August 28, 2024 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Thursday 29th of August, the Government has a new plan for national infrastructure, could it stop political interference from stopping major projects? Infrastructure NZ's Nick Leggett speaks to Ryan.
The rollout of a new radio network for our emergency services has started. How is the $1.4 billion dollar project tracking? Director of Next Generation Critical Communications Steve Ferguson joins the show.
Thousands of students have failed new NCEA tests, leaving secondary school principals calling for a complete rethink. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie takes us through the latest.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interview and the inside Ryan Bridge New
for twenty twenty four on an early edition with Smith City,
New Zealand's furniture bands and a play at store US Dogs.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
It'd be good morning. It is six after five. Great
to be with you this morning. Is the Infrastructure Agency
Plan the one that the government announced yesterday to much fanfare?
Really worth the paper that it's written on? Look? What
is the priority going to be for them? Will it
be Climate change reducing CO two? Will it be GDP?
Nick leg at the Infrastructure New Zealand CEO. Just before
(00:35):
six thirty thousand out of fifty thousand teenagers failed n
CEO math tests this year. Why that may not be
as bad as it sounds. That's after five point thirty
Mitch McCann and the US Trump's staff are in a
scuffle at a cemetery. I shouldn't laugh, but what is next? Also,
Darlene Tana, where is the sympathy from Chloe? It is Thursday,
(01:01):
the twenty ninth, off August. At least ten people are
dead after Israel launched raids and air strikes and four
cities in the West Bank. The IDF says it's a
counter terrorism operation, alleging that Iranian funded weapons are coming
through the border.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
There are refugee camps that are near those cities as well,
which are often considered by the Israelis as being the
center's of violent resistance.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Hamas has responded, calling for a mobilization of its fighters
and supporters. Two people have been killed and another injured
after a tire reportedly exploded at Hartsville Jackson Atlanta Airport
in the US. The Delta Airline workers were basically taking
apart bits of a wheel that was not on an
aircraft at the time when the incident occurred. This is
(01:48):
an investigator.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
The taire itself very often doesn't disintegrate. It's the rim
that let's go, and those boats go around the rim.
If they were to fail outward, it's like a projectile.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
It is day one of the Paralympics in Paris today.
The opening ceremony starts in just under an hour. Twenty
five power athletes from our team eight sports will be
competing in eleven days of competition. The Cheff the mission
railing Baits, says, it's been three years of hard work
to get here.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
They're just really grateful to be here and in an
environment that's so different to Tokyo, where they're able to
embrace people and actually celebrate being here and feel the love.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
News and views you trust.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
To start your day, It's Billy Edition with Ryan Bridge
and Smith City New Zealand's furniture beds and a flying store.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
News Talk said, be great to have you on the
show this morning, just gone eight after five. We'll have
an update on Darling Tanner in a second. Also, Mercury
is a little miffed, a little peeved about Windstone Polt,
the closure of the processing operations in pay Who. We'll
get to that in a second. Two Plus Woolwors the
result the one you probably won't hear much about because
(02:57):
it's not good for Wolworst, which means it's not great
for a headline. We'll get to that in a second too.
But first, Ginny Anderson fudging the numbers again. Ginny, aren't
you on One News last night? So there was a spike.
You know, police go out and do foot patrols and
on the beat. Everybody likes a bit of that because
it makes them visible and reduces crime. She's given numbers
(03:19):
saying under National they've gone down, they've dropped, but there's
a spike in December, and she's compared December to June,
and she's saying, look at that, and the reporter to
his credit, points out, actually, there's always a spike in June, Ginny,
and she says, Nope, the trend is up.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
We've seen a consistent decline and there's a concern that
particularly rural areas are seeing a decline.
Speaker 6 (03:43):
Nonsense, the cher the cherry picking numbers.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, the trend is down, is what she claimed. But actually, no,
the trend is up, and there is always a spike
in December. So what on earth is Ginny talking about?
Giny won't say. Ginny, when she was asked repeatedly, you
know that the December spike thing, December spike, she just
kept repeating the same thing. Ten after five, Brian Bridge,
(04:07):
lots more to come here on the show this morning.
We're going to talk about Darling Tanner because who's footing
the bill? There's more legal action. Who's going to foot
the bill? Undoubtedly we will pay some of that, I
am sure. Actually I'll do will worse now while we're here.
