September 29, 2024 • 34 mins
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an Israeli airstrike, among other senior leaders from the group. New Zealand has only declared Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organisation, but not he political wing - so where do we stand on the issue? Dr Leon Goldsmith from the University of Otago speaks to Ryan.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 3 (00:15):
It'd be good morning, Welcome to your Monday morning. It
is the thirtieth of September. Great to have your company
coming up before six. Who pays if we get another
leaky building disaster in New Zealand? New building consent changes
coming soon. The far right is going for it in
Austrian election. Gavin Gray is our europe correspondent. Where in
New Zealand are wages rising fastest will tell you plus
(00:39):
to look at that protest in Dunedin over the weekend.
It was a Biggie five up to seven. The agenda
Israel's going helpful leather this time in Yemen. It says
it's striking infrastructure that's being used to transport Iranian weapons
in Lebanon, the idf DF also killing another senior Hesbela commander.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Israel is looking for other senior commanders, mid level commanders,
low level commanders, anyone that they can find. Israel is
trying to decimate Hasbolla push its advantage while the group
is in disarray.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
We've got another Middle East expert on the show in
ten minutes, responding to the death of Israela. New Zealand
has claimed the world record for the largest hakka. They
did it last night at Eden Park, six thousand to
five hundred and thirty one people versus foury twenty eighteen
(01:37):
years ago with the French. A sailing boat has taken
on water. No, it wasn't ours, thank god, it was
the Swiss Alingy's America's cupboat cap sized early this morning
in Barcelona. They're already eliminated from the Challenges series. Team
New Zealand went and helped them out. Lunar Rossa though
just won Race four, but not this time. Luteport and
(02:05):
awkward Zelensky met Trump over the weekend. They were standing
next to each other at a presser and Trump goes,
I like Zelenski, but you know, I also have a
good relationship with Pulton. He then says to Zelensky, it
takes two to tango. When I think.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
We're going to get it resolved very quickly, it work.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I really think we're going to get its.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, but you know, it takes two to tango.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
You know who started the tang going though. That's the
issue right eight after five on.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early edition with Ryan
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Speaker 3 (02:49):
Set B nine nine two is the number to text.
We'll deal with inned and later because that was a
whopper of a protest in the Deep South over the weekend.
We'll talk about that in a second, but just for
this morning. This is new in the all this morning.
So health insurance have you got it? Nine two nine two?
Why do you have it? Is it not a huge
vote of no confidence in our public health system? So
(03:11):
they've just announced Southern Cross Health Insurance is paid close
to one point five billion dollars in claims. That's an
equal to six million dollars every business day. The cost
of claims up fifteen percent, and also premiums are going up.
And you'll be feeling that I have health insurance because
it was free at my last job because they were Americans,
(03:32):
and you know the Yanks like to do that, give
you free health insurance because their systems is quite crap.
So I had and I've now carried it over and
boy is it expensive. But everybody wants it because no
one trusts the public health system, do they, And these
numbers kind of support that. So the reasons for a
fifteen percent increase in the cost of claims, according to
(03:52):
Southern Cross, is not only the cost of procedures and stuff,
but it's more members claiming for more stuff. Is this
It's not a vote of no confidence in our public
health system. Nine two nine two is the number to
text the bad news. If you do have private health insurance,
they say you can expect to rise in your premiums
(04:12):
to counter the increase in the cost of claims.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Ran Bridge sure.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
After five. So we are going to talk to our
expert in the Middle East in just a few moments,
doctor Leon Goldsmith. We've had him on the show before.
What does Iran do next? Israel, the IDEF is now
hitting Yemen the Hooti rebels, because Iran has lots of
proxy militants in the area. Right, They're obviously got his
Billow and Lebanon, They've got some in Syria, they got
(04:41):
someone Iraq, and then they've got the Hoogies in Yemen.
And so now Israel's going after the Hooties in Yemen.
So where else are they going to go? And how
does does Iran respond? We'll look at that here on
news talks hed been Next is.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
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Speaker 3 (05:09):
Zid Bey thirteen after five. Somebody's text and to say,
don't pay for health insurance, just spend more on good
nutritious food. And you you know a doctor of day
keeps an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. His
son Israela. So this is the head of his biller
who was killed on Friday. Just interesting to hear how
they actually did it. So he was in a bunker
on Friday morning, eighteen meters underground. He was it was
(05:33):
above underneath a working class neighborhood in Beirute. At dusk,
he's sitting around with a bunch of other commanders, a
bunch of other senior leaders, and Israel dumps eighty tons
of bombs from the year onto this little area where
they were where they were being hiding out basically, and
they used a series of timed, chained explosions to penetrate
(05:57):
this bunker eighteen meters under the ground and bomb He's
head of the world's most heavily armed militia. Huge deal
because now Israel has wiped out nearly an entire generation
of his Buller leaders. Fourteen after five Brian Bridge, more
developments overnight. They are going after Yemen now. Obviously the
(06:17):
Hooti rebels are there a proxy for Iran, certainly funded
and armed by Iran. So lots of developments to be
looking at Israel, also saying that they have taken out
a second senior Hezbiller leader. This was the reaction from
Iran at the un there's slumbers.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Republic of Iran will be on the side the Phlebenon
and resistance by all men's and thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yeah, that was all he said. Doctor Leon Goldsmith is
Otaga University Professor for Middle Eastern and Comparative Politics. He's
with us this morning, bent on the show before Leon.
Good morning, Good morning Ryan. What happens here? What happens next?
Speaker 6 (06:56):
Well, I mean this is extremely significant. I think this
is a historic juncture. The love or hate Hassansrala. He
was a towering figure in the Middle East over the
last three decades. So this is right up there with
the assassination of Unwassa dat Bashi Jamail and eighty two
Yitzakara bin yes Arafat or Ruffi her Aria in two
(07:19):
thousand and five. It's going to be a major juncture
that we look back on, I think. So it's clear
now that the Israelis is going to go after the
so called axis of resistance everywhere. I mean, Israela hasn't
been seen in public for over twenty years. He doesn't
even address his supporters except by video feed. So this
(07:43):
was clearly something with the Israelis a plan for a
long time, very very significant.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Are they essentially starting a regional war now? I mean,
you know they're heading well, I suppose in some sense
it has been going on for a while. You know,
the Hooties have been firing into Israel and continues to
do so. But Israel is really ramping up its attack
on those proxies of Iran.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
Yeah, I mean that's something that I've been I'm saying
for a while. That's they're trying to provoke Iran into
a into a sort of a front front or assault
the confrontation. But I think it's gone beyond the rubicon now.
I think Israeli is a second waiting, and I think
we're just going to go after so com in A
and Tahran, the leader of Iran has basically gone into
(08:27):
secure environment himself, and I think that we're into some
syup fairly serious regional escalation.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Now, what does what is Iran's capability? What does what
would a strike look like?
Speaker 6 (08:41):
From them? Well, all the thing is, what Iran has
always tried to maintain is that his balla is its
insurance policy, that's the butler against any kind of Israeli
strike directly at the Iranian leadership. So that essentially is
looking increasingly thin and increasingly like it's not going to
be effective. So her own mates scrambled towards a nuclear weapon.
