September 14, 2025 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Monday 15th of September 2025, The government's dropping $70 million to supercharge events and tourism, Eden Park CEO Nick Sautner shares his thoughts.
Andrew Alderson has the latest on the weekend's sport.
One in four of our schools need help to achieve the government's 2030 attendance target, NZ Principals Federation President Leanne Otene explains what help is needed.
Plus 26 police officers have been injured while policing a protest organised by a far-right activist, UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
an early edition with one root Love where you Live
News Talks, there'd be good.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Morning, Welcome to Monday. Just gone six after five, Nick
Sawtaner before six on this new events fund from the government.
Gavin Gray in Europe as potent tests the limits of
NATO also will talk to our reporters around the country.
And Andrew Elderson, I should say on sport this morning
and how many schools are struggling to get kids into
class as the government has directed. It's all ahead the
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agenda Monday, the fifteen September, Cabinet could be making a
call on Palestine as early as today. Meanwhile, Marca Rubio's
and Israel, despite the strikes in Doha, everything's still all
g in the relationship.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
There was a very public and deliberate display of unity
this afternoon between Benjamin Ettenio and Marco Rubio at the
Western Wall. But I think given the week of tensions
between these two countries, these two incredibly close allies, they're
trying to make sure their relationship is that publicly at
least a very strong and nonoether. That's Miister Rubo had
said on his way here that he reiterated America's disappointment.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Meanwhile, after being hit last week, the Qataris say that
no goal state is safe.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I think that we are dealing now with a leadership
that is unhinked. We are dealing with a prime minister
that believes that he can hechiave the Middle East in
his own image, which is an image of chaos.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Meanwhile, in America, Tyler Robinson this is the guy who
they reckon assassinated Charlie Kirk. His family are Conservatives, but
they reckon that the sun went the other way. Obviously
quite radically. The dad told him to surrender.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Formal criminal charges will be filed next Tuesday, and on
that day, the twenty two year old suspect is expected
to make his first initial court appearance. He will not
be taken from this jail here in Utah County to
the courthouse. He will appear in the courtroom virtually.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Ricky Hadden this is the former world boxing champion found dead.
At his time, he's only forty six. Nothing suspicious, though tragic.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
News only for the world of boxing, not only for Britain.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
He was a massive name and he's going to be
definitely messed news.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And views you trust to start your day. It's early
edition with Bryan Bridge and one roof love where you
live news talks.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
That'd be eight after five nine nine two is the
number to text love hearing from you. If I was
Scott Robertson, I wouldn't be reading the comments section in
a hurry after Saturday. Their comments were kind of funny, though.
One guy said he was more of a blunt pair
of scissors than a razor. That was probably the most
generous and docile of the Sunday morning media blitz. Among
the calls, sack him, drop Barrett's captain, ditch half the backs,
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the midfields get taller, props, get bigger fords, clean out
the coaching staff. Basically, just go into the changing sheds
and fire everyone that you can see. This is his
second season, after all, and they were struggling to do
things like catch a ball, score a try, you know
when a scrum, defend the line, score points, all those
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important things. It was like somebody had turned their batteries
off at halftime and they're all just gone into sleep mode.
This is obviously a visceral reaction to the worst loss
in the history of the black jersey. But the World
Cup is still two years away. There's time to make changes,
time to get better. Does he have world class players
on his side, Scott Robertson, is the problem the coaching
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or is it the quality of the team. There's time
to make changes, but you'd have to say the runway
is getting a little short and getting a little tight.
Bit like Chris Luxon with politics, leaderships are balancing act,
not a knee jerkers game. It's about tough calls, but
not throwing the baby out with the bath water, as
the commenters on the weekend would have you do. Ryan
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breadalb it's ten minutes after five. Now to party Mardi,
the Marori Party, Happy Malori language week. But where are you?
What are you up to? Absolute shambles in the last week,
well not just the last week, but particularly in the
last week. Try and ask them a question. They get
quite arrogant about that. They either don't talk to you
(04:05):
or they refuse to answer questions that you ask. I
have three for them this morning. If you're listening up
there at Debbie and at Arity, why did Debbie take
the whips role? It's a weird thing to do to
give the whips role to your co leader. Was it
the extra twenty grand in salary or was there something
that's happened? Is there had been an incident that you
(04:26):
need to take care of? And why aren't you telling
you people? Number two? Why have neither of you contacted
Taku to Ferris. This guy's been running around town embarrassing
you and saying, let's be honest and pretty racially charged stuff.
Why you have you not contacted him? He did an
airport stand up thing with a reporter on Friday, said
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that he hasn't heard from either of them. Can you
believe that? And they're going around apologizing on his behalf
to the likes of Hipkins. Well, how meaningful as that
if they haven't even spoken to him? And number three,
where's your financial returns? You're audited financial returns? I don't
think we've seen those yet. It's eleven minutes after five.
(05:12):
Just a question for you if Labor if Hipkins ruled
out working with Tapati Mardi and tried to get there
on the Labor Green vote, do you think they would
see a boost in the polls. Obviously, old mate Winston's
ruled out Chippy but hasn't ruled out labor. Do you
think that would be a better strategy for them? Nineteen
(05:34):
nine two is the number to text eleven minutes after five.
Come up. Next we'll talk about the schools that can't
get kids into class. News Talks VB.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
The News you Need this morning and the in depth
analysis early edition with Ryan Bridge and one Route Love
Where you Live. News Talks B.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
It is five pin fourteen on News Talks VB. GDP
for quarter two is out Thursday, by the way, and
ASB has released their regional economic scorecard this morning. So
running through some numbers really quickly. Baye Plenty, you are
in first place. Congratulations, you're up from ten. Thank you
Kiwi fruit. First time in a decade both Plenty has
led the scoreboard. Consumer confidence up, house sales up. It
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won't be any surprise to you that two, three and
four are all in the South Irelands, Southland, Otago, Canterbury.
And then at number five, up from number ten, is
none other than the City of Sales, Auckland. Congratulations. Finally
you're seeing some signs of life. People are feeling better,
retails holding up quite well, signs of confidence Auckland. Hopefully
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this is the first sign that you're coming back baby.
It's fourteen after five, Bryan Bridge. One in four of
our schools need more help getting kids to attend class.
Data from the Ministry of Educations identified about six hundred
schools struggling to get eighty percent of students attending more
than ninety percent of the time, which is the government
target they want to hit by twenty thirty. Leanne or
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tenni Is, the Principals Federation president, joins me. Now, LeAnn,
good morning. You say this is not about something the
schools can control, this is about other stuff, well other stuff.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
Oh look, let's just start with the fact that we'd
like to see every single child attend school every day.
Principles absolutely agree that we need to focus on attendance,
but understanding the trends and why children away from school
is something that we just need to really look at closely.
There's two types of non attendance. So you've got you
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justified and you're unjustified. And unfortunately the data that you're
you're you know, you've just quoted includes both. So you've
got you justified. Where kids are away from school for
family reasons, so death in the family, the children are
sick and let's be honest. This winter has not been
helpful and we've had a lot of kids away with sickness.
We've got mental health up as well. Those are justified reasons.
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Unjustified that's a much smaller group of students and that
includes truancy which is very low. And then you've got transience,
which is what you're just alerting to the things that
schools can't really control on their own. There as a
kids shifting around the country for social housing rentals, you know,
moving to live with family. And then you've got five
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percent you know of unemployment, so you've got families juggling
to find a job, so they're moving a lot to
find work. So although the data is showing that we've
got high and non attendance, there are reasons for it
and we need to look deeper into the data otherwise
where it's a distortion of the reality.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
So we got like what forty two percent of students
not attending regularly and do you know what proportion of
justified versus unjustified.
