August 7, 2024 • 29 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Thursday the 8th of August, the number of people who lost their jobs in the June quarter are up. Ryan speaks to the Employers and Manufacturers Association to see how businesses are feeling on the ground.
A dispute between Police Minister Mark Mitchell and Labour's Police spokesperson Ginny Anderson - why won't National let Labour visit an Auckland police station? Ginny Anderson joins the show.
The cost of groceries has risen at historically high rates over the past six years, and the cost of healthy food even more so. Health Coalition Aotearoa explain the research, and its impact on Kiwi kids.
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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, Vans and a player store. News Talks dB,
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It is six after five. News Talk said b thirty
three thousand extra people out of a job in the
last year. But remember that data is for the June quarter.
Early alarm bells already about current cuts that are happening
right now. The emas with us just before six, Why
Mark Mitchell is blocking Genny Anderson from visiting a police station?
(00:39):
And Karmala Harris and Tim Waltz they continue their battleground
tour of the states Wisconsin, Detroit and Michigan. Today, Trump's
got a story about this guy, which I'll play for
you in a second. It's seven after five.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
The Agenda, Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
The eighth of August. Thailand's Move Forward Party has been
dissolved by a court after being blocked from forming a
government despite winning its election in twenty twenty three. The
party had proposed making changes to a law which prevents
people from defaming Thailand's Royal Family.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Party leader Peter Linda Lanroth and ten others will likely
be banned from politics for a decade in Thailand, they
won't be able to form other political parties in future.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Don't mess with the queen. Most MPs who are in
the party can keep their seats, but only if they
move to a new party and they've got sixty days
to do it. Back here, energy costs are in the
spotlight again as another paper mill looks to shut its doors.
Auckland's og Fiber Solutions recycling mill has put forward a
proposal to close, noting rising energy prices as one of
(01:47):
several issues impacting revenue. It comes to stays after Windstone
set its pulp and timber mills near O'kuni are looking
to close also due to high power costs. Plus you
add to that methodex in Taranaki. The two U Union
negotiations specialist Joe Gallagher says prices need to be rained in.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
We have to look at wastes.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Have been sure that we have a strong manufacturing based
in New Zealand because a lot of these mills and
companies are critical to a rural New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
analysis early edition with Ryan Bridge and Swis City New
Zealand's furniture beds and a planing store.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
News Talk said, be yeah, there are a lot of
jobs on the line. And it's interesting to hear the
Air two union say that prices, energy prices, electricity prices,
gas prices need to come down. That's the same union
that endorsed the just transition of just Sindra a Dern's era.
I wonder how they feel about that now. Also this morning,
(02:43):
Adrian Or have been thinking about him. Yesterday afternoon I
noticed that brad Olsen had come out and said because
the job start we got was largely in line with
what the Reserve Bank had predicted, and based on those predictions,
the Reserve Bank said we don't need to cut rates
until next year. If Adriane Or and the committee that
(03:05):
goes away and decides these things, if they come back
and say, actually we do need to cut now, then
what the hell was the predictions and what were they
based on in the first place. And brad Olsen says
heads should have to roll if that situation played out.
I don't know. I'm starting to feel No, you don't
feel do you feel sorry for Adrian Or? I mean,
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it's an impossible situation. Isn't it. Because the counterfactual as well,
if he lowers interest rates and then inflation goes up again,
creeps up again, that non tradable inflation that's sticky. The
domestic inflation doesn't seem to be moving much. If that happened,
imagine what we'd say then, you know, we'd be hanging it.
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I shouldn't say that, hanging in the streets. We would
be very very angry, wouldn't we because it would just
prolong the whole We'd have to start again, you know,
and then psychological you'd have to start again for those
businesses that are laying people off, and you know when
people are going to start spending again. All of that stuff.
The Employees and Manufacturers Association. By the way, Allan McDonald's
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on just before six, he has some interesting data about
who's calling and how many of his members are calling
for advice on how to how to basically how to
get rid of people restructuring, and also the ninety day
trial periods that for you just after six coming up next,
here's this houses for a fact, five percent of KIW
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kids are getting their required recommended nutrients every day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Get ahead of the headlines. Ryan Bridge you for twenty
twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's
furniture beds and a playing store. News Talks said.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Be thirteen after five. News Talks said be The women's
pole Vault final is happening right now. We have three
kiwis in contention. Actually I think we now have two
kiwis in contention and including Eliza McCartney. Will keep you
up to date with that. Plus the Women's Pursuit cycling
team are going for gold this morning just before five
point thirty. Will bring you that race live. Also inside
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the next half our, Ginny Anderson on why Mark Mitchell
won't let her visit a police station right now though
it's a more important business. Soaring food prices are taking
a toll on our kids. This is published a new
report published this morning. It's published in the Journal of
Royal Society of New Zealand by the University of Auckland.
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It found food basket prices increased by thirty five percent
in the six years from twenty eighteen to December of
last year. This is for healthy food for families. It
means it's virtually impossible for a family on a benefit
to afford healthy food, and with more than one third
of kids being overweight or obese, it's even more reasons
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to be concerned. The Health Coalition ALTAEDO are Food Policy
Expert Advisory Group cod CH heare Sally mackay is with us.
She's a nutritionist. Sally. Good morning, Sally. Can you hear me?
I think we might have to try and get us Sally?
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Are you there? Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:15):
I am there. We go tell me how concerning? Is
this one of the interesting things I read in the report?
Just five point four percent of kids aged two to
fourteen years eat the recommended veggies per day.
Speaker 6 (06:30):
Yes, that is very concerning. And the recommendations for vegetables
did actually change in the last few years, and the
recommendation is now a little bit higher than it was,
which is another reason why that figure does look so low.
But even before the recommendations changed, many of our children
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were not getting enough vegetables every day.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Are they too high the recommendations? I was having a
look at it. I think it's if you're twelve to thirteen,
it's five vs gees per day and two pieces of
fruit per day. I mean, is that a bit much?
