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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan
Bridge on early editions with Spark for business technology that
keeps business moving, news talks.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
There'd be good.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Morning, It's Friday, six after five. Great to have your company.
We'll head to Jerusalem for the latest in the Middle East.
Vincent's in the UK for us this morning. We'll talk
about motorsport heading to Topoor and the CEO of Early
Childhood Council is on the show because half of our
ecees in New Zealand aren't up to standard. But what
does that actually mean? And should you be worried about
(00:32):
your kid if they're spending too much time there? All
ahead for your Friday morning. The agenda tenth of April.
Netanyahu last man standing in the way of the ceasefire,
holding what.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
We can't do anything.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
I wish I was a born so that I can
braw up whoever is responsible for this.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
The enemy doesn't have mercy.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
This is Lebanon where they are still whacking haz Bula,
although I note the last hour Nityahu has said they
will start direct talks with Lebanon to try and stop
all this from happening. And in breaking news that is
not breaking and not surprising. The straight upfor Moos is
not open.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
It was a grade violation, intentional grade violation. You cannot
ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions,
accept in all the areas that you know ceasfire is
applied to and name Lebanon exactly, Lebanon in that and
then your ally just start a massacre. Actually it was
(01:32):
a sort of genocide, you know, by the regime of
Israeli in Lebanon, just immediately after the ceasfire was accepted.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
We've got some numbers for you on petrel and diesel
prices here and when they might start to change. Meanwhile,
Mark Rutta, this is the NATO boss. He's been speaking
in Washington after he had tints meeting with Trump.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Let me be clear, this alliance is not whistling past
the graveyard. Alice recognize and I recognize. We are in
a period of profound change in the Transatlantic Alights. Europe
is assuming a creator and fair share of the task
of providing for its conventional defense.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
To La the ketamine Queen. This is Matthew Perry sold
them all the drugs. Friends, actor fifteen years behind bars.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
If you don't feel some sense of shame or sorrow
and you're not even humor.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Finally, this morning, a London thief easy cash he was
after and steals a handbag and a pub jailed for
two years. Seems like quite a half sentence. Well here's why.
Turns out there was a five point three million dollar
egg and watch set inside the handbag, which are both
still missing now the egg and watch set for Bergier.
(02:44):
I think that's how you say it, Michael, No, of course,
but yeah, very expensive and still nowhere to be found.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark for business technology
that keeps business moving.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Used nine after five nine two is the number to text.
Do you put your kids in childcare? In daycare is?
And do you worry what it's doing to their brains?
So much time in spend in childcare. It's the generation
childcare basically any kid that's been raised at the moment.
This is just a reality. And there's a study out
of Australia which I think parents should probably pay attention to.
(03:22):
And maybe you have seen this already. It came out
just a couple of days ago. So children who spend
long hours in childcare have a higher risk of emotional development. Issues,
learning problems. Forty hours a week. You got problems basically,
And whose child is in daycare childcare forty hours a week,
well quite a few of them actually, So this is
a government study. They looked at almost three hundred thousand
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kids from birth to their first year at school. Social
competence problems, emotional maturity problems, biggest impact when compared to
children who had no formal childcare whatsoever. One of the
reasons they reckon is well, it's quite a simple one.
And if you're a parent, you will know this. That
children's brains develop and they thrive being developed on relationships
(04:10):
with one or two adults. So they need a secure
sense of attachment between adult and child. And if you
have lots of staff turning over and churning over in
a childcare center, then the kid is not getting the
one on one time that they need, and so you
have problems. So what do you do with this information?
(04:33):
Because if you are a two parent family, likely you
are both working and you need to in order to
pay the bills. So what the hell do you do
about it? I mean, you can't go back to the
good old days where moms stayed at home and looked
after the kids and you probably can't say that anymore
or dad stayed at home and looked after the kids.
How do you afford to do that? But at the
same time, how do you not make your kid end
(04:55):
up with development problems and learning issues? Eleven after five
talk about ecees here in New Zealand. Next, also I'll
give you those numbers on petrol News Talk sat B.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that
keeps Business Moving.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
News Talk SEB. For Bursha, thank you, dear Textern. Nine two.
The number for Bursha is the egg and the egg
set that was worth more than just bloody expensive. Is
what it is? Five million dollars SOLN in a handbag
in London. Guy got two years right, five point thirteen.
So average diesel price right now in New Zealand is
three eighty eight. This is according to gas B ninety
(05:38):
one is three dollars forty eight. Now. The Commerce Commission,
they've been doing a weekly update to see whether we're
getting price gougised when we fill up, and they put
their latest report out yesterday, so with ninety one they've
said it is now only up fifty four cents a
liter on its pre war price, but the average that
(06:00):
that's what the importers are paying, but the average retail
price is still up ninety three cents, so there's a
gap emerging. When are we going to close the gap
is the question. For refined diesel that was a dollar
thirteen a liter higher than it was in February twenty eight,
which was before the war, the retail price a dollar
(06:21):
ninety two higher. So the question then becomes when are
they going to drop the prices at the pump. The
Commerce Commission has said there's no evidence of price gouging
at this point. I mean oil overnight was back up
over one hundred dollars a barrel for US volatile prices,
so it will take some time before they settle down.
But how much time I hope that the AA in
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the UK this morning has said they expect to see
prices coming down should the cease fire hold in two weeks.
Bridge Almost half of early childhood centers arned up to scratch.
This is according to a new review from Erro. Forty
seven percent of standalone services were below the quality threshold
for twenty four to two. But that's actually an improvement
(07:02):
from sixty four percent that weren't up scratched last time.
Obviously still not great. Simon Loeber is with US CEO
of Early Childhood Counsel Simon, good morning, Good morning, Ryan,
Good to have you on the program. So is this
something we should be really concerned about, like what types
of standards are they not meeting?
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Not really, No, I wouldn't be concerned about this. It
is the Education Review Office doing their job and what
we're seeing is a significant improvement from just one year.
And whilst I know it does sound like a low percentage,
it shows the sensitivity of the reviews that they're doing
(07:43):
that they do. They do try and look at a
lot of things, and if they see something slightly out
of place, it's going to be appearing on your review
and so you will end up with pretty much everyone
getting found with something somewhere that's not quite right. And yeah,
it's it is concerning, but it is why you have
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the reviews, so that you have the early chartered services
focused on improvement. And if we look at those areas
that made up that fifty three percent, the best performing
area was around learners and their learning, which was sixty
five percent, So that were above, so that was really good.
(08:26):
The weakest area was actually in professional learning and development,
which tallies with what we're hearing of a workforce is
under massive pressure with not a lot of help.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
But that still leaves an on the learning thirty five
percent that are below the standard. Presumably, I mean that's
not great.
Speaker 7 (08:44):
Well, it's it is what it is, ryan that is
and it's an improvement on the year before. So yeah,
if people don't like to see it, but that is
the state of our early childhood provision and that's this
independent of it evaluation team that showed us every year
and it's actually a massive improvement. There was seventeen percent
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lower the previous year.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
How do you get if you're a parent, how do
you get a good one?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Then?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
You know, how do you know who's good?
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Well, that's that's a different question altogether, isn't it. It's
a bit like as that cake done. Like personally, you know,
you've got to you've got to find the right service
for your child, and every child is different and there
are quite a lot of different options out there. So
if you're going into centers and you need long hours
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of care for a day, then you definitely need to
go and visit a few different centers, and it's a
bit like looking at properties you've it's only by looking
at a few that you start to build up a
sense yourself about you know, what is it we are
looking for for our child? And you might get it
wrong as well. You could find one that you think
looks really good, but actually you're doesn't settle comfortably and
(10:02):
that's important too.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Simon good to be on the program. Thank you, Simon
Labor's CEO of Early Childhood Counsel. It's eighteen minutes after
five Ryan Bridge. So how do you given that information?
