March 26, 2025 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast Thursday 27th of March 2025, could Liam Lawson be dropped by RedBull already? Motorsport expert Bob McMurray shares his thoughts.
New research from the Royal NZ College of GPs shows primary healthcare is being financially neglected, President Samantha Murton shares her concerns.
Westpac is calling for the Reserve Bank to relax capital requirements, Chief economist at Simplicity, Shumabeel Eaqub tells Andrew Dickens if it'sa good idea.
US Correspondent Mitch McCann has the latest on the Atlantic deciding to publish additional text messages from the group chat of top Trump national security officials, on the Houthi attack.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the inside. Andrew Dickens on
early edition with one roof make your property search simple
used talks. It'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
As goodboding to you and welcome to the program. You've
made it to Thursday, and thank you so much for
choosing us. Coming up in the next sixty minutes, the
Royal New Zealand College of GPS reckons the primary healthcare
is being financially neglected. We'll find out if it is
or is this just another play for more budget. We'll
talk about this in about five minutes time. West Pact
reckons the regulations around banks and how much capital they
(00:36):
carry are excessive and unnecessary. That story in ten and
will it reduce your mortgage if it happens? And Liam
Lawson in the eye of the global storm, what's the
latest and can he survive it. Bob McMurray joins us
just before six. We'll have correspondence from right around the world,
including Mitch McCann from the States on the group chat Saga.
We'll have correspondence from right around New Zealand and use
as it breaks, and you can have your say too
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by giving us a text. Charge applies and the number
is ninety two to ninety two. It's seven minutes after five.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
It's Thursday, the twenty seventh of March. First to this
whole group chat thing that's happening in the United States.
The Atlantic magazine has now published the full exchange of
messages between senior White House officials as the US conducted
strikes in Yemen this month. The newly revealed messages show
Defense Secretary Pete Higsyth sharing information about the raids, including
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exact timings of drone and missile attacks on the Hooties
and updates on the target's hit. The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg,
who was added to the chat, initially didn't publish all
of the messages to avoid revealing classified information, but because
of the White House claims that he's lying, he decided
to disclose the whole thing. National Security applies to Mike Watts,
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though is doubling down. He reckons that he adds that
Goldberg claims there were no war plan. Shit.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's embarrassing. Yes, we're going to get to the bottom
of it. We have. I just talked to Elon on
the way here. We've got the best technical minds looking
at how this happened. But I can tell you. I
can tell you for one hundred percent. I don't know
this guy. I know him by his horrible reputation, and
he really is the bottom scum of journalists. And I
know him in the sense that he hates the president.
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But I don't touch him. He went on my phone,
So there we go.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
That's Mike quotes. Now. An update on the Russian Ukraine
ceasefire deal. Russia says some Western sanctions must be lifted
before it begins. The maritime sees fly within hours of
the US announcing the two sides had agreed to holt
strikes in the Black Sea and separate deals. The Kremlin
said it would only take place once sanctions on a
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number of Russian banks were lifted.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
We will need clear guarantees, given the sad experience of
agreements with Kiev. Guarantees can only be the result of
an order from Washing to President Zelens Speaker and his
team to do exactly this. It seems to me that
our American partners have taken this signal.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And now to South Korea, where at least twenty four
people have been killed as multiple wildfires continue to ravage
South Korea's Southeast Region authorities say twenty six people are injured,
twelve are in critical condition. Most of the victims are
in their sixties and seventies. That more than twenty three
thousand people have been forced to flee their homes, and
Acting President Han Dakthu says the unprecedented crisis is rewriting
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the record books for the worst wildfires in South Korea's history.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
A total of one hundred and twenty eight helicopters, eleven
hundred military personnel, three thousand firefighters, eleven hundred fire fighting crews,
and four and a half thousand public officials have been
mobilized for fire fighting efforts. Helicopters from the US military
stations in South Korea have been deployed to provide support.
Every possible resource is being utilized to contain the wildfires.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
And finally, Prince Harry says he's in shock after quitting
as a patron of Santa Ballei Now Center Bali is
the British charity that he helped set up to help
young people with HIV and AIDS and Lesoto and Botswana.
He set up the charity in the name of his mum,
Princess Diana, but he's gone and resigned from the charity.
(04:20):
There was a conflict between trustees and the chair of
the board. It's eleven up to five.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Andrew Dickens on a early edition with one roof Make
your Property Search Simple, youth dog Zivvy.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Liam Lawson, Oh my god, has any New Zealand sporting
star had a more tumultuous fortnight on the world stage.
He got the drive, He became New Zealand's hero. He
charmed the world, He got a GQ cover story. He raced,
he crashed, he failed, He raced again, he failed again.
Social media was brutal. All of Mexico hated him, All
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of Japan hated him. Australia not keen on him because
he caused Ricciardo to be dropped. Old people hated him
because of his blonde chippedness. Others hated him just because
they've loved Ferrari or McLaren or Williams and now Red
Bull have allegedly dropped him after just two races for
failing to perform in a car that is a dog
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made for Max, but bad, unreliable and hard to drive.
Even Max hates the car and his is way better.
But now we wait to see whether Liam Lawson has
been dropped completely. Will he race in Japan, we don't
know that yet, or will he get the chance to
show the world he's pretty good by racing in a
car that's not too bad on of course he knows well.
So now the pressure ramps up again and the whole
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world's talking about it, the pressures on Red Bull, on Liam,
on Yuki Gee. I hope they're making a killer Drive
to Survive episode out of this, because this is epic,
this is a movie. It would be nice if they
paid Liam appropriately for surviving and having to endure all
this crap. And will he survive? That's a big question.
Is Liam strong enough to survive this global attention and
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a team that seems to have lost its way so far?
I think he seems quite well balanced, and I hope
he sees that this is not the end of the
road for hidden and driving cars very fastest to the thing.
He does very well. But we're going to talk about
this later with respected motorsport journalist Bob McMurray. Will join
me just before six. It's thirteen after five.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Andrew dickens it's the.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Great Tauranga Coffee Crisis. That we were all talking about
yesterday afternoon. The Teonga Council under Mahi Drysdale, has approved
purchasing half a million dollars worth of coffee for staff,
angering ratepayers who see it as a waste of money.
And it is a lot of money, and it is
a waste, or is it? I wonder if anyone really
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has done a quantitative study amongst all our employers and
all our businesses on the cost of employees waltzing up
the door for a coffee and spending time exchanging stories
about the weekend instead of working. Now, by my back
of the envelope, reckon, I reckon, the council has probably
approved two hundred grand more than they should. This is
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the role's voice of coffee budgets. But the point is
why I have so many of our workers ritualize a
coffee experience to the detriment of productivity. What is wrong
with a trip to the sink and a quick instant.
I have an inciant right here, cost nothing, taste terrible.
I love it, and I don't want to sound like
a grinch, but we are in a tight spot with
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public funding, and every little saved is the ability to
have more productive staff for more services. Isn't coffee is
in coffee? Don't you think your own personal responsibility? So
that any free coffee, even if it's instant, is a
good coffee, particularly when it's brought by your employer. So
I would say to all and sundry, don't be grateful
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and do not be wasteful and by the way, get
back to work. Dickens, is this government neglecting your GP
in terms of funding. This is a claim that's been
made by the World New Zealand College of Gym Practitioners.
So we'll talk to them in just a few moments time.
