Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the new reports showing GDP improved in the September quarter

Most parts of the economy are growing again.

Stats NZ data out today shows GDP fell further in the June quarter than reported - at 1 percent, not 0.9.

But GDP rose 1.1 percent in the September quarter - with growth in 14 of 16 industries.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper explained what this means for the economy.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Quarter to five and that means berries here berry, good afternoon,
good afternoon, right, yay. Can we celebrate growth?

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Oh, we most certainly can. Congratulations, jubilation. We've got growth
of over one percent for the quarter, one point one percent,
and I've got to say if you look around the world,
that's a strong growth rate compared even to Australia they
had zero point four percent for the September quarter. The
UK has zero point one percent. So New Zealand's looking

(00:30):
pretty good. And of course it's a great Christmas present
for Nikola Willis. She's beaming from air to air today.
The point that she makes is that she's pleased with
particularly the growth areas two point two percent in the
manufacturing sector and one point seven percent in construction, one

(00:51):
point six percent in business services. Now, you know, we've
been harping on on this program for some time that
things are going to turn the corner, and this is
the first indication that they are turning the corner. And
I think next year is going to be a vastly
difficult year. As you know, Ryan, people have to have

(01:11):
to approach a year with confidence, and this will hopefully
give them a bit of confidence exactly.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
And All of those sectors you've just mentioned are all
job rich ones, right, So it's been part of the puzzle.
The only thing is, because you know ben Z's coming
out with something on this comparison with China and with
Australian stuff, is that we are coming off a lower
but a lower base, so it doesn't feel like we
probably don't feel like we're doing three times better than
the Australian you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
I think we're just getting over Adrian or pumping us into.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
A station exactly. You're exactly right, very exactly right.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Our Parliament wound up last night a bit of a roasting.
I had to look at the best bits last night.
Wasn't that great?

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Wasn't it? Well? One roasting? I really well, it was
several that I actually liked. Was Chris Lackson, who, of
course you mentioned it was on a jet Stares afternoon
coming back to Auckland. It won't be for cost reasons.
It'll be schedule, I would think, but you wouldn't believe
it because Heather has raved on about us going on
jet Star for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

(02:15):
For the first time we were jet Star virgins. And
the number of virgins that we came across outside the
cor club, sitting in the the you know, out in
the public concourse. Oh god, they were all virgins. Going on. Anyway,
I've said enough about that clearly, you guys.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Well, I like worry. So this is I don't have
a core membership, and I probably have flown in the
last three years more on Jetstar than I have in
New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Oh dear, oh listen, can I leave.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
I haven't been I haven't been here long enough to
get a core membership.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, I'll tell you how the price is compared. It
was one fifty bucks to fly to Wellington from Auckland
and New in New Zealand, so flight four hundred and
fifty bucks.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Yes, that's outrageous, it is.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
But anyway, look away to the roasting on Winston Peter's
Chris lux and I thought it was a great line.
He said, he's done a sterling job representing New Zealand
on the world stage. He's actually such a dedicated foreign
minister that he's mastered French. And every time he gets
a post or post something on social media, he replies,

(03:25):
we h.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
It was quite good. It was good.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
I think that's very clear.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
And the other one I quite liked is self deprecating
one where he said he spoke to Jesus every night.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
That's right, that was Seymour, he said. Earlier this year
David said that Jesus very well might support act and
he said, but I talked to the guy every night,
and I've never heard him say anything about it.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
But do you always wonder who's writing these jokes?

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Well, of course, you know, I mean you can't take
it away from him. He had to deliver it. But
I mean Chris Hopkins. He had some pretty good ones
as well. He said on Chris Bishop, for one, he
said he should be the host of a barbecue. He
prepares one special meal, a wild mushroom stroggen off, but

(04:13):
it's only for Chris Luxon, you know.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
So there was some good, good cut and we had
after t MP for her name Escape singing, singing, and
what she has a beautiful voice. I mean, she can
belt it out totally.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
Out of tune. I'm sorry, Oh it was Crane.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
I saw it cut up. I thought it was okay.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Now listen again.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
The Greens said they're going to tighten selection. Look, I
find Jetstar so clearly I've got no class, no taste.
Green said they're going to tighten the selection processes for
their party.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Well, yes, and one would you would have to say,
indeed they need to because Darley and Tana remember her,
and remember Benjamin Doyle. He faced serious threats when he
and vitriol before he decided to quit parliament after even
less than a year. Chloe Swarbrick said that they were

(05:13):
really proud of their MPs and focusing on what they're
going to do for next year's election. Well, certainly I
think they have to look at their selection process because
it really hasn't stood the test this year.

Speaker 1 (05:28):
No, it's certainly not very appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (05:31):
Nice to talk to you, Jetstar Man.

Speaker 1 (05:32):
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