July 18, 2024 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 19th of July, it's the last day of the Republican National Convention - we cross live to the US and speak to Marco Rubio's former Chief of Staff.
The Government has quietly cut the excise tax on heated tobacco products by 50%, Ryan gets the thoughts of Health Coalition Aotearoa’s Chris Bullen.
Benefit numbers for the June quarter are in and the number of people on it is on the rise. Craig Rennie from the Council of Trade Unions speaks to Ryan.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the inside. Ryan Bridge new
for twenty twenty four. On the early edition with Smith City,
New Zealand's furniture Beds and a play a store.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
US Talk said, be good morning. It is six after five.
Year on news Talk said, be welcome to your Friday morning.
We're nearly there. Everybody coming up on the show this morning.
Trump's first speech since that assassination attempts it's taking place today.
Should we be worried about all the America First rhetoric
that we're hearing from the RNC convention in Milwaukee. Marco
(00:38):
Rubio's former chief of staff, is with us just before
six to break that down. Also this morning, what's more
important stopping adults smoking cigarettes or preventing kids from starting
to vape? That's the question for you just before six thirty.
Right now it is seven after five, the agenda. It
(01:00):
is Friday, the nineteenth of July. SEEK Job data is
out showing the number of job ads dropped by eight
percent in June and thirty five percent year on year.
Country manager Rob Clark says the fall and job ads
is in line with the current economic climate and the
growing unemployment rate.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
It's pretty widespread, and you know, the Preserve Bank still
predicts unemployment to rise. A lot of the consumer and
business confidence measures are low.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Ursula Vondalane will serve another five years as President of
the European Commission following a vote among members of the
European Parliament. Four hundred and one members voted to keep
her in the role, forty one more than needed. So
you can imagine this is a very emotional and special
moment for me.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Now, I am grateful for.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
The trust and the confidence of the majority of the
European Parliament.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
She's from the center right European People's Party and was
first elected in twenty nineteen, so that's still be two
terms for her. And interestingly to get her across the line,
she needed the Green means the far right doesn't like
her to the UK. Now, five climate protesters who blocked
the major M twenty five motorway for four days have
been jailed. Forty five protesters from Just Stop Oil blocked
(02:12):
the road in November twenty twenty two, causing major gridlock
across southern England. Of the five get this, one was
sentenced to five years in prison. The others got four years.
That is how you stop a protest. It's eight after five.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
News and Views you Trust to start your day's early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture
Beds and a flying store.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
News Talk said, be you couldn't get a stark contrast
between Biden and Trump at the moment, could you. There's
Biden clenching his first bloodied face, defiant in the face
of a bullet. I mean, you want to hear what
they're saying at this RNC. Let's call it a rally,
because the number of times they shout Usa, USA, I mean,
I don't know how they have the stamina for it.
(02:57):
But anyway, you couldn't have a stark contract between Trump,
who looks to be strong, and Biden, who is now
isolating at his beach house because he's got COVID and
I just wanted to And also Pelosi's breathing down his
neck again. Apparently they had a private call and she's
trying to get him off the ticket and trying to
convince him to leave, and he's getting angry and saying no.
(03:22):
So he's at home at the beach house with his
feet up with COVID at the moment. But have a
listen to this. This was a new interview that's on YouTube.
He was asked a couple of questions which he stumbled on.
The first was his answer to a question about when
Obama tapped him to be his VP.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
Listen, I didn't plan him because when I in twenty twenty,
when broadcasted me vice president, I joined him, which is
a great.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Honor in twenty twenty, it was actually two thousand and
eight that Obama tapped him on the shoulder to be
his vice president. He was also asked about Trump's moves
to get black voters on board, and this is what
he said every.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Time every election that I ran and where it was
a nine year off here, I got over ninety seven
of the blackfoot and the number of folks participating didn't
slow down because it didn't reduce. So look, I you
know Trump.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Action, what what is he even saying? So it's not
a not a great time for the Democrats at the moment. Interestingly,
we're going to speak to Marco Rubio's chief precator, chief
press secretary later in the show, and he said, Marco Rubio,
that is he tweeted, why is it if you're a
(04:43):
Democrat and you don't believe that Trump, sorry, that Biden
can be a candidate for president. Why is he fit
to even be the president right now? So we're going
to talk to him about that later on. The Democrats,
they tried to have this vote to this procedural vote before
the nomination takes place at their convention next month. That
has failed. So it's the fundraising apparently has stalled because
(05:07):
of Biden's performance. So things aren't looking good for the Democrats.
You'd have to say, the question is when can you
actually get rid of it, rid of him if that's
what you want to do. The convention is in Chicago,
that's midway through next month. If he doesn't stand aside
by then it starts to get very very difficult, very
difficult to change the candidate. And what if he freezes
(05:28):
up on camera again? What do you do then then?
And you know, then the elections weeks away. It's far
too late to change a candidate. Then we'll talk about
all of this just before six, right now, eleven after five.
Coming up next, we are debating vaping, heated tobacco products
versus cigarettes.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
The News you Need this morning and the in depth
Analysis Early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New
Zealand's furniture beds and a playing store.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
News Talk sai'd be fourteen after five. The government has
quietly cut excise tax on heated tobacco products by fifty percent.
A spokesperson for the Associate Health Minister, Casey Costello, says
the move was made to encourage smokers to switch to
safer alternatives. However, critics say there is no evidence at
will work, saying that they have opened a pathway for
(06:13):
youth nicotine addiction. Chris Bollin is with the Health Coalition
Altered Aron is with me this morning. Chris, good morning.
Are these heated tobacco products safer than smoking?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Well, they probably are a little safer, but we don't
have a huge amount of independent research information on these products.
Most of the data we have on them is from
tobacco industry commissioned research, so there is a question mark.
But to say, I guess the important point is do
they work to help people quit smoking? Which seems to
(06:47):
be what the minister is interested in using them for,
and there's absolutely no independent research about that side of
these products.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Is there arristic kids will start using them? Is there
evidence that kids start using them they have never smoked
or vaped before.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
The kids use one is an interesting one. There's limited evidence,
but what we know is that once the price is reduced,
then new, interesting, novel products to become interesting, more accessible
to young people who have limited dispos of disposable income. So,
considering their price point now, which is quite high, this
(07:26):
removal of fifty percent of the tax will make them
much more affordable. And therefore there is a risk.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
When you say young people, we don't mean teenagers do
because they're not allowed to buy any of this stuffeat well.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Strictly speaking, they're not allowed to if they are under eighteen,
that's correct, but we're talking about eighteen to thirty year olds,
and that's really a generation that has the opportunity to
not get involved with nicotine or tobacco dependence and save
themselves a lot of misery later in life.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Chris, what's more important, because that seems to me you
can't have your cake and eat it too. What's more
important stopping adults from smoking cigarettes or preventing kids from
starting a vape or a heated tobacco product.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Well, I don't think it's quite as sort of clear
cut and dichotomis as that the fact is for adults
who are currently smoking, they've got real and present threat
their life expectancy. They're risk at having a heart attack
or cancers is very high, and so it's important that
we get that almost a quarter of a million New
(08:32):
Zealanders who are currently still smoking to quit smoking as
soon as possible. So there is a sense of urgency here. However,
you know, it's a sort of there is a risk
that with introducing new products that are untested that and
are supported by a huge marketing effort from the industries
behind them, that we will see a large number of
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young people taking up the products who've never smoked. And
that's been the problem with vping, where you've got a
good product in the case of vaping that's been tested
in trials in Charine, they effective, but the regulation has
not been enforced in the marketing to been free rein
So we don't want that to happen with these new products. Chris,
(09:17):
I think that's a real risk.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Thank you, Thank you very much for your time. Appreciate
it this morning. That's crispull And who's the Health Coalition
alted our spokesperson, just gone seventeen minutes after five here
on news Talks, he'd be, I don't know. I think
if you're if you're a smoker, still a smoker now
you're paying but somewhere between forty and fifty dollars for
a pack of twenty cigarettes, if you're still smoking when
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cigarettes are that expensive, and supposedly there's a lower income
households that are that are still smoking. I mean, how
do you even do that? How do you even afford that?