It's news talk z It Big.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Andrew Dickens and One Room. Make your property
search symbol You talk.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Sipy seventeen after five, Good morning to Taylor. Taylor sent
me a text Andrew. I agree. He sees counselors earn
a buttload more than most they can afford their own
dam coffee. Not just the counselors though, remember Taylor, it's
also all the staff who might not be quite earning
the buttload. But yeah, isn't coffee your own personal responsibility?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
All right?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
New research from the Royal New Zealand College of GPS
has come to the conclusion that primary healthcare is being
financially neglected. Only five point four percent of this country's
health budget goes to primary care and that stayed exactly
the same since two thousand and nine. So I'm joined
now by the President of the Royal College, Semant. The
Merton doctor set meant that Merton, good morning to you.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
Sam, good morning here are you good?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It's the same percentage, but of a bigger pie. So
can you really say that primary care is being neglected?
Speaker 6 (09:05):
Although it might be of a bigger pie. The problem
we have is that the complexity and volume of work
that has gone on in primary care has expanded enormously
over that time. So proportionally it may look like it's
a stage static, but also functionally it's stage static as well,
because there's way more work that we're doing.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Okay, so you say it's underfunded. What are the consequences
we're seeing from that underfunding?
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Yeah, well, I think it's people know we are struggling
to have GPS coming into the service. We're struggling to
keep our books open because we don't have enough staff.
We're struggling to retain our nursing team because there's better
options overseas or in hospitals, and so we'd like to
have an expanded service and do as much here in
the community as you can, but it's hard when you're
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trying to I suppose reconfigure some that and you stretch
at as as you can, but it doesn't go any
further than what we can currently do.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Are there other areas of the health sector that are
benefiting from the underfunding of primary healthcare so they're getting
a bigger size.
Speaker 6 (10:12):
Well, the thing is it's about where do you invest
so that you make the whole system run more smoothly,
And so as soon as you reduce what goes into
primary care, then it costs more having people dealt with
in hospitals. And if you're not seen earlier in their
own their own gp and looked after and hit everything
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that they need doing, then they may get sicker, faster
and end up in a hospital setting, which costs a
whole lot more. So it becomes a vicious cycle of
people going to hospitals costing lots of money. Then you
can afford to invest in primary care where the most
efficient invest care can be done to prevent people getting
into hospitals.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
So what do you want? Do you want more money
or do you want a more equitable redistribution of what
there is?
Speaker 6 (10:56):
I think when you look globally at other countries, the
distribution it goes into primary care is around the ten
to fourteen percent, not five. So every country has increased
its budget over time, and that we would like to
see that the genuine investment in primary care is, you know,
like not rather than five percent of the total, it's
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actually probably around ten percent of the total at least.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Doctor Samantha Murton, I thank you so much for your
time today. It is now five twenty and this is NEWSTALKSB.
So Westpac reckons that they have to hold too much money,
and because they have to hold too much money on
the behest of the reserve bank, that means they have
to pass that on to customers. That means when you
borrow money from the bank, you have to pay too much.
And they reckon it would be better if the capital
requirements were reduced. So are they right? Are they wrong?
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We'll talk to someone, Bill Accoub in a few moments time.
Here on NEWSTALKSB, where it's now five to twenty.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition Andrew Dickens
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Speaker 2 (11:56):
Z B five twenty two. Already I'm Andrew dickins Z
for Ryan Bridge. So Westpac calling for the Reserve Bank
to relax capital requirements. Now, the move would make it
easier for banks to give out loans. That's what Westpac thinks,
and we'll put New Zealand on par with countries like
the UK and Australia. And Chamom bier Lekub is the
chief economist at Simplicity and joins me. Now, Hello Chamaville,
(12:18):
good morning. So the bank reckons that reducing the capital
of the bank must hold will reduce the costs of
a four million dollar farm loan by twenty grand? Are
they right?
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Yeah, it's a bit of right margin. So every time
the capital recommend grows up, banks to have to borrow
money more expensively, and so it kind of increases mortgage
rates by a butt zero point one percent to point
one five percent. It's not a huge amount, but it matters.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Yes, nobody sneezes at twenty grand. So if if west
Pac got its way and there was a reduction of capital.
Would that make banks more vulnerable at these uncertain times?
Because that's why it was put in in the first place.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
Absolutely. I think that's really the big trade of here
is do we think our banks are unsafe? I think
the other way of looking at it is our bank's
not making enough money during the good and bad times.
I think the answer is they're making great money in
great times and in bad times. We just had a
terrible recession and they're still made billions of dollars in profits.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
So would it help the economy recover faster?
Speaker 7 (13:23):
I don't think so. I don't think the bank capital
is the reason why our banks are not lending enough money.
There are two things going on. One that our mortgage
rates are far too expensive. So on average, banks are
charging over two percent over their cost of borrowing, so
their mortgage rates are really high. So, for example, the
cheapest mortgage rate we can get right now, it's five
percent for two years. That's pretty high. You know, our
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kind of floating rate at the moment is four point
ninety five percent, And so we are charging a lot
less at simplicity for our floating mortgages. But our banks
are still charging pretty big margins that's the first big issue,
and the second is our banks are simply not lending
much money to businesses and farms that long term prosperity
New Zealand. And that's part to our regulations which helped
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batt lend more money to mortgages rather than to businesses
and France.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
So Mabel, I thank you for your time today, Samabelele Coop.
I'm Andrew Dickens. The other big thing other than the
tyrung of coffee and boy you're texting about that that
we talked about yesterday was Tamotha Paul. Tamotha Tamotha with
an m Tamotha Paul. I'm going to talk about Tamotha
Paul in a few moments time. It is now five
to twenty five the.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
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Speaker 2 (14:33):
New Talks it B five twenty seven. Tamotha Paul a
woman yesterday mocked for her views on police. Chris Hopkins
said her views on beat police were unwise and then
he went further and said they were stupid. The Prime
Minister said she's in La La Land. Yesterday when I
was talking about the the views, I commented that life
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must be really sweet on her planet. Pity it's not ours.
But that didn't stop her doubling down yesterday on her
views because they are not untrue in her world. She
pointed out the brown people have quite a different perception
of police than others. Look up profiling and its meaning.
It happens here, we know this. She pointed out the
terrible failure of the police in the case of the
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eleven year old confused with a twenty year old that
we all got shocked at. This week, she highlighted the
hassle of the homeless by the police and the reasons
she didn't back down because, as she said, they are
legitimate experiences amongst her constituents. And remember she's Agreen, but
she has constituents. She's not a list MP. She won's
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Wellington Central Fair and Square. She's talked to people who
have these problems. However, the complaints of one are not
the complaints of one hundred. The vast overwhelming majority of
New Zealanders feel better with more cops on the beat.
So she is wrong, and she was wrong to take
the experience of a few and then expanded into a
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broad statement of let's defund the police. However, I'm going
to defend her right to point out the flaws as
she sees it, because that is the true meaning of
free speech. Andrew dickens oh Okay Tetong and their half
million dollar coffee bill. Someone asks are they going to
buy vapes for the staff as well? Because where I work,
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people take extra bakes all the time to vape. Andy writes,
I've worked my entire life with fifteen minutes smokos and
thirty minute lunch breaks, which is my time to use
as I see fit. Is on demand coffee a thing
now requiring an organization to provide anything other than instant
coffee during the entire work date, That's the question I
would have thought not. And Neil writes, good morning, Andrew.
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The lazy council staff should take a flask from home
or take a hike. All right, there's new harsher sentencing
laws that are out. I'll talk about this a little
bit more later on, but we need them because my
family was a victim of crime yesterday, Big crime, shock
and crime, brazen crime as well. Tell you that story
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right after the news, which is next here on You
still tip.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
Anyway you.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early edition with
Andrew Dickens and one roof Make Your Property Search Simple,
Youth Talk, sid B.