(09:04):
Now I mean this, we have no idea of what
they may be thinking internally, but that's definitely a possibility.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
And then, of course you've got the United States, where
an election has been held and everybody says, oh, don't worry,
we'll get a ceasefire. You know, We're get a ceasefire
for Gaza, We'll get a ceasefire for you know, Russia.
We'll get a ceasefire for Lebanon.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
Well, the US is looking incredibly impotent in this situation
and it's basically just being used and exploited by it
as it basically it's sort of obliged to stand behind
and watch with horror as they draw them into this
conflict as well. So yeah, this is very very dangerous times.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
New Zealand has designated Hasbella as a terrorist entity. This
was in twenty ten, but not the political wing. Do
we need to do that or should we change? What
do we do about this?
Speaker 6 (09:57):
Well, I mean, you look at Australia and Canada, they
don't make any distinction. But I don't know how important
it is really at the moment because Habela is increasingly.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
You know.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
The reason why we have that designation I think was
so that we can maintain proper diplomatic relations with Lebanon
because his BOLLA has members in the parliament and the
government in Lebanon. So just for convenience or experience sake,
But really I don't think it makes a lot of
difference with how we designate Habella.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
No, if they're not listening to the US, they're not
going to listen to us. Doctor Leon Goldsman, thank you
very much for your time. I tag a university professor
for Middle Eastern and Comparative Politics, talking about developments in
the Middle East there overnight. I did reach out last
night to old our Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, who is traveling.
He's currently in Tahiti on his way home from the
UN He's very busy, but they said they get us
(10:54):
a statement. M fantcy. They get us a statement and
then they put us onto the Department of Prime Minister.
And we haven't got a statement because they probably would
have been sleeping anyway. We'll keep asking them about that,
that designation. Nineteen minutes after five, News talks'b the news
you need.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
This morning and the in depth analysis early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and
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Speaker 3 (11:17):
Zi'd be welcome to your Monday morning. Twenty one minutes
after five, we're going to go to Gavin Gray in
the UK after the News at five point thirty plus,
we're talking about the government's big proposals to shake up
the building consent process. Takes way too long to get
a building consent in this country, so will these help
these proposals help change that? Right now, though Adam Cooper
ZEBI Sports with us Adam, Good morning, Mollie, Ryan, Hey
(11:40):
the netball. So England beat Us it is yeah.
Speaker 7 (11:44):
Now they've come off off a pretty good series in
Australia and I think it shows that England are the
ones with match experience under their belts. It was a
pretty close Fort Gayman in Auckland last night, so I
don't think we can sort of say the Silver Ferns
were terrible, but certainly England we're just able to win
those key moments and especially right at the end, just
able to get the passes and a few crucial intercepts
right at the end there. So fifty nine to fifty
(12:06):
eight the final score so are very close. And in
fact the first three quarters all just were decided in
one point margins and it was fourteen all in the
final quarters, so yeah, plenty I think for the Silver
Ferns to just nail down. They introduced a few new debutants,
so yeah, both Paris Mason and Clara O'Brien making their
debuts for the Silver Ferns too, So certainly an experience
(12:26):
that they will learn from, i'd say. With the series
heading to Pottydoer for Game two on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
It sounds like it was a good game. We lost
the cricket.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
Too, we did, Yeah, I mean, based well on what
has happened all through the first few days of this Test,
I don't think anyone really thought the Black Caps we're
in with much of a shot. I guess one positive
that we saw. I mean, they did lose by an
innings and one hundred and fifty four runs to Sri
Lanka last night. We did see a little bit more
fight from New Zealand and the second inning, so they
obviously had to follow on after being rolled for a
(12:56):
disappointing eighty eight in their first innings. Yeah, so they
got out to be that's at T one hundred and
ninety nine for five to start the day yesterday afternoon
our time, and I think a lot of people were
sort of thinking, goodness, mean, just how much are they
going to be able to add in terms of runs
to save face somewhat in the series. And I think
we were all quite pleased with what we saw from
some of the New Zealand middle to lower order sixty
(13:18):
to Tom Blundell's seventy eighth to Glenn Phillips and sixty
seven to Mitch Santner, So you know, pretty pleasing there,
ajas patl holding his own there. Captain Tim Saldi though
sort of got out and was just whacking it around.
Luck you almost wanted to go home, and he got
out for ten off ten and didn't really give New
Zealand any sort of confidence that they could have any
(13:38):
chance of sort of batting out some extra time at
the crease. So yeah, two nil the series defeat to
Sri Lanka. That's four Test losses in a row for
the black Caps now and they have a couple of
weeks off before three Tests in India which will be
really tough as well.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Nice one, thanks so much for that Adam Cooper's EBB
Sport where that's just gone twenty four minutes after five o'clock. Obviously,
also we beat the Aussies, breaking a couple of who
who strouts whatever you want to call them in terms
of the records in Wellington and in terms of actually
would love to know if anyone was out in Wellington
on Saturday night, what was it like? Was Courtney Place
busy or was there actually nothing open because everything's closed?
(14:14):
Nine two nine two is and number to text. They
also had the wow on the world of wearable art
down at the ats squares, so be interesting to see
if anyone was out on Saturday. On Saturday night in
Wellington twenty four minutes after five News Talks b the
early edition.
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Speaker 3 (14:33):
On News Talk ZBB. Twenty six minutes after five Grumbling
and discontent in regional New Zealanders going louder and louder,
and Wellington ought to pay attention by Wellington, I mean
the bee hype. The latest was duneed in. Thirty five
thousand people turned out and protest at the weekend, waving signs.
I had Nicola Willis swinging on a wrecking ball. The
(14:56):
wrecking ball was a picture of Luxeon's head. The reason
that government should heed and listen is because of the
size of the protest. Thirty five thousand is the biggest
in decades. But it wasn't just your usual mob of
rent a crowd and serial protests. It was normal people,
normal people now Dneda normally doesn't vote red. So do
you bother listening if you're the government, Well, the problem
(15:18):
is it's not just duned and it's everywhere. Give me
a region, and I'll give you a grievance Central North Island,
plant closures, Marlborough Firry cancelation, Tatadua, the tolling of the
manum Tu Gorge, the West Coast health cuts. Now, I
think the government will compromise on Dunedin, but for most
of the rest of the regions waving placards and marching,
(15:40):
the message will be simple. Blame labor. They spent with
Gayer Bandon during and after COVID inflation ran rampant, and
now we're having to come in and clean it up.
This is what they'll say. That's why we need toll
roads to get these things finished. That's why we need
to downsize massive new hospitals. It's why we have to
cut that bridge or that school or this funding. The
(16:03):
question for the government is are these people going to
turn around and vote labor and anger And the answer
is probably not, especially not if they're swing voters. People
understand generally why we are in this mess, and most
are just trying to sway the current government, not change
it completely. Ray and Bridge just gone twenty eight after
(16:24):
five year on news talk said be still plenty more
to come. I haven't told you yet which regions are
doing well with the salary increases. That is interesting. Also
we're going to go to Gavin Gray out of the UK.
There's a vote in Austria that the far right is
opposition is looking to when oh, they've just won it.
Leo has just told me. So there you go. The Austrians.