I mean, if ninety five percent of kids aren't doing it.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Well. The recommendations, I guess are something to aim for,
and even if you can get close to those recommendations
then that would be better for your health. With vegetables,
the more you eat the better. So yeah, if you're
getting close, then that's not so bad. And we do
do a little bit better on the fruit as well,
but still about half of our children don't get enough
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fruit and those recommendations are quite manageable at only two
pieces per day.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
What is the impact of the last few years on
low income families when it comes to healthy food.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
Well, we've seen that there's a lot more food parcels
that have been given out and the latest data on
food in security in New Zealand shows that one in
five children household they often or sometimes run out of food.
So obviously this impacts those children that don't get enough
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to eat, and in particular it impacts their learning when
they're at school, and that's what we're really concerned about.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
And this is basically this research is basically a new
tool to measure the cost of feeding kids.
Speaker 6 (08:19):
Well, yes, so we have that New Zealand has a
food price index and they publish the prices of about
over one hundred foods every month, and so this way
we can keep track of what it costs to feed
a family very easily with this tool that has been developed.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
The sad thing here is those families who are on benefits.
I mean, you know, it is hard when you're on
a fixed income like that. Surely we need to be
encouraging more families into work.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Well, we need to. I mean for some families, the
reasons they're on the benefit because it is difficul call
to work and they need to be on it. So, yes,
while we do want some families to work, we want
those that have to be on the benefit to be
able to afford healthy food. And often it's the other
cost like the rent and the transport and the electricity
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that mean that there's not very much left over for
food at the end of the day.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Yeah, sorry, No, I was referring to the job seekert there.
Does this include do this research look at you know,
the schools providing lunches for kids, families who might be
gardening or growing their own food that kind of stuff.
Speaker 6 (09:35):
No, it doesn't, and we have done some other research
that shows obviously if you are gathering or growing your
own food from other sources then that will bring that down.
And the Healthy School Lunch is program that does provide
a free lunch to about a quarter of our children.
Of course, that is going to help those families with
(09:58):
their budgets, and research has that it does reduce the
food budget per week. So we're pleased to see that
the government has kept the Healthy School Lunches program and
it would be great if it could reach more children.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
All right, Sally, thank you very much for your time.
That's doctor Sally McKay. She's with the Health Coalition Altered. Oh,
it just got eighteen minutes after five. How many vigies
do you eat every day? I struggle to think I
had a lot of eggs. I think only I only
really have veggies at dinner to be honest with you,
and I don't have any fruit. Does that make me unhealthy?
(10:32):
Or does that just make me like the ninety five
percent of New Zealand children who aren't meeting the recommended
daily dose of veggies and fruit. Nineteen after five Ginny
Anderson Next.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture, Beds and
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Sa'd be it is twenty one after five year on
news Talk said be, we're in a race to get
to a race five twenty eight this morning, the women's
pursuit cycle team is in a gold medal race. We're
going to bring it for you live right now. Though
in Well, I suppose it's petty politics. We're going to
Ginny Anderson, who's the Labor police spokesperson, because the police
Minister Mark Mitchell is refusing to allow Labor a Labor's
(11:18):
Ginny Anderson to meet an Auckland police inspector. Sounds pretty
petty to me. It comes two years after Mitchell himself,
who was then National's police spokesperson in opposition you'll remember,
was blocked from meeting with police leaders by the then
police Minister Portor Williams, a decision he said was petulant
and vindictive. Ginny Anderson's with us, good.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
Morning, Good morning Ryan, how are you.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I'm good, thank you. Now I just want to read
you what he has said. His office has told us.
He says, basically, I would support such a request if
you were going to meet with the commissioner. I cannot
support a generic request to visit a police station with
no context, with a week's.
Speaker 7 (11:59):
No Well, I think he's walking that back quite quickly
because he's realized that he has made a mistake. It's
a well established practice that you go to the minister's office.
Borrows myself and Chris Hopkins never made any attempts to
stop him from making visits when he was the opposition spokesperson,
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and all the information that's required as the date and
the place until you intend to meet with So I
think he's realized that he's reacted in the wrong way.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
So were you just going to bowl up or had
you been contact with someone there to meet with them?
Speaker 7 (12:38):
We'd sort of to the MP on the ground often
makes inquiries. We wouldn't attend unless the minister had approved.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
But was the meeting did you speak to did you
arrange a meeting with an inspector there and then go
get permission from the minister or did you do the
minister first? And actually you haven't got a specific meeting
in mind.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
I think Shannon Helbert had done some liminary work, but
we wouldn't do that until the minister had approved the meeting.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Right, Because it sounds like he says I cannot support
a generic request to visit a police station with no
context or the week to notice. It sounds like he
was worried that if he gave you permission, you were
just going to bowl up there and just sort of
harass people.
Speaker 7 (13:17):
No, no, that's not the practice. It's quite an established
practice that you only speak with someone who's inspector level
or higher, and it's a meeting, usually in the station,
and it would be half an hour an hour. He'd
done it many many times himself. He should know that
it's a pretty standard practice. And the overall concern is
we would not want to politicize the police. So it's
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fighting by general rules to make sure the police are
protected from visits and we not dragged into the sort
of political you know.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Yeah, fair enough. Who was the inspector, Janine, What did
you want to talk to them about?
Speaker 7 (13:50):
Oh, well, we were quite interested in an Auckland retail crime.
That has been an ongoing issue for both governments. So
it's important that we understand the recent events that have
been happening, how they are upon the community, and also
what Mesure's police are putting into place to reassure the
community that things are being responded too quickly.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Ginny, thank you very much for coming on the show.
Ginny Anderson, Labour's police spokesperson, responding there to Mark Mitchell's
refusal to allower into the police station in Albany. Twenty
four after five, When we come back, the Women's Pursuit
Cycling team are going for gold.
