March 27, 2025 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast Friday 28th of March 2025, Red Bull have officially demoted Liam Lawson, F1Planet.com Editor and Journalist Thomas Maher shares the latest from Red Bull.
Auckland Council is backing an Eden Park upgrade for the city's new stadium plan, Councillor Shane Henderson shares the reasons for the decision.
The Government almost doubled its target for cutting consultancy spending, Former Associate Minister of Finance, Sir Lockwood Smith shares his thoughts.
UK/ Europe Correspondent Vincent McAviney shares the latest on European leaders gathering in Paris to discuss plans for a coalition of the willing peacekeeping force and continued sanctions on Russia.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
The issues, the interviews and the inside. Andrew dickens on
early edition with one roof make your property search simple,
use talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be goodboying to you. You've made it to Friday.
It's the end of the week and I'm Andrew Dickinson.
Coming up. Over the next sixty minutes. Judith Collins is
cockerhoop as she announces that she slashed eight hundred million
dollars and cuts to contractors working on government projects. So
what is the impact and could she do more? We're
going to talk to a former Associate finance minister in
(00:33):
five minutes. They actually did it. Red Bull demotes Liam
Lawson will cross to Ireland and talk to a respected
Formula one journalist in ten minutes. And Trump puts a
twenty five percent tariff on foreign automobiles, so how will
Europe react? Macaveny joining me later on, and the Ugland
stadium face played itself out to its logical ends, So
(00:55):
what happens next that story? Just before six, We'll have
correspondence from right around the world and New Zealand and
news as it breaks. You can have your say by
giving me a text. The number is ninety two ninety
two it's seven minutes after five the agenda, and it's Friday,
the twenty eighth of March. And at least six people
if the dead after a tourist submarine sunk in the
(01:17):
Red Sea. Several people have been injured in thirty nine
others rescued after the incident off the coast of the
Egyptian city of Heergada. Around forty passengers who are on
board the submarine and all are believed to be Russian.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
We don't know yet what exactly happened that caused the
submarine to drown, but this is the second incident to
happen after the Ratsi cost in less than six months.
The frequency of these incidents raises a lot of questions
about the safety measures employed by the local authorities in
(01:50):
these popular see excursions.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yeah, would you take a trip on a private submarine?
These days, EU leaders have been attending a submage in Paris,
US President's uk Sorry President, as the Kia Starmer says,
Europe is mobilizing on a scale not seen for decades
to be ready to sustain a peace steal in Ukraine.
Russia has previously said a maritime truce in the Black
Sea will only begin if Western restrictions on Russians food
(02:15):
and fertilizer trade are lifted. Leaders at the summit, including
Ukrainian President Zelenski, have agreed that now is not the
time to lift sanctions on Russia, and French President Emmanuel
Macron says European countries will deploy a reassurance force to
Ukraine after a peace deal is secured.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
No sanctions should be lifted unless peace has been established
for good. We will continue exerting pressure from the economic
viewpoints on the shadow fleets, and we will continuemabilization.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And finally, Germany says it will not give in and
that Europe must respond firmly. After Donald Trump targeted imported
cars and card parts with a twenty five percent tariff,
the major world economy have vowed to retaliate, with France
branding the move very bad news, Canada called it a
direct attack, and China accused Washington of violating international trade rules. Immediately,
(03:11):
Shares in Frankfort for Porsche, Mercedes and BMW fell sharply,
alongside the French firm. Stilentis that the makers of Jeep
Pergot and Fiat.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
This will continue to spur growth like you haven't seen.
Before I was elected, we were losing all of our plants,
so we're being built in Mexico and Canada and other places.
Now those plants largely have stopped and they're moving on
to our country.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
And is now ten after five News and Views you
Trust to start your day.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
It's early edition with Andrew Dickens and one roof Make
your Property Search Simple.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
You talk said, be.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Hey, good morning to you. So with the global blacklash
against diversity hiring under the banner of it being woke,
it's important to remember how all this started. When a
sector became excessively dominated by a gender or a race,
questions were asked why those sectors weren't reflective of, you know,
the overall population. If seventeen percent of the population a Maori,
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then why isn't seventeen percent of the doctors. If fifty
one percent of the population are women, why are fifty
one percent of engineers women? Or here we go, why
aren't forty nine percent of teachers men? So there's a
real politic here. Some professions are just preferred by different genders,
and some races are educationally disadvantaged. So to make things
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more representative, some sectors took what they call proactive measures.
Now where DEI comes unstuck is when people are promoted
above their ability. At the end of the day, we
are still a meritocracy where the best people get the
most responsible positions, no matter your sex or color. Now,
the latest diversity concerned in this country is the law.
(04:51):
The New Zealand Bar Association has just released a report
into gender in their profession and they've asked the question,
why is the there are only thirty percent of women
in senior law positions when female lawyers make up fifty
five percent of lawyers. That disparity is only exaggerated. Amongst
lawyers with less than seven years experience. In that cohort,
(05:13):
sixty four percent are women. But they're not carrying on
to the top. So the Bar Association says, all the
old boys club still exist, but at a smaller level
than before, and maybe we should do something about it.
But you know, it should be remembered that parenthood takes
women out of the sector. Men keep on piling up
the billable hours and curing their way up the ladder.
They work like dogs. Lawyers learn the game. They know
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if they want the gig, they have to display the drive.
So if I was to have a concern about the
law and gender, my concern would be amongst judges. If ever,
there was a profession that should be representative of our population,
it's judges. So should we be worried? Well, I took
a look at it. Sixty percent of district court judges
are men. What's that about? But hey, hold on, hold
(06:00):
your horses. Sixty percent of our Supreme Court judges are women,
including the Chief Justice, the boss of them all is
a woman. And isn't that proof that there is no
glass ceiling. If you want it, you can get it.
And if women don't want it, well they're not going
to go out and get it. It's twenty twenty five
and this issue has been around for a while, and
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sometimes you know, it's just because people do what they
do and what they do varies because of their sex
and gender, rather than some overruching prejudice. Andrew dickens thirteen
out to five. It's the harshest decision in the sport
and it's a global news story and now it's official.
Liam Lawson's been taken out of the Red Bull team,
replaced by Yuki Sonoda. Liam, though still racing this weekend
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for the racing bulls very big punt by Christian Horner
because of Yuki is beaten by Liam. Then the problem
is not the driver but the car, a car that
Max vs Stappen has already said is just not fast enough.
And if it's the then Red Bull has a very
big problem indeed, and that problem is not Liam Lawson.
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So I really hope that Liam has taken the decision
with the grain of salt and goes out and proves
all his critics wrong. I think we're all there with that,
aren't we. Aim From what I hear, he's taking it
all without standing grace. He understands what's happened, he understands
what he needs now to do, and I have to
say he's so impressive. I don't know how many people
could deal with the sort of pressure that this young
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lad has had so far. What an amazing fortnight five fourteen.
All right, the public service job cuts. Judith Collins came
out yesterday said we've done great double of what we
said we would do. But was that enough? Can they
do more? In a moment, I'm talking to Sir lockwood Smith,
the former Associate Minister of Finance and Speaker of the House.
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This is Newstalk zeb.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
analysis early edition with Andrew Dickens and one roof Make
Your Properties So Simple News Talk Sidy.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
It's good morning to you. Thank you for choosing us.
It is sixteen minutes after five. The government's ahead of
schedule with public service job cuts. So their goal was
to cut four hundred million dollars in spending on consultants
and contractors over two years, but Judith Collins says they're
actually on track to count eight hundred million in the
same time frame. Double it. And she was so happy. Yes,
(08:23):
that's always a bit disturbing when you see Judith's smile.
So Lockwood Smith was the Associate Minister of Finance and
he joins us, Now, good morning to you Lockwood.
