June 14, 2026 • 12 mins
FIRST WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS (highlights from the weekend on Newstalk ZB) Maths Is Not Their Strong Point/This Is All Very Pleasing/A Different Kind of GOAT/Congratulations, Elon. You Did it/Social Media Seems Really Bad
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 3 (00:24):
Hello, my beautiful beanies, and welcome to the Bean the
Weekend Edition.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
First with yesterday's news. I'm Brian Harten.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We're looking back at Sunday and Saturday, or Saturday and.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Sunday, either of those. We've got. What have we got today?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
My computer screen has has changed and I can't tell you.
Oh yes, no, it's back. We've got a super Rumpy
final coming up. Of course, Caine Williamson has has played
his final cricket International Cricket SpaceX is going from strength
to strength, and Elon's getting everything a youth he richly deserves.
(01:01):
And Joe Pross the Supernanny talks about the possibility of
a social media band for kids in the UK before
any of that Labour's budget.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
It doesn't add up. According to Michela Willis.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
Look, when I heard there was a press conference today,
I thought, oh, oh, some exciting policy is coming announced,
but it turned out to be you're having a dig
at Labour's numbers, which did was a bit reminiscent of
them having a dig at to Stephen Joyce's numbers all
those years ago.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Is it's just a bit of a tip for Tat.
Speaker 6 (01:30):
Well more than two weeks ago, we delivered our budget
which set out line by line, very carefully our policy
commitments and how we tend to fund them over the
next five years. And Chris Hipkins has repeatedly claimed that
he would come clean after the budget on his plans
to meet what is actually a growing list of election
promises which they haven't explained how they'll fund. And so
(01:53):
we've waited, and we've waited. They haven't come out with
any spending plan. And so what we've done, in a
very carefully referenced, calm conservative document is these are the
commitments they've made to you in New Zealand, from fully
reinstating to pay equity regimes through to delivering locally funded
school lunches. Well, here's the costs of each of those policies.
(02:16):
And here's the gap between what Labor has promised and
how much it will cost to deliver. Because we think
it's about time Labor can claim because actually, if you
don't have a plan to fund your election promises, there's
only two things that are possible. More debt, which equals
higher inflation, higher interest rates in a debt spiral, or
more taxes. And my suspicion is that Labor is planning
(02:39):
more taxes. They're going to leave it very late in
the day till they come out with that.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
I think, regardless of whether.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
You think Labor is a physically responsible sort of a
party and their economic policy makes more sense than anybody else's,
it's really hard to deny that they just don't seem
to be as good at mass as some of the
other people in politics, you know, adding up balancing things.
(03:11):
This doesn't seem to be their drub boys.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
News talk z been right.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
So a couple of surprisingly one sided games Friday and Saturday,
super Vy the Chiefs absolutely blowing the Crusaders off the
pitch is probably a little bit unexpected.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
And I think there was another game as well, home
final for the Hurricanes.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
How satisfying was the performance last night for the team
and the coaching.
Speaker 7 (03:36):
Staff, Yeah, pretty satisfied obviously, Like it's special to make
a final, you know, get over that speed bump. I
was getting past the SEMMI and yeah, Thomas, even ten
years since having a home final, so special for the
whole Hurricanes region really, but yeah, super excited for this week.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
Pretty tight first half.
Speaker 8 (03:57):
What was said at halftime that changed things after the break.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Yeah, I think I think we understood that, you know,
Blues are going to come out firing, and we probably
didn't play as well as we would have hoped for
in the first half, like a lot of drop balls,
sort of let them off the hook a little when
we're trying to build them in under the ball, And
I think the main message was around if we do
hold the ball, get you to actually move in them,
they'll be opportunities sort of popping up. And yes, and
(04:24):
then we're talking about being fast as well, so starting
fast in their second half, which we did. And yeah,
once we sort of got on a bit of a roll,
they weren't able to stick with us, which was pleasing.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Yeah. Funny sort of a season, isn't it? This season?
How the Blues just sort of got progressively worse.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Talk and I think a lot of people wanted how
they actually managed to get to the semi final of
the first place. So we'll keep it a bit sporty
with Cain Williamson, apparently our most successful batsman ever, just
sort of saying everybody are.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I won't be easier for the next Test. Got something
us on.
Speaker 8 (05:08):
In some ways, Cain Williamson's given us a different model
of New Zealand male sporting greatness. He's small, he's soft spoken.
