April 28, 2025 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 29 April 2025, Tory Whanau has given up her bid to be re-elected Wellington's Mayor. Ryan Bridge got reaction from the apparent frontrunner in the race, Andrew Little.
The construction industry is celebrating the government's to allow reputable builders, plumbers and drainlayers to self-certify their own work for certain builds.
We get the latest from Australian as the election campaign draws to a close.
Ryan gives a reality check for those complaining about Air New Zealand's prices.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues THESEUS and the inside. Ryan Bridge on an
early edition with one roof make your property search simple
News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
He'd be good morning. It is six after five, News
Talk said, be coming up this morning. Andrew Little is
on shortly now that Tori Fano's you turned on her
own career and is going to be well, she's not
running for the top job. Donald Tomayo out of Australia
this morning, Builder is going to mark their own homework.
What about the cowboys who are cutting corners? And it's
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shake your head morning. This morning, a we story for
you about a guy rescued from the top of a
mountain twice in one week. The agenda it is Tuesday,
the twenty ninth of April. Surprised from Putin this morning.
A ceasefire not until the eighth of May, and only
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so he can have a parade to mark the end
of World War II. Ukraine not happy.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
President Zelenski again said that what Ukraine wants is a
thirty day unconditional ceasefire from land, air and sea, and
only then will they be prepared to enter into more
comprehensive talks about territory, about Ukraine's future security.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Trump's responded, he wants it permanent. We have chaos in
Spain and Portugal this morning. Major power cut affecting these countries,
off the grid, your trains, your airports, your traffic lights,
your I F post terminals, your phone networks, even can't
make a call. Apparently it's all caused.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
By the weather, due to extreme temperaure variations in the
interior of Spain. There has been some sort of you know,
some more natural course from this rather than you know,
there has of course has ever with.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
An event like this.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
There's been speculation, especially online about as to what it
could be.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, is that of you know, some kind of cyber attack.
They're not sure at this point. They're blaming the weather
for now. Canada going to the polls this morning. The
Liberal Party that was Trudeau now Karne was meant to
get best. Remember that they were way behind, about twenty
points behind in fact. Then along came Trump. Now she's
a nail biter.
Speaker 6 (02:05):
I've spoken to voters who in the past were considering
voting for some of the smaller candidates. Now because of
fears and anxieties over Donald Trump's threats, they now feel
this need to support the larger federal parties.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Results expected later this afternoon. Will bring them to you
here on news Talk said be finally the Vatican has
confirmed the conclave. We'll select a new pope and that
will begin on May seventh. Experts still reckon the cardinals
will go more conservative than Pope Francis.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
The first word on the News of the Day in
early edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room, Make Your
Property search symbol News Talk ciy.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
It is eight minutes half to five. What a sad
and hopeless story out of christ Church yesterday. If you're
not up with the case, it's about the death of
a beautiful, young, vibrant woman who was living in the
Garden City next door to a monster. Basically, her name
was Juleanna Bonella Hereda. Her neighbor was Joseph James Brider.
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He had done seven years in prison for sexual offenses, rape, kidnap,
lovely things like that. He was led out ten weeks
before he stabbed her to death. This was in twenty
twenty two. It was brutal, it was horrific. If you
remember the story from the time now, the two were
learning this from the Coronial in Quest. The two were
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separated by a wall. He was sleeping so close to
her every night that even his electronic bracelet wasn't able
to tell if he had left his flat and gone
next door to hers. Just think about that. Corrections didn't
properly log his curfew times. The probation officer yesterday said,
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any attractive female near this guy was at risk. And
it's about now that any reasonable person would begin to
ring some alarm bells. Surely you'd be sending this guy
back behind bars, lock him up instead. Here we are. Here,
we are again, with a guy let out and an
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innocent woman is killed. How on earth do Corrections, your
probation officers, your support workers keep believing these people. Why
when you know somebody is so evil and you've seen
all of the evidence, Why when you know they're capable
of manipulation do you keep believing them? Oh no, I've
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been rehabilitated. I'm a good boy now. He even said
there are only elderly people living next door. Did anyone check?
Did anyone speak to the landlord and find out who
might be moving in next door? Did anyone do their
homework properly? And why do these people let it happen?
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Is it sympathy?
Speaker 7 (05:00):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Do these agencies and these people who work for them
believe I can fix this person, I can help them,
I can turn their life around. Of course people can
be rehabilitated, but when they're not, the consequences are god awful.
They're gut wrenching and innocent people end up dead. You
cannot get your sister, your mother, your friend back, can you?
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And the worst part about this coronualum quest that I
just had to turn the TV off yesterday, turn the
computer off. The worst part is not the blame ducking
from the lawyers. It's the condolences. It's the everybody from
the judge to correct everybody. Condolences to the family. Condolences
are a slap in the face and they won't bring
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who Lana back? Ten minutes after five, ye're on news talks.
There'd be so Tory Fano. If you're just catching up
this morning, she's pulling out of the mayoral race in
Wellington and we're going to speak to the man who's
probably be going to be the next mayor Andrew Little
Next on.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with Ryan
Bridge and One Roof. To make your property search simple
if you talk said be.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
It is five fourteen. We'll speak to the master builders
just before seven or so, just before six this morning.
I should say on this changes that the government's making
to our building code to make it easier for them.
You know, if you've got a single story home right now,
you've got to go through twelve inspections before you can
get this thing finished. It's nuts. So builders, your plumbers,
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your drain layers, they're going to basically mark their own homework.
It will bring builders into line with Sparkys and gasfitters
who already do this. So we'll look at that just
before six this morning. Right now, it's fourteen after five.
In true Tory Fano style, the Wellington mayor this morning
performing one final massive flip flop. After saying she would
run for reelection for the met She's u turned and
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a planned media state min and Bago till five o'clock
this morning. She's announced she'll instead run for a MILDI
ward and let Andrew Little take the top job.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
I know that he would do a really good job.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
I hope that people would see it as a gracious move.
Speaker 9 (07:13):
I'm merely stepping aside because he really wants the role.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Of course, he's got to get elected first, but he's
with me this morning. Andrew, good morning.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Right, So you had a call I understand from Tory Farner.
What did she say.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
Assuring me last week? She said that she had thought
about it and that she didn't want to contest the meyorty.
She had yet to talk to a range of other people,
but that's what she said. I said, Look, you know,
thanks for letting me know. I'm not long for anything.
So I wished her all the best and that was
really it.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
How would you describe her meyalty.
Speaker 7 (07:52):
Oh, look, she came in at a challenging time. I
think everybody would acknowledge that. I think she's She's done
some good things. I think one of the important things
was getting the zone changes for housing so we can
actually really start to accelerate the high density housing that
we need. But look, it has been challenging for her
and for everybody. I think people see that I stepped
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up to be candidate for me because I think a
lot of people have lost confidence in the council and
we need to restore their confidence. Of people are going
to have confidence in the city again, and businesses can
go about their job for a city that's lost a
lot of work and workers. So that's why I'm in
the race.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I'm from Wellington. The big problem, I mean, you talk
to anyone down there, it's rates. I mean, rates have
gone up twenty one percent in a year. They're going
up thirty five percent over the next three years. You've
got your regional council rates up twenty five percent? Are
you going to bring rates down?
Speaker 7 (08:52):
Certainly want to slow the rise. I need to have
a wise look at executive what has driven those rate increases.
It is simply not acceptable for rus to increase, by
my calculation, about thirty percent in the last two years.