Speaker 7 (08:32):
Morning Andrew.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
This needed to be done, didn't it.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
Yeah, you know you wways feel sympathy for those whose
jobs were at risk. Andry, let's be pretty clear about that.
It's not a non easy thing for people. But the
massive increase in the public sector in New Zealand has
been eyewatering. I mean I served on a after I
finished his High Commissioner in the UK. I was asked
to serve on a commission reviewing the UK public sector
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and in a one of our western country. Who've got
this problem of a massive growth in the what people
loosely call the bureaucracy that's standing in the way of
our economic performance and creating sustainable jobs across the economy.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Why has it been a global phenomenon. I mean, we
see Elon Musk and dose getting stuck into the United States.
Rachel Reeves, the labor Chant of the Exchequer, has said
she's going to cut fifteen percent of public servants. Why
did all countries go down this track?
Speaker 7 (09:29):
To give you a feel, Andrew for just the ridiculous increase.
You know, when I was Minister of Education, Now admittedly
that was a long time ago, I ran the entire
tertiary system, including industry training, with thirteen officials. Today four
hundred do that job, and they just get in the
way of the providers. You know, these providers out there
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working hard to try and deliver education have to handle
all the bureaucratic requirements of that huge staff increase. When
I became Speaker, I reduced the judges of the Speaker's
Office by fifty percent reduced by fifty percent, and I
think most people say the Speaker's office probably ran you know,
at least as well, if not better.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Look at so can I just ask one last question.
She's done well eight hundred million so far. Is there
more that she can cut?
Speaker 7 (10:18):
Well, I'm not in a position about the comment on
that all and I wouldn't recommend what's you know exactly
what's happening in the US right now, but we do
have to make sure. We've got a real problem with
productivity in this country. And you can partly see why,
you know, you've got so much unproductive work going on
if you like, by well meaning you know, good people
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in the public sector, but just lack of focus on
what's really needed to deliver an effective public sector. And
as I say, we're seeing it not just New Zealand
but in other countries as well.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
So lookwuld I thank you so much for your time
for getting up early for us. Today's a Lockwood Smith.
Thank yous and gentlemen, former Speaker and Associate Minister of
Finance many other jobs as well as you heard worked
in the UK. For US it is nineteen minutes after five.
I know some people are bored by the Liam Lawson story.
But it's a global story and it's leading papers all
over the places. Just extraordinary. I was reading a guy
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called Thomas maher the other day from Planet f one
and wouldn't you know, I'm talking to him next.
Speaker 8 (11:18):
Here are news talks here b the first Word on
the News of the Day Early edition with Andrew Dickens
and one Roof to make your Property Search and simple
news talk Zibby.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
It's by twenty two if you've just woken up. Its official.
Liam Lawson has been dropped by Red Bull. It was
announced overnight that Yuki Sonoda will replace him as Max
Verstappen's teammates, but Liam will still be racing in the
racing ball team Our team Both. Boss Christian Horner says
this is a purely sporting decision and there's a duty
of care to protect and develop Lawson. Formula one editor
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and journalist at planetf one dot comas Thomas ma who
joins me. Now, good morning to you, Thomas, Oh, good.
Speaker 9 (11:57):
Morning, how are you?
Speaker 3 (11:58):
No?
Speaker 9 (11:58):
Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
I'm in New Zealand and obviously I'm outraged at this
decision and I get the feeling that Red Bulls running
around like chickens without a head.
Speaker 9 (12:09):
It is a little bit of a chaotic situation. I
think that's developed over the last couple of weeks. From
speaking to sources on both sides of the story over
the last twenty four hours, the feeling very much is
that it was just a little bit too much too
soon for Lim in appointing him at Red Bull, and
that's the safest thing to do to protect Lim and
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to look after basically his future, his mentality, his mindset,
his competitiveness for the future, is to drop him back
into the racing bull seat and give the Red Bull
seat to someone a little bit more experienced. On that
man then is Yuki Sonoda. Lim obviously struggled a little
bit for performance over the two opening weekends of the
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twenty twenty five Championship in Australia and China, and it
was a little bit panic stations, I think at Red
Bull because there was nothing to suggest that that Lim
was going to be able to turn it around in
the short term. So for those reasons, as I said,
the decision has been taken to protect Lim. And from
speaking to two members of Lawson's camp, the feeling in
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the camp is that this is the right move that
they're welcoming the decision and the possibility of, you know,
protecting Lawson's future and his mindset for the future.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
It's a big risk by Christian Horner because of course,
if Liam gets into the racing BULLCA races at Suzuka,
at Trekking knows very very well, and then blitzes Yuki,
then finally the blame will come back not on the
driver but on the car.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
Very much so. And Liam has been open about the
fact that the Red Bull OVERB twenty one has been
a very difficult car for him to drive. And I
think what we've seen over the last couple of years
is that, you know, the the car alongside Max Forstappen
has traditionally struggled for competitiveness and Lim is no different
in that regard. He's jumped in the car, he has
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struggled to adjust immediately. Some of that seems to be
on his side, some of it seems to be on
the car side. And I think we're gonna get answered
very quickly on this because Yuki Sonoda is a known quantity.
Granted he hasn't got the experience with this exact car,
but Yuki is an established member of the upper midfield.
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So if he suddenly jumps into the car and qualifies,
you know, eighteen twentieth, as we've seen with Lim, it
seems it would seem to be pretty definitive that the
car is the bigger issue and not so much the driver.
But if Yuki, you know, jumps in the car and
all of a sudden he is making it into Q
three and does pretty well, then that suggests it is
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more driver. So it is going to be very interesting
to see what happens at Suzuka, because I don't think
there's anywhere to hide for either Red Bull or you
get Snoda.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
At this point, Thomas Marra, I, thank you so much
for your time journalist at Planet f one dot com.
He seemed very diplomatic. Don't you think he does have
extensive links to Red Bull and has that colored him?
I see that. Todd reckons that Thomas sounded a little
bit like a Red BULLPR spokesperson. Another text through looking
at it from Red Bull's position, they can sell merch
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in Japan with Yuki, that's true. And another text that says, hey,
Max has said the way Liam has been treated as
nothing more than bullying and there are rumors around that
Max might even walk about all of this. What a story,
What a story? News Talks FB. It is now five twenty.
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Speaker 2 (15:41):
News Talks HEB five twenty eight. The House was hilarious
yesterday when St. Peter's turned into a grumpy old Conservative,
a role he assumes to hoover up votes from his
constituents rather than the stately foreign minister image he shows
to the rest of the world. So what was the thing?
He complained that Ricardo Menender's march the Green MP wore
a leather jacket in the house. It was a glossy
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little number. Question is is it disrespectful raising the question
about clothes in the workforce? You know, if you wear
a fifteen hundred dollar designer leather jacket, is that less
respectful than someone wearing a three hundred dollar sales suit
from laid Law and leeds from Farmers. I mean, things
have obviously loosened. Our big boss here wears a jacket,
but I've never ever seen him in a tie. Casual
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Friday has become casual weekday, and I wasn't worried about
Ricardo's leather jacket. Even though it gave off boy George
vibes and he looked like he was off to a disco,
he obviously took care in his look that he turned
up well groomed, even if he did look like a clown.
And it's not good the House of Representatives for nothing.
It should be representative of all of us, including leather
jacket wearers. And I've sometimes wondered at the ensembles that
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appear on our screens worn by public servants and MPs.
You know something, are very fancy. Many are obviously expensive,
purchased on wages provided by the taxpayers, flaunting your public
purse wealth at us public servants. But the biggest problem
with riccardo men ends leather jacket is that it's leather.