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It is twenty six minutes after five News Talk zib
We are going to take you live now to the
Women's pursuit cycling team. This is the gold medal race.
We've beaten Italy overnight in the heat and now we
are going for gold.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
A Chance for Gold Live commentary of Paris, twenty twenty
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Speaker 8 (14:50):
On the track, it's silver and bronze and various disciplines.
It had the solitary gold to Sarah Olmer in two
thousand and four at Athams. For those us old and
I remember that was quite the day when Olmer made
that feed, just as it will be if New Zealand
were able to complete something similar here in Paris. So
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they're guaranteed the medal one way or another. The New
Zealand quartet but will it be gold or will it
be silver? Of course I have to go back. There's
now ten medals of the New Zealand team sprint from
the other day, the trio of Elise Andrews, Sean Fulton
and Rebecca Pitch to take it to ten. So one goal,
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five silver and four bronze in the velodrome for New
Zealand in Olympic history, you have to go back to
the start with Gary Anderson and the individual pursuit of
nineteen ninety two. The bronze Olmer's gold of four, Hayden
Rolston silver eight. The bronze is of the team pursuit
men in eight and twelve, Simon van Belthoven'skireen bronze in
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twenty twelve, sprint silver of twenty sixteen, and then at
least Andrews Karen silver of twenty twenty one at Tokyo,
as well as Campbell Stuart's omnium with the silver that
he achieved as well. So ready in waiting now to
enter the track, anxiety building the New Zealanders sitting composed
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trackside before being asked to go up the stairwell six
steps to the top and then walking out to the
boards to the Siberian Pine, sanded freshly, all this meat
to decide Olympic Games medals.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
The New Zealanders get.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
Their buyerses ready in place with those Darth Vader like
helmets that they wear these days. Aerodynamics to the four
and were prepared to get on their bikes and get support.
They put their fists together in unison, the four of them,
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and now stride up the steps crowd boys in wait
for this finale to the Old Track endurance event for
teams Team Pursuit.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
The Americans. Already news and views you trust to start
your day. It's early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City,
New Zealand's furniture beds and a flying store. News talks that'd.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Be nineteen to six, and just a few moments will
be with Mitch McCann. Our US correspondent Dati Vans is
saying some more strange stuff to the press. We'll talk
about that right now though. Our reporters right around the country.
Color Proctors and Toned and Colum, Good morning to you.
The Otago University researcher that's looking into nutrition for Pacific communities.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Morning.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Ryan.
Speaker 9 (18:00):
It's hoped that this upcoming study will identify any links
between health trends and neophobia. That's the fear of trying
new food edmunds for Hawk coorses there's been studies involving
children and how to introduce fruit and veggies into their
type before, but he says none of focused on pacificer
families or intergenerational households. He says he hopes that this
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research will help improve the health of future generations.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Thanks Coleen. Weather today atonedin.
Speaker 9 (18:28):
Early showers, then clearing to partly cloudy southeasterly develops the
height today twelve.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Clear sewers in christ Church Cliar. Good morning to you.
The high school board that's saying don't care, don't want
to know about it to the chief on Boodsman.
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Yeah, Peter Bosches is the way Kashmir High School's board
communicated with a family after declining an out of zone
enrollment was unreasonable. He says, it didn't give explain its decision,
rather all outline the factors it had considered. Bosches recommended
an apology and steps to make sure its members know
they need to provide proper explanations. He says the board
(19:02):
has refused to implement those recommendations. Though the chairperson of
the board, James O'Donnell O'Connell rather says the board treated
the situation like any other enrollment. Its correspondence was clear, all.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Right and how's your wear it today, Claire.
Speaker 10 (19:16):
Rain developing this morning northeasterly is turning fresh southerly. The
high is eleven with six overnights.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Brilliant. Thank you Max Tolers and Wellington for us. This
morning a fire crew racing to a fire has been
hindered by a council installation. This is not the raised crossings?
What is this so a good story? In the post today?
Speaker 11 (19:36):
Emails from fire and an emergency to the City Council
have been revealed, showing well a range of complaints and
warnings about new cycle ways features around the city. One example,
on Kent and Cambridge Terraces, the council put in a
pretty looking set of planter boxes where there was a
sort of opportunity to u turn. Of course, there was
a fire crews left the station. They couldn't make their
(19:58):
usual turn up the road because these things suddenly appeared.
They had to go all the way up to the
Basin Reserve turn around. Those planter boxes were later removed
fends also complaining about new newtown cycle ways. We've been
reporting on those raised crossings on Thornton Key. The council
meeting today to discuss those Fens did admit it could
have been a little more proactive in the past about
(20:20):
sounding warnings about these works, which might be why we're
hearing a little more about them now.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Goodness mate, is that their responsibility? We have weather today max.
Speaker 11 (20:29):
Occasional rain, strong northeries twelve.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Thank you very much neighbors and Auckland this morning, good morning,
good morning. Now what time can does you sell booze?
To tell and Auckland is at ten pm? You can?
Speaker 12 (20:41):
Well, yes, well I always are. Usually when I'm at
the supermarket, I'm the early like at about six or
seven am and I'll just pop on you a bottle
of wine.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Then at that top it.
Speaker 12 (20:51):
Just put it on my way trolley. So I'm never
there at night. But I think it is you know
you can go when ten pm. So now what's happening
is that the Auckland supermarkets and bars will likely soon
have to stop selling alcohol earlier the city local Alcohol
policy now that's just been approved. This is by the
Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing authority. So Mayor Wayne Brown and
the council is what they have to do now is
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that they have to choose a date for this policy
to come into force. So it means that the bottle shops,
supermarkets they're going to have to stop selling it at
nine pms, Are you quite right? Nine pm? And bars
and restaurants they won't be able to sell This is
what I like any later that four am. Who's out
drinking after four?
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I thought it was, you know, like nine pm. It
just means you have to stock up with more.