Speaker 7 (08:42):
Well, this is what the data is that is coming
out from you know, on this seamore a Minister Seymour
and saying, you know, we're looking at it on a
weekly basis at a school, every school, we'll be looking
at that data and we'll be determining which is justified,
which is unjustified, and they'll be working with those families
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where the first of all the justified reasons kids are sick.
So you know we've now got health guidelines. Out's ont
of really staying to parents. You know, as a as
a child well enough to come to school.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Well, I think that man.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
What about do you tell are you a principal of
a school?
Speaker 7 (09:18):
Yes, I am?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
What what's in yours? What's the percent's break down in
your school justified unjustified.
Speaker 7 (09:26):
Changes on a weekly basis? I can't tell you overall
average trees. Yes, we're looking at trends.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yet what the tree is telling you?
Speaker 7 (09:34):
So we're looking at around about sixty five to seventy percent.
I'm in a load decile school. We've got children who is.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Justified or unjustified sixty five to seventy.
Speaker 7 (09:45):
Five, there would be both that would be including both.
As we're looking at the unjustified reasons. You know, the
children that are are way because scoring out, we're probably
looking about six percent. We're looking at six percent of unjustified.
That's really small, and I would say that's the same
across the country of unjustified to say that parents are
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keeping children home because they are too lazy, and that's
the quote of scene. It's just not fear. That is
not the reality. There's are so many other resents and.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Lean the twenty to thirty. So you've got like what
twenty to thirty percent of kids who are not attending
school for justified reasons. That seems like quite a lot
to be sick, doesn't it.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
Yeah, well, you know, there's been lots of reporting on
illness this winter. We've had schools have had clothes because
the've had staff who are sick, and you know, they're
sharing the bugs. And this is the biggest concern we've
had around these health guidelines. Parents are sending their kids
to school sick or otherwise trying really desperately to meet
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the demands of the school. Send your kids to school,
and as a result, we're sharing the bugs. Kids are
whole classrooms are going down with winter bugs. We've had
schools who all said that, you know, they've got a
very high number of staff away, So ok, a lot
of sick kids.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Leanne appreciate your time this morning, Leanne attending the Principals
Federation President. It has just gone nineteen minutes after five.
When I was at school and it wasn't that long ago,
but you would have like one or two kids in
the class who might be second a day. I need
to go back and look, what is the sick rate
now versus you know twenty thirty forty years ago. A
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kid's getting more sick or appearance being more cautious, or
is the threshold now been lowered to stay home from school?
Nineteen minutes after five News Talks be Sport next.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
The first word on the News of the Day Early
edition with Ryan Bridge and one roof love.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Where you live News Talks at b News Talks, it'd
be it's five twenty two on your Monday morning, Ryan.
I think the AB's need no Dame Knowles. Get Dame
Knowles in there for a pep talk. She's got a
bit of time on her hands. Thanks John, Ryan. That
principle you just had on is not credible. Another unionized
government hater.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Ryan.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
The woman clearly hates David Seymour. I would have do
you know what, I would have liked a little more
detail from someone who's running one of our schools, Andrew
Ortison's sport. Good morning, morning Ryan. Not a great day
on Saturday for the Abs.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
No, no, And I know lots to be made of
the record defeat, et cetera. I mean they were in
it in the first half if you think, you know,
ten to seven, although I did think South Africa but
unlucky there probably not to have the advantage at halftime.
But gee, that's the African side is a real Dugonhaut
and New Zealand just not up to the up to
the task.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
So actually they just like we turned the batteries off
and went to sleep.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
Yet just dissolved and unusual for All Black's performance. And
they've got work to do especially, I mean just such
a you know, oscillating between that magnificent effort of Eden
Park and in going to that in Wellington is just
they've got to, I guess, address some consistency issues as
well as to how they are able to maintain that
level of motivation.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Do we have enough world class players in the team?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
No, probably not.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
There's not a great All Black team at the moment.
I mean it's fine players, fine players, they're no doubt
about it. But if you're looking at I guess sides
from nine to eighty seven or you know, twenty fifteen
times like that, when you know real peaks in all
Black history, it's not quite at that same level. I
mean just all those mistackles as well. I think was
it forty six in total?
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I mean catching the ball.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
I think someone suggested splicing that together as motivation for
the Wallabies and the Blitters like Cup. I mean, there's
the blitters like Cup on the line, here's the rext
Christian to race.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And now Warriors. I tuned turned over in half time
for the last five minutes. That was a great indied.
I was switching back and.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Forth too and just seeing where that was at. But
I mean, yeah, speaking of Dug and also you know
we talking about the spring box, but the Panthers as well.
They're really winding up here into a higher gear. You
suspect that having that what pretty bleak start to the season.
But Ivan Cleary always had a lot of faith in
him and in him and aside looking for that fifth
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straight premiership and well they're odds on at the moment,
don't they working be way back into it. Albit, they
have to expend more energy than those other sides. We've
seen the Broncos go through overnight with a golden point
victory over the Raiders who were the top of the
table in the minor premiership, and they've gone through in
golden points, so that's a real for them.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Andrew. The tour of Spain, the cycling is more pro
breaking news.
Speaker 5 (14:29):
Yeah, this morning, I just looked up at the screen
about an hour ago or so, Ryan, and yeah, the
pro Palestinian protesters have come. I mean it's been a
theme throughout the tour at various days, but this time
heading into Madrid, I think about fifty seven ks ago
and they've just surged into the main sort of boulevards
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and the streets there of Madrid and it's completely ended.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
The race.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
Has been no presentation, ceremonies, and yeah, they've just I
think the honest with Gore will be announced as the
winner of roy. I think he was leading by a
minute sixteen, but it just ended the race as of
that moment, and I think just having looked at the
screensy it looks like police and protesters combating each other
as we speak.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
So yeah, it's lovely good Andrew, thank you for that
Andrew Ordison sport. It is five twenty five on your
Monday morning. I just think some things that sport is
meant to bring people together and create joy and peace
and harmony in the world. And when you get in
the way of that, what is left to enjoy in life?
News Talk s VB the early.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Edition full the Show podcast on iHeartRadio, Power by News.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Talks EBB, News TALKSB. It is five twenty seven on
your Monday morning. The punters will love this new Major
Events Fund seventy million. It's new and old money. Infrastructure,
cycle way money ten million for regional tourism. The showstopper though,
is there's forty million bucks for significant high impact events
for New Zealand. We had the PM and the Minister
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out yesterday. While they're saying these things are money makers.
Hospital does well, Tourism operators do well, retail does well.
They call it a bonanza. But if you're a fan
of sailing, if you like the America's Cup, you might
be scratching your head. Remember it was only five months
ago we had the PM saying no thank you to
backing the Cup. Why well, I went back and looked
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at the reasons to see specifically, we're in a financial mess,
a fiscal mess. We need to invest in proper infrastructure
like hospitals and roads. He said. We need to be
quote more responsible with taxpayers money, and now we have
new money for a Pearl Jam concert. To be fair,
the sums involved here are important. The Cup would have
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cost somewhere between forty and seventy million dollars on its own,
depending on who you ask. This entire fund the bit
for major events is forty million total. But if you
follow the reasoning and ask yourself the basic question is
the least demand for hospital or roading infrastructure now than
there was five months ago? You'd be right to feel
(16:58):
a bit confused by all of this. Either the Cup
was a crap investment or these investments more generally are
simply not a priority. Ban would be twenty nine minutes
after five Ryan government preaching to all and sundry there
is no money yet handing out millions for entertainment. This
person talking specifically about Nelson Hospital and in Dunedin too
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good points. Priority is all wrong for the government, says
this text. It news Talk said b will get to
the UK and Europe after news.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
Ryan Bridge and one roof Love where you Live News
Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Thank you, Good morning, Welcome there, Monday. It is twenty
four minutes away from six. We'll get to Nick Sultana
from Eden Park on the government's new Major Events fund. Shortly.