I thought Ricardo was a green MP, opposed to products
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derived from animal cruelty. The thing about symbolism is that
it is symbolic, and Ricardo's leather jacket screamed hypocrisy.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Andrew Dickens, All right.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
You're going off about Liam, and we'll talk more about
that again later. Speaking of cars, twenty five percent tariff
on foreign cars in America, So how does Europe react
vinto Macabennis moments.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Away, Get ahead of the headlines on early edition, Andrew
Dickens and one roof.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Make Your Property Search Simple News Talks It be.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Holder must be Friday because Kenzie is playing Harry Styles
and going to symphony this weekends and I'm going to
Bob Geldof tonight. I might tell you more about that later.
Oh Riccardo's jacket, Luke has written to me on the
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text ninety two ninety two. Small charge there, Luke thought,
brilliant Riccardo has finally got ridden of that nasty green
jacket he has worn forever. Maybe Golras could consult on
green MP fashion. Haha, funny Heather rights, Are you sure
it was leather? And I go, well, if he was
wearing a pleathant jacket, that is certainly disrespectful. And hey,
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here's the thing. Have you noticed how the Greens and
Too Party Mari seemed to be addicted to fashion labels? Absolutely?
I mean sometimes they talk about to Party Maray and
their hats and their clothes and all that, saying what
are they wearing? But at the same time, those hats
are not cheap, they pay some money. They like their labels.
Mario Packer, she's one hundred percent of walking billboard for workshop.
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What is it with the Greens to party Mari and clothes.
There's a question for you now. The topic that is
born board the nation, it is fair to say, came
to its predictable end yesterday, as just like back in
twenty eleven when we had the World Cup, Orcan turned
its back on a spectacular vision and instead decided to
renovate the old faithful Eden Park. And for me, it's
like the legacy of thirty years of financial mismanagement of
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all of our infrastructure. We haven't had the money to
do good stuff for a long time now, and we
know this. When this government came in, they've proclaimed that
this was the era of need to have instead of
nice to haves. So I guess the waterfront stadium was
the nice to have and Eten Parks the need to have.
But you know that stands in opposition to the National
Party's other mantra, which is we just need to start
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saying yes instead of no. But organ still has too
many stadiums, none are quite fit for purpose. But apparently
that's all we can afford because that's the way we've
rolled for ages now, so what happens next. Shane Henderson
was in charge of that committee. He's a counselor at Or.
He was in charge of that committee that had to
review all the things. We'll ask him what happens next
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and where the money is coming from? Before six o'clock.
It is now twenty one to six and around the
country we go. Caluen Productor joins us Fromdunedin. Hello morning, Andrew.
A Queenstown Mansions about to set a new price record.
Yes it has.
Speaker 10 (20:20):
This is the nineteen hecta estate named Chantaclair and it
has the new house price record in New Zealand, selling
for forty five and a half million dollars. It's happened
two years ago in fact the sale, but at the
time details of the property or exact sale price couldn't
be released. One roof first reported the record breaking sale
(20:43):
in twenty twenty three, but we didn't know the details.
We do now forty five and a half million for
a four bedroom home on Lower Shotover Road. It apparently
emulates a French style mansion with lush gardens and it
is a prime location and it beats the previous house
record of thirty eight and a half million seven twenty
thirteen for a house in Auckland's Rake. Thank you so much.
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How's your weather? Chance for shower today? Here partly cloudy otherwise.
In nineteen and we go to chrashs Clessirewood.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Good morning, good morning. They found a very old gecko.
Speaker 11 (21:15):
Yeah, this is pretty interesting, Andrew. The world's oldest gecko
in fact have been found off the coast of North Canterbury.
So two of these reptiles are living on the predator
free Motino Island. Are thought to be somewhere between sixty
and sixty four years old, which is significantly older than
the previous record, which was fifty three. These two were
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discovered in nineteen sixty seven and nineteen sixty nine by
late herpetologist Tony Whittaker. Now Department of Conservation ranger Caitlin
Leeds says the gecko's being found just recently during a
five yearly monitoring visit is amazing. She says they were
simply blown away to find the two original lizards. The
way they know that it's them is that they were
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individually marked with toe clips by Whittaker back in the sixties.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Well, okay, I wish I was a gecko. I think
that one I actually do. Do humans have longer than well? Anyway,
how's your with her?
Speaker 11 (22:09):
There's some more questions from you today, Andrew cloudy and
a few morning showers about then fine. Spouse later liked
winds and the high as eighteen.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
That's my job clear. Hello Max Toll from Willington, Good morning, sir.
Paul keeps on making headlines.
Speaker 12 (22:23):
Yeah yeah, the Green MP of pit and Wellington mornings
this week and claimed to Nick Mills that someone is
currently in prison for shoplifting twelve dollars worth of items.
She was, of course responding to earlier claims that people
don't feel safe with the beat cops around and all
these cops do is harass the homeless. She also criticized
the prison system and gave this a rather shocking shoplifter.
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For example, yesterday she was asked for more information about
the case and she said she couldn't provided. Appears she
was told this by an actual prisoner, took them at
face value and has been citing the example in media
to justify her belief that the justice system is too punitive.
Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell says it would be impossible without
that person being a serious violent crime or recidivist offender,
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not cited by Mitchell, but indeed a former colleague of
Pools shoplifted nine thousand dollars worth of goods in avoided prison.
Tory Faro appears to be supporting Tamotha Paul. She reposted
the earlier video criticizing police. We asked the mayor if
she has any genuine concerns about police. She told us
no comment, and her office referred us to a council
document that states beat police are a vital initiative in
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the CBD. Okay, how's Wellington's party cloudy with isolated showers
for coming? Fine this afternoon?
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Okay, And we go to Aukland neave a ready man
of good morning to.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
You Ape Friday.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
We've made it, Yes we have. Or how's Auckland Hospital running?
Speaker 6 (23:43):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Yes, now look we've got another week twist here as
Auckland Hospital disestablishes hospital supporter roles. Now hospital supporter functions
they include guiding visitors and patients, assisting health staff, and
performing all the Edmond tasks. So Itto director met Dinner.
He's condemning this decision, saying, look this reflects the government's
approach of cutting areas that things that people won't notice.
(24:06):
He says that the health staff they're overstretched, as we
will know, they can't pick up any extra workload. And
Danna has says that this will result in essential work
not being done in the time into the quality it
needs to be. So we've approached out New Zealand for
comment waiting on that one. Hawkin's weather Haarley cloudy on
shower clear and define them in the afternoon twenty three
is high here in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
And I thank you in it is now seventeen minutes
to six. And Mark writes on the text ninety two
ninety two morning Andrew, this is about, of course, the
designer clothing in the house. Andrew. It all takes you
back to those days when somebody started buying designer jockey shorts.
Wasn't it Enjoy your day? And this indeed it is.
And again I asked a question, what is it about
the Greens into party Marie and designer labels, and what
is it about the Greens and shoplifting? Now Donald Trump
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has put a twenty five percent tariff on all important
cars and car parts, and of course that's going to
upset all those middle class people in America who like
their Volvos. So how is you're reacting? Vincent mcavinnye is.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Next International correspondence with insign Eye Insurance Peace of Mind
for New Zealand Business.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Jan Henderson counselor on the Auckland Stadium. Next, but first
it's go to Europe and it's a good morning to
Vincent megavinie.
Speaker 13 (25:17):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
So Donald Trump puts to twenty five percent tariff on
all important cars and car pads. The European cars are
very popular in America. So how have they reacted?
Speaker 13 (25:28):
Yeah, hugely popular.
Speaker 14 (25:29):
You know.
Speaker 13 (25:29):
You see a lot of BMW's, a lot of Audi's,
lot of Mercedes Benz in America when you are there.
