
parents just put the L plates up because you see
them all over town annoying on the road. Put the
(03:34):
L plates up and then they're done with it. It's like
a virtue signaling they're not actually teaching them. Because AA's
got some stats out this morning that shows, by the way,
young people and I'm talking fifteen to nineteen year olds here,
are actually doing pretty well. The number who are offending
on the roads breaking the laws down by forty one
percent on ten years ago, drunk and drug driving down
(03:58):
by fifty eight percent, and see belt offenses down by
fifty two percent. Fewer of them are dying on the
road as a result, which is good news. But here's
the number I want to read to you. Half of
drivers under twenty five had less than forty hours experience
before sitting there restricted test. Seventeen percent said so about
twenty percent said they'd done less than fifteen hours in
(04:18):
the car with mum or dad. Now is that lazy
or is that lazy or is it is that? Do
you think? Because if you live in a city, you
don't actually potentially drive as much as you might in
the country. Nine two nine two the number to text.
I had great fun being taught how to drive by
my mum, not so much my dad. That was less
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That was less fun. Just got eleven after five year.
On news Talk said B, We're going to get to
Gavin Gray as sorry, get to Andrew Ordison on Sport.
But first we will speak about those young driver numbers
and just what the implications are for injuries and deaths
on the road. That's next News.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
And views you trust to start your day. It's early
edition with Ryan Bridge at expol Insulation keeping Kiwi, Holmes,
Ward and Drey this winter.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
News Talk said, be good morning, it is five point thirteen.
On news Talk said B, We're going to talk just
a twenty five past five this morning. I'll talk to
you about the gas because we are now investors thanks
to the budget to the tune of two hundred million dollars.
We are going to be joint partners and exploring for
new gas fields in New Zealand. The question is whether
that's actually a smart thing to do. There was a
new research note out on Friday from fullsyth Bar that
(05:28):
looked at energy in New Zealand and actually this year
apparently we're not going to have an energy crunch like
we had last year, but twenty twenty six will be
back to energy crunch. Territory problem is takes you two
to three years to develop a gas field once you
find it, and no one's even looking right now, so
is it the right thing to be doing. We'll look
at that at five twenty five, just gone fourteen after
(05:50):
Ryan Bridge you research from the AA Research Foundation this
morning they reckon young drivers are committing around forty percent
fewer traffic offenses than a decade ago. Offending rate for
fifteen to nineteen year olds have fallen by forty one percent,
drunk and drugged driving by fifty eight percent, and seat
belt offenses by fifty two percent. Young driver fatalities are
(06:11):
also down, but still above the obviously the average and
above the older age groups here as well. Jeff Upson
is a Rodney Local board member and road safety campaigner
with me this morning. GA Jeff get a he done? Yeah, good,
thank you. First of all, these numbers are good, I
mean we see the headlines about the boy racers, but
actually on the whole they're behaving better than they were
(06:31):
than I was ten years ago.
Speaker 7 (06:33):
Well, I mean I think, you know, we can't lump
in the boy racers and all young drivers. But yeah, no,
you're right in this statistic of fifty eight percent reduction
and drink driving and young people. I mean, that's an
amazing statistic. But we do need to be careful how
we review statistics because that could just be less drink
driver testing. So so it's really important how we how
(06:55):
we interpret the data. But if the statistic also show
less crashes, then maybe that is a factual thing.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Well, I mean the death the fatalities are coming down, right,
Fatalities are down from twenty two point five per one
hundred thousand to sixteen point six over that ten year period.
Speaker 7 (07:16):
Yeah, I wonder what else we're looking at, you know,
some of the other things that have created that data.
I mean, is it the tires are getting better on cars?
I mean, have we got better driver education now? I
think driver education for young people is probably the most
important thing, and it's important that we learn how to
drive when we were younger. You know, it's a lot
(07:37):
more difficult to learn things, you know, for you and
I now than when we were at school.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
An old dog new tricks. So one of the things
that they've identified is they want this is AA. They
want driver training to be well, the learner license period
to go from six months to a year, and they
reckon that, you know, the parents perhaps aren't spending enough
time in the car with the kids. Something like seventeen
percent of them are getting less than fifteen hours over
(08:07):
that six month period of actual driving time.