How do you pick? How do you know what's good?
You know? Do you ask your kid? How was that?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (10:16):
No, that was the quality of the education was excellent.
I will go back. How do you how are you
to decide? Eighteen minutes after five News TALKSB we'll talk
about the motorsport in Topel Next.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that keeps Business Moving
News TALKSB.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
News Talk SIB it is five twenty. Great to have
your company this morning. Loads of texts coming on this
one from Brian says Ryan, I think your information on
diesel prices way off currently paying over four dollars a liter. Yes, Brian,
you will be at your pump. The number I gave
three out of eight was the average for New Zealand.
But there definitely are some stations that are charging you
north north of four dollars a liter. Another here is Ryan.
(11:01):
My missus and I haven't heard that one in a while.
Have a sun due in July. We are moving back
to Australia es since you're going to double my income,
a big reason being that she will not have to
work and we can avoid childcare, which is actually the
way to go. Because a friend of mine is moving
while considering a move to Perth at the moment, and
she's got two kids, two young kids, and she said
(11:22):
the price of childcare, the cost of childcare over there
is actually double what they would be paying for it here.
And whether that's because twenty hours free or what, I
don't know, or maybe the quality is better over there,
though they've had some pretty dodgy stories on childcare and
Australia lately. For whatever reason, it is twice the price
off here. But as you say, if your wages are
(11:45):
doubling two then maybe one of you can afford to
stay home.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Bryan Bridge.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Let's go to the UK. Very interesting press conference overnight.
So three Russian subs spend a month trying to spy
on and survey the Britain undersea cables and pipelines. A
whole month. This is while the whole world was watching Iran.
The sneaky Russian subs were very busy inside the UK
(12:10):
Exclusive Economic Zone. Here's John Healey, he's the Defense Minister.
We've spoken about him previously.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
The President putin, I see, we see you, We see
your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you
should know that any attempt to damage them will not
be tolerated and will have serious consequences.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yeah. So what exactly would they do to them? As
the good five hundred UK military personnel involved in watching
them watching the cables. By the way, this is what
they've revealed overnight. And once the Russians realized they were
being watched, they scarf it apparently. But the cables have
been cut or damaged in the Baltic Sea. In Taiwan,
(12:52):
they reckon and it fixed internet traffic basically, and they reckon.
It's what you do or what you would try and
do before you go to war with someone. I'm not
suggesting that Ruster is going to go to war, but
they are certainly watching them very closely and quite concerned
about the whole thing. So they had a Royal Navy
warship and a Royal Air Force pight aircraft alongside allies interestingly,
(13:14):
and they were watching them, monitoring them twenty four seven
and have told them basically, we see you don't come back.
Bugger off. Twenty three after five the early.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Edition full show podcast on iHeartRadio Power by Newstalk ZIB.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
News TALKSB. It's five twenty five. So Mark Rutter, the
NATO bosses I mentioned earlier he was meeting with Trump,
and he spoke a little bit on CNN just in
the last week while about how the meeting went. They
were talking obviously about Iran and the Strait and the
fact that Trump's not happy that the Europeans haven't been
helping him as much as he would have liked.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Let me be absolutely clear, he is clearly disappointed and
with the many natural allies, and I can see his point.
But at the same time I was also able to
appointed to the fact that the large majority of European
Nations has been helpful with basing, with logestics, with UFRA flights,
with making sure that they lift up to the commitments.
(14:08):
And there is also right splasts support for the fact
that degrading the nuclear and the ballistic missholl capacity from
Iran was really kuschel and that only the US was
able at this point.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
To do that. We're going to get to our UK
correspondent on that at quarter to six this morning, Bryan Bridge.
Energy security is shaping up to be the hottest item
on this year's election agenda. I reckon, and there's a
good reason for that too. Ask any business right now
who is about to renew or trying to renew an
energy contract. Ask any transport business who's battling the price
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of diesel, or any factory or mill thinking about considering
mass layoffs as they are in Kaitai right now and
shutting up shop in Hawke's Bay. The CEOs there have
got together. They are organizing an energy summit in June.
Their business leaders voted energy their number one concern. And
when business says something like this, you listen. Bombing in
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the Middle East might be on pause Barbe Route, but
the energy price battle is far from one, and it's
time for our politicians, I think, to put their swords
down and just agree kumbai R on a long term
energy strategy that addresses the new world and the new
reality that we're living in. Post ceasefire, oil is still
more than thirty percent more expensive than it was before
(15:24):
the war. Gas forty percent higher. There's a piece in
the Economist well worth the read that sets out the
problem quite well. The infrastructures being damaged in the golf
takes time to repair. When the tankers start moving, the
insurance premiums will cost an arm in a leg. That's
before ships take the risk of actually sailing back in
the opposite direction back into the golf again. While this
(15:45):
shaky ceasefire is still in play, We've now all learnt
the hard way that it takes just a few drones
and a few terrorists with some speedboats to choke supply.
Not all the supply. Sure oil will find a way
from other red jens overland by pipes, but all this
takes time and costs money. I had Chloe Swarbrick and
(16:06):
David Seymour on my show yesterday and they both disagreed
unsurprisingly with each other over what mix of energy solutions
that we need to keep the trucks, the factories and
the businesses moving. But the fact is they both had
some valid points and all parties, i think ought to
compromise and agree on an energy plan that we can
all well agree on, whether it's al ingng and the
(16:29):
government's under an art about that, whether it's overbuilding renewables,
as Sir Rodrury has argued, more drill, baby drill, Uncle
Shane tanks at Marsden point, coal for Huntley or a
combination of all of the above. Political consensus is the
missing ingredient to ensure that nz Inc can keep the
bloody lights on in mo minutes after five News Talk
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said b I'll tell you about the winners, because we've
had lots of losers from the war, but there have
been some winners. Our friends across the Tasman they are
certain weld charmers. The Treasurer he's got a budget May twelfth.
They've got a structural deficit like us. They reckon the
windfall from the Iran war that will fill his coffers
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eight point one billion dollars in extra tax revenues. That
is thank you to coal, thank you to iron Ore,
and a little bit thank you to gold which has
had a good run over the last twelve months. So
the lucky country continues. Is it luck or is it
just that they dig for their resources out of the ground?
Speaker 6 (17:33):
You know?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
News Talk ZB you said my Heart from the FEEDO.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that keeps business moving.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
News Talk ZEDB twenty far away from six zero on
News Talks they be We'll get to Reuter's senior Middle
East correspondent before six o'clock. Vincent's in the UK for us.
We'll talk about the Russian submission and the British undersea cables.
We're talking winners from the Iran War, and I mean
(18:14):
there have been lots of losers, so we're doing winners.
We've just spoken about Australia. They're obviously minerals are obviously
iron Or doing well off the back of that because
prices are up. Let's go to Scandinavia and let's go
to Norway, the oil exporting country, big winner. The main
stock index there, the oslo OBX, is jumped more than
(18:34):
eight percent since the beginning of the war. And that's
no surprise because it is dominated by big energy companies.
In fact, Equinor, which is their largest energy company. Their
stocks are up thirty percent on the beginning of the war,
as is var Energy, another big one there for them.
It's one of the only countries that is seeing stock
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index rises, of the stock index rise. This is as
hopes of the stables fire were fading. Yes, today these
guys were going back up again. So there are some winners.
