September 22, 2025 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast Tuesday 23rd of September 2025, The long-awaited overhaul of the Holiday's act will be announced today, Business Canterbury CEO Leeann Watson tells Francesca what she hopes will come from it.
Digital services Minister Judith Collins says digital driver’s licenses could be rolling out by the end of the year, Digital Identity NZ Executive Director Andy Higgs shares his thoughts.
The Government’s pumping more money into schools to prop up our struggling construction sector, Certified Builders CEO Malcolm Fleming tells Francesca how much of a difference it'll make.
Plus Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on more details on the Optus catastrophic triple zero outage and the Australian Prime Minister preparing to address the UN General Assembly on Palestine.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the inside. Francesca Rudgin on
earlier is show Where's One roof Love?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Where You Live?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
News talks, the'd be Good.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Morning, Welcome to early edition. I'm Francisco Budkin filling in
for Ryan who is on drives this week. Great to
have you with us. You most welcome to contact me
anytime this morning. You can flict me a text on
ninety two ninety two, or you can email me at
Francesca at newstooks atb dot co dot MZ. On the
show today, what impact will the accelerated four hundred and
thirteen million announced yesterday for school property have on the
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construction sector? We look at the pros and cons of
the digital driver's license, and the long awaited overhaul of
the Holidays Act will be announced today. We find out
what's on businesses wish list. The agenda the UN General
Assembly has been underway in New York. Many things to
discuss today. Russian drones in Polish airspace.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
These latest acts are dangerous and reckless. They are a
deliberate attempt to undermine the territorial integrity of sovereign nations
and European security. They risk miscalculation, they open the door
to direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
France is gearing up to join the UK, Canada and
Australia and recognizing a Palestinian state.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
The more countries that recognize Palestine, the more hope it
gives for action, for change, for a push to get
those ceasefire talks back going again, because they really have
faltered in recent weeks, and many would say we're further
away from a deal at this point than any time
in the last since January.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Really, our foreign Minister Winston Peters is there, but still
no word on where New Zealand stands. Charlie Kirk's memorial
service in Phoenix, Arizona, brought in thousands. His wife, Erica,
delivered a tearful speech.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
On the Cross.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Our Savior said, Father, forgive them.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
For they not know what they do.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
I forgive them.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
And finally, Trump says he may have the answer to autism.
Reports suggest officials will link it to pregnant women using thailanol,
which as we also know as paracetamol. Trump's promising and
amazing announcement saying autism is out of control and they
may know why.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
You'll see what it is tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
We have various things, but you'll see what it is.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
I think it's going to be a very important as
conference and we want things to take them back immediately.
There's obviously something artificial that's really wrong that we think
we know what that is.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And that's the agenda.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Francesca Rutkin and one roof Love where you Live, News.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Talk said, be well, we're all about maintenance this week,
aren't we. On Sunday the government was all talk about
building more car parks and replacing boilers and adapting facilities
at our hospitals. And if that didn't get the message
across that the government is doing everything it can to
grow the trade and construction sector. Yesterday Eric Stanford announced
trades would be working and our schools over summer. So
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after the GDP hiccup last week, the government is looking around.
It's going, okay, what have we budgeted for that we
can bring Ford and accelerating maintenance and building its schools
is a pretty good start. It's a lot of like
the health funding. The four hundred and thirteen million package
consists of old and new money. There's about fifty eight
million of it is new money, the rest existing, some
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brought forward. I think this is a good idea, it
makes sense. It's quick adaptive behavior by the government. I mean,
you do wonder if they could have done it earlier.
Maybe Now though the government is listening to kiwi's out
there who are telling them they are not thriving in
twenty five. I can only see one problem which may
no longer be a problem considering these tough times. But
I've never been able to get a trade to work
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over summer franchiers.
Speaker 8 (03:58):
Good.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Now, that's a bit cheaking of rude, isn't it? And
I might get told off because coming up next we've
got Malcolm Fleming with us. He's the Certified Builder's chief executive.
He's going to talk to me about the reality of
this funding and the impact it will have. If you
are a tradee though, how do you feel about yesterday's announcement?
You're most welcome to text me on ninety two ninety two.
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You're with Early Edition. It's ten plus five.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
News and views you trust to start your day. It's
Early Edition with Franchesca Runkin and one roof Love where
you live news talks that'd.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Be today is of course the doctor's strike, and look,
I really feel for you if you're one of the
thirteen thousand affected patients by the senior doctors and dentists
strike today. I don't mind people fighting for what they
believe in, and I understand there are some fundamental issues
with the system that need fixing, but this has really
gone on for long enough. Sympathy for either side is
starting to wane. There has been a lot of finger
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pointing as to who is to blame for these strikes today,
but at this point, more than a year down the track,
I'd have to suggest both sides need to take some
responsible for this. I think it's time we put our
big boy and big girl pantsil and got the sorted,
don't you think Texas ninety two ninety two Right as
I mentioned the government's pumping more money into schools to
prop up our struggling construction sector fifty eight million and
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new funding and one hundred and seventy five million brought
forward funding. We'll go into maintenance work and fast tracking
school infrastructure. Nationwide constructions and deep decline down nearly ten
percent over the past years, so the tradees will be celebrating.
Malcolm Fleming, certified builder's chief executive, joins me.
Speaker 8 (05:33):
Now morning Malcolm, Good morning, Francesca. Thank you for inviting
me on your program.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Oh that's all right. Hey, Look is this was this
good news yesterday? How needed is this?
Speaker 8 (05:42):
It is very much needed And follows up from last
week when we're talking about gd Do you think it's
across the country eroading and constructions downward trendo that was
two point two percent, So we're talking about a good
jolt of investment coming quite quickly by the sound of
it as well. Is very welcome news.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Indeed, what difference do you think it will make to
the construction industry? I mean, can we measure how many
jobs it might create.
Speaker 8 (06:12):
We can't measure how many jobs it will pay. But
I think it's fair to say that it will allow
builders and sub trades as well. So this is the
plumbers and electricians and so forth to get a sort
of forward workload of of projects ahead of them that
I can start relying on depending on where you are
in the country, and it can vary on what that
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forward workload looks like. It is very very variable. So
for those who are thinking about their businesses, I can
keep the current staff levels. This is an opportunity to say, yes,
the economy is starting to shift and here some work
that they can start quoting on coming up really quick.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And look, there's talk about the fact trade is going
to be working over summer, but I imagine that the
impact of this will be longer than just the summer.
I mean, how long do you think it will keep
the industry going for well?
Speaker 8 (07:02):
Schoolwork traditionally is that a lot of it is done
over the summer period because it's no easier. Yep, yeah,
around schools, around the rest of it. So they are
the trades are quite used to that type of work.
I just really want to emphasize that it's a good
push of work now that is very much needed and
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will start giving a bit more confidence back into the market.
So even though I'm going to conference as our own
one setifed bild a conference a few months ago. Now
in place like zibbil so building Jet, there is a
sort of quite confidence around there that better days are
coming down the track. And this is an example that
the better day is starting to emerge.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So Malcolm, it sounds like it's a good short term solution.
What about you know, are there other ways that the
government could be giving the constructed construction industry a bit
of a boost.