Speaker 7 (08:11):
Yeah, that's not a lot of time at all. And
the other thing is that if you're learning from your parents,
I mean, that's that's great, but it's sometimes you pick
up the bad habits. And sometimes it's really important to
have a professional driver trainer at least for a small
portion of your your education process. And there's a lot
of professional driver training courses, you know, Greek Murphy sponsors
(08:34):
one that's it's on the racetrack and you learn some
particular special skills. Some of the most basic things are
not being taught, you know. You know, for example, what
a tire footprint is. We are going to it today,
but maybe the listeners will google that later on and
find out what that means.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
What, can you just tell me what it is because
I actually don't know. Okay.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
Yeah, so you look at the tire and you think
it's a massive, big tire, but the tire footprint is
the teeny tiny little part of that tire that's actually
touching the road, and quite often that's about the size
of your hand. So you know, you think you're driving
one hundred or one hundred and ten kilometers along a
wet road, but you've only got such a teeny tiny
little bit of rubber actually keeping you going in a
(09:14):
straight line.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah right, okay, but like Fred Finstone putting his foot down,
it's not much. There's not much tread. Okay. So so
you kind of agree with AA. You think there should
be a more focus on training. Who taught you how
to drive jet?
Speaker 7 (09:29):
It was a mix I learned from watching watching Dad drive.
I also had a lot of experience off road, you know,
on on farms, driving on gravel roads, and driving dirt bikes.
So so I think I was quite lucky in that respect.
But I did have some professional driver training and I
did a team some driver training courses. There was a
the company's gone bus now, but it was called pro
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drive and that was like a full day event, some
in the classroom, some behind the wheel in some of
the things that I doing that was invaluable. You just
can't learn it without actually doing something like that.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, I did the same thing, Jeff, Thank you very
much for that. Jeff Upson, a Rodney local board member
road safety campaign. Nine two ninety two is the number
to text who bought you how to drive? I can remember, Yeah,
I remember distinctly, just having fits of laughter. I just
thought it. I think I was nervous and I would
just laugh when I was being taught how to drive,
which didn't give much confidence to my parents who were
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trying to teach me. Eighteen after five News Talks here
B will get to Andrew Allison was.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Sport next Ryan Bridge on earlier edition with ex Pol
insulation keeping Kiwi Holmes warm and try this winter News
talks 'B.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Five twenty one News Talks, HEB will look at the
parent boost immigration issue. Just before six, Andrew Allison here
was sport this morning. Lots to watch this morning, love it.
So we've got Ryan Fox. He's teeing off quarters to six,
quarter to six.
Speaker 8 (10:54):
Yes, he was leading over nights, but just at least
last support Shane, he had taken one stroke.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
He was five under through four holes.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
Today Fox now in a share of second, But of
course he can change that once he once he teas
off himself and change the momentum there.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
But Fox, like Gause, the key things. Remember, he's seventy
five in the wild of the moment he gets into
the top.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Sixty, he will contest, or can contest the US Open
this week at Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
It's going to require like it's going to require a.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
Top five finish. So that's really the key other outright
winning it, which would be ideal from Fox's perspective. Jesus,
he's been playing so well right and adaptable too in
that I saw that shot with his right leg shoeless.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
In the water.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So he has to get to sixty.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah, inside the top sixty.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Inside the top sixteen, you get to the US Open.
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 8 (11:46):
So he's this is how he's doing it, though he
wins event he top twenty finishes, et cetera.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
And happy pops, Yeah right, brilliant. And so we've had
the tenant the French Open, Cocoa Golf wins.
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Yes, she's won of the women's and then the match
against against the Reda Sablinka.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
And this morning Italian in front of me at the moment, but.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
I've got the wrong channel.
Speaker 8 (12:05):
Carlos al Karrath was on the verge of being able
to get back into the fourth set. So it was
two one to Yarnicks Cinner Sinner one the first two.
Alcaath with a victory in the third set and he
was down to break al Karrath.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
In the fourth.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
I'm trying to change the channels.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
And he was almost on the verge of breakboy, But
hopefully we'll get that to you in a moment. But
this is what we want to see from the men's
French Tennis Open final.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
A thrilling duel there this.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
Morning as well between these two who are I guess
the next wave of players, who have I guess taken
over from the new three, the week four of the
past generation and these two now taking it into the
next level.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Speaking of thrilling, what about the Blues and the Chiefs.
That's one way to survive and the seasons are out.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah it watch. It was a great watch.
Speaker 8 (12:56):
Not twenty nineteen in the end, but the Blues defending
chair is survived and the Chiefs.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, thinking the Chiefs, surely this is there.
