The Prime Minister says he has discussed issues important to New Zealand's interests with China's Premier, Li Qiang.
The pair held high-level talks this afternoon, following an official powhiri welcome to Government House.
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper unpacked the fanfare surrounding this high-profile visit.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Bary, so basing your political correspondence with us.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Hey, Barry, good afternoon, Heathery.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
When was the last time we made such a big
fuss of a visiting international leader. There's a lot of
pomp and ceremony, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
There was a lot of pomp and seramony. You can
hear it in the background there. I ran a tape
over it and watched the ceremony and fortunately the rain
didn't come down and Wellington, the wind was there was
on the front lawn of the government house. There was
a lot of moldy involvement, and you know the last time,
(00:34):
Goodness only knows.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I haven't even given it the full rundown. There was
also a guard of honor for him to inspect and
a gun salute from Point Journingham.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
But you would expect that. Well not the gun salute
was a bit surprising. But you've got to remember, sons. Yeah,
this man is extraordinarily influential in the Chinese government. I
mean he's second in the ranks of the Communist Party
in China behind the Secretary General Secretary who of course
(01:06):
as the president, Jijingping. He was here. I remember back
in twenty and fourteen and he had a similar sort
of ceremony. But for the current man, it makes him
part of the loyalist inner circle of the Chinese Communist Party.
He's also the head of government in China. So what
(01:28):
this guy says goes here's a big deal. There were
protesters out of his hotel, pro Chinese protesters, anti Chinese protesters.
Apparently that quind a bit volatile. We haven't had any
of the so called announcements that we're expecting from this visit. They'll,
no doubt come tomorrow. They will have been written a
(01:50):
few weeks ago. He'll go to dinner at Premier House tonight.
I hope they've got rid of the rodents there. And
one person who isn't there in terms of residing in
it as Chris Lux and he still resides down the
road at his apartment, not very far away at all, but.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
He will be at that dinner's night.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Wony Oh. Absolutely. And you know this country to New Zealand,
it's a forty billion dollar two way trade been growing
ever since that free trade agreement was signed back in
two thousand and eight. I was up in Beijing for it.
I was also there with Jasin da Dern who made
less than twenty four hour visit to China. I don't
(02:31):
think the Chinese would have been terribly impressed with that.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
How long is this reduction of the speed limits going
to take before they actually are reduced?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well, I haven't said that. They said lifted, Yeah exactly.
They said that they'll essentially they're setting up a public
consultation and the documents gone out today. They'll be putting
in place the review and the timing of it. But
(02:59):
you know, as we know, during the last labor government,
speed signs went up all over the place. There was
no consultation at all. And I know that driving to
the Coromandel is they call it a ninety kilometers safe
zone area now that when you turn off the Auckland
Motorway it goes on for some considerable time. What wouldn't
(03:22):
be a high crash area because it's a pretty straight road.
Hopefully that sort of nonsense will be gone. Also, the
speed limits that have been put in many cities around
New Zealand because people don't quite understand. Okay, it's safety,
but people don't quite understand you slow down traffic, you
slow down the economy because you slow down deliveries of goods.
(03:46):
You slow down.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
You base ladies can't get place as fast everything, you.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Know, everything has slowed down, and that what was done,
and that's what was done. And David Seymour, for one,
because he's part of that, he's the regulation review. He
said the scatter gun restrictions based on nanny state ideology,
not not evidence, are totally depressing. So they've tackled that
(04:11):
one and they're going to do it full on.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, listen, what are the farmers farmer announcements?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Well, i'll tell you what. The old farmers down at
the AGG day in Hamilton, the National Agricultural Meet there
the day before yesterday they were told they won't be
facing greenhouse gases from next year. Yesterday they were told
that a Parliamentary select committee would be looking at the
banking sector with particular reference on the rural sector. Today
(04:38):
they boosted rural support trusts to assist struggling farmers. Now
these are trusts that have been set up around the country.
If a farmer is struggling, he doesn't get money, but
he gets good advice from these trusts. So money is
going and more money is going into that. And finally
today they announced a regulatory sector review to basically remove
(05:04):
the ridiculous red tape from agriculture and horticultural products. Now,
some people say it might say, well, what does that mean, Well,
it means that at the moment, we don't have access
to product that makes animals methane a bit slower in
terms of emitting it, rye grass and developing that technology exactly,
(05:27):
so we don't have access to that. There's also science
out there that makes vegetable and plants grow faster. We
don't have access to that. We are a primary producing country.