Speaker 9 (17:45):
Stub By making me so sad, Baby change bad.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Welcome by you. It's Thursday up and heavn keep going
stuff to do. I'm Andrew Dickinson for Yon Bridge. Got
a couple more weeks to go on the show. Then
header's back and winds back anyway. The Sentencing Reform Amendment
Bill passed third reading in Parliament yesterday afternoon. So this
CAP's the discount that judges can apply to sentencing at
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forty that's one new measure. Repeat discounts for showing remorse
will also be prevented. And all of this is in
response to you, the people who have complained that the
legal system has been handing out wet tickets for sentences
and criminals are not bearing the full consequences of their actions.
I thought it was telling yes so that Labor reserved
judgment on the law, which suggests they also realize this
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is a popular move. They would not commit to repeal,
but let's see what happens. Are they ever getting near
the Treasury benches ever?
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Again?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Now, the real rub about all of this is where
the corrections hans, the budget and the facilities to deal
with a larger incarcerated population. And I guess we'll find
that out in April, won't we. But if the government
is prepared to put our money where their mouth is,
then it will see the signal and the signals, rules
of rules and consequences at consequences and think twice before
profiting from crime and its misery. And speaking of which,
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I had a crime in the family yesterday. My partner
had her e scooter stolen. She was at a big
legal meeting. She's a lawyer, She's a big legal meeting.
She scooted down and was outside of downtown hotel. The
scooter was locked up with a titanium lock in a
bike rack. It was outside the hotel's doors. There were
porters and concierges there continuously. It was in a high
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traffic zone. People are going past all the time. But
that did not stop a rat bag donning a high
viz vest, grabbing his axle grinder and then sawing her
scooter loose and taking off with it. Obviously, she's shocked
and angry, not just at the theft, but the fact
that so many passerbys stood back and let it happen,
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and we assumed they assumed it was some sort of
council worker or something removing an abandoned scooter. And it's
a warning because despite more cops on the beat, despite
more private security patrolling the area, despite the harshest sentences
I just talked about, New Zealand, criminals are doing it.
New Zealand criminals are more efficient and are more clever
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and more brazen than ever. And the fight against crime
is obviously never ending. And hey, we all have a
part to plan it. Dicas twenty one to six. Let's
go around the country. Callenproctor Joints us from Otarget. Hello morning, Andrew.
So we've got wastewater going into the Shotover So what's
the reaction to Queens Sound's plans. Well, it hasn't been good.
Speaker 10 (20:38):
The Central Otago District Councils are concerned about these plans
to discharge treated wastewater into the Shotover River. Look, the
Queenstown Lakes District Councils made this announcement saying they're using
emergency powers to send twelve thousand cubic meters of wastewater
into the river daily. They say it will have no
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impact on river users as it's the equivalent of just
two percent of the river's flow. The central Otago Miya
tama Ali says the discharge quality should be regularly monitored
and she says it would get everyone comfort that the
treated wastewater poses no risk.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
This is what happens when you boom without the infrastructure.
How's your weather got rain? This morning?
Speaker 10 (21:19):
Should clear this afternoon, southerly's developing and fifteen the High.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Claire Sherwood joins us from Grastias talacleaar.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
So there's a new study done by Canterbury University into
sports science.
Speaker 11 (21:29):
Yes, and this is an area that's overlooked when it
comes to sports science research. So the Canterbury Uni team
are looking into how hormones can affect elite female athletes performance.
They're measuring things like physiological metrics with the saliva samples
of Mata two rugby players. So the research is aiming
to better understand how the menstrual cycle and things like
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contraceptives will affect training, recovery and overall well being. The
study lead, Rebecca at Well, says female athletes have been
trained like small men for so long, so hopes this
research might bring some answers, particularly for women. She says
the study will help to explain what could be happening
inside athletes bodies so they know it's not all in
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their head.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
How's your weather in christ Church?
Speaker 11 (22:15):
Cloudy today, A bit of rain expected from mid afternoons
south of east, developing two and the highest twenty one.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Max told joins us from Wellington. HELLI, Max, good morning.
So after the Miramah night of horror, what's happened next?
Speaker 12 (22:26):
Yeah, So, just to give a background to those who
aren't familiar with this. Last week, early one morning, a
man broke into a home, was discovered by the occupants.
There was a scuffle and the man fled. A short
time later, about twenty minutes with police trying to track
this guy down, sixty three year old Abdul Nabi Zada
was returning from a night shift, parked up and was
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found critically injured by his car. He would die in
hospital the next day. This is a nice part of
the peninsula, Mirramah, as you say, not too far from
Park Road productions, Double Vision Brewery. Community meetings been planned.
Police last night announced that they had arrested a twenty
eight year old man who will appear in court today
charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated injury. Police can't say
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yet definitively whether the two are linked, but you've got
Nabi Zada's family cursing their luck that this father and
husband just seemed to be in the wrong place at
the wrong time as this intruder was making his getaway.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
More answers to come, good health, how's you were that?
Speaker 12 (23:26):
Mostly fine today? Northerly's twenty the High Central.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Neva Rittamano joins me from Walkanhella and even good morning.
What's happening with a second South Auckland hospital.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
Yes, well, Health Minister same and Brown now he attended
the Hero's Project Aucland luncheon that had happened yesterday and
he's revealed it's something that the government's exploring. So he
says they're going to start detailed planning with Health New
Zealand and take steps to secure land. This is four
potentially a seek in South Auckland Hospital, public health doctors.
So Colin took you Thongas's Middle More Hospitals bursting it
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the seams with patients and look, the population is growing,
it's aging. And he says, look, this looks to be
sensible and a welcome development that would better meet the
needs of people there in South Auckland.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
And how's Orkin's weather?
Speaker 9 (24:09):
Aucan's weather fine apart from some evening cloud twenty three
is a high. But Andrew, I've just got to make
a quick comment about I'm outraged for your wife because
about listening to your story or whose story about the
theft of the scooter E scooter.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Yeah, everything's done right. The security is there, people are there,
but this guy high vers just goes and people just
go oh yeah.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
And I agree with you, they're becoming more brazen. But
how many Is this her third or fourth scooter?
Speaker 12 (24:33):
About that?
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Yes, she's had three or four stolen. Is she going
to get another one?
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Well?
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Yeah, because he's good on her, he's good.
Speaker 7 (24:39):
Well.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Look, I've had a text that says, I cannot believe
you are hooked up with someone who uses an e scooter,
And can I just say, Helen takes a fairy as
she has the scooter on the ferry. She's scooters all
around town on the ferry on the scooter. Yes, and
we have saved a fortune and we got rid of
a second car. Go Helen tell it.
Speaker 5 (25:00):
Keep the faith.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
I think she's getting another maybe for Christmas. Is sixteen
to six, all right, Mitch McCann from the United States
in a few moments time, as the group chat saga continues,
and also what Russia wants if you need a ceasefire?
It's next here on news Talk zreb Oh and Boy
McMurray on Liam Lawson.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
International Correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
That is third thing to sex. Goodbody to you, So
we're off to America and mtch McCann, goodbody to you. Andrew,
good morning, How are you good? So this group chat
thing goes on, I think well, I watched the late
night shows last night, and what everyone was amazed at
is how the administration is doubling down that this did
not happen, that this is a line that Jeffrey Goldberg
is a discredited journalist. Do we have enough out there
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yet to say this really did happen.