Speaker 8 (13:03):
Year again under Clayton McMillan as finally you as coach
with the Chiefs, but not to be so far. But
by virtue of being the best loser, they get the
home semi final again this week, so they playing the
Brumbies and well there'll be Saturday, but Blues Crusaders on Friday.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
It's a hell of a jill too.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (13:23):
Do you think, wow, she's pastform. We'd have to say
the Crusaders that they've never been beaten in their playoff
at home there. But Van Cotta he's got a real
steely mindset to them. And the Blues coming finding some
momentum at that crucial stage of the season.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Yeah yeah. And the Warriors one.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Too, hiding too.
Speaker 8 (13:43):
It's fantastic from the Warriors just showing their depth and
Andrew Webster and even without Mitch Barnead et cetera.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
They've just got the right mindset.
Speaker 8 (13:51):
There's a terrific culture there at the moments and younger
players coming through as well.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
It's it's good science.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Not happening this morning.
Speaker 8 (13:57):
We'll look for your next up. So we love Monday morning,
busy time. We'll get that Alcrassinara update to you very surely.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
Yes, you'll have it in six to seven minutes. I
think absolutely, Thanks Andrew, good to see it. Others was
for twenty four minutes after five, you're on News Talk
Seed B. Coming up next, we'll look at the two
hundred million dollars in the budget for we will be
basically co investors or we will be going into business
with gas explorers trying to find and extractors trying to
(14:25):
find gas fields in New Zealand. Is that a smart
and wise investment. We'll look into that next twenty four
after five News Talk set B.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
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Speaker 3 (14:39):
Talks HEB five twenty six. She was a chilly weekend,
wasn't she? Even in Auckland it was five degrees. We
had the heat pump cranking the entire weekend. I spoke
to a friend of Marlborough last night who had the
fire going all week and they actually had a proper frost.
It's right now you start thinking, though, isn't it? How
much is all this going to cost?
Speaker 7 (14:57):
Me?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
And the answer because I checked this morning the power
bill the answer was for May two hundred and fifty
dollars for a house of two people one dog. Already
we've spent seventy dollars for June, which what are we
the ninth of June at the moment. This is one
of the few bills that I actually pay in our household,
so it's one of the few that I really notice.
It's not going through the roof tracking roughly the same
(15:19):
as last year. And disclaimer for those of you thinking
this is an outrageous amount, our place is old and cold,
pretty poorly ventilated, and basically you need either airconn in
the summer on all the time or heat in the winter.
There is good news on the energy front though for
twenty twenty five, not that it directly affects us all
more than big industrial users, but by virtue of that
(15:42):
US all full syth Bar released an energy note on Friday.
They reckon we'll avoid another big energy crunch this winter,
but we will return to one in twenty twenty six.
So no blackouts for twenty twenty five, which is good.
The reason we've avoided this is because the electricity producers
did a deal with Methodex and we've had rain so
the hydrolanks have been given a top up. To avoid
(16:03):
future black arts, we'll need to cut industrial demand, which
is not great for business, and burn more coal. And
that brings us to gas, a shortage of which caused
last year's energy price crunch. For Soyth, bar reckons, the
government's push for gas is actually unlikely to solve our problems.
It takes two to three years to get a gas
(16:24):
field up and running. First, you have to find it
right now, nobody's even looking. No gas fields are being explored.
By the time you get gas out of the government's
two hundred million dollar budget buy in, the energy shortages
will likely have passed. It's one thing to let the
producers go it alone and risk their investment in capital.
(16:46):
It's another to put our money on the line to
develop these fields. There's a genuine question about whether this
is smart investment in our future or if taxpayer money
is being wasted here A bit like the heat escaping
from my old house. Ryan Bridge, US talks B twenty
nine minutes after five some great techs on how you
(17:08):
who taught you how to drive? And how well you
were taught how to drive? One from a rural girl.
We'll get to that after this and s Kevin Gray
in the UK News Talks.
Speaker 10 (17:18):
Ed B.
Speaker 8 (17:28):
Waiting for the.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
News you need this morning and the in depth analysis
early edition with Ryan Bridge and ex Bowl Insulation keeping
Kiwi homes warm and dry this Winter News Talks B.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Good morning, Welcome to your Monday at Chili start twenty
four away from six o'clock. Coming up the fourth six,
we'll get to the Act party on the parents boost
visa and Gavin Gray's in the UK for US Starma
having a bit of trouble over there over immigration himself.