So this is the news you won't hear much about. Basically,
their earnings have halved. They've dropped one hundred million dollars
a year on year, lowest result in ten years. They
(04:30):
say wage costs are up. These are the reasons why
competition is up. Basically, people are shopping around because of
the cost of living, which makes sense. You know, you
don't have as much money to throw around on basic things,
you go look somewhere else for it. I guess the
question here is is this public pressure, is this threats
from the ComCom that's making them more competitive, or is
(04:54):
this just the market working and behaving as it should.
When people have less money, they are more discerning with
their choices. Coming up next, we're going to look at
our police, all emergency responders and how they're talking to
each other. Eleven after five.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
News and Views you Trust to start your day.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
It's early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New
Zealand's furniture, beds and a playing store.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
News Talk said.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Be Ossie inflation dart a three point five percent for July.
That is down. It was three point eight percent in June,
four percent in May. So we are obviously seeing a trend.
Inflation is dropping in Australia, which is great. Electricity and
petrol price falls are behind it. Looking at the December quarter,
they reckon. That's when the Reserve Bank there, the Central
(05:58):
Bank will start to cut rates by a quarter of
a percent. They have been in The retailers are having
a hard time. They've been in a retail recession for
at least eighteen months. They reckon, and that will continue
until Santa comes at Christmas, Bryan Bridge, a new radio
network has been set up for our emergency services. It'll
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see police, fire and ambulance all move to the same
digital system for the first time, replacing the aging and
sometimes failing analog system. It follows a trial in Canterbury.
Steve Ferguson's the director of Next Generation Critical Communications and
he's with me this morning, kidday Steve.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Sure right, how are you good?
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Thank you? What will this actually change for our first responders?
Will Will they be able to talk to each other
through this system?
Speaker 8 (06:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (06:44):
Beever, the technology we've got today has done a great
job over thirty years, but it's old and they cannot
communicate together in an emergency situation. They can't coordinate responses.
So you've got police via emergency h to hones Sir
John wanting to they cannot communicate cat across the network together.
This will give them that opportunity. But more than that,
(07:06):
it's digitized, as you said in your intro there and
today the public can listen into their comms and so
can the bad guys. So it creates all sorts of
challenges for first responders trying to save PEB life.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Well, so, because I know that there's some journalists who
like to listen in and find out where the you know,
where the drama is happening. Will they not be able
to do that either? Is it totally encrypted?
Speaker 8 (07:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (07:32):
The good news for first responders and key users, it
is totally encrypted. We're dealing with people's lives, We're dealing
with personal situations, and it's important we've got the first
responders pools so they can communicate well and simply an easily.
Today's net we won't do that. So no, going forward,
it will be encrypted and it will give the first
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responsibility to communicate much more easily. Today because of the
situation we have with this whole technology, they've got to
get quite innovative of how to communicate and not signal
to people that shouldn't be listening as to what they're.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Doing using lots of codes and stuff like that. How
many radios do you actually need to replace, Well.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
We're replacing the whole network, Brian. We're replacing five hundred
radio towers and somewhere in the order of fifteen thousand
units that for first responders, we've already this is part
of a complementary set of services. So we've already rolled
out roaming service on cellulars for first responders. Last year,
a world first. Actually were teed up the two mobile
(08:37):
network operators and we've rolled out fifteen thousand SIM cards
for the first responses they communicate across that network. So
we're doing the same with the radio networks.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Fascinating stuff, Steve, Thank you for that. Steve Ferguson, Director
of Next Generation Critical Communications. It does seem strange, doesn't it.
We're not strange, but a little antiquated that our ambulance officers,
our police officers are buyer service, can't actually talk to
each other when they are coordinating on an emergency. Thankfully,
that will be coming to an end seventeen after five.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Ryan Bridge new for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture beds and a playing
store news talk.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Z it be nineteen after five great to have your
company nine two ninety two the number to text. Fifty
five thousand teenagers have sat new n CEA tests in May.
Here are the pass rates. Reading fifty nine percent past
writing fifty six percent pass numerously, forty six percent pass
not great, And you must pass these tests in order
(09:39):
to get ENCEEA qualifications. On this result, tens of thousands
wouldn't That's what it appears on the face of it. Anyway,
this year and next year there is a workaround for
the students, so it's not an immediate problem for us.
Chris Abercrombie's the PPGA president, Chris, good morning, Good morning.
Is this as bad as it sound? Because is this
(10:01):
students who are sitting the test from fifth form or
year eleven up or is it even year nine s
who are sitting these tests?
Speaker 8 (10:10):
So most of the students that are sitting in the
section in year ten the OLGA fourth form, So that's
where most of the students have been sitting this, some
of year eleven fifth form, but the vast majority are
in year ten.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
And do you need do you need to pass it
in year ten in order to get your ncas in
year eleven and onwards. Or could you, in theory actually
sit your incas and then sit this these tests in
your final year and pass it all sort of retrospectively.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
Absolutely, So there's no sort of time limit on this.