They went to vote on their Sunday, our Monday and
(16:47):
the general election. So the far right opposition Freedom Party
was leading in the polls and has just won, according
to our producer Leo. So we'll talk to Gavin Gray
about that. Plus building consents, big proposal is coming from
the government that is coming up just before six here
on News Talk set busy. Isn't that sweet?
Speaker 8 (17:29):
Like this?
Speaker 1 (17:33):
What's the news?
Speaker 2 (17:37):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture
Beds and applying store News Talk Sibby.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Good morning, twenty four minutes away from the six News
Talk said, be great to have your company, Ryan, amazing
night in Wellington, fantastic week and awesome crowd at the game.
Courtney Place was packed. That is good to hear because
boy do they need it. Coming up in the next
half hour. We're going to talk about building consents. If
you are in planning a new build or if you're
thinking about a renovation, then these changes might affect you.
(18:15):
We'll talk about that before six. Also Gavin Gray in
the UK. All our reporters around the country standing by
as we speak. But I have to go very quickly
to Milania Trump, who over the weekend did an exclusive
interview with Fox News. She's got a book out anyway.
She was asked, and don't get me wrong, I like Milania,
but she was asked, how did your experience previously in
(18:37):
your working career prepare you to be your first lady?
Speaker 9 (18:41):
I think nothing prepared me more to be first lady
in front of the world than the fashion industry. The
fashion industry, it's glamorous, but it's at the same time
very tough.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
I mean it's true, it's true. I'm sure it is clamorous,
but also tough. It's just a funny thing to say.
The numbers text twenty three away from Sex. Ryan Bridge
going to our reporters around the country and we start
with Cullen, Proctor and Need and that massive protest over
the weekend. Cullum and more planned. Yeah, morning, Ryan.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
It was the biggest public protests seen here in decades
and estimated thirty five thousand turning up young and old
marching on Saturday against these proposed cuts to our new
regional hospital. Our mer Juels Radicks says the protest campaign
will now shift its focus to direct lobbying of key
government ministers. He says he'll also lead a Southern delegation
(19:37):
to Wellington to continue the campaign in person. He says
it's crucial that they continue to apply pressure to make sure.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
That they heard how's your weather today?
Speaker 5 (19:46):
Come, it's good fine today apart from morning cloud nor
Eastly's easing the high sixteen brilliant, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Claire Sheuwert is in christ Church this morning. Clear AI
is lending a hand and fixing your rods.
Speaker 10 (19:59):
Yes, we know christ Church roads. You know we need
a hand one way or another. The City Council's maintenance
teams have been using some cameras connected to their contract
to vehicles Ryan, in order to record the condition of
our streets. City Streets Maintenance Manager Steve Guy says they've
been detecting everything from damage on both roads and footpaths
to damaged or even missing street signs. He says, an
(20:22):
algorithm scans the recordings to find faults, then categorizes them
and then presents repair options. The technology has been equipped
to some of their trucks, utes at mobility scooters and
also bicycles.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
What so the bikes go what is there a camera
on the bottom of the bike and it goes over
a bump and then tells someone there's a bump in
the road or a pothole.
Speaker 11 (20:43):
Yep, that's exactly what it does.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
That's crazy. How's you with it today?
Speaker 6 (20:48):
Fine?
Speaker 10 (20:48):
Northeasterlyes fresh for a time this afternoon and a maximum
of sixteen.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Nice one, Claire, Thank you, Maxis and Wellington terrifying plane landing, Max.
Speaker 12 (20:56):
Yeah, I think anyone who's lived or traveled here enough
has one of the stories. Flights endzed two seven to
two from Brisbane on Thursday last week with quite a
dramatic aborted landing. Akshni Prasad, who was on the plane,
told us about how the pilot several times on the
flight was telling passengers the weather in Wellington was pretty
bad and that landing would be tough. That obviously setting
(21:18):
everyone on edge. The plane went into a holding pattern
over the Capitol for a while, then a very bumpy descent.
The plane hit the ground hard and within seconds took
off again. Everyone terrified, everyone shot. The pilot didn't even
bother trying again, just flew straight to Auckland. Footage of
this flight shows the plane landing suddenly pulling up with
smoke billowing in the tail area of the plane in
(21:42):
New Zealand, insisting the tail making no contact with the runway.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Goodness, may it has you with it today, hopefully a
bit better. It should be fine.
Speaker 12 (21:52):
Northerly's high of seventeen in the city.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Nice one mixed, thank you, Neiva's an Aukland. Good morning, Neva,
good morning. Sounds scary, doesn't it.
Speaker 8 (21:59):
I know, just listening to Mix telling that story, I was, Oh.
All I can say is I'm glad I wasn't on
that flight.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
Nic. But although given the state of Wellington, probably most
flights should just have brought to Auckland.
Speaker 8 (22:10):
I know, we said, you know, the pilot didn't say anything.
It just right go back to Auckland.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Let's just go and not trying, PARMI no, not trying
anywhere else. Just straight rgan, Hey, what's happening to the
other record.
Speaker 11 (22:23):
We've done it.
Speaker 13 (22:24):
We've done it.
Speaker 8 (22:25):
We have the Hukker World Record a team. I think
there was quite a bit of chit chatter about this
in the build up over the weekend. This is at
Eden Park and we smashed the previous records. So it
was set by France and it was like four thousand
and twenty eight. That was the that was their record
ten years ago.
Speaker 11 (22:42):
So we did it.
Speaker 8 (22:43):
The Guinness World Record official confirmed six thousand, five hundred
and thirty one people confirmed committee. This was last night
in Auckland at Eden Park. I wasn't there, but I
lived close by and there was a really great vibe around.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
Could you hear it from your No, I couldn't.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
I would have gone if I hadn't had to ferry
people to and from the airport. I went to the
airport tree right.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
You were on airport duty.
Speaker 8 (23:08):
And can I say it was really good because they're
free flowing. I think because we talked about it on
you they thought Neihva's coming make way, so it was
really really good.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Oh that's fantastic. I'm pleased. You've had a good weekend
and you had a good catch up with your friends. Yes,
I did. How's our weather today.
Speaker 8 (23:23):
Our weather, Oh lovely cloudy. We've got the northerlies whipping in.
No southerlyies walkin high nineteen brilliant.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
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Now, the far right's doing well in Austria Gavin Gray's
are UK Europe correspondent Gavin, good morning.
Speaker 14 (24:44):
Good morning to you. Yes it is now. According to
projections based on initial results, the far right Freedom Party
is heading for an unprecedented general election victory. It's estimate
did'll have over twenty nine percent of the vote. That's
three points ahead of the Conservative People's Party. But it's
short of a majority, and that is the sticking point, right,
(25:07):
because most of the other parties, all but one, say
they will not go into coalition with them. However, having
said that, the Freedom Party, if it is the biggest party,
will be entitled to try and lead a coalition government.
So all sorts of things going on here. Why is
it so controversial for the six point three million Austrians
eligible to vote well? Because of overtones going back to
(25:31):
the Nazis, and the World War. The Freedom Party's leader
has promised to Austrians to build fortress Austria who restore security,
prosperity and peace. He's called himself the People's Chancellor, and
believe it or not, that was what Adolph Hitler described
himself as in Nazi Germany. So all sorts of overtones here.