Some texts before we get to our reporters around the country. Ryan,
this is on gas, the fact that we are going
soon going to be partners with some gas explorers and
(18:16):
extractors to try and find it and get it out. Ryan.
Have you ever heard of that old saying you have
to start sometime or you don't start. As far as
the gas is concerned, let's get into it, says Bruce. Bruce. Yeah.
The question is whether we actually in the long term
need it, because it'll take two to three years to
find the gas. Currently, no one's even looking for gas,
(18:37):
So is it worth us putting two hundred million dollars
on the line. I think that's the question. Ryan, very
well and good to talk about the gas and I
appreciate you doing so. However, it would have been good
to hear from someone in government on this is Brian, Brian,
I do actually intend to ask the Prime Minister about
that later this morning over on the Herald. And this
is a great one on who taught you how to drive?
(18:58):
And how well can you drive? And how well were
you taught how to drive? We've had some new numbers
out in young people this morning. Ryan. We were brought
up on a farm, so we knew from a very
young age how to drive. I now live in Auckland
and compared to my husband there is a lot he
doesn't know. I am one of five and the baby girl.
But I know how to check my oil, water, tire
(19:19):
pressure and also how to change a tire. My husband
can only do the tire pressure. Twenty two to six
Brian bred cadding for divorce. If you keep that up, Kelly.
Now we'll get to our reporters around the country Cullum
and Dunedin first this morning. Callum, good morning morning. Right now,
the cause to revive the Southerner passenger train this morning. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (19:42):
Look, there's been a petition launched to revive the Southerner
and more than two thousand people already have signed this
seeking the restoration of the service between christ Church and
in the Cargo Vias and Needans on the main trunk line.
The service shut down in two thousand and two, but
it's proposed that a refer service would stop off at
multiple key towns along the way like ashburd and Timaru, Omaru,
(20:05):
Belkluther and Gore to save our trained Southern Groups says
there are seven hundred and fifty thousand people living along
this route. They are currently starved off reasonable public transport links.
This petition is to be presented at Parliament in July.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
And how's your weather?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Still cold?
Speaker 9 (20:22):
Rainies into the odd shower today, Southerly's dying out still
single figures the heights today.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Just night night all right, gets to get to clear
and christ Church clear. Good morning to you, Good morning.
Another step forward in the rebuild for the new cathedral.
Speaker 11 (20:37):
Yes, well this is the Catholic Cathedral Ryan, So the
one that was on Barbados Street here in Christchurch, and
that's where it will be rebuilt as well. The news
today is that they've picked an architectural firm A Warren
and Marni to design the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
and the surrounding precinct. This is the company that have
worked on many of Christchurch's key buildings, including our christ
(20:58):
Church town Hall, the tip Hi Convention Center and our
new Big Justice Precinct. The diocese has been without a
cathedral since the quakes. Bishop Michael Geeland says they really
hope that the cathedral will regain status as one of
the architectural treasures of the city. This is, of course,
the first Catholic cathedral to be built in New Zealand
in more than one hundred and twenty years.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Goodness be I suppose they're not really in hot demand anymore,
are they? So they probably yeah, rebuilding old ones, but
not doing new ones. How's the weather?
Speaker 11 (21:28):
They're clear cold here too, some snow falling to seven
hundred meters this morning and then becoming few and far
between from this afternoon. Southwesterlies and a high of nine.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Blessed you clear, thank you and Max's and Wellington Max
good morning, Good morning businesses. They're paying more in commercial
rates than anywhere else in the country.
Speaker 10 (21:47):
Yeah. So the average commercial rates spell in Wellington is
almost forty nine thousand dollars. In Auckland it's twenty thousand,
eighteen thousand in christis twenty five in Hamilton. These are
figures that really do show home to a struggle it
is to do business in the capital. Our local Chamber
of Commerce calls it a stark difference, a real worry.
Wellington businesses paying about forty eight percent of the city's
(22:09):
rate burden. Leaseholders obviously getting the full effect of that
as well. Businesses are closing. They've been closing for months.
Most are saying the same thing, it's not worth it anymore.
Rents are too high. In twenty twenty three, city council
officials pointed this problem out. They recommended to councilors they
bring down the commercial rates differential ad Council. That proposal
was voted down. It's simple. The next voter is in October.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
All right, how's your with them? Max?