If you're still doing it now, you must be so
stubborn or addicted that you know, is anything really going
to change? I don't know. Just got eighteen after five
here on news Talks. Here be new benefit numbers out,
will have those few next.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture
Beds and a play at store news Talk set'd be it's.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Gone twenty past five. Text here from Shan says, I
can remember when vaping first entered the market, the anti
smoking lobby were dead for it. They said it would
stop people smoking cigarettes. Now they're turning around and attacking
that and the heated tobacco products. Right, it is a
twenty aufter five of us. As I say, the number
of people on a benefit has risen to a new
record for the June quarter. That's three hundred and eighty
(10:33):
one thousand people, an increase of twenty nine thousand from
the same time last year. And get this, this is
the job seeker numbers, those are ready for work, one
hundred and thirteen thousand people, up nearly fifteen percent year
on year. The number of benefit sanctions issued by the
Ministry of Social Development is also up fifty percent on
the same time last year. Craig Rennie is an economist
(10:55):
and policy director for the Council of Trade Unions. He's
with me this morning. Craig, good morning to you. Good morning.
First of all, what's your reaction to the numbers. I mean,
it's going to keep going up, the number of people
on the jobs you could benefit, right, because of the
state of the economy.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
You're absolutely right, And the number of people on the
topic of benefit is going to keep rising. The Treasury
forecasts that the number of people who were unemployed will
rise by about forty seven thousand since the Discoverment has
taken office, just because of the changing economic background, but
also we had record low unemployment until very recently, and
(11:32):
so it's heading back into more normal territory.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
So is this a necessarily a bad thing? We kind
of need We kind of need this, don't we in
some ways to rebalance the economy and get the interest
rates down.
Speaker 7 (11:45):
Unemployment is always a bad thing. The more people who
are in work, there are more households with more money
in their pockets, and poverty falls. People are better off.
Unemployment is never a thing that you're trying to aim.
It's always thing you should be trying to avoid. And
the best evidence from New Zealand is that the impact
of unemployment is felt far more than the impact of
(12:08):
the cost of living on the households.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I guess if you're the government, you're looking at you know,
let's take for example, the public service cuts. You're better off,
aren't you having people and jobs that don't produce outcomes?
You're better off having them on a benefit. You know,
what's the point in having somebody in a job if
there's no good outcome in terms of public service delivery,
just for the sake of it.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
That may be too, but we don't have any evidence
that those workers who are sitting there dost being fucked
weren't actually delivering anything. We have quite the opposite. We
have lots of evidence that those who are losing their
jobs were doing front lane, often front lane work in
New Zealand, and there are actually many of the people
we need to have in the country. We're losing skills
(12:53):
rapidly to offseas, precisely because we're cutting jobs in some
of these areas, and we're going to make it much
more difficult to deliver the claims of public services we
want to see in New Zealand if we lose many
of these people. So there's no evidence to support the
allegation at least that the people aren't doing anything. There
aren't contributing anything to New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Craig the sanctions on particularly those under twenty five. A
lot of who are about this yesterday, people saying it's terrible,
you know, particularly for the under twenty five. Isn't it
important that they have clear expectations and consequences if they
don't meet them.
Speaker 7 (13:28):
It's very important that there's clear expectations and that there's
expectations work both ways. That people are very clear as
to what they should be able to access, how they
should be able to get support, but there's also very
clear that there use that there are rules that people
have to obade by. But when we look at the data,
there does seem to have been a really big shift
(13:50):
in the number of assumptions that have been delivered, particularly
in this last quarter, and ext questions of what's different
now with what was happening three months ago.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Craig, thanks very much for your time. That's Craig Rennie
who's with the Council of Trade Unions. Just gone twenty
four minutes after five. We're back in just a second
talking about school attendance.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Separating the fact from the section Kids Billy edition with
Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and Appliant Store News
Talk z'd.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Be twenty six after five. More than a quarter of
students skipped school the friday before King's Birthday weekend. More
than a quarter of our kids didn't show up to
class because they wanted a four day weekend. The question
is were they wagging or did Mum and Dad take
them on holiday wee weekend batch or a few days fishing.
Perhaps when I was at school, Mum would never have
(14:42):
allowed us to take a day off school for anything.
Really other than sickness, and only if it was serious.
We definitely weren't taken out of school for a holiday.
So why are parents allowing this to happen? Do you
think surely as a mum or a dad, as a parent,
a caregiver, you want the best for your kids, and
the evidence shows the more that at school learning, the
better off they'll be. The government is celebrating a slight
(15:03):
uptick in school attendance at the moment. The Ministry of
Education figures shows fifty three point one percent of students
attended regularly at school for term two. That's compared to
forty seven percent during the same time last year. So
a slight uptick, and I mean you've got to take
the wins where you can get them right. Other data
appears to show that term time trips to Fiji, for example,
(15:25):
are becoming a thing of the past. This is Flight
Center data showing that travel during the school term has
dropped thirty percent and they are going in the holidays
instead when it's more expensive. I suppose the question for
Seymour et l. Is whether the kids who are skipping
school because mum and dad want to take them skiing
would have ended up ram rating a dairy for example.
(15:47):
Because Seymour's argument is that if you're out of school,
you'll be committing crime. That you know, today's truancy crisis
is tomorrow's crime crisis. The question is whether that is
the case, or whether kids either wagging or skipping school
because their parents don't care is the bigger problem. It's
just gone twenty eight minutes after five.
Speaker 8 (16:08):
Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Now there's a very bizarre story out of Italy, the
Italian journalist who's been ordered to pay five thousand euros
and damages because he did a Twitter post about the
prime minister, the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Maloney. He put
a picture up where he'd photoshopped her next to Mussolini,
the dictator, and I would have thought that is what
(16:30):
she would have been sewing for. But no, Actually the
reason that he got the fine is because he referred
to her as a little woman. He said, quote, you
don't scare me, you little woman. You're only four foot tall.
I can't even see you. And the court decided, actually, no,
we're okay with the Mussolini photoshop, but we're not okay
with what they called body shaming. So there you go.
(16:53):
He's been ordered to pay five thousand euros nine thousand
New Zealand dollars as a result of that, this journalist,
and she says is going to donate it to charity,
which is very nice of her. Yeah, according to various
Italian news outlets, she's actually one point sixty three meters
tool or five foot three. So I guess on that
(17:14):
basis it is defamation, you know. He he's making things up
about her height. Twenty nine minutes after five, News is
next and we are live to the Republican National Convention.
Just before six.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Get ahead of the headlines. Ryan Bridge you for twenty
twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's
furniture bids and a player store News talk zid be.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Good more. I twenty four away from six on news talks.
He'd be lots of text coming in about education. I
sort of asked a question, why would you allow your
kid to take a quarter of all kids attending school
took the friday off before the long weekend, the King's
Birthday weekend? And I said, why would you do that?