Speaker 8 (07:55):
Well, I think this is an example that the government
is starting to listen to the conceit ends of industry
that the pipeline will work for. Some areas like school works,
like community housing have been closed off over the last
couple of years and it's starting to see the impact
that that has had that we've had people exiting our business,
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so our industry going overseas or just leaving the industry
and the priority and if we're continue to go as
we are, there's going to be a real issue in
the industry. Beyud A gear up again when the work
starts coming in, and that's already been a RAE main
concern of ours as well. The other good news about
all this just putting aside it's a construction industry. It's
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good news for schools. It's critical our country's children be
educated in the classrooms that are fit for purpose, that
are warm, dry and healthy spaces, and that they need
good designers and good builders to make that happen.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Absolutely, I was a little bit rude before Malkolman I said,
I've really struggled to get tradees to work over summer,
but I suppose needs must.
Speaker 8 (08:57):
It is very much a case, Francesca. I'll think you
that if those aren't going on the holiday this summer, though,
they'll be pleased to be able to put that aside.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Malcolm Fleming, thanks so much for your time this morning.
Appreciate it. Malcolm is the Certified Builder's Chief Executive. It
is a seventeen past five year with early edition The News.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
You Need this Morning and the in depth analysis early
edition with Francesca Rudkin and one roof Love where you Live.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
News Talks at Me nineteen past five. Very quickly. Are
you a runner? Are you a marathon runner? Harry Stiles
took part in the Berlin Marathon yesterday. He did it
in under three hours, two hours and fifty nine. In
March he ran the Tokyo Marathon. He did it in
three and a half hours. We'll just under three and
a half hours. I've got some new respect for Harry Starles.
That's pretty impressive, isn't it. And I had a friend
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running it who said it was very hot and humid
conditions as well. Very impressive. Right, New Zealand is one
step closer to a wallet free future. Digital services in
to Judith Collins says digital driver's licenses could be rolling
out by the end of the year. It means you
won't need to carry your wallet to the bar or
when you're driving. The idea is to make your life easier,
(10:10):
but it also raises safety questions. Andy Higgs, digital Identity
New Zealand executive director, joins me.
Speaker 8 (10:17):
Now, good morning Andy, Oh, good morning, Princession.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Okay, so do these changes sound positive to you?
Speaker 9 (10:25):
Yeah, they are that we're wise to be skeptical.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Okay, what should we be skeptical about?
Speaker 9 (10:33):
Well, I mean if you look at what's happened around
the world with digital identity in places that.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
Are not like us, like.
Speaker 9 (10:42):
Estonia or China or other countries, they you become a
number right and you know that someone was telling me
about their trip to the Middle East the other day
and they arrive and has they got second went the hospital,
and the hospital already knew everything about them. So you
(11:03):
don't want to go down that track. And we're not,
but I think a lot of people mistakenly think we are,
which is which is fine. But we've got a big
job to dour on the education front. So we're doing
a bit differently.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Down here, So Andy, maybe you could can help us
understand how this tech is going to work. Is it
like Apple pay or will there be a two factor
authentic I can.
Speaker 9 (11:28):
Never say this with two factor authentication.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Authentication, thank you, indication. No, I can never say it
actually ending. It's just one of those words.
Speaker 9 (11:40):
Yeah. No, So there is security built into the system,
but really the first thing to understand is it's not
a two sided marketplace. You know, it's not Apple sucking
up all our data and controlling our lives. It's actually well,
(12:00):
there's actually four parts to the to the infrastructure, so
it takes a bit of explaining, but I'm good to
go if you if you've met me. Basically, there's an
issuer of of a credential. We call it a credential,
which is a global standard, and there's the three global
standards that are in popular use and allows you to
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issue the physical identity as what's effectively an encrypted piece
of data or a token digital token. Then you've got
the the holder, which is which is us, you know,
the holder of the token, which in the in the
case of the digital identity, it's it's it's held on
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your device, so your phone you mentioned the smartphone in
in what we what they call a wallet, but it's
not really a wallet. It's more of a kind of
viewer of the encrypted data. And and then you've got
the that's the sect and past part. And then the
third part is the verification, which is the relying party,
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which which could be the bar, it could be the
police officer that's just pulled you over. Yeah, they're the
relying party. And there's been a whole movement around the
world because it's actually decentralized this method. So there's a
whole movement around the world talking about no phoning homes.
So what you don't want is the issuer seeing every
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time you've used your your credential. So when the relying
party checks your digital credential, that you know the issuer
of it in this case, the TA or the government
won't know that you've presented the government.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
The government can't be looking at what you're doing with it.
Speaker 9 (13:46):
And storing of data. There's no storing of data. And
it's basically what's called we've we've we've implemented this new
law called its Identity Services Trust Framework. It's a voluntary regime,
but that that points to a source of trust, a
source of trust outside that that triangle of actors. So
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it could be a government source of trust or it
could be a non government source of trust. And that's
really the big opportunity Easier London to preserve greater privacy
and control for every day the easy Landers.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Okay, it sounds like they've thought about this. Thank you
for talking us through that, Andy, appreciate that. I'm going
to give you my thoughts around the driver's license in
just a moment. It is twenty four past five, the early.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Edition for All the Show podcast on iHeartRadio powered by News.
Speaker 8 (14:36):
Talks that Be.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Okay, so here is my take around the Digital Services
Minister due to Collins's plan to introduce digital driving licenses
or driver licenses by the end of the year. Okay,
so on its own, you wonder what's the point of
moving in this direction when we have perfectly good driver's
licenses in our back pocket. But it's not really about
the driver's license. It's about creating an app like New
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South Wales has, which allows people to do a whole
lot of government related transactions simply and easily from their phones,
things like your car registration, are you waff paying road
user charges and road tolls, both of which we might
be doing a little bit more of in the future.
Inland revenue and tax payments can be dealt with through it,
dealing with superannuation and benefit payments, even maybe paying parking tickets.
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You can do the lot right, which makes sense. We
deal with so much of this online already, why not
put it all in one place. So New South Wales
they rolled out the digital driver's license in twenty nineteen
and today over eighty percent of drivers use their driver's
license via the app. It is good to see though
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that the Minister acknowledges we need to have choice around this.
A digital license system can't exclude those who don't have
access to the necessary technology or simply prefer to keep
things offline. Groups like the elderly, rural communities and areas
with poor connectivity and people with low incomes could be
disproportionately affected by a full switch to digital, So it's
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good Kiwis will be given the choice to go digital
or stay with the plastic. Digital licenses may be a modern,
forward thinking move, but they do come with privacy risks.
If we're just sort of talking about this, you can
put all the security in place you like, but no
system is entirely immune to cyber attacks or accidental or
intentional leaks. As I mentioned, much of what we do
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is already online, and I appreciate the IDs will be
decentralized and no data will be stored next to personal information.