And basically if you're in the business of oil, or
if you're in the business of minerals, then you're doing
quite well, thank you very much. Twenty three away from
six Ryan Bridge to our reporters, Colum and need morning,
(19:15):
Culum morning. Right, what's the latest with us by election?
Speaker 9 (19:19):
Yeah, look, I mean technically it's underway from today. Voting
papers start arriving in mailboxes today for this vacant seat
on our council. Fourteen candidates vying to replace a councilor
and former mayor Jills Raddick, who died unexpectedly earlier this year.
Among those is Aaron Hawkins. He served nine years on
the council three is mayor before losing to Radick in
(19:40):
twenty twenty two. Number of former councilors are in the race,
Andrew Wiley, Carmen Hulhang among them. Deputy election officer Robin
Dillon says videos of most candidates are online, so that
will give voters the info they need, which is a
common reason why many don't vote. Voting papers are getting
sent out between now in April twenty third.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
The as close Ryan on May twelve is Aaron Hawkins,
the guy with the sort of gray streaking us here.
It used to be meyor yeah, okay, you know he's
the one here. Didn't he cry in a council meeting
about climate change? Do you remember that?
Speaker 9 (20:13):
You've got a good memory. I think you're correct here.
You're also responsible for the dots up our main street during.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
COVID excellent legacy. How's the weather.
Speaker 9 (20:22):
Mainly fine here today and north easterly this afternoon? The
high sixteenth cheers Callum clear.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
On christ Church morning, Clear, good morning. What's driving the
marathon growth? There?
Speaker 10 (20:32):
Yeah, christ Church Marathon. So it's exploded in size. We've
heard this year that it has doubled the participants over
the past three years. We've got more than eight thousand joggers,
walkers and runners flooding the central city for it on Sunday.
Speaker 11 (20:46):
Now.
Speaker 10 (20:46):
It is expected to inject more than three million dollars
to our local economy. Forty percent of people who run
the christ Church Marathon are from outside christ Church.
Speaker 11 (20:54):
Now.
Speaker 10 (20:54):
Race director Chris Cox says the reason the course is
so popular is that it attracts runners alongside everything the
city has to offer. The course, for those who don't know,
goes around Hagley Park. It's also very flat being in
christ Church, so it is known as one of New
Zealand's fastest and flattest. He says, though the course will
need a bit of a tweak next year in order
to handle this growth, because while it needs to be
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the same course, it has to have a few changes
in a few different streets in order to cope with
more runners. Flatter sounds easier, allegedly, I mean, I'm no runner,
Ryan has you weally clear? Mostly fine today? A bit
of morning and evening cloud about southwesterly is turning northeast
and the high should be eighteen.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Nice. I thank you Max and Wellington Heymax. Good morning.
Property sales delay because of limb reports.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Yeah, house sales in Wellington being held up by the
City Council's apparent growing backlog of property reports or limbs
land information memorandums. The current average processing time here is
twenty eight working days, so effectively over a month, that's
almost triple apparently the legally required time frame, costing five
(22:00):
hundred and sixty bucks a pop. One real estate director
says it's the worst delays he's seen in twenty six
years in Wellington. The property market here is hardly all
guns blazing at the moment as well. Slow property reports,
of course, can course cause more anxiety, even jeopardizing potential
offers or sales. That's happening here. The Wellington City Council
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says demand is higher than it planned for an excuse
which doesn't seem to hold much water. It's having to
put on more stuff, which suggests that was the real
problem in the first place. But it is optimistic things
will ease soon.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
It's hard enough to stell your house and we only
thing at the moment is it is I thought you
were going to talk about the electronic festival that's on
this weekend.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
Not my not my forte. The electronic DJ festival.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
No Okay, how's you with her?
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Fine?
Speaker 5 (22:48):
A far from some cloudy periods, A high of seventeen.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Thank you morning, Neva.
Speaker 12 (22:52):
Could you imagine Mixes a DJ.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
To be honest, I can't imagine mix doing anything other
than just sort of being grumpy in playing golf. You
know that's the vibe. So what are we talking about
this morning? Restoration of the Saint James.
Speaker 12 (23:07):
Yes, look, the builders of unearthed this new opportunity. This
has been during the restoration of Saint James Theatre in Auckland.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Now.
Speaker 12 (23:15):
The theater first opened back in nineteen twenty eight. It
was closed because of a fire that happened in two
thousand and seven. It's being restored with an aim to
have it open by twenty twenty eight. Now, apparently during
the work, the teams figured out that it would be
cheaper to turn two existing basements into one by just
you know, knocking down the walls, removing them between them.
(23:36):
Saint James Holdings director that Steve Bilby says it's a
great space. He says, look, they can use it, you know,
having this biggest space downstairs as a venue for things
like rehearsals and black box performances. So they're quite excited
about that.
Speaker 6 (23:50):
It was a good little wee fine fantastic.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
How's our weather party?
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Cloudy?
Speaker 12 (23:54):
Isolated showers, still warm? Twenty four is the high?
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Oh wow?
Speaker 12 (23:58):
Yes, it was hot yesterday.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Before the end of the world on Sunday.
Speaker 12 (24:02):
What I'm just going to say this quickly. I'm supposed
to be having branch with some friends on Sunday morning,
and I say, let's go at nine am, and everyone's
got should we cancel? Shall we cancel?
Speaker 6 (24:12):
The storms coming?
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Cancel brunch?
Speaker 11 (24:15):
No, we are going.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
You do not tune up.
Speaker 12 (24:17):
I will never speak to you again.
Speaker 10 (24:19):
The bridge will be closed, shall we won't be able
to walk?
Speaker 12 (24:22):
I see that's all impossibly.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
For goodness sake, you'll be fine, honestly, what's wrong with people?
Seventeen away from Sex News Talk zib we're live to
the UK.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Next International correspondence with ins inn Eye Insurance peace of
mind for New Zealand business whose talks.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Will be it is accorded to six. Let's go to
Vinto meccaviny a UK europe correspondents and tell us about
these three Russian subs.
Speaker 11 (24:47):
Yeah, this is a story that's come out because the
British government quite unusually frank about this. The Defense Secretary
came out this morning and explained that over a month
long operation, multiple British ships, national ships and aircraft were
involved in the sort of cat and mouse game with
three Russian subs. One of them was an attack sub
and two were robotic research subs that were basically going
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around the North Atlantic. Examining it seems the UK's cable
infrastructure that brings around about ninety percent of our Internet
and then on passes it to the United States to
the Europe as well, and many of our energy cables.
There are about sixty of those around the country. So
basically this was a message to Russia saying that we
know that a lot's going on in the least, but
we're not distracted. We see what you're doing and we've
(25:32):
scared you away and we'll continue to watch.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Tell us about the new exhibition at the King's Gallery
Buckingham Palace, Well.
Speaker 11 (25:40):
This is the summer exhibition at Buckingham Palace, so if
any of the listeners are up in London over the summer,
it's well worth checking out because you see not only
the kind of grand state rooms in Buckingham Palace, but
they always put on a special exhibit, and this one
is to mark one hundred years since the late Queen
Queen Elizabeth Sid's birth and it has over two hundred
pieces include in clothing, jewelry, hat, shoes, accessories that she
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wore during the decades of her reign. So it will
be quite a walk through history through fashion in the
twentieth century. And you know, I covered royal events for
many years while she was still alive, and she had
a saying which was, you know, I have to be
seen to be believed, and she would always turn up
in some very bright, eye catching outfits and so I
think there'll be quite a lot here to check out.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Nice one. Vincent Vince Mecavinio, UK europe correspondent thirteen away
from six Ryan Bridge. Nittya, who's now talking about talks
over Lebanon, Iran, says the strait is going to stay
closed and we will only reopen it if the US
Beck's off the quote aggression.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
You cannot have a chick and Ea did. At the
same time. That was the message that Roon send the
quite clearly, crystal clearly to Washington and to the Oral Office.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Last night, Alexander Cornwall with US Reuter's senior Middle East
correspondent in Jerusalem, Alexander, Nice to have you back on
the show. Thanks for being with me. What about Nita Yahoo,
what's the what's the game plan here? Do you think
to try?
