July 12, 2026 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday 13th of July 2026, New Zealand and India have now agreed to a strategic partnership, India Business Council Chair, Edwin Paul shares his thoughts.
The Employers and Manufacturers Association wants more certainty for businesses ahead of the election, Employment Expert, Max Whitehead tells Ryan what the Government needs to do to improve this.
Business Correspondent Vicky Pryce has the latest on how the Strait of Hormuz closure has had an impact on oil prices, how much the proposed bank holiday will cost if England wins the World cup at the end of the week and worries about currently negotiated EU budget.
Plus UK/Europe correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on Police investigating the alleged murder of former UK Government Minister Ann Widdecombe and a man who was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window in mid-air on a Ryanair plane from Greece to Germany.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
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moving news talks.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
They'd be good morning, wasn't to Monday six after five.
We've got a message for exporters this morning about this
Mody deal that we've signed. Gavin Grays in the UK
for US, Brendan McCallum has been fired as test captain there.
Vicky does the business and young people aren't ready for work.
We'll explain way.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It is Monday in fending for July and to day straight.
Is it open as it closed? Depends on who you ask.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
We bombed the hell out of him last night.
Speaker 5 (00:33):
They agreed to a deal.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yesterday, a perfect deal for US.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
No nuclear, no this, no that, no nothing.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Then give up everything.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
And then after that they left the room.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And then within an hour they launched a grown and
a ship. They said, your people are sick.
Speaker 6 (00:48):
You're sick people.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
More on that in a second. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Lindsay Grahame,
you'll know the name. You'll know who's faced close ally
of Donald Trump. Been a senator for years since the nineties.
Has died at the age of seventy one cardiac arrest
was reported at his house. He was speaking just a
week ago at the NATO Summer.
Speaker 7 (01:05):
Without way to kind of go all in this summer
put as much prosare on point as we can to
get him to the piece too.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Now let's go to the UK. Police arrested a twenty
eight year old man. This is after the former Conservative
MP N Woodcombe was killed in her home. So twenty
eight year old arrested charged with murder. Barrick, it's not
political vote.
Speaker 8 (01:26):
At this point, there was still no information to suggest
that this is a terrorism related incident, and at this
point we are not looking for anyone else in connection
with this murder. We retain primacy of this investigation and
detectives remain open minded about the potential motive.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Before the news breaks.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Here at first, Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark
for business technology that keeps business moving news talk Sai'd.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Be great to have your company. Nine two nine two
was the number six just gone eight minutes south to five.
I don't know about you, but I'm sort of sick
hearing about the investment cause in the India, FDA are
we over this yet? I am? Here is what Mody
said on the way, You're going to hear a lot
about it today unfortunately. But here is what Modi said
at the weekend in his words, because the question is
(02:14):
does does New Zealand and its businesses need to invest
twenty billion dollars whatever over fifteen years into India or
our exporters get stung by having some of the benefits
like free trade clawed back by the Indian government. That's
what it was being alleged at the moment, being leedged
(02:34):
in the last twenty four hours by Chris Hipkins of
Labor because of what Modi said. Now here is the translation,
the official translation and Mody new.
Speaker 9 (02:45):
Zealand has committed to invest twenty billion dollars in India
over the next fifteen years.
Speaker 8 (02:54):
The commitment to promote investment into India from New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Now that last bit was Luxeen. Have on one hand
Modi saying there is a commitment to invest twenty billion
dollars in India over the next fifteen years, and then
you have lux In saying there is a commitment to
promote investment not E're very different things. Obviously, doesn't take
a rocket scientist to figure that out. So what I
did this morning was go along to the m FAT
(03:20):
website and have a look at the actual text. So
I've printed off the text of what our government's put
on their press release, and then I've printed off page
two hundred and fifty two. Took me a while to
find the actual text, the actual wording of what they
reckon they have signed. Now, our government says we have
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signed a includes a commitment for New Zealand to promote investment.
All right, that's our press release. The actual wording, if
we're to believe this is the m FAT version, is
the version, okay, Page one two five to two New
Zealand shall promote FDI from investors of New Zealand into
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India with the aim of increasing investment by twenty billion
dollars US within fifteen years. Shall promote Okay, that's the
official text. Now. That means Luction's right. That means Mody
either misspoke or was mistranslated, or they're being deceptive and
(04:25):
anyone's guess. But jumping into the fray is labor, and
is the Labor leader Chris Hipkins who is now saying
to New Zealand businesses and New Zealand exporters, you better
be careful. He says, keep your eyes wide open about this.
(04:45):
Any New Zealand business exporting to India need to be
eyes wide open that our respective governments take quite a
different view on what the investment calls in that free
trade agreement actually means in practice. So what do we
do about that? Well, if you're an exporter, you keep
your eyes wide open. Apparently, I think what needs to
(05:06):
happen today? And I know lux And will come on
with Mike this morning as he normally does. He needs
to be He's not coming on today, see more on today.
Well that'll clear things up. Someone needs to come out
and be quite decisive about this and emphatic about this
and tell New Zealand exporters the truth because you cannot
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have a situation where we've just signed an agreement. We've
got the text in black and white and both leaders
are talking out different sides of.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Their mouths Ryan Bridge after five.
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It is fourteen minutes, half to five and your Monday Morning.
John Bolton is interesting listening to him at the weekend.
We've had him on the show before. Former boss of
the NSAY in the US SO, former National security advisor
to Donald Trump, basically said that the Americans are negotiating
with a bunch of civilians at the moment for these
free trade sorry for these peace deals, and it is
(06:20):
the revolutionary regard that's dropping the bombs in their left
hand doesn't seem to know what the right hand is doing.
So what the hell is the point in any of it?
And what is the outcome? Well, probably more war. Employer
is not happy with the way that employees are being
turned out. This is new ones. I put a long
list out just a few years ago, only about thirty
to five to forty percent of our members. They say
(06:42):
identified work readiness is one of the key issues facing employeers.
Now that number has jumped into the sixties. They don't
know what they're doing, they are not confident in what
they're doing, but they're also not being taught what to do.
Properly at a university and at school. Max Whitehead, employment
law specialists with us this morning. Morning Max, Good morning Ryan.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
How you don't good?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah? Good, thank you? Do you agree with that assessment?
Speaker 6 (07:05):
Well? No, I actually think the difficulty rate is really
is right now, is that New Zealand's made up of
sme smaller than medium and businesses. And that's ninety seven
percent of all enterprises in New Zealand are small businesses
and they just don't have the confidence to hire at
the moment. And what the government should be really focusing on,
(07:27):
and I think EMA might get this wrong, They should
be focusing on incentivizing employers to employ more people. And
the only way to do that is to get the
financial institutions to be incentivized rather than backing housing issues,
backing small businesses, because that's what a lot of many
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other nations have woken up to decades ago.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
What do you mean back? What do you mean financial
and centers to hire people?
Speaker 6 (07:55):
No, what small businesses are missing out in New Zealand.
That's why our productivity is low is because we can't.
It's not because of hard work, and there's plenty of
people that will work, aren't out there, but it's because
we're lacking in robotics, AI, all those technologies that are
available if you've got the capital to buy them, and
(08:16):
right now semes don't have the capital, and we're a
shattered at Ugan country. We've just made up of small contractors.