Speaker 12 (21:33):
Well, that's right, You've got to be organized, be organized
with you and with it. Today Neva showers tuning to
rain for a time this afternoon, possibly here be fifteen
is the high here in Auckland.
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Twelve to six. Eliza McCartney's just cleared four point seven
in the Pole Vault over in Paris, which is fantastic.
Right now, we're going to Mitch McCann, who's our US correspondent, Mitch,
So obviously there's a big whistle stop tour going on
Karmala Harris and her new running mates and Waltz and
the base loves this. What are those swing voters thinking
(23:06):
about them.
Speaker 13 (23:08):
Well, they are managing to pull in more voters from
across the country because their rallies are huge at the moment.
Tim Wolts and Kamala Harris after Wisconsin this afternoon, Ryan,
where are reported eight thousand people are expecting to hear
from them. I'm told the queue to get a car
park is three kilometers long, and then they're off to Michigan.
It feels like Democrats have this renewed sense of momentum
(23:30):
and energy. Last night you would have seen thousands packed
out this auditorium in Philadelphia to hear from them, both
for the first time as running mates. They both gain
fiery speeches. People in the crowd described the atmosphere as electric.
People compared it to when Barack Obama was running first
in two thousand and eight. Now, let's talk about how
this has gone down with the Republicans and Donald Trump.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
Now.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
It was on Fox News this morning and he said
he was shocked that Kamala Harris chose Waltz, but that
he was thrilled, and he said that Harris didn't choose
the Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro because of his Jewish faith
and Republicans are testing out a number of new attacks
against the peer, but nothing's really landed yet. They're calling
Tim Walls a far left lunatic or a left wing
(24:14):
radical Ryan.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah, take your pick. Thank you for that, Mitch mccanna,
US correspondent. Things are getting very interesting there. And the
Jewish thing, Yeah, he's basically saying because Carmena Harris is
so far left she didn't want to anger the pro
Palestine groups by picking a Jewish guy to be her
running mate. Go figure ten minutes away from six Rich
(24:36):
back home.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
Now.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Unemployments sitting at four point six percent for the June quarter.
That's a three year high, and it's an increase from
four point three percent from quarter one. It means basically,
thirty three thousand people who had jobs this time last
year are now out of work. But what a business
is on the ground seeing right now? Because remember that's
that's old data by now, isn't it. The Employer of
Manufacturers Association. Alan McDonald's with me, Alan, Good morning, Cold
(25:02):
I Eran, what are you seeing? How much worse are
job cuts going to get? In your view?
Speaker 4 (25:07):
Yeah, unfortunately, I think it's going to continue. We've been
seeing a steady increase in the numbers of businesses calling
out advice line, our helpline for our members to talk
about restructuring and redundancy. And I really had expected it
to start heading the other way, but we just hit
a record high in July of one hundred and sixty
(25:28):
three calls in a month.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
What are they asking you these businesses?
Speaker 4 (25:32):
It's basically how to go about the right way to
make people redundant or downsize their businesses because the business
simply isn't there and they haven't got the work for
those people.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
What sort of businesses are calling you? We're looking at
a whole bunch of methadecks and taranaki. We're looking at
the pulp mills. Are recycling paper mill in Auckland in
the news in the last couple of days because of
energy costs, they're looking at getting rid of it, folks.
What are you seeing? What types of businesses?
Speaker 4 (26:03):
It's across the board. It's most of our members are
what you'd call small to medium businesses, so smaller than
probably one hundred or fewer than one hundred employees, and
all parts of the economy really manufacturing struggling quite badly
at the moment, but it's all sectors of the economy.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Once Adrien or decides to start lowering rates, how much
longer will it take for you guys, for your members
to feel it.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Well, if the Reserve Bank does lower rates, it's likely
can only be zero point two five percent. I think
it's more about the signal than anything else. There are
a few green shuits out there, and I think if
the Reserve Bank did lower rates, that would be a
signal that says, look, things are going to get better
and try and hang on. But it takes a while
for those of those signals to flow through into reality.
(26:55):
I suppose twelve to eighteen months.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Usually, Allen, thank you very much for your time. Allan
McDonald The Employer and Manufacturers Association coming up next, and
athletes been arrested in Paris. An Olympic athlete.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
Ryan Bridge new for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and a Playing Store.
News Talk zidby.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Five to six. An Olympic athlete has been arrested in Paris.
This is an Ossie hockey player. He's twenty eight years old.
His name's Tom Craig and he was arrested for purchasing cocaine. Yeah,
he's finished competing too. In his defense, you know, all
the games were done and he was out partying. Obviously
got carried away, remember Ali Williams. I mean, there's been
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many an athlete arrested in France for with cocaine, buying
cocaine whatever. He just got a fine, So they reckon.
This guy's probably going to be okay. Mike Cossing is
in the studio, good morning, warning, Well, we've got a
silver medal this morning. That's good, and we could still
potentially get a gold, silver, and a bronze in the.
Speaker 5 (28:00):
What are you talking this one up? Mate? I actually
saw the cycling race that was a disaster, and I
think the fact they're in teas probably explains that they
thought they might do a little bit better. And she's alone.
Las mccnty has got a long way to go. Her
top numbers are won nine something, so they're at the
sevens at the moment, so they've got a long way
to go in terms of you know, how this thing unfolded.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
We do have three in the game though, don't we here?
Speaker 5 (28:20):
We do indeed, so so that's good. Hey, Ellen, G liquid.
We you cannot run a country with businesses closing because
they can't afford to turn the lights on. I mean,
how bad's it got? And now the government, now the
government this morning's thinking seriously about importing gas into this country.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
Nuts, that's shocking. Do you know where do you know
the biggest exporters of alen.