And it's been a pretty big blow, particularly for Germany,
which has had a struggle over the last few years
with its economy because of being cut off from cheap
Russian gas. And they have said decisively that they will
not give in and that Europe must respond firmly to
this at tax not just on imported cars but also
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car parts, you know, and that some of those manufacturers
do have plants in the US. But of course some
of those parts are just manufactured in one site here
in Europe and then sent all the way around the world.
So they're trying to build consensus across Europe, but also
with Canada and Japan as well. All of the car
companies from those nations have seen their stock fall General
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Motors as much as seven percent today because they have
sort of a lot of production here in Europe as well,
and it's all tied in this global chain. So there
are perhaps attempts for Canada, Europe and Japan to sort
of act together in sort of retaliatory tariffs, but Donald
Trump has worn it, particularly Canada, of doing anything like that.
So we'll see how this.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Goes absolutely, and we'll see how the American public react,
because they do like the European cars, in the Gypanese cars,
and their freedom of choice has kind of been taken
away from them exactly.
Speaker 13 (26:45):
And Donald Trump doesn't seem together as well. He's sort
of his defenses. You know, Europeans don't buy our cars. Well,
most American cars aren't fit for European roads because they're
so much smaller, and also we don't have the sort
of subsidized gas prices that they do. Their fuel is
much more you have to have better fuel efficiency here
in Europe to make it cost effective.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Okay, so European leaders have been meeting in Paris, and
Zelensky is here as well. What can you tell me?
Speaker 13 (27:09):
Yeah, that's right. This is another meeting of European leaders
hosted by Emmanuel Macro. Defense heads as well attending this meeting,
they're saying that Putin is simply trying to play for time,
that he's not engaging properly with the talks. But they
are starting to sort of draw up plans for a
mobilization of European forces not seen in a scale for decades,
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to be ready to go in as peacekeeping troops. Now,
Ladimir Putin has previously said that he wouldn't want any
NATO soldiers to be put into Ukraine. Now, of course,
that doesn't leave really any European soldiers these days, because
his illegal war in Ukraine meant that even Finland and
Sweden long holdouts had joined NATO in recent years. So
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it is sort of more planning for the possibility of
a ceasefire, but that ceasefire still seems a little bit
out of reach at the moment.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Finter Mecavini have yourself a great weekend and I thank
you for joining me. It's eleven to six Coundrew Diggens.
So Eden Park won the predictable vote last night on
the council hours of debate talking about this. The Key
Park Phantom Stadium will remain in the pile of maybe
one day. They're not in the clear yet though. Of
course Eden Park needs one hundred million dollars worth of
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funding to actually build a new north stand, which is
the first stage of their project. So I'm joined now
by Auckland Councilor Shane Henderson who's been across it.
Speaker 14 (28:28):
Hello, Shane, got a good morning.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
So this was the predictable outcome, wasn't it because we
said right from the beginning no council funding. Therefore the
one that needed the least council funding gets the nod.
Speaker 14 (28:41):
Yeah, and we saw with the council staff report before
the meeting that Eden Park had less to do to
become viable. Obviously both had their own issues, but so
from that perspective, you know, it wasn't too surprising as that.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
Okay, so you've said no money, so therefore obviously Nick
Saltner and his team must be going right now. Cap
In hand to the government, making this a national problem.
Speaker 14 (29:04):
Yeah, and they can have confidence in raising money with
either government or the private sector because they know that
we've got the backing of the city there as they're preferred.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
That and weren't they included in the fast track they were.
Speaker 14 (29:17):
Yeah, so that's another league up there as well. Should
give the public a bit more confidence too.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
So you think is actually going to happen.
Speaker 14 (29:25):
Well, yes, it seems so. I mean there's a good
bid team there and I sort of dack their expertise
to try and raise the cash required.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Meanwhile, we've got a load of stadiums in Auckland, three
owned by you and one that is private. The private
one is getting the big nod here, and we're still
no closer to rationalizing all of us.
Speaker 9 (29:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (29:44):
Well, actually yesterday we passed the vote on that as well,
essentially kept starting a stadium investment plan which should hopefully
guide future planning and future decision making for stadiums in
the city. So it was a huge day for the council.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
So is this an investment plan for a future stadium
or an investment plan to just knock some down and
fix some up.
Speaker 14 (30:06):
No, it's an investment plan for the stadiums that we
already have. So we need some decision making principles to
guide that future, and so we've done that yesterday.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Well the council actually build a permanent stands on the
south of buncemt because frankly, looking at all that scaffolding
is a bit embarrassing.
Speaker 14 (30:24):
Yeah, well that'd be one of the decisions we'll have
to make in the near future. So yeah, it's an
exciting space. But as you say, look at really is
the beginning of the conversation rather than the end.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Okay, the beginning of a conversation, a conversation we've been
having forever, mate. This is exactly the same conversation we
had in twenty eleven during the Rugby World Cup when
the government offered a half a billion dollars in all comment.
Oh no, that seems like far too much work.
Speaker 14 (30:48):
Oh mate, We didn't have any conversation of two decades
of the setting and I think a lot of people
are pretty sick of it now. But I hope that
this National Stadium conversation is the bit that we can
put to dead as of yesterday.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Good start, all right, well done, Thank you so much.
Shane Henderson for waking up early and talking to us.
Well done to Nick Seutner. Can I just say that
Nick Seutner, I think it turned up about seven years
ago from Australia and said right, I'm going to take
this bull by the horns. And he rebranded Eden Park
as the National Stadium and he he got more concerts there.
He bought a floor for the concerts, he fixed up
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the lighting, and he's made the place generally better. And
his whole aim has been towards this point to actually
put a new north stand on Eden Park, maybe put
a roof so we don't get wet when we're watching sport,
and maybe bring us into the twenty first century. I
don't want to live in a country though with needs
to have rather than nice to have side Anyway, New
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Talk said b. It is seven to six on your radio.
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It's five to six on the whole Ricardiment enders March
Jack Kafuffle and the question of clothes are expensive are
they then suitable for the house? Roger writes to me
and says Andrew. What surprised me more on the day
of the infamous hakka in the debating chamber was the
fact that Rawi Titi was wearing white sand shoes in
the house. Absolutely no respect from the Malu party for standards.
Thank you so much, Roger. But were they sand chos
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or were they trainers? If you spend two hundred and
fifty bucks on some expensive designer trainers, are they just
as respectful as some seventy dollars boots from the number
one shoe wearhouse. A man who knows his tartorial elegance
is Mike Hoskins.
Speaker 15 (32:32):
Stephen Frye got his knighthood this week in sketches, in sketches, sketches.
And so he was wearing you know.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
The oh sketches, the shoes, so I said.
Speaker 15 (32:44):
And so he was wearing the full regalia, as in,
you know, fully dressed up, and he was wearing sketches.
I assume it's something to do with his help. I
think you only wear sketches if you've got health issues?
Am I right in saying that? Or well, I wouldn't
wear sketches now, I wouldn't wear sketches that you wear crocs.
I got two pairs of crocs, and not only.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Because they're sensible and practical and pragmatic.
Speaker 15 (33:06):
They they're good country shoes, is what I've decided. And
so they're better than a gum boat. They're a seasonal
gum boot and they allow you to get across the
property in the land. Whether I'll do it in winter,
I don't know because they've got holes in them. But
I've got some gibbets. I got some gibbets, and so
I've got a warrior's gibbet and a glass of wine
gibbet and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
So you know good, you're supposed to have those fancy
what are the gun boots that they wear at Glastonbury
and the hunters? Hunters?
Speaker 15 (33:32):
Oh, we got the hunters.
Speaker 2 (33:32):
You got hunters, und I've got the hunter I've got
them all. What are you talking about?
Speaker 15 (33:36):
Nichola Willis is on a couple of quick things. We've
saved a fortune and consultants hundreds of millions of dollars.