Wouldn't you rather your kids at school? Andy says the
key is the statement in school learning every parent and
(18:22):
kid knows these days that half the time spent at
school is doing bugger all. But that's the polite way
of putting it. And between all of the teachers only days,
the teacher development days, the union meetings, the kids are
at school more than the staff anyway, Andy, thanks for
your text. Another from one of our listeners, his morning, Ryan,
(18:42):
do you think the reason for people taking the Friday
off is because they've lost confidence in the schooling system altogether?
It's a very valid point. Twenty three minutes away from
six now. Yesterday the Republican National Convention. JD Vance was
obviously the headline act Trump's running mate, but actually I
thought the real star of the show was Kai Trump.
(19:03):
This is Donald Trump's seventeen year old granddaughter. She did
an address to the crowd which was very well received,
and apparently he's doing quite well on TikTok. And she
spoke about as she calls him Grandpa, spoke about Grandpa
calling her at school to talk about his golf game.
Speaker 9 (19:18):
We played golf together. If I'm nine, as tim, he'll
try again. Inside of my head, I know, and he's
always surprised. I don't let him get to me. But
I have to remind him I'm a Trump two.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
So let me go away from six. On news Talk ZEVB,
We're going to Emily Ansel, who's in Dunedin. Now, EMI controversy, controversy,
I should say, over the McDonald's Golden Arches and Wanica.
Speaker 8 (19:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (19:49):
The first public submissions to the Queenstown Lakes District Council
show the majority opposed granting consent for the restaurant to
open in the tourist town. Concerns include food waste pou
and local outlets losing business. Although Auckland University planning expert
Bell McKay says there's no mandate for submissions to influence
counsel's decision, he says it's likely it will be approved,
(20:12):
but with conditions like reducing hours or signage or altering
the color scheme.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Weather today Emily morning, low.
Speaker 10 (20:20):
Cloud or fog, then fine with increasing high cloud northeasterlyes
with a high of eleven.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Thanks so much. It's got to clear sherwood in christ Church. Clear.
I can't believe that it's actually already been a year
since the disappearance of Yan Fayebao.
Speaker 11 (20:35):
Yes, Ryan, we can't believe it either. A search, of course,
was sparked at twelve months ago today for the forty
four year old after she failed to pick up her
young daughter from after school care ting. Junkow will stand
trial for yan Feyboo's murder in October, although no body
has been found. Last year's search teams had focused around
the Horswell River as well as Lake Alismere. Detective Inspector
(20:57):
Nikola Reeves is confirming that they're still looking. In a
recent search effort which saw them return to the Green
Park area that's near Lake Alismere, Reeve says they still
haven't found some items that formed part of a public
appeal last year, including clothing and fase, handbag contents and
a shovel.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Such a mystery, isn't it there? Weather today clear, low.
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Cloud and patch night was a real clear to find
this afternoon before a few spots of rain again later
northeasterlies are high of twelve and six overnight.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Thank you Azaria House and Wellington. The art gallery in
the Capital that might have to close.
Speaker 12 (21:32):
Yeah, so it's actually facing a lifeline. So the Capital
City Gallery was forced to close last month until twenty
twenty six, So quite a decent chunk of time due
to disruptive construction in Civic Square. The Civic administration buildings
being demolished by the Council in some streets are closed
(21:53):
to traffic. A big crane also up their development of
a new building will take place once the demolition's done.
The council seeking to restore the civic heart of the city,
as it says other businesses near the site have previously
been considering taking legal action against the Wellington City Council,
suggesting the development is driving people out of the area.
(22:15):
Now City Gallery has announced its partnering with the National
Library to display some of its exhibitions while it is
out of action as that construction work goes on. Experience
Wellington's Diana Marsh says it's an exciting opportunity that allows
the galleries work to continue.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Sorry, thank you for that weather today.
Speaker 12 (22:35):
Yeah, it appears Auckland's fog has made its way to Wellington.
Quite a foggy morning today. Today's weather fine apart from
areas of morning fog, low cloud becoming mostly cloudy with
the odd evening shower high of fifteen today.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Thank you very much. Never regymind is with us in Auckland.
Speaker 5 (22:51):
So that's where our FOG's gone. Good, well, last fog
here in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
This is fog watch with meither last night? Did you
there was foggy time the afternoon. I've never seen fog in.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
The afternoon, I must admit.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
On the met Service, you know, they did say, you know,
the fog, it will dissipate at midday.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
And then it's going to roll back in the evening.
Speaker 5 (23:11):
And I was reading it, I thought, oh, yeah, sure, right,
and I was at home, had the windows open and everything.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
I thought, there's that fog they were talking about rolling
in next minute. That's right. Hey, you've got a serious
question for you.
Speaker 7 (23:22):
Now.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
I am going to my first ninetieth birthday. Oh I've
been invited Kent.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
It's cool, and it's it's not.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Someone that I'm related to, because I don't know anyone
who's lived to that ripe old age. So it's a
friend's auntie.
Speaker 4 (23:36):
But what do you take? What like a present?
Speaker 5 (23:39):
I was thinking, I don't want to get flowers. It's
kind of like an experience. And I thought, if I
live to be ninety, what do I want?
Speaker 2 (23:45):
What would I like to know? Some fudge or something.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
Oh, fudge.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
I was thinking like a bungee jump or a you know,
like go out.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
You know what would you want to be doing that?
You'd want them to make ninety one?
Speaker 8 (24:00):
You correct me?
Speaker 9 (24:01):
Up?
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Hey speaking, Do you know what I was laughing yesterday
watching that RNC convention? Oh? Yes, And did you see
that all of Trump's supporters had air patches on?
Speaker 3 (24:08):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (24:09):
Did that?
Speaker 2 (24:09):
And support?
Speaker 4 (24:10):
Oh my god, I wish i'd seen that.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I did look at it Siday, but I did wonder also,
I wonder what Biden's lot will wear to be in
support of him. Would they wear diapers? They might?
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Were watching?
Speaker 5 (24:25):
What's the weather like Todaynoka, Well the weather is I
said earlier, no folk, So we've got isolated showers turning
to rain, late morning heavy falls possible. It was actually
going to be raining all weekend. Temperatures a little bit
warmer for US. Sixteen is the high today.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Brilliant, Never enjoy that ninetieth birthday party.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
I shall report back on Monday.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Brilliant seventeen away from six here on news Talk, said
b And we are live to just before six o'clock.
We're live to the convention that we've been talking about.
Donald Trump due to give his keynote address.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Today International correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance Peace of
mind for News Island business.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
In just a few moments of the lied to met Tyrrel,
who's Marco Rubio's former chief of staff, and that's state
Florida Senator. Right now though, we're going to Vincent McVinnie,
who is our UK and Europe correspondent. The European political
community has met, including President Zelinski.
Speaker 13 (25:18):
Good morning, Ryan, Yes, that is right. So this is
a new invention actually of French President Emmanuel Macron, and
it's meant to try and unite Europe in the wake
of the Ukraine War beyond just the nations that are
in the EU and NATO. So for instance, why the UK,
which is no longer in the EU, plays a part
in it. It was held today at Blenham Palace, the
birthplace of Winston Churchill, and dozens of European leaders got
(25:41):
together to discuss the challenges facing the continent. Now, this
was a big opportunity for our new Prime Minister, so
Keas Starmer, to try and reset the relationship with Europe.
It was a bit of a gift actually him having
the election and then this meeting just two weeks later
by former Prime Minister Richie sunek so so Kios star
has been meeting all his fellow European leaders. He said
(26:02):
that he wants to reset in relations with the European Union.