And the reason for that is because employment law has
been so draconian that big businesses have got rid of
their employees and our high contractors. So New Zealand's now
a nation of contractors and what we read and they're
(08:39):
just like one on one man bands or just a
couple of people with employees, and they are the people
that are really the core of our country. And that's
where I think EMA is missing out is focusing on
that getting them on their feet again. Maybe even if
many of our contractors worked as cooperatives and actually purchased
(09:01):
collectively some equipment, that would make them axally more productive
and that would be better ideas, but that needs to
be incentivized.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Max appreciate your time. This's on who Max Whitehead, employment
law specialists with us. Time is seventeen after five. That
was sort of the idea of investment boosts. Remember that
where you would and you get more back earlier if
you invest in plant and machinery that was meant to
be the idea. That hasn't been a massive upteck or
investment in that. But Max is right and the EMA
(09:32):
does say this as well, and there in their release
this morning, their report that they have put out, I
should say that you need more investment into plant and machinery,
et cetera. AI is coming. But one of the interesting
things they point out is AI is a case in point.
Only recently we added coding to our school curriculum, you know,
computer coding. And if you look at what big tech
(09:56):
is doing right now, if you look at what Elon
Musk is doing, they have pretty much A and coders
and they use AI to write code for them now.
So what is the point in teaching kids to code
when AI is doing it for businesses already? And yet
that's something we've only just popped into our curriculum. It
is as if it's, you know, the latest thing to
fall out of the sky. Well is that smart? Eighteen
(10:19):
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Us talks it b It is five twenty. Good morning, Ryan.
You would think Chris Hipkins would have the initiative to
do what you just said and look up the actual
text of the India FDA himself, who could have saved
himself an embarrassment. Yet on the other hand, it says Ryan,
I can't help but think that the Indian FDA is
not as we were being told it was by the
government since day one, a lot of mixed messages. Maybe
(11:02):
this has been rushed through to make the government look good. Well,
I mean, yes, that is true, but it's also a
good deal for New Zealand, undoubtedly. But they need to
they need to just clear up, unequivocally, clear up this
investment thing, because now you've got a leader of the
opposition who, by the way, is going to sign up
to this thing, saying to New Zealand exporters almost almost
(11:24):
be careful, like be careful where you step. There are
land mines all through this FTA and it could come
one of them could explode under.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Your foot bridge.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Twenty one minutes after, let's go to VICKI plus Business. Vicky,
nice to have you on the program. As always, Rachel
reeves she's got a bit of unveiling to do when
it comes to loans for small business this week.
Speaker 10 (11:45):
Well, yes, I mean, the interesting thing is, first of all,
good morning, is that we are about to see a
change in the government in the UK in the sense
that I'm going to have a new prime Minister and
Rachel Eaves is a current Chancellor. Answers are she will
be replaced. She's trying to hang on to the job.
But one of the interesting things is that there have
(12:07):
been a few parting shots like this one, which is
basically extent for a longer period loans made small firms,
which I think is quite important. It's going to cost
a few extra billions, so the question is where is
this money going to come from? But it's in the
longer term because basically we're extending the period of the
loans two more years. So I mean, the issue is
(12:28):
that we are going to be having, you know, a
few sort of giveaways and little presents as both Kostarma
and Rato Eves are leaving, and the question is is
this all or are we going to have more between
now and when the official time of a new Prime
minister is, which is probably going to be the twentieth
(12:51):
of July, So we've got another week, so who knows
what more will come?
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Little for them? Now, what about the stre the straight
off moves. Of course, the revolutionary regards is closed. Trump's
it is open. How has the all price been reacting
over the weekend?
Speaker 10 (13:07):
Well, yeah, I mean the interesting thing is that that's one
of the reasons why I think Rachie Rieves is quite
worried about won't be happening to businesses because of course
the cost of energy has been going up as a
result of everything has been going on, coming down a
little bit recently, and then of course we had the
latest announcement that the ceasefire was over and the state
of home moves according to Iran, was closing. Well, I mean,
(13:28):
the reality is that there are still ships coming through apparently,
and the oil markets have reacted in an interesting way,
which is basically they were tightened a little bit and
then the weakened again. So basically any announcement that's made
on the straight up on moves right now is looked
at with a pinch of salt, A lot of it
(13:49):
has already been priced into the oil price that we're
seeing at present. It doesn't mean we're not going to
have a lot of volatility, I'm afraid. So I think
you and I have discussed this before. So every week
that comes there's a new sort of denuine morre taking
place and and we wait to see what they say. No,
the interesting thing is, she asked about the actual price,
(14:10):
is that there's negotiation now, suggesting that there may be
two routes, one route which needs to have permissioned by
Iran and another one which has to have permissioned by Orman,
which is right next door, but which is likely to
be easier. And how exactly those two will work one
doesn't know, but it does suggest that at least there
are some the world. There is a certain amount of
(14:31):
thinking about the passage of ships. So it's not as
bad as it was a few weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Appreciate the update. That's Vickey Price our Business Corresponding twenty
four minutes after five, Brendan McCallum fired anyone's surprise as
test coach for England, and Andy Flower is apparently the
leading candidate to replace him. He was in charge for
five years from twenty nine to twenty fourteen one three
eshes in his tenure and apparently he's the guy that's
(14:58):
going to take over. So no one's price to hear
this because it was going to happen at some point.
McCallum did say he's gusted by the call, which is
quite telling me. At least he's being honest about it,
but respects the decision. He continues to lead both white
ball teams. It is twenty five after five Hus talks MB.
It is twenty seven minutes after five. Dave Rennie had
a bit of a crack at the TMO over the weekend.
(15:18):
Did you see that at the same time a FIFA
semi final ball had a spider cam in the US
and the Norwegians went nuts? Why because the TMO, all
the soccer equivalent, didn't do anything about it. Apparently it
should be an automatic drop ball if that was to happen,
and was shown to have happened. Both of these games,
different sports, played halfway round the world from each other,
(15:40):
tell you all you need to know about tmos. When
you're up and winning, they're always budding in when they're
not wanted, aren't they. But when it's your team who's
on the back foot and could do with a pesky
technicality to get some points or lose your opponents a few.
They come in handy. Sport is live, happens quickly. That's
why it's exciting. So the only solution to this problem,
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which is only really a problem exactly half the time
when your team is losing, is quite simple. Play Without it,
things will get missed, penalties go unawarded. Eyesight is not perfect,
line of sight is not perfect either. Games move faster
but the results are less accurate. Or you embrace the
technology and the cameras and the man in the bunker.
How one day it'll probably just be an AI powered
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and decided thing. Personally, I'd rather something was quick and
dirty than long and accurate, wouldn't you. There's TMI from
the TMO. Mistakes happen. Chances are they'll happen to everyone equally.
We've played sports of sorts for centuries without the need
for cameras and bunkers. If we can, and if we want,
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we could just keep doing that for a few centuries longer.