So their target was to say for one hundred they've
done that in too. She's making an announcement this weekend
on supermarkets, specific things on supermarkets, what they're going to
do to bring a third player in to the markets.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
I'll talk to and I think you have a great weekend.
Thank you to producing Kenzie. I'm off to Bob got
off tonight and see you letter.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be goodboying to you. You've made it to Friday.
It's the end of the week and I'm Andrew Dickinson.
Coming up. Over the next sixty minutes. Judith Collins is
cockerhoop as she announces that she slashed eight hundred million
dollars and cuts to contractors working on government projects. So
what is the impact and could she do more? We're
going to talk to a former Associate finance minister in
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five minutes. They actually did it. Red Bull demotes Liam
Lawson will cross to Ireland and talk to a respected
Formula one journalist in ten minutes. And Trump puts a
twenty five percent tariff on foreign automobiles, so how will
Europe react? Macaveny joining me later on, and the Ugland
stadium face played itself out to its logical ends, So
(00:55):
what happens next that story? Just before six, We'll have
correspondence from right around the world and New Zealand and
news as it breaks. You can have your say by
giving me a text. The number is ninety two ninety
two it's seven minutes after five the agenda, and it's Friday,
the twenty eighth of March. And at least six people
if the dead after a tourist submarine sunk in the
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Red Sea. Several people have been injured in thirty nine
others rescued after the incident off the coast of the
Egyptian city of Heergada. Around forty passengers who are on
board the submarine and all are believed to be Russian.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
We don't know yet what exactly happened that caused the
submarine to drown, but this is the second incident to
happen after the Ratsi cost in less than six months.
The frequency of these incidents raises a lot of questions
about the safety measures employed by the local authorities in
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these popular see excursions.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yeah, would you take a trip on a private submarine?
These days, EU leaders have been attending a submage in Paris,
US President's uk Sorry President, as the Kia Starmer says,
Europe is mobilizing on a scale not seen for decades
to be ready to sustain a peace steal in Ukraine.
Russia has previously said a maritime truce in the Black
Sea will only begin if Western restrictions on Russians food
(02:15):
and fertilizer trade are lifted. Leaders at the summit, including
Ukrainian President Zelenski, have agreed that now is not the
time to lift sanctions on Russia, and French President Emmanuel
Macron says European countries will deploy a reassurance force to
Ukraine after a peace deal is secured.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
No sanctions should be lifted unless peace has been established
for good. We will continue exerting pressure from the economic
viewpoints on the shadow fleets, and we will continuemabilization.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And finally, Germany says it will not give in and
that Europe must respond firmly. After Donald Trump targeted imported
cars and card parts with a twenty five percent tariff,
the major world economy have vowed to retaliate, with France
branding the move very bad news, Canada called it a
direct attack, and China accused Washington of violating international trade rules. Immediately,
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Shares in Frankfort for Porsche, Mercedes and BMW fell sharply,
alongside the French firm. Stilentis that the makers of Jeep
Pergot and Fiat.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
This will continue to spur growth like you haven't seen.
Before I was elected, we were losing all of our plants,
so we're being built in Mexico and Canada and other places.
Now those plants largely have stopped and they're moving on
to our country.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
And is now ten after five News and Views you
Trust to start your day.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
It's early edition with Andrew Dickens and one roof Make
your Property Search Simple.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
You talk said, be.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Hey, good morning to you. So with the global blacklash
against diversity hiring under the banner of it being woke,
it's important to remember how all this started. When a
sector became excessively dominated by a gender or a race,
questions were asked why those sectors weren't reflective of, you know,
the overall population. If seventeen percent of the population a Maori,
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then why isn't seventeen percent of the doctors. If fifty
one percent of the population are women, why are fifty
one percent of engineers women? Or here we go, why
aren't forty nine percent of teachers men? So there's a
real politic here. Some professions are just preferred by different genders,
and some races are educationally disadvantaged. So to make things
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more representative, some sectors took what they call proactive measures.
Now where DEI comes unstuck is when people are promoted
above their ability. At the end of the day, we
are still a meritocracy where the best people get the
most responsible positions, no matter your sex or color. Now,
the latest diversity concerned in this country is the law.
(04:51):
The New Zealand Bar Association has just released a report
into gender in their profession and they've asked the question,
why is the there are only thirty percent of women
in senior law positions when female lawyers make up fifty
five percent of lawyers. That disparity is only exaggerated. Amongst
lawyers with less than seven years experience. In that cohort,
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sixty four percent are women. But they're not carrying on
to the top. So the Bar Association says, all the
old boys club still exist, but at a smaller level
than before, and maybe we should do something about it.
But you know, it should be remembered that parenthood takes
women out of the sector. Men keep on piling up
the billable hours and curing their way up the ladder.
They work like dogs. Lawyers learn the game. They know
(05:37):
if they want the gig, they have to display the drive.
So if I was to have a concern about the
law and gender, my concern would be amongst judges. If ever,
there was a profession that should be representative of our population,
it's judges. So should we be worried? Well, I took
a look at it. Sixty percent of district court judges
are men. What's that about? But hey, hold on, hold
(06:00):
your horses. Sixty percent of our Supreme Court judges are women,
including the Chief Justice, the boss of them all is
a woman. And isn't that proof that there is no
glass ceiling. If you want it, you can get it.
And if women don't want it, well they're not going
to go out and get it. It's twenty twenty five
and this issue has been around for a while, and
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sometimes you know, it's just because people do what they
do and what they do varies because of their sex
and gender, rather than some overruching prejudice. Andrew dickens thirteen
out to five. It's the harshest decision in the sport
and it's a global news story and now it's official.
Liam Lawson's been taken out of the Red Bull team,
replaced by Yuki Sonoda. Liam, though still racing this weekend
(06:44):
for the racing bulls very big punt by Christian Horner
because of Yuki is beaten by Liam. Then the problem
is not the driver but the car, a car that
Max vs Stappen has already said is just not fast enough.
And if it's the then Red Bull has a very
big problem indeed, and that problem is not Liam Lawson.
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So I really hope that Liam has taken the decision
with the grain of salt and goes out and proves
all his critics wrong. I think we're all there with that,
aren't we. Aim From what I hear, he's taking it
all without standing grace. He understands what's happened, he understands
what he needs now to do, and I have to
say he's so impressive. I don't know how many people
could deal with the sort of pressure that this young
(07:27):
lad has had so far. What an amazing fortnight five fourteen.
All right, the public service job cuts. Judith Collins came
out yesterday said we've done great double of what we
said we would do. But was that enough? Can they
do more? In a moment, I'm talking to Sir lockwood Smith,
the former Associate Minister of Finance and Speaker of the House.
(07:50):
This is Newstalk zeb.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
analysis early edition with Andrew Dickens and one roof Make
Your Properties So Simple News Talk Sidy.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
It's good morning to you. Thank you for choosing us.
It is sixteen minutes after five. The government's ahead of
schedule with public service job cuts. So their goal was
to cut four hundred million dollars in spending on consultants
and contractors over two years, but Judith Collins says they're
actually on track to count eight hundred million in the
same time frame. Double it. And she was so happy. Yes,
(08:23):
that's always a bit disturbing when you see Judith's smile.
So Lockwood Smith was the Associate Minister of Finance and
he joins us, Now, good morning to you Lockwood.
Speaker 7 (08:32):
Morning Andrew.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
This needed to be done, didn't it.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
Yeah, you know you wways feel sympathy for those whose
jobs were at risk. Andry, let's be pretty clear about that.
It's not a non easy thing for people. But the
massive increase in the public sector in New Zealand has
been eyewatering. I mean I served on a after I
finished his High Commissioner in the UK. I was asked
to serve on a commission reviewing the UK public sector
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and in a one of our western country. Who've got
this problem of a massive growth in the what people
loosely call the bureaucracy that's standing in the way of
our economic performance and creating sustainable jobs across the economy.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Why has it been a global phenomenon. I mean, we
see Elon Musk and dose getting stuck into the United States.
