Kevin Milne: The generosity of New Zealanders

Kiwis are known for many things – our friendly attitudes, our easy going natures, and Kevin Milne thinks our generosity should be added to that list.  

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
Peter on the email says Jack nailed it, and I
similarly feel a little bit nervous about having had a
week off and the team going across the Tasman for
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(00:34):
Kevin Milner is here with us this morning, Calder.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
Kevin Keern A question. If AFC do win, Yeah, will
they their players be opened up being poached from all
over the world.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Well, most of them have resigned for next season already.
Good question, very good question. So the majority of the
team has been re signed. And so we know, for
example that we are losing a like Alex Paulson, who's
the goalkeeper.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
The go you stole off as well.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
I don't know have we stole them off Bournemouth, didn't we? Kevin? No, Look,
it's all in the interest of New Zealand Football at large.
Kevin Yes, and but he but he yes, he's He's
going to be gone. So that's a big loss for
the team, just as he was a big loss for you.
But yeah, I think most of the most of the
other players have signed for next season either, you know,

(01:23):
with Auckland FC, with a couple of exceptions. So yeah,
but it must be tricky, you know. And and I
don't know, I think a lot of them probably aren't
earning megabucks and so you know, you come into an
unfamiliar team, you're not earning megabucks, all of a sudden
you have an unexpectedly good season. You can imagine that
it would have been tricky round the negotiating table.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
But yes, yeah, yeah, anyway they do when I might
be more of a Phoenix fan myself, but that's certainly
a FC really really exciting and and get the hopefully
get the whole country simple.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Oh totally po Yeah, Look, I actually love the things,
and when I'm in Wellington always or try and go along.
I love the things, and when they play in Auckland,
I always try and used to try and go along.
So yeah, it's got to be good for New Zealand
football anyway, Kenn, you want to remark on a special
Kiwi quality this week, Kiwi's generosity.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah. Two weeks ago, Linda and I spent the weekend
in christ Church with two of its remarkable citizens, doctors
Phil and doctor Sue Bagshaw. Phil Bagshaw's the surgeon, has
set up the groundbreaking Canterbury Charity Hospital. It just grows
and grows, and Sue's seeing her dream come true the
completion of the Hub, a superb, huge, brand new center

(02:42):
for teenagers looking for help and home. She's been working
on this for years. The couple's selflessness and energy is
just astonishing. Sue's now Dame Susan Bagshaw and her husband
Phil Well. He's just the companion of the New Zealand
Leader of Merit and a New Zealander of the Year.

(03:03):
You might recognize their surname. Their heroic son Andrew was
killed in Ukraine, a volunteer helping the locals shelter from bonds.
They will tell you that their impressive projects are the
result of extraordinary generosity from others with funds to spare.
The Canterbury Charity Hospital refuses to accept government money. It

(03:25):
doesn't want pipers calling the tune. Then how do you
get the millions? I asked, Phil replies, it's not that difficult. Actually,
lots of New Zealanders are extraordinarily generous. Now back home
here in carbody you go, called Vic at the gym
was telling me about a local fundraising project, the Rotary
Club and the Lions combining for the first time anywhere

(03:48):
in New Zealand. They want not just cash but expertise
to build a mini golf course here. It'll be a beauty.
I've send the pictures of it with bunkers and everything
like that, and once it's up and going, all proceeds
will go to our needy community about one hundred and

(04:09):
fifty thousand dollars a year according to projections. I asked it,
how's the fundraising going. Can't be easy, he replied, it's unbelievable.
These are tough times, but we've already raised two hundred
thousand dollars. The Council's giving us the land mills Albert's
doing their contracting for free work starts in September. The generosity,

(04:31):
he said, of New Zealanders is phenomenal. I wish you
could talk about it on the radio. So here we are,
Jack talking about it on the radio Kiwi generosity. We're
a bloody good country, aren't we.

Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yeah, Yeah, that's amazing, isn't it. When you hear those
kind of you hear those kind of stories and anecdotes
from people, you realize that there are so many Kiwis
who do dig deep despite these kind of trying times
and trying times. Yeah, that's good to hear.

Speaker 3 (04:59):
A yeah it is. But at both levels, the corporate
level obviously that they have to kick in, yeah and
little and that there'd been more in the christ Church
situations here. But down here, up here in Carvity, you've
got lots of little businesses throwing money into it, and

(05:21):
lots of slightly bigger businesses saying, well, we'll actually do
a whole bunch of work for you.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah. Yeah, it's so good.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
And yeah, an individuals giving money, I think it's fantastic.

Speaker 2 (05:32):
I totally agree with you. Kevin well said, Hey, thank
you Kevin Milner gave us this morning and thank you
for your feedback. Jack. Congratulations to Auckland FC. Most were
strangers to you at the start of the season, but
not to Wellington and or the Phoenix. So many of
the AFC players played for years in the Phoenix system
and then the guys with the check books came in
and stole them. Just remember the Wellington Phoenix keep me

(05:54):
ling football up there for twenty years. Is philt? You
know what, Phil fair call not going to dispute that,
and you know I would would say that. You know,
I don't know that Phoenix necessarily outbid for all of
for all of the AFC players, But you're so right,
like the Phoenix have for years chipped away and helped

(06:14):
to build New Zealand football resources and talent, and certainly
Auckland has benefited from that. So you know, I think
I think Phoenix fans and the Phoenix organization should get
a whole lot of credit and take a whole lot
of pride with what Auckland has achieved the season, which
I know might sound weird given they're supposed to be rivals,

(06:34):
but no, I think that's totally fair. Neil says Jack nicely.
Put this morning, it has been a great season for AFC.
I just hope they can keep the dream alive and
continue their winning ways, so I know they've got what
it takes. Thanks for that, Neil, If you are sending
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