We're also going to head to Gavin gray Are UK
Europe correspond the NATO boss Rutters hold a press conference
and Putin's just basically been he's, you know, throwing the
drones into poland flying them over Polish airspace. By the way,
(18:10):
those drones from last week weren't actually loaded. They didn't
have any explosives, any ammunition on board at all. They
were all basically dugged drones. So Putin's they reckon, just
testing NATO airspace, and he's done it again over the
weekend with Romania. So he's just popping in with some
drones into the NATO airspace saying, oh, I wonder what
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reaction I'll get. And they're not loaded, there's no ammunition,
so just testing the waters. And interestingly, of the nineteen
drones that flew into Polish airspace last week, only three
or four of them were actually shot down. So if
you are putin and you're having a crack, and you're
testing the waters and you're dipping your toe in the
water and seeing where the boundaries are. It's not a
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great hit rate and responses it. NATO now scrambling some jets,
you know, more deployed to the eastern flank all that stuff.
But you'd have to say if that was a test,
NATO at this point probably has failed. Twenty three away.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
From six Graham Bridge.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Did you are reporters around the country, Calum Proctor Underneeda
this morning, Calm, good morning, morning, Right, a bit of
secrecy around this bird sanctuary in Tiano. What's going on?
Speaker 8 (19:18):
Yeah, Look, it's much loved by the local community. The
sanctuary and its future is unsure, Ryan, since Doc revealed
it was looking at rehoming some of the native birds there,
also reducing ours at the sanctuary and redirecting DOC resources elsewhere.
It's reported that Doc has met with the chair of
the Field and Community Board, neither side though confirming what
(19:40):
comes next for the sanctuary, Doc says it was a
positive discussion. They voiced their concerns and the challenges being faced.
The board says thus satisfied that DOC is considering.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
All of their options. All right, how's your weather fine
for most of today?
Speaker 8 (19:54):
But chooers this evening possibly heavy gusty norwester eighteen the
high today, cheers Colum.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Clears in christ Church. Good morning of tu and fro
over the water quality in Selwyn.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (20:05):
This is a Local Democracy report which has looked at
a new pilot study testing eighteen private wells in Selwyn.
Almost half of them had night rate levels above safe
drinking standards. Of course, night rate in water has the
potential to cause blue baby syndrome, but there's also growing
evidence around its link to bowel cancer. Now, incumbent regional
(20:27):
counselors Ian Mackenzie and John Sunknell say the workers underway
to turn the tide on the contamination, but they do
say these improvements will take some time. But a fellow
ECAN counselor candidate, Peter Trolov, says the situation is simply
a crisis. He reckons hardly a stream in Selwyn would
be under acceptable levels.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
How's your weather clear?
Speaker 9 (20:49):
But frosty to start otherwise, mainly find before some high
cloud develops toward evening northwesterlies and a high of twenty.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Did I hear you got a special award the other day. Clear,
I'll stop. What was it? Come on, don't be shy.
Speaker 9 (21:02):
Well, it's a very christ Church thing, isn't it to
talk about what school you went to? But I did
go to Saint Margaret's and I'm officially the old girl
recipient of this year's arts award.
Speaker 10 (21:11):
So thanks Saint Margaret's.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Hey, congratulations, Clear, very cool. Thank you. Max is in Wellington. Hey, Max,
good morning. What have you ever won? Nothing? Andrew Little's
gonna win the Miral race.
Speaker 11 (21:21):
Though, right, Yeah, it's really the type of lead you
can only stuff up from here. And Andrew Little's never
really been particularly gaff prone, boring safe. I think it's
fair to say he is the capital's mayor in waiting.
A Q and A poll Andrew Little on fifty eight
percent of first preference votes. Ray Chung next best on sixteen.
Businessman Carti from Baker ten Iron Calvit six A little,
(21:43):
of course, says he's taking nothing for granted, but I
think he can. Also making the news. Over the weekend,
a social media post using some pretty offensive language posted
by campaign group A Better Wellington made its way online.
They're affiliated with Ray Chung. I shan't repeat the language,
but you get all the buzzwords alongside socialist, communist, trans
(22:04):
and others that I shouldn't say. They may be getting
a little desperate. It's not been the most inspiring race,
and I fear turnout may suffer because of it.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
But it will be interesting to.
Speaker 11 (22:13):
See how the council ends up being made up.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Yeah, that post was form nuts, wasn't it. How is
your weather.
Speaker 11 (22:19):
Max fine today with northerly seventeen the high.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Brilliant, Thank you Neva and Auckland, Hey Neva, good morning.
Apartment demand for apartments growing, that's right.
Speaker 12 (22:28):
So research was carried out. This was by commercial real
estate company CBRE, and they looked at the demand at
two price points. This was one point six million and
six hundred thousand. Now what they've found was that demand
at the upper price point greatest in Remy era, then
in ranking order mount Edens and Hellier's Takapuna, Ebsen, Parnell
(22:49):
and Milford.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Demand at the.
Speaker 12 (22:51):
Lower price point is greatest in you know, those centrally
located parts of themiss and desirable suburbs and also in
suburbs with older singles.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
So do you have it because as you get older,
you love one might pass away and you just need
a you know, your apartment, your apartment.
Speaker 11 (23:13):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
When you went to school, yes, did you how many
time ago? How many sick days would you? Could you
count on a hand how many you'd have?
Speaker 1 (23:21):
I didn't.
Speaker 12 (23:22):
I didn't take many sick days at all. I was
pretty good. Actually I loved going to school and didn't
learn very much, but I had lots of friends.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
But the thing is, nowadays, there was we had a
principle on saying like twenty thirty percent of the kids
are off for justified reasons like sickness. I'm like, how
many kids can there be? Second a day?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
That's right?
Speaker 12 (23:40):
No, I can't believe it. I mean, was it the
resilience factor?
Speaker 5 (23:43):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Thresholds?
Speaker 12 (23:46):
But Laara, but you see, I didn't bunk off either,
you know, I love you know I didn't you know
how people kids would and then that wag, I didn't
mind you of a cargol? Where would you go to?
I had a big town center was.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
The thing that was happening. That's right. How'd sound weather today? Fine?
Speaker 12 (24:01):
Spells isolated showers? Seventeen is a high.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Thanks nevare loads of texts from you on this one. Ryan,
My son got sent home from school last week twice.
The school said that he was contagious. I took him
to the doctors. The doctor said it was just an
allergy cough. And when I took him back to the
school with the doctor's note, they argued with me. Ryan.
Since COVID, our kids desire to go to school has changed.
We battle them a small sniffle and they don't want
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to go to school. Not attending school has become now
very acceptable. You don't miss much, it seems anyway. I
actually don't think it matters what they're learning. It well,
it doesn't matter what they're learning at school, but you
need to be there because what you're teaching them is
eight hours at something away from home, with doing something
you don't particularly enjoy doing. That's what it teaches you
(24:48):
more than anything. Seventeen away from six News talks there
b we're in the UK.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
Next.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
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Sir saying the six News Talk to itb twenty six
police officers injured one hundred and fifty thousand protesters. This
is in central London and nationalists protests and Gavin Gray's
our UK europe correspondent with US this morning. Gavin, So
it all got a bit heated, did it?