We expect their full results later.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
It's interesting, isn't it, because you have these far right parties,
not just an Austria, but all over you're popping up
and then you have other parties saying on we won't
work with.
Speaker 14 (26:01):
Yeah, that's right. So in the Netherlands, get Wilder's Freedom
Party won, but he dropped his bid to become prime
minister so that other parties would agree to form a
coalition with him. However, in Italy Georgia, Maloney had a
right wing coalition as leader of the far right party.
So there are some around but yeah, big pressure to
actually take notes to the voters.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Yeah, absolutely, Gevin, thank you very much for that. That's
Kevin Gray, who's our UK europe correspondent with US Live
this morning. Also another news of former Russian spy, you know,
this is the Salisbury poisonings in the UK. That former
Russian spy and his daughter who were poisoned in that attack.
You remember in Salisbury. There's an an inquiry going on
(26:42):
into what happened there. Those two aren't being called to
give evidence. This is in the United Kingdom because of
fears that Russia could get to them on the way
there and finish the job. Just gone twelve minutes away
from six Ryan Bridge. Big changes coming to our building
consenting process could be on the way. Currently, there are
sixty seven building consent authorities who receive and approved consents
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in New Zealand, sixty seven of them, with each one
taking a slightly different approach to the rules, so building
can construction. Mister Chris Pink he's proposing changes to create
larger regional authorities to help standardize the process and make
things quicker. Malcolm Flemings, the New Zealand Certified Builders Chief Executive,
he's with us this morning. Malcolm, good morning, good morning, Rayan.
(27:25):
You're happy about these changes. Do you have any idea
how much quicker it could make the process?
Speaker 6 (27:33):
Well, First of.
Speaker 15 (27:33):
All, Ryan we support his own certified Billers supports this
general move towards quicker the processes for building consent authorities
to work through building consents. As you're pointed out in
your introduction, there are sixty seven different building councils around YOURSELD.
And we often have a different interpretation of a building consent.
(27:55):
So for example, a designer a builder in crist jurge
maybe submitting a building concent in that jurisdiction and that
building concent flying through without any problems the same building
consent presented say in a White Catechist as an example,
what have some issues and that creates inconsistency, that creates
(28:17):
time and delays. Time is cost for a project.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
Speaking of time wait times, we're hearing up to two
months for a building consent, eighteen months for a resource
concent Does that sound about ran?
Speaker 15 (28:30):
Building consents have become down from where they were in
the peak. And remember Ian, it wasn't that long ago
that we were talking two years in fact, that we
have an artificial peak of fifty thousand building concent applications
in this country. The previous we've just got over forty
thousand and two years before in twenty twenty one, and
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that was the first time forty thousand have been exceeded
since the mid nineteen seventies. So there's a lot of
pressure on the system right now, and consent are tracking
through at a reasonable rate.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
Okay, what about the private consenting providers? This is for inspections.
People are worried about this because of leaky homes and
if we reintroduce private consenting providers that you know, we
have more problems on our hands. Would you are you
okay with that suggestion?
Speaker 15 (29:22):
More rather prefer some of the options they've been looking
at in this paper other options, and again is a
lack of detail, but options along the lines of regional
bcas sort of amalgamation of some of those existing bcas.
I would imagine as we've been talking about agency be
our own submission to the regulator around a large metro
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drawing and being unified with a number of the smaller councils.
They've got really good capacity within the system itself. Just
reads that merge creating greater recall capacity within those organizations
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to have them help us go. Yeah, to carry through.
At the moment we're a little lower and built contents
more likely word if just about four years before COVID,
but they'll should up agin the next couple of years.
The government's quite quite right to look at this now.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
All right, So it sounds like they're doing the right
thing and how they're doing a different story, Malcolm, Thank
you for that. Malcolm Fleming, the New Zealand Certified Builders
Chief executive with us this morning. The other interesting thing
from this is who should pay if something goes wrong.
Currently the Council can be the last man standing. And
when it goes through the legal process and they get
(30:46):
the bill, should it be the builders? This is another
issue that they're looking at and this report of proposals.
Just gone eight minutes away from six News Talks be.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Get ahead of the headlines, Ryan Bridge you for twenty
twenty four early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture
beds and a play at store News Talk.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Za'd be welcome to your Monday just gone six minutes
away from six Ryan. The hospital protest in Dunedin. What
exactly does Dunedin want? Asks this listener. A three billion
dollar hospital isn't viable for a city of one hundred
and thirty thousand people. Ryan. I'm an architectural designer in
Auckland and I get my building consents through in about
four to six weeks. This is as the government looks
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to change the rules. The longer times, usually due to
very poor quality plan documentation. In other words, it's their fault,
not the local authorities. Six away from six Brian Bridge,
I said, I'll tell you about the pay increases very quickly.
This is six advertised salary index for New Zealand. This
is for August. Average advertised salaries group three point seven
(31:49):
percent in the year to August, so that is outpacing inflation,
but only just that is good news. It is down
from four point four percent in the previous quarter. Can
to be doing really well? Wellington, not so well as
you can imagine education and health doing well because of
collective agreements. Now Heather do for seellings with me this
morning because she's in for my cost and good morning.
(32:10):
How are we shocked? How was that alarm?
Speaker 11 (32:13):
I was up before the alarm, the alarm last night
because you know how you do that thing?
Speaker 13 (32:17):
Don't you do you do that thing? Are you probably
used to it getting up this early? I'm not at
all used to getting up this surly. I work at
the other end of the day. But I was so
nervous about it that I went and retrieved one of
my old cell phones, made sure that was charged, double alarm,
three alarms on that one, and then three alarms on
my current cell phone, so I had six alarms ready
to go from two thirty two thirty, two thirty one,
two thirty five, two thirty six, two thirty seven, two
(32:38):
forty eight, and I woke up at.
Speaker 11 (32:39):
Twelve, two year eleven.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
Your brain knows there is something innate about that nose?
Did you get buried to sit an alarm? I get
my partner to sit an alarm that goes off at
like way later, at like four, in case things have
gotten really bad.
Speaker 11 (32:53):
Are you so utterly selfish that you sleep in the
same when you have to wake up?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (32:58):
We see them before the bird the Yeah, we do.
Speaker 11 (33:02):
No when I sleep on a different level.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Do you I we're not on the am. Shabo used
to sleep in a different bed and I thought we
talked about it and we don't think it's healthy. Yeah,
I mean, clearly you don't have a problem. I'm already
doing it for a week, though, is you're pregnant, it's
nearly not affecting your relationships. Well, that's true, you're only
doing it for a week. What have you got on
the show today?
Speaker 13 (33:24):
Listen, We're going to talk about the hospital protest obviously
in Dunedan, absolutely massive to having thirty five thousand people
turn out for that government.
Speaker 11 (33:31):
Some trouble on this one, and also what's going on
in Israel. How close are we to war in the
Middle East. I think that that is a significant problem.
So we have a chat about that and the building
consents obviously.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
Yeah, nice one. Here they do pas sealing with you next.
