January 28, 2025 • 12 mins
FIRST WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS (highlights from Tuesday on Newstalk ZB) So What Happens When You've Sold It All?/Do Digital Nomads Make a Difference?/Come On. Keep Fast-Tracking/Sky Is So Weird/The Old Air-Con Debate
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hello, my beautiful beanies, and welcome to the bean for Wednesday.
First with yesterday's news. I'm Glen Hart and we are
looking back at Tuesday. We're saying yes to digital nomads
apparently eventually. Well, this and other things the coalition government
(00:44):
are doing. Fix the economy once and for all, and quickly?
Will sky TV ever work properly? Ever again? And why
was it so cold in the studio? But before any
of that, should we just sell all our stuff to
pay off some of our bills? And when I say ours,
the countries, the governments, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Politically, there is no bit of time to kick off
the debate about asset sales and any other ideas previously
scene is too controversial or out there for Middle New Zealand.
Our economy performed the worst in the developed world last year.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
We voters feel poor.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Planes are bursting at the seams with economic refugees from
this country crossing the Tasman every day, and rightly so
we're asking what the hell do we do to turn
these planes and this country around. Unless the government comes
up with big and bold answers to these questions, than
they're lame ducks. Luxon has been playing it pretty safe
so far. He's basically following in John Key's footsteps. On
(01:41):
asset sales. He made the exact promise in two thousand
and eight. Nothing in the first term knocked it out
of the park, and the second election and then bam,
ten billion bucks in the coffers from partial floats of
power companies. That's how he did it. The media keeps
saying that the Poles tell us that Kiwis don't like
asset sales, and I just don't believe that line. We're
(02:04):
all selling stuff that we don't need right now to
get by and if some government appointed board is losing
money on something we own, then is it not the
right time to throw it overboard. I had the unfortunate
job in twenty eleven at the election of following Phil
Goff up the North Island in a big white election
bus as he unfilled giant anti asset sale banners over
(02:26):
hydro dams for photo ops. What an assignment. He got
caned in the election. He got wallopped, So don't tell
me that Keywi's hate asset sales. Kee Wes think carefully
and critically about policies that are put to them, and
they wiyh that against the context and the time in
which they are made. The time is now and asset
(02:47):
sales should only be the start of this conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
This is something that seems to come up every few years,
and the idea that we should sell some stuff, and
sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. It always makes me
a little bit uneasy because once it's gone, it's gone
very difficult to get it back again. Things like I
don't know the power generators for example.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
People are bit sort of.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Edgy these days about whether or not they should be
publicly or privately owned. So anyway, we'll see what happens there.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
News talk has it been.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
So another idea that coalition government's had to get the
economy really rolling again, as this whole digital nomad work
vis a thing which they tend to be doing everywhere
else in the world. So it seems to be a
bit of an opening shatcase. But and so that it's
(03:51):
hard to know how much that's worth discussing, and a man,
things we really just tend to do a little bit
more for the movie and TV industry here that might
be an even bigger owner. I think that's where he's
coming from.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
There's a very long list of actors doing amazing things
on the big and small screens of the world, and
this list is only fortified and embellished by the even
longer list of producers, directors, and other behind the scenes
talent who enhance the image, perception and geographical recognition of
New Zealand each and every time they land a big gig.
(04:24):
You've seen what the Lord of the Rings movies and
subsequent TV series has done for New Zealand, but we've
changed how we want to be entertained since Peter Jackson
got stuck into the Ring thing. Government policy like we
saw being announced yesterday is gold for the country, but
ensuring we do everything possible to keep New Zealand high
on the locations list for the abundance of movies and
(04:47):
TV series yet to be made is crucial for the
desperately needed growth for the economy and the ongoing careers
for all those who continue to tread the boards and
feel the pull of the limelight, schmoozing the pate of
you and movie company executives is of greater importance than
fiddling about with immigration.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
He could be right. That's Roman who won the sort
of the spin, the spin the host wheel. For who's
hosting early edition yesterday morning? I think it's Andrew Dickens
this morning. He's been doing Drive and now, as you
heard earlier in the podcast, Ryan Bridge is now doing
(05:31):
Drive well. Heather Boop c Element is away on the
Tnity League. So yeah, people sort of back in the
right places more or less us talk, and that includes
Kerrie Woodham. It was her first day back on the
job in the morning show yesterday for most places in
(05:53):
the country anyway where that show goes out, and I
think she's also talking about the Coalition government's handling of
the economy and wants to see a little bit more
action to follow up all the tough talking.