He's not saying that the UK is going to rejoin
or he wants us to rejoin any time soon, but
he thinks that a better deal could be struck, particularly
on a key issue facing all nations in Europe now,
and that is a legal migration. He wants countries to
work closer, more cooperation on smashing gangs which are involved
(26:23):
in human trafficking, and particularly a better deal with the
French because of the passage through the channel, with the
UK currently paying millions to the French to try and
stop that, but the numbers growing every single year. He's
admitted to Keir Starmer that it's a hard challenge, but
he's trying to lead by from the front by announcing
about eighty four million pounds worth of UK aid to
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fund projects in Africa and the Middle East to try
and stop the illegal migration at its source and from
people traveling up to Europe.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Vincent, thank you for that. That's Vincent mcavinny, our UK
and europe correspondent A twelve away from six. That's It's
the last day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin today and the Republican nominee, Donald Trump will take
to the stage to accept the party's nomination. It'll also
be his first speaking gig, his first speaking event since
(27:13):
he was shot in an assassination attempt just over a
week ago. The managing partner of Firehouse Strategies and Marco
Rubio's former chief of staff, Matt Terrell, is with us. Matt,
thank you for being on the program. What are you
expecting from Trump's speech today?
Speaker 8 (27:30):
I great to be with you. In terms of the
speech todight, you know, look, I think the tone of
that speech will be one that's going to be talking
about unity. I think it's be a big theme that
we've seen, of course throughout this convention. I think will
be a big theme it's tonight's speech, and not just
unity for the Republican Party, but unity for the country.
And certainly I think you'll touch on the key issues
(27:52):
that American stationwide are focused in on this election, including
the can and the inflation, immigration and crime, among other issues.
Of course, but those will be the core issues you'll
likely narrow in on during this speech as well. So
we'll see what he does tonight during the speech, but
I think that's a part of what we'll see in
the speech this evening.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Do you think he'll talk about Biden much? Do you
think he'll talk about the facties at home, you know,
on the bag chest with COVID.
Speaker 8 (28:20):
Well, certainly, elections are a referendum on the company and office,
and right now the company is as we he President
Joe Biden. And look, I think a big part of
this speech is going to be drawing contrast not just
between former President Trump and President Biden, but former President
Trump and Democratic policies. You know, given that there have
been reports and we're hearing for the reports coming out
(28:42):
this week about discussions around President Biden's candidacy and who
the Democrat nominee will or will not be for president.
Leave that to the Democrat Party to discuss. But you know,
the bottom line is, I think this speech is just
going to be focused on President Biden, but also the
Vice president, and then obviously on Democrat policies as well,
trying those contrasts that can be some PLC as well.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yes, speaking of that policy. A lot of the talk
obviously is about America first, you know, protectionism, less king
on free trade deals, particularly if they result in job losses.
In Russbecket's rough spelt states, what what's how worried should
a small trading nation like New Zealand be about this
America first strategy? Is it? Is it going to have
(29:24):
a big impact on the rest of us? Do you think?
Speaker 8 (29:29):
Well? Look, i' let four person Trump speak for himself
in terms of his policies, whether it's on domestic or
international issues. I can just tell you, you know, I
think many Americans will look at what he did over
the past four years or excuse me, the four years that
he was president and essentially say, look, you know, did
did they like those four years of the four president
Trump era, whether it's on trade or other issues, or
(29:51):
do they not like it? And they're going to compare
a trast that record to present Biden's four years in office.
So I think, you know, as voters unpack that, you know,
I think they're going to look at, you know, how
they feel about it and say, you know, as we
go over the next four years into the future, you
know now what's in the best interest of the United States,
and ultimately, obviously we live in a global society here.
You know, what's good for the United States often is
(30:13):
good in terms of international dynamics and making sure we
have good partnerships around the world as well. So look,
all of four, President Trump dive into his policies and
it takes shape your particulars. I think you'll see in
this speech tonight. But certainly that's what that Nurkas are
focused on in particularly relates to our economy. You know,
the economy, inflation. Those are vital issues right now, top
tier issues that voters are focused in on here.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
All right, Matt thinks very much for your time. That's
Matt Tyrell, Marco Rubio's former chief of staff, with US
live from these states this morning, just gone nine away
from six o'clock. We're going to talk to Mike Hoskin next. Interestingly,
the if your vice president, you cannot live in the
same state as the president. You can't have two people
living in the same state on the same ticket, which
(30:55):
some people thought might be why Marco Rubio didn't get
didn't get the nomination. I don't think that that's why
he didn't get the nomination. It has just gone eight
away from Sex. Back at a Second.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City New Zealand's Furniture Bids and
a playing store.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
News Talk said, be sex Away from Sex. Mike hostings
with us next. Watching that RNC the convention. They're like
a royal family over there, now, aren't they? The Trumps?
Speaker 14 (31:26):
And it's moazing to watch. I thought yesterday the start
the whole week I found I don't know how many
hours I've watched, but most of them, but just to
watch the Kai Trump, who's the daughter of Donald Jor,
I thought she was magnificent. Just forget all the politics
for a moment, and you know, whether you'd ever vote
for them or like them or whatever the case may be,
I thought she was spectacular. And if you're looking for images,
(31:49):
there was some beautiful pictures yesterday. He had his grandkids there,
at least half a dozen of them as far as
I could count, And.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
He looked normal.
Speaker 14 (31:56):
He looked like, you know, he had his arm around
one of them and they were hugging him and stuff.
If you're running that and looking to put pictures out
to the world that sort of portrayed this bloke as
being normal and you know, someone you can relate to,
you can't go wrong.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
And JD.
Speaker 14 (32:09):
Varance yesterday I thought he's no orator.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
No, he wasn't an orrator.
Speaker 14 (32:12):
Bit flat, but he told he told a good story
because he's got to get he's got the story. He's
got a good story to tell. So, I mean, so
the week's been fascinating. The big big thing this morning
is I think Bline's going to go by the weekend.
The reporters he's out and Obama's talked to him now,
Schumer and Pelosi talked to him yesterday, and that's where
these comments. He's more receptive to going now apparently. But
if you look at him get up the steps to
(32:33):
the plane yesterday.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
It was it was pathetic. And how can you, I
mean imagine if he had another one of those brain fades,
you know two weeks out from there.
Speaker 14 (32:41):
Well you played that clipse those interviews that he's pre recorded.
He goes out to prove he's sharp and does the
opposite in the week that Trump did what Trump has done.
I mean, you can't you can't write this stuff. I mean,
it's been really fit. Once again, even if you don't
follow this, it's been the extraordinary week and affixed us all.
(33:04):
Say what you want about American politics and Trump and
presidential elections, it affects each and every one of us
because America's the most powerful country in the world.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
In the prison and especially the number of times they
said America first at that convention, which which is probably
the best the best impact.
Speaker 14 (33:16):
There's sort of the yeah, I mean, ultimately, it's not good.
I mean, it's not good for Ukraine, it's not good
for China, it's not good for us. I mean, they're
all isolationists essentially, So if you want to extrapolate it
out to that, and in that sense, that'll be a story.
But if you look at it this even people like
if you watch CNN, even people like John King, who's
I think a very very you know, down the middle commentator,
(33:38):
he said, if this election was held tomorrow, they would
romp home in a way that you haven't seen, which
is why Schumer and Pelosi are.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
So desperate to get Trump.
