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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
That'd be good morning Monday morning. Great to have your company.
The government's taking another crack at the meth problem. We'll
look at that before six this morning. And solvencies are up.
We've got new numbers for you. Sport with Andrew Liam
Lawson and contention. Also a bit of AB's assessment and
Gavin's in the UK for us this morning. UK providing
military support to Belgium will tell you why. The agenda
(00:34):
Monday to tenth and November. Another Russian drone thing suspected.
That is, Belgium had to shut its main airport. Apparently
the drones entered airspace and military based airspace. The UK
offering support.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Defense Section I agreed that we would deploy our people
of our equipment to Belgium to help them. It is
important to be clear though that we don't know and
the Belgians don't yet know the source of backed those drones.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
And.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
But we will help them by providing our kit and capability.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
This typhoon in the Philippines big typhoon apparently now super typhoon.
A million people evacuated.
Speaker 5 (01:10):
Many people have left their homes and moved into stronger
buildings into evacuation centers for safety to ride out this storm.
And of course the Philippines has been basted already by
another typhoon, Camegi, which kills at least a couple of
hundred people. Further south in Sabooth there's been an earthquake already.
This country is really reeling from natural disasters this year.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
To the US we go now, Senators worked all week
in trying to open up the government and stop the shutdown.
Didn't work in predictably, they're all blaming Trump, while the
Dems are at least.
Speaker 6 (01:41):
He had no interest or energy into avoiding this government shutdown.
He has no interest or energy to end it today.
He's the president of the United States. As someone who's
an executive chief detective state larger than twenty one state
populations combine the fourth large economy, you have irresponsibility in
that raw so convene to bring people together. That's why
(02:03):
there's a government shutdown period.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
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Speaker 7 (02:16):
One US talks.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
That'd be eight after five on your Monday morning, nine
two nine two the numbers text. You know the AI
bubble that we've been talking about for a while, and
now we forget about that. What about the the energy
crash that's coming from AI. Let's talk about that this morning.
So AI very electricity hungry beast. As we know. Apparently
for a seuit you do on Google, for the same
(02:37):
search you do on Chat GPT ten times the energy
required for one Google search. Data centers need massive amounts
of energy, big data energy these guys need, and that
pushes demand up, which presumably pushes prices up. Right, the
Aussies are having problems with their grid, much like we are.
New South Wales has just fast tracked twenty three data centers.
(03:00):
This is despite not having enough affordable electricity to tap
into keep their aluminium smelters open. Beyond I think it's
twenty twenty eight. I was reading at the weekend now
here Luxon like Adourn before him, promising Amazon will build
these massive data centers in New Zealand. Great, what will
we power them with? What will the demand due to
(03:21):
prices in the States. Apparently electricity prices have jumped as
much as two hundred percent in homes around data centers
where they've been built. And we've got a government hell
bent on oil and gas saving our energy day. We've
got an opposition hell bent on anything but that, and
international investors in the middle kind of scratching their heads
(03:43):
keeping their wallets closed. We've got markets unsure if the
gent tailors that we taxpayers own half of will be
sold off completely or thrown into some labor party fund
as seed assets for an investment scheme. You know, wind solar,
great weather dependent. Whether it's a mill in Tocodo, data
(04:03):
centers in Auckland, they all need a consistent, reliable supply
to keep the lights on and to keep growth happening.
And our politicians might promise the world on growth, but
none of it is possible or affordable without a decent
energy solution. And at present, given the bickering between the
two big parties, I don't think we.
Speaker 7 (04:23):
Have one bridge bridge.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Five ten on news talks. He be coming up next,
we'll look at unfortunately related issue, which is insolvencies. Business
in solvency is up quite massively since twenty twenty two.
That's next. News Talk Set B.
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Get ahead of the headlines on early edition with Bryan
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Speaker 2 (04:47):
B five twelve. Did you watch the meth announcement yesterday?
Probably not, but I had a wee look of it.
We've got Nicole McKee on the show before six, and
I couldn't help but feel like I've heard this all
before you. Now we're going to boost the inspections of
the borders. We're going to give an extra I think
it was thirty million dollars to rehab facility. I mean,
they're so under resourced as it is. Is that going
(05:08):
to make much of a difference. Do we really think,
you know, meth use is apparently doubled. Do we really
think that throwing thirty million dollars and a few extra
custom staff that the problem is going to fix it?
I don't think so. And point to me a country
which has had success in stopping this the war on
drugs thing. Point to me a country that's had success
(05:29):
in doing this following our approach. You can't five thirteen
Ryan Breds, insolvencies are up one hundred and fifteen percent
since mid twenty twenty two. It is expected to continue
until next year, well into next year. Actually, retail, transport, construction, hospitality,
they're taking the biggest hits, up nearly forty percent on
pre COVID levels. Catherine Rich is Business New Zealand Chief
(05:52):
Executive with me this morning. Catherine, Good morning, Good morning, Ryan.
Good to have you on the show. Is this trend easing?
You know, this is over sort of three year period
we're talking about. Is it now easing or is it
just the same as it was a couple of years ago.
Speaker 8 (06:07):
Well, according to the lake To data release bicentrics, the
liquidation rates are improving across some of the sectors, but
it still reflects how tough it is to be in
business and many there are many reasons which we could
point to. I think we're still facing a post COVID hangover.
Some firms faced inflation and higher interest rates. Consumers stopped
(06:30):
spending cost pressures. Of course, ireds taking a few more
to court. So the combination of that's still concerning.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
What is the lesson we're learning from this, because this is,
as you say, we've had COVID, We've had the interest rates,
We've had weather events, you know, the whole bunch of
stuff is compounding, and the bad things are happening one
after another and people can't hold on. What do we
learned from.
Speaker 8 (06:55):
This, Well, I think we need to go right back
to how handled COVID, you know, and think the initial lockdowns.
Everybody supported those more or less, but we did make
a lot of firms that could have traded safely shut down.
So I think next time, when there is a new pandemic,
and there will be one, that we say, which of
(07:17):
the firms that can trade safely rather than just have
an arbitrary delimination of your essential or you're not essential.
But also I think looking at the trend, there is
some good news. It looks like liquidations are easing. Remember,
liquidations are just the tip of the iceberg. Most firms
(07:39):
just quietly closed shut their doors and leave a hole
on the high street. But overall, I think business conditions
are going to be improving heading into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Do you want the government to do anything to help
business right now?
Speaker 8 (07:56):
I think we're coming to a situation where the government
can do a few things. It's working pretty hard to
strip back unnecessary regulation. It's also looking to fill the
infrastructure pipe because, as you noted, constructions being one of
the hardest hit and that's because councils and the government
(08:18):
stop spending on infrastructure and maintenance, so those that expenditure
will start to filter through. I think also the government's
needs some of the problems of getting staffed. It's looked
at how it can cut back on its own spending
to introduce greatest fiscal discipline. We know inflation is under control,
(08:40):
so that's having a positive impact on debt servicing for businesses.
So there are a lot of things happening. It's just
there's been a long lead time before we're seeing some
positive change.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Catherine, appreciate your time this morning. Catherine Rich Business New
Zealanty of Executive Times, seventeen after five, Ryan Bridge, we'll
talk about the the flow on it. You know, you've
got one event then the next thing. Normally you think
you got six or seven good years between bad things
happening to the economy, but it just doesn't seem like
we're getting any breathing room. A Liam Dan had a
good piece in the Herald about this at the weekend.
(09:12):
There's just no breathing space, so you can't recover your losses.