A lot of that is I think council not getting
a grip on their own finance. As I look at
some of the things that have happened there, I think
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there's there's some capitalist bending that has been incurred on
the basis that it's it's not spread over the life
of various assets. You look at things like the Wellington
Town Hall, a project that right from there the very beginning,
was meant to cost you know, thirty to forty million dollars,
now well over three hundred million dollars. That suggests to
me that people haven't got the eye on the ball.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
No, and now we've got the now we've got the
golden mile. This is the latest iteration. And she's saying, Oh,
I don't worry, it won't go over. But no one
believes it, Andrew, No one believes it, and you're not
stopping it. That's the problem. You're not coming in and
saying I'm going to cut this, I'm going to cut that.
I mean, what exactly are you going to cut? Or
is over three years okay for you?
Speaker 7 (09:54):
No, it's not at all. No, I've just said that.
I said that Eli in an interview. That's not acceptable
at all. And it's one of those things that's making
Willington more unaffordable, not just the housing, as things like
rates as well. So I will have a good look
at the variety of projects that are under way. What
I have said is that where there are contracts that
are let I'm not going to rip those up because
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that costs the countis more anyway. But where contracts aren't
leaked for particular projects, now is not the time to
be doing stuff that's disruptive for what is quite a
fragile business climate in Willington. So I ammitted to doing.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
All right, So phase one of the Golden Mile, they've
got the contract for that. Nothing beyond that. So you're
saying you wouldn't support anything Golden Mile beyond that Phase one.
Speaker 7 (10:38):
I'm saying stop it now. There's a lot of people
say to me they think that actually the Golden Mile
stuff is in the long term is a good thing.
It just doesn't haven't tappened right now and we just
don't need the disruption.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
All right, that's good, that's definitive contracts that have been
done now. Yes, anything beyond that the Golden Mile, Andrew
Little is saying no. And just to be clear, the
thirty five percent I was talking about, that's over the
next three years, so you were talking about the last two.
So is thirty five percent over the next three years
acceptable to you?
Speaker 7 (11:10):
No, it's not no. And that that has that has
to be refewed and looked at, and we need to
take cost out.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
We just need to is twenty seven kilometers a new
cycle ways and priority bus lanes doubling from four to
eight kilometers, which Tory Fino says was one of her successes.
Is that a good or a bad thing for Wellington?
Speaker 7 (11:31):
Well. I think enabling people who go about their work
or what they do their recreation on a bike and
they doing so safety is important. So I'm not opposed
to cycle ways. I think some of the implementation of
them have been but I don't agree with Molesworth Street,
for example, being reduced to one lane. I don't agree
with the way things have happened around the Botanical gardens.
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There are a lot of elderly people who have spoken
to me. To me, they can't visit there now because
they can't get a pack, So I think some thought
has to be gone to the way some of those
are implemented. Do I believe in safe lanes for cyclists, Yes,
but let's do it safely.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Very quickly before you go the city deal. I know
it was a disaster because you know Wellington didn't apply.
Is there any way will you look to get some
leniency from the government so that you know you can
get one done?
Speaker 7 (12:19):
Yeah, I cerenly would make that a priority. I think
I've got good relations with pretty much every minister and
office at the moment. I've always had good relations with
people across the aisle, and I'd be surprised if there
wasn't a way that we can work with Gavin.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Fall Right, Andrew Little, appreciate your time this morning. Thanks
for coming on the program. Andrew Little, who will probably
be the Wellington mayor. He is the course of candidate
at this point. Tory Funo is out. Twenty after five
News Talk, SAIB News.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
And Views You Trust has done. Your Day is early
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Speaker 2 (12:53):
Good morning, Great to be with you. Twenty three minutes
after five. Pollstyr in a massive problem. It's filling our landfill.
Seventy seven percent of it is not recycled. Construction sites, packaging,
they are the big problems. Four thousand tons of the
stuff ends up in a landfill every year. So the
industry Association done a couple of reports. They're calling for change.
This morning. Rachel Barker, CEO of Plastics in z with me.
(13:15):
Good morning, Good morning Ryan. So how big of a
problem is polystyring? You know, if you're on a scale
of one to ten with our plastics problems.
Speaker 10 (13:26):
At the moment, I probably put it about a five
to be honest, seven percent going to landfill is a
massive problem. But if you look at our general plastic
packaging waste. We're only hitting about nineteen percent recycling rates.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So what do we do? We just strolled in the bin,
So how do you get people to not throw it
in the bin?
Speaker 10 (13:45):
Or there's a whole lot of different ways we've the
two reports we've done, one is on construction and demolition
plastics where we use EPs for insulation and structural building things,
those sorts of stuff. And then in the packaging space,
it's fairly essential for thermal protection when it comes to seafood,
making sure that that's safe to eat. An end product
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protection loss of a product has huge environmental impacts in
comparison to the packaging that's been utilized to ship it.
In the packaging space, what we can do is implement
products stewardship, so make sure that people have a place
that they can take it back to or it gets
collected and then can get recycled and reused back into
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new products.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
All Right, Rachel, interesting to have these two reports out
from you this morning. Really appreciate your time. Rachel Barker,
CEO of Plastics en Z. It has just gone twenty
four minutes after five year on news Talk, said b
the government is talking about they can help you with
your ear fares everyone's moaning about in New Zealand? Can
they really that?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Next the early edition full the Show podcast on iHeartRadio,
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Speaker 2 (14:52):
Talks It Be News Talks B twenty seven minutes after five.
Here we go again with the winging about Air New
Zealand's price. And I get it. I try and book
the same flights as everybody else. And when you're trying
to fly from some obscure route, you know, from this
province to that province, stuff gets expensive really quickly. But
here we go again with politicians telling us FIBs, telling
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us they can wave a magic wand and fix things.
This time it's James Megha from National going into bat
for the South Island. Can't blame the guy flying, shouldn't
just be for the rich who says we're going to
take action talking about underwriting airlines. Do we really want
the government underwriting the purchase of turboprop planes really when
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we already own Air New Zealand. We've heard this all before,
of course, the banks, the supermarkets, the price of petrol,
you name it. I can't tell you how many painstaking,
frustrating interviews I have done with ministers of all colors
and stripes, to be fair, who swear black and blue,
they'll sort it out and then they don't. What's worse
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the person that punches you in the nose or the
that says they'll fix it when they know they can't,
and you just left with a bent nose and no hope.
Here's the thing. If you want to book the main
trunk line, it is relatively and expensive to do so,
providing you're not booking last minute. There's Jetstar keeping a
New Zealand on us. That's competition. But if you're flying
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Kenny Kenny to Dunedin tomorrow, guess what it'll cost you?
A billion dollars? Why? Because they're basically got you over
a barrel, haven't they? You need to fly? It's short notice.
Business customers normally book these flights. Eight thousand people live
in Ketty Kenny, one hundred and thirty thousand in Dunedin.
Tourism is seasonal, these routes are often empty. Air New
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Zealand has major aircraft engine issues. The fact is running
a profitable airline in a sparsely populated country is bloody difficult,
and we want them to be profitable otherwise we have
no airline and then we're a backwater banana republic. And
the regional players they're not doing too well either. Ere
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Chathams the other week, remember this threatening to pull out
of Fakatan unless the council paid for a new cessna.
Everyone compares us to the Aussies. But have a look
at outback Queensland. You pay thousands just to get to Brisbane.
Show me a headline about flights being cheaper from Dunedin
to Bali than Dunedin to Auckland, and I'll show you
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one about Mount Isa to Brisbane and Brisbane to Canada.
Population matters and guess what, We're a blip on the radar.