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Listening yesterday to a young man who was saying that
the last of his friends he would be in his
I think it's twenty seven. The last of his friends
have left go overseas. He's got nobody left. He loves
his job, he doesn't want to leave it, but he
has no friends. They're gone. And while I accept that
this is a rite of passage and many New Zealanders.
(06:30):
Young New Zealanders head overseas. For many it came a
bit later because of the constraints put around travel with
the pandemic. So they're going now. But there are a
lot of people who are seeking better opportunities overseas because
they are not finding them in their home country. We
have so much to offer. But as focusing on tourism
(06:54):
the way to go, I did like, it's not been negative.
Nancy on the first day back did like the focus
on science and a knowledge based economy come in Helen Clark,
what happened to that knowledge based economy? But that is
where New Zealand made it name. New Zealand made its
fortune was around the science. Science, scientific brains, entrepreneurs have
(07:16):
been leading this country for such a long time since
refrigerated shipping. That's what made our fortune and that's where
our fortune lies. So that, I agree, is where the
focus needs to be. But that takes time, and I'm
not entirely sure that this government has got the amount
(07:37):
of time it needs to turn this country round.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Yeah, we had a bit of a discussion in my
house yesterday about that. About this is that the real
thing that we needed to talk about. Is the three
year term too short for a government to really make
a difference, And I guess you could argue the immediate
(08:06):
foreseeable future. Nashall in particular aren't going to have to
worry about that too much because there doesn't seem to
be any opposition of that form me Guy and Jendles
who for the half laughs or as answers about things.
I had a moan about that yesterday that as a taxpayer,
(08:28):
I'm paying as wages and I'm not particularly happy about that.
Have I missed something to do with the Sky TV?
Has it not been working properly? I don't really watch it.
I don't have a I don't subscribe to it, so
I'm sort of a bit out of touch what's going
on here.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
It's a shame I can't offer people. Will offer you
people more reassurance to say that hopefully they're listening or
anything like that, because I'm sure they're not. I just
think probably it's the way their business works. Things are
changing and they're not making much money. But if I
(09:06):
think they heard that, these people are perhaps people that
are spending a lot of time at home. Sky's their life.
It's a big part of people's lives, and imagine waiting
for months to get it fixed anyway, very odd.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
But the really odd thing for me with Sky is
why they need a satellite at all. I've set up
two of the new skyboxers recently, one for my mother,
one for my father in law, and as part of
that process, you've got to plug it into the satellite
breck again. And I don't understand why, because if you
have the sky Go app, you know you've got a
(09:53):
Sky subscription, you can use the sky Go app. That
all just works over this thing called the Internet, just
like every other streaming service. Why do they even need
a satellite at all? I don't understand what's happening. Is
this just Sky not really embracing new technology as they
always don't do.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Again, strange news talk.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Look who's talking. We have our own technical problems here,
and I'm really really glad that Matt and Tyler Will
bought this particular one.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
To life so cold in the studio.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
It isn't it.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
I'm always pushing for it to be cold in here
because I believe it keeps you sharp.
Speaker 5 (10:31):
But I've gone too far today and it is.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Do you want to say anything.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I'm glad.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Jo'm like, man, I should have rode a jumper today
because Mett wanted at sixteen degrees.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
And for the icicles on the blooming roof, it's like
a bear fridge in here.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
I've gone too far.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Yeah, drank on my own power of being able to
control the Yukon.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
It's a tail is as old as zer conditioning, isn't it.
Nobody can agree on what temperature anything should be. Isn't
that strange? We're we're all told that, you know, we
should be? Is it thirty thirty seven degrees? That's what
we are? Isn't it our body temperature? You would think
that given that that's a constant thing for all life
(11:07):
on this planet, human life, why do some of us
like it cold and some of us like it hot?
Han's me that, Oh I can't hear you. That's annoying. Ah,
I am glen hat. Maybe somebody will send me the
(11:30):
answer there over the next twenty four hours and I'll
be able to come back to us to morrow. Start
the podcast. We're saying, hey, you remember when I asked
you why given that we're all supposed to be thirty
seven degrees, you'll want it like a hotter or colder
than the person next to us. Well, here's the answer,
that won't happen. I'm ninety nine point seven percent sure
(11:51):
that that won't happen, but you never know. June or
tomorrow and.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Find out us Talkers Talking Said Bean for more from
News Talk Said b Listen live on air or online,
and keep our shows with you wherever you go with
our podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from news Talk said b
follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio,
Used Talk sed be Talk said.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hello, my beautiful beanies, and welcome to the bean for Wednesday.