Speaker 13 (27:03):
I mean, the announcement comes just, you know, a day
after those huge strikes on Lebanon that has you know,
now killed more than three hundred people. We don't have
an official date for these talks that will take place
with the Lebanese now. One thing to keep in mind
is that Lebanon, for the past month, the Lebanese government
that has been pushing for direct talks with Israel and
(27:26):
Nana who had rebuffed him this whole time. One thing
also to consider is that the US Vice President yesterday
and Budapest said that Israel had sort of decided to
check themselves, as the way he phrased it, after those
strikes in Lebanon. So we'll have to wait and see
when and if those talks will happen. Iran has been
(27:47):
adamant that the ceasefire also include Lebanon, and we've also
seen a number of European states come out to say
and say Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire as well.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
Ninnya, who's wanted for a long time the Lebanese government
to go after his bulloods. Is there any chance of that? Heavening?
Speaker 13 (28:03):
I mean, the Lebanese government and the Lebanese Armed Forces
were supposed to do that following a twenty twenty four
agreement that was essentially a ceasefire between Hesbla and Israel,
and the armed Forces said that they the Lebanese Armed
Forces said they did take over areas of the south. However,
you know, we did see Hesba open fire in March
(28:27):
following the attacks on Iran against Israel, so it's very
unclear what capabilities they have. The Lebanese Army had been
withdrawing from some areas of Lebanon as the Israeli military
advance and continued its bombardment. So it's, you know, if
these talks happened, with these big ifs, it's you know,
there's got to be some kind of mechanism here, some
(28:49):
kind of guarantee that probably has to come from outside
of Lebanon and outside of Israel, possibly the United States,
possibly the French or always keen to play a role
in Lebanon.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
And as terms of why NITNYA who's now saying let's
talk about talks. It's pressure from the US, isn't it.
I was looking at poles that were polling Republican voters
on their support for Israel and its many wars, and
that has been slowly dropping through Iran.
Speaker 13 (29:16):
Yeah, I mean, well again, we saw these huge coordinated
strikes by Israel yesday. These strikes now, Israel has traditionally
targeted areas of southern Lebanon, of southern be areas that
are Shia Muslim areas where is known to have a presence,
that are strongholds. Many of the areas that attacked, Yes,
they were in mixed religious areas, so Sunni, Muslim and
(29:37):
Christian areas that many Lebanese had thought were safe and
away from Hesbulah. And just the toll, the scale attacks
has really panicked many this everyday people in Lebanon. Over
a million people in Lebanon are displaced by have been
displaced by the Israeli military. Over a thousand people have
been killed before yesterday's attacks, and Iran said this ceasefire
(30:01):
includes Lebanon and that there's no point having negotiations with
the Americans if it's not so there was there has
been some question here as to whether the ceasefire, the
American arrange seas I would even hold and if those
Israeli strikes us, they had jeopardized the whole truth.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
Appreciate your time and your analysis. Alexander Cornwell Reutter has
seen the Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem for US this morning.
It's nine minutes away from six.
Speaker 7 (30:26):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Also, I note overnight the head of WW state owned
oil company, he's a sultant. He has come out and said, yeah,
the Strait is closed, despite what the headlines might have
said yesterday, and they are currently running reduced oil production
because there's storage capacity problems. Obviously storage is filled up
there and the last cargoes that got through the Strait
(30:48):
before the war are only now just arriving at their
final destination. So it takes a week. While eight to six.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
News and Views you trust to stun your day. It's
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Technology that keeps business.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Moving, US Talks B six to six on News Talks
there be Mike is in the studio with us. Up
with you next morning, Mike, Joy to see you.
Speaker 10 (31:12):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
I drove a Volvo yesterday, a luxury yes and a
one yes. And it was the single pedal, very very
very well reviewed, all very smooth ride.
Speaker 6 (31:24):
Term how much was it?
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Good question?
Speaker 6 (31:27):
When you say the single pedal, what do you mean,
like you put your foot on the regenerative regenerative so
you can can you set the regeneration on it?
Speaker 3 (31:36):
Is it one of those I don't know. It was
on and I was using it because the BAK.
Speaker 6 (31:40):
I find that really, I find it quite fun when
you set regeneration. So some cars you set a regeneration.
Some you can do without it, so it just drifts
like a normal carbon generation.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
I can turn it off, can you.
Speaker 6 (31:52):
Yeah, yeah, we'll wind it up all down. But I reckon,
It's I reckon. It's a fun thing.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
It takes a while to get used to though, because
your instinct is to slam the brake on. You don't
need to you do.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
And did it have a big boot?
Speaker 10 (32:02):
Do?
Speaker 2 (32:03):
I mean?
Speaker 6 (32:03):
I think it was a wagon.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (32:05):
If you're a big you're a big wagon.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
This suv suv. It actually had the two seats in
the back, which obviously I would never need because seven seats,
seven seats. It's a seven two in the boot, Yes,
seven seater.
Speaker 6 (32:16):
So what sort of literage did you get in the
boot if you folded both sets of seeds?
Speaker 9 (32:20):
Was it?
Speaker 6 (32:21):
I get the dog fifteen hundred If you're talking over
fifteen hundred liters, that's a useful car, right.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
I mean the thing is, I'd never use those two
seats in the boot because I don't need to need children.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
What's the what's the recharge time on that?
Speaker 3 (32:35):
Well depends, so twenty minutes if you're on the fast
charge at the charging net.
Speaker 6 (32:39):
Station ten to eighty for twenty minutes. Yeah, you don't know.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
But twenty minutes. I mean that doesn't seem like it's
that long ago and getting to you.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
No, it's twenty too long. You sound like a retired person.
I had this discussion with a number of retired people
who's got twenty minutes to refuel their car. Nobody. Well,
I mean you're doing nothing.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
By the time you wait for the petrol pump and
then get to your petrol and then go in and
get your coffee. I mean there's twenty minutes your coffee.
Speaker 6 (33:07):
You do it, you do it remotely. By d this morning,
have released a co lab in China with Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
So so there will be a classy.
Speaker 6 (33:17):
There will be a charging station at a Kentucky Fried
Chicken and you can audit your Kentucky Fried Chicken from
your BYD because it's it's built into the car. You
just hit the Kentucky Fried Chicken button. Audio Chicken.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
It's b YD paying you something. You've spoken about them
a lot now.
Speaker 6 (33:33):
No, No, it's just that this is the this is
the future. Let's fresh fried chicken and a car.
Speaker 3 (33:38):
What more do you want?
Speaker 6 (33:39):
For goodness sake? Anyway, you're going to buy the.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
Bulbo ah, go on on them not buying the Volvo.
Speaker 6 (33:46):
What you're driving it for?
Speaker 3 (33:47):
You're a taking well people. There may be there may
be some sponsorship going on.
Speaker 6 (33:53):
What a sell out? What go to the dark side?
Speaker 4 (33:58):
Right?
Speaker 6 (34:00):
Do you buy the sweets?
Speaker 3 (34:02):
Have a great day?
Speaker 1 (34:07):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
There'd be good.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Morning, It's Friday, six after five. Great to have your company.