And as for that promise from a politician that they'll
swoop in and save the day, about as reliable as
the playing schedule itself.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Ryan Ridge on all the edition with one roof to
make your property search simple.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Uth dog Ziby, good morning, it is twenty four and
it's away from six year. On news Talk said, be
welcome to your Tuesday morning. Tory Farno's pulled out of
the Meryoral race in Wellington, which is probably the right
thing because she would have lost it anyway, probably didn't
want to spend any of her money on a campaign.
(18:11):
I would imagine now lots of feedback to this. We
had Andrew Little on the show earlier. Ryan, any rate
rise above inflation is not acceptable. Well, Andrew Little said
this morning that the planned thirty five percent over the
next three years won't fly under his watch. So there's hope,
even if it's a glimmer. Ryan, good to hold Little
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to account. The guy who was Minister of Health vaporized
two billion dollars on mental health and did absolutely nothing
with it. That is a point, John, And this one
from Rob what about the businesses that go broke during
the construction of Courtney Place and the Golden Mile. It's
a very good point. And Tory Farno did say there
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would be micro loans of up to fifteen hundred dollars
for businesses. Well they've pulled back on those two, so
you won't get a micro loan now. And I was
watching yesterday as she turned the sod the first sod
and they had a blessing ceremony and I thought, wonder
how much that costs. So I'm hoping someone in our newsroom,
I'm sure they will be putting in a little OAA
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finding out how much that sod turning ceremony costs. And
if it was anywhere near fifteen hundred dollars, well, I
just wouldn't be surprised. I just wouldn't be surprised. And
it's not even funny. Twenty three away from six now,
Ryan Bridge. Nikola Willis has said that the tax charity
changes she hinted might happen in the budget won't actually
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happen in this budget. She says there's loopholes talks about Sanitarium.
Have a listen.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
If you take that example of Sanitarium, if we were
to say we're now not exempting your business from tax,
what they could do is instead make that make their
profits a donation back to the Seventh day Adventist Church,
their parent, and so they wouldn't in fact be paying
any more tax.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Here you go twenty two a wave that you can
breathe a sigh of relief. Sanitarium twenty two away from
at least for now six o'clock Colum Proctor and needed
for us this morning, Colum, Good morning, morning Rong. Major
changes on the wave for Queenstown Airport.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Ye, this is a twelve million dollar project around the
terminal building. It's to be extended north towards the airfield,
providing eight hundred meters of new offices. This work will
take place over the next fourteen months. It will also
include a non passenger screening room, with significant electrical upgrades
also being completed. There's also about ten million being spent
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on strengthening the structure of the terminal to increase its
ability to withstand an earthquake. Project managers say, look, this
is an important investment as the airport's an essential community asset.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
How's your weather column?
Speaker 5 (20:44):
A pretty good fine with cloudy periods, possible evening shower
later the heights Today sixteenth.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Brilliant Claire's and Christ Churche clear, good morning to you.
You've got a bridge coming across the Avon.
Speaker 9 (20:53):
Yes, well, the fourth.
Speaker 11 (20:54):
And final bridge will be going across the Avon and
as part of this kind of post quake at Christ Jurge.
This is the one that the University of Canterbury students
have been working on. They've designed the concept for the bridge,
which is in the suburb of Darlington. It's meant to
be starting any day now and we'll be completed by August.
The residential red Zone manager Dave Little tells us that
the structure's design is inspired by more kih, which is
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a small canoe made from europa and flax. Its construction
marks the completion of the first phase of our city
to see pathway. The cool thing is the public's going
to be invited to watch the bridge as it's craned
onto the site.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Alrighty, how's your weather clear?
Speaker 11 (21:34):
Cloudy with occasional ray northeast of these dying out a
bit later at a high of fifteen.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Brilliant, Thank you, Max toldin Wellington, Max, good morning, good morning.
How are you feeling about the touring news.
Speaker 12 (21:44):
Mixed mixed emotions here?
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Yeah, wow, because you have nothing to report on anymore.
Speaker 12 (21:49):
That's an element of it. What's the legacy do you think?
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Disappointing?
Speaker 12 (21:56):
Disappointing for everyone, even for those in the city who
voted for her and saw her as someone truly transformative.
To borrow words she would use herself. She was supposed
to be mayor for three terms, that was the promise,
and then central government. She wanted to be a minister eventually,
I can tell you privately, she told some she wouldn't
run again late last year, then changed her mind over
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summer after certain conversations with people close to her. Re
announced her mayoralty under the Green banner. Fairly recently so
her mind has clearly gone back and forth on this.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
In terms of.
Speaker 12 (22:28):
Legacy, there's of course the failed airport share sale that
alienated many on the left, ill advised comments to media,
ill advised behavior and public dissatisfaction. Here in Wellington with
road works businesses going under loosening housing rules was a win.
There are more cycle ways in Wellington. Has promised the
Golden Miles you say, started yesterday, but even that has
become a shell of its former dream. The Golden Miles
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part of her platform, but the idea of it previously
extended to the end of Lampton Key. Now it will
be fortunate if the Courtney Place work is done in
its entirety. You might say she was hampered by a
change in government. She could never mend relationships with others
at council. There was, of course the appointment of a
Crown Observer, terrible look for a city council. And ultimately
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she's always talked so much about wanting to be a
leader and being a strong leader. She's spoken at leadership events, conferences, summits.
But leadership must be grounded in reality and of course
longevity as well.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
It's me a glowing report card from you this morning.
Speaker 7 (23:26):
Max.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
How's your weather.
Speaker 12 (23:28):
Party cloudy with southerly seventeen the high central excellent.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Neighva's a Neva good ian the same thing.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
What a glowing report from Meg's word.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Now you've got the big story this morning. A blue
sign and panmua.
Speaker 9 (23:42):
That's right, I cover the big, big story. So look,
there's disputyre in those who live in Auckland. They know
about this big blue sign. Now it's a fifteen met
retro style sign.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
It was like the Jetsons.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
Now this was removed though. This was back in twenty
nineteen to make way for the Eastern Busway project. But
people want it back. So some of the ideas that
have been floating around or replica signed a different location
in Permure, a piece of art incorporating that old sign.
Do you remember the sign?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
No? No, it so it's just it's described for us.
It's a blue sign.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
It's a blue sign, very ritro huge and it used
to sit above you know, like I mean, that was
permua if you didn't really know pema and.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Even so, does it not really does it just say
pen mura? Okay, all right, I think it did.
Speaker 9 (24:29):
It's been so long anyway back to me. So there's
actually public support for the return of the sign to
its original spot, and there's now a petition to you know,
gathered and it's got like fifteen hundred signatures. Isn't that
called it?
Speaker 2 (24:43):
So they might bring it back.
Speaker 9 (24:44):
They might bring it back.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Career where is it?
Speaker 4 (24:46):
No?
Speaker 9 (24:46):
Just no, well it's not being taken down to this
as some warehouse. Yes, so let's see how much this
is going to cost.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah, well I want an update tomorrow. I will. I'm
on the case.
Speaker 9 (24:56):
The weather showers tuning to widespread rain tonight still hot
twenty three turned there to the econoll.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I did last night. Yes, Neva, great to see you,
as always, Neva. We need your name and we need
a big blue sign with your name on it. Yeah,
your full name. Well, it'd be a big sign.
Speaker 9 (25:12):
It'll be my full name. Find it even to alphas
seen for Appoporritti Marni.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Seventeen minutes away from six News.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
TALKSB International correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of
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Speaker 2 (25:25):
We've got reaction to the government's building changes coming in
just a second. It's now fourteen minutes away from six.
But donnadmo our Australia correspondent with US Live, Donna, good morning,
good morning to you. Now final days of the election campaign.
There is a roaring debate about the Welcome to Country.