What's the problem. Twenty nine minutes after five nine nine two,
the number to text hey interesting what's happening over in
Australia because they have a similar, similar proposal to the
one actually to the one that the national government has here,
but that labor had with canceling the mines. So New
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South Wales labor government has a twenty to fifty net
carbon zero commission thing happening like we have here. Anyway,
there's a big mine in the Hunter Valley. Fifteen hundred
jobs are on the line. They're making a big decision
about that one this week. Can it continue in its
current state or do they whack it right back? And
if they whack it right back, you lose jobs. And
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you know who that annoys, the unions and you know
who the union support, labor. You're on News TALKSB. We're
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That'd bet there's Monday morning on News Talks. There'd be
great to have your company. We'll heit to Gavin Gray
out of the UK. He's a europe correspondent. Shortly there
was a Ryan air going from Germany to Greece and
window cracks open and guy gets his head sucked out
of the window and his shoulders. Don't thing that stopped
him from basically flying out the plane. Anyway, He's doing
(18:26):
all right, but we'll have an update on what the
hell went wrong there. Also, we are talking to the
Business India Business Council here about what that deal means
for Kiwig businesses and what we make of Modu's speech
at the weekend where he mentioned the money just on
a run for it very quickly, because you might have
also heard in the news there that Lindsay Graham has died.
This is seventy one year old US senator, been around
(18:48):
since the nineties. You'll know his face. Well, you're not
his name too. Republican of course, golf partner of Trump,
friendly with Trump, quite a close advisor. Stands up for
Israel a lot. Was quite hawkish on Iran, fact quite
hawkish on most foreign policy matters, but particularly on Iran.
Said they say, if you break it, you own it.
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I don't buy that you break it when it's a threat.
In other words, Tehran was getting too close to a
nuclear weapons So you go in and you clean them up,
and over the weekend we've seen one hundred and forty
Iranian targets hit. What I find most interesting is the
fact that the Iranians are still going after their mates
in the Golf States. They have hitched military bases in Khartar, Jordan,
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the UAE, and Kuwait over the weekend. And the more
interesting part is that half of the Golf States sent
representatives to Ali Harmone's funeral just in the last week.
Isn't that interesting? So even though the Iranians are hitting
them with missiles and with drones, they still turn up
(19:51):
to the new leader's dad's funeral. What's up with that? Well?
And there was a great piece about this at the
weekend in the Wall Street Journal, These neighbors and like
it all lough that Iran is now posturing and is
a sort of a bigger boy neighbor. And Trump and
a couple of years won't be there Iran still will.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Bryan Bridge want.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
To get on with them at some point, don't you?
Twenty two away from six that's got to call them
into needing morning collum bonding. Right, So there's a bit
of a warning for businesses that hire seasonal workers.
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Yes, officials have been out doing targeted winter checks in
the holidays hotspots here Ryan. In recent years, MB has
been carrying out these sweeping operations across Queenstown Lakes and
Central Otago after ongoing complaints and concerns you know, from
seasonal staff. The typically taken during the peak of the
ski season, but more than HOSPA and retail have been
(20:47):
looked into as well, also construction, cleaning and security firms.
Nbcays it does regular checks to make sure that businesses
are following the rules. Those in HRSA businesses need to
get their wages, their contracts, training, etc.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Right.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
Despite the short window to build and maintain trust with
seasonal staff, where there's more potential for situations to escalate.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
All right, how's your weather?
Speaker 7 (21:10):
Another frosty start here, but a fine Monday, cloudy periods
developing northerliest and thirteen.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Luson Callum enjoyed, Claar and Christ It's morning, Claire. Thirty
homes I understand have been damaged as a result of
that flood in Caua Coda.
Speaker 11 (21:24):
Yeah, the full extent of last week's flooding in the
district is now starting to emerge. As you say, thirty
properties that some rural and some urban have been damaged.
Three of them have been issued at yellow stickers. There
are two households at least that are already in temporary accommodation.
That's expected to be two more properties yellow stickered once
their owners do try to return. Stane Hiway one south
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of Kaikota remains closed, though they do say that we'll
open at least partially from tomorrow. The local mayor, Craig mackel,
says he's been inspecting some areas from the ground in
order to see damage that wasn't quite visible from up
in the air and the aerial searchers. He says, there
is people working everywhere. They're making really good progress, but
residents do need to stay vigilant and to keep an
(22:06):
eye out for any land movement in particular.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
All right, how's your weather.
Speaker 11 (22:11):
Fine but frosty here in Christi. It's a bit of
cloud developing later northeasterly strengthening and the high will be fourteen.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Good stuff Clear, thank you and Tobias. In Wellington morning
to best, good morning Ryan. People want just on touching
on what Clear was talking about there. They want money
for flood resilience.
Speaker 12 (22:26):
Yeah, we're a bit of damage control up here as well.
This was after the Wellington region was also Bassett's last
Week hourt we're flooding and slips, wiping out multiple bridges
and isolating communities over in the Wide Upper The Greater
Wellington Regional Council now says it shows the need for
central and regional government to co fund projects. An investment
strategy by sixteen regional and unitary councils means more than
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four hundred million dollars in central government co funding has
been secured for one hundred and twenty nine flood resilience projects,
but Greater Wellington's calling for an on going pipeline of
funding for more action from the government to ensure it's
not a growing recovery bill after every major storm in
the Wide Upper itself. It says potentially what change options
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include changes to bridge design or potentially the river channel itself?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Interesting? How's your weather?
Speaker 12 (23:16):
Our cloudy periods for us today? The odd shower possibly
from late morning northerly is picking up tonight twelve degrees.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Wellington's hie all right to.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Best, thank you very much, and Wendy pictrees with us
in the Auckland Studio this morning. Wendy, good morning morning
to you. Lovely to see now our train's going to
be working or not working? Well, that is the question.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
Well, Auckland is apparently we'll be able to say goodbye
to full rail closures as the network reopens today. Yes,
we've seen rail closures disrupt planned rail closures disrupting travel
over Martavieki long weekend and the school holidays. Infrastructure upgrades
this weekend we'll ensure that only certain parts of it
will now have to shut in the future. The City
rail Link is set to open, of course in a
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few months and one of the last major steps in
the CRL. Here we rail Chief Metro Officer if naslink
since he's worked on the network for twenty years and
knows how much the CRL will improve it. And we're
thinking our newsroom thinks the end of August perhaps for
the CRL openings. What a day that will be.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Big day for Auckland. Wendy, how's our.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Weather, Well, I think it's going to be a fine day.
God it's been lovely, hasn't it So cold? But so beautiful.
So a few clouds, maybe the odd shower in the morning,
and afternoon northerlyes and a high of sixteen degrees.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Nice one, thank you, good to see this morning. It
is seventeen minutes away from six Allen says Ryan Tmo
only on request please, that would make the whole things
that will all games be at football, be at rugby, faster,
dirtier and more fun. News talk said B. We're in
the UK.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Next international correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
It has got a despection news coctm B. We will
talk about the India of changes the second first. Gavin Gray,
a UK europe correspondent, has the latest on Brendan McCallum,
who's been Fire's test captain for the England. Before England,
A lot of people would have seen this coming, of course,
but givin Brendan McCallum says, he's quote gutted.
Speaker 13 (25:06):
Yes, and I'm not quite sure he perhaps saw it coming,
because I think he might have thought the departure of
Ben Stokes might have covered a little bit of the
ground already. But this has come as quite a decision
that I think tries to put some distance and particularly
regarding the discipline within England cricket and the men who
(25:29):
have been told, you know, curfews at midnight, no drinking
of alcohol even between tests. Then finding the captain has
done it and was McCullum firm enough with his players
did perhaps in some way his very relaxed attitude encourage
it or not. And I think it's on that particular basis,
on the discipline rather than on the very poor recent
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cricketing that he's lost his job. But two weeks after
Ben Stokes made his stunning announcement, we have lost Brendan
McCullum as well. That means we go into the series
that's coming up in Pakistan in the UK against Pakistan
in the next few weeks without a captain and now
without the Test coach as well. So quite a lot
(26:11):
going on there. But you know, although England have lost
seven of their past nine Tests, including that four to
one ashes Hammering and the two to one lost to
New Zealand recently, the start McCollum's reign and Ben Stokes's
reign was quite sensational.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Now this minister, well former minister, Conservative minister and had
joined I understand Reform UK murdered in her home seventy
eight years old, and they're saying the police they don't
think it was politically motivated. Is that right?