Speaker 13 (25:50):
Well, there has been a change this morning. Well, well,
the government firstly has acknowledged this is a real chat
that happened over Signal. But the question the administration has,
while it calls this a hoax, says that they don't
know how Jeffrey Goldberg got into the chat, and he
does something that allowed himself into the chat. Really kind
of hard to believe sort of stuff. And for people
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that are just starting to follow this, this is the
story where a prominent US journalist from the Atlantic was
accidentally added to a group on this messaging app called
Signal alongside some of Donald Trump's closest top cabinet officials. Now,
they weren't discussing what they were going to have for dinner.
They were discussing bombing Yemen, and the journalist were sitting
there watching this whole thing unfold. The latest development Andrew
(26:34):
this morning is that Jeffrey Goldberg has decided, because Donald
Trump says it wasn't classified, to release the entire chat. Initially,
he hadn't done that because he said some of the
information might be classified, he shouldn't be doing it. But
he has decided this morning to do that. And the
Democrats say the contents of these messages that he's released
today proved that it was classified information, and they're now
(26:57):
calling on Pete Higsseth the Secretary of Defense to resign.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Well, well that won't happen, Pete seems very bold. Now
let's get to some real big stuff. Russia, Ukraine. Russia's
made some demands before they're going to start any ceasefire
in the Black Sea. Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 13 (27:13):
Both Russia and Ukraine have said that they're committed to
a ceasefire in the Blank Sea, but it remains unclear
if this is actually going to happen and how it
could work in practice. This is because the Kremlin has said, yes,
well we'll go along with the seasfire, but we have
some things that we want before this actually happens. It
says it's not going to agree to the ceasefire on
the water unless it's agricultural bank, It's State Agriculture Bank
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and other banks involved in sort of trade and fertilizers
and things are reconnected to the international payment system known
as SWIFT, and there are a few other sanctions that
it wants pulled back as well before it's going to
agree to this. Now, Ukraine says this is madness because
you just be giving Russia what it wants. But the
Trump administration is going to consider this and they're going
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to come up with an answer in the next couple
of days. But it is movement, but Russia here it
seems really dictating the terms of how it's going to
move on this.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Mitch, thank you so much. It is now ten minutes
to six.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Andrew Dickens.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
People have texted about Liam Lawson saying why are you guys?
This is just because he's a Kiwi that you guys
are so obsessed about it. This is a massive global story.
You would not believe the number of people who are
commenting on this, whether it's social media or generally because
F one is a huge sport and it just so
happens that the Kiwi is at the center of it.
So we've got reports that Liam Lawson will be cut
from Red Bull's top team. There's been no official announcement
(28:33):
I've checked so far. I'll check in a moment with Bob,
but the Dutch newspaper did. Telegraph reported yesterday that poor
old Lillam's being dropped by Red Bull will be replaced
by Yuki Sonoda in Japan. His time in F one
isn't expected to be completely finished. He could return to
the Racing Bulls feeder team, which he drove for last
season and that's a not too bad cut. So motorsport
expert Bob McMurray joins me. Now, hello, Bob, good morning, Andrews.
(28:57):
Have you had any more intel on this? Does this
really happen? Because I've I don't think I've actually seen
an official confirmation.
Speaker 7 (29:03):
No.
Speaker 14 (29:04):
Since I got up earlier this morning, I looked at
every single Red Bill outlet and there is nothing confirmed,
no story saying this is going to happen or not
going to happen at all. And apparently the only thing
I've seen is that discussions are ongoing. So I don't know,
but yeah, it doesn't look good with informed sources, especially
(29:24):
the Dutch, saying that it's going to happen, it's got
to believe that it may well do.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Yes, this is a team that is associated with the
Dutch and they often do leaks through Dutch media. Of
course the whole world speculating. Here is this piece of
speculation for you, And do you think that Red Bull
actually suffered a Honda power play Because it's the Japanese
Grand Prix, They're wanted the Japanese driver there, and of
course they have a lot of money, and so they said, well,
you know, let's try this out, and Red Bull's calling
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their bluff.
Speaker 14 (29:50):
Well, I think if Liam Lawson had been scoring points
and he'd been doing very well, this would never have
come up at all. But the meter of fact they've
been thinking about it. Perhaps Red Bull, the Honda people
backing Sonoda have got wind of it and said, okay,
if you can put him in the car, will give
you an extra ten or fifteen million or whatever it
is to do that. So but the underlying problem, of
(30:11):
course is that Lim has not, in their eyes, performed
well enough to stay in the team, which is very
short sighted. He's being made escapegoat, in my opinion, for
the failings of the team themselves and the way they
organized their young driver's program and the way they have
not given him any time in the seat. And it's
(30:32):
a fairly brutal decision from against him.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Iperio has had ninety races, ninety, Ricciardo had what was
it eighteen or something. Everyone's had a greater chance, Gazzi
had a greater chance, but Liam just too. And there
we go. But there we go, and that is the
caliber of the Rebel team at the moment. Why doesn't
Christin Horner fall on his sword because he's obviously made
two crappy cars.
Speaker 14 (30:55):
Yep, well you could say that as AIG car. Actually, yes,
you did. The crappy car actually suits Max with Stappan,
So it's not that crappy in Max with Staffin's hands.
It's just that it's a very very difficult car for
any other driver to drive, and Liam cannot drive in
the same manner that Max for Stappan does to make
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that car work, and that's the issue at point. The
car is I wouldn't say designed around Max for Staffhen,
but it very closely is, because clearly he's the one
that is the points and everything else. So we're going
to do what he wants to do with the car.
So Liam sort of has to try and adapt, and
unfortunately he can't adapt to a car with a loose
rear end. Is the fray that happens?
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Amazing, amazing. Okay, we'll wait to see what, if anything
concrete is going to happen from all of this, But
here's the thing. This is not the end of Liam
in any way, shape or form. He can still drive
a car very fast. Apparently Audi and Williams have been
sniffing around and wouldn't it be hilarious if he got
into a racing bullcar and beat Yuki? And seven to
six News.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
And Views You trust to start your day is the
early edition with Andrew Dickens and one roof Make your
Property search Simple. You've talked zimby.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
So on the Shotover wastewater spill that's causing all the
jubati in Queenstown, Alan Wrights, why doesn't Queenstown put nets
over the ponds to keep the ducks out and pump
the water in land? Because remember this all started because
ducks are landing on the ponds and flying in the
way of the planes. And that's a fair enough point, Alan,
But also you might want to ask the council, when
they're consenting so much urban sprawl, why didn't they make
(32:26):
sure that their infrastructure could cope? My Costking, Good morning.
Speaker 15 (32:30):
You do realize that Liam has beaten Yuki before? Oh yeah,
and he will be beat Perez as well from a
racing ball when Perez was in a red bull.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Didn't Liam beat Yuki in New Zealand and the Toyota
Racing Series? Yes, I think he did. I think he did.
But anyway, very sad. I'm sure, Oh, Bob is.
Speaker 15 (32:50):
Just throw the way McLaren's going given his I mean,
you know you look what Za's done to So it's
very very sad business, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
I mean, well, it's also like you gues, some people
text to go, oh, you're going on about this just
because he's a keyweat it's a cube, it's a global story.
Speaker 15 (33:03):
It's the coffee, it's the water cooler talk. You don't
get sacked after two races. In fact, I've been able
to work out I don't think a single driver has
ever been sacked after two races EBB in the history
of F one.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
You know who? I thought of Brendan Hartley very much,
so who and Ghazy was involved in all that thing
as well, and all these key is getting dumped.
Speaker 15 (33:21):
On, Well, well, Hartley went in under difficult circumstances, and
I suppose Liam went in under difficult circumstances. And the
most Abridgos part is that it's true Hondas offered another
ten million. They've offered that before they pay tend to
have Sonoda there. They've offered another team to get him
in this weekend, So that becomes the really dodgy part.