But as that use of the app increases, will that
remain the case? Now? I am probably sounding a little paranoid,
but after having almost fallen for a sophisticated scam which
used hacked information, I'm not relaxed about the amount of
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data I have online. So if we're going to do this,
we've got to do it well. This can't be rushed,
and it must be the best version it can be
from the start. So I'm a person who never buys
the first version of a piece of tech. I always
give a provided time to sort out the kinks. I
like to buy the second or third generation version. And
I feel the same about the digital driver's licenses. I
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can understand how practical they could be. I can appreciate
how bringing everything together could make dealing with numerous government
departments easier. It will even make creating fake licenses harder
for the kids to get into r and v so
I'm well up for it as long as I can
make the move when I'm ready. Can to hear your thoughts,
You can text on ninety two ninety two with news
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Talks ab.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
The first Word on the News of the Day, Early
edition with Francesca Rudkin and one roof Love Where you
live News Talks'd be.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
This is early edition on newsbok Zebbe. I'm Francisco Rudkin
filling in for Ryan who is on Drive today. Thank
you for being with us if you are looking for
something to do with the kids over the school holidays.
Taylor Swift announced in the weekend that she is releasing
a movie. It's called the Official Release Party of a
show Girl. It's to celebrate the new album which was
coming out. It's an eighty nine minute film. When it
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was announced on Sunday, I couldn't find evidence of it anywhere.
She said it's going worldwide, it'll be in New Zealand.
Couldn't find evidence of it anywhere yesterday. Yesterday though, it
has popped up in cinema schedules, so it's been announced
that it's event. Cinema is saying it's going to be
screening on the fourth of the tenth fourth of October,
which kind of makes sense. I think it's screening on
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the third internationally, so it's only running for a couple
of days. That's going to be the last weekend of
the holiday, so by then you might want to drop
the kids off and just leave them for an hour
and a half and pick them up a little bit later.
But I imagine that that it's going to be they
will be busy those sessions, so you just might want
to keep an eye on that. I don't know when
the tickets come on out. There was very little information,
but it is coming right in the next half hours.
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So we're going to head to Australia where more details
have been released on the outrage. It's been linked to
three deaths, and at two pm this afternoon, the long
awaited overhaul to the Holidays Act will be announced. We're
going to find out you know what businesses are hoping
to hear.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Thank you, franchise good.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Oh there we go, love it another sting. Thank you
for the text though we were talking earlier about the
maintenance work at schools and LORI text to say morning Francesca.
Finally a government that sees the wisdom of doing necessary building,
a maintenance work and a downturn, unlike during the GFC,
keep our trades here and their families fed. Talking about
the digital ID, a text reads, I'm personally not keen
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on this digital license. We've already seen private information access
previously in this country. Fingers crossed. They actually give us
the option, as I will be keeping my hard copy license.
Plus what happens if your phone goes flash? Are we
to get fined for not producing a license?
Speaker 10 (20:02):
First?
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Yees, you will get the option, and I think that's
very sensible. There's another way to do it. You will
absolutely have the option. You can pick and choose. And
do you know what that was? The second thing that
crossed my mind was the phone. I hate the fact
that we're going I'm going to be more reliant on
my phone. I have to keep it charged, which I'm
going to be honest, sometimes I'm not very good at
another digital idea is morally wrong. Privacy and control concerns
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government over each cyber attacks and malware, etc. More of
our personal liberty has been taken away. So a lot
of opinion there on the digital driver's license. But the
good news is you can make your own decision. Right,
let's head around the country and adjoining us now from
Dunedin callumproc to good morning morning, Francesca.
Speaker 8 (20:45):
Right.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Food demand in Queenstown Lakes District could triple by twenty fifty.
Speaker 11 (20:50):
Ye know this is being able to really wake up
call for the Queenstown Lakes area. A new food resilience
report reveals that the region imports ninety five percent of
its food. The district's six supermarkets hold less than a
week's supply at any one time, and by the mid
twenty fifties, demand will reach ninety five thousand tons per year.
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So the report authors say it's concerning that if there
was to be a major weather event or earthquake, shelves
on those supermarkets in those supermarkets could be empty within days.
They say, any disruption to the food chain would hit
the Queenstown region really hard. And this report reveals how
exposed it truly is.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
And the weather in need and today callum early.
Speaker 11 (21:32):
Morning rain for us today, then the chants of shower
this afternoon, the highs today thirteen, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Claire Sherwood is in christ Church and Canterbury University students
are lacing up their running shoes for a seventy two
hour runathon for men's mental health today.
Speaker 12 (21:45):
Claire, Yes, Francisca. This is the student group that Lads
Without Labels. They're hosting their fifth run seventy two. This
is where the community run non stomp lamps around the
campus in order to raise money for men's at Mental
Health Services. AD's co president to Oscar Bloom has told
us this is going to be their biggest year. Yes, there,
aiming to raise one hundred thousand and seventy two dollars
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twenty eight thousand dollars more than they did last year.
He says masculinity is about asking for help and everyone
should have access to care. He says it's beautiful how
the Canterbury student population rallies and recognition that mental health
really does affect everyone.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Have they got good weather for it today?
Speaker 12 (22:24):
Claire, Yes, good news, fine, some cloud increasing a bit
later this afternoon. There is this slight chance of a
shower but not looking too likely. Lightwins and the high
should be nineteen.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Thank you so much. Claire and Max toll Is in Wellington.
Good morning, Max, good morning. Oriental Beach is getting a
sand top up.
Speaker 7 (22:41):
Yeah, it feels a little wrong covering the story today,
considering it's absolutely hosing down at the moments and going
to the beach probably the last thing on people's minds.
But yes, Central Oriental receiving a fresh top up of sand.
This is something that happens here semi regularly. Sound from
a quarry and Dunedin is going to be shpped here
and spread across Oriental Bay's three main beaches. It costs
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the city council about eight hundred thousand dollars. Access to
the beach is limited for a few weeks. The council
initially brought twenty two thousand tons of sand from Golden
Bay and Nelson more than twenty years ago for Oriental
and these top ups have been happening bi annually since
twenty fifteen.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Is the weather going to ease today? Max?
Speaker 7 (23:21):
It should later rain heavy this morning and yeah, clearing
this afternoon, strong northerlyast fifteen the hay.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Thank you so much and never written man who was
in the studio with us morning with her own microphone.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
That's right, good, it's working today, Good.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Morning, fantastic. Yes, an open funeral home is Langtise. More
than seven hundred unclaimed urns containing human remains.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
That's right now.
Speaker 13 (23:43):
Look some of these have been stored for close to
a century. Morrison's Funerals located in Henderson and Gleninis inherited
looks several of these year urns, I don't say uns
urns after the closure of other funeral homes looking after
some of them back from the nineteen thirties and the forties.
So it's asking for anyone who may have a loved
one whose ashes were never collected to get in touch.
Speaker 5 (24:06):
See canter it. That's a lot.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
There's a lot.
Speaker 13 (24:09):
So they've got a deadline for December the first, wanting
these ones to be claimed. All unclaimed ashes are going
to be interred. This is an among the lawn cemetery plot.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Okay.
Speaker 13 (24:20):
And the weather in Auckland today well, rain heavy at
times from late morning. We've got thunderstorms possible north of
Auckland City nor the least strong at times.
Speaker 5 (24:28):
You know, that's fantastic high of eighteen.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Just perfect for the school holidays.