Speaker 13 (26:39):
Yes, they're saying that. Now lots of people are thinking
it might be. That's because the seventy eight year old
and Whittickumbe was a pretty controversial figure, straight talking, shooting
from the hip, taking no nonsense. She was an extraordinary
individual and will be much missed.
Speaker 6 (26:56):
Now.
Speaker 13 (26:56):
The question is why has a twenty eight year old
white British man being arrested in Yorkshire, hundreds of miles away.
Well the police saying that they are not looking for
anyone else in connection with the incident. It is believed
that the property that Anne whittickumb her home in Devon
in southwest England, did have CCTV cameras and it is
(27:18):
thought that there was a car that drew up onto
her drive on the day. It is believed that she
was murdered, or at least alleged murder. I say that
because police aren't haven't been one hundred percent sure that
this was an act carried out against hers. She was
found having sustained some very serious injuries at home and well,
(27:38):
the many other MP's have been asking for their security
to be upgraded. But if it turns out the police
are right this had nothing to do with the politics,
then they may have to revisit that. Either way, this
has been a shocking weekend in British.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Politics, certainly twelve minutes away from six Kevin Gray are
UK europe correspondent in Bridge Ryan. This is from Catherine
four point six earthquake felt four point thirty this morning,
twenty four k's offshore from kuy Colder a jolt for
why to Canterbury two. Not Venezuela, but still worth a mention,
very sharp jolt and work me up. There you go, Catherine.
Consider it mentioned now to the twenty billion dollar question.
Speaker 9 (28:14):
With this trade deal, New Zealand has committed to invest
twenty billion dollars in India over the next fifteen years.
Speaker 14 (28:25):
The commitment to promote investment into India from New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
It's got to Edwin Paul India Business Council Chair, Edwin,
good morning, good money right now, excellent result. Everyone loves
the fta apart from Winston. But this question of promote
or invest now you heard the translation from Norandramodi. There
was that accurate? Or is he saying that is he
(28:50):
purposely removing the word promote.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Im I don't want to get into that. Actually mean
that's for the government to nuance the wording, and it's
agreed between both the leaders. Both the leaders have gone
public and medical statements, So it really does not make
out an impact on the business community. We are focusing
(29:15):
on the outcomes and we've recently had the strategic partnership announced,
So I don't want to get into what the media
interprets between what each one say is an agreement that trained.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
I can understand that. The problem we've got now is
we've got it. We've got an FGA that's signed, we've
got and we've got our opposition party here in New Zealand,
with Chris Hipkins saying to businesses here, go into this
with your eyes wide open. In other words, tread carefully
because it could all be called back on this one
clause that they're both speaking at different ends. On the
(29:51):
left end doesn't seem to know what the right hand
was saying. So I mean, I appreciate what you're saying,
but it kind of is important, isn't it.
Speaker 15 (30:00):
Yeah, it is important, and that's why I think the
strategic partnership is a clear, measurable roadmap and it's got
ten agreements with eighteen defined outcomes, and it's over a
four year period and I think we'll know sooner than
later as to what it is. And it's quite aspirational
and I think the announcement of the roadmap on how
(30:20):
that can be achieved and measured over the four years
is the kind of the conference that we're getting from
the from the government.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Yeah, fair enough. When was it cool to see the
Prime Minister here over the weekend?
Speaker 5 (30:33):
I think so he's a rock star.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
He certainly had a big motorcade.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:42):
I mean it's he's like a celebrity wherever he goes,
and I think he deserves the I mean, the crowds
love him right, so people may hate him for different reasons,
but what we see is like to fill a stadium
of that size and also not just an Auckland wherever
he goes. I mean, that's the kind of acesion he's getting.
And he's the longest serving famalist of India, I mean
(31:04):
then the largest democracy, so people do love him and
it was good to see that, you know, in real as.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Good to have you on the show. It's always EDVN
Paul in a business council chair with us. This morning
it is twelve to six News Talks EDB.
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Speaker 2 (31:28):
Six minutes away from six. So apparently the Iranians still
desperately keen to assassinate Trump, and he's left instructions. If
anyone assassinates me, then go and blow them to Smith.
The 'reens They're likely whoever replaces them would which would
immediately be the vice president of course. But once your
heart stops beating and you're the president, you're no longer
in charge anymore. So they don't actually have to do
anything that you write down on a piece of paper.
Speaker 14 (31:51):
Ryan Bridge, welly, Mike good see your lovely weekend, SUPERB
weekend beautiful?
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Could it not be beautiful? Weather? What's on the show today?
Speaker 3 (31:59):
Well?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Not the PM because holiday.
Speaker 14 (32:02):
I think they missed a trick on this one.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
I agree.
Speaker 14 (32:05):
My personal My personal view is that an election year,
you're not on holiday.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
It's election year.
Speaker 14 (32:10):
Yeah, either take this thing seriously or you don't, ah and.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Then charge the bats.
Speaker 14 (32:16):
Well do you, I mean, don't be prime minister. Then
you know, have a long weekend, take a Friday off.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Everybody, the tank gets empty and you've got to quit suddenly.
Speaker 14 (32:25):
Well you know, but the point being you're coming off
the back of a big win.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
No exactly, I mean.
Speaker 14 (32:30):
And the problem with Modi coming in Friday is, of
course we're all on holiday, no and care. So today's
the day to just sprook it up, talk about it,
yeah exactly, and then leave on Tuesdays. So he's sitting
in Hawaii going, oh, that went well, didn't it, Amanda?
Did you see old Mody on He was fantastic and
Nicholas on holiday? Two on Tom's on holiday. I mean
David Seymour was not on holiday. He gets to be
(32:50):
acting prime minister. Somebody said Winston was on holiday, but
I mean it was interesting Winston wasn't in the country.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
That was deliberate by the way he is back.
Speaker 14 (32:58):
Is he coming back because I thought he was working,
but somebody was saying he's on holiday.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
No, No, he's working to this morning.
Speaker 14 (33:03):
Who would know anyway? Manufacturing have you seen the manufacturing numbers?
Speaker 6 (33:08):
No?
Speaker 2 (33:09):
The p of my camp. This is the other thing
from Friday from Friday. I don't know why the Friday,
but we are off to the races and keeps going up.
Speaker 14 (33:19):
It's going and where's the coverage of that?
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Well, wre's the problem for them as they always do
it on a Friday. Well, we need to know first
of all.
Speaker 14 (33:25):
The primers doesn't need a holiday. Second of all, if
you're putting out good news numbers, don't put him out
on Friday when we're all at the Pub's interesting either either,
you know, good news anyway, So.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
We'll look at that this morning.
Speaker 14 (33:35):
We look at the Indian deal as well, and you know,
see how we go fantastic?