Speaker 6 (26:19):
Yes, Ryan, it did. I have to say, I think
the figures of one hundred and fifty thousand were much
much higher than well the organizers expected, and certainly the
police too. There was a stand up to racism protest.
In other words, the other side of this argument. Also
on the day some five thousand people though there and
of course fives one hundred and fifty thousand. The police
(26:40):
had to separate them and it was while trying to
separate them that some violence did break out. At one
point a glass bottle being thrown appeared to smash into
a horse that came from we believe the far right section.
But the police are saying they had a number of injuries.
Four were quite seriously injured. Officers suffered broken teeth, concussion,
a prolapsed disc, a head injury, a possible broken nose,
(27:03):
and yeah, twenty four people arrested. Police are saying they're
now going through the camera footage, the digital footage of
the incidents in order to try and identify some of
those as well. And I think big question marks as
well over the language used by Elon Musk, the tech
billionaire was on video link transmitted on huge screens to
(27:26):
the people there, and some of the language he used
will seem, I think to have emboldened those on the
far right and well the right as well by saying
you've got to get rid of this government. You've got
to do it soon. This is effectively a war.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
And I see starmers come out and condemn the violence,
but see everyone's entitled to the Is he in real trouble?
I was reading a piece in The Guardian at the
weekend about you know, he's looking weak, he's lost Rainer,
you know, with the Lord Mendelssohn business. Is this going
to come to a heat at some point?
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Well that's what he's probably trying to avert for the
next few days. With a state visit by Donald Trump,
that's bound to change the headlines for him, which will
help you know you're in trouble right where it's not
just the opponents of your political party who are arguing
for you to go. There are murmurings within his own
political party that he isn't coping and he's got to go.
(28:19):
And then I think you really do know you're in
political trouble.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
So yeah, this is very serious for Devin.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Thank you. Kevin Gray are UK europe correspondent. Yeah, it's
interesting because your housing spokesperson or your housing minister, I
should say she didn't pay your duties, that she should
have paid on the house that she's sold in board
another one. I mean, come on, that's basic. And then
Lord Mandelson overnight they came out and said, oh, well
we knew he had a relationship with Epstein, but we
(28:44):
just didn't think it was going to be that big
of a deal. Ten to six bridge. So the government
seventy million dollars supercharged. The events and tourism funded includes
forty million that's ring fenced to lure the likes of
Taylor Swift and Coldplay and Pearl Jams. From twenty twenty six.
Nixt Saortner is Eden Park CEO to react, Nick, good.
Speaker 13 (29:04):
Morning, good morning, Ryan, Thanks for your time.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
Could you put that money into context? How does it
compare with past funds and our competitors.
Speaker 13 (29:14):
Well, we welcome the PM's announcement yesterday. This is great
news for business. Historically, music content hasn't been available to
attract funding from central government, so it hasn't been available
for us to go out and secure content. Globally, it's
been focused more on the sports and major event content
like World Cup. So this is a paradigm shift for us.
(29:36):
It makes us competitive with the East Coast of Australia.
Similar funds are available in the likes of Britain and
Sydney and Melbourne, so and we Eden Park is uniquely
positioned now capitalize on this opportunity.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Nick, who's on your wish list?
Speaker 13 (29:50):
Well, for me personally, any concert that we've seen at
Eden Park has been magnificent. When you look at Pink Billy, Joel, Coldplay,
Guns and Roses, they've all been phenomenal and already the
local businesses are pumped, as you can imagine after COVID
there has been a challenge for the hospitality sector. Only
two weekends ago, you look at what we're able to
(30:11):
deliver with the likes of the sold out all Black
tests at the Fortress. Some of the local businesses said
it was their biggest date ever in terms of hospitality spend.
So this is a great announcement. Since the Rugby World
Cup at Eden Park, we've delivered over a billion dollars
of gendp benefit of Auckland and yeah, we're very excited
with the announcement.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Net can we be realistic? And just a really quick
question but if we had this fund, would it have
been enough to get the lights of Pearl Jam and
Taylor Swift?
Speaker 13 (30:38):
Well, Pearl Jams previously come the likes of Taylor Swift.
It's a competitive market, but now we are a genuine
player against the East Coast of Australia. So promoters now
know and I can assure you I was in contact
with a number of promoters last night making them aware
that this is available and saying get your application in.
Tell us what you want. We want a city that
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people want to live, stay, playing, work and artists can
benefit now from this fund.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
You've got any names you want to drop.
Speaker 13 (31:07):
A well, how good would it be if Spice Girls reformed?
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Next Morner, Eden Park's CEO. That might be You'd need
a lot more than seventy million dollars to get those
far back together. Eight minutes away from Sex News talks,
he be Marke next.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
On your radio and online on iheard Radio Early Edition
with Ryan Bridge and one roof Love, where you Live,
News Talk SADB, News.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Talks, he be it is six minutes away from six
loads of text this morning on these strikes that are
happening this week, parents saying what the hell am I
going to do with my kids? Because it's across three days,
and if you've got kids wh are in different year levels,
then it means you could have to take two days
off work to look after them five to six. Now,
Mike's here morning, Mike.
Speaker 10 (31:51):
To be fair, if you're eleven twelve and thirteen year
eleven two, are you taking days off to look after
a sixteen seventeen year old?
Speaker 2 (31:58):
We shouldn't be because it's fourteen years. You can stay at
home right exactly. Now, I've got a problem with my car,
and I just wanted to get your advice because I
know this is what do you got? It's a station wagon?
Audi from What's wrong with the station wagon?
Speaker 13 (32:14):
What?
Speaker 2 (32:14):
I think? It looks quite sexy that anyway, if I
go into that, it's got a big back end. I've
got a dog. Okay, So what's happened is I drove
over a road cone and it's buggered. There's a plastic
sort of cover that goes under your underneath your car.
It's like a guard. Now. The mechanic told me, he's like,
don't worry about getting the new one of those. It's
(32:36):
six hundred dollars. And I was off the mind.
Speaker 10 (32:39):
No, you regret it because something you will get flipped
up into the car. It protects the underneath of the car.
And it's also good for aerodynamics, apart from anything else.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Because he said, well, the cars in the sixties didn't
have them. They were fine.
Speaker 10 (32:51):
No, that's correct, but we didn't drive it the same way.
You might drive the same way we did in the
sixties for six hundred dollars. I'm surprised that it's that cheap,
to be frank, most car parts. You can't touch a
car part for a couple of thousand dollars. Six hundred dollars.
I get it all day long. So yeah, well next time, Well,
what happens when you put a rock up under it?
What's happened next time? You drive over another road cone
and it goes up and smacks your somep and the
(33:13):
oil leaks all.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Over the road. Yeah, okay, all right, I'll get it done.
That's unsensible, Get it sorted.
Speaker 10 (33:19):
Christopher Luxon is with us this morning, and sir John Coobman.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Oh great, what did you make of that fund? Because
they said no to America's Cup on the basis that
I want to.
Speaker 10 (33:29):
Find out what specifically it's for. You notice yesterday Luckson
said we want to be like Brisbane, similar sized, population,
fair enough, and then everyone was bringing on about Taylors
with you realize Taylor Swift never played Brisbane.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
She played for Sydney.
Speaker 10 (33:42):
In Melbourne, So I don't know what it buys. I mean,
maybe it buys Billie Eilish, but do you really want
Billy Orish?