Speaker 13 (25:41):
Yes there is. This topic has really dominated the last
twenty four hours because Opposition leader Peter Dutton has a
very very strong position and he was asked about how
he felt about Welcome to Country that are performed by
an Indigenous elder and he says they should not be
conducted on an ZAC dab because most veterans did not
(26:01):
want them included. Now Dunnan's comments have really inflamed this
debate because what happened was the debates really developed since
far right Heckler's disrupted ceremonies at ANZAC Day's services in
Perth and Melbourne last Friday, and so both obviously Dutton
and the Prime Minister condemned those agitators and that included
(26:23):
no Neo Nazis that had disrupted these services. So Dutton's
really latched onto this now and has taken this really
strong stance and is asked about it yesterday on a
couple of occasions in fact, as he continued his campaigning,
but he's also criticized Quantus's practice of acknowledging Indigenous land
on its flights. He says they're over the top, and
(26:48):
that's when he also added that he doesn't think that
the Anzac Day dawn service should have welcomed to country.
In the meantime, the Prime Minister has simply said that
welcome to country ceremonies are a sign of respect, but
he also says that they should be held at the
discretion of event organizers. So people are just interested to
hear what the leaders feel and how they feel about
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this welcome to country ceremony.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Which way do you think public opinion is going to
go on that, Donner?
Speaker 13 (27:15):
It's really hard to tell, as you can imagine, but
it was just interesting that it dominated. I mean, you know,
we've got so many other things that people wanted to
discuss up until that point, but it just seemed that
people were very, very focused on the position that the
leaders had taken on welcome to Country, which I thought
was interesting.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
It is and you got this coronal in quest underway
into the Bondi stabbings.
Speaker 13 (27:38):
Oh yes, well, the colonial inquest into what happened at
Westfield Bondi Junction, that stabbing attack that killed six people,
and we heard on the first day. It's a five
week in quest, but we heard on the first day
that the man behind it had actually been well. He
had severe mental illness and that had gone untreated, and
(28:00):
that he had also attempted to access guns. In twenty
twenty one we heard from the council assisting the Bondi
Junction inquest and she also said that he was effectively unmedicated.
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager and unmonitored
for about five years before his death. Today they're going
to hear from the New South Wales Police inspector Amy Scott,
(28:23):
who shot dead that forty year old Joel COUCHI goodness.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Mate, Donna, thank you for that. Good to have you
on the show, has always Don and Tomorow our Australia correspondent.
It is eleven minutes away from six Ryan Bridge. So
the government giving reputable builders, plumbers, drain layers the power
to basically mark their own homework, inspect their own work.
The goal is to cut down inspection wait times and
kit sharma Master builders with us this morning, and Kirk,
good morning, Good morning man, Good to have you on
(28:50):
the show. How do you define a reputable builder, plumber,
drain layer?
Speaker 14 (28:56):
The definition I think the government was indicating yesterday for
self certification as reputed builders who are building at scale,
building simple law risk homes and are using repeatable designs.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
How do you because I guess this is the problem, right,
You want it to be sped up, you want it
to be easier, but you also want to stop some
dodgy builder or plumber from cutting corners, doing a shoddy job,
and then marking their own homework. How do you do that?
Speaker 14 (29:26):
That's a very good point. So I think what we
have been saying is we need a very smart and
targeted reform to reduce the compliance burden on simple law
risk homes without compromising on quality or consumer protections. So
there are a lot of things we can do to
enable that. So one is to restrict this to only
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simple law risk bills. Second, to have a very strict
criteria on building professionals who can self certify and continue
some monitoring regime around that third to have some mandatory
runs requirements thoughts you can incorporate random inspections to ensure
quality management. Therese are quite a big piece we have
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been talking about, which is to use technology solutions like
virtual remote inspections to ensure their photographic evidence of self
certification is submitted, so then risk assessment can be performed
and we can do some spot checks. And the final
is to strengthening the LBP scheme. So we obviously need
to see more details around all these areas, but if
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they're implemented well, they will enable productivity gains without compromising
on quality or consumer.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Protection because I guess the thing is, the reality is
you will know who the dodgy builders are, or you
will at least know who the good builders are, right,
so can you will you have some say or who
will decide who the good ones are and who the
bad ones are.
Speaker 14 (30:50):
I think there's a consultation happening where we are providing
an input on what their criteria should be, and I
think others in the industry will provide that. Internet government
has a view too, So I have a feeling that
after they've announced, they will now go through a consultation
process where we and others were quite input onto how
do you do this, because what we are trying to
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do is we're trying to kind of improve. We're trying
to look at the low hanging food we have within
our industry to improve some productivity. And the low hanging
food is to reduce a compliance burden on simple, low
risk homes. And if you do this well, it'll bring
more lower cost homes in the market cheaper and address
housing affordability. It will free up counsel to focus more
(31:34):
on high risk projects and reduce inspection times. And also
I think increase adoption of technology like virtual the more inspection.
And it's a lot of positives.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Or they sound it's good. No, it sounds good, and
I want you to get in there and I want
you to tell them who were the goodies and who
were the baddies because that really is when it comes
down to it, what is going to make will break
this new policy? An Kid Sharma, Master Builders Chief Executive.
Eight to six News Talks b MIC next The News.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
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Speaker 2 (32:09):
News Talk s B six minutes away from five minutes
now away from six o'clock on News Talk ZB So,
how much has the trade turmoil, the Trump terrist et
cetera hit the economy? How much is a hit? Corporate
earnings will get a little bit of an insight this week.
They've got monthly job started coming out of the US,
plus quarter one earnings for four of the magnificent seven.
You've got Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, they're all reporting earnings
(32:33):
for quarter one. They'll also have a look forward, not
that they'll be able to say much about the Ford track,
but Apple and its Chinese supply chain, all of that
stuff will come out this week. So we'll look forward
to getting that information. You're on news talk set.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
B Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Now, Mike said this morning, Mike, good morning.
Speaker 15 (32:47):
Did you see Tu. You're a big shopper on team
I see all that plastic stuff and the cheap clothes
you wear.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
So they've got and hang on a minute, the Tu
clothes wouldn't fit me.
Speaker 15 (32:57):
They let's be honest, the well and said to others,
he yes, at igh see he wears very tight clothing,
doesn't he. So they've got one hundred and fifty up
to one hundred and fifty percent. They're now putting these
charges on. So in other words, when you buy from
t move, they go on So yeah, they've just gone
and said, right, we'll whack another one hundred and fifty
bucks on and one hundred and fifty percent on. So
suddenly you're paying it. So what if you buy something
(33:20):
and it was thirty and now it's fifty five, don't
buy it one hundred and fifty percent and you do
buy it? Maybe Trump's right, maybe they can companies like
that can stick one hundred and fifty percent on top
of the price and you go, oh, well, never mind,
and then.
Speaker 2 (33:32):
And then what and then buy something American made? Well,
because that's I mean, that's the theory. But do you
actually buy it or do you just not buy anything?
Or do you buy a bunch of stuff that you
don't actually need.
Speaker 15 (33:41):
We're talking to a richer quest about that this morning
up to eight o'clock on Terrail. We're sort of marking
one hundred days and you know, of Trump and all
that sort of stuff.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Now in Japan, so there's this stupid you know, stupid
terurists who climb mountains and then need to get rescued.
There's a guy who's twenty seven years old. I thought
you'd like the story. Make rescued from Mount Fuji, highest
mountain Japan. Air lifted off the mountain. You know, helicopter
goes up. Now within a week, within days of that happening,
he goes back up, rescued again to get a cell
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phone that he left the first one.