We'll head to Jerusalem for the latest in the Middle East.
Vincent's in the UK for us this morning. We'll talk
about motorsport heading to Topoor and the CEO of Early
Childhood Council is on the show because half of our
ecees in New Zealand aren't up to standard. But what
does that actually mean? And should you be worried about
(00:32):
your kid if they're spending too much time there? All
ahead for your Friday morning. The agenda tenth of April.
Netanyahu last man standing in the way of the ceasefire,
holding what.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
We can't do anything.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
I wish I was a born so that I can
braw up whoever is responsible for this.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
The enemy doesn't have mercy.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
This is Lebanon where they are still whacking haz Bula,
although I note the last hour Nityahu has said they
will start direct talks with Lebanon to try and stop
all this from happening. And in breaking news that is
not breaking and not surprising. The straight upfor Moos is
not open.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
It was a grade violation, intentional grade violation. You cannot
ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions,
accept in all the areas that you know ceasfire is
applied to and name Lebanon exactly, Lebanon in that and
then your ally just start a massacre. Actually it was
(01:32):
a sort of genocide, you know, by the regime of
Israeli in Lebanon, just immediately after the ceasfire was accepted.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
We've got some numbers for you on petrel and diesel
prices here and when they might start to change. Meanwhile,
Mark Rutta, this is the NATO boss. He's been speaking
in Washington after he had tints meeting with Trump.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Let me be clear, this alliance is not whistling past
the graveyard. Alice recognize and I recognize. We are in
a period of profound change in the Transatlantic Alights. Europe
is assuming a creator and fair share of the task
of providing for its conventional defense.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
To La the ketamine Queen. This is Matthew Perry sold
them all the drugs. Friends, actor fifteen years behind bars.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
If you don't feel some sense of shame or sorrow
and you're not even humor.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Finally, this morning, a London thief easy cash he was
after and steals a handbag and a pub jailed for
two years. Seems like quite a half sentence. Well here's why.
Turns out there was a five point three million dollar
egg and watch set inside the handbag, which are both
still missing now the egg and watch set for Bergier.
(02:44):
I think that's how you say it, Michael, No, of course,
but yeah, very expensive and still nowhere to be found.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark for business technology
that keeps business moving.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Used nine after five nine two is the number to text.
Do you put your kids in childcare? In daycare is?
And do you worry what it's doing to their brains?
So much time in spend in childcare. It's the generation
childcare basically any kid that's been raised at the moment.
This is just a reality. And there's a study out
of Australia which I think parents should probably pay attention to.
(03:22):
And maybe you have seen this already. It came out
just a couple of days ago. So children who spend
long hours in childcare have a higher risk of emotional development. Issues,
learning problems. Forty hours a week. You got problems basically,
And whose child is in daycare childcare forty hours a week,
well quite a few of them actually, So this is
a government study. They looked at almost three hundred thousand
(03:45):
kids from birth to their first year at school. Social
competence problems, emotional maturity problems, biggest impact when compared to
children who had no formal childcare whatsoever. One of the
reasons they reckon is well, it's quite a simple one.
And if you're a parent, you will know this. That
children's brains develop and they thrive being developed on relationships
(04:10):
with one or two adults. So they need a secure
sense of attachment between adult and child. And if you
have lots of staff turning over and churning over in
a childcare center, then the kid is not getting the
one on one time that they need, and so you
have problems. So what do you do with this information?
(04:33):
Because if you are a two parent family, likely you
are both working and you need to in order to
pay the bills. So what the hell do you do
about it? I mean, you can't go back to the
good old days where moms stayed at home and looked
after the kids and you probably can't say that anymore
or dad stayed at home and looked after the kids.
How do you afford to do that? But at the
same time, how do you not make your kid end
(04:55):
up with development problems and learning issues? Eleven after five
talk about ecees here in New Zealand. Next, also I'll
give you those numbers on petrol News Talk sat B.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that
keeps Business Moving.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
News Talk SEB. For Bursha, thank you, dear Textern. Nine two.
The number for Bursha is the egg and the egg
set that was worth more than just bloody expensive. Is
what it is? Five million dollars SOLN in a handbag
in London. Guy got two years right, five point thirteen.
So average diesel price right now in New Zealand is
three eighty eight. This is according to gas B ninety
(05:38):
one is three dollars forty eight. Now. The Commerce Commission,
they've been doing a weekly update to see whether we're
getting price gougised when we fill up, and they put
their latest report out yesterday, so with ninety one they've
said it is now only up fifty four cents a
liter on its pre war price, but the average that
(06:00):
that's what the importers are paying, but the average retail
price is still up ninety three cents, so there's a
gap emerging. When are we going to close the gap
is the question. For refined diesel that was a dollar
thirteen a liter higher than it was in February twenty eight,
which was before the war, the retail price a dollar
(06:21):
ninety two higher. So the question then becomes when are
they going to drop the prices at the pump. The
Commerce Commission has said there's no evidence of price gouging
at this point. I mean oil overnight was back up
over one hundred dollars a barrel for US volatile prices,
so it will take some time before they settle down.
But how much time I hope that the AA in
(06:41):
the UK this morning has said they expect to see
prices coming down should the cease fire hold in two weeks.
Bridge Almost half of early childhood centers arned up to scratch.
This is according to a new review from Erro. Forty
seven percent of standalone services were below the quality threshold
for twenty four to two. But that's actually an improvement
(07:02):
from sixty four percent that weren't up scratched last time.
Obviously still not great. Simon Loeber is with US CEO
of Early Childhood Counsel Simon, good morning, Good morning, Ryan,
Good to have you on the program. So is this
something we should be really concerned about, like what types
of standards are they not meeting?
Speaker 7 (07:22):
Not really, No, I wouldn't be concerned about this. It
is the Education Review Office doing their job and what
we're seeing is a significant improvement from just one year.
And whilst I know it does sound like a low percentage,
it shows the sensitivity of the reviews that they're doing
(07:43):
that they do. They do try and look at a
lot of things, and if they see something slightly out
of place, it's going to be appearing on your review
and so you will end up with pretty much everyone
getting found with something somewhere that's not quite right. And yeah,
it's it is concerning, but it is why you have
(08:06):
the reviews, so that you have the early chartered services
focused on improvement. And if we look at those areas
that made up that fifty three percent, the best performing
area was around learners and their learning, which was sixty
five percent, So that were above, so that was really good.
(08:26):
The weakest area was actually in professional learning and development,
which tallies with what we're hearing of a workforce is
under massive pressure with not a lot of help.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
But that still leaves an on the learning thirty five
percent that are below the standard. Presumably, I mean that's
not great.
Speaker 7 (08:44):
Well, it's it is what it is, ryan that is
and it's an improvement on the year before. So yeah,
if people don't like to see it, but that is
the state of our early childhood provision and that's this
independent of it evaluation team that showed us every year
and it's actually a massive improvement. There was seventeen percent
(09:07):
lower the previous year.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
How do you get if you're a parent, how do
you get a good one?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Then?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
You know, how do you know who's good?
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Well, that's that's a different question altogether, isn't it. It's
a bit like as that cake done. Like personally, you know,
you've got to you've got to find the right service
for your child, and every child is different and there
are quite a lot of different options out there. So
if you're going into centers and you need long hours
(09:37):
of care for a day, then you definitely need to
go and visit a few different centers, and it's a
bit like looking at properties you've it's only by looking
at a few that you start to build up a
sense yourself about you know, what is it we are
looking for for our child? And you might get it
wrong as well. You could find one that you think
looks really good, but actually you're doesn't settle comfortably and
(10:02):
that's important too.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Simon good to be on the program. Thank you, Simon
Labor's CEO of Early Childhood Counsel. It's eighteen minutes after
five Ryan Bridge. So how do you given that information?