That is it for me. Have a fantastic Monday, everybody.
I'll see tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
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It'd be good morning, Welcome to your Monday morning. It
is the thirtieth of September. Great to have your company
coming up before six. Who pays if we get another
leaky building disaster in New Zealand? New building consent changes
coming soon. The far right is going for it in
Austrian election. Gavin Gray is our europe correspondent. Where in
New Zealand are wages rising fastest will tell you plus
(00:39):
to look at that protest in Dunedin over the weekend.
It was a Biggie five up to seven. The agenda
Israel's going helpful leather this time in Yemen. It says
it's striking infrastructure that's being used to transport Iranian weapons
in Lebanon, the idf DF also killing another senior Hesbela commander.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Israel is looking for other senior commanders, mid level commanders,
low level commanders, anyone that they can find. Israel is
trying to decimate Hasbolla push its advantage while the group
is in disarray.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
We've got another Middle East expert on the show in
ten minutes, responding to the death of Israela. New Zealand
has claimed the world record for the largest hakka. They
did it last night at Eden Park, six thousand to
five hundred and thirty one people versus foury twenty eighteen
(01:37):
years ago with the French. A sailing boat has taken
on water. No, it wasn't ours, thank god, it was
the Swiss Alingy's America's cupboat cap sized early this morning
in Barcelona. They're already eliminated from the Challenges series. Team
New Zealand went and helped them out. Lunar Rossa though
just won Race four, but not this time. Luteport and
(02:05):
awkward Zelensky met Trump over the weekend. They were standing
next to each other at a presser and Trump goes,
I like Zelenski, but you know, I also have a
good relationship with Pulton. He then says to Zelensky, it
takes two to tango. When I think.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
We're going to get it resolved very quickly, it work.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I really think we're going to get its.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, but you know, it takes two to tango.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
You know who started the tang going though. That's the
issue right eight after five on.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early edition with Ryan
Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Bids and a
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Speaker 3 (02:49):
Set B nine nine two is the number to text.
We'll deal with inned and later because that was a
whopper of a protest in the Deep South over the weekend.
We'll talk about that in a second, but just for
this morning. This is new in the all this morning.
So health insurance have you got it? Nine two nine two?
Why do you have it? Is it not a huge
vote of no confidence in our public health system? So
(03:11):
they've just announced Southern Cross Health Insurance is paid close
to one point five billion dollars in claims. That's an
equal to six million dollars every business day. The cost
of claims up fifteen percent, and also premiums are going up.
And you'll be feeling that I have health insurance because
it was free at my last job because they were Americans,
(03:32):
and you know the Yanks like to do that, give
you free health insurance because their systems is quite crap.
So I had and I've now carried it over and
boy is it expensive. But everybody wants it because no
one trusts the public health system, do they, And these
numbers kind of support that. So the reasons for a
fifteen percent increase in the cost of claims, according to
(03:52):
Southern Cross, is not only the cost of procedures and stuff,
but it's more members claiming for more stuff. Is this
It's not a vote of no confidence in our public
health system. Nine two nine two is the number to
text the bad news. If you do have private health insurance,
they say you can expect to rise in your premiums
(04:12):
to counter the increase in the cost of claims.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Ran Bridge sure.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
After five. So we are going to talk to our
expert in the Middle East in just a few moments,
doctor Leon Goldsmith. We've had him on the show before.
What does Iran do next? Israel, the IDEF is now
hitting Yemen the Hooti rebels, because Iran has lots of
proxy militants in the area. Right, They're obviously got his
Billow and Lebanon, They've got some in Syria, they got
(04:41):
someone Iraq, and then they've got the Hoogies in Yemen.
And so now Israel's going after the Hooties in Yemen.
So where else are they going to go? And how
does does Iran respond? We'll look at that here on
news talks hed been Next is.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That Miles ryan Bridge New for twenty twenty four on
early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture beds and
a playing store news dog.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Zid Bey thirteen after five. Somebody's text and to say,
don't pay for health insurance, just spend more on good
nutritious food. And you you know a doctor of day
keeps an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. His
son Israela. So this is the head of his biller
who was killed on Friday. Just interesting to hear how
they actually did it. So he was in a bunker
on Friday morning, eighteen meters underground. He was it was
(05:33):
above underneath a working class neighborhood in Beirute. At dusk,
he's sitting around with a bunch of other commanders, a
bunch of other senior leaders, and Israel dumps eighty tons
of bombs from the year onto this little area where
they were where they were being hiding out basically, and
they used a series of timed, chained explosions to penetrate
(05:57):
this bunker eighteen meters under the ground and bomb He's
head of the world's most heavily armed militia. Huge deal
because now Israel has wiped out nearly an entire generation
of his Buller leaders. Fourteen after five Brian Bridge, more
developments overnight. They are going after Yemen now. Obviously the
(06:17):
Hooti rebels are there a proxy for Iran, certainly funded
and armed by Iran. So lots of developments to be
looking at Israel, also saying that they have taken out
a second senior Hezbiller leader. This was the reaction from
Iran at the un there's slumbers.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Republic of Iran will be on the side the Phlebenon
and resistance by all men's and thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yeah, that was all he said. Doctor Leon Goldsmith is
Otaga University Professor for Middle Eastern and Comparative Politics. He's
with us this morning, bent on the show before Leon.
Good morning, Good morning Ryan. What happens here? What happens next?
Speaker 6 (06:56):
Well, I mean this is extremely significant. I think this
is a historic juncture. The love or hate Hassansrala. He
was a towering figure in the Middle East over the
last three decades. So this is right up there with
the assassination of Unwassa dat Bashi Jamail and eighty two
Yitzakara bin yes Arafat or Ruffi her Aria in two
(07:19):
thousand and five. It's going to be a major juncture
that we look back on, I think. So it's clear
now that the Israelis is going to go after the
so called axis of resistance everywhere. I mean, Israela hasn't
been seen in public for over twenty years. He doesn't
even address his supporters except by video feed. So this
(07:43):
was clearly something with the Israelis a plan for a
long time, very very significant.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Are they essentially starting a regional war now? I mean,
you know they're heading well, I suppose in some sense
it has been going on for a while. You know,
the Hooties have been firing into Israel and continues to
do so. But Israel is really ramping up its attack
on those proxies of Iran.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
Yeah, I mean that's something that I've been I'm saying
for a while. That's they're trying to provoke Iran into
a into a sort of a front front or assault
the confrontation. But I think it's gone beyond the rubicon now.
I think Israeli is a second waiting, and I think
we're just going to go after so com in A
and Tahran, the leader of Iran has basically gone into
(08:27):
secure environment himself, and I think that we're into some
syup fairly serious regional escalation.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Now, what does what is Iran's capability? What does what
would a strike look like?
Speaker 6 (08:41):
From them? Well, all the thing is, what Iran has
always tried to maintain is that his balla is its
insurance policy, that's the butler against any kind of Israeli
strike directly at the Iranian leadership. So that essentially is
looking increasingly thin and increasingly like it's not going to
be effective. So her own mates scrambled towards a nuclear weapon.