Speaker 5 (24:33):
I know, what are the kids? You keep them inside
in door activities, red escape.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
It's good to get out and get a bit of
fresh air. But a rain doesn't hurt you. Next off
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was with us. Good morning, Donna, good morning. So you
got some more details on this Optus triple zero outage.
Speaker 10 (26:13):
Yes, well, it was last Thursday that there was this
catastrophic triple zero outage, that is people could not get
through to emergency services. Now the outage is linked to
three deaths across two states that South Australia and Western Australia.
We've heard from Optus chief Stephen Rue and he says
it was a network upgrade that prevented people from making
those triple zero calls. It affected about six hundred households
(26:37):
in South.
Speaker 14 (26:38):
Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and now we've learned even
a part of New South Wales. Optus has even admitted
that the process was not followed after it missed at
least five warnings of the zero outage. Communications Minister Anika
Wells yesterday said that Telco has no excuses after what happened,
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and she has promised that Optus will suffer significant consequences
major financial penalties are likely, and we know that in
twenty twenty three, so not so long ago, Optus was
fined twelve million dollars for similar failures. We also have
heard the Guardian reports that the Communications Regulator says it
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wasn't informed of the outage until hours after it was resolved,
and the company has provided inaccurate information as to what
happened at that point.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
The story just keeps getting worse and worse, doesn't it, Donna.
Speaker 10 (27:34):
Yes, the PM says that Optus's behavior was completely unacceptable.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Don't mean know that?
Speaker 6 (27:39):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (27:40):
And look, your Prime Minister is preparing to address the
UN General Assembly on Palestine.
Speaker 10 (27:45):
Yes, so we have actually well, the PM is due
to deliver a major address in regard to Palestinians, the
recognition of Palestine, sorry, at the UN General Assembly today,
and we know that Anthony Albanizi will tell the international
community why Australia is joining the UK and Canada to
recognize Palestine. A few things expected that he will mention
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is that we must break, as he put it, we
must break cycle of violence and build something better.
Speaker 15 (28:12):
But interestingly, we've heard from the opposition leader Susan Lee.
She's written to us Republicans to reassure Congress members that
a coalition government would withdraw the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Thank you so much, don I.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
Have a good day, Thank you, Francisco.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
It is ten to sex right. Major changes a head
for employers. The long awaited overhaul of the Holidays Act
will be announced today by the Workplace Relations Minister. This woman.
Business owners will hopefully have more certainty over their leave
requirements of their staff. Leanne Watson is the CEO of
Business Canterbury and she's with me now. Good morning, Lynne,
(28:53):
good morning. Okay, how long have you been waiting for
this legislation to be overhauled?
Speaker 8 (28:58):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (28:58):
Look, a very long time, very much looking forward today's
announcement and what we hope will replace this long criticized
Holidays Act. In fact, in my eight years a CEO
of Business Cannibury, I would say no single piece of
legislation has caused more frustration, more confusion than the Holidays Act.
And there's been you know, significant compliance nightmares, riddled with complexity,
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manual pay roll fixes and interventions and you know some
pretty serious under and overpayment risks involved.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
It's been really tricky for casual employee. So how are
casual employees treated differently to full timers under the current
act and what are you hoping to see?
Speaker 6 (29:37):
Yeah, look, I mean the first thing that we're hoping
to see is a regulation that is clearer, fairer, and
just more practical for employers to implement and meet their obligations,
because that has been the single biggest concern that you know,
businesses have just simply almost needed an advanced calculus degree
to work out whether or not they are in fact
meeting those obligations. And you're quite right when we take
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into accounts some modern day work day practices. You know,
we do have many sectors who employ casual and part
time staff, manufacturers, hospitality, retail, and they have been I
guess the most impacted by mainly the pro rating of
leave based on the hour's work. That's been you know,
one of the biggest issues. So that's what we're hoping
to see today is just that particular issue. You know,
(30:22):
a lot there for employers to work through.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
What else would you love to hear? The curtain only en.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
Look, I think just going back to really reducing that
compliance burden on businesses and having them, you know, understand
how to navigate that legislation that you know that has
been the single biggest issue, has caused huge confusion, and
not only for you know, small businesses, many of whom
of course don't having sort of dedicated HR resources internally,
but also you know, we know for some of the
(30:50):
bigger businesses impacting, including some of the government departments, they've
also you know, been victim of not understanding this and
getting it wrong. So I think just you know, go
in vector, making it really clear, really fear and really
practical for businesses to implement is what we're hoping to
see today.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
Are you confident? I mean, how was the consultation process?
Do you feel like your concerns were heard by the minister.
Speaker 6 (31:13):
We have had some good consultation and in fact, you know,
Minister van Walden has been very actively involved in engaging
with our members and Canterbury not only on this but
also on health and safety reform. So the consultation has
been good. I guess the announcement today will determine how
much she has listened. This is complex. I suspect it
(31:34):
will take quite some time to work through, but you
know this has been worked on since twenty eighteen, so
there needs to be some urgency to address this to
get it right.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Yeah, Watson, thank you so much for your time today.
Appreciate that. I wish you the best of LFE for
two o'clock. So two o'clock is when we do expect
to hear that announcement, and hopefully it will clear up
a lot of that confusion and make things easier for
employers but also employees. I think half the time that's
been the problem as well. We all have different expectations
of what we expect and how that holiday pay is
(32:07):
going to work and things. So hopefully that can be
simplified and make it easier for everybody. Mike Hosking is
in the studio. Next it is six to.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Six Get Ahead of the Headlines on an early edition
with Francesca Rudkin and one roof Love, Where You Live, News.
Speaker 9 (32:24):
Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Coming up at six is the Mike Hosking Breakfast and
Mike Hosking joins me. Now, good morning, good morning. Now,
I just asked you what was on the Showsdawn. You
said a lot of you and I said to you,
when you can't ask for much more than that, can you?
Speaker 7 (32:37):
And you were correct.
Speaker 16 (32:38):
We will actually talk about coal because the deal has
been done and so there's a lot of people seem
exercised about the Indonesian part of the equation. So we
partially solve that with they call it local coal, which
it is local coal, but the company's Australian, of course,
not that that seems to matter. But anyway, we're digging
it up here. So we are digging it up here,
and it seems to be for the foreseeable too. Was
(33:00):
a period of time when we were chasing the renewable dream,
and I'm assuming we're still doing it. But we're doing
a lot of coal at the moment to keep the
lights on. And the more AI centers turn up and
the data centers turn up, then presumably we're gonna need
more and more of this as the as we wait
for the windmills. By the way, just let me ask
you quickly give me your AMUSEO personally, is you're like Harpafin,
Yes I do. Yeah, he's on this morning, and I
(33:22):
found him. I've interviewed him several times now and I
just find him a miserably interesting, very bright guy performing
with Yeah, Yes, Yes, South America then Yeah, And I'd
never heard of.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
Them twenty one pilots. Yes, they're supporting twenty one pilots.
But the band is Badaga Bla Bidaga. I'm Blabadaga. Oh
look here am I looking at Glenn and you're across that.
Speaker 5 (33:48):
Looking at Glenn.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
See, I've got I've got I've actually got something to
bring up with you because for years I sat on
that breakfast couch and I tried to get you interested
in country music and you paid no attention to me.