How do you pick? How do you know what's good?
You know? Do you ask your kid? How was that?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (10:16):
No, that was the quality of the education was excellent.
I will go back. How do you how are you
to decide? Eighteen minutes after five News TALKSB we'll talk
about the motorsport in Topel Next.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Ryan
Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that keeps Business Moving
News TALKSB.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
News Talk SIB it is five twenty. Great to have
your company this morning. Loads of texts coming on this
one from Brian says Ryan, I think your information on
diesel prices way off currently paying over four dollars a liter. Yes, Brian,
you will be at your pump. The number I gave
three out of eight was the average for New Zealand.
But there definitely are some stations that are charging you
north north of four dollars a liter. Another here is Ryan.
(11:01):
My missus and I haven't heard that one in a while.
Have a sun due in July. We are moving back
to Australia es since you're going to double my income,
a big reason being that she will not have to
work and we can avoid childcare, which is actually the
way to go. Because a friend of mine is moving
while considering a move to Perth at the moment, and
she's got two kids, two young kids, and she said
(11:22):
the price of childcare, the cost of childcare over there
is actually double what they would be paying for it here.
And whether that's because twenty hours free or what, I
don't know, or maybe the quality is better over there,
though they've had some pretty dodgy stories on childcare and
Australia lately. For whatever reason, it is twice the price
off here. But as you say, if your wages are
(11:45):
doubling two then maybe one of you can afford to
stay home.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Bryan Bridge.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Let's go to the UK. Very interesting press conference overnight.
So three Russian subs spend a month trying to spy
on and survey the Britain undersea cables and pipelines. A
whole month. This is while the whole world was watching Iran.
The sneaky Russian subs were very busy inside the UK
(12:10):
Exclusive Economic Zone. Here's John Healey, he's the Defense Minister.
We've spoken about him previously.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
The President putin, I see, we see you, We see
your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you
should know that any attempt to damage them will not
be tolerated and will have serious consequences.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yeah. So what exactly would they do to them? As
the good five hundred UK military personnel involved in watching
them watching the cables. By the way, this is what
they've revealed overnight. And once the Russians realized they were
being watched, they scarf it apparently. But the cables have
been cut or damaged in the Baltic Sea. In Taiwan,
(12:52):
they reckon and it fixed internet traffic basically, and they reckon.
It's what you do or what you would try and
do before you go to war with someone. I'm not
suggesting that Ruster is going to go to war, but
they are certainly watching them very closely and quite concerned
about the whole thing. So they had a Royal Navy
warship and a Royal Air Force pight aircraft alongside allies interestingly,
(13:14):
and they were watching them, monitoring them twenty four seven
and have told them basically, we see you don't come back.
Bugger off. Twenty three after five the early.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Edition full show podcast on iHeartRadio Power by Newstalk ZIB.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
News TALKSB. It's five twenty five. So Mark Rutter, the
NATO bosses I mentioned earlier he was meeting with Trump,
and he spoke a little bit on CNN just in
the last week while about how the meeting went. They
were talking obviously about Iran and the Strait and the
fact that Trump's not happy that the Europeans haven't been
helping him as much as he would have liked.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Let me be absolutely clear, he is clearly disappointed and
with the many natural allies, and I can see his point.
But at the same time I was also able to
appointed to the fact that the large majority of European
Nations has been helpful with basing, with logestics, with UFRA flights,
with making sure that they lift up to the commitments.
(14:08):
And there is also right splasts support for the fact
that degrading the nuclear and the ballistic missholl capacity from
Iran was really kuschel and that only the US was
able at this point.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
To do that. We're going to get to our UK
correspondent on that at quarter to six this morning, Bryan Bridge.
Energy security is shaping up to be the hottest item
on this year's election agenda. I reckon, and there's a
good reason for that too. Ask any business right now
who is about to renew or trying to renew an
energy contract. Ask any transport business who's battling the price
(14:41):
of diesel, or any factory or mill thinking about considering
mass layoffs as they are in Kaitai right now and
shutting up shop in Hawke's Bay. The CEOs there have
got together. They are organizing an energy summit in June.
Their business leaders voted energy their number one concern. And
when business says something like this, you listen. Bombing in
(15:02):
the Middle East might be on pause Barbe Route, but
the energy price battle is far from one, and it's
time for our politicians, I think, to put their swords
down and just agree kumbai R on a long term
energy strategy that addresses the new world and the new
reality that we're living in. Post ceasefire, oil is still
more than thirty percent more expensive than it was before
(15:24):
the war. Gas forty percent higher. There's a piece in
the Economist well worth the read that sets out the
problem quite well. The infrastructures being damaged in the golf
takes time to repair. When the tankers start moving, the
insurance premiums will cost an arm in a leg. That's
before ships take the risk of actually sailing back in
the opposite direction back into the golf again. While this
(15:45):
shaky ceasefire is still in play, We've now all learnt
the hard way that it takes just a few drones
and a few terrorists with some speedboats to choke supply.
Not all the supply. Sure oil will find a way
from other red jens overland by pipes, but all this
takes time and costs money. I had Chloe Swarbrick and
(16:06):
David Seymour on my show yesterday and they both disagreed
unsurprisingly with each other over what mix of energy solutions
that we need to keep the trucks, the factories and
the businesses moving. But the fact is they both had
some valid points and all parties, i think ought to
compromise and agree on an energy plan that we can
all well agree on, whether it's al ingng and the
(16:29):
government's under an art about that, whether it's overbuilding renewables,
as Sir Rodrury has argued, more drill, baby drill, Uncle
Shane tanks at Marsden point, coal for Huntley or a
combination of all of the above. Political consensus is the
missing ingredient to ensure that nz Inc can keep the
bloody lights on in mo minutes after five News Talk
(16:52):
said b I'll tell you about the winners, because we've
had lots of losers from the war, but there have
been some winners. Our friends across the Tasman they are
certain weld charmers. The Treasurer he's got a budget May twelfth.
They've got a structural deficit like us. They reckon the
windfall from the Iran war that will fill his coffers
(17:12):
eight point one billion dollars in extra tax revenues. That
is thank you to coal, thank you to iron Ore,
and a little bit thank you to gold which has
had a good run over the last twelve months. So
the lucky country continues. Is it luck or is it
just that they dig for their resources out of the ground?
Speaker 6 (17:33):
You know?
Speaker 3 (17:34):
News Talk ZB you said my Heart from the FEEDO.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that keeps business moving.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
News Talk ZEDB twenty far away from six zero on
News Talks they be We'll get to Reuter's senior Middle
East correspondent before six o'clock. Vincent's in the UK for us.
We'll talk about the Russian submission and the British undersea cables.
We're talking winners from the Iran War, and I mean
(18:14):
there have been lots of losers, so we're doing winners.
We've just spoken about Australia. They're obviously minerals are obviously
iron Or doing well off the back of that because
prices are up. Let's go to Scandinavia and let's go
to Norway, the oil exporting country, big winner. The main
stock index there, the oslo OBX, is jumped more than
(18:34):
eight percent since the beginning of the war. And that's
no surprise because it is dominated by big energy companies.
In fact, Equinor, which is their largest energy company. Their
stocks are up thirty percent on the beginning of the war,
as is var Energy, another big one there for them.
It's one of the only countries that is seeing stock
(18:55):
index rises, of the stock index rise. This is as
hopes of the stables fire were fading. Yes, today these
guys were going back up again. So there are some winners.