Rachel Reeves, the labor Chant of the Exchequer, has said
she's going to cut fifteen percent of public servants. Why
did all countries go down this track?
Speaker 7 (09:29):
To give you a feel, Andrew for just the ridiculous increase.
You know, when I was Minister of Education, Now admittedly
that was a long time ago, I ran the entire
tertiary system, including industry training, with thirteen officials. Today four
hundred do that job, and they just get in the
way of the providers. You know, these providers out there
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working hard to try and deliver education have to handle
all the bureaucratic requirements of that huge staff increase. When
I became Speaker, I reduced the judges of the Speaker's
Office by fifty percent reduced by fifty percent, and I
think most people say the Speaker's office probably ran you know,
at least as well, if not better.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Look at so can I just ask one last question.
She's done well eight hundred million so far. Is there
more that she can cut?
Speaker 7 (10:18):
Well, I'm not in a position about the comment on
that all and I wouldn't recommend what's you know exactly
what's happening in the US right now, but we do
have to make sure. We've got a real problem with
productivity in this country. And you can partly see why,
you know, you've got so much unproductive work going on
if you like, by well meaning you know, good people
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in the public sector, but just lack of focus on
what's really needed to deliver an effective public sector. And
as I say, we're seeing it not just New Zealand
but in other countries as well.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
So lookwuld I thank you so much for your time
for getting up early for us. Today's a Lockwood Smith.
Thank yous and gentlemen, former Speaker and Associate Minister of
Finance many other jobs as well as you heard worked
in the UK. For US it is nineteen minutes after five.
I know some people are bored by the Liam Lawson story.
But it's a global story and it's leading papers all
over the places. Just extraordinary. I was reading a guy
(11:13):
called Thomas maher the other day from Planet f one
and wouldn't you know, I'm talking to him next.
Speaker 8 (11:18):
Here are news talks here b the first Word on
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Speaker 2 (11:29):
It's by twenty two if you've just woken up. Its official.
Liam Lawson has been dropped by Red Bull. It was
announced overnight that Yuki Sonoda will replace him as Max
Verstappen's teammates, but Liam will still be racing in the
racing ball team Our team Both. Boss Christian Horner says
this is a purely sporting decision and there's a duty
of care to protect and develop Lawson. Formula one editor
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and journalist at planetf one dot comas Thomas ma who
joins me. Now, good morning to you, Thomas, Oh, good.
Speaker 9 (11:57):
Morning, how are you?
Speaker 3 (11:58):
No?
Speaker 9 (11:58):
Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
I'm in New Zealand and obviously I'm outraged at this
decision and I get the feeling that Red Bulls running
around like chickens without a head.
Speaker 9 (12:09):
It is a little bit of a chaotic situation. I
think that's developed over the last couple of weeks. From
speaking to sources on both sides of the story over
the last twenty four hours, the feeling very much is
that it was just a little bit too much too
soon for Lim in appointing him at Red Bull, and
that's the safest thing to do to protect Lim and
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to look after basically his future, his mentality, his mindset,
his competitiveness for the future, is to drop him back
into the racing bull seat and give the Red Bull
seat to someone a little bit more experienced. On that
man then is Yuki Sonoda. Lim obviously struggled a little
bit for performance over the two opening weekends of the
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twenty twenty five Championship in Australia and China, and it
was a little bit panic stations, I think at Red
Bull because there was nothing to suggest that that Lim
was going to be able to turn it around in
the short term. So for those reasons, as I said,
the decision has been taken to protect Lim. And from
speaking to two members of Lawson's camp, the feeling in
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the camp is that this is the right move that
they're welcoming the decision and the possibility of, you know,
protecting Lawson's future and his mindset for the future.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
It's a big risk by Christian Horner because of course,
if Liam gets into the racing BULLCA races at Suzuka,
at Trekking knows very very well, and then blitzes Yuki,
then finally the blame will come back not on the
driver but on the car.
Speaker 9 (13:45):
Very much so. And Liam has been open about the
fact that the Red Bull OVERB twenty one has been
a very difficult car for him to drive. And I
think what we've seen over the last couple of years
is that, you know, the the car alongside Max Forstappen
has traditionally struggled for competitiveness and Lim is no different
in that regard. He's jumped in the car, he has
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struggled to adjust immediately. Some of that seems to be
on his side, some of it seems to be on
the car side. And I think we're gonna get answered
very quickly on this because Yuki Sonoda is a known quantity.
Granted he hasn't got the experience with this exact car,
but Yuki is an established member of the upper midfield.
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So if he suddenly jumps into the car and qualifies,
you know, eighteen twentieth, as we've seen with Lim, it
seems it would seem to be pretty definitive that the
car is the bigger issue and not so much the driver.
But if Yuki, you know, jumps in the car and
all of a sudden he is making it into Q
three and does pretty well, then that suggests it is
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more driver. So it is going to be very interesting
to see what happens at Suzuka, because I don't think
there's anywhere to hide for either Red Bull or you
get Snoda.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
At this point, Thomas Marra, I, thank you so much
for your time journalist at Planet f one dot com.
He seemed very diplomatic. Don't you think he does have
extensive links to Red Bull and has that colored him?
I see that. Todd reckons that Thomas sounded a little
bit like a Red BULLPR spokesperson. Another text through looking
at it from Red Bull's position, they can sell merch
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in Japan with Yuki, that's true. And another text that says, hey,
Max has said the way Liam has been treated as
nothing more than bullying and there are rumors around that
Max might even walk about all of this. What a story,
What a story? News Talks FB. It is now five twenty.
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News Talks HEB five twenty eight. The House was hilarious
yesterday when St. Peter's turned into a grumpy old Conservative,
a role he assumes to hoover up votes from his
constituents rather than the stately foreign minister image he shows
to the rest of the world. So what was the thing?
He complained that Ricardo Menender's march the Green MP wore
a leather jacket in the house. It was a glossy
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little number. Question is is it disrespectful raising the question
about clothes in the workforce? You know, if you wear
a fifteen hundred dollar designer leather jacket, is that less
respectful than someone wearing a three hundred dollar sales suit
from laid Law and leeds from Farmers. I mean, things
have obviously loosened. Our big boss here wears a jacket,
but I've never ever seen him in a tie. Casual
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Friday has become casual weekday, and I wasn't worried about
Ricardo's leather jacket. Even though it gave off boy George
vibes and he looked like he was off to a disco,
he obviously took care in his look that he turned
up well groomed, even if he did look like a clown.
And it's not good the House of Representatives for nothing.
It should be representative of all of us, including leather
jacket wearers. And I've sometimes wondered at the ensembles that
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appear on our screens worn by public servants and MPs.
You know something, are very fancy. Many are obviously expensive,
purchased on wages provided by the taxpayers, flaunting your public
purse wealth at us public servants. But the biggest problem
with riccardo men ends leather jacket is that it's leather.
I thought Ricardo was a green MP, opposed to products
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derived from animal cruelty. The thing about symbolism is that
it is symbolic, and Ricardo's leather jacket screamed hypocrisy.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Andrew Dickens, All right.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
You're going off about Liam, and we'll talk more about
that again later. Speaking of cars, twenty five percent tariff
on foreign cars in America, So how does Europe react
vinto Macabennis moments.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Away, Get ahead of the headlines on early edition, Andrew
Dickens and one roof.
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Speaker 2 (17:55):
Holder must be Friday because Kenzie is playing Harry Styles
and going to symphony this weekends and I'm going to
Bob Geldof tonight. I might tell you more about that later.
