April 29, 2026 • 11 mins
FIRST WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS (highlights from Wednesday on Newstalk ZB) Is Everyone Just Hammered Down There?/Tax Is Never Popular/Can Cops Just Do Their Job, Please?/Robot Apocalypse Update
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
Hello, my Beautiful Meanings, and welcome to the Beans. A Thursday,
first of yesterday's news. I am Glen Hart. We're looking
back at Wednesday. Does Labor have a text panel? Don't?
They are very confusing? Let's report out from Fetch that
says they just to indicate they definitely have, even though
they haven't said anything about any other text as a
(00:46):
part from the kilnprom games text. Maybe that just sort
of covers everything. Do police investigate burglaries anymore? And the
robot apocalypse is happening. But before any of that, the
press gallery in Wellington, what's going on there? It's just
(01:11):
everybody just permanently on the person o they It's clear.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
That there is a perception out there that no one
reported on the Mikey Sherman revelation because the media were
protecting one of their own. I can tell you that
that is true. It is not imagined. It is true.
It is not true for news Talk ZB. And I'm
not saying that because I'm employed by News Talk ZB.
I'm saying that because I was involved in some of
the phone calls around this particular shall we loosely call
it investigation, and I know that we tried to publish this,
(01:37):
but we ran into a couple of obstacles, which look
happens with investigations, like don't get too dramatic about it.
I can't tell you the number of things I've wanted
to report on and try to report on that I've
never been able to report on. There is a long list.
I don't think the press gallery members who were at
the party in Nikola Willis's office last May can be
judged for not reporting on what happened. Right, as I
(01:58):
said yesterday on the show, I worked in the press
gallery too. I know there is a lot of boozing
in the press gallery. I did it. And sometimes there's
bad behavior that happens, because that's what happens with Boots.
It doesn't get reported because do you knack on all
of your mates if you're out boozing with them and
they do something stupid every time they do something stupid, No,
you don't. But what was not okay was that when
(02:19):
it became known in Wellington that news Talk zed b
was trying to run a story on it. Members of
the Press Gallery got in touch to raise concerns. Now
my recollection is that they were worried that if we
went public at News TALKSZB with what Mikey Sherman had
said to Lloyd Burr, we would be breaking a long
held convention of not reporting on whatever happens during drinkie
(02:40):
poohs in Parliament, and that ministers would then freak out
about the breaching of Chatham House rules and would no
longer invite the Press Gallery up to their offices for
drinks that crossed the line. In my opinion, that in
my opinion, was actively trying to stop media outside of
Wellington reporting on what happened in Wellington involving one of
their own. In the end, it didn't influence us at all.
(03:03):
Now I'm not telling you I'm not doing myself. Telling
you this is not me doing myself any favors with
my friends in the Press Gallery, because I think I
will be ostracized the next time they see me for
telling you this. But I think it is worth telling
you this so that we are all reminded in the
media that our jobs are to report the facts, not
to try to suppress them. Even if it involves our mates.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I guess if anybody would know I mean here, they
would know she was part of that gallery for a
long time, and in fact probably a great loss of
that gallery. When she moved in, it did be and
became one of its most important personalities. Sorry, sorry, gallery,
(03:46):
We've got it now, us talk sip. Yeah. Something else
that needs investigating is what is Labor really up to
with its text policy? Because Fitch is saying one thing,
and they seem to be saying, well publicly anyway, something else. Well,
what's happening here?
Speaker 4 (04:02):
That the reason one of the reasons why Ozzie's are
prepared to pay more in tax is that they have
accepted a basic truth. The country they want costs more
to run. And I don't know that we are willing
to accept that basic truth. We are still living like
(04:24):
some crusty old goat on our former glory, you know,
like the Bruce Springsteen song of glory days. We used
to be somebody. We used to have a great country.
We used to have a country where Jack was as
good as his master, where there were no huge extremes
(04:47):
between wealth and poverty, where if you worked reasonably hard,
if you lived a good life. If you obeyed the rules,
you had a great life. You could be assured of
a future, your children could be assured of a future.