Speaker 14 (33:46):
But if that happens this weekend and you're presented with
Kamela Harris, you've got to ask the question, has anything
really changed and that's their problem.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
Good.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Like everybody, Mike hosting with you next here on News Talks,
you'd be thank you for being with me this week
and this morning. Really appreciate it. I'll be back on Monday.
Have a great weekend labor or hanging out the Passenger.
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
US Talk said, be good morning. It is six after five.
Year on news Talk said, be welcome to your Friday morning.
We're nearly there. Everybody coming up on the show this morning.
Trump's first speech since that assassination attempts it's taking place today.
Should we be worried about all the America First rhetoric
that we're hearing from the RNC convention in Milwaukee. Marco
(00:38):
Rubio's former chief of staff, is with us just before
six to break that down. Also this morning, what's more
important stopping adults smoking cigarettes or preventing kids from starting
to vape? That's the question for you just before six thirty.
Right now it is seven after five, the agenda. It
(01:00):
is Friday, the nineteenth of July. SEEK Job data is
out showing the number of job ads dropped by eight
percent in June and thirty five percent year on year.
Country manager Rob Clark says the fall and job ads
is in line with the current economic climate and the
growing unemployment rate.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
It's pretty widespread, and you know, the Preserve Bank still
predicts unemployment to rise. A lot of the consumer and
business confidence measures are low.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Ursula Vondalane will serve another five years as President of
the European Commission following a vote among members of the
European Parliament. Four hundred and one members voted to keep
her in the role, forty one more than needed. So
you can imagine this is a very emotional and special
moment for me.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Now, I am grateful for.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
The trust and the confidence of the majority of the
European Parliament.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
She's from the center right European People's Party and was
first elected in twenty nineteen, so that's still be two
terms for her. And interestingly to get her across the line,
she needed the Green means the far right doesn't like
her to the UK. Now, five climate protesters who blocked
the major M twenty five motorway for four days have
been jailed. Forty five protesters from Just Stop Oil blocked
(02:12):
the road in November twenty twenty two, causing major gridlock
across southern England. Of the five get this, one was
sentenced to five years in prison. The others got four years.
That is how you stop a protest. It's eight after five.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
News and Views you Trust to start your day's early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture
Beds and a flying store.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
News Talk said, be you couldn't get a stark contrast
between Biden and Trump at the moment, could you. There's
Biden clenching his first bloodied face, defiant in the face
of a bullet. I mean, you want to hear what
they're saying at this RNC. Let's call it a rally,
because the number of times they shout Usa, USA, I mean,
I don't know how they have the stamina for it.
(02:57):
But anyway, you couldn't have a stark contract between Trump,
who looks to be strong, and Biden, who is now
isolating at his beach house because he's got COVID and
I just wanted to And also Pelosi's breathing down his
neck again. Apparently they had a private call and she's
trying to get him off the ticket and trying to
convince him to leave, and he's getting angry and saying no.
(03:22):
So he's at home at the beach house with his
feet up with COVID at the moment. But have a
listen to this. This was a new interview that's on YouTube.
He was asked a couple of questions which he stumbled on.
The first was his answer to a question about when
Obama tapped him to be his VP.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
Listen, I didn't plan him because when I in twenty twenty,
when broadcasted me vice president, I joined him, which is
a great.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Honor in twenty twenty, it was actually two thousand and
eight that Obama tapped him on the shoulder to be
his vice president. He was also asked about Trump's moves
to get black voters on board, and this is what
he said every.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Time every election that I ran and where it was
a nine year off here, I got over ninety seven
of the blackfoot and the number of folks participating didn't
slow down because it didn't reduce. So look, I you
know Trump.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Action, what what is he even saying? So it's not
a not a great time for the Democrats at the moment. Interestingly,
we're going to speak to Marco Rubio's chief precator, chief
press secretary later in the show, and he said, Marco Rubio,
that is he tweeted, why is it if you're a
(04:43):
Democrat and you don't believe that Trump, sorry, that Biden
can be a candidate for president. Why is he fit
to even be the president right now? So we're going
to talk to him about that later on. The Democrats,
they tried to have this vote to this procedural vote before
the nomination takes place at their convention next month. That
has failed. So it's the fundraising apparently has stalled because
(05:07):
of Biden's performance. So things aren't looking good for the Democrats.
You'd have to say, the question is when can you
actually get rid of it, rid of him if that's
what you want to do. The convention is in Chicago,
that's midway through next month. If he doesn't stand aside
by then it starts to get very very difficult, very
difficult to change the candidate. And what if he freezes
(05:28):
up on camera again? What do you do then then?
And you know, then the elections weeks away. It's far
too late to change a candidate. Then we'll talk about
all of this just before six, right now, eleven after five.
Coming up next, we are debating vaping, heated tobacco products
versus cigarettes.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
The News you Need this morning and the in depth
Analysis Early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New
Zealand's furniture beds and a playing store.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
News Talk sai'd be fourteen after five. The government has
quietly cut excise tax on heated tobacco products by fifty percent.
A spokesperson for the Associate Health Minister, Casey Costello, says
the move was made to encourage smokers to switch to
safer alternatives. However, critics say there is no evidence at
will work, saying that they have opened a pathway for
(06:13):
youth nicotine addiction. Chris Bollin is with the Health Coalition
Altered Aron is with me this morning. Chris, good morning.
Are these heated tobacco products safer than smoking?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Well, they probably are a little safer, but we don't
have a huge amount of independent research information on these products.
Most of the data we have on them is from
tobacco industry commissioned research, so there is a question mark.
But to say, I guess the important point is do
they work to help people quit smoking? Which seems to
(06:47):
be what the minister is interested in using them for,
and there's absolutely no independent research about that side of
these products.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Is there arristic kids will start using them? Is there
evidence that kids start using them they have never smoked
or vaped before.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
The kids use one is an interesting one. There's limited evidence,
but what we know is that once the price is reduced,
then new, interesting, novel products to become interesting, more accessible
to young people who have limited dispos of disposable income. So,
considering their price point now, which is quite high, this
(07:26):
removal of fifty percent of the tax will make them
much more affordable. And therefore there is a risk.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
When you say young people, we don't mean teenagers do
because they're not allowed to buy any of this stuffeat well.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Strictly speaking, they're not allowed to if they are under eighteen,
that's correct, but we're talking about eighteen to thirty year olds,
and that's really a generation that has the opportunity to
not get involved with nicotine or tobacco dependence and save
themselves a lot of misery later in life.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Chris, what's more important, because that seems to me you
can't have your cake and eat it too. What's more
important stopping adults from smoking cigarettes or preventing kids from
starting a vape or a heated tobacco product.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Well, I don't think it's quite as sort of clear
cut and dichotomis as that the fact is for adults
who are currently smoking, they've got real and present threat
their life expectancy. They're risk at having a heart attack
or cancers is very high, and so it's important that
we get that almost a quarter of a million New
(08:32):
Zealanders who are currently still smoking to quit smoking as
soon as possible. So there is a sense of urgency here. However,
you know, it's a sort of there is a risk
that with introducing new products that are untested that and
are supported by a huge marketing effort from the industries
behind them, that we will see a large number of
(08:55):
young people taking up the products who've never smoked. And
that's been the problem with vping, where you've got a
good product in the case of vaping that's been tested
in trials in Charine, they effective, but the regulation has
not been enforced in the marketing to been free rein
So we don't want that to happen with these new products. Chris,
(09:17):
I think that's a real risk.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Thank you, Thank you very much for your time. Appreciate
it this morning. That's crispull And who's the Health Coalition
alted our spokesperson, just gone seventeen minutes after five here
on news Talks, he'd be, I don't know. I think
if you're if you're a smoker, still a smoker now
you're paying but somewhere between forty and fifty dollars for
a pack of twenty cigarettes, if you're still smoking when
(09:40):
cigarettes are that expensive, and supposedly there's a lower income
households that are that are still smoking. I mean, how
do you even do that? How do you even afford that?