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Mike's next have a great day. See tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
For more FAM earlier edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live
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News Talks, there'd be good.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Morning, Welcome to Monday. Just gone six after five, Nick
Sawtaner before six on this new events fund from the government.
Gavin Gray in Europe as potent tests the limits of
NATO also will talk to our reporters around the country.
And Andrew Elderson, I should say on sport this morning
and how many schools are struggling to get kids into
class as the government has directed. It's all ahead the
(00:34):
agenda Monday, the fifteen September, Cabinet could be making a
call on Palestine as early as today. Meanwhile, Marca Rubio's
and Israel, despite the strikes in Doha, everything's still all
g in the relationship.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
There was a very public and deliberate display of unity
this afternoon between Benjamin Ettenio and Marco Rubio at the
Western Wall. But I think given the week of tensions
between these two countries, these two incredibly close allies, they're
trying to make sure their relationship is that publicly at
least a very strong and nonoether. That's Miister Rubo had
said on his way here that he reiterated America's disappointment.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Meanwhile, after being hit last week, the Qataris say that
no goal state is safe.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I think that we are dealing now with a leadership
that is unhinked. We are dealing with a prime minister
that believes that he can hechiave the Middle East in
his own image, which is an image of chaos.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Meanwhile, in America, Tyler Robinson this is the guy who
they reckon assassinated Charlie Kirk. His family are Conservatives, but
they reckon that the sun went the other way. Obviously
quite radically. The dad told him to surrender.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Formal criminal charges will be filed next Tuesday, and on
that day, the twenty two year old suspect is expected
to make his first initial court appearance. He will not
be taken from this jail here in Utah County to
the courthouse. He will appear in the courtroom virtually.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Ricky Hadden this is the former world boxing champion found dead.
At his time, he's only forty six. Nothing suspicious, though tragic.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
News only for the world of boxing, not only for Britain.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
He was a massive name and he's going to be
definitely messed news.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And views you trust to start your day. It's early
edition with Bryan Bridge and one roof love where you
live news talks.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
That'd be eight after five nine nine two is the
number to text love hearing from you. If I was
Scott Robertson, I wouldn't be reading the comments section in
a hurry after Saturday. Their comments were kind of funny, though.
One guy said he was more of a blunt pair
of scissors than a razor. That was probably the most
generous and docile of the Sunday morning media blitz. Among
the calls, sack him, drop Barrett's captain, ditch half the backs,
(02:40):
the midfields get taller, props, get bigger fords, clean out
the coaching staff. Basically, just go into the changing sheds
and fire everyone that you can see. This is his
second season, after all, and they were struggling to do
things like catch a ball, score a try, you know
when a scrum, defend the line, score points, all those
(03:02):
important things. It was like somebody had turned their batteries
off at halftime and they're all just gone into sleep mode.
This is obviously a visceral reaction to the worst loss
in the history of the black jersey. But the World
Cup is still two years away. There's time to make changes,
time to get better. Does he have world class players
on his side, Scott Robertson, is the problem the coaching
(03:23):
or is it the quality of the team. There's time
to make changes, but you'd have to say the runway
is getting a little short and getting a little tight.
Bit like Chris Luxon with politics, leaderships are balancing act,
not a knee jerkers game. It's about tough calls, but
not throwing the baby out with the bath water, as
the commenters on the weekend would have you do. Ryan
(03:44):
breadalb it's ten minutes after five. Now to party Mardi,
the Marori Party, Happy Malori language week. But where are you?
What are you up to? Absolute shambles in the last week,
well not just the last week, but particularly in the
last week. Try and ask them a question. They get
quite arrogant about that. They either don't talk to you
(04:05):
or they refuse to answer questions that you ask. I
have three for them this morning. If you're listening up
there at Debbie and at Arity, why did Debbie take
the whips role? It's a weird thing to do to
give the whips role to your co leader. Was it
the extra twenty grand in salary or was there something
that's happened? Is there had been an incident that you
(04:26):
need to take care of? And why aren't you telling
you people? Number two? Why have neither of you contacted
Taku to Ferris. This guy's been running around town embarrassing
you and saying, let's be honest and pretty racially charged stuff.
Why you have you not contacted him? He did an
airport stand up thing with a reporter on Friday, said
(04:50):
that he hasn't heard from either of them. Can you
believe that? And they're going around apologizing on his behalf
to the likes of Hipkins. Well, how meaningful as that
if they haven't even spoken to him? And number three,
where's your financial returns? You're audited financial returns? I don't
think we've seen those yet. It's eleven minutes after five.
(05:12):
Just a question for you if Labor if Hipkins ruled
out working with Tapati Mardi and tried to get there
on the Labor Green vote, do you think they would
see a boost in the polls. Obviously, old mate Winston's
ruled out Chippy but hasn't ruled out labor. Do you
think that would be a better strategy for them? Nineteen
(05:34):
nine two is the number to text eleven minutes after five.
Come up. Next we'll talk about the schools that can't
get kids into class. News Talks VB.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
The News you Need this morning and the in depth
analysis early edition with Ryan Bridge and one Route Love
Where you Live. News Talks B.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
It is five pin fourteen on News Talks VB. GDP
for quarter two is out Thursday, by the way, and
ASB has released their regional economic scorecard this morning. So
running through some numbers really quickly. Baye Plenty, you are
in first place. Congratulations, you're up from ten. Thank you
Kiwi fruit. First time in a decade both Plenty has
led the scoreboard. Consumer confidence up, house sales up. It
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won't be any surprise to you that two, three and
four are all in the South Irelands, Southland, Otago, Canterbury.
And then at number five, up from number ten, is
none other than the City of Sales, Auckland. Congratulations. Finally
you're seeing some signs of life. People are feeling better,
retails holding up quite well, signs of confidence Auckland. Hopefully
(06:34):
this is the first sign that you're coming back baby.
It's fourteen after five, Bryan Bridge. One in four of
our schools need more help getting kids to attend class.
Data from the Ministry of Educations identified about six hundred
schools struggling to get eighty percent of students attending more
than ninety percent of the time, which is the government
target they want to hit by twenty thirty. Leanne or
(06:54):
tenni Is, the Principals Federation president, joins me. Now, LeAnn,
good morning. You say this is not about something the
schools can control, this is about other stuff, well other stuff.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
Oh look, let's just start with the fact that we'd
like to see every single child attend school every day.
Principles absolutely agree that we need to focus on attendance,
but understanding the trends and why children away from school
is something that we just need to really look at closely.
There's two types of non attendance. So you've got you
(07:29):
justified and you're unjustified. And unfortunately the data that you're
you're you know, you've just quoted includes both. So you've
got you justified. Where kids are away from school for
family reasons, so death in the family, the children are
sick and let's be honest. This winter has not been
helpful and we've had a lot of kids away with sickness.
We've got mental health up as well. Those are justified reasons.
(07:53):
Unjustified that's a much smaller group of students and that
includes truancy which is very low. And then you've got transience,
which is what you're just alerting to the things that
schools can't really control on their own. There as a
kids shifting around the country for social housing rentals, you know,
moving to live with family. And then you've got five
(08:15):
percent you know of unemployment, so you've got families juggling
to find a job, so they're moving a lot to
find work. So although the data is showing that we've
got high and non attendance, there are reasons for it
and we need to look deeper into the data otherwise
where it's a distortion of the reality.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
So we got like what forty two percent of students
not attending regularly and do you know what proportion of
justified versus unjustified.