Of the IF one where it's not about by the.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Way, Bob Gelder after oh now there, now we're talking.
My thanks to producer Kensey. I'm Andrew. I can see
you tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (33:48):
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Speaker 1 (33:54):
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
As goodboding to you and welcome to the program. You've
made it to Thursday, and thank you so much for
choosing us. Coming up in the next sixty minutes, the
Royal New Zealand College of GPS reckons the primary healthcare
is being financially neglected. We'll find out if it is
or is this just another play for more budget. We'll
talk about this in about five minutes time. West Pact
reckons the regulations around banks and how much capital they
(00:36):
carry are excessive and unnecessary. That story in ten and
will it reduce your mortgage if it happens? And Liam
Lawson in the eye of the global storm, what's the
latest and can he survive it. Bob McMurray joins us
just before six. We'll have correspondence from right around the world,
including Mitch McCann from the States on the group chat Saga.
We'll have correspondence from right around New Zealand and use
as it breaks, and you can have your say too
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by giving us a text. Charge applies and the number
is ninety two to ninety two. It's seven minutes after five.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
It's Thursday, the twenty seventh of March. First to this
whole group chat thing that's happening in the United States.
The Atlantic magazine has now published the full exchange of
messages between senior White House officials as the US conducted
strikes in Yemen this month. The newly revealed messages show
Defense Secretary Pete Higsyth sharing information about the raids, including
(01:29):
exact timings of drone and missile attacks on the Hooties
and updates on the target's hit. The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg,
who was added to the chat, initially didn't publish all
of the messages to avoid revealing classified information, but because
of the White House claims that he's lying, he decided
to disclose the whole thing. National Security applies to Mike Watts,
(01:51):
though is doubling down. He reckons that he adds that
Goldberg claims there were no war plan. Shit.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's embarrassing. Yes, we're going to get to the bottom
of it. We have. I just talked to Elon on
the way here. We've got the best technical minds looking
at how this happened. But I can tell you. I
can tell you for one hundred percent. I don't know
this guy. I know him by his horrible reputation, and
he really is the bottom scum of journalists. And I
know him in the sense that he hates the president.
(02:24):
But I don't touch him. He went on my phone,
So there we go.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
That's Mike quotes. Now. An update on the Russian Ukraine
ceasefire deal. Russia says some Western sanctions must be lifted
before it begins. The maritime sees fly within hours of
the US announcing the two sides had agreed to holt
strikes in the Black Sea and separate deals. The Kremlin
said it would only take place once sanctions on a
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number of Russian banks were lifted.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
We will need clear guarantees, given the sad experience of
agreements with Kiev. Guarantees can only be the result of
an order from Washing to President Zelens Speaker and his
team to do exactly this. It seems to me that
our American partners have taken this signal.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And now to South Korea, where at least twenty four
people have been killed as multiple wildfires continue to ravage
South Korea's Southeast Region authorities say twenty six people are injured,
twelve are in critical condition. Most of the victims are
in their sixties and seventies. That more than twenty three
thousand people have been forced to flee their homes, and
Acting President Han Dakthu says the unprecedented crisis is rewriting
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the record books for the worst wildfires in South Korea's history.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
A total of one hundred and twenty eight helicopters, eleven
hundred military personnel, three thousand firefighters, eleven hundred fire fighting crews,
and four and a half thousand public officials have been
mobilized for fire fighting efforts. Helicopters from the US military
stations in South Korea have been deployed to provide support.
Every possible resource is being utilized to contain the wildfires.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
And finally, Prince Harry says he's in shock after quitting
as a patron of Santa Ballei Now Center Bali is
the British charity that he helped set up to help
young people with HIV and AIDS and Lesoto and Botswana.
He set up the charity in the name of his mum,
Princess Diana, but he's gone and resigned from the charity.
(04:20):
There was a conflict between trustees and the chair of
the board. It's eleven up to five.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Andrew Dickens on a early edition with one roof Make
your Property Search Simple, youth dog Zivvy.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Liam Lawson, Oh my god, has any New Zealand sporting
star had a more tumultuous fortnight on the world stage.
He got the drive, He became New Zealand's hero. He
charmed the world, He got a GQ cover story. He raced,
he crashed, he failed, He raced again, he failed again.
Social media was brutal. All of Mexico hated him, All
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of Japan hated him. Australia not keen on him because
he caused Ricciardo to be dropped. Old people hated him
because of his blonde chippedness. Others hated him just because
they've loved Ferrari or McLaren or Williams and now Red
Bull have allegedly dropped him after just two races for
failing to perform in a car that is a dog
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made for Max, but bad, unreliable and hard to drive.
Even Max hates the car and his is way better.
But now we wait to see whether Liam Lawson has
been dropped completely. Will he race in Japan, we don't
know that yet, or will he get the chance to
show the world he's pretty good by racing in a
car that's not too bad on of course he knows well.
So now the pressure ramps up again and the whole
(05:37):
world's talking about it, the pressures on Red Bull, on Liam,
on Yuki Gee. I hope they're making a killer Drive
to Survive episode out of this, because this is epic,
this is a movie. It would be nice if they
paid Liam appropriately for surviving and having to endure all
this crap. And will he survive? That's a big question.
Is Liam strong enough to survive this global attention and
(06:01):
a team that seems to have lost its way so far?
I think he seems quite well balanced, and I hope
he sees that this is not the end of the
road for hidden and driving cars very fastest to the thing.
He does very well. But we're going to talk about
this later with respected motorsport journalist Bob McMurray. Will join
me just before six. It's thirteen after five.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Andrew dickens it's the.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Great Tauranga Coffee Crisis. That we were all talking about
yesterday afternoon. The Teonga Council under Mahi Drysdale, has approved
purchasing half a million dollars worth of coffee for staff,
angering ratepayers who see it as a waste of money.
And it is a lot of money, and it is
a waste, or is it? I wonder if anyone really
(06:42):
has done a quantitative study amongst all our employers and
all our businesses on the cost of employees waltzing up
the door for a coffee and spending time exchanging stories
about the weekend instead of working. Now, by my back
of the envelope, reckon, I reckon, the council has probably
approved two hundred grand more than they should. This is
(07:06):
the role's voice of coffee budgets. But the point is
why I have so many of our workers ritualize a
coffee experience to the detriment of productivity. What is wrong
with a trip to the sink and a quick instant.
I have an inciant right here, cost nothing, taste terrible.
I love it, and I don't want to sound like
a grinch, but we are in a tight spot with
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public funding, and every little saved is the ability to
have more productive staff for more services. Isn't coffee is
in coffee? Don't you think your own personal responsibility? So
that any free coffee, even if it's instant, is a
good coffee, particularly when it's brought by your employer. So
I would say to all and sundry, don't be grateful
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and do not be wasteful and by the way, get
back to work. Dickens, is this government neglecting your GP
in terms of funding. This is a claim that's been
made by the World New Zealand College of Gym Practitioners.
So we'll talk to them in just a few moments time.
It's news talk z It Big.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Andrew Dickens and One Room. Make your property
search symbol You talk.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Sipy seventeen after five, Good morning to Taylor. Taylor sent
me a text Andrew. I agree. He sees counselors earn
a buttload more than most they can afford their own
dam coffee. Not just the counselors though, remember Taylor, it's
also all the staff who might not be quite earning
the buttload. But yeah, isn't coffee your own personal responsibility?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
All right?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
New research from the Royal New Zealand College of GPS
has come to the conclusion that primary healthcare is being
financially neglected. Only five point four percent of this country's
health budget goes to primary care and that stayed exactly
the same since two thousand and nine. So I'm joined
now by the President of the Royal College, Semant. The
Merton doctor set meant that Merton, good morning to you.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
Sam, good morning here are you good?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It's the same percentage, but of a bigger pie. So
can you really say that primary care is being neglected?