Speaker 15 (34:13):
What a great story, Ryan, That was next. That was
an excellent story. Don't be nervous about how good that
story was. That was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Certainly wasn't well done. Have a great show, Mike, see
you tomorrow, everybody, have a good one.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
He'd be good morning. It is six after five, News
Talk said, be coming up this morning. Andrew Little is
on shortly now that Tori Fano's you turned on her
own career and is going to be well, she's not
running for the top job. Donald Tomayo out of Australia
this morning, Builder is going to mark their own homework.
What about the cowboys who are cutting corners? And it's
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shake your head morning. This morning, a we story for
you about a guy rescued from the top of a
mountain twice in one week. The agenda it is Tuesday,
the twenty ninth of April. Surprised from Putin this morning.
A ceasefire not until the eighth of May, and only
(00:54):
so he can have a parade to mark the end
of World War II. Ukraine not happy.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
President Zelenski again said that what Ukraine wants is a
thirty day unconditional ceasefire from land, air and sea, and
only then will they be prepared to enter into more
comprehensive talks about territory, about Ukraine's future security.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Trump's responded, he wants it permanent. We have chaos in
Spain and Portugal this morning. Major power cut affecting these countries,
off the grid, your trains, your airports, your traffic lights,
your I F post terminals, your phone networks, even can't
make a call. Apparently it's all caused.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
By the weather, due to extreme temperaure variations in the
interior of Spain. There has been some sort of you know,
some more natural course from this rather than you know,
there has of course has ever with.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
An event like this.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
There's been speculation, especially online about as to what it
could be.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, is that of you know, some kind of cyber attack.
They're not sure at this point. They're blaming the weather
for now. Canada going to the polls this morning. The
Liberal Party that was Trudeau now Karne was meant to
get best. Remember that they were way behind, about twenty
points behind in fact. Then along came Trump. Now she's
a nail biter.
Speaker 6 (02:05):
I've spoken to voters who in the past were considering
voting for some of the smaller candidates. Now because of
fears and anxieties over Donald Trump's threats, they now feel
this need to support the larger federal parties.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Results expected later this afternoon. Will bring them to you
here on news Talk said be finally the Vatican has
confirmed the conclave. We'll select a new pope and that
will begin on May seventh. Experts still reckon the cardinals
will go more conservative than Pope Francis.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
The first word on the News of the Day in
early edition with Ryan Bridge and One Room, Make Your
Property search symbol News Talk ciy.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
It is eight minutes half to five. What a sad
and hopeless story out of christ Church yesterday. If you're
not up with the case, it's about the death of
a beautiful, young, vibrant woman who was living in the
Garden City next door to a monster. Basically, her name
was Juleanna Bonella Hereda. Her neighbor was Joseph James Brider.
(03:09):
He had done seven years in prison for sexual offenses, rape, kidnap,
lovely things like that. He was led out ten weeks
before he stabbed her to death. This was in twenty
twenty two. It was brutal, it was horrific. If you
remember the story from the time now, the two were
learning this from the Coronial in Quest. The two were
(03:30):
separated by a wall. He was sleeping so close to
her every night that even his electronic bracelet wasn't able
to tell if he had left his flat and gone
next door to hers. Just think about that. Corrections didn't
properly log his curfew times. The probation officer yesterday said,
(03:54):
any attractive female near this guy was at risk. And
it's about now that any reasonable person would begin to
ring some alarm bells. Surely you'd be sending this guy
back behind bars, lock him up instead. Here we are. Here,
we are again, with a guy let out and an
(04:15):
innocent woman is killed. How on earth do Corrections, your
probation officers, your support workers keep believing these people. Why
when you know somebody is so evil and you've seen
all of the evidence, Why when you know they're capable
of manipulation do you keep believing them? Oh no, I've
(04:38):
been rehabilitated. I'm a good boy now. He even said
there are only elderly people living next door. Did anyone check?
Did anyone speak to the landlord and find out who
might be moving in next door? Did anyone do their
homework properly? And why do these people let it happen?
(04:59):
Is it sympathy?
Speaker 7 (05:00):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Do these agencies and these people who work for them
believe I can fix this person, I can help them,
I can turn their life around. Of course people can
be rehabilitated, but when they're not, the consequences are god awful.
They're gut wrenching and innocent people end up dead. You
cannot get your sister, your mother, your friend back, can you?
(05:24):
And the worst part about this coronualum quest that I
just had to turn the TV off yesterday, turn the
computer off. The worst part is not the blame ducking
from the lawyers. It's the condolences. It's the everybody from
the judge to correct everybody. Condolences to the family. Condolences
are a slap in the face and they won't bring
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who Lana back? Ten minutes after five, ye're on news talks.
There'd be so Tory Fano. If you're just catching up
this morning, she's pulling out of the mayoral race in
Wellington and we're going to speak to the man who's
probably be going to be the next mayor Andrew Little
Next on.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with Ryan
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Speaker 2 (06:13):
It is five fourteen. We'll speak to the master builders
just before seven or so, just before six this morning.
I should say on this changes that the government's making
to our building code to make it easier for them.
You know, if you've got a single story home right now,
you've got to go through twelve inspections before you can
get this thing finished. It's nuts. So builders, your plumbers,
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your drain layers, they're going to basically mark their own homework.
It will bring builders into line with Sparkys and gasfitters
who already do this. So we'll look at that just
before six this morning. Right now, it's fourteen after five.
In true Tory Fano style, the Wellington mayor this morning
performing one final massive flip flop. After saying she would
run for reelection for the met She's u turned and
(06:59):
a planned media state min and Bago till five o'clock
this morning. She's announced she'll instead run for a MILDI
ward and let Andrew Little take the top job.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
I know that he would do a really good job.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
I hope that people would see it as a gracious move.
Speaker 9 (07:13):
I'm merely stepping aside because he really wants the role.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Of course, he's got to get elected first, but he's
with me this morning. Andrew, good morning.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Right, So you had a call I understand from Tory Farner.
What did she say.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
Assuring me last week? She said that she had thought
about it and that she didn't want to contest the meyorty.
She had yet to talk to a range of other people,
but that's what she said. I said, Look, you know,
thanks for letting me know. I'm not long for anything.
So I wished her all the best and that was
really it.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
How would you describe her meyalty.
Speaker 7 (07:52):
Oh, look, she came in at a challenging time. I
think everybody would acknowledge that. I think she's She's done
some good things. I think one of the important things
was getting the zone changes for housing so we can
actually really start to accelerate the high density housing that
we need. But look, it has been challenging for her
and for everybody. I think people see that I stepped
(08:15):
up to be candidate for me because I think a
lot of people have lost confidence in the council and
we need to restore their confidence. Of people are going
to have confidence in the city again, and businesses can
go about their job for a city that's lost a
lot of work and workers. So that's why I'm in
the race.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I'm from Wellington. The big problem, I mean, you talk
to anyone down there, it's rates. I mean, rates have
gone up twenty one percent in a year. They're going
up thirty five percent over the next three years. You've
got your regional council rates up twenty five percent? Are
you going to bring rates down?
Speaker 7 (08:52):
Certainly want to slow the rise. I need to have
a wise look at executive what has driven those rate increases.
It is simply not acceptable for rus to increase, by
my calculation, about thirty percent in the last two years.
A lot of that is I think council not getting
a grip on their own finance. As I look at
some of the things that have happened there, I think
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there's there's some capitalist bending that has been incurred on
the basis that it's it's not spread over the life
of various assets. You look at things like the Wellington
Town Hall, a project that right from there the very beginning,
was meant to cost you know, thirty to forty million dollars,
now well over three hundred million dollars. That suggests to
me that people haven't got the eye on the ball.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
No, and now we've got the now we've got the
golden mile. This is the latest iteration. And she's saying, Oh,
I don't worry, it won't go over. But no one
believes it, Andrew, No one believes it, and you're not
stopping it. That's the problem. You're not coming in and
saying I'm going to cut this, I'm going to cut that.