Look at you now, you're like, you're like the poster
boy for country music in.
Speaker 16 (34:03):
New Zealand, to country music and also for Bla Badega
South America. Sixty thousand plus people in your stadiums incredibally amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
Thanks for your time, have a great day.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
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The issues, the interviews and the inside. Francesca Rudgin on
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
Where You Live?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
News talks, the'd be Good.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Morning, Welcome to early edition. I'm Francisco Budkin filling in
for Ryan who is on drives this week. Great to
have you with us. You most welcome to contact me
anytime this morning. You can flict me a text on
ninety two ninety two, or you can email me at
Francesca at newstooks atb dot co dot MZ. On the
show today, what impact will the accelerated four hundred and
thirteen million announced yesterday for school property have on the
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construction sector? We look at the pros and cons of
the digital driver's license, and the long awaited overhaul of
the Holidays Act will be announced today. We find out
what's on businesses wish list. The agenda the UN General
Assembly has been underway in New York. Many things to
discuss today. Russian drones in Polish airspace.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
These latest acts are dangerous and reckless. They are a
deliberate attempt to undermine the territorial integrity of sovereign nations
and European security. They risk miscalculation, they open the door
to direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
France is gearing up to join the UK, Canada and
Australia and recognizing a Palestinian state.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
The more countries that recognize Palestine, the more hope it
gives for action, for change, for a push to get
those ceasefire talks back going again, because they really have
faltered in recent weeks, and many would say we're further
away from a deal at this point than any time
in the last since January.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Really, our foreign Minister Winston Peters is there, but still
no word on where New Zealand stands. Charlie Kirk's memorial
service in Phoenix, Arizona, brought in thousands. His wife, Erica,
delivered a tearful speech.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
On the Cross.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Our Savior said, Father, forgive them.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
For they not know what they do.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
I forgive them.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
And finally, Trump says he may have the answer to autism.
Reports suggest officials will link it to pregnant women using thailanol,
which as we also know as paracetamol. Trump's promising and
amazing announcement saying autism is out of control and they
may know why.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
You'll see what it is tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
We have various things, but you'll see what it is.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
I think it's going to be a very important as
conference and we want things to take them back immediately.
There's obviously something artificial that's really wrong that we think
we know what that is.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And that's the agenda.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Francesca Rutkin and one roof Love where you Live, News.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Talk said, be well, we're all about maintenance this week,
aren't we. On Sunday the government was all talk about
building more car parks and replacing boilers and adapting facilities
at our hospitals. And if that didn't get the message
across that the government is doing everything it can to
grow the trade and construction sector. Yesterday Eric Stanford announced
trades would be working and our schools over summer. So
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after the GDP hiccup last week, the government is looking around.
It's going, okay, what have we budgeted for that we
can bring Ford and accelerating maintenance and building its schools
is a pretty good start. It's a lot of like
the health funding. The four hundred and thirteen million package
consists of old and new money. There's about fifty eight
million of it is new money, the rest existing, some
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brought forward. I think this is a good idea, it
makes sense. It's quick adaptive behavior by the government. I mean,
you do wonder if they could have done it earlier.
Maybe Now though the government is listening to kiwi's out
there who are telling them they are not thriving in
twenty five. I can only see one problem which may
no longer be a problem considering these tough times. But
I've never been able to get a trade to work
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over summer franchiers.
Speaker 8 (03:58):
Good.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Now, that's a bit cheaking of rude, isn't it? And
I might get told off because coming up next we've
got Malcolm Fleming with us. He's the Certified Builder's chief executive.
He's going to talk to me about the reality of
this funding and the impact it will have. If you
are a tradee though, how do you feel about yesterday's announcement?
You're most welcome to text me on ninety two ninety two.
(04:19):
You're with Early Edition. It's ten plus five.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
News and views you trust to start your day. It's
Early Edition with Franchesca Runkin and one roof Love where
you live news talks that'd.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Be today is of course the doctor's strike, and look,
I really feel for you if you're one of the
thirteen thousand affected patients by the senior doctors and dentists
strike today. I don't mind people fighting for what they
believe in, and I understand there are some fundamental issues
with the system that need fixing, but this has really
gone on for long enough. Sympathy for either side is
starting to wane. There has been a lot of finger
(04:52):
pointing as to who is to blame for these strikes today,
but at this point, more than a year down the track,
I'd have to suggest both sides need to take some
responsible for this. I think it's time we put our
big boy and big girl pantsil and got the sorted,
don't you think Texas ninety two ninety two Right as
I mentioned the government's pumping more money into schools to
prop up our struggling construction sector fifty eight million and
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new funding and one hundred and seventy five million brought
forward funding. We'll go into maintenance work and fast tracking
school infrastructure. Nationwide constructions and deep decline down nearly ten
percent over the past years, so the tradees will be celebrating.
Malcolm Fleming, certified builder's chief executive, joins me.
Speaker 8 (05:33):
Now morning Malcolm, Good morning, Francesca. Thank you for inviting
me on your program.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Oh that's all right. Hey, Look is this was this
good news yesterday? How needed is this?
Speaker 8 (05:42):
It is very much needed And follows up from last
week when we're talking about gd Do you think it's
across the country eroading and constructions downward trendo that was
two point two percent, So we're talking about a good
jolt of investment coming quite quickly by the sound of
it as well. Is very welcome news.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Indeed, what difference do you think it will make to
the construction industry? I mean, can we measure how many
jobs it might create.
Speaker 8 (06:12):
We can't measure how many jobs it will pay. But
I think it's fair to say that it will allow
builders and sub trades as well. So this is the
plumbers and electricians and so forth to get a sort
of forward workload of of projects ahead of them that
I can start relying on depending on where you are
in the country, and it can vary on what that
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forward workload looks like. It is very very variable. So
for those who are thinking about their businesses, I can
keep the current staff levels. This is an opportunity to say, yes,
the economy is starting to shift and here some work
that they can start quoting on coming up really quick.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And look, there's talk about the fact trade is going
to be working over summer, but I imagine that the
impact of this will be longer than just the summer.
I mean, how long do you think it will keep
the industry going for well?
Speaker 8 (07:02):
Schoolwork traditionally is that a lot of it is done
over the summer period because it's no easier. Yep, yeah,
around schools, around the rest of it. So they are
the trades are quite used to that type of work.
I just really want to emphasize that it's a good
push of work now that is very much needed and
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will start giving a bit more confidence back into the market.
So even though I'm going to conference as our own
one setifed bild a conference a few months ago. Now
in place like zibbil so building Jet, there is a
sort of quite confidence around there that better days are
coming down the track. And this is an example that
the better day is starting to emerge.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So Malcolm, it sounds like it's a good short term solution.
What about you know, are there other ways that the
government could be giving the constructed construction industry a bit
of a boost.