Speaker 10 (22:34):
Some showers this morning, SOUTHERLYA'ST ten the high Central brilliant.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Thank you have a good day, Neiva's and orkanahay nava
good morning. Or can property valuations going to be released?
Speaker 12 (22:43):
Yeh?
Speaker 13 (22:44):
This week finally. So obviously we know that these valuations
are used to seat rates because they were originally seat
for release. I think people remember this in May of
last year. Then they were pushed back I think a
couple of times, and that was for the value a
General to carry out a set of reviews. So we
know that these property valuations will be released finally this week.
(23:05):
It's also expected that many of the rate payers will
object object to their new value, so.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
No one likes them when they come out. But they
don't mean anything anyway, really do they. They just well
apart from what you're right, whether.
Speaker 13 (23:17):
To go up or down or yeah, yeah, quite right,
quite right.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Now. What's happening with our weather today?
Speaker 6 (23:22):
Okay?
Speaker 13 (23:23):
Wow, rain, possible, thunderstorms turning to showers before dawn. Yeah,
showers fu and far between by the afternoon. Strong winds
as well. We've got westerlies gus to one hundred and
ten kilometers, but our possible in the squadly thunderstorm seventeen
the high here at all clubs.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Thank you very much, Neiva. It has just gone eighteen
minutes away from six. Here is Alcarez winning this as
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Fourteen to six News Talk zimb We'll get to the
peer and boost visa in a second right now. Gavin
Gray in the UK for US Kevin, good morning, good
evening to you. The government accused there of failing to
keep its election promises. This is over the amount spent
on the asylum seekers.
Speaker 12 (25:40):
Yeah, sides down, but it's down not very much, Ryan.
So in total, the bill being spent on hotels to
How's migrants last year was four point four billion New
Zealand dollars, down from four point six billion the year before.
It is said that there are thirty two thousand asylum
seekers in hotels in the UK. The money is coming
(26:01):
out of the overseas development budget. So money that should
be going to help the poorest people around the world
is instead being used to house migrants who have come
to the UK. It really is unsustainable. I think plenty
of people are thinking. But here's the other thing. Because
the country's not losing any money, people are also beginning
to wonder if ministers are really serious about tackling this injustice,
(26:23):
in that this money would be saving lives elsewhere around
the globe as opposed to comfort for those who have
come here illegally and are applying for asylum. It's a
very tricky issue. No government's got a grip on it.
But this hotel bill seems to go on and on
and on.
Speaker 3 (26:38):
Meanwhile, we've got arrests up for illegal migrants.
Speaker 12 (26:43):
Yes, this the government has improved on since they came
into parent July of last year, in that they have
toughened up quite considerably the fines and penalties to employers
who do carry on employing migrants who are working here illegally. Now,
the problem is for those who are in those hotels
we just described Ryan, and they are allowed to go
(27:05):
out and about and do what they want. They're given
a small amount of money each day, but they are
not allowed to work and plenty of people think well
they should be allowed to work. And so we've heard
there's a fifty one percent rise on the number of
people arrested on suspicion of working illegally in the UK.
That's a significant rise and it is said that they
have managed to thirty thousand people in total who have
(27:29):
no right to be in the UK have now been
returned to their home countries according to the Home Office.
So this is a more positive story.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
But then you get down.
Speaker 12 (27:36):
To the detail and footage showing on video shows the
moment thirty six people were arrested on one construction site,
nine others arrested illegally using delivery drivers. The list goes
on and on, and the question is how can the
government crack down further on that?
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Thank you very much, Kevin Gavin Gray are UK. You're
a correspondent just going to live in minutes away from
six Ryan Bridge. Terrants will from September be allowed to
visit the country on a special visa. The Parent Boost
visa will allow parents and will allow the parents of
citizens and residents to be granted with multi entry access
for up to five years if they meet health income
and insurance criteria, plus you can extend for another five,
(28:15):
so it's basically ten. It's a copy paste of the
Australia Canada model. Dr Palmjuck Palmer is the act immigration
spokesperson with me this morning, Good morning.
Speaker 15 (28:24):
Good morning game now for having me on, great.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
To have you here. Now, the estimates for how many
we might see apply for this very wildly from two
thousand to ten thousand a year. What do you think
is going to happen with it?
Speaker 15 (28:37):
I think we'll have to wait and watch how many
people actually take up this opportunity, because as it was
said in yesterday's media conference that it could be between
two to ten thousand. But we'll have to wakency.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Are you happy with I mean, you guys wanted a
public system with a payment from the parents rather than
them having to have health insurance. Why did you want that?