Speaker 6 (09:05):
Although it might be of a bigger pie. The problem
we have is that the complexity and volume of work
that has gone on in primary care has expanded enormously
over that time. So proportionally it may look like it's
a stage static, but also functionally it's stage static as well,
because there's way more work that we're doing.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Okay, so you say it's underfunded. What are the consequences
we're seeing from that underfunding?
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Yeah, well, I think it's people know we are struggling
to have GPS coming into the service. We're struggling to
keep our books open because we don't have enough staff.
We're struggling to retain our nursing team because there's better
options overseas or in hospitals, and so we'd like to
have an expanded service and do as much here in
the community as you can, but it's hard when you're
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trying to I suppose reconfigure some that and you stretch
at as as you can, but it doesn't go any
further than what we can currently do.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Are there other areas of the health sector that are
benefiting from the underfunding of primary healthcare so they're getting
a bigger size.
Speaker 6 (10:12):
Well, the thing is it's about where do you invest
so that you make the whole system run more smoothly,
And so as soon as you reduce what goes into
primary care, then it costs more having people dealt with
in hospitals. And if you're not seen earlier in their
own their own gp and looked after and hit everything
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that they need doing, then they may get sicker, faster
and end up in a hospital setting, which costs a
whole lot more. So it becomes a vicious cycle of
people going to hospitals costing lots of money. Then you
can afford to invest in primary care where the most
efficient invest care can be done to prevent people getting
into hospitals.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
So what do you want? Do you want more money
or do you want a more equitable redistribution of what
there is?
Speaker 6 (10:56):
I think when you look globally at other countries, the
distribution it goes into primary care is around the ten
to fourteen percent, not five. So every country has increased
its budget over time, and that we would like to
see that the genuine investment in primary care is, you know,
like not rather than five percent of the total, it's
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actually probably around ten percent of the total at least.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Doctor Samantha Murton, I thank you so much for your
time today. It is now five twenty and this is NEWSTALKSB.
So Westpac reckons that they have to hold too much money,
and because they have to hold too much money on
the behest of the reserve bank, that means they have
to pass that on to customers. That means when you
borrow money from the bank, you have to pay too much.
And they reckon it would be better if the capital
requirements were reduced. So are they right? Are they wrong?
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We'll talk to someone, Bill Accoub in a few moments time.
Here on NEWSTALKSB, where it's now five to twenty.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition Andrew Dickens
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Z B five twenty two. Already I'm Andrew dickins Z
for Ryan Bridge. So Westpac calling for the Reserve Bank
to relax capital requirements. Now, the move would make it
easier for banks to give out loans. That's what Westpac thinks,
and we'll put New Zealand on par with countries like
the UK and Australia. And Chamom bier Lekub is the
chief economist at Simplicity and joins me. Now, Hello Chamaville,
(12:18):
good morning. So the bank reckons that reducing the capital
of the bank must hold will reduce the costs of
a four million dollar farm loan by twenty grand? Are
they right?
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Yeah, it's a bit of right margin. So every time
the capital recommend grows up, banks to have to borrow
money more expensively, and so it kind of increases mortgage
rates by a butt zero point one percent to point
one five percent. It's not a huge amount, but it matters.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Yes, nobody sneezes at twenty grand. So if if west
Pac got its way and there was a reduction of capital.
Would that make banks more vulnerable at these uncertain times?
Because that's why it was put in in the first place.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
Absolutely. I think that's really the big trade of here
is do we think our banks are unsafe? I think
the other way of looking at it is our bank's
not making enough money during the good and bad times.
I think the answer is they're making great money in
great times and in bad times. We just had a
terrible recession and they're still made billions of dollars in profits.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
So would it help the economy recover faster?
Speaker 7 (13:23):
I don't think so. I don't think the bank capital
is the reason why our banks are not lending enough money.
There are two things going on. One that our mortgage
rates are far too expensive. So on average, banks are
charging over two percent over their cost of borrowing, so
their mortgage rates are really high. So, for example, the
cheapest mortgage rate we can get right now, it's five
percent for two years. That's pretty high. You know, our
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kind of floating rate at the moment is four point
ninety five percent, And so we are charging a lot
less at simplicity for our floating mortgages. But our banks
are still charging pretty big margins that's the first big issue,
and the second is our banks are simply not lending
much money to businesses and farms that long term prosperity
New Zealand. And that's part to our regulations which helped
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batt lend more money to mortgages rather than to businesses
and France.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
So Mabel, I thank you for your time today, Samabelele Coop.
I'm Andrew Dickens. The other big thing other than the
tyrung of coffee and boy you're texting about that that
we talked about yesterday was Tamotha Paul. Tamotha Tamotha with
an m Tamotha Paul. I'm going to talk about Tamotha
Paul in a few moments time. It is now five
to twenty five the.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Early edition full the Show podcast on iHeartRadio how It
by News Talks It Be.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
New Talks it B five twenty seven. Tamotha Paul a
woman yesterday mocked for her views on police. Chris Hopkins
said her views on beat police were unwise and then
he went further and said they were stupid. The Prime
Minister said she's in La La Land. Yesterday when I
was talking about the the views, I commented that life
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must be really sweet on her planet. Pity it's not ours.
But that didn't stop her doubling down yesterday on her
views because they are not untrue in her world. She
pointed out the brown people have quite a different perception
of police than others. Look up profiling and its meaning.
It happens here, we know this. She pointed out the
terrible failure of the police in the case of the
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eleven year old confused with a twenty year old that
we all got shocked at. This week, she highlighted the
hassle of the homeless by the police and the reasons
she didn't back down because, as she said, they are
legitimate experiences amongst her constituents. And remember she's Agreen, but
she has constituents. She's not a list MP. She won's
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Wellington Central Fair and Square. She's talked to people who
have these problems. However, the complaints of one are not
the complaints of one hundred. The vast overwhelming majority of
New Zealanders feel better with more cops on the beat.
So she is wrong, and she was wrong to take
the experience of a few and then expanded into a
(15:57):
broad statement of let's defund the police. However, I'm going
to defend her right to point out the flaws as
she sees it, because that is the true meaning of
free speech. Andrew dickens oh Okay Tetong and their half
million dollar coffee bill. Someone asks are they going to
buy vapes for the staff as well? Because where I work,
(16:18):
people take extra bakes all the time to vape. Andy writes,
I've worked my entire life with fifteen minutes smokos and
thirty minute lunch breaks, which is my time to use
as I see fit. Is on demand coffee a thing
now requiring an organization to provide anything other than instant
coffee during the entire work date, That's the question I
would have thought not. And Neil writes, good morning, Andrew.
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The lazy council staff should take a flask from home
or take a hike. All right, there's new harsher sentencing
laws that are out. I'll talk about this a little
bit more later on, but we need them because my
family was a victim of crime yesterday, Big crime, shock
and crime, brazen crime as well. Tell you that story
(17:01):
right after the news, which is next here on You
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Speaker 8 (17:12):
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On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early edition with
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Speaker 9 (17:45):
Stub By making me so sad, Baby change bad.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Welcome by you. It's Thursday up and heavn keep going
stuff to do. I'm Andrew Dickinson for Yon Bridge. Got
a couple more weeks to go on the show. Then
header's back and winds back anyway. The Sentencing Reform Amendment
Bill passed third reading in Parliament yesterday afternoon. So this
CAP's the discount that judges can apply to sentencing at
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forty that's one new measure. Repeat discounts for showing remorse
will also be prevented. And all of this is in
response to you, the people who have complained that the
legal system has been handing out wet tickets for sentences
and criminals are not bearing the full consequences of their actions.