Speaker 7 (08:42):
Well, this is what the data is that is coming
out from you know, on this seamore a Minister Seymour
and saying, you know, we're looking at it on a
weekly basis at a school, every school, we'll be looking
at that data and we'll be determining which is justified,
which is unjustified, and they'll be working with those families
(09:02):
where the first of all the justified reasons kids are sick.
So you know we've now got health guidelines. Out's ont
of really staying to parents. You know, as a as
a child well enough to come to school.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Well, I think that man.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
What about do you tell are you a principal of
a school?
Speaker 7 (09:18):
Yes, I am?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
What what's in yours? What's the percent's break down in
your school justified unjustified.
Speaker 7 (09:26):
Changes on a weekly basis? I can't tell you overall
average trees. Yes, we're looking at trends.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yet what the tree is telling you?
Speaker 7 (09:34):
So we're looking at around about sixty five to seventy percent.
I'm in a load decile school. We've got children who is.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Justified or unjustified sixty five to seventy.
Speaker 7 (09:45):
Five, there would be both that would be including both.
As we're looking at the unjustified reasons. You know, the
children that are are way because scoring out, we're probably
looking about six percent. We're looking at six percent of unjustified.
That's really small, and I would say that's the same
across the country of unjustified to say that parents are
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keeping children home because they are too lazy, and that's
the quote of scene. It's just not fear. That is
not the reality. There's are so many other resents and.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Lean the twenty to thirty. So you've got like what
twenty to thirty percent of kids who are not attending
school for justified reasons. That seems like quite a lot
to be sick, doesn't it.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
Yeah, well, you know, there's been lots of reporting on
illness this winter. We've had schools have had clothes because
the've had staff who are sick, and you know, they're
sharing the bugs. And this is the biggest concern we've
had around these health guidelines. Parents are sending their kids
to school sick or otherwise trying really desperately to meet
(10:48):
the demands of the school. Send your kids to school,
and as a result, we're sharing the bugs. Kids are
whole classrooms are going down with winter bugs. We've had
schools who all said that, you know, they've got a
very high number of staff away, So ok, a lot
of sick kids.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Leanne appreciate your time this morning, Leanne attending the Principals
Federation President. It has just gone nineteen minutes after five.
When I was at school and it wasn't that long ago,
but you would have like one or two kids in
the class who might be second a day. I need
to go back and look, what is the sick rate
now versus you know twenty thirty forty years ago. A
(11:28):
kid's getting more sick or appearance being more cautious, or
is the threshold now been lowered to stay home from school?
Nineteen minutes after five News Talks be Sport next.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
The first word on the News of the Day Early
edition with Ryan Bridge and one roof love.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Where you live News Talks at b News Talks, it'd
be it's five twenty two on your Monday morning, Ryan.
I think the AB's need no Dame Knowles. Get Dame
Knowles in there for a pep talk. She's got a
bit of time on her hands. Thanks John, Ryan. That
principle you just had on is not credible. Another unionized
government hater.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Ryan.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
The woman clearly hates David Seymour. I would have do
you know what, I would have liked a little more
detail from someone who's running one of our schools, Andrew
Ortison's sport. Good morning, morning Ryan. Not a great day
on Saturday for the Abs.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
No, no, And I know lots to be made of
the record defeat, et cetera. I mean they were in
it in the first half if you think, you know,
ten to seven, although I did think South Africa but
unlucky there probably not to have the advantage at halftime.
But gee, that's the African side is a real Dugonhaut
and New Zealand just not up to the up to
the task.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
So actually they just like we turned the batteries off
and went to sleep.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
Yet just dissolved and unusual for All Black's performance. And
they've got work to do especially, I mean just such
a you know, oscillating between that magnificent effort of Eden
Park and in going to that in Wellington is just
they've got to, I guess, address some consistency issues as
well as to how they are able to maintain that
level of motivation.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Do we have enough world class players in the team?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
No, probably not.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
There's not a great All Black team at the moment.
I mean it's fine players, fine players, they're no doubt
about it. But if you're looking at I guess sides
from nine to eighty seven or you know, twenty fifteen
times like that, when you know real peaks in all
Black history, it's not quite at that same level. I
mean just all those mistackles as well. I think was
it forty six in total?
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I mean catching the ball.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
I think someone suggested splicing that together as motivation for
the Wallabies and the Blitters like Cup. I mean, there's
the blitters like Cup on the line, here's the rext
Christian to race.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And now Warriors. I tuned turned over in half time
for the last five minutes. That was a great indied.
I was switching back and.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Forth too and just seeing where that was at. But
I mean, yeah, speaking of Dug and also you know
we talking about the spring box, but the Panthers as well.
They're really winding up here into a higher gear. You
suspect that having that what pretty bleak start to the season.
But Ivan Cleary always had a lot of faith in
him and in him and aside looking for that fifth
(14:05):
straight premiership and well they're odds on at the moment,
don't they working be way back into it. Albit, they
have to expend more energy than those other sides. We've
seen the Broncos go through overnight with a golden point
victory over the Raiders who were the top of the
table in the minor premiership, and they've gone through in
golden points, so that's a real for them.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Andrew. The tour of Spain, the cycling is more pro
breaking news.
Speaker 5 (14:29):
Yeah, this morning, I just looked up at the screen
about an hour ago or so, Ryan, and yeah, the
pro Palestinian protesters have come. I mean it's been a
theme throughout the tour at various days, but this time
heading into Madrid, I think about fifty seven ks ago
and they've just surged into the main sort of boulevards
(14:49):
and the streets there of Madrid and it's completely ended.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
The race.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
Has been no presentation, ceremonies, and yeah, they've just I
think the honest with Gore will be announced as the
winner of roy. I think he was leading by a
minute sixteen, but it just ended the race as of
that moment, and I think just having looked at the
screensy it looks like police and protesters combating each other
as we speak.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
So yeah, it's lovely good Andrew, thank you for that
Andrew Ordison sport. It is five twenty five on your
Monday morning. I just think some things that sport is
meant to bring people together and create joy and peace
and harmony in the world. And when you get in
the way of that, what is left to enjoy in life?
News Talk s VB the early.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Edition full the Show podcast on iHeartRadio, Power by News.
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Talks EBB, News TALKSB. It is five twenty seven on
your Monday morning. The punters will love this new Major
Events Fund seventy million. It's new and old money. Infrastructure,
cycle way money ten million for regional tourism. The showstopper though,
is there's forty million bucks for significant high impact events
for New Zealand. We had the PM and the Minister
(15:56):
out yesterday. While they're saying these things are money makers.
Hospital does well, Tourism operators do well, retail does well.
They call it a bonanza. But if you're a fan
of sailing, if you like the America's Cup, you might
be scratching your head. Remember it was only five months
ago we had the PM saying no thank you to
backing the Cup. Why well, I went back and looked
(16:17):
at the reasons to see specifically, we're in a financial mess,
a fiscal mess. We need to invest in proper infrastructure
like hospitals and roads. He said. We need to be
quote more responsible with taxpayers money, and now we have
new money for a Pearl Jam concert. To be fair,
the sums involved here are important. The Cup would have
(16:38):
cost somewhere between forty and seventy million dollars on its own,
depending on who you ask. This entire fund the bit
for major events is forty million total. But if you
follow the reasoning and ask yourself the basic question is
the least demand for hospital or roading infrastructure now than
there was five months ago? You'd be right to feel
(16:58):
a bit confused by all of this. Either the Cup
was a crap investment or these investments more generally are
simply not a priority. Ban would be twenty nine minutes
after five Ryan government preaching to all and sundry there
is no money yet handing out millions for entertainment. This
person talking specifically about Nelson Hospital and in Dunedin too
(17:21):
good points. Priority is all wrong for the government, says
this text. It news Talk said b will get to
the UK and Europe after news.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Get ahead of the headlines on an early edition with
Ryan Bridge and one roof Love where you Live News
Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Thank you, Good morning, Welcome there, Monday. It is twenty
four minutes away from six. We'll get to Nick Sultana
from Eden Park on the government's new Major Events fund. Shortly.