You could do this in your last year at school,
you could do it in year twelve. There's no real
time little bit on this. And as you mentioned, there's
still dual pathways open for young people to be able
to get there INCA literacy and numeracy, but the options available.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Do we know what percentage of year elevens are failing
these tests?
Speaker 8 (11:02):
Not off the top of me, heait I don't know that,
and say the vast majority are in year ten. So
some of these students potentially would have been their third
times didn't it. They would have sat it twice in
year ten, and they could have set it in year
eleven as well.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
And nz QA is saying basically, if you if this
child is not ready, don't make them sit the tests
because you're stressing them out and it's doing untold damage
to their psyche. Well, at least that was what one
principle said, is that the right approach shouldn't you be
sitting it and failing and learning and trying again, getting
(11:36):
up and trying again.
Speaker 8 (11:38):
Well, there's definitely an element to it, but also you've
got to make sure students are ready for the assessment,
So they should school should be using other factors such
as the ASTOL or PAT tests to make sure students
are sitting at that level ready to say. For some
of these students could be the third time they've failed it,
and so it is really demoralizing. So you want to
make sure students can pass the assessment before they do this.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
One of the issues this is with NUMEROSCY is that
they needed students who were either borderline or failing, needed
to take a position on questions and then justify the
positions rather than just restating the claim that they'd made.
And I remember at school, I'd say, show you're working,
Show you're working, you know, explain yourself. Why is that
(12:21):
more of a problem with students struggling with that more
now than ever before.
Speaker 8 (12:26):
Well, it seems to be the case at the moment.
And this is one of the sort of wider picture
of educational reforms that it's a really long term process.
You know, if you think of a five year old
student in school, by the time we see them in
secondary it's ten years almost and so you know, the
education reforms a real long term, ten year process, and
we've seen what sort of outcomes the short term thinking.
(12:47):
And that's one of the here is they're sort of
changes in curriculum changes and teaching practice, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Are we not teaching kids how to think anymore for themselves? Critically, well,
that was.
Speaker 8 (13:00):
One of the real positives of our sort of curriculum,
was it was. It was so open even thinking was
a big part of it. Now there's at least need
to go back with a bit or where a scripted
the curriculum to make sure certain things are done, and
so the same, we're in little bit of a fucks
at the moment in education.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Chris, thank you so much for your time. Chris Abercrombie,
the PPGA president with us this morning. So not quite
as bad as the headline might sound. You know, when
you look at numerously in particular, thirty thousand out of
fifty thousand kids failing. But you can sit the test
any time. It's not like you get to fifth form
you have to pass it.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
Then.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
However, from twenty twenty six, Your child will need to
pass these three tests in order to get their NCEA qualifications.
Just gone twenty four minutes after five, Mitch McCann out
of the US. There's been a scuffle between some of
Trump's campaign staff at a military cemetery. We'll tell you
(13:55):
more about that. Mitch has all the details. Plus we're
going to talk to Nick Leget just before six. This
new Structure Commission, sorry, infrastructure agency that they're proposing with
a thirty year pipeline, et cetera, et cetera. Is it
really going to work?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
The early edition Full the Show podcast on iHeartRadio powered
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Speaker 2 (14:14):
You're on News Talk, said b. At the Auckland High
Court this morning at ten am there is a Darling
Tana is seeking an interim injunction. It's been sought to
stop the Greens from meeting to try and walk a
jump her. That meeting is meant to go ahead this weekend.
There's also going to be a judicial review. The saga continues.
And we all know why this is happening, don't we
(14:35):
Because her husband's business is in the whole, isn't it.
The creditors are owed money. I think there was around
one hundred dollars in the till when they went in
there and tried to clean things up. So let's think
like the Greens for a second and take a step back.
Here is a Wahani Maldi. She has fallen on hard times.
(14:56):
She's made mistakes, sure, though not proven in a court
of law, just party report at this stage, A party
with white privileged elites at the top of it, including
close Warbrook, a party with resources a power imbalance. Her
actions may have resulted from structural racism for all we know.
(15:18):
This is how the Greens generally approach issues like this.
And what does Chloe and co. Do to this victim?
What do they do? They boot her out on the street.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Despite Chloe saying this.
Speaker 8 (15:35):
We are being careful about the statements that we are
making publicly. We have continued to follow process as best
as we possibly can to center our Green Party.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Co pepper Green Party co pepper. If this is the
co puppa of the Green Party, I don't recognize it.