I thought it was telling yes so that Labor reserved
judgment on the law, which suggests they also realize this
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is a popular move. They would not commit to repeal,
but let's see what happens. Are they ever getting near
the Treasury benches ever?
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Again?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Now, the real rub about all of this is where
the corrections hans, the budget and the facilities to deal
with a larger incarcerated population. And I guess we'll find
that out in April, won't we. But if the government
is prepared to put our money where their mouth is,
then it will see the signal and the signals, rules
of rules and consequences at consequences and think twice before
profiting from crime and its misery. And speaking of which,
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I had a crime in the family yesterday. My partner
had her e scooter stolen. She was at a big
legal meeting. She's a lawyer, She's a big legal meeting.
She scooted down and was outside of downtown hotel. The
scooter was locked up with a titanium lock in a
bike rack. It was outside the hotel's doors. There were
porters and concierges there continuously. It was in a high
(19:33):
traffic zone. People are going past all the time. But
that did not stop a rat bag donning a high
viz vest, grabbing his axle grinder and then sawing her
scooter loose and taking off with it. Obviously, she's shocked
and angry, not just at the theft, but the fact
that so many passerbys stood back and let it happen,
(19:55):
and we assumed they assumed it was some sort of
council worker or something removing an abandoned scooter. And it's
a warning because despite more cops on the beat, despite
more private security patrolling the area, despite the harshest sentences
I just talked about, New Zealand, criminals are doing it.
New Zealand criminals are more efficient and are more clever
(20:16):
and more brazen than ever. And the fight against crime
is obviously never ending. And hey, we all have a
part to plan it. Dicas twenty one to six. Let's
go around the country. Callenproctor Joints us from Otarget. Hello morning, Andrew.
So we've got wastewater going into the Shotover So what's
the reaction to Queens Sound's plans. Well, it hasn't been good.
Speaker 10 (20:38):
The Central Otago District Councils are concerned about these plans
to discharge treated wastewater into the Shotover River. Look, the
Queenstown Lakes District Councils made this announcement saying they're using
emergency powers to send twelve thousand cubic meters of wastewater
into the river daily. They say it will have no
(20:58):
impact on river users as it's the equivalent of just
two percent of the river's flow. The central Otago Miya
tama Ali says the discharge quality should be regularly monitored
and she says it would get everyone comfort that the
treated wastewater poses no risk.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
This is what happens when you boom without the infrastructure.
How's your weather got rain? This morning?
Speaker 10 (21:19):
Should clear this afternoon, southerly's developing and fifteen the High.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Claire Sherwood joins us from Grastias talacleaar.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
So there's a new study done by Canterbury University into
sports science.
Speaker 11 (21:29):
Yes, and this is an area that's overlooked when it
comes to sports science research. So the Canterbury Uni team
are looking into how hormones can affect elite female athletes performance.
They're measuring things like physiological metrics with the saliva samples
of Mata two rugby players. So the research is aiming
to better understand how the menstrual cycle and things like
(21:50):
contraceptives will affect training, recovery and overall well being. The
study lead, Rebecca at Well, says female athletes have been
trained like small men for so long, so hopes this
research might bring some answers, particularly for women. She says
the study will help to explain what could be happening
inside athletes bodies so they know it's not all in
(22:11):
their head.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
How's your weather in christ Church?
Speaker 11 (22:15):
Cloudy today, A bit of rain expected from mid afternoons
south of east, developing two and the highest twenty one.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Max told joins us from Wellington. HELLI, Max, good morning.
So after the Miramah night of horror, what's happened next?
Speaker 12 (22:26):
Yeah, So, just to give a background to those who
aren't familiar with this. Last week, early one morning, a
man broke into a home, was discovered by the occupants.
There was a scuffle and the man fled. A short
time later, about twenty minutes with police trying to track
this guy down, sixty three year old Abdul Nabi Zada
was returning from a night shift, parked up and was
(22:47):
found critically injured by his car. He would die in
hospital the next day. This is a nice part of
the peninsula, Mirramah, as you say, not too far from
Park Road productions, Double Vision Brewery. Community meetings been planned.
Police last night announced that they had arrested a twenty
eight year old man who will appear in court today
charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated injury. Police can't say
(23:11):
yet definitively whether the two are linked, but you've got
Nabi Zada's family cursing their luck that this father and
husband just seemed to be in the wrong place at
the wrong time as this intruder was making his getaway.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
More answers to come, good health, how's you were that?
Speaker 12 (23:26):
Mostly fine today? Northerly's twenty the High Central.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Neva Rittamano joins me from Walkanhella and even good morning.
What's happening with a second South Auckland hospital.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
Yes, well, Health Minister same and Brown now he attended
the Hero's Project Aucland luncheon that had happened yesterday and
he's revealed it's something that the government's exploring. So he
says they're going to start detailed planning with Health New
Zealand and take steps to secure land. This is four
potentially a seek in South Auckland Hospital, public health doctors.
So Colin took you Thongas's Middle More Hospitals bursting it
(23:57):
the seams with patients and look, the population is growing,
it's aging. And he says, look, this looks to be
sensible and a welcome development that would better meet the
needs of people there in South Auckland.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
And how's Orkin's weather?
Speaker 9 (24:09):
Aucan's weather fine apart from some evening cloud twenty three
is a high. But Andrew, I've just got to make
a quick comment about I'm outraged for your wife because
about listening to your story or whose story about the
theft of the scooter E scooter.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Yeah, everything's done right. The security is there, people are there,
but this guy high vers just goes and people just
go oh yeah.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
And I agree with you, they're becoming more brazen. But
how many Is this her third or fourth scooter?
Speaker 12 (24:33):
About that?
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Yes, she's had three or four stolen. Is she going
to get another one?
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Well?
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Yeah, because he's good on her, he's good.
Speaker 7 (24:39):
Well.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Look, I've had a text that says, I cannot believe
you are hooked up with someone who uses an e scooter,
And can I just say, Helen takes a fairy as
she has the scooter on the ferry. She's scooters all
around town on the ferry on the scooter. Yes, and
we have saved a fortune and we got rid of
a second car. Go Helen tell it.
Speaker 5 (25:00):
Keep the faith.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
I think she's getting another maybe for Christmas. Is sixteen
to six, all right, Mitch McCann from the United States
in a few moments time, as the group chat saga continues,
and also what Russia wants if you need a ceasefire?
It's next here on news Talk zreb Oh and Boy
McMurray on Liam Lawson.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
International Correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
That is third thing to sex. Goodbody to you, So
we're off to America and mtch McCann, goodbody to you. Andrew,
good morning, How are you good? So this group chat
thing goes on, I think well, I watched the late
night shows last night, and what everyone was amazed at
is how the administration is doubling down that this did
not happen, that this is a line that Jeffrey Goldberg
is a discredited journalist. Do we have enough out there
(25:47):
yet to say this really did happen.
Speaker 13 (25:50):
Well, there has been a change this morning. Well, well,
the government firstly has acknowledged this is a real chat
that happened over Signal. But the question the administration has,
while it calls this a hoax, says that they don't
know how Jeffrey Goldberg got into the chat, and he
does something that allowed himself into the chat. Really kind
of hard to believe sort of stuff. And for people
(26:11):
that are just starting to follow this, this is the
story where a prominent US journalist from the Atlantic was
accidentally added to a group on this messaging app called
Signal alongside some of Donald Trump's closest top cabinet officials. Now,
they weren't discussing what they were going to have for dinner.