First with yesterday's news. I'm Glen Hart and we are
looking back at Tuesday. We're saying yes to digital nomads
apparently eventually. Well, this and other things the coalition government
(00:44):
are doing. Fix the economy once and for all, and quickly?
Will sky TV ever work properly? Ever again? And why
was it so cold in the studio? But before any
of that, should we just sell all our stuff to
pay off some of our bills? And when I say ours,
the countries, the governments, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Politically, there is no bit of time to kick off
the debate about asset sales and any other ideas previously
scene is too controversial or out there for Middle New Zealand.
Our economy performed the worst in the developed world last year.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
We voters feel poor.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Planes are bursting at the seams with economic refugees from
this country crossing the Tasman every day, and rightly so
we're asking what the hell do we do to turn
these planes and this country around. Unless the government comes
up with big and bold answers to these questions, than
they're lame ducks. Luxon has been playing it pretty safe
so far. He's basically following in John Key's footsteps. On
(01:41):
asset sales. He made the exact promise in two thousand
and eight. Nothing in the first term knocked it out
of the park, and the second election and then bam,
ten billion bucks in the coffers from partial floats of
power companies. That's how he did it. The media keeps
saying that the Poles tell us that Kiwis don't like
asset sales, and I just don't believe that line. We're
(02:04):
all selling stuff that we don't need right now to
get by and if some government appointed board is losing
money on something we own, then is it not the
right time to throw it overboard. I had the unfortunate
job in twenty eleven at the election of following Phil
Goff up the North Island in a big white election
bus as he unfilled giant anti asset sale banners over
(02:26):
hydro dams for photo ops. What an assignment. He got
caned in the election. He got wallopped, So don't tell
me that Keywi's hate asset sales. Kee Wes think carefully
and critically about policies that are put to them, and
they wiyh that against the context and the time in
which they are made. The time is now and asset
(02:47):
sales should only be the start of this conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
This is something that seems to come up every few years,
and the idea that we should sell some stuff, and
sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. It always makes me
a little bit uneasy because once it's gone, it's gone
very difficult to get it back again. Things like I
don't know the power generators for example.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
People are bit sort of.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Edgy these days about whether or not they should be
publicly or privately owned. So anyway, we'll see what happens there.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
News talk has it been.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
So another idea that coalition government's had to get the
economy really rolling again, as this whole digital nomad work
vis a thing which they tend to be doing everywhere
else in the world. So it seems to be a
bit of an opening shatcase. But and so that it's
(03:51):
hard to know how much that's worth discussing, and a man,
things we really just tend to do a little bit
more for the movie and TV industry here that might
be an even bigger owner. I think that's where he's
coming from.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
There's a very long list of actors doing amazing things
on the big and small screens of the world, and
this list is only fortified and embellished by the even
longer list of producers, directors, and other behind the scenes
talent who enhance the image, perception and geographical recognition of
New Zealand each and every time they land a big gig.
(04:24):
You've seen what the Lord of the Rings movies and
subsequent TV series has done for New Zealand, but we've
changed how we want to be entertained since Peter Jackson
got stuck into the Ring thing. Government policy like we
saw being announced yesterday is gold for the country, but
ensuring we do everything possible to keep New Zealand high
on the locations list for the abundance of movies and
(04:47):
TV series yet to be made is crucial for the
desperately needed growth for the economy and the ongoing careers
for all those who continue to tread the boards and
feel the pull of the limelight, schmoozing the pate of
you and movie company executives is of greater importance than
fiddling about with immigration.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
He could be right. That's Roman who won the sort
of the spin, the spin the host wheel. For who's
hosting early edition yesterday morning? I think it's Andrew Dickens
this morning. He's been doing Drive and now, as you
heard earlier in the podcast, Ryan Bridge is now doing
(05:31):
Drive well. Heather Boop c Element is away on the
Tnity League. So yeah, people sort of back in the
right places more or less us talk, and that includes
Kerrie Woodham. It was her first day back on the
job in the morning show yesterday for most places in
(05:53):
the country anyway where that show goes out, and I
think she's also talking about the Coalition government's handling of
the economy and wants to see a little bit more
action to follow up all the tough talking.