(09:04):
Now I mean this, we have no idea of what
they may be thinking internally, but that's definitely a possibility.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
And then, of course you've got the United States, where
an election has been held and everybody says, oh, don't worry,
we'll get a ceasefire. You know, We're get a ceasefire
for Gaza, We'll get a ceasefire for you know, Russia.
We'll get a ceasefire for Lebanon.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
Well, the US is looking incredibly impotent in this situation
and it's basically just being used and exploited by it
as it basically it's sort of obliged to stand behind
and watch with horror as they draw them into this
conflict as well. So yeah, this is very very dangerous times.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
New Zealand has designated Hasbella as a terrorist entity. This
was in twenty ten, but not the political wing. Do
we need to do that or should we change? What
do we do about this?
Speaker 6 (09:57):
Well, I mean, you look at Australia and Canada, they
don't make any distinction. But I don't know how important
it is really at the moment because Habela is increasingly.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
You know.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
The reason why we have that designation I think was
so that we can maintain proper diplomatic relations with Lebanon
because his BOLLA has members in the parliament and the
government in Lebanon. So just for convenience or experience sake,
But really I don't think it makes a lot of
difference with how we designate Habella.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
No, if they're not listening to the US, they're not
going to listen to us. Doctor Leon Goldsman, thank you
very much for your time. I tag a university professor
for Middle Eastern and Comparative Politics, talking about developments in
the Middle East there overnight. I did reach out last
night to old our Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, who is traveling.
He's currently in Tahiti on his way home from the
UN He's very busy, but they said they get us
(10:54):
a statement. M fantcy. They get us a statement and
then they put us onto the Department of Prime Minister.
And we haven't got a statement because they probably would
have been sleeping anyway. We'll keep asking them about that,
that designation. Nineteen minutes after five, News talks'b the news
you need.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
This morning and the in depth analysis early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and
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Speaker 3 (11:17):
Zi'd be welcome to your Monday morning. Twenty one minutes
after five, we're going to go to Gavin Gray in
the UK after the News at five point thirty plus,
we're talking about the government's big proposals to shake up
the building consent process. Takes way too long to get
a building consent in this country, so will these help
these proposals help change that? Right now, though Adam Cooper
ZEBI Sports with us Adam, Good morning, Mollie, Ryan, Hey
(11:40):
the netball. So England beat Us it is yeah.
Speaker 7 (11:44):
Now they've come off off a pretty good series in
Australia and I think it shows that England are the
ones with match experience under their belts. It was a
pretty close Fort Gayman in Auckland last night, so I
don't think we can sort of say the Silver Ferns
were terrible, but certainly England we're just able to win
those key moments and especially right at the end, just
able to get the passes and a few crucial intercepts
right at the end there. So fifty nine to fifty
(12:06):
eight the final score so are very close. And in
fact the first three quarters all just were decided in
one point margins and it was fourteen all in the
final quarters, so yeah, plenty I think for the Silver
Ferns to just nail down. They introduced a few new debutants,
so yeah, both Paris Mason and Clara O'Brien making their
debuts for the Silver Ferns too, So certainly an experience
(12:26):
that they will learn from, i'd say. With the series
heading to Pottydoer for Game two on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
It sounds like it was a good game. We lost
the cricket.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
Too, we did, Yeah, I mean, based well on what
has happened all through the first few days of this Test,
I don't think anyone really thought the Black Caps we're
in with much of a shot. I guess one positive
that we saw. I mean, they did lose by an
innings and one hundred and fifty four runs to Sri
Lanka last night. We did see a little bit more
fight from New Zealand and the second inning, so they
obviously had to follow on after being rolled for a
(12:56):
disappointing eighty eight in their first innings. Yeah, so they
got out to be that's at T one hundred and
ninety nine for five to start the day yesterday afternoon
our time, and I think a lot of people were
sort of thinking, goodness, mean, just how much are they
going to be able to add in terms of runs
to save face somewhat in the series. And I think
we were all quite pleased with what we saw from
some of the New Zealand middle to lower order sixty
(13:18):
to Tom Blundell's seventy eighth to Glenn Phillips and sixty
seven to Mitch Santner, So you know, pretty pleasing there,
ajas patl holding his own there. Captain Tim Saldi though
sort of got out and was just whacking it around.
Luck you almost wanted to go home, and he got
out for ten off ten and didn't really give New
Zealand any sort of confidence that they could have any
(13:38):
chance of sort of batting out some extra time at
the crease. So yeah, two nil the series defeat to
Sri Lanka. That's four Test losses in a row for
the black Caps now and they have a couple of
weeks off before three Tests in India which will be
really tough as well.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Nice one, thanks so much for that Adam Cooper's EBB
Sport where that's just gone twenty four minutes after five o'clock. Obviously,
also we beat the Aussies, breaking a couple of who
who strouts whatever you want to call them in terms
of the records in Wellington and in terms of actually
would love to know if anyone was out in Wellington
on Saturday night, what was it like? Was Courtney Place
busy or was there actually nothing open because everything's closed?
(14:14):
Nine two nine two is and number to text. They
also had the wow on the world of wearable art
down at the ats squares, so be interesting to see
if anyone was out on Saturday. On Saturday night in
Wellington twenty four minutes after five News Talks b the
early edition.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
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Speaker 3 (14:33):
On News Talk ZBB. Twenty six minutes after five Grumbling
and discontent in regional New Zealanders going louder and louder,
and Wellington ought to pay attention by Wellington, I mean
the bee hype. The latest was duneed in. Thirty five
thousand people turned out and protest at the weekend, waving signs.
I had Nicola Willis swinging on a wrecking ball. The
(14:56):
wrecking ball was a picture of Luxeon's head. The reason
that government should heed and listen is because of the
size of the protest. Thirty five thousand is the biggest
in decades. But it wasn't just your usual mob of
rent a crowd and serial protests. It was normal people,
normal people now Dneda normally doesn't vote red. So do
you bother listening if you're the government, Well, the problem
(15:18):
is it's not just duned and it's everywhere. Give me
a region, and I'll give you a grievance Central North Island,
plant closures, Marlborough Firry cancelation, Tatadua, the tolling of the
manum Tu Gorge, the West Coast health cuts. Now, I
think the government will compromise on Dunedin, but for most
of the rest of the regions waving placards and marching,
(15:40):
the message will be simple. Blame labor. They spent with
Gayer Bandon during and after COVID inflation ran rampant, and
now we're having to come in and clean it up.
This is what they'll say. That's why we need toll
roads to get these things finished. That's why we need
to downsize massive new hospitals. It's why we have to
cut that bridge or that school or this funding. The
(16:03):
question for the government is are these people going to
turn around and vote labor and anger And the answer
is probably not, especially not if they're swing voters. People
understand generally why we are in this mess, and most
are just trying to sway the current government, not change
it completely. Ray and Bridge just gone twenty eight after
(16:24):
five year on news talk said be still plenty more
to come. I haven't told you yet which regions are
doing well with the salary increases. That is interesting. Also
we're going to go to Gavin Gray out of the UK.
There's a vote in Austria that the far right is
opposition is looking to when oh, they've just won it.
Leo has just told me. So there you go. The Austrians.