We're also going to head to Gavin gray Are UK
Europe correspond the NATO boss Rutters hold a press conference
and Putin's just basically been he's, you know, throwing the
drones into poland flying them over Polish airspace. By the way,
(18:10):
those drones from last week weren't actually loaded. They didn't
have any explosives, any ammunition on board at all. They
were all basically dugged drones. So Putin's they reckon, just
testing NATO airspace, and he's done it again over the
weekend with Romania. So he's just popping in with some
drones into the NATO airspace saying, oh, I wonder what
(18:31):
reaction I'll get. And they're not loaded, there's no ammunition,
so just testing the waters. And interestingly, of the nineteen
drones that flew into Polish airspace last week, only three
or four of them were actually shot down. So if
you are putin and you're having a crack, and you're
testing the waters and you're dipping your toe in the
water and seeing where the boundaries are. It's not a
(18:52):
great hit rate and responses it. NATO now scrambling some jets,
you know, more deployed to the eastern flank all that stuff.
But you'd have to say if that was a test,
NATO at this point probably has failed. Twenty three away.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
From six Graham Bridge.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Did you are reporters around the country, Calum Proctor Underneeda
this morning, Calm, good morning, morning, Right, a bit of
secrecy around this bird sanctuary in Tiano. What's going on?
Speaker 8 (19:18):
Yeah, Look, it's much loved by the local community. The
sanctuary and its future is unsure, Ryan, since Doc revealed
it was looking at rehoming some of the native birds there,
also reducing ours at the sanctuary and redirecting DOC resources elsewhere.
It's reported that Doc has met with the chair of
the Field and Community Board, neither side though confirming what
(19:40):
comes next for the sanctuary, Doc says it was a
positive discussion. They voiced their concerns and the challenges being faced.
The board says thus satisfied that DOC is considering.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
All of their options. All right, how's your weather fine
for most of today?
Speaker 8 (19:54):
But chooers this evening possibly heavy gusty norwester eighteen the
high today, cheers Colum.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Clears in christ Church. Good morning of tu and fro
over the water quality in Selwyn.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (20:05):
This is a Local Democracy report which has looked at
a new pilot study testing eighteen private wells in Selwyn.
Almost half of them had night rate levels above safe
drinking standards. Of course, night rate in water has the
potential to cause blue baby syndrome, but there's also growing
evidence around its link to bowel cancer. Now, incumbent regional
(20:27):
counselors Ian Mackenzie and John Sunknell say the workers underway
to turn the tide on the contamination, but they do
say these improvements will take some time. But a fellow
ECAN counselor candidate, Peter Trolov, says the situation is simply
a crisis. He reckons hardly a stream in Selwyn would
be under acceptable levels.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
How's your weather clear?
Speaker 9 (20:49):
But frosty to start otherwise, mainly find before some high
cloud develops toward evening northwesterlies and a high of twenty.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Did I hear you got a special award the other day. Clear,
I'll stop. What was it? Come on, don't be shy.
Speaker 9 (21:02):
Well, it's a very christ Church thing, isn't it to
talk about what school you went to? But I did
go to Saint Margaret's and I'm officially the old girl
recipient of this year's arts award.
Speaker 10 (21:11):
So thanks Saint Margaret's.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Hey, congratulations, Clear, very cool. Thank you. Max is in Wellington. Hey, Max,
good morning. What have you ever won? Nothing? Andrew Little's
gonna win the Miral race.
Speaker 11 (21:21):
Though, right, Yeah, it's really the type of lead you
can only stuff up from here. And Andrew Little's never
really been particularly gaff prone, boring safe. I think it's
fair to say he is the capital's mayor in waiting.
A Q and A poll Andrew Little on fifty eight
percent of first preference votes. Ray Chung next best on sixteen.
Businessman Carti from Baker ten Iron Calvit six A little,
(21:43):
of course, says he's taking nothing for granted, but I
think he can. Also making the news. Over the weekend,
a social media post using some pretty offensive language posted
by campaign group A Better Wellington made its way online.
They're affiliated with Ray Chung. I shan't repeat the language,
but you get all the buzzwords alongside socialist, communist, trans
(22:04):
and others that I shouldn't say. They may be getting
a little desperate. It's not been the most inspiring race,
and I fear turnout may suffer because of it.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
But it will be interesting to.
Speaker 11 (22:13):
See how the council ends up being made up.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Yeah, that post was form nuts, wasn't it. How is
your weather.
Speaker 11 (22:19):
Max fine today with northerly seventeen the high.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Brilliant, Thank you Neva and Auckland, Hey Neva, good morning.
Apartment demand for apartments growing, that's right.
Speaker 12 (22:28):
So research was carried out. This was by commercial real
estate company CBRE, and they looked at the demand at
two price points. This was one point six million and
six hundred thousand. Now what they've found was that demand
at the upper price point greatest in Remy era, then
in ranking order mount Edens and Hellier's Takapuna, Ebsen, Parnell
(22:49):
and Milford.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Demand at the.
Speaker 12 (22:51):
Lower price point is greatest in you know, those centrally
located parts of themiss and desirable suburbs and also in
suburbs with older singles.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
So do you have it because as you get older,
you love one might pass away and you just need
a you know, your apartment, your apartment.
Speaker 11 (23:13):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
When you went to school, yes, did you how many
time ago? How many sick days would you? Could you
count on a hand how many you'd have?
Speaker 1 (23:21):
I didn't.
Speaker 12 (23:22):
I didn't take many sick days at all. I was
pretty good. Actually I loved going to school and didn't
learn very much, but I had lots of friends.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
But the thing is, nowadays, there was we had a
principle on saying like twenty thirty percent of the kids
are off for justified reasons like sickness. I'm like, how
many kids can there be? Second a day?
Speaker 1 (23:39):
That's right?
Speaker 12 (23:40):
No, I can't believe it. I mean, was it the
resilience factor?
Speaker 5 (23:43):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Thresholds?
Speaker 12 (23:46):
But Laara, but you see, I didn't bunk off either,
you know, I love you know I didn't you know
how people kids would and then that wag, I didn't
mind you of a cargol? Where would you go to?
I had a big town center was.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
The thing that was happening. That's right. How'd sound weather today? Fine?
Speaker 12 (24:01):
Spells isolated showers? Seventeen is a high.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Thanks nevare loads of texts from you on this one. Ryan,
My son got sent home from school last week twice.
The school said that he was contagious. I took him
to the doctors. The doctor said it was just an
allergy cough. And when I took him back to the
school with the doctor's note, they argued with me. Ryan.
Since COVID, our kids desire to go to school has changed.
We battle them a small sniffle and they don't want
(24:24):
to go to school. Not attending school has become now
very acceptable. You don't miss much, it seems anyway. I
actually don't think it matters what they're learning. It well,
it doesn't matter what they're learning at school, but you
need to be there because what you're teaching them is
eight hours at something away from home, with doing something
you don't particularly enjoy doing. That's what it teaches you
(24:48):
more than anything. Seventeen away from six News talks there
b we're in the UK.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
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Speaker 2 (26:04):
Sir saying the six News Talk to itb twenty six
police officers injured one hundred and fifty thousand protesters. This
is in central London and nationalists protests and Gavin Gray's
our UK europe correspondent with US this morning. Gavin, So
it all got a bit heated, did it?