And we're still living on the glory days now. Obviously
(05:09):
not everything that has happened in New Zealand is as
a result of what New Zealand has done and a
glo We're a global economy now and the winds of
change and fortune affect us without our politicians having to
do anything at all. But over the years, successive governments
(05:34):
have failed to invest in basic infrastructure, and the chickens
are coming home to roost. I mean, Wellington's more point
is a metaphor for the entire country. And our politicians
are a blame for a lack of political courage and
a lack of political foresight. And we as voters are
to blame because as soon as anybody mentions tax, we
(05:56):
throw up our aprons and run for the hills. Never
I work hard for my money, I've paid my way,
I pay more than enough. Have a look at those
bloodging people on the dole. Sort them out first. You
can make all the excuses in the world, but are
we willing to accept a basic truth that the country
(06:17):
we want costs more to run than we're willing to pay.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Well, really, the question is do you want to pay
more tax at the end of the day, and nobody does.
I think perhaps the Australians weren't really given to a
choice on that. Who knows what goes on in the
mind of an Australian right, So the curious case of
(06:43):
the entire flat it went out for a bit of
agilante justice. Here's rhyme with the details.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Did you hear the story about these young females, the flatmates,
who had to hunt down their own burglars, bust them
and take back their own stuff. Sarah Anna and Charlotte,
all in their twenties, got home from work in christ
Church and some mug or mugs had broken in and
stolen all that there's stuff. Rooms were ransacked, stolen items, cameras, laptops, jewelry,
(07:14):
also missing clothes, bit gross but undies and frozen curry
from the freezer. I know Shane won't be happy about
the butter chicken, but there was one thing that they
took these mugs that they needed back urgently and sparked
an amateur detective story for the Ages. A stolen passport.
One of them needed to travel overseas, so let's get
(07:35):
them back. They asked the neighbors what police would call
in a press release. Canvassing the area, The neighbors told
them which way the robbers went, what police would call
positive lines of inquiry. No doubt, they followed the leads
or made a breakthrough in the case. Found the house
the thieves were there. They turned up, opened the door,
(07:55):
caught the culprits red handed, wearing their stuff. Some guy
was staring at their undies and they quietly and calmly
took back what was theirs? Good on them? Great stuff?
The problem. The police were called attended the scene, and
according to the girls, they told the police where to
go after getting a clue from the neighbors, But the
(08:17):
police didn't go there. Why are these women having to
do the cops job for them? They were told to
file an online complaint. Oh God help me. The thieves
were just down the road. Let's not forget about ninety
percent of burglaries go unresolved in New Zealand. No wonder,
people are taking the law into their own hands when
(08:38):
you get stories like that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Yeah, I may have mentioned that before. I've had a
couple of things stolen off my doorstep to secret occasions.
First time it happened, I was able to using my
high definition security camera footage post that on the socials,
identify the guy, give all that information to the cops.
(09:02):
They went and found him, got the thing back. He
ended up and court. The person that he sold the
thing to also ended up in court. Good result. Second
time it happened, same scenario, worked out who this person
was before the police before even going to the police
(09:26):
once again, handed them all the images the evidence. Never
heard back from them ever again. Now, I don't know.
It seems if you've got people making their job easy
for them, can't they just do it?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
News Talk ze Bean.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Perhaps we need a robot police force. I think there
might have been a movie about that. I can't remember
how it turned out in the end. I'm sure it
was great. We've got robot runners anyway, have you seen
You've said, probably seen the vision of the robot marathon
runners jiggling along. Marcus has certainly taken with them, I think.
Speaker 6 (10:05):
So what's sad about the marathon, right, is it? The
robots are doing one fifty five, so we're never going
to have a man versus robot is she give them
a staggered start. But I don't think if I was
a super keen an athlete and could do two hours,
I wouldn't want to have two hours with the threat
of robots chasing me down. Heck on the robots Hello,
(10:31):
think I'm behin You use the best. I don't know
if they talk, they should.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
I think talking is the very least of the things
that they can do, isn't it. These days? It starts
with the talking and then goes progressively downhill from me.