And do you think this will make a difference?
Speaker 15 (29:02):
So where we have blended, we are quite actually satisfied
with that. I am quite confident it will work and
it will help families those who really want to bring
their parents here on long term visitors visa. So when
we were doing work on our policy that was done
While we were in a position, I spoke to various
health insurance industry people and the feedback that I received
(29:26):
from them was that some health insurance companies are reluctant
to take new clients those who are over a certain age.
And also the second point they made was that they're
reluctant to take people those who are on our visitor's visa.
And they also said that health insurance can be given
for one year with the travel insurance. And that's why
we thought that it's best to have a fund associated
(29:49):
with the application that goes towards public health fund, so
that we are not creating a situation for the sponsor
where the sponsor is aniga in our death yourself, their
parents ending up in hospital and then the hospital choosing
for fairments. So that's why we thought we want to
actually balance it for sponsor and for taxpayers. And that
(30:10):
was the idea.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
There, right, But does that not mean that if that
is the case, that some of these parents won't actually
be able to get insurance.
Speaker 15 (30:17):
So what I would say is that industries evolved and
if there is a need, then industries might look into it.
Some really positive about it and confident partical work but
we will watch closely how it goes and if it
needs improvement, we will be definitely talking about that.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Panji, appreciate your time spanting Pundrick Palmer, spokesperson for Immigration
for the ACT Party. It is eight minutes away from
six on News talk to because I guess the thing
is you don't want you don't want a whole bunch
of parents of immigrants coming to New Zealand and draining
the super our superannuation and the health system, which is
what this is aiming to address. You can't do that,
But then the question is really how effective is it
(30:57):
if they can't get insurance. I suppose can't get health insurance.
Eight minutes away from six News Talks, there'd be right.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Next the first word on the News of the Day
early edition with Ryan Bridge and x Fole Insulation keeping
Kiwi Holmes warm and dry this winter news talks, that'd
be news talks.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
Here'b just gone six minutes away from six. Over in
the US, you might be wondering, how is Trump getting
the National Guard to go into the streets of Los
Angeles to deal with this rebellion. That's what he's calling it,
and that's why he's able to do it. Usually the
governor is the basically the commander in chief of like
Newsom would be in charge of the National Guard in California.
(31:35):
But under Title ten of the US Code, presidents can
federalize the National Guard, meaning to order the state based
troops to active duty when there is a rebellion or
danger of a rebellion against government authority. And that is
exactly what Trump is saying is happening there. It's five
to six Ryan Bridge rebellion of sorts in the studio
this morning, Mike, good morning.
Speaker 16 (31:55):
Do you know it's a funny thing when I come in,
especially on a Monday. Yeah, And I tied you this
dump up from all the low renters that have occupied
the place over the weekend. I myself excluded, well yourself
excluded until this morning, and I think, how is it
possible that this calamitous shambles.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
Could get any worse unfolds?
Speaker 16 (32:15):
And yet I've just seen you do it so changed.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
The channel on the TV, and my need to explain
to well and truly twisted.
Speaker 16 (32:23):
There are three TVs, and it's widely known that you
don't do it from a distance, because then you change
all the channels.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
Widely knowing how well, not that way by.
Speaker 16 (32:32):
People who know what they're doing technically, And so what
happens when you've just literally cocked the entire thing up.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
The studio and what you were seeking You didn't find
the tennis I was looking for. The tennis didn't have
you got.
Speaker 16 (32:46):
The tennis there, We've got, we've got it. We've got
quiz on duke, a little bit of fox on the
left hand side, and a week or no signals and
the clock that used to be there is no longer
there at all.
Speaker 3 (32:57):
Think there is a clock in front of you on
these computers. You know that I do, So why do
you need a clock on that up there?
Speaker 16 (33:02):
You never have too many clocks, never have too many clocks.
Everybody knows that. So yep, Glenn will have to come
and here I already done.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Thought you would be interested to know, because you've been
on a bit of a rampage lately about Minister's not
turning up. That we asked Erica Stanford on this morning
about family and.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
What'd she say?
Speaker 3 (33:18):
She declined on because of the time five forty eight
am and she's feeling a little bit under the weather.
Speaker 16 (33:26):
No unacceptable, Is that good? Enough unacceptable. I'm going to
raise that with Prominis this morning.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Before you Live. I really don't know how Mike is
here with the next Have a great day, run I'll
see tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
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