Oh Riccardo's jacket, Luke has written to me on the
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text ninety two ninety two. Small charge there, Luke thought,
brilliant Riccardo has finally got ridden of that nasty green
jacket he has worn forever. Maybe Golras could consult on
green MP fashion. Haha, funny Heather rights, Are you sure
it was leather? And I go, well, if he was
wearing a pleathant jacket, that is certainly disrespectful. And hey,
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here's the thing. Have you noticed how the Greens and
Too Party Mari seemed to be addicted to fashion labels? Absolutely?
I mean sometimes they talk about to Party Maray and
their hats and their clothes and all that, saying what
are they wearing? But at the same time, those hats
are not cheap, they pay some money. They like their labels.
Mario Packer, she's one hundred percent of walking billboard for workshop.
(18:58):
What is it with the Greens to party Mari and clothes.
There's a question for you now. The topic that is
born board the nation, it is fair to say, came
to its predictable end yesterday, as just like back in
twenty eleven when we had the World Cup, Orcan turned
its back on a spectacular vision and instead decided to
renovate the old faithful Eden Park. And for me, it's
like the legacy of thirty years of financial mismanagement of
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all of our infrastructure. We haven't had the money to
do good stuff for a long time now, and we
know this. When this government came in, they've proclaimed that
this was the era of need to have instead of
nice to haves. So I guess the waterfront stadium was
the nice to have and Eten Parks the need to have.
But you know that stands in opposition to the National
Party's other mantra, which is we just need to start
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saying yes instead of no. But organ still has too
many stadiums, none are quite fit for purpose. But apparently
that's all we can afford because that's the way we've
rolled for ages now, so what happens next. Shane Henderson
was in charge of that committee. He's a counselor at Or.
He was in charge of that committee that had to
review all the things. We'll ask him what happens next
(20:03):
and where the money is coming from? Before six o'clock.
It is now twenty one to six and around the
country we go. Caluen Productor joins us Fromdunedin. Hello morning, Andrew.
A Queenstown Mansions about to set a new price record.
Yes it has.
Speaker 10 (20:20):
This is the nineteen hecta estate named Chantaclair and it
has the new house price record in New Zealand, selling
for forty five and a half million dollars. It's happened
two years ago in fact the sale, but at the
time details of the property or exact sale price couldn't
be released. One roof first reported the record breaking sale
(20:43):
in twenty twenty three, but we didn't know the details.
We do now forty five and a half million for
a four bedroom home on Lower Shotover Road. It apparently
emulates a French style mansion with lush gardens and it
is a prime location and it beats the previous house
record of thirty eight and a half million seven twenty
thirteen for a house in Auckland's Rake. Thank you so much.
(21:04):
How's your weather? Chance for shower today? Here partly cloudy otherwise.
In nineteen and we go to chrashs Clessirewood.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Good morning, good morning. They found a very old gecko.
Speaker 11 (21:15):
Yeah, this is pretty interesting, Andrew. The world's oldest gecko
in fact have been found off the coast of North Canterbury.
So two of these reptiles are living on the predator
free Motino Island. Are thought to be somewhere between sixty
and sixty four years old, which is significantly older than
the previous record, which was fifty three. These two were
(21:35):
discovered in nineteen sixty seven and nineteen sixty nine by
late herpetologist Tony Whittaker. Now Department of Conservation ranger Caitlin
Leeds says the gecko's being found just recently during a
five yearly monitoring visit is amazing. She says they were
simply blown away to find the two original lizards. The
way they know that it's them is that they were
(21:56):
individually marked with toe clips by Whittaker back in the sixties.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Well, okay, I wish I was a gecko. I think
that one I actually do. Do humans have longer than well? Anyway,
how's your with her?
Speaker 11 (22:09):
There's some more questions from you today, Andrew cloudy and
a few morning showers about then fine. Spouse later liked
winds and the high as eighteen.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
That's my job clear. Hello Max Toll from Willington, Good morning, sir.
Paul keeps on making headlines.
Speaker 12 (22:23):
Yeah yeah, the Green MP of pit and Wellington mornings
this week and claimed to Nick Mills that someone is
currently in prison for shoplifting twelve dollars worth of items.
She was, of course responding to earlier claims that people
don't feel safe with the beat cops around and all
these cops do is harass the homeless. She also criticized
the prison system and gave this a rather shocking shoplifter.
(22:45):
For example, yesterday she was asked for more information about
the case and she said she couldn't provided. Appears she
was told this by an actual prisoner, took them at
face value and has been citing the example in media
to justify her belief that the justice system is too punitive.
Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell says it would be impossible without
that person being a serious violent crime or recidivist offender,
(23:07):
not cited by Mitchell, but indeed a former colleague of
Pools shoplifted nine thousand dollars worth of goods in avoided prison.
Tory Faro appears to be supporting Tamotha Paul. She reposted
the earlier video criticizing police. We asked the mayor if
she has any genuine concerns about police. She told us
no comment, and her office referred us to a council
document that states beat police are a vital initiative in
(23:28):
the CBD. Okay, how's Wellington's party cloudy with isolated showers
for coming? Fine this afternoon?
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Okay, And we go to Aukland neave a ready man
of good morning to.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
You Ape Friday.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
We've made it, Yes we have. Or how's Auckland Hospital running?
Speaker 6 (23:43):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Yes, now look we've got another week twist here as
Auckland Hospital disestablishes hospital supporter roles. Now hospital supporter functions
they include guiding visitors and patients, assisting health staff, and
performing all the Edmond tasks. So Itto director met Dinner.
He's condemning this decision, saying, look this reflects the government's
approach of cutting areas that things that people won't notice.
(24:06):
He says that the health staff they're overstretched, as we
will know, they can't pick up any extra workload. And
Danna has says that this will result in essential work
not being done in the time into the quality it
needs to be. So we've approached out New Zealand for
comment waiting on that one. Hawkin's weather Haarley cloudy on
shower clear and define them in the afternoon twenty three
is high here in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
And I thank you in it is now seventeen minutes
to six. And Mark writes on the text ninety two
ninety two morning Andrew, this is about, of course, the
designer clothing in the house. Andrew. It all takes you
back to those days when somebody started buying designer jockey shorts.
Wasn't it Enjoy your day? And this indeed it is.
And again I asked a question, what is it about
the Greens into party Marie and designer labels, and what
is it about the Greens and shoplifting? Now Donald Trump
(24:49):
has put a twenty five percent tariff on all important
cars and car parts, and of course that's going to
upset all those middle class people in America who like
their Volvos. So how is you're reacting? Vincent mcavinnye is.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Next International correspondence with insign Eye Insurance Peace of Mind
for New Zealand Business.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Jan Henderson counselor on the Auckland Stadium. Next, but first
it's go to Europe and it's a good morning to
Vincent megavinie.
Speaker 13 (25:17):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
So Donald Trump puts to twenty five percent tariff on
all important cars and car pads. The European cars are
very popular in America. So how have they reacted?
Speaker 13 (25:28):
Yeah, hugely popular.
Speaker 14 (25:29):
You know.
Speaker 13 (25:29):
You see a lot of BMW's, a lot of Audi's,
lot of Mercedes Benz in America when you are there.
And it's been a pretty big blow, particularly for Germany,
which has had a struggle over the last few years
with its economy because of being cut off from cheap
Russian gas. And they have said decisively that they will
not give in and that Europe must respond firmly to
this at tax not just on imported cars but also
(25:52):
car parts, you know, and that some of those manufacturers
do have plants in the US. But of course some
of those parts are just manufactured in one site here
in Europe and then sent all the way around the world.