In an age where cricket has increasingly become a contest
of brawn and power, He's distinguished himself with guile, wit
and temperament. I will never forget his celebrations when he
(05:29):
scored his first Test century back in twenty ten, because
there were none. While his Australian opposition would scream and
whoop and leap and wahoo every time they crossed the threshold,
Caine would calmly remove his helmet, gesture once or twice
at the crowd, shake his batting partner's hand, wipe the
sweat from his brow, and retake his starts, forever spinning
(05:53):
that gray nickels as the bowler ran to the crease,
perfectly balanced with so much time watching the ball right
under his eyes. Williamson said he stepped away mid series
to allow other leaders to emerge. He denied himself the ceremony,
(06:14):
the celebration, the pageantry. It might have come as a
surprise to those of us who woke up this morning
and saw the headlines from overnight. But in many ways
it was the most Williamson retirement imaginable. I think I
speak for every New Zealand cricket fan when I say
I will miss his presence at number three keenly. But man,
(06:37):
I am so, so so grateful for everything he represented.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
And the chief yeah, very very humble, isn't he Kaine?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
And there he sort of come and gone and it
was like thanks, thanks, thanks Kane, thanks for being the
best ever. And there he's just sort of disappeared suddenly. Right,
So well done that Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire.
(07:09):
I think we're all agreed how awesome he is, and
there is anybody who deserves it more than he does.
Speaker 9 (07:15):
It's not about its present profitability, there is none. It's
about what it could become. Much like Amazon and Tesla
when they were first floated but supersized, this is a
story about spaceships, orbital infrastructure, AI computing, and creating a
one million person Martian company. According to SpaceX, it's about
(07:35):
saving humanity by establishing other outposts in space, as well
as massive AI data centers and to do all this,
SpaceX needs money, lots and lots of money. So I
quite like that people are buying into this so far
future possibly fantasy, the mass shot. It's ambitious, it's adventurous,
(07:57):
and SpaceX vision is much more fascinating than almost all
other companies, and it is clear to see why invest
is flocked by if you had the chance, why wouldn't
you buy into what could come the defining company of
the twenty first century? And that's the next interesting aspect
of this IPO. As much as investors have shown their
faith in Enon Mask, how well will the share price
(08:20):
hold up? If you're king to invest through their s
and P five hundred, you're going to have to wait
twelve months. Who knows what the share price will be.
I suppose that's the fun being an investor.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Yeah, I maxed feelings on this.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
I mean, obviously we all love us a business success story,
don't we.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
But there's going to be a limit, doesn't there?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
And what I would really love is for it to
all go up in flames, not the rockets, not the rockets,
just the the Elon Master's story, because he's a really
horrible person, and I want bad things to.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Happen to him.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Basically, do us talk been.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, because you know, one of the things he's responsible
for is what the X has turned into. The add
is formerly known as Twitter. Are they the worst? They're
one of the worst, are they when it comes to
causing kids to do things like kill themselves?
Speaker 8 (09:24):
You are on the campaign trail at the moment. You
are pushing for big change when it comes to social media.
You want to see under sixteens in the UK off
the social media platforms. Why is this cause so important
to you?
Speaker 10 (09:40):
Because children have died. I stand with bereaved families who
have really been shouldering in campaigning, alongside members of parliament
and alignment with charities and the public behind the important
cause of understanding.
Speaker 11 (10:01):
Because we do have we do have data, we do
have those stassistic and we do have real families who
have had to bury their children because of the un
diligence and neglect of big tech companies that are profiting
(10:21):
off of children by creating algorithms and platforms that are
designed to just keep children coming.
Speaker 8 (10:29):
Back for more.
Speaker 11 (10:30):
And also you know what that platform or what those
platforms are for children. You know they're heavily influential, but
they're actually extremely dangerous and harmful, and those Bereef families
are living that.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Yep, super Ninni Joe for us, there interesting superpowerder here,
isn't it? Nanny In just finished watching The Boys, the
final season of there, so if you're not familiar, it's
kind of like an anti superhero show where the superheroes
(11:03):
are kind of all bad, or most of them are.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
We live in a world.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
That in that world where there are quite a lot
of superheroes, one of the main superheroes, by the end
of that show, their superpower is just that they were
really smart. Didn't see any super Nannies on it, but yeah,
some superpowers are better than others, aren't they.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
I guess we can't all be invisible or fast or fly.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Some of us just take to be really smart, and
then some of us are just capable of doing huge
amounts of podcasts.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
As I wrap up Episode three, five hundred.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
And thirteen and Newstalks they had been were back for
another one tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Dred and fourteen. Not that significant, but yeah, a number us.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Talk is Talk Said Bean.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
For more from News Talk Said b listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on IARNT Radio, h
You're listening to a podcast from news Talk, said B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Used Talk, said B Talk.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Hello, my beautiful beanies, and welcome to the Bean the
Weekend Edition.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
First with yesterday's news. I'm Brian Harten.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
We're looking back at Sunday and Saturday, or Saturday and.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Sunday, either of those. We've got. What have we got today?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
My computer screen has has changed and I can't tell you.