Speaker 8 (07:55):
Well, I think this is an example that the government
is starting to listen to the conceit ends of industry
that the pipeline will work for. Some areas like school works,
like community housing have been closed off over the last
couple of years and it's starting to see the impact
that that has had that we've had people exiting our business,
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so our industry going overseas or just leaving the industry
and the priority and if we're continue to go as
we are, there's going to be a real issue in
the industry. Beyud A gear up again when the work
starts coming in, and that's already been a RAE main
concern of ours as well. The other good news about
all this just putting aside it's a construction industry. It's
(08:37):
good news for schools. It's critical our country's children be
educated in the classrooms that are fit for purpose, that
are warm, dry and healthy spaces, and that they need
good designers and good builders to make that happen.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Absolutely, I was a little bit rude before Malkolman I said,
I've really struggled to get tradees to work over summer,
but I suppose needs must.
Speaker 8 (08:57):
It is very much a case, Francesca. I'll think you
that if those aren't going on the holiday this summer, though,
they'll be pleased to be able to put that aside.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Malcolm Fleming, thanks so much for your time this morning.
Appreciate it. Malcolm is the Certified Builder's Chief Executive. It
is a seventeen past five year with early edition The News.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
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News Talks at Me nineteen past five. Very quickly. Are
you a runner? Are you a marathon runner? Harry Stiles
took part in the Berlin Marathon yesterday. He did it
in under three hours, two hours and fifty nine. In
March he ran the Tokyo Marathon. He did it in
three and a half hours. We'll just under three and
a half hours. I've got some new respect for Harry Starles.
That's pretty impressive, isn't it. And I had a friend
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running it who said it was very hot and humid
conditions as well. Very impressive. Right, New Zealand is one
step closer to a wallet free future. Digital services in
to Judith Collins says digital driver's licenses could be rolling
out by the end of the year. It means you
won't need to carry your wallet to the bar or
when you're driving. The idea is to make your life easier,
(10:10):
but it also raises safety questions. Andy Higgs, digital Identity
New Zealand executive director, joins me.
Speaker 8 (10:17):
Now, good morning Andy, Oh, good morning, Princession.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Okay, so do these changes sound positive to you?
Speaker 9 (10:25):
Yeah, they are that we're wise to be skeptical.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Okay, what should we be skeptical about?
Speaker 9 (10:33):
Well, I mean if you look at what's happened around
the world with digital identity in places that.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
Are not like us, like.
Speaker 9 (10:42):
Estonia or China or other countries, they you become a
number right and you know that someone was telling me
about their trip to the Middle East the other day
and they arrive and has they got second went the hospital,
and the hospital already knew everything about them. So you
(11:03):
don't want to go down that track. And we're not,
but I think a lot of people mistakenly think we are,
which is which is fine. But we've got a big
job to dour on the education front. So we're doing
a bit differently.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Down here, So Andy, maybe you could can help us
understand how this tech is going to work. Is it
like Apple pay or will there be a two factor
authentic I can.
Speaker 9 (11:28):
Never say this with two factor authentication.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Authentication, thank you, indication. No, I can never say it
actually ending. It's just one of those words.
Speaker 9 (11:40):
Yeah. No, So there is security built into the system,
but really the first thing to understand is it's not
a two sided marketplace. You know, it's not Apple sucking
up all our data and controlling our lives. It's actually well,
(12:00):
there's actually four parts to the to the infrastructure, so
it takes a bit of explaining, but I'm good to
go if you if you've met me. Basically, there's an
issuer of of a credential. We call it a credential,
which is a global standard, and there's the three global
standards that are in popular use and allows you to
(12:22):
issue the physical identity as what's effectively an encrypted piece
of data or a token digital token. Then you've got
the the holder, which is which is us, you know,
the holder of the token, which in the in the
case of the digital identity, it's it's it's held on
(12:44):
your device, so your phone you mentioned the smartphone in
in what we what they call a wallet, but it's
not really a wallet. It's more of a kind of
viewer of the encrypted data. And and then you've got
the that's the sect and past part. And then the
third part is the verification, which is the relying party,
(13:05):
which which could be the bar, it could be the
police officer that's just pulled you over. Yeah, they're the
relying party. And there's been a whole movement around the
world because it's actually decentralized this method. So there's a
whole movement around the world talking about no phoning homes.
So what you don't want is the issuer seeing every
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time you've used your your credential. So when the relying
party checks your digital credential, that you know the issuer
of it in this case, the TA or the government
won't know that you've presented the government.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
The government can't be looking at what you're doing with it.
Speaker 9 (13:46):
And storing of data. There's no storing of data. And
it's basically what's called we've we've we've implemented this new
law called its Identity Services Trust Framework. It's a voluntary regime,
but that that points to a source of trust, a
source of trust outside that that triangle of actors. So
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it could be a government source of trust or it
could be a non government source of trust. And that's
really the big opportunity Easier London to preserve greater privacy
and control for every day the easy Landers.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Okay, it sounds like they've thought about this. Thank you
for talking us through that, Andy, appreciate that. I'm going
to give you my thoughts around the driver's license in
just a moment. It is twenty four past five, the early.
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Speaker 8 (14:36):
Talks that Be.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Okay, so here is my take around the Digital Services
Minister due to Collins's plan to introduce digital driving licenses
or driver licenses by the end of the year. Okay,
so on its own, you wonder what's the point of
moving in this direction when we have perfectly good driver's
licenses in our back pocket. But it's not really about
the driver's license. It's about creating an app like New
(15:00):
South Wales has, which allows people to do a whole
lot of government related transactions simply and easily from their phones,
things like your car registration, are you waff paying road
user charges and road tolls, both of which we might
be doing a little bit more of in the future.
Inland revenue and tax payments can be dealt with through it,
dealing with superannuation and benefit payments, even maybe paying parking tickets.
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You can do the lot right, which makes sense. We
deal with so much of this online already, why not
put it all in one place. So New South Wales
they rolled out the digital driver's license in twenty nineteen
and today over eighty percent of drivers use their driver's
license via the app. It is good to see though
(15:46):
that the Minister acknowledges we need to have choice around this.
A digital license system can't exclude those who don't have
access to the necessary technology or simply prefer to keep
things offline. Groups like the elderly, rural communities and areas
with poor connectivity and people with low incomes could be
disproportionately affected by a full switch to digital, So it's
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good Kiwis will be given the choice to go digital
or stay with the plastic. Digital licenses may be a modern,
forward thinking move, but they do come with privacy risks.
If we're just sort of talking about this, you can
put all the security in place you like, but no
system is entirely immune to cyber attacks or accidental or
intentional leaks. As I mentioned, much of what we do
(16:27):
is already online, and I appreciate the IDs will be
decentralized and no data will be stored next to personal information.
But as that use of the app increases, will that
remain the case? Now? I am probably sounding a little paranoid,
but after having almost fallen for a sophisticated scam which
used hacked information, I'm not relaxed about the amount of
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data I have online. So if we're going to do this,
we've got to do it well. This can't be rushed,
and it must be the best version it can be
from the start. So I'm a person who never buys
the first version of a piece of tech. I always
give a provided time to sort out the kinks. I
like to buy the second or third generation version. And
I feel the same about the digital driver's licenses. I
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can understand how practical they could be. I can appreciate
how bringing everything together could make dealing with numerous government
departments easier. It will even make creating fake licenses harder
for the kids to get into r and v so
I'm well up for it as long as I can
make the move when I'm ready. Can to hear your thoughts,
You can text on ninety two ninety two with news
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Talks ab.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
The first Word on the News of the Day, Early
edition with Francesca Rudkin and one roof Love Where you
live News Talks'd be.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
This is early edition on newsbok Zebbe. I'm Francisco Rudkin
filling in for Ryan who is on Drive today. Thank
you for being with us if you are looking for
something to do with the kids over the school holidays.