If you're still doing it now, you must be so
stubborn or addicted that you know, is anything really going
to change? I don't know. Just got eighteen after five
here on news Talks. Here be new benefit numbers out,
will have those few next.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's furniture
Beds and a play at store news Talk set'd be it's.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Gone twenty past five. Text here from Shan says, I
can remember when vaping first entered the market, the anti
smoking lobby were dead for it. They said it would
stop people smoking cigarettes. Now they're turning around and attacking
that and the heated tobacco products. Right, it is a
twenty aufter five of us. As I say, the number
of people on a benefit has risen to a new
record for the June quarter. That's three hundred and eighty
(10:33):
one thousand people, an increase of twenty nine thousand from
the same time last year. And get this, this is
the job seeker numbers, those are ready for work, one
hundred and thirteen thousand people, up nearly fifteen percent year
on year. The number of benefit sanctions issued by the
Ministry of Social Development is also up fifty percent on
the same time last year. Craig Rennie is an economist
(10:55):
and policy director for the Council of Trade Unions. He's
with me this morning. Craig, good morning to you. Good morning.
First of all, what's your reaction to the numbers. I mean,
it's going to keep going up, the number of people
on the jobs you could benefit, right, because of the
state of the economy.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
You're absolutely right, And the number of people on the
topic of benefit is going to keep rising. The Treasury
forecasts that the number of people who were unemployed will
rise by about forty seven thousand since the Discoverment has
taken office, just because of the changing economic background, but
also we had record low unemployment until very recently, and
(11:32):
so it's heading back into more normal territory.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
So is this a necessarily a bad thing? We kind
of need We kind of need this, don't we in
some ways to rebalance the economy and get the interest
rates down.
Speaker 7 (11:45):
Unemployment is always a bad thing. The more people who
are in work, there are more households with more money
in their pockets, and poverty falls. People are better off.
Unemployment is never a thing that you're trying to aim.
It's always thing you should be trying to avoid. And
the best evidence from New Zealand is that the impact
of unemployment is felt far more than the impact of
(12:08):
the cost of living on the households.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I guess if you're the government, you're looking at you know,
let's take for example, the public service cuts. You're better off,
aren't you having people and jobs that don't produce outcomes?
You're better off having them on a benefit. You know,
what's the point in having somebody in a job if
there's no good outcome in terms of public service delivery,
just for the sake of it.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
That may be too, but we don't have any evidence
that those workers who are sitting there dost being fucked
weren't actually delivering anything. We have quite the opposite. We
have lots of evidence that those who are losing their
jobs were doing front lane, often front lane work in
New Zealand, and there are actually many of the people
we need to have in the country. We're losing skills
(12:53):
rapidly to offseas, precisely because we're cutting jobs in some
of these areas, and we're going to make it much
more difficult to deliver the claims of public services we
want to see in New Zealand if we lose many
of these people. So there's no evidence to support the
allegation at least that the people aren't doing anything. There
aren't contributing anything to New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Craig the sanctions on particularly those under twenty five. A
lot of who are about this yesterday, people saying it's terrible,
you know, particularly for the under twenty five. Isn't it
important that they have clear expectations and consequences if they
don't meet them.
Speaker 7 (13:28):
It's very important that there's clear expectations and that there's
expectations work both ways. That people are very clear as
to what they should be able to access, how they
should be able to get support, but there's also very
clear that there use that there are rules that people
have to obade by. But when we look at the data,
there does seem to have been a really big shift
(13:50):
in the number of assumptions that have been delivered, particularly
in this last quarter, and ext questions of what's different
now with what was happening three months ago.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Craig, thanks very much for your time. That's Craig Rennie
who's with the Council of Trade Unions. Just gone twenty
four minutes after five. We're back in just a second
talking about school attendance.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Separating the fact from the section Kids Billy edition with
Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and Appliant Store News
Talk z'd.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Be twenty six after five. More than a quarter of
students skipped school the friday before King's Birthday weekend. More
than a quarter of our kids didn't show up to
class because they wanted a four day weekend. The question
is were they wagging or did Mum and Dad take
them on holiday wee weekend batch or a few days fishing.
Perhaps when I was at school, Mum would never have
(14:42):
allowed us to take a day off school for anything.
Really other than sickness, and only if it was serious.
We definitely weren't taken out of school for a holiday.
So why are parents allowing this to happen? Do you
think surely as a mum or a dad, as a parent,
a caregiver, you want the best for your kids, and
the evidence shows the more that at school learning, the
better off they'll be. The government is celebrating a slight
(15:03):
uptick in school attendance at the moment. The Ministry of
Education figures shows fifty three point one percent of students
attended regularly at school for term two. That's compared to
forty seven percent during the same time last year. So
a slight uptick, and I mean you've got to take
the wins where you can get them right. Other data
appears to show that term time trips to Fiji, for example,
(15:25):
are becoming a thing of the past. This is Flight
Center data showing that travel during the school term has
dropped thirty percent and they are going in the holidays
instead when it's more expensive. I suppose the question for
Seymour et l. Is whether the kids who are skipping
school because mum and dad want to take them skiing
would have ended up ram rating a dairy for example.
(15:47):
Because Seymour's argument is that if you're out of school,
you'll be committing crime. That you know, today's truancy crisis
is tomorrow's crime crisis. The question is whether that is
the case, or whether kids either wagging or skipping school
because their parents don't care is the bigger problem. It's
just gone twenty eight minutes after five.
Speaker 8 (16:08):
Ryan Bridge.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Now there's a very bizarre story out of Italy, the
Italian journalist who's been ordered to pay five thousand euros
and damages because he did a Twitter post about the
prime minister, the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Maloney. He put
a picture up where he'd photoshopped her next to Mussolini,
the dictator, and I would have thought that is what
(16:30):
she would have been sewing for. But no, Actually the
reason that he got the fine is because he referred
to her as a little woman. He said, quote, you
don't scare me, you little woman. You're only four foot tall.
I can't even see you. And the court decided, actually, no,
we're okay with the Mussolini photoshop, but we're not okay
with what they called body shaming. So there you go.
(16:53):
He's been ordered to pay five thousand euros nine thousand
New Zealand dollars as a result of that, this journalist,
and she says is going to donate it to charity,
which is very nice of her. Yeah, according to various
Italian news outlets, she's actually one point sixty three meters
tool or five foot three. So I guess on that
(17:14):
basis it is defamation, you know. He he's making things up
about her height. Twenty nine minutes after five, News is
next and we are live to the Republican National Convention.
Just before six.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Get ahead of the headlines. Ryan Bridge you for twenty
twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's
furniture bids and a player store News talk zid be.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Good more. I twenty four away from six on news talks.
He'd be lots of text coming in about education. I
sort of asked a question, why would you allow your
kid to take a quarter of all kids attending school
took the friday off before the long weekend, the King's
Birthday weekend? And I said, why would you do that?
Wouldn't you rather your kids at school? Andy says the
key is the statement in school learning every parent and
(18:22):
kid knows these days that half the time spent at
school is doing bugger all. But that's the polite way
of putting it. And between all of the teachers only days,
the teacher development days, the union meetings, the kids are
at school more than the staff anyway, Andy, thanks for
your text. Another from one of our listeners, his morning, Ryan,
(18:42):
do you think the reason for people taking the Friday
off is because they've lost confidence in the schooling system altogether?