Speaker 2 (33:39):
All right, mircaus you see the warriors, no, I know
it's going to I mean.
Speaker 14 (33:44):
Thresh, I saw all the foot slightly cane them. Did
they kill them's this year? Ryan, get on board with.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
It, mate. All right, have a great day everyone to
see tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
They'd be good morning, wasn't to Monday six after five.
We've got a message for exporters this morning about this
Mody deal that we've signed. Gavin Grays in the UK
for US, Brendan McCallum has been fired as test captain there.
Vicky does the business and young people aren't ready for work.
We'll explain way.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It is Monday in fending for July and to day straight.
Is it open as it closed? Depends on who you ask.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
We bombed the hell out of him last night.
Speaker 5 (00:33):
They agreed to a deal.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yesterday, a perfect deal for US.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
No nuclear, no this, no that, no nothing.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Then give up everything.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
And then after that they left the room.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And then within an hour they launched a grown and
a ship. They said, your people are sick.
Speaker 6 (00:48):
You're sick people.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
More on that in a second. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Lindsay Grahame,
you'll know the name. You'll know who's faced close ally
of Donald Trump. Been a senator for years since the nineties.
Has died at the age of seventy one cardiac arrest
was reported at his house. He was speaking just a
week ago at the NATO Summer.
Speaker 7 (01:05):
Without way to kind of go all in this summer
put as much prosare on point as we can to
get him to the piece too.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Now let's go to the UK. Police arrested a twenty
eight year old man. This is after the former Conservative
MP N Woodcombe was killed in her home. So twenty
eight year old arrested charged with murder. Barrick, it's not
political vote.
Speaker 8 (01:26):
At this point, there was still no information to suggest
that this is a terrorism related incident, and at this
point we are not looking for anyone else in connection
with this murder. We retain primacy of this investigation and
detectives remain open minded about the potential motive.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Before the news breaks.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Here at first, Ryan Bridge on early edition with Spark
for business technology that keeps business moving news talk Sai'd.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Be great to have your company. Nine two nine two
was the number six just gone eight minutes south to five.
I don't know about you, but I'm sort of sick
hearing about the investment cause in the India, FDA are
we over this yet? I am? Here is what Mody
said on the way, You're going to hear a lot
about it today unfortunately. But here is what Modi said
at the weekend in his words, because the question is
(02:14):
does does New Zealand and its businesses need to invest
twenty billion dollars whatever over fifteen years into India or
our exporters get stung by having some of the benefits
like free trade clawed back by the Indian government. That's
what it was being alleged at the moment, being leedged
(02:34):
in the last twenty four hours by Chris Hipkins of
Labor because of what Modi said. Now here is the translation,
the official translation and Mody new.
Speaker 9 (02:45):
Zealand has committed to invest twenty billion dollars in India
over the next fifteen years.
Speaker 8 (02:54):
The commitment to promote investment into India from New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Now that last bit was Luxeen. Have on one hand
Modi saying there is a commitment to invest twenty billion
dollars in India over the next fifteen years, and then
you have lux In saying there is a commitment to
promote investment not E're very different things. Obviously, doesn't take
a rocket scientist to figure that out. So what I
did this morning was go along to the m FAT
(03:20):
website and have a look at the actual text. So
I've printed off the text of what our government's put
on their press release, and then I've printed off page
two hundred and fifty two. Took me a while to
find the actual text, the actual wording of what they
reckon they have signed. Now, our government says we have
(03:42):
signed a includes a commitment for New Zealand to promote investment.
All right, that's our press release. The actual wording, if
we're to believe this is the m FAT version, is
the version, okay, Page one two five to two New
Zealand shall promote FDI from investors of New Zealand into
(04:03):
India with the aim of increasing investment by twenty billion
dollars US within fifteen years. Shall promote Okay, that's the
official text. Now. That means Luction's right. That means Mody
either misspoke or was mistranslated, or they're being deceptive and
(04:25):
anyone's guess. But jumping into the fray is labor, and
is the Labor leader Chris Hipkins who is now saying
to New Zealand businesses and New Zealand exporters, you better
be careful. He says, keep your eyes wide open about this.
(04:45):
Any New Zealand business exporting to India need to be
eyes wide open that our respective governments take quite a
different view on what the investment calls in that free
trade agreement actually means in practice. So what do we
do about that? Well, if you're an exporter, you keep
your eyes wide open. Apparently, I think what needs to
(05:06):
happen today? And I know lux And will come on
with Mike this morning as he normally does. He needs
to be He's not coming on today, see more on today.
Well that'll clear things up. Someone needs to come out
and be quite decisive about this and emphatic about this
and tell New Zealand exporters the truth because you cannot
(05:27):
have a situation where we've just signed an agreement. We've
got the text in black and white and both leaders
are talking out different sides of.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Their mouths Ryan Bridge after five.
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It is fourteen minutes, half to five and your Monday Morning.
John Bolton is interesting listening to him at the weekend.
We've had him on the show before. Former boss of
the NSAY in the US SO, former National security advisor
to Donald Trump, basically said that the Americans are negotiating
with a bunch of civilians at the moment for these
free trade sorry for these peace deals, and it is
(06:20):
the revolutionary regard that's dropping the bombs in their left
hand doesn't seem to know what the right hand is doing.
So what the hell is the point in any of it?
And what is the outcome? Well, probably more war. Employer
is not happy with the way that employees are being
turned out. This is new ones. I put a long
list out just a few years ago, only about thirty
to five to forty percent of our members. They say
(06:42):
identified work readiness is one of the key issues facing employeers.
Now that number has jumped into the sixties. They don't
know what they're doing, they are not confident in what
they're doing, but they're also not being taught what to do.
Properly at a university and at school. Max Whitehead, employment
law specialists with us this morning. Morning Max, Good morning Ryan.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
How you don't good?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah? Good, thank you? Do you agree with that assessment?
Speaker 6 (07:05):
Well? No, I actually think the difficulty rate is really
is right now, is that New Zealand's made up of
sme smaller than medium and businesses. And that's ninety seven
percent of all enterprises in New Zealand are small businesses
and they just don't have the confidence to hire at
the moment. And what the government should be really focusing on,
(07:27):
and I think EMA might get this wrong, They should
be focusing on incentivizing employers to employ more people. And
the only way to do that is to get the
financial institutions to be incentivized rather than backing housing issues,
backing small businesses, because that's what a lot of many
(07:48):
other nations have woken up to decades ago.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
What do you mean back? What do you mean financial
and centers to hire people?
Speaker 6 (07:55):
No, what small businesses are missing out in New Zealand.
That's why our productivity is low is because we can't.
It's not because of hard work, and there's plenty of
people that will work, aren't out there, but it's because
we're lacking in robotics, AI, all those technologies that are
available if you've got the capital to buy them, and
(08:16):
right now semes don't have the capital, and we're a
shattered at Ugan country. We've just made up of small contractors.