Speaker 6 (26:19):
Yes, Ryan, it did. I have to say, I think
the figures of one hundred and fifty thousand were much
much higher than well the organizers expected, and certainly the
police too. There was a stand up to racism protest.
In other words, the other side of this argument. Also
on the day some five thousand people though there and
of course fives one hundred and fifty thousand. The police
(26:40):
had to separate them and it was while trying to
separate them that some violence did break out. At one
point a glass bottle being thrown appeared to smash into
a horse that came from we believe the far right section.
But the police are saying they had a number of injuries.
Four were quite seriously injured. Officers suffered broken teeth, concussion,
a prolapsed disc, a head injury, a possible broken nose,
(27:03):
and yeah, twenty four people arrested. Police are saying they're
now going through the camera footage, the digital footage of
the incidents in order to try and identify some of
those as well. And I think big question marks as
well over the language used by Elon Musk, the tech
billionaire was on video link transmitted on huge screens to
(27:26):
the people there, and some of the language he used
will seem, I think to have emboldened those on the
far right and well the right as well by saying
you've got to get rid of this government. You've got
to do it soon. This is effectively a war.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
And I see starmers come out and condemn the violence,
but see everyone's entitled to the Is he in real trouble?
I was reading a piece in The Guardian at the
weekend about you know, he's looking weak, he's lost Rainer,
you know, with the Lord Mendelssohn business. Is this going
to come to a heat at some point?
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Well that's what he's probably trying to avert for the
next few days. With a state visit by Donald Trump,
that's bound to change the headlines for him, which will
help you know you're in trouble right where it's not
just the opponents of your political party who are arguing
for you to go. There are murmurings within his own
political party that he isn't coping and he's got to go.
(28:19):
And then I think you really do know you're in
political trouble.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
So yeah, this is very serious for Devin.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Thank you. Kevin Gray are UK europe correspondent. Yeah, it's
interesting because your housing spokesperson or your housing minister, I
should say she didn't pay your duties, that she should
have paid on the house that she's sold in board
another one. I mean, come on, that's basic. And then
Lord Mandelson overnight they came out and said, oh, well
we knew he had a relationship with Epstein, but we
(28:44):
just didn't think it was going to be that big
of a deal. Ten to six bridge. So the government
seventy million dollars supercharged. The events and tourism funded includes
forty million that's ring fenced to lure the likes of
Taylor Swift and Coldplay and Pearl Jams. From twenty twenty six.
Nixt Saortner is Eden Park CEO to react, Nick, good.
Speaker 13 (29:04):
Morning, good morning, Ryan, Thanks for your time.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
Could you put that money into context? How does it
compare with past funds and our competitors.
Speaker 13 (29:14):
Well, we welcome the PM's announcement yesterday. This is great
news for business. Historically, music content hasn't been available to
attract funding from central government, so it hasn't been available
for us to go out and secure content. Globally, it's
been focused more on the sports and major event content
like World Cup. So this is a paradigm shift for us.
(29:36):
It makes us competitive with the East Coast of Australia.
Similar funds are available in the likes of Britain and
Sydney and Melbourne, so and we Eden Park is uniquely
positioned now capitalize on this opportunity.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Nick, who's on your wish list?
Speaker 13 (29:50):
Well, for me personally, any concert that we've seen at
Eden Park has been magnificent. When you look at Pink Billy, Joel, Coldplay,
Guns and Roses, they've all been phenomenal and already the
local businesses are pumped, as you can imagine after COVID
there has been a challenge for the hospitality sector. Only
two weekends ago, you look at what we're able to
(30:11):
deliver with the likes of the sold out all Black
tests at the Fortress. Some of the local businesses said
it was their biggest date ever in terms of hospitality spend.
So this is a great announcement. Since the Rugby World
Cup at Eden Park, we've delivered over a billion dollars
of gendp benefit of Auckland and yeah, we're very excited
with the announcement.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Net can we be realistic? And just a really quick
question but if we had this fund, would it have
been enough to get the lights of Pearl Jam and
Taylor Swift?
Speaker 13 (30:38):
Well, Pearl Jams previously come the likes of Taylor Swift.
It's a competitive market, but now we are a genuine
player against the East Coast of Australia. So promoters now
know and I can assure you I was in contact
with a number of promoters last night making them aware
that this is available and saying get your application in.
Tell us what you want. We want a city that
(30:59):
people want to live, stay, playing, work and artists can
benefit now from this fund.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
You've got any names you want to drop.
Speaker 13 (31:07):
A well, how good would it be if Spice Girls reformed?
Speaker 2 (31:12):
Next Morner, Eden Park's CEO. That might be You'd need
a lot more than seventy million dollars to get those
far back together. Eight minutes away from Sex News talks,
he be Marke next.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
On your radio and online on iheard Radio Early Edition
with Ryan Bridge and one roof Love, where you Live,
News Talk SADB, News.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Talks, he be it is six minutes away from six
loads of text this morning on these strikes that are
happening this week, parents saying what the hell am I
going to do with my kids? Because it's across three days,
and if you've got kids wh are in different year levels,
then it means you could have to take two days
off work to look after them five to six. Now,
Mike's here morning, Mike.
Speaker 10 (31:51):
To be fair, if you're eleven twelve and thirteen year
eleven two, are you taking days off to look after
a sixteen seventeen year old?
Speaker 2 (31:58):
We shouldn't be because it's fourteen years. You can stay at
home right exactly. Now, I've got a problem with my car,
and I just wanted to get your advice because I
know this is what do you got? It's a station wagon?
Audi from What's wrong with the station wagon?
Speaker 13 (32:14):
What?
Speaker 2 (32:14):
I think? It looks quite sexy that anyway, if I
go into that, it's got a big back end. I've
got a dog. Okay, So what's happened is I drove
over a road cone and it's buggered. There's a plastic
sort of cover that goes under your underneath your car.
It's like a guard. Now. The mechanic told me, he's like,
don't worry about getting the new one of those. It's
(32:36):
six hundred dollars. And I was off the mind.
Speaker 10 (32:39):
No, you regret it because something you will get flipped
up into the car. It protects the underneath of the car.
And it's also good for aerodynamics, apart from anything else.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Because he said, well, the cars in the sixties didn't
have them. They were fine.
Speaker 10 (32:51):
No, that's correct, but we didn't drive it the same way.
You might drive the same way we did in the
sixties for six hundred dollars. I'm surprised that it's that cheap,
to be frank, most car parts. You can't touch a
car part for a couple of thousand dollars. Six hundred dollars.
I get it all day long. So yeah, well next time, Well,
what happens when you put a rock up under it?
What's happened next time? You drive over another road cone
and it goes up and smacks your somep and the
(33:13):
oil leaks all.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Over the road. Yeah, okay, all right, I'll get it done.
That's unsensible, Get it sorted.
Speaker 10 (33:19):
Christopher Luxon is with us this morning, and sir John Coobman.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Oh great, what did you make of that fund? Because
they said no to America's Cup on the basis that
I want to.
Speaker 10 (33:29):
Find out what specifically it's for. You notice yesterday Luckson
said we want to be like Brisbane, similar sized, population,
fair enough, and then everyone was bringing on about Taylors
with you realize Taylor Swift never played Brisbane.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
She played for Sydney.
Speaker 10 (33:42):
In Melbourne, So I don't know what it buys. I mean,
maybe it buys Billie Eilish, but do you really want
Billy Orish?
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Mike's next have a great day. See tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
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