And basically if you're in the business of oil, or
if you're in the business of minerals, then you're doing
quite well, thank you very much. Twenty three away from
six Ryan Bridge to our reporters, Colum and need morning,
(19:15):
Culum morning. Right, what's the latest with us by election?
Speaker 9 (19:19):
Yeah, look, I mean technically it's underway from today. Voting
papers start arriving in mailboxes today for this vacant seat
on our council. Fourteen candidates vying to replace a councilor
and former mayor Jills Raddick, who died unexpectedly earlier this year.
Among those is Aaron Hawkins. He served nine years on
the council three is mayor before losing to Radick in
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twenty twenty two. Number of former councilors are in the race,
Andrew Wiley, Carmen Hulhang among them. Deputy election officer Robin
Dillon says videos of most candidates are online, so that
will give voters the info they need, which is a
common reason why many don't vote. Voting papers are getting
sent out between now in April twenty third.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
The as close Ryan on May twelve is Aaron Hawkins,
the guy with the sort of gray streaking us here.
It used to be meyor yeah, okay, you know he's
the one here. Didn't he cry in a council meeting
about climate change? Do you remember that?
Speaker 9 (20:13):
You've got a good memory. I think you're correct here.
You're also responsible for the dots up our main street during.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
COVID excellent legacy. How's the weather.
Speaker 9 (20:22):
Mainly fine here today and north easterly this afternoon? The
high sixteenth cheers Callum clear.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
On christ Church morning, Clear, good morning. What's driving the
marathon growth? There?
Speaker 10 (20:32):
Yeah, christ Church Marathon. So it's exploded in size. We've
heard this year that it has doubled the participants over
the past three years. We've got more than eight thousand joggers,
walkers and runners flooding the central city for it on Sunday.
Speaker 11 (20:46):
Now.
Speaker 10 (20:46):
It is expected to inject more than three million dollars
to our local economy. Forty percent of people who run
the christ Church Marathon are from outside christ Church.
Speaker 11 (20:54):
Now.
Speaker 10 (20:54):
Race director Chris Cox says the reason the course is
so popular is that it attracts runners alongside everything the
city has to offer. The course, for those who don't know,
goes around Hagley Park. It's also very flat being in
christ Church, so it is known as one of New
Zealand's fastest and flattest. He says, though the course will
need a bit of a tweak next year in order
to handle this growth, because while it needs to be
(21:16):
the same course, it has to have a few changes
in a few different streets in order to cope with
more runners. Flatter sounds easier, allegedly, I mean, I'm no runner,
Ryan has you weally clear? Mostly fine today? A bit
of morning and evening cloud about southwesterly is turning northeast
and the high should be eighteen.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Nice. I thank you Max and Wellington Heymax. Good morning.
Property sales delay because of limb reports.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Yeah, house sales in Wellington being held up by the
City Council's apparent growing backlog of property reports or limbs
land information memorandums. The current average processing time here is
twenty eight working days, so effectively over a month, that's
almost triple apparently the legally required time frame, costing five
(22:00):
hundred and sixty bucks a pop. One real estate director
says it's the worst delays he's seen in twenty six
years in Wellington. The property market here is hardly all
guns blazing at the moment as well. Slow property reports,
of course, can course cause more anxiety, even jeopardizing potential
offers or sales. That's happening here. The Wellington City Council
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says demand is higher than it planned for an excuse
which doesn't seem to hold much water. It's having to
put on more stuff, which suggests that was the real
problem in the first place. But it is optimistic things
will ease soon.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
It's hard enough to stell your house and we only
thing at the moment is it is I thought you
were going to talk about the electronic festival that's on
this weekend.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
Not my not my forte. The electronic DJ festival.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
No Okay, how's you with her?
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Fine?
Speaker 5 (22:48):
A far from some cloudy periods, A high of seventeen.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Thank you morning, Neva.
Speaker 12 (22:52):
Could you imagine Mixes a DJ.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
To be honest, I can't imagine mix doing anything other
than just sort of being grumpy in playing golf. You
know that's the vibe. So what are we talking about
this morning? Restoration of the Saint James.
Speaker 12 (23:07):
Yes, look, the builders of unearthed this new opportunity. This
has been during the restoration of Saint James Theatre in Auckland.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Now.
Speaker 12 (23:15):
The theater first opened back in nineteen twenty eight. It
was closed because of a fire that happened in two
thousand and seven. It's being restored with an aim to
have it open by twenty twenty eight. Now, apparently during
the work, the teams figured out that it would be
cheaper to turn two existing basements into one by just
you know, knocking down the walls, removing them between them.
(23:36):
Saint James Holdings director that Steve Bilby says it's a
great space. He says, look, they can use it, you know,
having this biggest space downstairs as a venue for things
like rehearsals and black box performances. So they're quite excited
about that.
Speaker 6 (23:50):
It was a good little wee fine fantastic.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
How's our weather party?
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Cloudy?
Speaker 12 (23:54):
Isolated showers, still warm? Twenty four is the high?
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Oh wow?
Speaker 12 (23:58):
Yes, it was hot yesterday.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Before the end of the world on Sunday.
Speaker 12 (24:02):
What I'm just going to say this quickly. I'm supposed
to be having branch with some friends on Sunday morning,
and I say, let's go at nine am, and everyone's
got should we cancel? Shall we cancel?
Speaker 6 (24:12):
The storms coming?
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Cancel brunch?
Speaker 11 (24:15):
No, we are going.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
You do not tune up.
Speaker 12 (24:17):
I will never speak to you again.
Speaker 10 (24:19):
The bridge will be closed, shall we won't be able
to walk?
Speaker 12 (24:22):
I see that's all impossibly.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
For goodness sake, you'll be fine, honestly, what's wrong with people?
Seventeen away from Sex News Talk zib we're live to
the UK.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Next International correspondence with ins inn Eye Insurance peace of
mind for New Zealand business whose talks.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Will be it is accorded to six. Let's go to
Vinto meccaviny a UK europe correspondents and tell us about
these three Russian subs.
Speaker 11 (24:47):
Yeah, this is a story that's come out because the
British government quite unusually frank about this. The Defense Secretary
came out this morning and explained that over a month
long operation, multiple British ships, national ships and aircraft were
involved in the sort of cat and mouse game with
three Russian subs. One of them was an attack sub
and two were robotic research subs that were basically going
(25:10):
around the North Atlantic. Examining it seems the UK's cable
infrastructure that brings around about ninety percent of our Internet
and then on passes it to the United States to
the Europe as well, and many of our energy cables.
There are about sixty of those around the country. So
basically this was a message to Russia saying that we
know that a lot's going on in the least, but
we're not distracted. We see what you're doing and we've
(25:32):
scared you away and we'll continue to watch.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Tell us about the new exhibition at the King's Gallery
Buckingham Palace, Well.
Speaker 11 (25:40):
This is the summer exhibition at Buckingham Palace, so if
any of the listeners are up in London over the summer,
it's well worth checking out because you see not only
the kind of grand state rooms in Buckingham Palace, but
they always put on a special exhibit, and this one
is to mark one hundred years since the late Queen
Queen Elizabeth Sid's birth and it has over two hundred
pieces include in clothing, jewelry, hat, shoes, accessories that she
(26:02):
wore during the decades of her reign. So it will
be quite a walk through history through fashion in the
twentieth century. And you know, I covered royal events for
many years while she was still alive, and she had
a saying which was, you know, I have to be
seen to be believed, and she would always turn up
in some very bright, eye catching outfits and so I
think there'll be quite a lot here to check out.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Nice one. Vincent Vince Mecavinio, UK europe correspondent thirteen away
from six Ryan Bridge. Nittya, who's now talking about talks
over Lebanon, Iran, says the strait is going to stay
closed and we will only reopen it if the US
Beck's off the quote aggression.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
You cannot have a chick and Ea did. At the
same time. That was the message that Roon send the
quite clearly, crystal clearly to Washington and to the Oral Office.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Last night, Alexander Cornwall with US Reuter's senior Middle East
correspondent in Jerusalem, Alexander, Nice to have you back on
the show. Thanks for being with me. What about Nita Yahoo,
what's the what's the game plan here? Do you think
to try?