And the reason for that is because employment law has
been so draconian that big businesses have got rid of
their employees and our high contractors. So New Zealand's now
a nation of contractors and what we read and they're
(08:39):
just like one on one man bands or just a
couple of people with employees, and they are the people
that are really the core of our country. And that's
where I think EMA is missing out is focusing on
that getting them on their feet again. Maybe even if
many of our contractors worked as cooperatives and actually purchased
(09:01):
collectively some equipment, that would make them axally more productive
and that would be better ideas, but that needs to
be incentivized.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Max appreciate your time. This's on who Max Whitehead, employment
law specialists with us. Time is seventeen after five. That
was sort of the idea of investment boosts. Remember that
where you would and you get more back earlier if
you invest in plant and machinery that was meant to
be the idea. That hasn't been a massive upteck or
investment in that. But Max is right and the EMA
(09:32):
does say this as well, and there in their release
this morning, their report that they have put out, I
should say that you need more investment into plant and machinery,
et cetera. AI is coming. But one of the interesting
things they point out is AI is a case in point.
Only recently we added coding to our school curriculum, you know,
computer coding. And if you look at what big tech
(09:56):
is doing right now, if you look at what Elon
Musk is doing, they have pretty much A and coders
and they use AI to write code for them now.
So what is the point in teaching kids to code
when AI is doing it for businesses already? And yet
that's something we've only just popped into our curriculum. It
is as if it's, you know, the latest thing to
fall out of the sky. Well is that smart? Eighteen
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Us talks it b It is five twenty. Good morning, Ryan.
You would think Chris Hipkins would have the initiative to
do what you just said and look up the actual
text of the India FDA himself, who could have saved
himself an embarrassment. Yet on the other hand, it says Ryan,
I can't help but think that the Indian FDA is
not as we were being told it was by the
government since day one, a lot of mixed messages. Maybe
(11:02):
this has been rushed through to make the government look good. Well,
I mean, yes, that is true, but it's also a
good deal for New Zealand, undoubtedly. But they need to
they need to just clear up, unequivocally, clear up this
investment thing, because now you've got a leader of the
opposition who, by the way, is going to sign up
to this thing, saying to New Zealand exporters almost almost
(11:24):
be careful, like be careful where you step. There are
land mines all through this FTA and it could come
one of them could explode under.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Your foot bridge.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Twenty one minutes after, let's go to VICKI plus Business. Vicky,
nice to have you on the program. As always, Rachel
reeves she's got a bit of unveiling to do when
it comes to loans for small business this week.
Speaker 10 (11:45):
Well, yes, I mean, the interesting thing is, first of all,
good morning, is that we are about to see a
change in the government in the UK in the sense
that I'm going to have a new prime Minister and
Rachel Eaves is a current Chancellor. Answers are she will
be replaced. She's trying to hang on to the job.
But one of the interesting things is that there have
(12:07):
been a few parting shots like this one, which is
basically extent for a longer period loans made small firms,
which I think is quite important. It's going to cost
a few extra billions, so the question is where is
this money going to come from? But it's in the
longer term because basically we're extending the period of the
loans two more years. So I mean, the issue is
(12:28):
that we are going to be having, you know, a
few sort of giveaways and little presents as both Kostarma
and Rato Eves are leaving, and the question is is
this all or are we going to have more between
now and when the official time of a new Prime
minister is, which is probably going to be the twentieth
(12:51):
of July, So we've got another week, so who knows
what more will come?
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Little for them? Now, what about the stre the straight
off moves. Of course, the revolutionary regards is closed. Trump's
it is open. How has the all price been reacting
over the weekend?
Speaker 10 (13:07):
Well, yeah, I mean the interesting thing is that that's one
of the reasons why I think Rachie Rieves is quite
worried about won't be happening to businesses because of course
the cost of energy has been going up as a
result of everything has been going on, coming down a
little bit recently, and then of course we had the
latest announcement that the ceasefire was over and the state
of home moves according to Iran, was closing. Well, I mean,
(13:28):
the reality is that there are still ships coming through apparently,
and the oil markets have reacted in an interesting way,
which is basically they were tightened a little bit and
then the weakened again. So basically any announcement that's made
on the straight up on moves right now is looked
at with a pinch of salt, A lot of it
(13:49):
has already been priced into the oil price that we're
seeing at present. It doesn't mean we're not going to
have a lot of volatility, I'm afraid. So I think
you and I have discussed this before. So every week
that comes there's a new sort of denuine morre taking
place and and we wait to see what they say. No,
the interesting thing is, she asked about the actual price,
(14:10):
is that there's negotiation now, suggesting that there may be
two routes, one route which needs to have permissioned by
Iran and another one which has to have permissioned by Orman,
which is right next door, but which is likely to
be easier. And how exactly those two will work one
doesn't know, but it does suggest that at least there
are some the world. There is a certain amount of
(14:31):
thinking about the passage of ships. So it's not as
bad as it was a few weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Appreciate the update. That's Vickey Price our Business Corresponding twenty
four minutes after five, Brendan McCallum fired anyone's surprise as
test coach for England, and Andy Flower is apparently the
leading candidate to replace him. He was in charge for
five years from twenty nine to twenty fourteen one three
eshes in his tenure and apparently he's the guy that's
(14:58):
going to take over. So no one's price to hear
this because it was going to happen at some point.
McCallum did say he's gusted by the call, which is
quite telling me. At least he's being honest about it,
but respects the decision. He continues to lead both white
ball teams. It is twenty five after five Hus talks MB.
It is twenty seven minutes after five. Dave Rennie had
a bit of a crack at the TMO over the weekend.
(15:18):
Did you see that at the same time a FIFA
semi final ball had a spider cam in the US
and the Norwegians went nuts? Why because the TMO, all
the soccer equivalent, didn't do anything about it. Apparently it
should be an automatic drop ball if that was to happen,
and was shown to have happened. Both of these games,
different sports, played halfway round the world from each other,
(15:40):
tell you all you need to know about tmos. When
you're up and winning, they're always budding in when they're
not wanted, aren't they. But when it's your team who's
on the back foot and could do with a pesky
technicality to get some points or lose your opponents a few.
They come in handy. Sport is live, happens quickly. That's
why it's exciting. So the only solution to this problem,
(16:01):
which is only really a problem exactly half the time
when your team is losing, is quite simple. Play Without it,
things will get missed, penalties go unawarded. Eyesight is not perfect,
line of sight is not perfect either. Games move faster
but the results are less accurate. Or you embrace the
technology and the cameras and the man in the bunker.
How one day it'll probably just be an AI powered
(16:24):
and decided thing. Personally, I'd rather something was quick and
dirty than long and accurate, wouldn't you. There's TMI from
the TMO. Mistakes happen. Chances are they'll happen to everyone equally.
We've played sports of sorts for centuries without the need
for cameras and bunkers. If we can, and if we want,
(16:46):
we could just keep doing that for a few centuries longer.
What's the problem. Twenty nine minutes after five nine nine two,
the number to text hey interesting what's happening over in
Australia because they have a similar, similar proposal to the
one actually to the one that the national government has here,
but that labor had with canceling the mines. So New
(17:08):
South Wales labor government has a twenty to fifty net
carbon zero commission thing happening like we have here. Anyway,
there's a big mine in the Hunter Valley. Fifteen hundred
jobs are on the line. They're making a big decision
about that one this week. Can it continue in its
current state or do they whack it right back? And
if they whack it right back, you lose jobs. And
(17:30):
you know who that annoys, the unions and you know
who the union support, labor. You're on News TALKSB. We're
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great to have your company. We'll heit to Gavin Gray
out of the UK. He's a europe correspondent. Shortly there
was a Ryan air going from Germany to Greece and
window cracks open and guy gets his head sucked out
of the window and his shoulders. Don't thing that stopped
him from basically flying out the plane. Anyway, He's doing
(18:26):
all right, but we'll have an update on what the
hell went wrong there. Also, we are talking to the
Business India Business Council here about what that deal means
for Kiwig businesses and what we make of Modu's speech
at the weekend where he mentioned the money just on
a run for it very quickly, because you might have
also heard in the news there that Lindsay Graham has died.