Speaker 5 (28:44):
G good question? Don't know.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
Australia and Katar, but also the fourth and fifth Russia
and Malaysia. Mentioned from Russia, I'd.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Open negotiations with Australia at dark cloth. See how that
goes for US, Mike.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Costing for you next, I'll see you tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
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Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It is six after five. News Talk said b thirty
three thousand extra people out of a job in the
last year. But remember that data is for the June quarter.
Early alarm bells already about current cuts that are happening
right now. The emas with us just before six, Why
Mark Mitchell is blocking Genny Anderson from visiting a police station?
(00:39):
And Karmala Harris and Tim Waltz they continue their battleground
tour of the states Wisconsin, Detroit and Michigan. Today, Trump's
got a story about this guy, which I'll play for
you in a second. It's seven after five.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
The Agenda, Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
The eighth of August. Thailand's Move Forward Party has been
dissolved by a court after being blocked from forming a
government despite winning its election in twenty twenty three. The
party had proposed making changes to a law which prevents
people from defaming Thailand's Royal Family.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Party leader Peter Linda Lanroth and ten others will likely
be banned from politics for a decade in Thailand, they
won't be able to form other political parties in future.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Don't mess with the queen. Most MPs who are in
the party can keep their seats, but only if they
move to a new party and they've got sixty days
to do it. Back here, energy costs are in the
spotlight again as another paper mill looks to shut its doors.
Auckland's og Fiber Solutions recycling mill has put forward a
proposal to close, noting rising energy prices as one of
(01:47):
several issues impacting revenue. It comes to stays after Windstone
set its pulp and timber mills near O'kuni are looking
to close also due to high power costs. Plus you
add to that methodex in Taranaki. The two U Union
negotiations specialist Joe Gallagher says prices need to be rained in.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
We have to look at wastes.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Have been sure that we have a strong manufacturing based
in New Zealand because a lot of these mills and
companies are critical to a rural New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
The news you need this morning and the in depth
analysis early edition with Ryan Bridge and Swis City New
Zealand's furniture beds and a planing store.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
News Talk said, be yeah, there are a lot of
jobs on the line. And it's interesting to hear the
Air two union say that prices, energy prices, electricity prices,
gas prices need to come down. That's the same union
that endorsed the just transition of just Sindra a Dern's era.
I wonder how they feel about that now. Also this morning,
(02:43):
Adrian Or have been thinking about him. Yesterday afternoon I
noticed that brad Olsen had come out and said because
the job start we got was largely in line with
what the Reserve Bank had predicted, and based on those predictions,
the Reserve Bank said we don't need to cut rates
until next year. If Adriane Or and the committee that
(03:05):
goes away and decides these things, if they come back
and say, actually we do need to cut now, then
what the hell was the predictions and what were they
based on in the first place. And brad Olsen says
heads should have to roll if that situation played out.
I don't know. I'm starting to feel No, you don't
feel do you feel sorry for Adrian Or? I mean,
(03:26):
it's an impossible situation. Isn't it. Because the counterfactual as well,
if he lowers interest rates and then inflation goes up again,
creeps up again, that non tradable inflation that's sticky. The
domestic inflation doesn't seem to be moving much. If that happened,
imagine what we'd say then, you know, we'd be hanging it.
(03:49):
I shouldn't say that, hanging in the streets. We would
be very very angry, wouldn't we because it would just
prolong the whole We'd have to start again, you know,
and then psychological you'd have to start again for those
businesses that are laying people off, and you know when
people are going to start spending again. All of that stuff.
The Employees and Manufacturers Association. By the way, Allan McDonald's
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on just before six, he has some interesting data about
who's calling and how many of his members are calling
for advice on how to how to basically how to
get rid of people restructuring, and also the ninety day
trial periods that for you just after six coming up next,
here's this houses for a fact, five percent of KIW
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kids are getting their required recommended nutrients every day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Get ahead of the headlines. Ryan Bridge you for twenty
twenty four on early edition with Smith City, New Zealand's
furniture beds and a playing store. News Talks said.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Be thirteen after five. News Talks said be The women's
pole Vault final is happening right now. We have three
kiwis in contention. Actually I think we now have two
kiwis in contention and including Eliza McCartney. Will keep you
up to date with that. Plus the Women's Pursuit cycling
team are going for gold this morning just before five
point thirty. Will bring you that race live. Also inside
(05:10):
the next half our, Ginny Anderson on why Mark Mitchell
won't let her visit a police station right now though
it's a more important business. Soaring food prices are taking
a toll on our kids. This is published a new
report published this morning. It's published in the Journal of
Royal Society of New Zealand by the University of Auckland.
(05:30):
It found food basket prices increased by thirty five percent
in the six years from twenty eighteen to December of
last year. This is for healthy food for families. It
means it's virtually impossible for a family on a benefit
to afford healthy food, and with more than one third
of kids being overweight or obese, it's even more reasons
(05:54):
to be concerned. The Health Coalition ALTAEDO are Food Policy
Expert Advisory Group cod CH heare Sally mackay is with us.
She's a nutritionist. Sally. Good morning, Sally. Can you hear me?
I think we might have to try and get us Sally?
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Are you there? Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:15):
I am there. We go tell me how concerning? Is
this one of the interesting things I read in the report?
Just five point four percent of kids aged two to
fourteen years eat the recommended veggies per day.
Speaker 6 (06:30):
Yes, that is very concerning. And the recommendations for vegetables
did actually change in the last few years, and the
recommendation is now a little bit higher than it was,
which is another reason why that figure does look so low.
But even before the recommendations changed, many of our children
(06:50):
were not getting enough vegetables every day.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Are they too high the recommendations? I was having a
look at it. I think it's if you're twelve to thirteen,
it's five vs gees per day and two pieces of
fruit per day. I mean, is that a bit much?