If you're on the edge, you just get pushed over.
We'll talk about that twenty past five this morning, which
is in three minutes, so I better hurry up. Ryan.
This is from Paul. My neighbor is a significant meth dealer.
I've been reporting it to police for four months. They've
done nothing, no response, even five point seventeen. On News
(09:35):
Talk Seed B, we'll talk to Colm Key about all
of that. You know, is throwing a little bit of
money and a few extra cops on the beat actually
going to fix a problem that is, you know, doubled
in size over the last year. News Talk Seed B
on your.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
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All in one News Talk Seed B five twenty. Great
to have your coming this morning. I watched a movie
at the Week in a House of Dynamites on Netflix.
Really good. I would highly recommend it. Well, if you
want to see lots of action, there's not a lot
of action. It's basically, there is a missile, nuclear missile
coming towards America. It's going to take out Chicago, and
(10:18):
the whole movie is the video conference call with the
president about what to do about it, and they replay
that from three different perspectives over the space of an
hour and a half. So if you like action, they're
at there's a lot of talking and sitting at on
zoom calls. But it's fascinating because it's it's kind of based.
(10:38):
It goes through the whole chain of command. You know
what happens if there's a decapitation event where the president
is taken out. All of this stuff. I find it fascinating. Anyway,
it's a really good movie. Actually, the nuclear stuff never
really happens, does it certainly hasn't happened in a long time,
which is the whole point of it. It's a deterrent.
The real action is actually in space and with drones. Germany,
(11:01):
this is in real life. Germany and the UK have
warned about Russian Chinese space satellites. Apparently they're spying on
our satellites in space. They're stalking them, they're jamming them,
and they're interfering with them, and they're doing this on
a frequent basis. In the last couple of weeks, Belgium
as I mentioned earlier the military base there had Russian
(11:21):
drones into the airspace. Airports closed. This is Belgium where
the EU Parliament is based. So yeah, fun and fancy
with the nukes up up in the movie land, but
down here it's the real action really is drones and
space on the defense front. It's twenty one minutes, half
to five. Have a sport. Good morning, Andrew, Greetings Ryan.
(11:46):
Let's start with Liam Lawson and f one. That's happening
six this morning out time clock.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
So got what landed Orison, Pole and Lawson and seventh
on the Great it's got a prime opportunity here to
get some points. And of course Bo his chances of
retaining that seat for twenty twenty six with Racing Bulls
or Red Bull depending on where to go. But and
what happens with that that syndicate, But yeah, prime chance
(12:11):
at and Telagos when that gets underway in Supaula.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Brilliant, No doubt you and Michael would both be across that.
Speaker 9 (12:16):
Well, Michael probably be crossing more Thannihili. He's the avid
petrol head amongst us.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
You know, Thank goodness for Damien McKenzie at the weekend.
Speaker 9 (12:24):
Yeah, Jamie McK that's a fair effort is as a
super sub for one of a better terms that and
I don't know quite how he can taart himself to
get that try, but it was pretty welcome at that
stage in the piece, wasn't it. I Mean they've survived,
they've got their twenty five seventeen. The Grand Slam dream
remains alive. But McKenzie well both with that and the
(12:45):
penalty goal towards the end of me the classic blood
streaming down the face as he.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Does, which you could see because they were wearing the
white jersey.
Speaker 9 (12:53):
Yes, yes, you know it's sort of accentuated it didn't it.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
It did Actually looking at them yesterday and looking at
them doing the interviews on the news last night. I
mean it looks like they've been in a gang fight,
doesn't you know. They're just bruised and bloodied, and the
white shirts made that all the more.
Speaker 9 (13:08):
It was quite the yeah, the battle at Murrayfield, so
to speak. So yeah, they've been able to keep this
record alive against Scotland as well, Scotland looking a lot
stronger than they have done. Well, they've become stronger in
recent years, but there was a period or a lull
there where they were pretty weak. But that, yeah, it's
not going to get any easier for the All Blacks
up against England that took them this weekend.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Now in Black Caps, how are we doing? Yes, well, superbly.
Speaker 9 (13:33):
I mean they've they've held their nerve in the last
two games at least, and remarkably just the margin of
victory in each of the game's so seven runs, three
runs and nine runs all going down to the final over.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
But yeah, that's.
Speaker 9 (13:46):
That's a terrific effort in Nelson to be able to
take a two to one lead in the five match series.
Fourth match today again at Saxton Oval, And yeah, well
I was quite impressed, particularly by the bowling of East
Sody on this occasion, just with three weeks. It's got
three weeks in the previous game as well. Always likes
seeing the league spin an action in particularly the googly
and gaining the wickets. So that if that makes any
(14:08):
sense to your right, not really, but ah, well, was
the cricket fans out there, I hope.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
And you thank you Andrew Watison the Sport this morning
and there's twenty four minutes after five news talks.
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Speaker 2 (14:25):
Five twenty six News Talks. They'd be great to have
your company this morning. Tom Riedo is a national park
for a reason. It's a stunning, beautiful part of this
country and the fact that's currently on fire is obviously worrying,
not just because it's a fire and you want filers
to be put out, but also because of where it's happening.
It will pay who central North Island. I've been taking
a hammering lately. You'll know this. You know Meles Factory. Forestry,
(14:48):
tourism has been affected. We've had the alpine lifts debarcle.
The mountain's kind of been battling for a week while
all this after COVID and now you potentially putting summer
bookings at risk with a decent chunk of the park
now raging fire. Businesses can only take so much before
something breaks, as it has for many since the heady
(15:11):
days of free government money during the pandemic. Today we're
reporting one hundred and fifteen percent increase in insolvent seasons
twenty twenty two. The problem is not just inflation eating
into consumer spending and confidence and all that stuff. But
also the sequence of the shocks. You know, it's kind
of one thing after another and then those on the
edge get pushed off. The economy generally has had inflation, recession,
(15:35):
you know, weather events, tariffs, all this stuff happening. And basically,
what I think this tells us is that shocks can
come at any time, any place, not necessarily with a
nice six or seven good years between them. What is next?
Who knows? Is it the AI bubble bursting as we've
been hearing about for the last couple of months. Is
(15:56):
it another war, is it an oil shock, is it
another fire ripping through a tourist hotspot. Take your pick.
But the lesson I think the message is don't expect
that it won't come soon, or that it won't come tomorrow.
Brian Bridgley twenty eight minutes after five News Talks hed
b Now, apparently there's a thing going on with boyfriend's
(16:18):
girls not wanting to say women and girls not wanting
to let the internet know that they've got boyfriends. I
know it sounds weird, but apparently this is a sort
of a movement where young women. There was a Vogue
article that was published about how it's not cool to
have a boyfriend anymore. It was like so early two
(16:41):
thousand and early two thousands, and they're basically women are
erasing their relationships from social media because it's no longer
cool to have a boyfriend. I don't really understand why,
and trying to get Kenzy to explain it to me
earlier before the program. I think it's because men don't
treat women right and there's a problem with that in
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the Internet's identifying it, so it's no longer a cool thing.
So the trend is changing. Coming up after News at
five thirty, we're going to talk to our reporters obviously,
and we will also head to the UK find out
what's going on with the drones. Nicole McKee on the
government's plan to tackle meth. That's coming before six as
well News Talks, AB.