Number one, it doesn't sound very greeny and doesn't sound
very in line with how they approach other victims. And
number two and this is the kicker for us. I
think we're on the hook for the legal bills here,
(16:05):
aren't we. Twenty eight after five rain Bridge Winstone Pulp,
So the two hundred plus jobs that are on the
line there and it will pay who. They had a
meeting about it yesterday. You might have seen that in
the news. So Mercury Energy is upset at some of
the media reporting about this and they're blaming that. Well,
they say they're being blamed in the press unnecessarily. So
(16:27):
obviously there's the closure of the wood processing operations that's
going on. They're consulting on it at the moment, and
the reports have been saying that high spot prices or
wholesale rates are to blame. Now, Mercury has a contract
which helps set the price of half of the power
that the Windstone Pulp US uses, and Mercury says, actually
(16:48):
the rates are significantly lower than the spot prices. So
the implication from these media stories, according to Mercury, is
Mercury bad charging these spot prices initry saying actually, for
the portion that we look after, the prices we're charging
are much lower. So whatever has led to Winstone's downfall
(17:11):
with the rest of the power allocation is on them.
Mitch McCann out of the US.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
Next, What'll be next to?
Speaker 6 (17:34):
Next? To get ahead of the headlines?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Ryan Bridge you for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture bids and a playing store.
Speaker 6 (17:48):
News talk said be food time.
Speaker 9 (17:53):
Job the.
Speaker 8 (17:56):
Juice line loose said line.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Come down now.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Pretty four away from six years, so it said the
We're going to get to Nick Leggett on the new
Infrastructure Agency which is hopefully going to so magically solve
all of our infrastructure problems over thirty years just before
six this morning. This is not important, but did anyone
see Luxan on the news last night? And he was
wearing an open collar shirt. Normally he's all suited up,
(18:26):
suited and booted, but he had an open collar shirt
sort of like a seventies flat collar if you can
picture what I'm talking about. Obviously hasn't seen any sun
on his chest, so and he has quite a red face,
so it was like a two tone car, white on
the bottom, red on the top. Anyway, that's not important,
(18:47):
because what he does and says is more important than
what he looks like. Isn't that right twenty three Way
from six. Lots of texts coming in on education. Ryan
stopped protecting kids if they fail, held them to work harder.
Life is not a constant success story. Jake says, Hey, Ryan,
how many teachers could pass the NCEEA exams? My guess
(19:09):
not many, if any. Carmala Harris, here's some great news.
Mitch McCann's with us shortly. She is finally going to
do her first sit down interview with Dana bashm CNN tomorrow.
We will hear about it. She promised one by the
end of the month, so she had to do it
thirty eight days no interview. But there's a catch. She's
(19:30):
bringing a friend to work. She's bringing old mate Wall
to her running mates to the interview, so it'll be
a double header. Twenty two to six, Bryan Bridge, He's
got reporters around the country Callen Proctors and Need and Clum.
A successful return for war Birds over Wonka. Yeah, morning, Ryan.
Speaker 10 (19:51):
The air Show's taken out the People's Choice Award this
week's New Zealand Events Awards, so celebrations for all involved.
Event manager Adrena Davi says they were thrilled to win
the same award for their last year show in twenty eighteen,
but of course couldn't defend the title until this year
due to COVID, so she says it's great to come
back and know that they're still in New Zealand's favorite event.
(20:13):
Christ Church is Electric Avenue won best Music Event of
the Year and the Garden City edition of Sale GP
took out Best Marketing or Creative.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
There you go and weather in Dunedin today come.
Speaker 10 (20:25):
Early rain clearing to the odds shower, northerlyes easing and
sixteen today.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
So was the awards that you're talking about? Were they
nationwide awards or just South Island on that People's Choice award?
Speaker 10 (20:39):
Warbirds Overwonica coming out on top of quite a lot
of other big events that were in the running.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
From very cool calm, thank you for that, Clarice Sheerwards
and christ Church this morning. High emotions at an Environment
Canterbury meeting.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
Claire yes from both Manafenwa and councilors. Yesterday Ryan the
Regional Council voted to keep its NITA WHO representation at
the council table, goes against Local Government Minister Simeon Brown's
recommendation to cut that Knight Tahoo Act. Chirpter Scott says
it was emotional for all, especially given the context of
the government's recent changes to MALDI wards and engagement in general.