I mean, if ninety five percent of kids aren't doing it.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Well. The recommendations, I guess are something to aim for,
and even if you can get close to those recommendations
then that would be better for your health. With vegetables,
the more you eat the better. So yeah, if you're
getting close, then that's not so bad. And we do
do a little bit better on the fruit as well,
but still about half of our children don't get enough
(07:31):
fruit and those recommendations are quite manageable at only two
pieces per day.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
What is the impact of the last few years on
low income families when it comes to healthy food.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
Well, we've seen that there's a lot more food parcels
that have been given out and the latest data on
food in security in New Zealand shows that one in
five children household they often or sometimes run out of food.
So obviously this impacts those children that don't get enough
(08:06):
to eat, and in particular it impacts their learning when
they're at school, and that's what we're really concerned about.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
And this is basically this research is basically a new
tool to measure the cost of feeding kids.
Speaker 6 (08:19):
Well, yes, so we have that New Zealand has a
food price index and they publish the prices of about
over one hundred foods every month, and so this way
we can keep track of what it costs to feed
a family very easily with this tool that has been developed.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
The sad thing here is those families who are on benefits.
I mean, you know, it is hard when you're on
a fixed income like that. Surely we need to be
encouraging more families into work.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Well, we need to. I mean for some families, the
reasons they're on the benefit because it is difficul call
to work and they need to be on it. So, yes,
while we do want some families to work, we want
those that have to be on the benefit to be
able to afford healthy food. And often it's the other
cost like the rent and the transport and the electricity
(09:16):
that mean that there's not very much left over for
food at the end of the day.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Yeah, sorry, No, I was referring to the job seekert there.
Does this include do this research look at you know,
the schools providing lunches for kids, families who might be
gardening or growing their own food that kind of stuff.
Speaker 6 (09:35):
No, it doesn't, and we have done some other research
that shows obviously if you are gathering or growing your
own food from other sources then that will bring that down.
And the Healthy School Lunch is program that does provide
a free lunch to about a quarter of our children.
Of course, that is going to help those families with
(09:58):
their budgets, and research has that it does reduce the
food budget per week. So we're pleased to see that
the government has kept the Healthy School Lunches program and
it would be great if it could reach more children.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
All right, Sally, thank you very much for your time.
That's doctor Sally McKay. She's with the Health Coalition Altered. Oh,
it just got eighteen minutes after five. How many vigies
do you eat every day? I struggle to think I
had a lot of eggs. I think only I only
really have veggies at dinner to be honest with you,
and I don't have any fruit. Does that make me unhealthy?
(10:32):
Or does that just make me like the ninety five
percent of New Zealand children who aren't meeting the recommended
daily dose of veggies and fruit. Nineteen after five Ginny
Anderson Next.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early Edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture, Beds and
a Plying Store news Talk.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Sa'd be it is twenty one after five year on
news Talk said be, we're in a race to get
to a race five twenty eight this morning, the women's
pursuit cycle team is in a gold medal race. We're
going to bring it for you live right now. Though
in Well, I suppose it's petty politics. We're going to
Ginny Anderson, who's the Labor police spokesperson, because the police
Minister Mark Mitchell is refusing to allow Labor a Labor's
(11:18):
Ginny Anderson to meet an Auckland police inspector. Sounds pretty
petty to me. It comes two years after Mitchell himself,
who was then National's police spokesperson in opposition you'll remember,
was blocked from meeting with police leaders by the then
police Minister Portor Williams, a decision he said was petulant
and vindictive. Ginny Anderson's with us, good.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
Morning, Good morning Ryan, how are you.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I'm good, thank you. Now I just want to read
you what he has said. His office has told us.
He says, basically, I would support such a request if
you were going to meet with the commissioner. I cannot
support a generic request to visit a police station with
no context, with a week's.
Speaker 7 (11:59):
No Well, I think he's walking that back quite quickly
because he's realized that he has made a mistake. It's
a well established practice that you go to the minister's office.
Borrows myself and Chris Hopkins never made any attempts to
stop him from making visits when he was the opposition spokesperson,
(12:22):
and all the information that's required as the date and
the place until you intend to meet with So I
think he's realized that he's reacted in the wrong way.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
So were you just going to bowl up or had
you been contact with someone there to meet with them?
Speaker 7 (12:38):
We'd sort of to the MP on the ground often
makes inquiries. We wouldn't attend unless the minister had approved.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
But was the meeting did you speak to did you
arrange a meeting with an inspector there and then go
get permission from the minister or did you do the
minister first? And actually you haven't got a specific meeting
in mind.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
I think Shannon Helbert had done some liminary work, but
we wouldn't do that until the minister had approved the meeting.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Right, Because it sounds like he says I cannot support
a generic request to visit a police station with no
context or the week to notice. It sounds like he
was worried that if he gave you permission, you were
just going to bowl up there and just sort of
harass people.
Speaker 7 (13:17):
No, no, that's not the practice. It's quite an established
practice that you only speak with someone who's inspector level
or higher, and it's a meeting, usually in the station,
and it would be half an hour an hour. He'd
done it many many times himself. He should know that
it's a pretty standard practice. And the overall concern is
we would not want to politicize the police. So it's
(13:37):
fighting by general rules to make sure the police are
protected from visits and we not dragged into the sort
of political you know.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Yeah, fair enough. Who was the inspector, Janine, What did
you want to talk to them about?
Speaker 7 (13:50):
Oh, well, we were quite interested in an Auckland retail crime.
That has been an ongoing issue for both governments. So
it's important that we understand the recent events that have
been happening, how they are upon the community, and also
what Mesure's police are putting into place to reassure the
community that things are being responded too quickly.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Ginny, thank you very much for coming on the show.
Ginny Anderson, Labour's police spokesperson, responding there to Mark Mitchell's
refusal to allower into the police station in Albany. Twenty
four after five, When we come back, the Women's Pursuit
Cycling team are going for gold.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
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It is twenty six minutes after five News Talk zib
We are going to take you live now to the
Women's pursuit cycling team. This is the gold medal race.