I mean, what exactly are you going to cut? Or
is over three years okay for you?
Speaker 7 (09:54):
No, it's not at all. No, I've just said that.
I said that Eli in an interview. That's not acceptable
at all. And it's one of those things that's making
Willington more unaffordable, not just the housing, as things like
rates as well. So I will have a good look
at the variety of projects that are under way. What
I have said is that where there are contracts that
are let I'm not going to rip those up because
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that costs the countis more anyway. But where contracts aren't
leaked for particular projects, now is not the time to
be doing stuff that's disruptive for what is quite a
fragile business climate in Willington. So I ammitted to doing.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
All right, So phase one of the Golden Mile, they've
got the contract for that. Nothing beyond that. So you're
saying you wouldn't support anything Golden Mile beyond that Phase one.
Speaker 7 (10:38):
I'm saying stop it now. There's a lot of people
say to me they think that actually the Golden Mile
stuff is in the long term is a good thing.
It just doesn't haven't tappened right now and we just
don't need the disruption.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
All right, that's good, that's definitive contracts that have been
done now. Yes, anything beyond that the Golden Mile, Andrew
Little is saying no. And just to be clear, the
thirty five percent I was talking about, that's over the
next three years, so you were talking about the last two.
So is thirty five percent over the next three years
acceptable to you?
Speaker 7 (11:10):
No, it's not no. And that that has that has
to be refewed and looked at, and we need to
take cost out.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
We just need to is twenty seven kilometers a new
cycle ways and priority bus lanes doubling from four to
eight kilometers, which Tory Fino says was one of her successes.
Is that a good or a bad thing for Wellington?
Speaker 7 (11:31):
Well. I think enabling people who go about their work
or what they do their recreation on a bike and
they doing so safety is important. So I'm not opposed
to cycle ways. I think some of the implementation of
them have been but I don't agree with Molesworth Street,
for example, being reduced to one lane. I don't agree
with the way things have happened around the Botanical gardens.
(11:53):
There are a lot of elderly people who have spoken
to me. To me, they can't visit there now because
they can't get a pack, So I think some thought
has to be gone to the way some of those
are implemented. Do I believe in safe lanes for cyclists, Yes,
but let's do it safely.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Very quickly before you go the city deal. I know
it was a disaster because you know Wellington didn't apply.
Is there any way will you look to get some
leniency from the government so that you know you can
get one done?
Speaker 7 (12:19):
Yeah, I cerenly would make that a priority. I think
I've got good relations with pretty much every minister and
office at the moment. I've always had good relations with
people across the aisle, and I'd be surprised if there
wasn't a way that we can work with Gavin.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Fall Right, Andrew Little, appreciate your time this morning. Thanks
for coming on the program. Andrew Little, who will probably
be the Wellington mayor. He is the course of candidate
at this point. Tory Funo is out. Twenty after five
News Talk, SAIB News.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
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Speaker 2 (12:53):
Good morning, Great to be with you. Twenty three minutes
after five. Pollstyr in a massive problem. It's filling our landfill.
Seventy seven percent of it is not recycled. Construction sites, packaging,
they are the big problems. Four thousand tons of the
stuff ends up in a landfill every year. So the
industry Association done a couple of reports. They're calling for change.
This morning. Rachel Barker, CEO of Plastics in z with me.
(13:15):
Good morning, Good morning Ryan. So how big of a
problem is polystyring? You know, if you're on a scale
of one to ten with our plastics problems.
Speaker 10 (13:26):
At the moment, I probably put it about a five
to be honest, seven percent going to landfill is a
massive problem. But if you look at our general plastic
packaging waste. We're only hitting about nineteen percent recycling rates.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So what do we do? We just strolled in the bin,
So how do you get people to not throw it
in the bin?
Speaker 10 (13:45):
Or there's a whole lot of different ways we've the
two reports we've done, one is on construction and demolition
plastics where we use EPs for insulation and structural building things,
those sorts of stuff. And then in the packaging space,
it's fairly essential for thermal protection when it comes to seafood,
making sure that that's safe to eat. An end product
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protection loss of a product has huge environmental impacts in
comparison to the packaging that's been utilized to ship it.
In the packaging space, what we can do is implement
products stewardship, so make sure that people have a place
that they can take it back to or it gets
collected and then can get recycled and reused back into
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new products.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
All Right, Rachel, interesting to have these two reports out
from you this morning. Really appreciate your time. Rachel Barker,
CEO of Plastics en Z. It has just gone twenty
four minutes after five year on news Talk, said b
the government is talking about they can help you with
your ear fares everyone's moaning about in New Zealand? Can
they really that?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
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Speaker 2 (14:52):
Talks It Be News Talks B twenty seven minutes after five.
Here we go again with the winging about Air New
Zealand's price. And I get it. I try and book
the same flights as everybody else. And when you're trying
to fly from some obscure route, you know, from this
province to that province, stuff gets expensive really quickly. But
here we go again with politicians telling us FIBs, telling
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us they can wave a magic wand and fix things.
This time it's James Megha from National going into bat
for the South Island. Can't blame the guy flying, shouldn't
just be for the rich who says we're going to
take action talking about underwriting airlines. Do we really want
the government underwriting the purchase of turboprop planes really when
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we already own Air New Zealand. We've heard this all before,
of course, the banks, the supermarkets, the price of petrol,
you name it. I can't tell you how many painstaking,
frustrating interviews I have done with ministers of all colors
and stripes, to be fair, who swear black and blue,
they'll sort it out and then they don't. What's worse
(15:57):
the person that punches you in the nose or the
that says they'll fix it when they know they can't,
and you just left with a bent nose and no hope.
Here's the thing. If you want to book the main
trunk line, it is relatively and expensive to do so,
providing you're not booking last minute. There's Jetstar keeping a
New Zealand on us. That's competition. But if you're flying
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Kenny Kenny to Dunedin tomorrow, guess what it'll cost you?
A billion dollars? Why? Because they're basically got you over
a barrel, haven't they? You need to fly? It's short notice.
Business customers normally book these flights. Eight thousand people live
in Ketty Kenny, one hundred and thirty thousand in Dunedin.
Tourism is seasonal, these routes are often empty. Air New
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Zealand has major aircraft engine issues. The fact is running
a profitable airline in a sparsely populated country is bloody difficult,
and we want them to be profitable otherwise we have
no airline and then we're a backwater banana republic. And
the regional players they're not doing too well either. Ere
(17:03):
Chathams the other week, remember this threatening to pull out
of Fakatan unless the council paid for a new cessna.
Everyone compares us to the Aussies. But have a look
at outback Queensland. You pay thousands just to get to Brisbane.
Show me a headline about flights being cheaper from Dunedin
to Bali than Dunedin to Auckland, and I'll show you
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one about Mount Isa to Brisbane and Brisbane to Canada.
Population matters and guess what, We're a blip on the radar.
And as for that promise from a politician that they'll
swoop in and save the day, about as reliable as
the playing schedule itself.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Ryan Ridge on all the edition with one roof to
make your property search simple.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Uth dog Ziby, good morning, it is twenty four and
it's away from six year. On news Talk said, be
welcome to your Tuesday morning. Tory Farno's pulled out of
the Meryoral race in Wellington, which is probably the right
thing because she would have lost it anyway, probably didn't
want to spend any of her money on a campaign.