Speaker 13 (27:03):
I mean, the announcement comes just, you know, a day
after those huge strikes on Lebanon that has you know,
now killed more than three hundred people. We don't have
an official date for these talks that will take place
with the Lebanese now. One thing to keep in mind
is that Lebanon, for the past month, the Lebanese government
that has been pushing for direct talks with Israel and
(27:26):
Nana who had rebuffed him this whole time. One thing
also to consider is that the US Vice President yesterday
and Budapest said that Israel had sort of decided to
check themselves, as the way he phrased it, after those
strikes in Lebanon. So we'll have to wait and see
when and if those talks will happen. Iran has been
(27:47):
adamant that the ceasefire also include Lebanon, and we've also
seen a number of European states come out to say
and say Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire as well.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
Ninnya, who's wanted for a long time the Lebanese government
to go after his bulloods. Is there any chance of that? Heavening?
Speaker 13 (28:03):
I mean, the Lebanese government and the Lebanese Armed Forces
were supposed to do that following a twenty twenty four
agreement that was essentially a ceasefire between Hesbla and Israel,
and the armed Forces said that they the Lebanese Armed
Forces said they did take over areas of the south. However,
you know, we did see Hesba open fire in March
(28:27):
following the attacks on Iran against Israel, so it's very
unclear what capabilities they have. The Lebanese Army had been
withdrawing from some areas of Lebanon as the Israeli military
advance and continued its bombardment. So it's, you know, if
these talks happened, with these big ifs, it's you know,
there's got to be some kind of mechanism here, some
(28:49):
kind of guarantee that probably has to come from outside
of Lebanon and outside of Israel, possibly the United States,
possibly the French or always keen to play a role
in Lebanon.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
And as terms of why NITNYA who's now saying let's
talk about talks. It's pressure from the US, isn't it.
I was looking at poles that were polling Republican voters
on their support for Israel and its many wars, and
that has been slowly dropping through Iran.
Speaker 13 (29:16):
Yeah, I mean, well again, we saw these huge coordinated
strikes by Israel yesday. These strikes now, Israel has traditionally
targeted areas of southern Lebanon, of southern be areas that
are Shia Muslim areas where is known to have a presence,
that are strongholds. Many of the areas that attacked, Yes,
they were in mixed religious areas, so Sunni, Muslim and
(29:37):
Christian areas that many Lebanese had thought were safe and
away from Hesbulah. And just the toll, the scale attacks
has really panicked many this everyday people in Lebanon. Over
a million people in Lebanon are displaced by have been
displaced by the Israeli military. Over a thousand people have
been killed before yesterday's attacks, and Iran said this ceasefire
(30:01):
includes Lebanon and that there's no point having negotiations with
the Americans if it's not so there was there has
been some question here as to whether the ceasefire, the
American arrange seas I would even hold and if those
Israeli strikes us, they had jeopardized the whole truth.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
Appreciate your time and your analysis. Alexander Cornwell Reutter has
seen the Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem for US this morning.
It's nine minutes away from six.
Speaker 7 (30:26):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Also, I note overnight the head of WW state owned
oil company, he's a sultant. He has come out and said, yeah,
the Strait is closed, despite what the headlines might have
said yesterday, and they are currently running reduced oil production
because there's storage capacity problems. Obviously storage is filled up
there and the last cargoes that got through the Strait
(30:48):
before the war are only now just arriving at their
final destination. So it takes a week. While eight to six.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
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Speaker 3 (31:05):
Moving, US Talks B six to six on News Talks
there be Mike is in the studio with us. Up
with you next morning, Mike, Joy to see you.
Speaker 10 (31:12):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
I drove a Volvo yesterday, a luxury yes and a
one yes. And it was the single pedal, very very
very well reviewed, all very smooth ride.
Speaker 6 (31:24):
Term how much was it?
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Good question?
Speaker 6 (31:27):
When you say the single pedal, what do you mean,
like you put your foot on the regenerative regenerative so
you can can you set the regeneration on it?
Speaker 3 (31:36):
Is it one of those I don't know. It was
on and I was using it because the BAK.
Speaker 6 (31:40):
I find that really, I find it quite fun when
you set regeneration. So some cars you set a regeneration.
Some you can do without it, so it just drifts
like a normal carbon generation.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
I can turn it off, can you.
Speaker 6 (31:52):
Yeah, yeah, we'll wind it up all down. But I reckon,
It's I reckon. It's a fun thing.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
It takes a while to get used to though, because
your instinct is to slam the brake on. You don't
need to you do.
Speaker 6 (32:01):
And did it have a big boot?
Speaker 10 (32:02):
Do?
Speaker 2 (32:03):
I mean?
Speaker 6 (32:03):
I think it was a wagon.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (32:05):
If you're a big you're a big wagon.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
This suv suv. It actually had the two seats in
the back, which obviously I would never need because seven seats,
seven seats. It's a seven two in the boot, Yes,
seven seater.
Speaker 6 (32:16):
So what sort of literage did you get in the
boot if you folded both sets of seeds?
Speaker 9 (32:20):
Was it?
Speaker 6 (32:21):
I get the dog fifteen hundred If you're talking over
fifteen hundred liters, that's a useful car, right.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
I mean the thing is, I'd never use those two
seats in the boot because I don't need to need children.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
What's the what's the recharge time on that?
Speaker 3 (32:35):
Well depends, so twenty minutes if you're on the fast
charge at the charging net.
Speaker 6 (32:39):
Station ten to eighty for twenty minutes. Yeah, you don't know.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
But twenty minutes. I mean that doesn't seem like it's
that long ago and getting to you.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
No, it's twenty too long. You sound like a retired person.
I had this discussion with a number of retired people
who's got twenty minutes to refuel their car. Nobody. Well,
I mean you're doing nothing.
Speaker 3 (32:59):
By the time you wait for the petrol pump and
then get to your petrol and then go in and
get your coffee. I mean there's twenty minutes your coffee.
Speaker 6 (33:07):
You do it, you do it remotely. By d this morning,
have released a co lab in China with Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
So so there will be a classy.
Speaker 6 (33:17):
There will be a charging station at a Kentucky Fried
Chicken and you can audit your Kentucky Fried Chicken from
your BYD because it's it's built into the car. You
just hit the Kentucky Fried Chicken button. Audio Chicken.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
It's b YD paying you something. You've spoken about them
a lot now.
Speaker 6 (33:33):
No, No, it's just that this is the this is
the future. Let's fresh fried chicken and a car.
Speaker 3 (33:38):
What more do you want?
Speaker 6 (33:39):
For goodness sake? Anyway, you're going to buy the.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
Bulbo ah, go on on them not buying the Volvo.
Speaker 6 (33:46):
What you're driving it for?
Speaker 3 (33:47):
You're a taking well people. There may be there may
be some sponsorship going on.
Speaker 6 (33:53):
What a sell out? What go to the dark side?
Speaker 4 (33:58):
Right?
Speaker 6 (34:00):
Do you buy the sweets?
Speaker 3 (34:02):
Have a great day?
Speaker 1 (34:07):
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