We've beaten Italy overnight in the heat and now we
are going for gold.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
A Chance for Gold Live commentary of Paris, twenty twenty
four on NEWSTALKSIBB.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
On the track, it's silver and bronze and various disciplines.
It had the solitary gold to Sarah Olmer in two
thousand and four at Athams. For those us old and
I remember that was quite the day when Olmer made
that feed, just as it will be if New Zealand
were able to complete something similar here in Paris. So
(15:14):
they're guaranteed the medal one way or another. The New
Zealand quartet but will it be gold or will it
be silver? Of course I have to go back. There's
now ten medals of the New Zealand team sprint from
the other day, the trio of Elise Andrews, Sean Fulton
and Rebecca Pitch to take it to ten. So one goal,
(15:35):
five silver and four bronze in the velodrome for New
Zealand in Olympic history, you have to go back to
the start with Gary Anderson and the individual pursuit of
nineteen ninety two. The bronze Olmer's gold of four, Hayden
Rolston silver eight. The bronze is of the team pursuit
men in eight and twelve, Simon van Belthoven'skireen bronze in
(15:58):
twenty twelve, sprint silver of twenty sixteen, and then at
least Andrews Karen silver of twenty twenty one at Tokyo,
as well as Campbell Stuart's omnium with the silver that
he achieved as well. So ready in waiting now to
enter the track, anxiety building the New Zealanders sitting composed
(16:28):
trackside before being asked to go up the stairwell six
steps to the top and then walking out to the
boards to the Siberian Pine, sanded freshly, all this meat
to decide Olympic Games medals.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
The New Zealanders get.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
Their buyerses ready in place with those Darth Vader like
helmets that they wear these days. Aerodynamics to the four
and were prepared to get on their bikes and get support.
They put their fists together in unison, the four of them,
(17:08):
and now stride up the steps crowd boys in wait
for this finale to the Old Track endurance event for
teams Team Pursuit.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
The Americans. Already news and views you trust to start
your day. It's early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City,
New Zealand's furniture beds and a flying store. News talks that'd.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Be nineteen to six, and just a few moments will
be with Mitch McCann. Our US correspondent Dati Vans is
saying some more strange stuff to the press. We'll talk
about that right now though. Our reporters right around the country.
Color Proctors and Toned and Colum, Good morning to you.
The Otago University researcher that's looking into nutrition for Pacific communities.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Morning.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Ryan.
Speaker 9 (18:00):
It's hoped that this upcoming study will identify any links
between health trends and neophobia. That's the fear of trying
new food edmunds for Hawk coorses there's been studies involving
children and how to introduce fruit and veggies into their
type before, but he says none of focused on pacificer
families or intergenerational households. He says he hopes that this
(18:21):
research will help improve the health of future generations.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Thanks Coleen. Weather today atonedin.
Speaker 9 (18:28):
Early showers, then clearing to partly cloudy southeasterly develops the
height today twelve.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Clear sewers in christ Church Cliar. Good morning to you.
The high school board that's saying don't care, don't want
to know about it to the chief on Boodsman.
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Yeah, Peter Bosches is the way Kashmir High School's board
communicated with a family after declining an out of zone
enrollment was unreasonable. He says, it didn't give explain its decision,
rather all outline the factors it had considered. Bosches recommended
an apology and steps to make sure its members know
they need to provide proper explanations. He says the board
(19:02):
has refused to implement those recommendations. Though the chairperson of
the board, James O'Donnell O'Connell rather says the board treated
the situation like any other enrollment. Its correspondence was clear, all.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Right and how's your wear it today, Claire.
Speaker 10 (19:16):
Rain developing this morning northeasterly is turning fresh southerly. The
high is eleven with six overnights.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Brilliant. Thank you Max Tolers and Wellington for us. This
morning a fire crew racing to a fire has been
hindered by a council installation. This is not the raised crossings?
What is this so a good story? In the post today?
Speaker 11 (19:36):
Emails from fire and an emergency to the City Council
have been revealed, showing well a range of complaints and
warnings about new cycle ways features around the city. One example,
on Kent and Cambridge Terraces, the council put in a
pretty looking set of planter boxes where there was a
sort of opportunity to u turn. Of course, there was
a fire crews left the station. They couldn't make their
(19:58):
usual turn up the road because these things suddenly appeared.
They had to go all the way up to the
Basin Reserve turn around. Those planter boxes were later removed
fends also complaining about new newtown cycle ways. We've been
reporting on those raised crossings on Thornton Key. The council
meeting today to discuss those Fens did admit it could
have been a little more proactive in the past about
(20:20):
sounding warnings about these works, which might be why we're
hearing a little more about them now.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Goodness mate, is that their responsibility? We have weather today max.
Speaker 11 (20:29):
Occasional rain, strong northeries twelve.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Thank you very much neighbors and Auckland this morning, good morning,
good morning. Now what time can does you sell booze?
To tell and Auckland is at ten pm? You can?
Speaker 12 (20:41):
Well, yes, well I always are. Usually when I'm at
the supermarket, I'm the early like at about six or
seven am and I'll just pop on you a bottle
of wine.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Then at that top it.
Speaker 12 (20:51):
Just put it on my way trolley. So I'm never
there at night. But I think it is you know
you can go when ten pm. So now what's happening
is that the Auckland supermarkets and bars will likely soon
have to stop selling alcohol earlier the city local Alcohol
policy now that's just been approved. This is by the
Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing authority. So Mayor Wayne Brown and
the council is what they have to do now is
(21:12):
that they have to choose a date for this policy
to come into force. So it means that the bottle shops,
supermarkets they're going to have to stop selling it at
nine pms, Are you quite right? Nine pm? And bars
and restaurants they won't be able to sell This is
what I like any later that four am. Who's out
drinking after four?
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I thought it was, you know, like nine pm. It
just means you have to stock up with more.