They went to vote on their Sunday, our Monday and
(16:47):
the general election. So the far right opposition Freedom Party
was leading in the polls and has just won, according
to our producer Leo. So we'll talk to Gavin Gray
about that. Plus building consents, big proposal is coming from
the government that is coming up just before six here
on News Talk set busy. Isn't that sweet?
Speaker 8 (17:29):
Like this?
Speaker 1 (17:33):
What's the news?
Speaker 2 (17:37):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture
Beds and applying store News Talk Sibby.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Good morning, twenty four minutes away from the six News
Talk said, be great to have your company, Ryan, amazing
night in Wellington, fantastic week and awesome crowd at the game.
Courtney Place was packed. That is good to hear because
boy do they need it. Coming up in the next
half hour. We're going to talk about building consents. If
you are in planning a new build or if you're
thinking about a renovation, then these changes might affect you.
(18:15):
We'll talk about that before six. Also Gavin Gray in
the UK. All our reporters around the country standing by
as we speak. But I have to go very quickly
to Milania Trump, who over the weekend did an exclusive
interview with Fox News. She's got a book out anyway.
She was asked, and don't get me wrong, I like Milania,
but she was asked, how did your experience previously in
(18:37):
your working career prepare you to be your first lady?
Speaker 9 (18:41):
I think nothing prepared me more to be first lady
in front of the world than the fashion industry. The
fashion industry, it's glamorous, but it's at the same time
very tough.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
I mean it's true, it's true. I'm sure it is clamorous,
but also tough. It's just a funny thing to say.
The numbers text twenty three away from Sex. Ryan Bridge
going to our reporters around the country and we start
with Cullen, Proctor and Need and that massive protest over
the weekend. Cullum and more planned. Yeah, morning, Ryan.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
It was the biggest public protests seen here in decades
and estimated thirty five thousand turning up young and old
marching on Saturday against these proposed cuts to our new
regional hospital. Our mer Juels Radicks says the protest campaign
will now shift its focus to direct lobbying of key
government ministers. He says he'll also lead a Southern delegation
(19:37):
to Wellington to continue the campaign in person. He says
it's crucial that they continue to apply pressure to make sure.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
That they heard how's your weather today?
Speaker 5 (19:46):
Come, it's good fine today apart from morning cloud nor
Eastly's easing the high sixteen brilliant, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Claire Sheuwert is in christ Church this morning. Clear AI
is lending a hand and fixing your rods.
Speaker 10 (19:59):
Yes, we know christ Church roads. You know we need
a hand one way or another. The City Council's maintenance
teams have been using some cameras connected to their contract
to vehicles Ryan, in order to record the condition of
our streets. City Streets Maintenance Manager Steve Guy says they've
been detecting everything from damage on both roads and footpaths
to damaged or even missing street signs. He says, an
(20:22):
algorithm scans the recordings to find faults, then categorizes them
and then presents repair options. The technology has been equipped
to some of their trucks, utes at mobility scooters and
also bicycles.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
What so the bikes go what is there a camera
on the bottom of the bike and it goes over
a bump and then tells someone there's a bump in
the road or a pothole.
Speaker 11 (20:43):
Yep, that's exactly what it does.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
That's crazy. How's you with it today?
Speaker 6 (20:48):
Fine?
Speaker 10 (20:48):
Northeasterlyes fresh for a time this afternoon and a maximum
of sixteen.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Nice one, Claire, Thank you, Maxis and Wellington terrifying plane landing, Max.
Speaker 12 (20:56):
Yeah, I think anyone who's lived or traveled here enough
has one of the stories. Flights endzed two seven to
two from Brisbane on Thursday last week with quite a
dramatic aborted landing. Akshni Prasad, who was on the plane,
told us about how the pilot several times on the
flight was telling passengers the weather in Wellington was pretty
bad and that landing would be tough. That obviously setting
(21:18):
everyone on edge. The plane went into a holding pattern
over the Capitol for a while, then a very bumpy descent.
The plane hit the ground hard and within seconds took
off again. Everyone terrified, everyone shot. The pilot didn't even
bother trying again, just flew straight to Auckland. Footage of
this flight shows the plane landing suddenly pulling up with
smoke billowing in the tail area of the plane in
(21:42):
New Zealand, insisting the tail making no contact with the runway.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Goodness, may it has you with it today, hopefully a
bit better. It should be fine.
Speaker 12 (21:52):
Northerly's high of seventeen in the city.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Nice one mixed, thank you, Neiva's an Aukland. Good morning, Neva,
good morning. Sounds scary, doesn't it.
Speaker 8 (21:59):
I know, just listening to Mix telling that story, I was, Oh.
All I can say is I'm glad I wasn't on
that flight.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
Nic. But although given the state of Wellington, probably most
flights should just have brought to Auckland.
Speaker 8 (22:10):
I know, we said, you know, the pilot didn't say anything.
It just right go back to Auckland.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Let's just go and not trying, PARMI no, not trying
anywhere else. Just straight rgan, Hey, what's happening to the
other record.
Speaker 11 (22:23):
We've done it.
Speaker 13 (22:24):
We've done it.
Speaker 8 (22:25):
We have the Hukker World Record a team. I think
there was quite a bit of chit chatter about this
in the build up over the weekend. This is at
Eden Park and we smashed the previous records. So it
was set by France and it was like four thousand
and twenty eight. That was the that was their record
ten years ago.
Speaker 11 (22:42):
So we did it.
Speaker 8 (22:43):
The Guinness World Record official confirmed six thousand, five hundred
and thirty one people confirmed committee. This was last night
in Auckland at Eden Park. I wasn't there, but I
lived close by and there was a really great vibe around.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
Could you hear it from your No, I couldn't.
Speaker 8 (23:02):
I would have gone if I hadn't had to ferry
people to and from the airport. I went to the
airport tree right.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
You were on airport duty.
Speaker 8 (23:08):
And can I say it was really good because they're
free flowing. I think because we talked about it on
you they thought Neihva's coming make way, so it was
really really good.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Oh that's fantastic. I'm pleased. You've had a good weekend
and you had a good catch up with your friends. Yes,
I did. How's our weather today.
Speaker 8 (23:23):
Our weather, Oh lovely cloudy. We've got the northerlies whipping in.
No southerlyies walkin high nineteen brilliant.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
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Now, the far right's doing well in Austria Gavin Gray's
are UK Europe correspondent Gavin, good morning.
Speaker 14 (24:44):
Good morning to you. Yes it is now. According to
projections based on initial results, the far right Freedom Party
is heading for an unprecedented general election victory. It's estimate
did'll have over twenty nine percent of the vote. That's
three points ahead of the Conservative People's Party. But it's
short of a majority, and that is the sticking point, right,
(25:07):
because most of the other parties, all but one, say
they will not go into coalition with them. However, having
said that, the Freedom Party, if it is the biggest party,
will be entitled to try and lead a coalition government.
So all sorts of things going on here. Why is
it so controversial for the six point three million Austrians
eligible to vote well? Because of overtones going back to
(25:31):
the Nazis, and the World War. The Freedom Party's leader
has promised to Austrians to build fortress Austria who restore security,
prosperity and peace. He's called himself the People's Chancellor, and
believe it or not, that was what Adolph Hitler described
himself as in Nazi Germany. So all sorts of overtones here.