(18:11):
I would imagine now lots of feedback to this. We
had Andrew Little on the show earlier. Ryan, any rate
rise above inflation is not acceptable. Well, Andrew Little said
this morning that the planned thirty five percent over the
next three years won't fly under his watch. So there's hope,
even if it's a glimmer. Ryan, good to hold Little
(18:32):
to account. The guy who was Minister of Health vaporized
two billion dollars on mental health and did absolutely nothing
with it. That is a point, John, And this one
from Rob what about the businesses that go broke during
the construction of Courtney Place and the Golden Mile. It's
a very good point. And Tory Farno did say there
(18:52):
would be micro loans of up to fifteen hundred dollars
for businesses. Well they've pulled back on those two, so
you won't get a micro loan now. And I was
watching yesterday as she turned the sod the first sod
and they had a blessing ceremony and I thought, wonder
how much that costs. So I'm hoping someone in our newsroom,
I'm sure they will be putting in a little OAA
(19:15):
finding out how much that sod turning ceremony costs. And
if it was anywhere near fifteen hundred dollars, well, I
just wouldn't be surprised. I just wouldn't be surprised. And
it's not even funny. Twenty three away from six now,
Ryan Bridge. Nikola Willis has said that the tax charity
changes she hinted might happen in the budget won't actually
(19:35):
happen in this budget. She says there's loopholes talks about Sanitarium.
Have a listen.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
If you take that example of Sanitarium, if we were
to say we're now not exempting your business from tax,
what they could do is instead make that make their
profits a donation back to the Seventh day Adventist Church,
their parent, and so they wouldn't in fact be paying
any more tax.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Here you go twenty two a wave that you can
breathe a sigh of relief. Sanitarium twenty two away from
at least for now six o'clock Colum Proctor and needed
for us this morning, Colum, Good morning, morning Rong. Major
changes on the wave for Queenstown Airport.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Ye, this is a twelve million dollar project around the
terminal building. It's to be extended north towards the airfield,
providing eight hundred meters of new offices. This work will
take place over the next fourteen months. It will also
include a non passenger screening room, with significant electrical upgrades
also being completed. There's also about ten million being spent
(20:33):
on strengthening the structure of the terminal to increase its
ability to withstand an earthquake. Project managers say, look, this
is an important investment as the airport's an essential community asset.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
How's your weather column?
Speaker 5 (20:44):
A pretty good fine with cloudy periods, possible evening shower
later the heights Today sixteenth.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Brilliant Claire's and Christ Churche clear, good morning to you.
You've got a bridge coming across the Avon.
Speaker 9 (20:53):
Yes, well, the fourth.
Speaker 11 (20:54):
And final bridge will be going across the Avon and
as part of this kind of post quake at Christ Jurge.
This is the one that the University of Canterbury students
have been working on. They've designed the concept for the bridge,
which is in the suburb of Darlington. It's meant to
be starting any day now and we'll be completed by August.
The residential red Zone manager Dave Little tells us that
the structure's design is inspired by more kih, which is
(21:17):
a small canoe made from europa and flax. Its construction
marks the completion of the first phase of our city
to see pathway. The cool thing is the public's going
to be invited to watch the bridge as it's craned
onto the site.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Alrighty, how's your weather clear?
Speaker 11 (21:34):
Cloudy with occasional ray northeast of these dying out a
bit later at a high of fifteen.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Brilliant, Thank you, Max toldin Wellington, Max, good morning, good morning.
How are you feeling about the touring news.
Speaker 12 (21:44):
Mixed mixed emotions here?
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Yeah, wow, because you have nothing to report on anymore.
Speaker 12 (21:49):
That's an element of it. What's the legacy do you think?
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Disappointing?
Speaker 12 (21:56):
Disappointing for everyone, even for those in the city who
voted for her and saw her as someone truly transformative.
To borrow words she would use herself. She was supposed
to be mayor for three terms, that was the promise,
and then central government. She wanted to be a minister eventually,
I can tell you privately, she told some she wouldn't
run again late last year, then changed her mind over
(22:18):
summer after certain conversations with people close to her. Re
announced her mayoralty under the Green banner. Fairly recently so
her mind has clearly gone back and forth on this.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
In terms of.
Speaker 12 (22:28):
Legacy, there's of course the failed airport share sale that
alienated many on the left, ill advised comments to media,
ill advised behavior and public dissatisfaction. Here in Wellington with
road works businesses going under loosening housing rules was a win.
There are more cycle ways in Wellington. Has promised the
Golden Miles you say, started yesterday, but even that has
become a shell of its former dream. The Golden Miles
(22:51):
part of her platform, but the idea of it previously
extended to the end of Lampton Key. Now it will
be fortunate if the Courtney Place work is done in
its entirety. You might say she was hampered by a
change in government. She could never mend relationships with others
at council. There was, of course the appointment of a
Crown Observer, terrible look for a city council. And ultimately
(23:11):
she's always talked so much about wanting to be a
leader and being a strong leader. She's spoken at leadership events, conferences, summits.
But leadership must be grounded in reality and of course
longevity as well.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
It's me a glowing report card from you this morning.
Speaker 7 (23:26):
Max.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
How's your weather.
Speaker 12 (23:28):
Party cloudy with southerly seventeen the high central excellent.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Neighva's a Neva good ian the same thing.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
What a glowing report from Meg's word.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Now you've got the big story this morning. A blue
sign and panmua.
Speaker 9 (23:42):
That's right, I cover the big, big story. So look,
there's disputyre in those who live in Auckland. They know
about this big blue sign. Now it's a fifteen met
retro style sign.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
It was like the Jetsons.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
Now this was removed though. This was back in twenty
nineteen to make way for the Eastern Busway project. But
people want it back. So some of the ideas that
have been floating around or replica signed a different location
in Permure, a piece of art incorporating that old sign.
Do you remember the sign?
Speaker 2 (24:10):
No? No, it so it's just it's described for us.
It's a blue sign.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
It's a blue sign, very ritro huge and it used
to sit above you know, like I mean, that was
permua if you didn't really know pema and.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Even so, does it not really does it just say
pen mura? Okay, all right, I think it did.
Speaker 9 (24:29):
It's been so long anyway back to me. So there's
actually public support for the return of the sign to
its original spot, and there's now a petition to you know,
gathered and it's got like fifteen hundred signatures. Isn't that
called it?
Speaker 2 (24:43):
So they might bring it back.
Speaker 9 (24:44):
They might bring it back.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Career where is it?
Speaker 4 (24:46):
No?
Speaker 9 (24:46):
Just no, well it's not being taken down to this
as some warehouse. Yes, so let's see how much this
is going to cost.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah, well I want an update tomorrow. I will. I'm
on the case.
Speaker 9 (24:56):
The weather showers tuning to widespread rain tonight still hot
twenty three turned there to the econoll.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
I did last night. Yes, Neva, great to see you,
as always, Neva. We need your name and we need
a big blue sign with your name on it. Yeah,
your full name. Well, it'd be a big sign.
Speaker 9 (25:12):
It'll be my full name. Find it even to alphas
seen for Appoporritti Marni.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Seventeen minutes away from six News.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
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Speaker 2 (25:25):
We've got reaction to the government's building changes coming in
just a second. It's now fourteen minutes away from six.
But donnadmo our Australia correspondent with US Live, Donna, good morning,
good morning to you. Now final days of the election campaign.
There is a roaring debate about the Welcome to Country.