Taylor Swift announced in the weekend that she is releasing
a movie. It's called the Official Release Party of a
show Girl. It's to celebrate the new album which was
coming out. It's an eighty nine minute film. When it
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was announced on Sunday, I couldn't find evidence of it anywhere.
She said it's going worldwide, it'll be in New Zealand.
Couldn't find evidence of it anywhere yesterday. Yesterday though, it
has popped up in cinema schedules, so it's been announced
that it's event. Cinema is saying it's going to be
screening on the fourth of the tenth fourth of October,
which kind of makes sense. I think it's screening on
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the third internationally, so it's only running for a couple
of days. That's going to be the last weekend of
the holiday, so by then you might want to drop
the kids off and just leave them for an hour
and a half and pick them up a little bit later.
But I imagine that that it's going to be they
will be busy those sessions, so you just might want
to keep an eye on that. I don't know when
the tickets come on out. There was very little information,
but it is coming right in the next half hours.
(19:05):
So we're going to head to Australia where more details
have been released on the outrage. It's been linked to
three deaths, and at two pm this afternoon, the long
awaited overhaul to the Holidays Act will be announced. We're
going to find out you know what businesses are hoping
to hear.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Thank you, franchise good.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Oh there we go, love it another sting. Thank you
for the text though we were talking earlier about the
maintenance work at schools and LORI text to say morning Francesca.
Finally a government that sees the wisdom of doing necessary building,
a maintenance work and a downturn, unlike during the GFC,
keep our trades here and their families fed. Talking about
the digital ID, a text reads, I'm personally not keen
(19:48):
on this digital license. We've already seen private information access
previously in this country. Fingers crossed. They actually give us
the option, as I will be keeping my hard copy license.
Plus what happens if your phone goes flash? Are we
to get fined for not producing a license?
Speaker 10 (20:02):
First?
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Yees, you will get the option, and I think that's
very sensible. There's another way to do it. You will
absolutely have the option. You can pick and choose. And
do you know what that was? The second thing that
crossed my mind was the phone. I hate the fact
that we're going I'm going to be more reliant on
my phone. I have to keep it charged, which I'm
going to be honest, sometimes I'm not very good at
another digital idea is morally wrong. Privacy and control concerns
(20:24):
government over each cyber attacks and malware, etc. More of
our personal liberty has been taken away. So a lot
of opinion there on the digital driver's license. But the
good news is you can make your own decision. Right,
let's head around the country and adjoining us now from
Dunedin callumproc to good morning morning, Francesca.
Speaker 8 (20:45):
Right.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Food demand in Queenstown Lakes District could triple by twenty fifty.
Speaker 11 (20:50):
Ye know this is being able to really wake up
call for the Queenstown Lakes area. A new food resilience
report reveals that the region imports ninety five percent of
its food. The district's six supermarkets hold less than a
week's supply at any one time, and by the mid
twenty fifties, demand will reach ninety five thousand tons per year.
(21:12):
So the report authors say it's concerning that if there
was to be a major weather event or earthquake, shelves
on those supermarkets in those supermarkets could be empty within days.
They say, any disruption to the food chain would hit
the Queenstown region really hard. And this report reveals how
exposed it truly is.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
And the weather in need and today callum early.
Speaker 11 (21:32):
Morning rain for us today, then the chants of shower
this afternoon, the highs today thirteen, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Claire Sherwood is in christ Church and Canterbury University students
are lacing up their running shoes for a seventy two
hour runathon for men's mental health today.
Speaker 12 (21:45):
Claire, Yes, Francisca. This is the student group that Lads
Without Labels. They're hosting their fifth run seventy two. This
is where the community run non stomp lamps around the
campus in order to raise money for men's at Mental
Health Services. AD's co president to Oscar Bloom has told
us this is going to be their biggest year. Yes, there,
aiming to raise one hundred thousand and seventy two dollars
(22:08):
twenty eight thousand dollars more than they did last year.
He says masculinity is about asking for help and everyone
should have access to care. He says it's beautiful how
the Canterbury student population rallies and recognition that mental health
really does affect everyone.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Have they got good weather for it today?
Speaker 12 (22:24):
Claire, Yes, good news, fine, some cloud increasing a bit
later this afternoon. There is this slight chance of a
shower but not looking too likely. Lightwins and the high
should be nineteen.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Thank you so much. Claire and Max toll Is in Wellington.
Good morning, Max, good morning. Oriental Beach is getting a
sand top up.
Speaker 7 (22:41):
Yeah, it feels a little wrong covering the story today,
considering it's absolutely hosing down at the moments and going
to the beach probably the last thing on people's minds.
But yes, Central Oriental receiving a fresh top up of sand.
This is something that happens here semi regularly. Sound from
a quarry and Dunedin is going to be shpped here
and spread across Oriental Bay's three main beaches. It costs
(23:02):
the city council about eight hundred thousand dollars. Access to
the beach is limited for a few weeks. The council
initially brought twenty two thousand tons of sand from Golden
Bay and Nelson more than twenty years ago for Oriental
and these top ups have been happening bi annually since
twenty fifteen.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Is the weather going to ease today? Max?
Speaker 7 (23:21):
It should later rain heavy this morning and yeah, clearing
this afternoon, strong northerlyast fifteen the hay.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Thank you so much and never written man who was
in the studio with us morning with her own microphone.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
That's right, good, it's working today, Good.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Morning, fantastic. Yes, an open funeral home is Langtise. More
than seven hundred unclaimed urns containing human remains.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
That's right now.
Speaker 13 (23:43):
Look some of these have been stored for close to
a century. Morrison's Funerals located in Henderson and Gleninis inherited
looks several of these year urns, I don't say uns
urns after the closure of other funeral homes looking after
some of them back from the nineteen thirties and the forties.
So it's asking for anyone who may have a loved
one whose ashes were never collected to get in touch.
Speaker 5 (24:06):
See canter it. That's a lot.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
There's a lot.
Speaker 13 (24:09):
So they've got a deadline for December the first, wanting
these ones to be claimed. All unclaimed ashes are going
to be interred. This is an among the lawn cemetery plot.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Okay.
Speaker 13 (24:20):
And the weather in Auckland today well, rain heavy at
times from late morning. We've got thunderstorms possible north of
Auckland City nor the least strong at times.
Speaker 5 (24:28):
You know, that's fantastic high of eighteen.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Just perfect for the school holidays.
Speaker 5 (24:33):
I know, what are the kids? You keep them inside
in door activities, red escape.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
It's good to get out and get a bit of
fresh air. But a rain doesn't hurt you. Next off
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Business, and we are heading to Australia. Donna de Mayo
was with us. Good morning, Donna, good morning. So you
got some more details on this Optus triple zero outage.
Speaker 10 (26:13):
Yes, well, it was last Thursday that there was this
catastrophic triple zero outage, that is people could not get
through to emergency services. Now the outage is linked to
three deaths across two states that South Australia and Western Australia.