We expect their full results later.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
It's interesting, isn't it, because you have these far right parties,
not just an Austria, but all over you're popping up
and then you have other parties saying on we won't
work with.
Speaker 14 (26:01):
Yeah, that's right. So in the Netherlands, get Wilder's Freedom
Party won, but he dropped his bid to become prime
minister so that other parties would agree to form a
coalition with him. However, in Italy Georgia, Maloney had a
right wing coalition as leader of the far right party.
So there are some around but yeah, big pressure to
actually take notes to the voters.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Yeah, absolutely, Gevin, thank you very much for that. That's
Kevin Gray, who's our UK europe correspondent with US Live
this morning. Also another news of former Russian spy, you know,
this is the Salisbury poisonings in the UK. That former
Russian spy and his daughter who were poisoned in that attack.
You remember in Salisbury. There's an an inquiry going on
(26:42):
into what happened there. Those two aren't being called to
give evidence. This is in the United Kingdom because of
fears that Russia could get to them on the way
there and finish the job. Just gone twelve minutes away
from six Ryan Bridge. Big changes coming to our building
consenting process could be on the way. Currently, there are
sixty seven building consent authorities who receive and approved consents
(27:05):
in New Zealand, sixty seven of them, with each one
taking a slightly different approach to the rules, so building
can construction. Mister Chris Pink he's proposing changes to create
larger regional authorities to help standardize the process and make
things quicker. Malcolm Flemings, the New Zealand Certified Builders Chief Executive,
he's with us this morning. Malcolm, good morning, good morning, Rayan.
(27:25):
You're happy about these changes. Do you have any idea
how much quicker it could make the process?
Speaker 6 (27:33):
Well, First of.
Speaker 15 (27:33):
All, Ryan we support his own certified Billers supports this
general move towards quicker the processes for building consent authorities
to work through building consents. As you're pointed out in
your introduction, there are sixty seven different building councils around YOURSELD.
And we often have a different interpretation of a building consent.
(27:55):
So for example, a designer a builder in crist jurge
maybe submitting a building concent in that jurisdiction and that
building concent flying through without any problems the same building
consent presented say in a White Catechist as an example,
what have some issues and that creates inconsistency, that creates
(28:17):
time and delays. Time is cost for a project.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
Speaking of time wait times, we're hearing up to two
months for a building consent, eighteen months for a resource
concent Does that sound about ran?
Speaker 15 (28:30):
Building consents have become down from where they were in
the peak. And remember Ian, it wasn't that long ago
that we were talking two years in fact, that we
have an artificial peak of fifty thousand building concent applications
in this country. The previous we've just got over forty
thousand and two years before in twenty twenty one, and
(28:52):
that was the first time forty thousand have been exceeded
since the mid nineteen seventies. So there's a lot of
pressure on the system right now, and consent are tracking
through at a reasonable rate.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
Okay, what about the private consenting providers? This is for inspections.
People are worried about this because of leaky homes and
if we reintroduce private consenting providers that you know, we
have more problems on our hands. Would you are you
okay with that suggestion?
Speaker 15 (29:22):
More rather prefer some of the options they've been looking
at in this paper other options, and again is a
lack of detail, but options along the lines of regional
bcas sort of amalgamation of some of those existing bcas.
I would imagine as we've been talking about agency be
our own submission to the regulator around a large metro
(29:45):
drawing and being unified with a number of the smaller councils.
They've got really good capacity within the system itself. Just
reads that merge creating greater recall capacity within those organizations
(30:05):
to have them help us go. Yeah, to carry through.
At the moment we're a little lower and built contents
more likely word if just about four years before COVID,
but they'll should up agin the next couple of years.
The government's quite quite right to look at this now.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
All right, So it sounds like they're doing the right
thing and how they're doing a different story, Malcolm, Thank
you for that. Malcolm Fleming, the New Zealand Certified Builders
Chief executive with us this morning. The other interesting thing
from this is who should pay if something goes wrong.
Currently the Council can be the last man standing. And
when it goes through the legal process and they get
(30:46):
the bill, should it be the builders? This is another
issue that they're looking at and this report of proposals.
Just gone eight minutes away from six News Talks be.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Get ahead of the headlines, Ryan Bridge you for twenty
twenty four early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture
beds and a play at store News Talk.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Za'd be welcome to your Monday just gone six minutes
away from six Ryan. The hospital protest in Dunedin. What
exactly does Dunedin want? Asks this listener. A three billion
dollar hospital isn't viable for a city of one hundred
and thirty thousand people. Ryan. I'm an architectural designer in
Auckland and I get my building consents through in about
four to six weeks. This is as the government looks
(31:26):
to change the rules. The longer times, usually due to
very poor quality plan documentation. In other words, it's their fault,
not the local authorities. Six away from six Brian Bridge,
I said, I'll tell you about the pay increases very quickly.
This is six advertised salary index for New Zealand. This
is for August. Average advertised salaries group three point seven
(31:49):
percent in the year to August, so that is outpacing inflation,
but only just that is good news. It is down
from four point four percent in the previous quarter. Can
to be doing really well? Wellington, not so well as
you can imagine education and health doing well because of
collective agreements. Now Heather do for seellings with me this
morning because she's in for my cost and good morning.
(32:10):
How are we shocked? How was that alarm?
Speaker 11 (32:13):
I was up before the alarm, the alarm last night
because you know how you do that thing?
Speaker 13 (32:17):
Don't you do you do that thing? Are you probably
used to it getting up this early? I'm not at
all used to getting up this surly. I work at
the other end of the day. But I was so
nervous about it that I went and retrieved one of
my old cell phones, made sure that was charged, double alarm,
three alarms on that one, and then three alarms on
my current cell phone, so I had six alarms ready
to go from two thirty two thirty, two thirty one,
two thirty five, two thirty six, two thirty seven, two
(32:38):
forty eight, and I woke up at.
Speaker 11 (32:39):
Twelve, two year eleven.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
Your brain knows there is something innate about that nose?
Did you get buried to sit an alarm? I get
my partner to sit an alarm that goes off at
like way later, at like four, in case things have
gotten really bad.
Speaker 11 (32:53):
Are you so utterly selfish that you sleep in the
same when you have to wake up?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (32:58):
We see them before the bird the Yeah, we do.
Speaker 11 (33:02):
No when I sleep on a different level.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Do you I we're not on the am. Shabo used
to sleep in a different bed and I thought we
talked about it and we don't think it's healthy. Yeah,
I mean, clearly you don't have a problem. I'm already
doing it for a week, though, is you're pregnant, it's
nearly not affecting your relationships. Well, that's true, you're only
doing it for a week. What have you got on
the show today?
Speaker 13 (33:24):
Listen, We're going to talk about the hospital protest obviously
in Dunedan, absolutely massive to having thirty five thousand people
turn out for that government.
Speaker 11 (33:31):
Some trouble on this one, and also what's going on
in Israel. How close are we to war in the
Middle East. I think that that is a significant problem.
So we have a chat about that and the building
consents obviously.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
Yeah, nice one. Here they do pas sealing with you next.
That is it for me. Have a fantastic Monday, everybody.
I'll see tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
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