This is seventy one year old US senator, been around
(18:48):
since the nineties. You'll know his face. Well, you're not
his name too. Republican of course, golf partner of Trump,
friendly with Trump, quite a close advisor. Stands up for
Israel a lot. Was quite hawkish on Iran, fact quite
hawkish on most foreign policy matters, but particularly on Iran.
Said they say, if you break it, you own it.
(19:09):
I don't buy that you break it when it's a threat.
In other words, Tehran was getting too close to a
nuclear weapons So you go in and you clean them up,
and over the weekend we've seen one hundred and forty
Iranian targets hit. What I find most interesting is the
fact that the Iranians are still going after their mates
in the Golf States. They have hitched military bases in Khartar, Jordan,
(19:31):
the UAE, and Kuwait over the weekend. And the more
interesting part is that half of the Golf States sent
representatives to Ali Harmone's funeral just in the last week.
Isn't that interesting? So even though the Iranians are hitting
them with missiles and with drones, they still turn up
(19:51):
to the new leader's dad's funeral. What's up with that? Well?
And there was a great piece about this at the
weekend in the Wall Street Journal, These neighbors and like
it all lough that Iran is now posturing and is
a sort of a bigger boy neighbor. And Trump and
a couple of years won't be there Iran still will.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Bryan Bridge want.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
To get on with them at some point, don't you?
Twenty two away from six that's got to call them
into needing morning collum bonding. Right, So there's a bit
of a warning for businesses that hire seasonal workers.
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Yes, officials have been out doing targeted winter checks in
the holidays hotspots here Ryan. In recent years, MB has
been carrying out these sweeping operations across Queenstown Lakes and
Central Otago after ongoing complaints and concerns you know, from
seasonal staff. The typically taken during the peak of the
ski season, but more than HOSPA and retail have been
(20:47):
looked into as well, also construction, cleaning and security firms.
Nbcays it does regular checks to make sure that businesses
are following the rules. Those in HRSA businesses need to
get their wages, their contracts, training, etc.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Right.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
Despite the short window to build and maintain trust with
seasonal staff, where there's more potential for situations to escalate.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
All right, how's your weather?
Speaker 7 (21:10):
Another frosty start here, but a fine Monday, cloudy periods
developing northerliest and thirteen.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Luson Callum enjoyed, Claar and Christ It's morning, Claire. Thirty
homes I understand have been damaged as a result of
that flood in Caua Coda.
Speaker 11 (21:24):
Yeah, the full extent of last week's flooding in the
district is now starting to emerge. As you say, thirty
properties that some rural and some urban have been damaged.
Three of them have been issued at yellow stickers. There
are two households at least that are already in temporary accommodation.
That's expected to be two more properties yellow stickered once
their owners do try to return. Stane Hiway one south
(21:45):
of Kaikota remains closed, though they do say that we'll
open at least partially from tomorrow. The local mayor, Craig mackel,
says he's been inspecting some areas from the ground in
order to see damage that wasn't quite visible from up
in the air and the aerial searchers. He says, there
is people working everywhere. They're making really good progress, but
residents do need to stay vigilant and to keep an
(22:06):
eye out for any land movement in particular.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
All right, how's your weather.
Speaker 11 (22:11):
Fine but frosty here in Christi. It's a bit of
cloud developing later northeasterly strengthening and the high will be fourteen.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Good stuff Clear, thank you and Tobias. In Wellington morning
to best, good morning Ryan. People want just on touching
on what Clear was talking about there. They want money
for flood resilience.
Speaker 12 (22:26):
Yeah, we're a bit of damage control up here as well.
This was after the Wellington region was also Bassett's last
Week hourt we're flooding and slips, wiping out multiple bridges
and isolating communities over in the Wide Upper The Greater
Wellington Regional Council now says it shows the need for
central and regional government to co fund projects. An investment
strategy by sixteen regional and unitary councils means more than
(22:50):
four hundred million dollars in central government co funding has
been secured for one hundred and twenty nine flood resilience projects,
but Greater Wellington's calling for an on going pipeline of
funding for more action from the government to ensure it's
not a growing recovery bill after every major storm in
the Wide Upper itself. It says potentially what change options
(23:10):
include changes to bridge design or potentially the river channel itself?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Interesting? How's your weather?
Speaker 12 (23:16):
Our cloudy periods for us today? The odd shower possibly
from late morning northerly is picking up tonight twelve degrees.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Wellington's hie all right to.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Best, thank you very much, and Wendy pictrees with us
in the Auckland Studio this morning. Wendy, good morning morning
to you. Lovely to see now our train's going to
be working or not working? Well, that is the question.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
Well, Auckland is apparently we'll be able to say goodbye
to full rail closures as the network reopens today. Yes,
we've seen rail closures disrupt planned rail closures disrupting travel
over Martavieki long weekend and the school holidays. Infrastructure upgrades
this weekend we'll ensure that only certain parts of it
will now have to shut in the future. The City
rail Link is set to open, of course in a
(23:54):
few months and one of the last major steps in
the CRL. Here we rail Chief Metro Officer if naslink
since he's worked on the network for twenty years and
knows how much the CRL will improve it. And we're
thinking our newsroom thinks the end of August perhaps for
the CRL openings. What a day that will be.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Big day for Auckland. Wendy, how's our.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Weather, Well, I think it's going to be a fine day.
God it's been lovely, hasn't it So cold? But so beautiful.
So a few clouds, maybe the odd shower in the morning,
and afternoon northerlyes and a high of sixteen degrees.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Nice one, thank you, good to see this morning. It
is seventeen minutes away from six Allen says Ryan Tmo
only on request please, that would make the whole things
that will all games be at football, be at rugby, faster,
dirtier and more fun. News talk said B. We're in
the UK.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Next international correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
It has got a despection news coctm B. We will
talk about the India of changes the second first. Gavin Gray,
a UK europe correspondent, has the latest on Brendan McCallum,
who's been Fire's test captain for the England. Before England,
A lot of people would have seen this coming, of course,
but givin Brendan McCallum says, he's quote gutted.
Speaker 13 (25:06):
Yes, and I'm not quite sure he perhaps saw it coming,
because I think he might have thought the departure of
Ben Stokes might have covered a little bit of the
ground already. But this has come as quite a decision
that I think tries to put some distance and particularly
regarding the discipline within England cricket and the men who
(25:29):
have been told, you know, curfews at midnight, no drinking
of alcohol even between tests. Then finding the captain has
done it and was McCullum firm enough with his players
did perhaps in some way his very relaxed attitude encourage
it or not. And I think it's on that particular basis,
on the discipline rather than on the very poor recent
(25:51):
cricketing that he's lost his job. But two weeks after
Ben Stokes made his stunning announcement, we have lost Brendan
McCullum as well. That means we go into the series
that's coming up in Pakistan in the UK against Pakistan
in the next few weeks without a captain and now
without the Test coach as well. So quite a lot
(26:11):
going on there. But you know, although England have lost
seven of their past nine Tests, including that four to
one ashes Hammering and the two to one lost to
New Zealand recently, the start McCollum's reign and Ben Stokes's
reign was quite sensational.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Now this minister, well former minister, Conservative minister and had
joined I understand Reform UK murdered in her home seventy
eight years old, and they're saying the police they don't
think it was politically motivated. Is that right?