I am Glen Hart. There's been news talks have been
unless a robots takes over from me. Between now and tomorrow,
(11:00):
I will see you with another episode then.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Used talks doors it been for more from News Talk
set B listen live on air or online, and keep
our shows with you wherever you go with our podcasts
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 Said Talk.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Hello, my Beautiful Meanings, and welcome to the Beans. A Thursday,
first of yesterday's news. I am Glen Hart. We're looking
back at Wednesday. Does Labor have a text panel? Don't?
They are very confusing? Let's report out from Fetch that
says they just to indicate they definitely have, even though
they haven't said anything about any other text as a
(00:46):
part from the kilnprom games text. Maybe that just sort
of covers everything. Do police investigate burglaries anymore? And the
robot apocalypse is happening. But before any of that, the
press gallery in Wellington, what's going on there? It's just
(01:11):
everybody just permanently on the person o they It's clear.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
That there is a perception out there that no one
reported on the Mikey Sherman revelation because the media were
protecting one of their own. I can tell you that
that is true. It is not imagined. It is true.
It is not true for news Talk ZB. And I'm
not saying that because I'm employed by News Talk ZB.
I'm saying that because I was involved in some of
the phone calls around this particular shall we loosely call
it investigation, and I know that we tried to publish this,
(01:37):
but we ran into a couple of obstacles, which look
happens with investigations, like don't get too dramatic about it.
I can't tell you the number of things I've wanted
to report on and try to report on that I've
never been able to report on. There is a long list.
I don't think the press gallery members who were at
the party in Nikola Willis's office last May can be
judged for not reporting on what happened. Right, as I
(01:58):
said yesterday on the show, I worked in the press
gallery too. I know there is a lot of boozing
in the press gallery. I did it. And sometimes there's
bad behavior that happens, because that's what happens with Boots.
It doesn't get reported because do you knack on all
of your mates if you're out boozing with them and
they do something stupid every time they do something stupid, No,
you don't. But what was not okay was that when
(02:19):
it became known in Wellington that news Talk zed b
was trying to run a story on it. Members of
the Press Gallery got in touch to raise concerns. Now
my recollection is that they were worried that if we
went public at News TALKSZB with what Mikey Sherman had
said to Lloyd Burr, we would be breaking a long
held convention of not reporting on whatever happens during drinkie
(02:40):
poohs in Parliament, and that ministers would then freak out
about the breaching of Chatham House rules and would no
longer invite the Press Gallery up to their offices for
drinks that crossed the line. In my opinion, that in
my opinion, was actively trying to stop media outside of
Wellington reporting on what happened in Wellington involving one of
their own. In the end, it didn't influence us at all.
(03:03):
Now I'm not telling you I'm not doing myself. Telling
you this is not me doing myself any favors with
my friends in the Press Gallery, because I think I
will be ostracized the next time they see me for
telling you this. But I think it is worth telling
you this so that we are all reminded in the
media that our jobs are to report the facts, not
to try to suppress them. Even if it involves our mates.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I guess if anybody would know I mean here, they
would know she was part of that gallery for a
long time, and in fact probably a great loss of
that gallery. When she moved in, it did be and
became one of its most important personalities. Sorry, sorry, gallery,
(03:46):
We've got it now, us talk sip. Yeah. Something else
that needs investigating is what is Labor really up to
with its text policy? Because Fitch is saying one thing,
and they seem to be saying, well publicly anyway, something else. Well,
what's happening here?
Speaker 4 (04:02):
That the reason one of the reasons why Ozzie's are
prepared to pay more in tax is that they have
accepted a basic truth. The country they want costs more
to run. And I don't know that we are willing
to accept that basic truth. We are still living like
(04:24):
some crusty old goat on our former glory, you know,
like the Bruce Springsteen song of glory days. We used
to be somebody. We used to have a great country.
We used to have a country where Jack was as
good as his master, where there were no huge extremes
(04:47):
between wealth and poverty, where if you worked reasonably hard,
if you lived a good life. If you obeyed the rules,
you had a great life. You could be assured of
a future, your children could be assured of a future.