It's a very valid point. Twenty three minutes away from
six now. Yesterday the Republican National Convention. JD Vance was
obviously the headline act Trump's running mate, but actually I
thought the real star of the show was Kai Trump.
(19:03):
This is Donald Trump's seventeen year old granddaughter. She did
an address to the crowd which was very well received,
and apparently he's doing quite well on TikTok. And she
spoke about as she calls him Grandpa, spoke about Grandpa
calling her at school to talk about his golf game.
Speaker 9 (19:18):
We played golf together. If I'm nine, as tim, he'll
try again. Inside of my head, I know, and he's
always surprised. I don't let him get to me. But
I have to remind him I'm a Trump two.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
So let me go away from six. On news Talk ZEVB,
We're going to Emily Ansel, who's in Dunedin. Now, EMI controversy, controversy,
I should say, over the McDonald's Golden Arches and Wanica.
Speaker 8 (19:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (19:49):
The first public submissions to the Queenstown Lakes District Council
show the majority opposed granting consent for the restaurant to
open in the tourist town. Concerns include food waste pou
and local outlets losing business. Although Auckland University planning expert
Bell McKay says there's no mandate for submissions to influence
counsel's decision, he says it's likely it will be approved,
(20:12):
but with conditions like reducing hours or signage or altering
the color scheme.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Weather today Emily morning, low.
Speaker 10 (20:20):
Cloud or fog, then fine with increasing high cloud northeasterlyes
with a high of eleven.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Thanks so much. It's got to clear sherwood in christ Church. Clear.
I can't believe that it's actually already been a year
since the disappearance of Yan Fayebao.
Speaker 11 (20:35):
Yes, Ryan, we can't believe it either. A search, of course,
was sparked at twelve months ago today for the forty
four year old after she failed to pick up her
young daughter from after school care ting. Junkow will stand
trial for yan Feyboo's murder in October, although no body
has been found. Last year's search teams had focused around
the Horswell River as well as Lake Alismere. Detective Inspector
(20:57):
Nikola Reeves is confirming that they're still looking. In a
recent search effort which saw them return to the Green
Park area that's near Lake Alismere, Reeve says they still
haven't found some items that formed part of a public
appeal last year, including clothing and fase, handbag contents and
a shovel.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Such a mystery, isn't it there? Weather today clear, low.
Speaker 11 (21:17):
Cloud and patch night was a real clear to find
this afternoon before a few spots of rain again later
northeasterlies are high of twelve and six overnight.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Thank you Azaria House and Wellington. The art gallery in
the Capital that might have to close.
Speaker 12 (21:32):
Yeah, so it's actually facing a lifeline. So the Capital
City Gallery was forced to close last month until twenty
twenty six, So quite a decent chunk of time due
to disruptive construction in Civic Square. The Civic administration buildings
being demolished by the Council in some streets are closed
(21:53):
to traffic. A big crane also up their development of
a new building will take place once the demolition's done.
The council seeking to restore the civic heart of the city,
as it says other businesses near the site have previously
been considering taking legal action against the Wellington City Council,
suggesting the development is driving people out of the area.
(22:15):
Now City Gallery has announced its partnering with the National
Library to display some of its exhibitions while it is
out of action as that construction work goes on. Experience
Wellington's Diana Marsh says it's an exciting opportunity that allows
the galleries work to continue.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Sorry, thank you for that weather today.
Speaker 12 (22:35):
Yeah, it appears Auckland's fog has made its way to Wellington.
Quite a foggy morning today. Today's weather fine apart from
areas of morning fog, low cloud becoming mostly cloudy with
the odd evening shower high of fifteen today.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Thank you very much. Never regymind is with us in Auckland.
Speaker 5 (22:51):
So that's where our FOG's gone. Good, well, last fog
here in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
This is fog watch with meither last night? Did you
there was foggy time the afternoon. I've never seen fog in.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
The afternoon, I must admit.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
On the met Service, you know, they did say, you know,
the fog, it will dissipate at midday.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
And then it's going to roll back in the evening.
Speaker 5 (23:11):
And I was reading it, I thought, oh, yeah, sure, right,
and I was at home, had the windows open and everything.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
I thought, there's that fog they were talking about rolling
in next minute. That's right. Hey, you've got a serious
question for you.
Speaker 7 (23:22):
Now.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
I am going to my first ninetieth birthday. Oh I've
been invited Kent.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
It's cool, and it's it's not.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Someone that I'm related to, because I don't know anyone
who's lived to that ripe old age. So it's a
friend's auntie.
Speaker 4 (23:36):
But what do you take? What like a present?
Speaker 5 (23:39):
I was thinking, I don't want to get flowers. It's
kind of like an experience. And I thought, if I
live to be ninety, what do I want?
Speaker 2 (23:45):
What would I like to know? Some fudge or something.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
Oh, fudge.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
I was thinking like a bungee jump or a you know,
like go out.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
You know what would you want to be doing that?
You'd want them to make ninety one?
Speaker 8 (24:00):
You correct me?
Speaker 9 (24:01):
Up?
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Hey speaking, Do you know what I was laughing yesterday
watching that RNC convention? Oh? Yes, And did you see
that all of Trump's supporters had air patches on?
Speaker 3 (24:08):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (24:09):
Did that?
Speaker 2 (24:09):
And support?
Speaker 4 (24:10):
Oh my god, I wish i'd seen that.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I did look at it Siday, but I did wonder also,
I wonder what Biden's lot will wear to be in
support of him. Would they wear diapers? They might?
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Were watching?
Speaker 5 (24:25):
What's the weather like Todaynoka, Well the weather is I
said earlier, no folk, So we've got isolated showers turning
to rain, late morning heavy falls possible. It was actually
going to be raining all weekend. Temperatures a little bit
warmer for US. Sixteen is the high today.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Brilliant, Never enjoy that ninetieth birthday party.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
I shall report back on Monday.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Brilliant seventeen away from six here on news Talk, said
b And we are live to just before six o'clock.
We're live to the convention that we've been talking about.
Donald Trump due to give his keynote address.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Today International correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance Peace of
mind for News Island business.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
In just a few moments of the lied to met Tyrrel,
who's Marco Rubio's former chief of staff, and that's state
Florida Senator. Right now though, we're going to Vincent McVinnie,
who is our UK and Europe correspondent. The European political
community has met, including President Zelinski.
Speaker 13 (25:18):
Good morning, Ryan, Yes, that is right. So this is
a new invention actually of French President Emmanuel Macron, and
it's meant to try and unite Europe in the wake
of the Ukraine War beyond just the nations that are
in the EU and NATO. So for instance, why the UK,
which is no longer in the EU, plays a part
in it. It was held today at Blenham Palace, the
birthplace of Winston Churchill, and dozens of European leaders got
(25:41):
together to discuss the challenges facing the continent. Now, this
was a big opportunity for our new Prime Minister, so
Keas Starmer, to try and reset the relationship with Europe.
It was a bit of a gift actually him having
the election and then this meeting just two weeks later
by former Prime Minister Richie sunek so so Kios star
has been meeting all his fellow European leaders. He said
(26:02):
that he wants to reset in relations with the European Union.