So they're trying to build consensus across Europe, but also
with Canada and Japan as well. All of the car
companies from those nations have seen their stock fall General
(26:14):
Motors as much as seven percent today because they have
sort of a lot of production here in Europe as well,
and it's all tied in this global chain. So there
are perhaps attempts for Canada, Europe and Japan to sort
of act together in sort of retaliatory tariffs, but Donald
Trump has worn it, particularly Canada, of doing anything like that.
So we'll see how this.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Goes absolutely, and we'll see how the American public react,
because they do like the European cars, in the Gypanese cars,
and their freedom of choice has kind of been taken
away from them exactly.
Speaker 13 (26:45):
And Donald Trump doesn't seem together as well. He's sort
of his defenses. You know, Europeans don't buy our cars. Well,
most American cars aren't fit for European roads because they're
so much smaller, and also we don't have the sort
of subsidized gas prices that they do. Their fuel is
much more you have to have better fuel efficiency here
in Europe to make it cost effective.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Okay, so European leaders have been meeting in Paris, and
Zelensky is here as well. What can you tell me?
Speaker 13 (27:09):
Yeah, that's right. This is another meeting of European leaders
hosted by Emmanuel Macro. Defense heads as well attending this meeting,
they're saying that Putin is simply trying to play for time,
that he's not engaging properly with the talks. But they
are starting to sort of draw up plans for a
mobilization of European forces not seen in a scale for decades,
(27:31):
to be ready to go in as peacekeeping troops. Now,
Ladimir Putin has previously said that he wouldn't want any
NATO soldiers to be put into Ukraine. Now, of course,
that doesn't leave really any European soldiers these days, because
his illegal war in Ukraine meant that even Finland and
Sweden long holdouts had joined NATO in recent years. So
(27:52):
it is sort of more planning for the possibility of
a ceasefire, but that ceasefire still seems a little bit
out of reach at the moment.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Finter Mecavini have yourself a great weekend and I thank
you for joining me. It's eleven to six Coundrew Diggens.
So Eden Park won the predictable vote last night on
the council hours of debate talking about this. The Key
Park Phantom Stadium will remain in the pile of maybe
one day. They're not in the clear yet though. Of
course Eden Park needs one hundred million dollars worth of
(28:20):
funding to actually build a new north stand, which is
the first stage of their project. So I'm joined now
by Auckland Councilor Shane Henderson who's been across it.
Speaker 14 (28:28):
Hello, Shane, got a good morning.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
So this was the predictable outcome, wasn't it because we
said right from the beginning no council funding. Therefore the
one that needed the least council funding gets the nod.
Speaker 14 (28:41):
Yeah, and we saw with the council staff report before
the meeting that Eden Park had less to do to
become viable. Obviously both had their own issues, but so
from that perspective, you know, it wasn't too surprising as that.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
Okay, so you've said no money, so therefore obviously Nick
Saltner and his team must be going right now. Cap
In hand to the government, making this a national problem.
Speaker 14 (29:04):
Yeah, and they can have confidence in raising money with
either government or the private sector because they know that
we've got the backing of the city there as they're preferred.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
That and weren't they included in the fast track they were.
Speaker 14 (29:17):
Yeah, so that's another league up there as well. Should
give the public a bit more confidence too.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
So you think is actually going to happen.
Speaker 14 (29:25):
Well, yes, it seems so. I mean there's a good
bid team there and I sort of dack their expertise
to try and raise the cash required.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Meanwhile, we've got a load of stadiums in Auckland, three
owned by you and one that is private. The private
one is getting the big nod here, and we're still
no closer to rationalizing all of us.
Speaker 9 (29:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 14 (29:44):
Well, actually yesterday we passed the vote on that as well,
essentially kept starting a stadium investment plan which should hopefully
guide future planning and future decision making for stadiums in
the city. So it was a huge day for the council.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
So is this an investment plan for a future stadium
or an investment plan to just knock some down and
fix some up.
Speaker 14 (30:06):
No, it's an investment plan for the stadiums that we
already have. So we need some decision making principles to
guide that future, and so we've done that yesterday.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Well the council actually build a permanent stands on the
south of buncemt because frankly, looking at all that scaffolding
is a bit embarrassing.
Speaker 14 (30:24):
Yeah, well that'd be one of the decisions we'll have
to make in the near future. So yeah, it's an
exciting space. But as you say, look at really is
the beginning of the conversation rather than the end.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Okay, the beginning of a conversation, a conversation we've been
having forever, mate. This is exactly the same conversation we
had in twenty eleven during the Rugby World Cup when
the government offered a half a billion dollars in all comment.
Oh no, that seems like far too much work.
Speaker 14 (30:48):
Oh mate, We didn't have any conversation of two decades
of the setting and I think a lot of people
are pretty sick of it now. But I hope that
this National Stadium conversation is the bit that we can
put to dead as of yesterday.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Good start, all right, well done, Thank you so much.
Shane Henderson for waking up early and talking to us.
Well done to Nick Seutner. Can I just say that
Nick Seutner, I think it turned up about seven years
ago from Australia and said right, I'm going to take
this bull by the horns. And he rebranded Eden Park
as the National Stadium and he he got more concerts there.
He bought a floor for the concerts, he fixed up
(31:20):
the lighting, and he's made the place generally better. And
his whole aim has been towards this point to actually
put a new north stand on Eden Park, maybe put
a roof so we don't get wet when we're watching sport,
and maybe bring us into the twenty first century. I
don't want to live in a country though with needs
to have rather than nice to have side Anyway, New
(31:42):
Talk said b. It is seven to six on your radio.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
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Speaker 2 (31:55):
It's five to six on the whole Ricardiment enders March
Jack Kafuffle and the question of clothes are expensive are
they then suitable for the house? Roger writes to me
and says Andrew. What surprised me more on the day
of the infamous hakka in the debating chamber was the
fact that Rawi Titi was wearing white sand shoes in
the house. Absolutely no respect from the Malu party for standards.
Thank you so much, Roger. But were they sand chos
(32:16):
or were they trainers? If you spend two hundred and
fifty bucks on some expensive designer trainers, are they just
as respectful as some seventy dollars boots from the number
one shoe wearhouse. A man who knows his tartorial elegance
is Mike Hoskins.
Speaker 15 (32:32):
Stephen Frye got his knighthood this week in sketches, in sketches, sketches.
And so he was wearing you know.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
The oh sketches, the shoes, so I said.
Speaker 15 (32:44):
And so he was wearing the full regalia, as in,
you know, fully dressed up, and he was wearing sketches.
I assume it's something to do with his help. I
think you only wear sketches if you've got health issues?
Am I right in saying that? Or well, I wouldn't
wear sketches now, I wouldn't wear sketches that you wear crocs.
I got two pairs of crocs, and not only.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Because they're sensible and practical and pragmatic.
Speaker 15 (33:06):
They they're good country shoes, is what I've decided. And
so they're better than a gum boat. They're a seasonal
gum boot and they allow you to get across the
property in the land. Whether I'll do it in winter,
I don't know because they've got holes in them. But
I've got some gibbets. I got some gibbets, and so
I've got a warrior's gibbet and a glass of wine
gibbet and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
So you know good, you're supposed to have those fancy
what are the gun boots that they wear at Glastonbury
and the hunters? Hunters?
Speaker 15 (33:32):
Oh, we got the hunters.
Speaker 2 (33:32):
You got hunters, und I've got the hunter I've got
them all. What are you talking about?
Speaker 15 (33:36):
Nichola Willis is on a couple of quick things. We've
saved a fortune and consultants hundreds of millions of dollars.
So their target was to say for one hundred they've
done that in too. She's making an announcement this weekend
on supermarkets, specific things on supermarkets, what they're going to
do to bring a third player in to the markets.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
I'll talk to and I think you have a great weekend.
Thank you to producing Kenzie. I'm off to Bob got
off tonight and see you letter.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
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