And I think this red tape it's well and truly
beyond the time that it was reviewed.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, fair enough, Barry, Thank you. Barry Soper, Senior political correspondent.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive, listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Bary, so basing your political correspondence with us.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Hey, Barry, good afternoon, Heathery.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
When was the last time we made such a big
fuss of a visiting international leader. There's a lot of
pomp and ceremony, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
There was a lot of pomp and seramony. You can
hear it in the background there. I ran a tape
over it and watched the ceremony and fortunately the rain
didn't come down and Wellington, the wind was there was
on the front lawn of the government house. There was
a lot of moldy involvement, and you know the last time,
(00:34):
Goodness only knows.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I haven't even given it the full rundown. There was
also a guard of honor for him to inspect and
a gun salute from Point Journingham.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
But you would expect that. Well not the gun salute
was a bit surprising. But you've got to remember, sons. Yeah,
this man is extraordinarily influential in the Chinese government. I
mean he's second in the ranks of the Communist Party
in China behind the Secretary General Secretary who of course
(01:06):
as the president, Jijingping. He was here. I remember back
in twenty and fourteen and he had a similar sort
of ceremony. But for the current man, it makes him
part of the loyalist inner circle of the Chinese Communist Party.
He's also the head of government in China. So what
(01:28):
this guy says goes here's a big deal. There were
protesters out of his hotel, pro Chinese protesters, anti Chinese protesters.
Apparently that quind a bit volatile. We haven't had any
of the so called announcements that we're expecting from this visit. They'll,
no doubt come tomorrow. They will have been written a
(01:50):
few weeks ago. He'll go to dinner at Premier House tonight.
I hope they've got rid of the rodents there. And
one person who isn't there in terms of residing in
it as Chris Lux and he still resides down the
road at his apartment, not very far away at all, but.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
He will be at that dinner's night.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Wony Oh. Absolutely. And you know this country to New Zealand,
it's a forty billion dollar two way trade been growing
ever since that free trade agreement was signed back in
two thousand and eight. I was up in Beijing for it.
I was also there with Jasin da Dern who made
less than twenty four hour visit to China. I don't
(02:31):
think the Chinese would have been terribly impressed with that.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
How long is this reduction of the speed limits going
to take before they actually are reduced?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Well, I haven't said that. They said lifted, Yeah exactly.
They said that they'll essentially they're setting up a public
consultation and the documents gone out today. They'll be putting
in place the review and the timing of it. But
(02:59):
you know, as we know, during the last labor government,
speed signs went up all over the place. There was
no consultation at all. And I know that driving to
the Coromandel is they call it a ninety kilometers safe
zone area now that when you turn off the Auckland
Motorway it goes on for some considerable time. What wouldn't
(03:22):
be a high crash area because it's a pretty straight road.
Hopefully that sort of nonsense will be gone. Also, the
speed limits that have been put in many cities around
New Zealand because people don't quite understand. Okay, it's safety,
but people don't quite understand you slow down traffic, you
slow down the economy because you slow down deliveries of goods.
(03:46):
You slow down.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
You base ladies can't get place as fast everything, you.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Know, everything has slowed down, and that what was done,
and that's what was done. And David Seymour, for one,
because he's part of that, he's the regulation review. He
said the scatter gun restrictions based on nanny state ideology,
not not evidence, are totally depressing. So they've tackled that
(04:11):
one and they're going to do it full on.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, listen, what are the farmers farmer announcements?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Well, i'll tell you what. The old farmers down at
the AGG day in Hamilton, the National Agricultural Meet there
the day before yesterday they were told they won't be
facing greenhouse gases from next year. Yesterday they were told
that a Parliamentary select committee would be looking at the
banking sector with particular reference on the rural sector. Today
(04:38):
they boosted rural support trusts to assist struggling farmers. Now
these are trusts that have been set up around the country.
If a farmer is struggling, he doesn't get money, but
he gets good advice from these trusts. So money is
going and more money is going into that. And finally
today they announced a regulatory sector review to basically remove
(05:04):
the ridiculous red tape from agriculture and horticultural products. Now,
some people say it might say, well, what does that mean, Well,
it means that at the moment, we don't have access
to product that makes animals methane a bit slower in
terms of emitting it, rye grass and developing that technology exactly,
(05:27):
so we don't have access to that. There's also science
out there that makes vegetable and plants grow faster. We
don't have access to that. We are a primary producing country.
And I think this red tape it's well and truly
beyond the time that it was reviewed.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, fair enough, Barry, Thank you. Barry Soper, Senior political correspondent.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive, listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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