Speaker 7 (17:43):
Views and Views You Trust.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
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Fall than one News Talks b.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Twenty four away from six. News Talk said bigreat to
have your company This Monday morning before six, we'll look
at the government's plan to tackle meth and we will
head to the UK with Gavin Gray. Just a quick
mention off the back of sport, what a fantastic performance
from Emma Tweg. I saw some of it Beach sprint
rowing Champs. Did you know it was the thing, to
be honest, didn't really until I was watching it. A
(18:20):
fantastic event and man it's hard to be in the
water expelling so much energy and then running on sand
that looked like the hardest part, to be honest. Anyway,
congratulations to her. Hopefully she will be appearing at the
LA Olympics in a very different sport to rowing. It
is twenty three minutes away.
Speaker 7 (18:39):
From six rayam Bridge.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Clum procdri enginetin for us this morning. Get a Cullum
morning right, good morning. Southend's emergency Management plan is getting
a bit of a reboot.
Speaker 10 (18:49):
Yeah it is, and it's all about the timing here
because this comes hot on the heels of, of course,
last month's severe weather that thrashed the region and it's
still recovering. Emergency Management seens inviting public feedback on its
next draft group plan. This will set the stage for
twenty twenty five through to twenty thirty. Are the plans
setting the direction for how Southland will reduce risk and
(19:13):
recover from future emergencies. Emergency Management south And says this
plan reflects a modern hazard landscape, the reliance on technology now,
the aging population costs a living and also cross boundary
risks with Otaga and the West Coast.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
All right, Calum, how's your weather?
Speaker 10 (19:29):
Mixed bag, high cloud, afternoon, fine spells, then a strong
southerly change this evening heavy thundery, shells and hail later
today the high twenty two brilliant.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Thank you. Let's go to clear on christ Chach morning.
Speaker 8 (19:39):
Claire, good morning.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
A cup and show week this week for you.
Speaker 11 (19:42):
Yeah, big one down here, big one for the social
calendars for many anyway. It is also for visitors who
flock into the city. We're expecting thousands in christ Church
from today really, but the events really kick off tomorrow
for New Zealand Cup Day at Addington. I actually said
last week to someone that it was our version of
Melbourne Cup. I think that's blasphemy though for anyone who's
(20:03):
actually been to Flemington. But it is a very big
day for those here. We have thousands who pack into
Addington for the big day. Some action starts at midday.
There'll be a big race.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Of course.
Speaker 11 (20:12):
At ten to six, we've got the likes of five
hundred kilos of Salm and Phillett seven hundred kilos of
chicken being prepared for the special day. The events center
manager Graham Jones says it is their biggest event and
they prepare.
Speaker 8 (20:25):
All year for it.
Speaker 11 (20:26):
Then we've got the show kicking off on Thursday. The
event will run through to Saturday for the second time,
which makes it easier for families to get along.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Oh great, how's the weather going to be for all
of this?
Speaker 11 (20:36):
Well, we start the week with a high of twenty five,
a fine day, normally's gusty for a time a bit later.
Some showers on the forecast later in the week.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Brilliant, Thanks Claire, Max and Wellington Morning Max, good morning.
You've got public sector workers taking more sickly for how
much we're talking Yes, story in the post this morning.
Speaker 12 (20:53):
This is the government's latest workplace wellness report, and I
would say it does nothing to allay certain stereo types
around public sector workers. On average, they're taking nearly two
more sick days a year than those in the private sector,
eight point four to an average of six point five.
We did look at sick leave last week. As z B,
workers in general are taking more than ever before, a
(21:14):
lot of employer business types telling us it could actually
be a good thing, as post COVID, we're being a
little more responsible with sickness. But the increase from the
public to private sector is interesting. The PSA UNI and
patting itself on the back, it says unions are stronger
at government agencies and departments, therefore workers feel more confident
at taking their sick leave a lot, also reporting that
(21:36):
their staff will work from home a lot when mildly
sick as well. In the public sector, the Ministry of
Social Development topping the rankings with an astonishing average of
fifteen days of sick leave taken on average a year.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Fifteen. Yeah, goodness me, there must be a bug going
around that particular office round as you're with the.
Speaker 12 (21:58):
Me yeah, fine to start some cloud and showers later
strong northerlyas nineteenth.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
How do you justify that?
Speaker 7 (22:04):
Max?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Thank you? Nevas are not neva good morning, fifteen secon
day the average, So imagine what some would must be
taking for the average to be fifteen?
Speaker 13 (22:13):
Well, can I just say, is you well know last
week Yeah, I had the flu. I was so bad.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Listen to me.
Speaker 7 (22:20):
I was so bad.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
I nearly died.
Speaker 7 (22:24):
I nearly died.
Speaker 13 (22:24):
Well, that's where I came into the newser I was
so bad. I went, Oh, here comes Neva.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
I can still hear it in your voice.
Speaker 13 (22:30):
The huskiness I sound like ten men instead of My
voice has dropped even more. No, but I took a
couple of COVID tests because I thought, was this COVID?
Speaker 7 (22:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 13 (22:40):
And then I played that doctor Google game. I should
never have done that. I couldn't get out of bid
for six.
Speaker 9 (22:46):
Days, you poor things, exactly, and.
Speaker 13 (22:50):
You didn't even text me and bring around anything, flipping.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
To fear I was away for half. Oh that's what
you were too anyway. But you're better than well, you're enough.
Speaker 13 (23:01):
There was the first thick days that I've taken in oh,
I don't know about two years.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
And not fifteen days, though even though you probably could
you could have used an extra couple.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
Of days exactly.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
I mean, I really should have been here today, but
I'm just so diligent.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Don't get too close, then, exactly why do I hit
the measles?
Speaker 13 (23:20):
I thought I've got all the symptoms except that crucial
rash of the spots. I started getting sore eyes and
I thought, well that'll be it. I can't do my job.
How can I read the news if I can't see it.
That's talk about the weather, now, can we Okay?
Speaker 2 (23:36):
How we're looking.
Speaker 13 (23:37):
Showers, some heavy from afternoon tuning to rain at night.
Twenty four is the high today and I shall good
day for me to go throw back into my bed.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
A horrible time to have the flu and be, you know,
for your temperature to be skew with because it's so human.
Speaker 13 (23:49):
And I've just got to say this one thing is
it's about me and I haven't been on here for
a few days. It was my birthday yesterday.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Oh, you're the worst friend of the whole. I thought
I put it in my calendar last year, but I
can't have.
Speaker 13 (24:05):
Because we are scorpio twins and birthday coming up and
it was your husband's last week. So how Fanny's birthday?
Speaker 5 (24:13):
The dog?
Speaker 2 (24:14):
How do we know this? Because I remember, Okay, I'm
a bad person. You are god self righteous? Neither off
you go seventeen away from sex News Talks.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
EVB International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of
mind for New Zealand Business got to sex.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
News talks, they'd be We'll get to Nicole McKee on
meth in just a second. Well, she's not on myth obviously,
but on the meth issue, they are tackling the problem.
They've got money, they've got extra resources. We'll find out
what difference it'll make first though, Let's go to the UK.
So the Brits are helping Belgium. Belgium's had a problem
with the drones, are potentially the Russians incurring into the airspace.
(24:54):
Let's go to our UK correspondent, Gavin Gray. Gavin, good
morning on Iran.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Yeah, you know we've been reporting on this, haven't we,
Because there's been drone incursions over several European airports, both
civilian airports but also of the military AirPods, and people
have said, well, is it Russia? Plenty of finger pointing.