Speaker 12 (21:33):
Well, that's right, You've got to be organized, be organized
with you and with it. Today Neva showers tuning to
rain for a time this afternoon, possibly here be fifteen
is the high here in Auckland.
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Twelve to six. Eliza McCartney's just cleared four point seven
in the Pole Vault over in Paris, which is fantastic.
Right now, we're going to Mitch McCann, who's our US correspondent, Mitch,
So obviously there's a big whistle stop tour going on
Karmala Harris and her new running mates and Waltz and
the base loves this. What are those swing voters thinking
(23:06):
about them.
Speaker 13 (23:08):
Well, they are managing to pull in more voters from
across the country because their rallies are huge at the moment.
Tim Wolts and Kamala Harris after Wisconsin this afternoon, Ryan,
where are reported eight thousand people are expecting to hear
from them. I'm told the queue to get a car
park is three kilometers long, and then they're off to Michigan.
It feels like Democrats have this renewed sense of momentum
(23:30):
and energy. Last night you would have seen thousands packed
out this auditorium in Philadelphia to hear from them, both
for the first time as running mates. They both gain
fiery speeches. People in the crowd described the atmosphere as electric.
People compared it to when Barack Obama was running first
in two thousand and eight. Now, let's talk about how
this has gone down with the Republicans and Donald Trump.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
Now.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
It was on Fox News this morning and he said
he was shocked that Kamala Harris chose Waltz, but that
he was thrilled, and he said that Harris didn't choose
the Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro because of his Jewish faith
and Republicans are testing out a number of new attacks
against the peer, but nothing's really landed yet. They're calling
Tim Walls a far left lunatic or a left wing
(24:14):
radical Ryan.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah, take your pick. Thank you for that, Mitch mccanna,
US correspondent. Things are getting very interesting there. And the
Jewish thing, Yeah, he's basically saying because Carmena Harris is
so far left she didn't want to anger the pro
Palestine groups by picking a Jewish guy to be her
running mate. Go figure ten minutes away from six Rich
(24:36):
back home.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
Now.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Unemployments sitting at four point six percent for the June quarter.
That's a three year high, and it's an increase from
four point three percent from quarter one. It means basically,
thirty three thousand people who had jobs this time last
year are now out of work. But what a business
is on the ground seeing right now? Because remember that's
that's old data by now, isn't it. The Employer of
Manufacturers Association. Alan McDonald's with me, Alan, Good morning, Cold
(25:02):
I Eran, what are you seeing? How much worse are
job cuts going to get? In your view?
Speaker 4 (25:07):
Yeah, unfortunately, I think it's going to continue. We've been
seeing a steady increase in the numbers of businesses calling
out advice line, our helpline for our members to talk
about restructuring and redundancy. And I really had expected it
to start heading the other way, but we just hit
a record high in July of one hundred and sixty
(25:28):
three calls in a month.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
What are they asking you these businesses?
Speaker 4 (25:32):
It's basically how to go about the right way to
make people redundant or downsize their businesses because the business
simply isn't there and they haven't got the work for
those people.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
What sort of businesses are calling you? We're looking at
a whole bunch of methadecks and taranaki. We're looking at
the pulp mills. Are recycling paper mill in Auckland in
the news in the last couple of days because of
energy costs, they're looking at getting rid of it, folks.
What are you seeing? What types of businesses?
Speaker 4 (26:03):
It's across the board. It's most of our members are
what you'd call small to medium businesses, so smaller than
probably one hundred or fewer than one hundred employees, and
all parts of the economy really manufacturing struggling quite badly
at the moment, but it's all sectors of the economy.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Once Adrien or decides to start lowering rates, how much
longer will it take for you guys, for your members
to feel it.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Well, if the Reserve Bank does lower rates, it's likely
can only be zero point two five percent. I think
it's more about the signal than anything else. There are
a few green shuits out there, and I think if
the Reserve Bank did lower rates, that would be a
signal that says, look, things are going to get better
and try and hang on. But it takes a while
for those of those signals to flow through into reality.
(26:55):
I suppose twelve to eighteen months.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Usually, Allen, thank you very much for your time. Allan
McDonald The Employer and Manufacturers Association coming up next, and
athletes been arrested in Paris. An Olympic athlete.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
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Speaker 2 (27:18):
Five to six. An Olympic athlete has been arrested in Paris.
This is an Ossie hockey player. He's twenty eight years old.
His name's Tom Craig and he was arrested for purchasing cocaine. Yeah,
he's finished competing too. In his defense, you know, all
the games were done and he was out partying. Obviously
got carried away, remember Ali Williams. I mean, there's been
(27:41):
many an athlete arrested in France for with cocaine, buying
cocaine whatever. He just got a fine, So they reckon.
This guy's probably going to be okay. Mike Cossing is
in the studio, good morning, warning, Well, we've got a
silver medal this morning. That's good, and we could still
potentially get a gold, silver, and a bronze in the.
Speaker 5 (28:00):
What are you talking this one up? Mate? I actually
saw the cycling race that was a disaster, and I
think the fact they're in teas probably explains that they
thought they might do a little bit better. And she's alone.
Las mccnty has got a long way to go. Her
top numbers are won nine something, so they're at the
sevens at the moment, so they've got a long way
to go in terms of you know, how this thing unfolded.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
We do have three in the game though, don't we here?
Speaker 5 (28:20):
We do indeed, so so that's good. Hey, Ellen, G liquid.
We you cannot run a country with businesses closing because
they can't afford to turn the lights on. I mean,
how bad's it got? And now the government, now the
government this morning's thinking seriously about importing gas into this country.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
Nuts, that's shocking. Do you know where do you know
the biggest exporters of alen.
Speaker 5 (28:44):
G good question? Don't know.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
Australia and Katar, but also the fourth and fifth Russia
and Malaysia. Mentioned from Russia, I'd.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Open negotiations with Australia at dark cloth. See how that
goes for US, Mike.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Costing for you next, I'll see you tomorrow.
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