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Listening yesterday to a young man who was saying that
the last of his friends he would be in his
I think it's twenty seven. The last of his friends
have left go overseas. He's got nobody left. He loves
his job, he doesn't want to leave it, but he
has no friends. They're gone. And while I accept that
this is a rite of passage and many New Zealanders.
(06:30):
Young New Zealanders head overseas. For many it came a
bit later because of the constraints put around travel with
the pandemic. So they're going now. But there are a
lot of people who are seeking better opportunities overseas because
they are not finding them in their home country. We
have so much to offer. But as focusing on tourism
(06:54):
the way to go, I did like, it's not been negative.
Nancy on the first day back did like the focus
on science and a knowledge based economy come in Helen Clark,
what happened to that knowledge based economy? But that is
where New Zealand made it name. New Zealand made its
fortune was around the science. Science, scientific brains, entrepreneurs have
(07:16):
been leading this country for such a long time since
refrigerated shipping. That's what made our fortune and that's where
our fortune lies. So that, I agree, is where the
focus needs to be. But that takes time, and I'm
not entirely sure that this government has got the amount
(07:37):
of time it needs to turn this country round.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Yeah, we had a bit of a discussion in my
house yesterday about that. About this is that the real
thing that we needed to talk about. Is the three
year term too short for a government to really make
a difference, And I guess you could argue the immediate
(08:06):
foreseeable future. Nashall in particular aren't going to have to
worry about that too much because there doesn't seem to
be any opposition of that form me Guy and Jendles
who for the half laughs or as answers about things.
I had a moan about that yesterday that as a taxpayer,
(08:28):
I'm paying as wages and I'm not particularly happy about that.
Have I missed something to do with the Sky TV?
Has it not been working properly? I don't really watch it.
I don't have a I don't subscribe to it, so
I'm sort of a bit out of touch what's going
on here.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
It's a shame I can't offer people. Will offer you
people more reassurance to say that hopefully they're listening or
anything like that, because I'm sure they're not. I just
think probably it's the way their business works. Things are
changing and they're not making much money. But if I
(09:06):
think they heard that, these people are perhaps people that
are spending a lot of time at home. Sky's their life.
It's a big part of people's lives, and imagine waiting
for months to get it fixed anyway, very odd.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
But the really odd thing for me with Sky is
why they need a satellite at all. I've set up
two of the new skyboxers recently, one for my mother,
one for my father in law, and as part of
that process, you've got to plug it into the satellite
breck again. And I don't understand why, because if you
have the sky Go app, you know you've got a
(09:53):
Sky subscription, you can use the sky Go app. That
all just works over this thing called the Internet, just
like every other streaming service. Why do they even need
a satellite at all? I don't understand what's happening. Is
this just Sky not really embracing new technology as they
always don't do.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Again, strange news talk.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Look who's talking. We have our own technical problems here,
and I'm really really glad that Matt and Tyler Will
bought this particular one.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
To life so cold in the studio.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
It isn't it.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
I'm always pushing for it to be cold in here
because I believe it keeps you sharp.
Speaker 5 (10:31):
But I've gone too far today and it is.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Do you want to say anything.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I'm glad.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Jo'm like, man, I should have rode a jumper today
because Mett wanted at sixteen degrees.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
And for the icicles on the blooming roof, it's like
a bear fridge in here.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
I've gone too far.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Yeah, drank on my own power of being able to
control the Yukon.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
It's a tail is as old as zer conditioning, isn't it.
Nobody can agree on what temperature anything should be. Isn't
that strange? We're we're all told that, you know, we
should be? Is it thirty thirty seven degrees? That's what
we are? Isn't it our body temperature? You would think
that given that that's a constant thing for all life
(11:07):
on this planet, human life, why do some of us
like it cold and some of us like it hot?
Han's me that, Oh I can't hear you. That's annoying. Ah,
I am glen hat. Maybe somebody will send me the
(11:30):
answer there over the next twenty four hours and I'll
be able to come back to us to morrow. Start
the podcast. We're saying, hey, you remember when I asked
you why given that we're all supposed to be thirty
seven degrees, you'll want it like a hotter or colder
than the person next to us. Well, here's the answer,
that won't happen. I'm ninety nine point seven percent sure
(11:51):
that that won't happen, but you never know. June or
tomorrow and.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Find out us Talkers Talking Said Bean for more from
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and keep our shows with you wherever you go with
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