Russia says it's not, and it's not quite known whether
we should be taking this seriously. Now we know that
(25:21):
Britain is giving both kit and manpower to Belgium in
order to try to stop these drone incursions into its airspace,
and I think all of a sudden we view this
through a very different mirror now, because it's all really
I think part of this concern that Russia is deliberately
flexing its muscles, making Europe feel awkward and testing the
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resolve of the European nations. Now we've learned already the
German Defense Ministry is supporting Belgium with anti drone measures
after a request from Brussels. And we do know as
well that there was considerable cost for the canceling of
or diverting of dozens of flights at this particular airport.
And so we believe the RAF's two Force Protection Wing,
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which was also deployed in an anti drone role to
the Paris Olympics last year, is now in action in Belgium.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
What about this accidentally releasing prisoners, There's a couple more
or are these old ones that we're finding out details
about now?
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Yes, they are old cases that we are only now
finding out about. We have had weeks now of this
of prisoners being accidentally released when either they should have
been staying in prison or they should have been deported.
Instead they've been freed. And now we learn that actually
there are two hundred and sixty two prisoners in England
and Wales mistakenly freed in the year to March.
Speaker 7 (26:40):
Who were they.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Well, we're not talking petty thieves here. Some of them
are sexual assaults, sex offenders, others violent offenders, some for
fraud as well. Now we learn two of them are
still on the run after being mistakenly freed last year,
and according to reports, another two set free in in
June also remain missing. It's become a real political hot potato.
(27:05):
The Deputy Prime Minister is in charge of Justice and
the presence. He's saying he's put these stringent measures in place,
and there is disagreement over how many have actually managed
to be mistakenly released after those stringent measures were put
into places.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
What a mess, total shamozzle. Thank you so much, Gavin
Gavin Gray are UK Europe correspondent.
Speaker 7 (27:26):
It's twelve to six rail Bridge now.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
The government having another crack at the meth problem. There'll
be an ad campaign, joint ops between Customs Defense, the GCSB,
tougher police powers border security. Meth use, as you know,
has doubled last year, heading nearly fifteen hundred kilos. Nicole McKees,
the Associate Minister of Justice with me this morning. Minister
good morning, Good morning Ryan. How much like do you
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have a number? What impact will this have on the
supply of meth in New Zealand? Will we have ten
thousand fewer addicts as a result of the program you've
an bounced? Do we know?
Speaker 14 (28:01):
Well, that's the thing, Ryan, is that we've known for
the last twenty years that we've got a methanphetamine problem
in New Zealand, but no one's actually been able to
coordinate to do anything about it. So there's been no
stats around whether or not we are having any effect
in the right areas, and it would seem that we're
not when we see that there's a doubling in the
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consumption over the last year, when we see that there's
a two hundred and sixty six percent increase in siezures
at the border. So what we can do is actually
implement some of these ideas. So we've got the whole
justice sector, Ministers of come in looked at our portfolios.
What can we do. I can smash it in the
organized crime criminal proceeds area, for example, can we funnel
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that money back into the community. Then how do we
assess it? What is it that we're actually going to
be looking for and I guess some of the areas
that we already know about. So we have this massive
increase in violence for examples. So this fits very nicely,
this plan of what we're doing into the government's target
four of twenty thousand fewer victims by the end of
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twenty twenty nine. So we look at the victims and
we know that there is a portion of people on meth.
They'refore times likely to commit violence. We know that those
that are on meth are also three points six times
more likely to be victims, so we can measure it
if we see that coming down.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
I get all that, but as you have said, we
know that the problem's gotten way worse despite everything we
have been doing. So yeah, it is. And how radically
different is.
Speaker 14 (29:40):
This Well, I think the coordinated approach not just going
off after them at the border, not just me going
after their funds of misery and giving it back to
the community, but also looking at how we can support
the community. So, as an example, eleven million dollars is
going into the Resilience to Organize Crime and Communities Less
(30:00):
initiative that helps the communities use their own community networks
to support them to get off mes, stay off mess.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
We've also got what's eleven million is it?
Speaker 14 (30:11):
So it's eleven eleven million dollars.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
The shortage of rehab beds in this country is a
massive problem. Is eleven million dollars going to fix it?
Speaker 14 (30:21):
Well, eleven million dollars is going into the rock Work
program to make sure that we can utilize what we
have in our communities. This is pulling everything together from
all angles instead of just attacking one. So that eleven
million dollars is not over four years until the end
of December twenty twenty six, helps us pull everything up,
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identify where these community lead projects are. Twenty three million
dollars going into a police AML team working with our
international partners. Thirty million dollars also going into secondary school
based teams. I mean there's money going into all sorts
of areas so we can tackle it from all.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
We will see, see mister, we will see whether that
bears fruit. Appreciate your time this morning, Nicole McKee, who's
the Associate Justice Minister. It is eight to six news Talk, said.
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To six on news Talk sib I hope you have
a great date work, unless you're with MSD and then
you're probably not going. We heard from Max and Wellington
earlier this morning that they take on average at the
Social Development Ministry fifteen six days a year. That's the average,
So imagine what the range would be. Ryan, I own
a forestry crew, eight employees. Only one has been sick
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in the last two years. We're out in all sorts
of conditions, working as a team for each other. There
you go, six minutes away from sex on Newstalk, Ryan Bridge,
Mike's in the studio Morning, Mike Morning.
Speaker 15 (31:51):
It's all about the vibe, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (31:53):
The vibe in that it's about the vibe.
Speaker 15 (31:54):
If you enjoy your job, you turn up at work.
If you don't like your job and the Ministry of
Social Development does that sound like?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
That doesn't sound No, it doesn't. It sounds like a
lot of computer says No, computer says maybe. But obviously
Neva's just headed a week off. I didn't realize.
Speaker 15 (32:09):
That she was ill. I mean, I knew she had
some time off. I didn't realize she was she was
ill with it? But man, what what?
Speaker 7 (32:14):
What?
Speaker 15 (32:14):
A fabulous dissertation she gave you about herself on this program.
So it's still nice to dominate a radio program with
your own personal problems.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
For the stop, I didn't know. I just sort of
let her run, really you did. But no in her
birthday yesterdays yesterday as well, which was mentioned a couple
of times.
Speaker 15 (32:34):
It's almost as though she wants her own program or
I'm surprised she hasn't got a podcast.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
It's just the stuff stuff.
Speaker 15 (32:40):
I'm currently thinking about by Neva.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Do you find it entertaining every time we see another
tweet from Winston Peters saying we you know, correcting?
Speaker 15 (32:48):
Is he still on about that?
Speaker 2 (32:49):
He did another one at the weekend? Did you not
see this? This was about what was the first one about?
Speaker 15 (32:55):
The first one was about the deal that the deal
with Malaysia time, and.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
One was about Gumboot Friday. Luxon said National maybe he
should just stop tweeting. Actually National funded Gumboot Friday, and
then in steps wants them to say, we good.
Speaker 15 (33:11):
It's going to be an interesting election year, isn't it.
You look at you know, I was talking to somebody
over the weekend and it will have been my guess
let's let's open a book on this. My guess is
it was this last Saturday a year ago, yes, so
early no bit six or seven and November it will
be is that your number is it?
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Well, that's the number from that. The Irenz has a
house arene Z.
Speaker 15 (33:35):
They've also got a burden one of those as well.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
In the house service, which is quite informative, and that
they looked at the calendar and they basically said the
same day.
Speaker 16 (33:47):
Good, the the the in the in the house service.
Oh my god, you're more boring than Diva. Well, Orens,
that's got it in the half fabulous.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
All right, Well, my show starts all right, great, looking
forward to it. Mike News Talks MB see tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (34:07):
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
That'd be good morning Monday morning. Great to have your company.