And we're still living on the glory days now. Obviously
(05:09):
not everything that has happened in New Zealand is as
a result of what New Zealand has done and a
glo We're a global economy now and the winds of
change and fortune affect us without our politicians having to
do anything at all. But over the years, successive governments
(05:34):
have failed to invest in basic infrastructure, and the chickens
are coming home to roost. I mean, Wellington's more point
is a metaphor for the entire country. And our politicians
are a blame for a lack of political courage and
a lack of political foresight. And we as voters are
to blame because as soon as anybody mentions tax, we
(05:56):
throw up our aprons and run for the hills. Never
I work hard for my money, I've paid my way,
I pay more than enough. Have a look at those
bloodging people on the dole. Sort them out first. You
can make all the excuses in the world, but are
we willing to accept a basic truth that the country
(06:17):
we want costs more to run than we're willing to pay.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Well, really, the question is do you want to pay
more tax at the end of the day, and nobody does.
I think perhaps the Australians weren't really given to a
choice on that. Who knows what goes on in the
mind of an Australian right, So the curious case of
(06:43):
the entire flat it went out for a bit of
agilante justice. Here's rhyme with the details.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Did you hear the story about these young females, the flatmates,
who had to hunt down their own burglars, bust them
and take back their own stuff. Sarah Anna and Charlotte,
all in their twenties, got home from work in christ
Church and some mug or mugs had broken in and
stolen all that there's stuff. Rooms were ransacked, stolen items, cameras, laptops, jewelry,
(07:14):
also missing clothes, bit gross but undies and frozen curry
from the freezer. I know Shane won't be happy about
the butter chicken, but there was one thing that they
took these mugs that they needed back urgently and sparked
an amateur detective story for the Ages. A stolen passport.
One of them needed to travel overseas, so let's get
(07:35):
them back. They asked the neighbors what police would call
in a press release. Canvassing the area, The neighbors told
them which way the robbers went, what police would call
positive lines of inquiry. No doubt, they followed the leads
or made a breakthrough in the case. Found the house
the thieves were there. They turned up, opened the door,
(07:55):
caught the culprits red handed, wearing their stuff. Some guy
was staring at their undies and they quietly and calmly
took back what was theirs? Good on them? Great stuff?
The problem. The police were called attended the scene, and
according to the girls, they told the police where to
go after getting a clue from the neighbors, But the
(08:17):
police didn't go there. Why are these women having to
do the cops job for them? They were told to
file an online complaint. Oh God help me. The thieves
were just down the road. Let's not forget about ninety
percent of burglaries go unresolved in New Zealand. No wonder,
people are taking the law into their own hands when
(08:38):
you get stories like that.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Yeah, I may have mentioned that before. I've had a
couple of things stolen off my doorstep to secret occasions.
First time it happened, I was able to using my
high definition security camera footage post that on the socials,
identify the guy, give all that information to the cops.
(09:02):
They went and found him, got the thing back. He
ended up and court. The person that he sold the
thing to also ended up in court. Good result. Second
time it happened, same scenario, worked out who this person
was before the police before even going to the police
(09:26):
once again, handed them all the images the evidence. Never
heard back from them ever again. Now, I don't know.
It seems if you've got people making their job easy
for them, can't they just do it?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
News Talk ze Bean.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Perhaps we need a robot police force. I think there
might have been a movie about that. I can't remember
how it turned out in the end. I'm sure it
was great. We've got robot runners anyway, have you seen
You've said, probably seen the vision of the robot marathon
runners jiggling along. Marcus has certainly taken with them, I think.
Speaker 6 (10:05):
So what's sad about the marathon, right, is it? The
robots are doing one fifty five, so we're never going
to have a man versus robot is she give them
a staggered start. But I don't think if I was
a super keen an athlete and could do two hours,
I wouldn't want to have two hours with the threat
of robots chasing me down. Heck on the robots Hello,
(10:31):
think I'm behin You use the best. I don't know
if they talk, they should.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
I think talking is the very least of the things
that they can do, isn't it. These days? It starts
with the talking and then goes progressively downhill from me.
I am Glen Hart. There's been news talks have been
unless a robots takes over from me. Between now and tomorrow,
(11:00):
I will see you with another episode then.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Used talks doors it been for more from News Talk
set B listen live on air or online, and keep
our shows with you wherever you go with our podcasts
on iHeartRadio.
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