We've heard from Optus chief Stephen Rue and he says
it was a network upgrade that prevented people from making
those triple zero calls. It affected about six hundred households
(26:37):
in South.
Speaker 14 (26:38):
Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and now we've learned even
a part of New South Wales. Optus has even admitted
that the process was not followed after it missed at
least five warnings of the zero outage. Communications Minister Anika
Wells yesterday said that Telco has no excuses after what happened,
(26:58):
and she has promised that Optus will suffer significant consequences
major financial penalties are likely, and we know that in
twenty twenty three, so not so long ago, Optus was
fined twelve million dollars for similar failures. We also have
heard the Guardian reports that the Communications Regulator says it
(27:19):
wasn't informed of the outage until hours after it was resolved,
and the company has provided inaccurate information as to what
happened at that point.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
The story just keeps getting worse and worse, doesn't it, Donna.
Speaker 10 (27:34):
Yes, the PM says that Optus's behavior was completely unacceptable.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
Don't mean know that?
Speaker 6 (27:39):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (27:40):
And look, your Prime Minister is preparing to address the
UN General Assembly on Palestine.
Speaker 10 (27:45):
Yes, so we have actually well, the PM is due
to deliver a major address in regard to Palestinians, the
recognition of Palestine, sorry, at the UN General Assembly today,
and we know that Anthony Albanizi will tell the international
community why Australia is joining the UK and Canada to
recognize Palestine. A few things expected that he will mention
(28:07):
is that we must break, as he put it, we
must break cycle of violence and build something better.
Speaker 15 (28:12):
But interestingly, we've heard from the opposition leader Susan Lee.
She's written to us Republicans to reassure Congress members that
a coalition government would withdraw the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Thank you so much, don I.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
Have a good day, Thank you, Francisco.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
It is ten to sex right. Major changes a head
for employers. The long awaited overhaul of the Holidays Act
will be announced today by the Workplace Relations Minister. This woman.
Business owners will hopefully have more certainty over their leave
requirements of their staff. Leanne Watson is the CEO of
Business Canterbury and she's with me now. Good morning, Lynne,
(28:53):
good morning. Okay, how long have you been waiting for
this legislation to be overhauled?
Speaker 8 (28:58):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (28:58):
Look, a very long time, very much looking forward today's
announcement and what we hope will replace this long criticized
Holidays Act. In fact, in my eight years a CEO
of Business Cannibury, I would say no single piece of
legislation has caused more frustration, more confusion than the Holidays Act.
And there's been you know, significant compliance nightmares, riddled with complexity,
(29:21):
manual pay roll fixes and interventions and you know some
pretty serious under and overpayment risks involved.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
It's been really tricky for casual employee. So how are
casual employees treated differently to full timers under the current
act and what are you hoping to see?
Speaker 6 (29:37):
Yeah, look, I mean the first thing that we're hoping
to see is a regulation that is clearer, fairer, and
just more practical for employers to implement and meet their obligations,
because that has been the single biggest concern that you know,
businesses have just simply almost needed an advanced calculus degree
to work out whether or not they are in fact
meeting those obligations. And you're quite right when we take
(29:58):
into accounts some modern day work day practices. You know,
we do have many sectors who employ casual and part
time staff, manufacturers, hospitality, retail, and they have been I
guess the most impacted by mainly the pro rating of
leave based on the hour's work. That's been you know,
one of the biggest issues. So that's what we're hoping
to see today is just that particular issue. You know,
(30:22):
a lot there for employers to work through.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
What else would you love to hear? The curtain only en.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
Look, I think just going back to really reducing that
compliance burden on businesses and having them, you know, understand
how to navigate that legislation that you know that has
been the single biggest issue, has caused huge confusion, and
not only for you know, small businesses, many of whom
of course don't having sort of dedicated HR resources internally,
but also you know, we know for some of the
(30:50):
bigger businesses impacting, including some of the government departments, they've
also you know, been victim of not understanding this and
getting it wrong. So I think just you know, go
in vector, making it really clear, really fear and really
practical for businesses to implement is what we're hoping to
see today.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
Are you confident? I mean, how was the consultation process?
Do you feel like your concerns were heard by the minister.
Speaker 6 (31:13):
We have had some good consultation and in fact, you know,
Minister van Walden has been very actively involved in engaging
with our members and Canterbury not only on this but
also on health and safety reform. So the consultation has
been good. I guess the announcement today will determine how
much she has listened. This is complex. I suspect it
(31:34):
will take quite some time to work through, but you
know this has been worked on since twenty eighteen, so
there needs to be some urgency to address this to
get it right.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Yeah, Watson, thank you so much for your time today.
Appreciate that. I wish you the best of LFE for
two o'clock. So two o'clock is when we do expect
to hear that announcement, and hopefully it will clear up
a lot of that confusion and make things easier for
employers but also employees. I think half the time that's
been the problem as well. We all have different expectations
of what we expect and how that holiday pay is
(32:07):
going to work and things. So hopefully that can be
simplified and make it easier for everybody. Mike Hosking is
in the studio. Next it is six to.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Six Get Ahead of the Headlines on an early edition
with Francesca Rudkin and one roof Love, Where You Live, News.
Speaker 9 (32:24):
Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Coming up at six is the Mike Hosking Breakfast and
Mike Hosking joins me. Now, good morning, good morning. Now,
I just asked you what was on the Showsdawn. You
said a lot of you and I said to you,
when you can't ask for much more than that, can you?
Speaker 7 (32:37):
And you were correct.
Speaker 16 (32:38):
We will actually talk about coal because the deal has
been done and so there's a lot of people seem
exercised about the Indonesian part of the equation. So we
partially solve that with they call it local coal, which
it is local coal, but the company's Australian, of course,
not that that seems to matter. But anyway, we're digging
it up here. So we are digging it up here,
and it seems to be for the foreseeable too. Was
(33:00):
a period of time when we were chasing the renewable dream,
and I'm assuming we're still doing it. But we're doing
a lot of coal at the moment to keep the
lights on. And the more AI centers turn up and
the data centers turn up, then presumably we're gonna need
more and more of this as the as we wait
for the windmills. By the way, just let me ask
you quickly give me your AMUSEO personally, is you're like Harpafin,
Yes I do. Yeah, he's on this morning, and I
(33:22):
found him. I've interviewed him several times now and I
just find him a miserably interesting, very bright guy performing
with Yeah, Yes, Yes, South America then Yeah, And I'd
never heard of.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
Them twenty one pilots. Yes, they're supporting twenty one pilots.
But the band is Badaga Bla Bidaga. I'm Blabadaga. Oh
look here am I looking at Glenn and you're across that.
Speaker 5 (33:48):
Looking at Glenn.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
See, I've got I've got I've actually got something to
bring up with you because for years I sat on
that breakfast couch and I tried to get you interested
in country music and you paid no attention to me.
Look at you now, you're like, you're like the poster
boy for country music in.
Speaker 16 (34:03):
New Zealand, to country music and also for Bla Badega
South America. Sixty thousand plus people in your stadiums incredibally amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
Thanks for your time, have a great day.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
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