The government's taking another crack at the meth problem. We'll
look at that before six this morning. And solvencies are up.
We've got new numbers for you. Sport with Andrew Liam
Lawson and contention. Also a bit of AB's assessment and
Gavin's in the UK for us this morning. UK providing
military support to Belgium will tell you why. The agenda
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Monday to tenth and November. Another Russian drone thing suspected.
That is, Belgium had to shut its main airport. Apparently
the drones entered airspace and military based airspace. The UK
offering support.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Defense Section I agreed that we would deploy our people
of our equipment to Belgium to help them. It is
important to be clear though that we don't know and
the Belgians don't yet know the source of backed those drones.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
And.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
But we will help them by providing our kit and capability.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
This typhoon in the Philippines big typhoon apparently now super typhoon.
A million people evacuated.
Speaker 5 (01:10):
Many people have left their homes and moved into stronger
buildings into evacuation centers for safety to ride out this storm.
And of course the Philippines has been basted already by
another typhoon, Camegi, which kills at least a couple of
hundred people. Further south in Sabooth there's been an earthquake already.
This country is really reeling from natural disasters this year.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
To the US we go now, Senators worked all week
in trying to open up the government and stop the shutdown.
Didn't work in predictably, they're all blaming Trump, while the
Dems are at least.
Speaker 6 (01:41):
He had no interest or energy into avoiding this government shutdown.
He has no interest or energy to end it today.
He's the president of the United States. As someone who's
an executive chief detective state larger than twenty one state
populations combine the fourth large economy, you have irresponsibility in
that raw so convene to bring people together. That's why
(02:03):
there's a government shutdown period.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
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That'd be eight after five on your Monday morning, nine
two nine two the numbers text. You know the AI
bubble that we've been talking about for a while, and
now we forget about that. What about the the energy
crash that's coming from AI. Let's talk about that this morning.
So AI very electricity hungry beast. As we know. Apparently
for a seuit you do on Google, for the same
(02:37):
search you do on Chat GPT ten times the energy
required for one Google search. Data centers need massive amounts
of energy, big data energy these guys need, and that
pushes demand up, which presumably pushes prices up. Right, the
Aussies are having problems with their grid, much like we are.
New South Wales has just fast tracked twenty three data centers.
(03:00):
This is despite not having enough affordable electricity to tap
into keep their aluminium smelters open. Beyond I think it's
twenty twenty eight. I was reading at the weekend now
here Luxon like Adourn before him, promising Amazon will build
these massive data centers in New Zealand. Great, what will
we power them with? What will the demand due to
(03:21):
prices in the States. Apparently electricity prices have jumped as
much as two hundred percent in homes around data centers
where they've been built. And we've got a government hell
bent on oil and gas saving our energy day. We've
got an opposition hell bent on anything but that, and
international investors in the middle kind of scratching their heads
(03:43):
keeping their wallets closed. We've got markets unsure if the
gent tailors that we taxpayers own half of will be
sold off completely or thrown into some labor party fund
as seed assets for an investment scheme. You know, wind solar,
great weather dependent. Whether it's a mill in Tocodo, data
(04:03):
centers in Auckland, they all need a consistent, reliable supply
to keep the lights on and to keep growth happening.
And our politicians might promise the world on growth, but
none of it is possible or affordable without a decent
energy solution. And at present, given the bickering between the
two big parties, I don't think we.
Speaker 7 (04:23):
Have one bridge bridge.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Five ten on news talks. He be coming up next,
we'll look at unfortunately related issue, which is insolvencies. Business
in solvency is up quite massively since twenty twenty two.
That's next. News Talk Set B.
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Speaker 2 (04:47):
B five twelve. Did you watch the meth announcement yesterday?
Probably not, but I had a wee look of it.
We've got Nicole McKee on the show before six, and
I couldn't help but feel like I've heard this all
before you. Now we're going to boost the inspections of
the borders. We're going to give an extra I think
it was thirty million dollars to rehab facility. I mean,
they're so under resourced as it is. Is that going
(05:08):
to make much of a difference. Do we really think,
you know, meth use is apparently doubled. Do we really
think that throwing thirty million dollars and a few extra
custom staff that the problem is going to fix it?
I don't think so. And point to me a country
which has had success in stopping this the war on
drugs thing. Point to me a country that's had success
(05:29):
in doing this following our approach. You can't five thirteen
Ryan Breds, insolvencies are up one hundred and fifteen percent
since mid twenty twenty two. It is expected to continue
until next year, well into next year. Actually, retail, transport, construction, hospitality,
they're taking the biggest hits, up nearly forty percent on
pre COVID levels. Catherine Rich is Business New Zealand Chief
(05:52):
Executive with me this morning. Catherine, Good morning, Good morning, Ryan.
Good to have you on the show. Is this trend easing?
You know, this is over sort of three year period
we're talking about. Is it now easing or is it
just the same as it was a couple of years ago.
Speaker 8 (06:07):
Well, according to the lake To data release bicentrics, the
liquidation rates are improving across some of the sectors, but
it still reflects how tough it is to be in
business and many there are many reasons which we could
point to. I think we're still facing a post COVID hangover.
Some firms faced inflation and higher interest rates. Consumers stopped
(06:30):
spending cost pressures. Of course, ireds taking a few more
to court. So the combination of that's still concerning.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
What is the lesson we're learning from this, because this is,
as you say, we've had COVID, We've had the interest rates,
We've had weather events, you know, the whole bunch of
stuff is compounding, and the bad things are happening one
after another and people can't hold on. What do we
learned from.
Speaker 8 (06:55):
This, Well, I think we need to go right back
to how handled COVID, you know, and think the initial lockdowns.
Everybody supported those more or less, but we did make
a lot of firms that could have traded safely shut down.
So I think next time, when there is a new pandemic,
and there will be one, that we say, which of
(07:17):
the firms that can trade safely rather than just have
an arbitrary delimination of your essential or you're not essential.
But also I think looking at the trend, there is
some good news. It looks like liquidations are easing. Remember,
liquidations are just the tip of the iceberg. Most firms
(07:39):
just quietly closed shut their doors and leave a hole
on the high street. But overall, I think business conditions
are going to be improving heading into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Do you want the government to do anything to help
business right now?
Speaker 8 (07:56):
I think we're coming to a situation where the government
can do a few things. It's working pretty hard to
strip back unnecessary regulation. It's also looking to fill the
infrastructure pipe because, as you noted, constructions being one of
the hardest hit and that's because councils and the government
(08:18):
stop spending on infrastructure and maintenance, so those that expenditure
will start to filter through. I think also the government's
needs some of the problems of getting staffed. It's looked
at how it can cut back on its own spending
to introduce greatest fiscal discipline. We know inflation is under control,
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so that's having a positive impact on debt servicing for businesses.
So there are a lot of things happening. It's just
there's been a long lead time before we're seeing some
positive change.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Catherine, appreciate your time this morning. Catherine Rich Business New
Zealanty of Executive Times, seventeen after five, Ryan Bridge, we'll
talk about the the flow on it. You know, you've
got one event then the next thing. Normally you think
you got six or seven good years between bad things
happening to the economy, but it just doesn't seem like
we're getting any breathing room. A Liam Dan had a
good piece in the Herald about this at the weekend.
(09:12):
There's just no breathing space, so you can't recover your losses.
If you're on the edge, you just get pushed over.