Oh yes, no, it's back. We've got a super Rumpy
final coming up. Of course, Caine Williamson has has played
his final cricket International Cricket SpaceX is going from strength
to strength, and Elon's getting everything a youth he richly deserves.
(01:01):
And Joe Pross the Supernanny talks about the possibility of
a social media band for kids in the UK before
any of that Labour's budget.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
It doesn't add up. According to Michela Willis.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
Look, when I heard there was a press conference today,
I thought, oh, oh, some exciting policy is coming announced,
but it turned out to be you're having a dig
at Labour's numbers, which did was a bit reminiscent of
them having a dig at to Stephen Joyce's numbers all
those years ago.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Is it's just a bit of a tip for Tat.
Speaker 6 (01:30):
Well more than two weeks ago, we delivered our budget
which set out line by line, very carefully our policy
commitments and how we tend to fund them over the
next five years. And Chris Hipkins has repeatedly claimed that
he would come clean after the budget on his plans
to meet what is actually a growing list of election
promises which they haven't explained how they'll fund. And so
(01:53):
we've waited, and we've waited. They haven't come out with
any spending plan. And so what we've done, in a
very carefully referenced, calm conservative document is these are the
commitments they've made to you in New Zealand, from fully
reinstating to pay equity regimes through to delivering locally funded
school lunches. Well, here's the costs of each of those policies.
(02:16):
And here's the gap between what Labor has promised and
how much it will cost to deliver. Because we think
it's about time Labor can claim because actually, if you
don't have a plan to fund your election promises, there's
only two things that are possible. More debt, which equals
higher inflation, higher interest rates in a debt spiral, or
more taxes. And my suspicion is that Labor is planning
(02:39):
more taxes. They're going to leave it very late in
the day till they come out with that.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
I think, regardless of whether.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
You think Labor is a physically responsible sort of a
party and their economic policy makes more sense than anybody else's,
it's really hard to deny that they just don't seem
to be as good at mass as some of the
other people in politics, you know, adding up balancing things.
(03:11):
This doesn't seem to be their drub boys.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
News talk z been right.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
So a couple of surprisingly one sided games Friday and Saturday,
super Vy the Chiefs absolutely blowing the Crusaders off the
pitch is probably a little bit unexpected.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
And I think there was another game as well, home
final for the Hurricanes.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
How satisfying was the performance last night for the team
and the coaching.
Speaker 7 (03:36):
Staff, Yeah, pretty satisfied obviously, Like it's special to make
a final, you know, get over that speed bump. I
was getting past the SEMMI and yeah, Thomas, even ten
years since having a home final, so special for the
whole Hurricanes region really, but yeah, super excited for this week.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
Pretty tight first half.
Speaker 8 (03:57):
What was said at halftime that changed things after the break.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Yeah, I think I think we understood that, you know,
Blues are going to come out firing, and we probably
didn't play as well as we would have hoped for
in the first half, like a lot of drop balls,
sort of let them off the hook a little when
we're trying to build them in under the ball, And
I think the main message was around if we do
hold the ball, get you to actually move in them,
they'll be opportunities sort of popping up. And yes, and
(04:24):
then we're talking about being fast as well, so starting
fast in their second half, which we did. And yeah,
once we sort of got on a bit of a roll,
they weren't able to stick with us, which was pleasing.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Yeah. Funny sort of a season, isn't it? This season?
How the Blues just sort of got progressively worse.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Talk and I think a lot of people wanted how
they actually managed to get to the semi final of
the first place. So we'll keep it a bit sporty
with Cain Williamson, apparently our most successful batsman ever, just
sort of saying everybody are.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I won't be easier for the next Test. Got something
us on.
Speaker 8 (05:08):
In some ways, Cain Williamson's given us a different model
of New Zealand male sporting greatness. He's small, he's soft spoken.