Speaker 13 (26:39):
Yes, they're saying that. Now lots of people are thinking
it might be. That's because the seventy eight year old
and Whittickumbe was a pretty controversial figure, straight talking, shooting
from the hip, taking no nonsense. She was an extraordinary
individual and will be much missed.
Speaker 6 (26:56):
Now.
Speaker 13 (26:56):
The question is why has a twenty eight year old
white British man being arrested in Yorkshire, hundreds of miles away.
Well the police saying that they are not looking for
anyone else in connection with the incident. It is believed
that the property that Anne whittickumb her home in Devon
in southwest England, did have CCTV cameras and it is
(27:18):
thought that there was a car that drew up onto
her drive on the day. It is believed that she
was murdered, or at least alleged murder. I say that
because police aren't haven't been one hundred percent sure that
this was an act carried out against hers. She was
found having sustained some very serious injuries at home and well,
(27:38):
the many other MP's have been asking for their security
to be upgraded. But if it turns out the police
are right this had nothing to do with the politics,
then they may have to revisit that. Either way, this
has been a shocking weekend in British.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Politics, certainly twelve minutes away from six Kevin Gray are
UK europe correspondent in Bridge Ryan. This is from Catherine
four point six earthquake felt four point thirty this morning,
twenty four k's offshore from kuy Colder a jolt for
why to Canterbury two. Not Venezuela, but still worth a mention,
very sharp jolt and work me up. There you go, Catherine.
Consider it mentioned now to the twenty billion dollar question.
Speaker 9 (28:14):
With this trade deal, New Zealand has committed to invest
twenty billion dollars in India over the next fifteen years.
Speaker 14 (28:25):
The commitment to promote investment into India from New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
It's got to Edwin Paul India Business Council Chair, Edwin,
good morning, good money right now, excellent result. Everyone loves
the fta apart from Winston. But this question of promote
or invest now you heard the translation from Norandramodi. There
was that accurate? Or is he saying that is he
(28:50):
purposely removing the word promote.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Im I don't want to get into that. Actually mean
that's for the government to nuance the wording, and it's
agreed between both the leaders. Both the leaders have gone
public and medical statements, So it really does not make
out an impact on the business community. We are focusing
(29:15):
on the outcomes and we've recently had the strategic partnership announced,
So I don't want to get into what the media
interprets between what each one say is an agreement that trained.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
I can understand that. The problem we've got now is
we've got it. We've got an FGA that's signed, we've
got and we've got our opposition party here in New Zealand,
with Chris Hipkins saying to businesses here, go into this
with your eyes wide open. In other words, tread carefully
because it could all be called back on this one
clause that they're both speaking at different ends. On the
(29:51):
left end doesn't seem to know what the right hand
was saying. So I mean, I appreciate what you're saying,
but it kind of is important, isn't it.
Speaker 15 (30:00):
Yeah, it is important, and that's why I think the
strategic partnership is a clear, measurable roadmap and it's got
ten agreements with eighteen defined outcomes, and it's over a
four year period and I think we'll know sooner than
later as to what it is. And it's quite aspirational
and I think the announcement of the roadmap on how
(30:20):
that can be achieved and measured over the four years
is the kind of the conference that we're getting from
the from the government.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Yeah, fair enough. When was it cool to see the
Prime Minister here over the weekend?
Speaker 5 (30:33):
I think so he's a rock star.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
He certainly had a big motorcade.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:42):
I mean it's he's like a celebrity wherever he goes,
and I think he deserves the I mean, the crowds
love him right, so people may hate him for different reasons,
but what we see is like to fill a stadium
of that size and also not just an Auckland wherever
he goes. I mean, that's the kind of acesion he's getting.
And he's the longest serving famalist of India, I mean
(31:04):
then the largest democracy, so people do love him and
it was good to see that, you know, in real as.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Good to have you on the show. It's always EDVN
Paul in a business council chair with us. This morning
it is twelve to six News Talks EDB.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with
Ryan Bridge and Spark for Business Technology that Keeps Business Moving.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Six minutes away from six. So apparently the Iranians still
desperately keen to assassinate Trump, and he's left instructions. If
anyone assassinates me, then go and blow them to Smith.
The 'reens They're likely whoever replaces them would which would
immediately be the vice president of course. But once your
heart stops beating and you're the president, you're no longer
in charge anymore. So they don't actually have to do
anything that you write down on a piece of paper.
Speaker 14 (31:51):
Ryan Bridge, welly, Mike good see your lovely weekend, SUPERB
weekend beautiful?
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Could it not be beautiful? Weather? What's on the show today?
Speaker 3 (31:59):
Well?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Not the PM because holiday.
Speaker 14 (32:02):
I think they missed a trick on this one.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
I agree.
Speaker 14 (32:05):
My personal My personal view is that an election year,
you're not on holiday.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
It's election year.
Speaker 14 (32:10):
Yeah, either take this thing seriously or you don't, ah and.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Then charge the bats.
Speaker 14 (32:16):
Well do you, I mean, don't be prime minister. Then
you know, have a long weekend, take a Friday off.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Everybody, the tank gets empty and you've got to quit suddenly.
Speaker 14 (32:25):
Well you know, but the point being you're coming off
the back of a big win.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
No exactly, I mean.
Speaker 14 (32:30):
And the problem with Modi coming in Friday is, of
course we're all on holiday, no and care. So today's
the day to just sprook it up, talk about it,
yeah exactly, and then leave on Tuesdays. So he's sitting
in Hawaii going, oh, that went well, didn't it, Amanda?
Did you see old Mody on He was fantastic and
Nicholas on holiday? Two on Tom's on holiday. I mean
David Seymour was not on holiday. He gets to be
(32:50):
acting prime minister. Somebody said Winston was on holiday, but
I mean it was interesting Winston wasn't in the country.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
That was deliberate by the way he is back.
Speaker 14 (32:58):
Is he coming back because I thought he was working,
but somebody was saying he's on holiday.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
No, No, he's working to this morning.
Speaker 14 (33:03):
Who would know anyway? Manufacturing have you seen the manufacturing numbers?
Speaker 6 (33:08):
No?
Speaker 2 (33:09):
The p of my camp. This is the other thing
from Friday from Friday. I don't know why the Friday,
but we are off to the races and keeps going up.
Speaker 14 (33:19):
It's going and where's the coverage of that?
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Well, wre's the problem for them as they always do
it on a Friday. Well, we need to know first
of all.
Speaker 14 (33:25):
The primers doesn't need a holiday. Second of all, if
you're putting out good news numbers, don't put him out
on Friday when we're all at the Pub's interesting either either,
you know, good news anyway, So.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
We'll look at that this morning.
Speaker 14 (33:35):
We look at the Indian deal as well, and you know,
see how we go fantastic?
Speaker 2 (33:39):
All right, mircaus you see the warriors, no, I know
it's going to I mean.
Speaker 14 (33:44):
Thresh, I saw all the foot slightly cane them. Did
they kill them's this year? Ryan, get on board with.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
It, mate. All right, have a great day everyone to
see tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
to News Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (34:21):
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