We'll talk about that twenty past five this morning, which
is in three minutes, so I better hurry up. Ryan.
This is from Paul. My neighbor is a significant meth dealer.
I've been reporting it to police for four months. They've
done nothing, no response, even five point seventeen. On News
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Talk Seed B, we'll talk to Colm Key about all
of that. You know, is throwing a little bit of
money and a few extra cops on the beat actually
going to fix a problem that is, you know, doubled
in size over the last year. News Talk Seed B
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All in one News Talk Seed B five twenty. Great
to have your coming this morning. I watched a movie
at the Week in a House of Dynamites on Netflix.
Really good. I would highly recommend it. Well, if you
want to see lots of action, there's not a lot
of action. It's basically, there is a missile, nuclear missile
coming towards America. It's going to take out Chicago, and
(10:18):
the whole movie is the video conference call with the
president about what to do about it, and they replay
that from three different perspectives over the space of an
hour and a half. So if you like action, they're
at there's a lot of talking and sitting at on
zoom calls. But it's fascinating because it's it's kind of based.
(10:38):
It goes through the whole chain of command. You know
what happens if there's a decapitation event where the president
is taken out. All of this stuff. I find it fascinating. Anyway,
it's a really good movie. Actually, the nuclear stuff never
really happens, does it certainly hasn't happened in a long time,
which is the whole point of it. It's a deterrent.
The real action is actually in space and with drones. Germany,
(11:01):
this is in real life. Germany and the UK have
warned about Russian Chinese space satellites. Apparently they're spying on
our satellites in space. They're stalking them, they're jamming them,
and they're interfering with them, and they're doing this on
a frequent basis. In the last couple of weeks, Belgium
as I mentioned earlier the military base there had Russian
(11:21):
drones into the airspace. Airports closed. This is Belgium where
the EU Parliament is based. So yeah, fun and fancy
with the nukes up up in the movie land, but
down here it's the real action really is drones and
space on the defense front. It's twenty one minutes, half
to five. Have a sport. Good morning, Andrew, Greetings Ryan.
(11:46):
Let's start with Liam Lawson and f one. That's happening
six this morning out time clock.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
So got what landed Orison, Pole and Lawson and seventh
on the Great it's got a prime opportunity here to
get some points. And of course Bo his chances of
retaining that seat for twenty twenty six with Racing Bulls
or Red Bull depending on where to go. But and
what happens with that that syndicate, But yeah, prime chance
(12:11):
at and Telagos when that gets underway in Supaula.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Brilliant, No doubt you and Michael would both be across that.
Speaker 9 (12:16):
Well, Michael probably be crossing more Thannihili. He's the avid
petrol head amongst us.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
You know, Thank goodness for Damien McKenzie at the weekend.
Speaker 9 (12:24):
Yeah, Jamie McK that's a fair effort is as a
super sub for one of a better terms that and
I don't know quite how he can taart himself to
get that try, but it was pretty welcome at that
stage in the piece, wasn't it. I Mean they've survived,
they've got their twenty five seventeen. The Grand Slam dream
remains alive. But McKenzie well both with that and the
(12:45):
penalty goal towards the end of me the classic blood
streaming down the face as he.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Does, which you could see because they were wearing the
white jersey.
Speaker 9 (12:53):
Yes, yes, you know it's sort of accentuated it didn't it.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
It did Actually looking at them yesterday and looking at
them doing the interviews on the news last night. I
mean it looks like they've been in a gang fight,
doesn't you know. They're just bruised and bloodied, and the
white shirts made that all the more.
Speaker 9 (13:08):
It was quite the yeah, the battle at Murrayfield, so
to speak. So yeah, they've been able to keep this
record alive against Scotland as well, Scotland looking a lot
stronger than they have done. Well, they've become stronger in
recent years, but there was a period or a lull
there where they were pretty weak. But that, yeah, it's
not going to get any easier for the All Blacks
up against England that took them this weekend.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Now in Black Caps, how are we doing? Yes, well, superbly.
Speaker 9 (13:33):
I mean they've they've held their nerve in the last
two games at least, and remarkably just the margin of
victory in each of the game's so seven runs, three
runs and nine runs all going down to the final over.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
But yeah, that's.
Speaker 9 (13:46):
That's a terrific effort in Nelson to be able to
take a two to one lead in the five match series.
Fourth match today again at Saxton Oval, And yeah, well
I was quite impressed, particularly by the bowling of East
Sody on this occasion, just with three weeks. It's got
three weeks in the previous game as well. Always likes
seeing the league spin an action in particularly the googly
and gaining the wickets. So that if that makes any
(14:08):
sense to your right, not really, but ah, well, was
the cricket fans out there, I hope.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
And you thank you Andrew Watison the Sport this morning
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Five twenty six News Talks. They'd be great to have
your company this morning. Tom Riedo is a national park
for a reason. It's a stunning, beautiful part of this
country and the fact that's currently on fire is obviously worrying,
not just because it's a fire and you want filers
to be put out, but also because of where it's happening.
It will pay who central North Island. I've been taking
a hammering lately. You'll know this. You know Meles Factory. Forestry,
(14:48):
tourism has been affected. We've had the alpine lifts debarcle.
The mountain's kind of been battling for a week while
all this after COVID and now you potentially putting summer
bookings at risk with a decent chunk of the park
now raging fire. Businesses can only take so much before
something breaks, as it has for many since the heady
(15:11):
days of free government money during the pandemic. Today we're
reporting one hundred and fifteen percent increase in insolvent seasons
twenty twenty two. The problem is not just inflation eating
into consumer spending and confidence and all that stuff. But
also the sequence of the shocks. You know, it's kind
of one thing after another and then those on the
edge get pushed off. The economy generally has had inflation, recession,
(15:35):
you know, weather events, tariffs, all this stuff happening. And basically,
what I think this tells us is that shocks can
come at any time, any place, not necessarily with a
nice six or seven good years between them. What is next?
Who knows? Is it the AI bubble bursting as we've
been hearing about for the last couple of months. Is
(15:56):
it another war, is it an oil shock, is it
another fire ripping through a tourist hotspot. Take your pick.
But the lesson I think the message is don't expect
that it won't come soon, or that it won't come tomorrow.
Brian Bridgley twenty eight minutes after five News Talks hed
b Now, apparently there's a thing going on with boyfriend's
(16:18):
girls not wanting to say women and girls not wanting
to let the internet know that they've got boyfriends. I
know it sounds weird, but apparently this is a sort
of a movement where young women. There was a Vogue
article that was published about how it's not cool to
have a boyfriend anymore. It was like so early two
(16:41):
thousand and early two thousands, and they're basically women are
erasing their relationships from social media because it's no longer
cool to have a boyfriend. I don't really understand why,
and trying to get Kenzy to explain it to me
earlier before the program. I think it's because men don't
treat women right and there's a problem with that in
(17:04):
the Internet's identifying it, so it's no longer a cool thing.
So the trend is changing. Coming up after News at
five thirty, we're going to talk to our reporters obviously,
and we will also head to the UK find out
what's going on with the drones. Nicole McKee on the
government's plan to tackle meth. That's coming before six as
well News Talks, AB.
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Twenty four away from six. News Talk said bigreat to
have your company This Monday morning before six, we'll look
at the government's plan to tackle meth and we will
head to the UK with Gavin Gray. Just a quick
mention off the back of sport, what a fantastic performance
from Emma Tweg. I saw some of it Beach sprint
rowing Champs. Did you know it was the thing, to
be honest, didn't really until I was watching it. A
(18:20):
fantastic event and man it's hard to be in the
water expelling so much energy and then running on sand
that looked like the hardest part, to be honest. Anyway,
congratulations to her. Hopefully she will be appearing at the
LA Olympics in a very different sport to rowing. It
is twenty three minutes away.