Speaker 13 (25:41):
Yes there is. This topic has really dominated the last
twenty four hours because Opposition leader Peter Dutton has a
very very strong position and he was asked about how
he felt about Welcome to Country that are performed by
an Indigenous elder and he says they should not be
conducted on an ZAC dab because most veterans did not
(26:01):
want them included. Now Dunnan's comments have really inflamed this
debate because what happened was the debates really developed since
far right Heckler's disrupted ceremonies at ANZAC Day's services in
Perth and Melbourne last Friday, and so both obviously Dutton
and the Prime Minister condemned those agitators and that included
(26:23):
no Neo Nazis that had disrupted these services. So Dutton's
really latched onto this now and has taken this really
strong stance and is asked about it yesterday on a
couple of occasions in fact, as he continued his campaigning,
but he's also criticized Quantus's practice of acknowledging Indigenous land
on its flights. He says they're over the top, and
(26:48):
that's when he also added that he doesn't think that
the Anzac Day dawn service should have welcomed to country.
In the meantime, the Prime Minister has simply said that
welcome to country ceremonies are a sign of respect, but
he also says that they should be held at the
discretion of event organizers. So people are just interested to
hear what the leaders feel and how they feel about
(27:09):
this welcome to country ceremony.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Which way do you think public opinion is going to
go on that, Donner?
Speaker 13 (27:15):
It's really hard to tell, as you can imagine, but
it was just interesting that it dominated. I mean, you know,
we've got so many other things that people wanted to
discuss up until that point, but it just seemed that
people were very, very focused on the position that the
leaders had taken on welcome to Country, which I thought
was interesting.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
It is and you got this coronal in quest underway
into the Bondi stabbings.
Speaker 13 (27:38):
Oh yes, well, the colonial inquest into what happened at
Westfield Bondi Junction, that stabbing attack that killed six people,
and we heard on the first day. It's a five
week in quest, but we heard on the first day
that the man behind it had actually been well. He
had severe mental illness and that had gone untreated, and
(28:00):
that he had also attempted to access guns. In twenty
twenty one we heard from the council assisting the Bondi
Junction inquest and she also said that he was effectively unmedicated.
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager and unmonitored
for about five years before his death. Today they're going
to hear from the New South Wales Police inspector Amy Scott,
(28:23):
who shot dead that forty year old Joel COUCHI goodness.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Mate, Donna, thank you for that. Good to have you
on the show, has always Don and Tomorow our Australia correspondent.
It is eleven minutes away from six Ryan Bridge. So
the government giving reputable builders, plumbers, drain layers the power
to basically mark their own homework, inspect their own work.
The goal is to cut down inspection wait times and
kit sharma Master builders with us this morning, and Kirk,
good morning, Good morning man, Good to have you on
(28:50):
the show. How do you define a reputable builder, plumber,
drain layer?
Speaker 14 (28:56):
The definition I think the government was indicating yesterday for
self certification as reputed builders who are building at scale,
building simple law risk homes and are using repeatable designs.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
How do you because I guess this is the problem, right,
You want it to be sped up, you want it
to be easier, but you also want to stop some
dodgy builder or plumber from cutting corners, doing a shoddy job,
and then marking their own homework. How do you do that?
Speaker 14 (29:26):
That's a very good point. So I think what we
have been saying is we need a very smart and
targeted reform to reduce the compliance burden on simple law
risk homes without compromising on quality or consumer protections. So
there are a lot of things we can do to
enable that. So one is to restrict this to only
(29:47):
simple law risk bills. Second, to have a very strict
criteria on building professionals who can self certify and continue
some monitoring regime around that third to have some mandatory
runs requirements thoughts you can incorporate random inspections to ensure
quality management. Therese are quite a big piece we have
(30:09):
been talking about, which is to use technology solutions like
virtual remote inspections to ensure their photographic evidence of self
certification is submitted, so then risk assessment can be performed
and we can do some spot checks. And the final
is to strengthening the LBP scheme. So we obviously need
to see more details around all these areas, but if
(30:29):
they're implemented well, they will enable productivity gains without compromising
on quality or consumer.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Protection because I guess the thing is, the reality is
you will know who the dodgy builders are, or you
will at least know who the good builders are, right,
so can you will you have some say or who
will decide who the good ones are and who the
bad ones are.
Speaker 14 (30:50):
I think there's a consultation happening where we are providing
an input on what their criteria should be, and I
think others in the industry will provide that. Internet government
has a view too, So I have a feeling that
after they've announced, they will now go through a consultation
process where we and others were quite input onto how
do you do this, because what we are trying to
(31:11):
do is we're trying to kind of improve. We're trying
to look at the low hanging food we have within
our industry to improve some productivity. And the low hanging
food is to reduce a compliance burden on simple, low
risk homes. And if you do this well, it'll bring
more lower cost homes in the market cheaper and address
housing affordability. It will free up counsel to focus more
(31:34):
on high risk projects and reduce inspection times. And also
I think increase adoption of technology like virtual the more inspection.
And it's a lot of positives.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Or they sound it's good. No, it sounds good, and
I want you to get in there and I want
you to tell them who were the goodies and who
were the baddies because that really is when it comes
down to it, what is going to make will break
this new policy? An Kid Sharma, Master Builders Chief Executive.
Eight to six News Talks b MIC next The News.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
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News Talk s B six minutes away from five minutes
now away from six o'clock on News Talk ZB So,
how much has the trade turmoil, the Trump terrist et
cetera hit the economy? How much is a hit? Corporate
earnings will get a little bit of an insight this week.
They've got monthly job started coming out of the US,
plus quarter one earnings for four of the magnificent seven.
You've got Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, they're all reporting earnings
(32:33):
for quarter one. They'll also have a look forward, not
that they'll be able to say much about the Ford track,
but Apple and its Chinese supply chain, all of that
stuff will come out this week. So we'll look forward
to getting that information. You're on news talk set.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
B Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Now, Mike said this morning, Mike, good morning.
Speaker 15 (32:47):
Did you see Tu. You're a big shopper on team
I see all that plastic stuff and the cheap clothes
you wear.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
So they've got and hang on a minute, the Tu
clothes wouldn't fit me.
Speaker 15 (32:57):
They let's be honest, the well and said to others,
he yes, at igh see he wears very tight clothing,
doesn't he. So they've got one hundred and fifty up
to one hundred and fifty percent. They're now putting these
charges on. So in other words, when you buy from
t move, they go on So yeah, they've just gone
and said, right, we'll whack another one hundred and fifty
bucks on and one hundred and fifty percent on. So
suddenly you're paying it. So what if you buy something
(33:20):
and it was thirty and now it's fifty five, don't
buy it one hundred and fifty percent and you do
buy it? Maybe Trump's right, maybe they can companies like
that can stick one hundred and fifty percent on top
of the price and you go, oh, well, never mind,
and then.
Speaker 2 (33:32):
And then what and then buy something American made? Well,
because that's I mean, that's the theory. But do you
actually buy it or do you just not buy anything?
Or do you buy a bunch of stuff that you
don't actually need.
Speaker 15 (33:41):
We're talking to a richer quest about that this morning
up to eight o'clock on Terrail. We're sort of marking
one hundred days and you know, of Trump and all
that sort of stuff.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Now in Japan, so there's this stupid you know, stupid
terurists who climb mountains and then need to get rescued.
There's a guy who's twenty seven years old. I thought
you'd like the story. Make rescued from Mount Fuji, highest
mountain Japan. Air lifted off the mountain. You know, helicopter
goes up. Now within a week, within days of that happening,
he goes back up, rescued again to get a cell
(34:10):
phone that he left the first one.
Speaker 15 (34:13):
What a great story, Ryan, That was next. That was
an excellent story. Don't be nervous about how good that
story was. That was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Certainly wasn't well done. Have a great show, Mike, see
you tomorrow, everybody, have a good one.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
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