In an age where cricket has increasingly become a contest
of brawn and power, He's distinguished himself with guile, wit
and temperament. I will never forget his celebrations when he
(05:29):
scored his first Test century back in twenty ten, because
there were none. While his Australian opposition would scream and
whoop and leap and wahoo every time they crossed the threshold,
Caine would calmly remove his helmet, gesture once or twice
at the crowd, shake his batting partner's hand, wipe the
sweat from his brow, and retake his starts, forever spinning
(05:53):
that gray nickels as the bowler ran to the crease,
perfectly balanced with so much time watching the ball right
under his eyes. Williamson said he stepped away mid series
to allow other leaders to emerge. He denied himself the ceremony,
(06:14):
the celebration, the pageantry. It might have come as a
surprise to those of us who woke up this morning
and saw the headlines from overnight. But in many ways
it was the most Williamson retirement imaginable. I think I
speak for every New Zealand cricket fan when I say
I will miss his presence at number three keenly. But man,
(06:37):
I am so, so so grateful for everything he represented.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
And the chief yeah, very very humble, isn't he Kaine?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
And there he sort of come and gone and it
was like thanks, thanks, thanks Kane, thanks for being the
best ever. And there he's just sort of disappeared suddenly. Right,
So well done that Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire.
(07:09):
I think we're all agreed how awesome he is, and
there is anybody who deserves it more than he does.
Speaker 9 (07:15):
It's not about its present profitability, there is none. It's
about what it could become. Much like Amazon and Tesla
when they were first floated but supersized, this is a
story about spaceships, orbital infrastructure, AI computing, and creating a
one million person Martian company. According to SpaceX, it's about
(07:35):
saving humanity by establishing other outposts in space, as well
as massive AI data centers and to do all this,
SpaceX needs money, lots and lots of money. So I
quite like that people are buying into this so far
future possibly fantasy, the mass shot. It's ambitious, it's adventurous,
(07:57):
and SpaceX vision is much more fascinating than almost all
other companies, and it is clear to see why invest
is flocked by if you had the chance, why wouldn't
you buy into what could come the defining company of
the twenty first century? And that's the next interesting aspect
of this IPO. As much as investors have shown their
faith in Enon Mask, how well will the share price
(08:20):
hold up? If you're king to invest through their s
and P five hundred, you're going to have to wait
twelve months. Who knows what the share price will be.
I suppose that's the fun being an investor.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Yeah, I maxed feelings on this.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
I mean, obviously we all love us a business success story,
don't we.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
But there's going to be a limit, doesn't there?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
And what I would really love is for it to
all go up in flames, not the rockets, not the rockets,
just the the Elon Master's story, because he's a really
horrible person, and I want bad things to.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Happen to him.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Basically, do us talk been.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, because you know, one of the things he's responsible
for is what the X has turned into. The add
is formerly known as Twitter. Are they the worst? They're
one of the worst, are they when it comes to
causing kids to do things like kill themselves?
Speaker 8 (09:24):
You are on the campaign trail at the moment. You
are pushing for big change when it comes to social media.
You want to see under sixteens in the UK off
the social media platforms. Why is this cause so important
to you?
Speaker 10 (09:40):
Because children have died. I stand with bereaved families who
have really been shouldering in campaigning, alongside members of parliament
and alignment with charities and the public behind the important
cause of understanding.
Speaker 11 (10:01):
Because we do have we do have data, we do
have those stassistic and we do have real families who
have had to bury their children because of the un
diligence and neglect of big tech companies that are profiting
(10:21):
off of children by creating algorithms and platforms that are
designed to just keep children coming.
Speaker 8 (10:29):
Back for more.
Speaker 11 (10:30):
And also you know what that platform or what those
platforms are for children. You know they're heavily influential, but
they're actually extremely dangerous and harmful, and those Bereef families
are living that.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Yep, super Ninni Joe for us, there interesting superpowerder here,
isn't it? Nanny In just finished watching The Boys, the
final season of there, so if you're not familiar, it's
kind of like an anti superhero show where the superheroes
(11:03):
are kind of all bad, or most of them are.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
We live in a world.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
That in that world where there are quite a lot
of superheroes, one of the main superheroes, by the end
of that show, their superpower is just that they were
really smart. Didn't see any super Nannies on it, but yeah,
some superpowers are better than others, aren't they.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
I guess we can't all be invisible or fast or fly.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Some of us just take to be really smart, and
then some of us are just capable of doing huge
amounts of podcasts.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
As I wrap up Episode three, five hundred.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
And thirteen and Newstalks they had been were back for
another one tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Dred and fourteen. Not that significant, but yeah, a number us.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Talk is Talk Said Bean.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
For more from News Talk Said b listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on IARNT Radio, h
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