Speaker 7 (18:39):
From six rayam Bridge.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Clum procdri enginetin for us this morning. Get a Cullum
morning right, good morning. Southend's emergency Management plan is getting
a bit of a reboot.
Speaker 10 (18:49):
Yeah it is, and it's all about the timing here
because this comes hot on the heels of, of course,
last month's severe weather that thrashed the region and it's
still recovering. Emergency Management seens inviting public feedback on its
next draft group plan. This will set the stage for
twenty twenty five through to twenty thirty. Are the plans
setting the direction for how Southland will reduce risk and
(19:13):
recover from future emergencies. Emergency Management south And says this
plan reflects a modern hazard landscape, the reliance on technology now,
the aging population costs a living and also cross boundary
risks with Otaga and the West Coast.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
All right, Calum, how's your weather?
Speaker 10 (19:29):
Mixed bag, high cloud, afternoon, fine spells, then a strong
southerly change this evening heavy thundery, shells and hail later
today the high twenty two brilliant.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Thank you. Let's go to clear on christ Chach morning.
Speaker 8 (19:39):
Claire, good morning.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
A cup and show week this week for you.
Speaker 11 (19:42):
Yeah, big one down here, big one for the social
calendars for many anyway. It is also for visitors who
flock into the city. We're expecting thousands in christ Church
from today really, but the events really kick off tomorrow
for New Zealand Cup Day at Addington. I actually said
last week to someone that it was our version of
Melbourne Cup. I think that's blasphemy though for anyone who's
(20:03):
actually been to Flemington. But it is a very big
day for those here. We have thousands who pack into
Addington for the big day. Some action starts at midday.
There'll be a big race.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Of course.
Speaker 11 (20:12):
At ten to six, we've got the likes of five
hundred kilos of Salm and Phillett seven hundred kilos of
chicken being prepared for the special day. The events center
manager Graham Jones says it is their biggest event and
they prepare.
Speaker 8 (20:25):
All year for it.
Speaker 11 (20:26):
Then we've got the show kicking off on Thursday. The
event will run through to Saturday for the second time,
which makes it easier for families to get along.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Oh great, how's the weather going to be for all
of this?
Speaker 11 (20:36):
Well, we start the week with a high of twenty five,
a fine day, normally's gusty for a time a bit later.
Some showers on the forecast later in the week.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Brilliant, Thanks Claire, Max and Wellington Morning Max, good morning.
You've got public sector workers taking more sickly for how
much we're talking Yes, story in the post this morning.
Speaker 12 (20:53):
This is the government's latest workplace wellness report, and I
would say it does nothing to allay certain stereo types
around public sector workers. On average, they're taking nearly two
more sick days a year than those in the private sector,
eight point four to an average of six point five.
We did look at sick leave last week. As z B,
workers in general are taking more than ever before, a
(21:14):
lot of employer business types telling us it could actually
be a good thing, as post COVID, we're being a
little more responsible with sickness. But the increase from the
public to private sector is interesting. The PSA UNI and
patting itself on the back, it says unions are stronger
at government agencies and departments, therefore workers feel more confident
at taking their sick leave a lot, also reporting that
(21:36):
their staff will work from home a lot when mildly
sick as well. In the public sector, the Ministry of
Social Development topping the rankings with an astonishing average of
fifteen days of sick leave taken on average a year.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Fifteen. Yeah, goodness me, there must be a bug going
around that particular office round as you're with the.
Speaker 12 (21:58):
Me yeah, fine to start some cloud and showers later
strong northerlyas nineteenth.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
How do you justify that?
Speaker 7 (22:04):
Max?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Thank you? Nevas are not neva good morning, fifteen secon
day the average, So imagine what some would must be
taking for the average to be fifteen?
Speaker 13 (22:13):
Well, can I just say, is you well know last
week Yeah, I had the flu. I was so bad.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Listen to me.
Speaker 7 (22:20):
I was so bad.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
I nearly died.
Speaker 7 (22:24):
I nearly died.
Speaker 13 (22:24):
Well, that's where I came into the newser I was
so bad. I went, Oh, here comes Neva.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
I can still hear it in your voice.
Speaker 13 (22:30):
The huskiness I sound like ten men instead of My
voice has dropped even more. No, but I took a
couple of COVID tests because I thought, was this COVID?
Speaker 7 (22:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 13 (22:40):
And then I played that doctor Google game. I should
never have done that. I couldn't get out of bid
for six.
Speaker 9 (22:46):
Days, you poor things, exactly, and.
Speaker 13 (22:50):
You didn't even text me and bring around anything, flipping.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
To fear I was away for half. Oh that's what
you were too anyway. But you're better than well, you're enough.
Speaker 13 (23:01):
There was the first thick days that I've taken in oh,
I don't know about two years.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
And not fifteen days, though even though you probably could
you could have used an extra couple.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
Of days exactly.
Speaker 13 (23:13):
I mean, I really should have been here today, but
I'm just so diligent.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Don't get too close, then, exactly why do I hit
the measles?
Speaker 13 (23:20):
I thought I've got all the symptoms except that crucial
rash of the spots. I started getting sore eyes and
I thought, well that'll be it. I can't do my job.
How can I read the news if I can't see it.
That's talk about the weather, now, can we Okay?
Speaker 2 (23:36):
How we're looking.
Speaker 13 (23:37):
Showers, some heavy from afternoon tuning to rain at night.
Twenty four is the high today and I shall good
day for me to go throw back into my bed.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
A horrible time to have the flu and be, you know,
for your temperature to be skew with because it's so human.
Speaker 13 (23:49):
And I've just got to say this one thing is
it's about me and I haven't been on here for
a few days. It was my birthday yesterday.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Oh, you're the worst friend of the whole. I thought
I put it in my calendar last year, but I
can't have.
Speaker 13 (24:05):
Because we are scorpio twins and birthday coming up and
it was your husband's last week. So how Fanny's birthday?
Speaker 5 (24:13):
The dog?
Speaker 2 (24:14):
How do we know this? Because I remember, Okay, I'm
a bad person. You are god self righteous? Neither off
you go seventeen away from sex News Talks.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
EVB International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of
mind for New Zealand Business got to sex.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
News talks, they'd be We'll get to Nicole McKee on
meth in just a second. Well, she's not on myth obviously,
but on the meth issue, they are tackling the problem.
They've got money, they've got extra resources. We'll find out
what difference it'll make first though, Let's go to the UK.
So the Brits are helping Belgium. Belgium's had a problem
with the drones, are potentially the Russians incurring into the airspace.
(24:54):
Let's go to our UK correspondent, Gavin Gray. Gavin, good
morning on Iran.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Yeah, you know we've been reporting on this, haven't we,
Because there's been drone incursions over several European airports, both
civilian airports but also of the military AirPods, and people
have said, well, is it Russia? Plenty of finger pointing.
Russia says it's not, and it's not quite known whether
we should be taking this seriously. Now we know that
(25:21):
Britain is giving both kit and manpower to Belgium in
order to try to stop these drone incursions into its airspace,
and I think all of a sudden we view this
through a very different mirror now, because it's all really
I think part of this concern that Russia is deliberately
flexing its muscles, making Europe feel awkward and testing the
(25:43):
resolve of the European nations. Now we've learned already the
German Defense Ministry is supporting Belgium with anti drone measures
after a request from Brussels. And we do know as
well that there was considerable cost for the canceling of
or diverting of dozens of flights at this particular airport.