They were discussing bombing Yemen, and the journalist were sitting
there watching this whole thing unfold. The latest development Andrew
(26:34):
this morning is that Jeffrey Goldberg has decided, because Donald
Trump says it wasn't classified, to release the entire chat. Initially,
he hadn't done that because he said some of the
information might be classified, he shouldn't be doing it. But
he has decided this morning to do that. And the
Democrats say the contents of these messages that he's released
today proved that it was classified information, and they're now
(26:57):
calling on Pete Higsseth the Secretary of Defense to resign.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Well, well that won't happen, Pete seems very bold. Now
let's get to some real big stuff. Russia, Ukraine. Russia's
made some demands before they're going to start any ceasefire
in the Black Sea. Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 13 (27:13):
Both Russia and Ukraine have said that they're committed to
a ceasefire in the Blank Sea, but it remains unclear
if this is actually going to happen and how it
could work in practice. This is because the Kremlin has said, yes,
well we'll go along with the seasfire, but we have
some things that we want before this actually happens. It
says it's not going to agree to the ceasefire on
the water unless it's agricultural bank, It's State Agriculture Bank
(27:36):
and other banks involved in sort of trade and fertilizers
and things are reconnected to the international payment system known
as SWIFT, and there are a few other sanctions that
it wants pulled back as well before it's going to
agree to this. Now, Ukraine says this is madness because
you just be giving Russia what it wants. But the
Trump administration is going to consider this and they're going
(27:58):
to come up with an answer in the next couple
of days. But it is movement, but Russia here it
seems really dictating the terms of how it's going to
move on this.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Mitch, thank you so much. It is now ten minutes
to six.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Andrew Dickens.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
People have texted about Liam Lawson saying why are you guys?
This is just because he's a Kiwi that you guys
are so obsessed about it. This is a massive global story.
You would not believe the number of people who are
commenting on this, whether it's social media or generally because
F one is a huge sport and it just so
happens that the Kiwi is at the center of it.
So we've got reports that Liam Lawson will be cut
from Red Bull's top team. There's been no official announcement
(28:33):
I've checked so far. I'll check in a moment with Bob,
but the Dutch newspaper did. Telegraph reported yesterday that poor
old Lillam's being dropped by Red Bull will be replaced
by Yuki Sonoda in Japan. His time in F one
isn't expected to be completely finished. He could return to
the Racing Bulls feeder team, which he drove for last
season and that's a not too bad cut. So motorsport
expert Bob McMurray joins me. Now, hello, Bob, good morning, Andrews.
(28:57):
Have you had any more intel on this? Does this
really happen? Because I've I don't think I've actually seen
an official confirmation.
Speaker 7 (29:03):
No.
Speaker 14 (29:04):
Since I got up earlier this morning, I looked at
every single Red Bill outlet and there is nothing confirmed,
no story saying this is going to happen or not
going to happen at all. And apparently the only thing
I've seen is that discussions are ongoing. So I don't know,
but yeah, it doesn't look good with informed sources, especially
(29:24):
the Dutch, saying that it's going to happen, it's got
to believe that it may well do.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Yes, this is a team that is associated with the
Dutch and they often do leaks through Dutch media. Of
course the whole world speculating. Here is this piece of
speculation for you, And do you think that Red Bull
actually suffered a Honda power play Because it's the Japanese
Grand Prix, They're wanted the Japanese driver there, and of
course they have a lot of money, and so they said, well,
you know, let's try this out, and Red Bull's calling
(29:48):
their bluff.
Speaker 14 (29:50):
Well, I think if Liam Lawson had been scoring points
and he'd been doing very well, this would never have
come up at all. But the meter of fact they've
been thinking about it. Perhaps Red Bull, the Honda people
backing Sonoda have got wind of it and said, okay,
if you can put him in the car, will give
you an extra ten or fifteen million or whatever it
is to do that. So but the underlying problem, of
(30:11):
course is that Lim has not, in their eyes, performed
well enough to stay in the team, which is very
short sighted. He's being made escapegoat, in my opinion, for
the failings of the team themselves and the way they
organized their young driver's program and the way they have
not given him any time in the seat. And it's
(30:32):
a fairly brutal decision from against him.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Iperio has had ninety races, ninety, Ricciardo had what was
it eighteen or something. Everyone's had a greater chance, Gazzi
had a greater chance, but Liam just too. And there
we go. But there we go, and that is the
caliber of the Rebel team at the moment. Why doesn't
Christin Horner fall on his sword because he's obviously made
two crappy cars.
Speaker 14 (30:55):
Yep, well you could say that as AIG car. Actually, yes,
you did. The crappy car actually suits Max with Stappan,
So it's not that crappy in Max with Staffin's hands.
It's just that it's a very very difficult car for
any other driver to drive, and Liam cannot drive in
the same manner that Max for Stappan does to make
(31:16):
that car work, and that's the issue at point. The
car is I wouldn't say designed around Max for Staffhen,
but it very closely is, because clearly he's the one
that is the points and everything else. So we're going
to do what he wants to do with the car.
So Liam sort of has to try and adapt, and
unfortunately he can't adapt to a car with a loose
rear end. Is the fray that happens?
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Amazing, amazing. Okay, we'll wait to see what, if anything
concrete is going to happen from all of this, But
here's the thing. This is not the end of Liam
in any way, shape or form. He can still drive
a car very fast. Apparently Audi and Williams have been
sniffing around and wouldn't it be hilarious if he got
into a racing bullcar and beat Yuki? And seven to
six News.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
And Views You trust to start your day is the
early edition with Andrew Dickens and one roof Make your
Property search Simple. You've talked zimby.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
So on the Shotover wastewater spill that's causing all the
jubati in Queenstown, Alan Wrights, why doesn't Queenstown put nets
over the ponds to keep the ducks out and pump
the water in land? Because remember this all started because
ducks are landing on the ponds and flying in the
way of the planes. And that's a fair enough point, Alan,
But also you might want to ask the council, when
they're consenting so much urban sprawl, why didn't they make
(32:26):
sure that their infrastructure could cope? My Costking, Good morning.
Speaker 15 (32:30):
You do realize that Liam has beaten Yuki before? Oh yeah,
and he will be beat Perez as well from a
racing ball when Perez was in a red bull.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Didn't Liam beat Yuki in New Zealand and the Toyota
Racing Series? Yes, I think he did. I think he did.
But anyway, very sad. I'm sure, Oh, Bob is.
Speaker 15 (32:50):
Just throw the way McLaren's going given his I mean,
you know you look what Za's done to So it's
very very sad business, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
I mean, well, it's also like you gues, some people
text to go, oh, you're going on about this just
because he's a keyweat it's a cube, it's a global story.
Speaker 15 (33:03):
It's the coffee, it's the water cooler talk. You don't
get sacked after two races. In fact, I've been able
to work out I don't think a single driver has
ever been sacked after two races EBB in the history
of F one.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
You know who? I thought of Brendan Hartley very much,
so who and Ghazy was involved in all that thing
as well, and all these key is getting dumped.
Speaker 15 (33:21):
On, Well, well, Hartley went in under difficult circumstances, and
I suppose Liam went in under difficult circumstances. And the
most Abridgos part is that it's true Hondas offered another
ten million. They've offered that before they pay tend to
have Sonoda there. They've offered another team to get him
in this weekend, So that becomes the really dodgy part.
Of the IF one where it's not about by the.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Way, Bob Gelder after oh now there, now we're talking.
My thanks to producer Kensey. I'm Andrew. I can see
you tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (33:48):
As long as we go Today.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
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