He's not saying that the UK is going to rejoin
or he wants us to rejoin any time soon, but
he thinks that a better deal could be struck, particularly
on a key issue facing all nations in Europe now,
and that is a legal migration. He wants countries to
work closer, more cooperation on smashing gangs which are involved
(26:23):
in human trafficking, and particularly a better deal with the
French because of the passage through the channel, with the
UK currently paying millions to the French to try and
stop that, but the numbers growing every single year. He's
admitted to Keir Starmer that it's a hard challenge, but
he's trying to lead by from the front by announcing
about eighty four million pounds worth of UK aid to
(26:46):
fund projects in Africa and the Middle East to try
and stop the illegal migration at its source and from
people traveling up to Europe.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Vincent, thank you for that. That's Vincent mcavinny, our UK
and europe correspondent A twelve away from six. That's It's
the last day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin today and the Republican nominee, Donald Trump will take
to the stage to accept the party's nomination. It'll also
be his first speaking gig, his first speaking event since
(27:13):
he was shot in an assassination attempt just over a
week ago. The managing partner of Firehouse Strategies and Marco
Rubio's former chief of staff, Matt Terrell, is with us. Matt,
thank you for being on the program. What are you
expecting from Trump's speech today?
Speaker 8 (27:30):
I great to be with you. In terms of the
speech todight, you know, look, I think the tone of
that speech will be one that's going to be talking
about unity. I think it's be a big theme that
we've seen, of course throughout this convention. I think will
be a big theme it's tonight's speech, and not just
unity for the Republican Party, but unity for the country.
And certainly I think you'll touch on the key issues
(27:52):
that American stationwide are focused in on this election, including
the can and the inflation, immigration and crime, among other issues.
Of course, but those will be the core issues you'll
likely narrow in on during this speech as well. So
we'll see what he does tonight during the speech, but
I think that's a part of what we'll see in
the speech this evening.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Do you think he'll talk about Biden much? Do you
think he'll talk about the facties at home, you know,
on the bag chest with COVID.
Speaker 8 (28:20):
Well, certainly, elections are a referendum on the company and office,
and right now the company is as we he President
Joe Biden. And look, I think a big part of
this speech is going to be drawing contrast not just
between former President Trump and President Biden, but former President
Trump and Democratic policies. You know, given that there have
been reports and we're hearing for the reports coming out
(28:42):
this week about discussions around President Biden's candidacy and who
the Democrat nominee will or will not be for president.
Leave that to the Democrat Party to discuss. But you know,
the bottom line is, I think this speech is just
going to be focused on President Biden, but also the
Vice president, and then obviously on Democrat policies as well,
trying those contrasts that can be some PLC as well.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yes, speaking of that policy. A lot of the talk
obviously is about America first, you know, protectionism, less king
on free trade deals, particularly if they result in job losses.
In Russbecket's rough spelt states, what what's how worried should
a small trading nation like New Zealand be about this
America first strategy? Is it? Is it going to have
(29:24):
a big impact on the rest of us? Do you think?
Speaker 8 (29:29):
Well? Look, i' let four person Trump speak for himself
in terms of his policies, whether it's on domestic or
international issues. I can just tell you, you know, I
think many Americans will look at what he did over
the past four years or excuse me, the four years that
he was president and essentially say, look, you know, did
did they like those four years of the four president
Trump era, whether it's on trade or other issues, or
(29:51):
do they not like it? And they're going to compare
a trast that record to present Biden's four years in office.
So I think, you know, as voters unpack that, you know,
I think they're going to look at, you know, how
they feel about it and say, you know, as we
go over the next four years into the future, you
know now what's in the best interest of the United States,
and ultimately, obviously we live in a global society here.
You know, what's good for the United States often is
(30:13):
good in terms of international dynamics and making sure we
have good partnerships around the world as well. So look,
all of four, President Trump dive into his policies and
it takes shape your particulars. I think you'll see in
this speech tonight. But certainly that's what that Nurkas are
focused on in particularly relates to our economy. You know,
the economy, inflation. Those are vital issues right now, top
tier issues that voters are focused in on here.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
All right, Matt thinks very much for your time. That's
Matt Tyrell, Marco Rubio's former chief of staff, with US
live from these states this morning, just gone nine away
from six o'clock. We're going to talk to Mike Hoskin next. Interestingly,
the if your vice president, you cannot live in the
same state as the president. You can't have two people
living in the same state on the same ticket, which
(30:55):
some people thought might be why Marco Rubio didn't get
didn't get the nomination. I don't think that that's why
he didn't get the nomination. It has just gone eight
away from Sex. Back at a Second.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City New Zealand's Furniture Bids and
a playing store.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
News Talk said, be sex Away from Sex. Mike hostings
with us next. Watching that RNC the convention. They're like
a royal family over there, now, aren't they? The Trumps?
Speaker 14 (31:26):
And it's moazing to watch. I thought yesterday the start
the whole week I found I don't know how many
hours I've watched, but most of them, but just to
watch the Kai Trump, who's the daughter of Donald Jor,
I thought she was magnificent. Just forget all the politics
for a moment, and you know, whether you'd ever vote
for them or like them or whatever the case may be,
I thought she was spectacular. And if you're looking for images,
(31:49):
there was some beautiful pictures yesterday. He had his grandkids there,
at least half a dozen of them as far as
I could count, And.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
He looked normal.
Speaker 14 (31:56):
He looked like, you know, he had his arm around
one of them and they were hugging him and stuff.
If you're running that and looking to put pictures out
to the world that sort of portrayed this bloke as
being normal and you know, someone you can relate to,
you can't go wrong.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
And JD.
Speaker 14 (32:09):
Varance yesterday I thought he's no orator.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
No, he wasn't an orrator.
Speaker 14 (32:12):
Bit flat, but he told he told a good story
because he's got to get he's got the story. He's
got a good story to tell. So, I mean, so
the week's been fascinating. The big big thing this morning
is I think Bline's going to go by the weekend.
The reporters he's out and Obama's talked to him now,
Schumer and Pelosi talked to him yesterday, and that's where
these comments. He's more receptive to going now apparently. But
if you look at him get up the steps to
(32:33):
the plane yesterday.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
It was it was pathetic. And how can you, I
mean imagine if he had another one of those brain fades,
you know two weeks out from there.
Speaker 14 (32:41):
Well you played that clipse those interviews that he's pre recorded.
He goes out to prove he's sharp and does the
opposite in the week that Trump did what Trump has done.
I mean, you can't you can't write this stuff. I mean,
it's been really fit. Once again, even if you don't
follow this, it's been the extraordinary week and affixed us all.
(33:04):
Say what you want about American politics and Trump and
presidential elections, it affects each and every one of us
because America's the most powerful country in the world.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
In the prison and especially the number of times they
said America first at that convention, which which is probably
the best the best impact.
Speaker 14 (33:16):
There's sort of the yeah, I mean, ultimately, it's not good.
I mean, it's not good for Ukraine, it's not good
for China, it's not good for us. I mean, they're
all isolationists essentially, So if you want to extrapolate it
out to that, and in that sense, that'll be a story.
But if you look at it this even people like
if you watch CNN, even people like John King, who's
I think a very very you know, down the middle commentator,
(33:38):
he said, if this election was held tomorrow, they would
romp home in a way that you haven't seen, which
is why Schumer and Pelosi are.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
So desperate to get Trump.
Speaker 14 (33:46):
But if that happens this weekend and you're presented with
Kamela Harris, you've got to ask the question, has anything
really changed and that's their problem.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
Good.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Like everybody, Mike hosting with you next here on News Talks,
you'd be thank you for being with me this week
and this morning. Really appreciate it. I'll be back on Monday.
Have a great weekend labor or hanging out the Passenger.
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