And so we believe the RAF's two Force Protection Wing,
(26:03):
which was also deployed in an anti drone role to
the Paris Olympics last year, is now in action in Belgium.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
What about this accidentally releasing prisoners, There's a couple more
or are these old ones that we're finding out details
about now?
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Yes, they are old cases that we are only now
finding out about. We have had weeks now of this
of prisoners being accidentally released when either they should have
been staying in prison or they should have been deported.
Instead they've been freed. And now we learn that actually
there are two hundred and sixty two prisoners in England
and Wales mistakenly freed in the year to March.
Speaker 7 (26:40):
Who were they.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Well, we're not talking petty thieves here. Some of them
are sexual assaults, sex offenders, others violent offenders, some for
fraud as well. Now we learn two of them are
still on the run after being mistakenly freed last year,
and according to reports, another two set free in in
June also remain missing. It's become a real political hot potato.
(27:05):
The Deputy Prime Minister is in charge of Justice and
the presence. He's saying he's put these stringent measures in place,
and there is disagreement over how many have actually managed
to be mistakenly released after those stringent measures were put
into places.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
What a mess, total shamozzle. Thank you so much, Gavin
Gavin Gray are UK Europe correspondent.
Speaker 7 (27:26):
It's twelve to six rail Bridge now.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
The government having another crack at the meth problem. There'll
be an ad campaign, joint ops between Customs Defense, the GCSB,
tougher police powers border security. Meth use, as you know,
has doubled last year, heading nearly fifteen hundred kilos. Nicole McKees,
the Associate Minister of Justice with me this morning. Minister
good morning, Good morning Ryan. How much like do you
(27:50):
have a number? What impact will this have on the
supply of meth in New Zealand? Will we have ten
thousand fewer addicts as a result of the program you've
an bounced? Do we know?
Speaker 14 (28:01):
Well, that's the thing, Ryan, is that we've known for
the last twenty years that we've got a methanphetamine problem
in New Zealand, but no one's actually been able to
coordinate to do anything about it. So there's been no
stats around whether or not we are having any effect
in the right areas, and it would seem that we're
not when we see that there's a doubling in the
(28:23):
consumption over the last year, when we see that there's
a two hundred and sixty six percent increase in siezures
at the border. So what we can do is actually
implement some of these ideas. So we've got the whole
justice sector, Ministers of come in looked at our portfolios.
What can we do. I can smash it in the
organized crime criminal proceeds area, for example, can we funnel
(28:45):
that money back into the community. Then how do we
assess it? What is it that we're actually going to
be looking for and I guess some of the areas
that we already know about. So we have this massive
increase in violence for examples. So this fits very nicely,
this plan of what we're doing into the government's target
four of twenty thousand fewer victims by the end of
(29:08):
twenty twenty nine. So we look at the victims and
we know that there is a portion of people on meth.
They'refore times likely to commit violence. We know that those
that are on meth are also three points six times
more likely to be victims, so we can measure it
if we see that coming down.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
I get all that, but as you have said, we
know that the problem's gotten way worse despite everything we
have been doing. So yeah, it is. And how radically
different is.
Speaker 14 (29:40):
This Well, I think the coordinated approach not just going
off after them at the border, not just me going
after their funds of misery and giving it back to
the community, but also looking at how we can support
the community. So, as an example, eleven million dollars is
going into the Resilience to Organize Crime and Communities Less
(30:00):
initiative that helps the communities use their own community networks
to support them to get off mes, stay off mess.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
We've also got what's eleven million is it?
Speaker 14 (30:11):
So it's eleven eleven million dollars.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
The shortage of rehab beds in this country is a
massive problem. Is eleven million dollars going to fix it?
Speaker 14 (30:21):
Well, eleven million dollars is going into the rock Work
program to make sure that we can utilize what we
have in our communities. This is pulling everything together from
all angles instead of just attacking one. So that eleven
million dollars is not over four years until the end
of December twenty twenty six, helps us pull everything up,
(30:41):
identify where these community lead projects are. Twenty three million
dollars going into a police AML team working with our
international partners. Thirty million dollars also going into secondary school
based teams. I mean there's money going into all sorts
of areas so we can tackle it from all.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
We will see, see mister, we will see whether that
bears fruit. Appreciate your time this morning, Nicole McKee, who's
the Associate Justice Minister. It is eight to six news Talk, said.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
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Speaker 2 (31:20):
To six on news Talk sib I hope you have
a great date work, unless you're with MSD and then
you're probably not going. We heard from Max and Wellington
earlier this morning that they take on average at the
Social Development Ministry fifteen six days a year. That's the average,
So imagine what the range would be. Ryan, I own
a forestry crew, eight employees. Only one has been sick
(31:41):
in the last two years. We're out in all sorts
of conditions, working as a team for each other. There
you go, six minutes away from sex on Newstalk, Ryan Bridge,
Mike's in the studio Morning, Mike Morning.
Speaker 15 (31:51):
It's all about the vibe, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (31:53):
The vibe in that it's about the vibe.
Speaker 15 (31:54):
If you enjoy your job, you turn up at work.
If you don't like your job and the Ministry of
Social Development does that sound like?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
That doesn't sound No, it doesn't. It sounds like a
lot of computer says No, computer says maybe. But obviously
Neva's just headed a week off. I didn't realize.
Speaker 15 (32:09):
That she was ill. I mean, I knew she had
some time off. I didn't realize she was she was
ill with it? But man, what what?
Speaker 7 (32:14):
What?
Speaker 15 (32:14):
A fabulous dissertation she gave you about herself on this program.
So it's still nice to dominate a radio program with
your own personal problems.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
For the stop, I didn't know. I just sort of
let her run, really you did. But no in her
birthday yesterdays yesterday as well, which was mentioned a couple
of times.
Speaker 15 (32:34):
It's almost as though she wants her own program or
I'm surprised she hasn't got a podcast.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
It's just the stuff stuff.
Speaker 15 (32:40):
I'm currently thinking about by Neva.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Do you find it entertaining every time we see another
tweet from Winston Peters saying we you know, correcting?
Speaker 15 (32:48):
Is he still on about that?
Speaker 2 (32:49):
He did another one at the weekend? Did you not
see this? This was about what was the first one about?
Speaker 15 (32:55):
The first one was about the deal that the deal
with Malaysia time, and.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
One was about Gumboot Friday. Luxon said National maybe he
should just stop tweeting. Actually National funded Gumboot Friday, and
then in steps wants them to say, we good.
Speaker 15 (33:11):
It's going to be an interesting election year, isn't it.
You look at you know, I was talking to somebody
over the weekend and it will have been my guess
let's let's open a book on this. My guess is
it was this last Saturday a year ago, yes, so
early no bit six or seven and November it will
be is that your number is it?
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Well, that's the number from that. The Irenz has a
house arene Z.
Speaker 15 (33:35):
They've also got a burden one of those as well.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
In the house service, which is quite informative, and that
they looked at the calendar and they basically said the
same day.
Speaker 16 (33:47):
Good, the the the in the in the house service.
Oh my god, you're more boring than Diva. Well, Orens,
that's got it in the half fabulous.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
All right, Well, my show starts all right, great, looking
forward to it. Mike News Talks MB see tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (34:07):
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Speaker 1 (34:09):
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