(21:14):
He says it came from a place of knowing that
Council aren't giving up their support and believed the position
gives an opportunity for engagement. He says he will send
a letter to the Minister to confirm e Can's decision.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
All right, how's your weather today, Claire should be.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
Nice here mainly find with variable high cloud northeasterly turning
north west and the high as nineteen.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Thank you Max Toland Wellington. Max. Another exorbitant Council spend
on consultants.
Speaker 11 (21:39):
Yeah, more than half a million dollars in fact, spent
on lawyers consultants to work on the disastrous Reading Cinema deal,
which is of course now defunct. The vast majority to
Bell Gully Law firm PwC as well. Our newsroom has
the figures a commercial assessment of the proposal, which was
thirty two million dollars to allow the multinational company to
(22:02):
lease but lease back this Courtney placed Land a deal
that seemed doomed from the beginning, which is the point
the mayor grilled at the time on news talks, I'd
be for apparently endorsing corporate welfare. The Posts reported back
in February as well how the council schmoozed Redding owners
to come to the city his free dinner booze in
a ratepayer funded trip. The site is back up for sale.
(22:25):
No word yet on who could or would want to
buy that site.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Absolute shambles with it today in the capital max.
Speaker 11 (22:34):
Periods of rain, possibly heavy this afternoon, some very strong
northwesterlies as well higher fifteenth central.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
All right, take here, thank you, and Neva's in Auckland
this morning.
Speaker 12 (22:43):
Good morning, Neva, good morning, very very chilly and brisk
in your studio this morning. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (22:48):
I changed nothing, but it is freezing.
Speaker 12 (22:51):
I can just tell you. I can confirm that it
is warmer outside. But I think it's the hosk. I
think he must have come in any tinkered with the
temperature before he starts at six. So I don't want
to move it because I've just looked at it. It
says eighteen eighteen.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
He doesn't normally go that low. I don't think, no, no,
so I think someone else has been missed then actually
was it Leo?
Speaker 9 (23:14):
Leo?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Okay, yeah, right, what's going on was what's went happening
with the weather today?
Speaker 8 (23:18):
The weather.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
So let's start with the weather.
Speaker 12 (23:19):
So we've got showers this morning, then rain this afternoon.
Apparently could be heavy squawly thunderstorms about the west coast.
But I can tell you it's going to be very
warm here in Auckland. High have nineteen. Spring is coming.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Is that lovely? Right? Tell us about the birds?
Speaker 8 (23:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (23:33):
The birds?
Speaker 12 (23:33):
Well, is this this bit of a spring story as well? Look,
the Auckland Council stop, take this is the bird population
here identifies we've got two hundred and thirty species in
the region. So of these, thirty four native species are
deemed regionally critical while twenty others are classed is at risk.
So we've got the black petrel, the New Zealand storm petrol,
the Northern coxs petrel. Now they're uniquely found here in Auckland,
(23:56):
so therefore they need conservation efforts. Enough exactly, So the
council says it's going to use all of these findings
and guide that's by diversity objectives, and you know, they
just want these boots to thrive. Good bood story. Really,
if you're a bird person.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
If I'm not watcher, Hey, a lot of people saying, look,
I'm giving Chris Lackxon too much of a hard time.
I just said, did you see him on the news
last night? But tell me I just heard you.
Speaker 8 (24:20):
I mean.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
It had an open ship, was there a medallion? Medalian?
But it was just very pale. I mean, you know,
as most most people a chest out.
Speaker 12 (24:31):
I would have been looking at that. You know, fake
tan man use the fake te do you reckon?
Speaker 2 (24:35):
He should have done it?
Speaker 12 (24:36):
Yeah, Anda's head.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Maureen, who says, Ryan, look in the mirror before you
slag off others?
Speaker 12 (24:42):
Why you you you're quite look at you? You're quite tenned.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
No, but I've just got a lot of hair on
my chest so it would be really white underneath.
Speaker 6 (24:51):
Yeah, it's just really hary.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Because he hasn't got the chest here. But Maureen, I'm
not slagging him off. I was just you know, you
just think things when you see that.
Speaker 6 (24:59):
That's right, that's all.
Speaker 12 (25:00):
We're going to have to go back and have a
look at the video footage.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
The blinding light. Neither already maney with us than seventeen
to six. Mitch McCann out of the US.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Next international correspondence with ends and eye Insurance, Peace of
mind for New Zealand Business.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Fourteen to six are going to Mitch McCann, a US correspondent.
Now there's been a cemetery clash apparently, but with involving
members of Donald Trump's campaign team. Mitch, what's going on here?
Speaker 13 (25:30):
Yeah, that's right, Good morning, Ryan. Donald Trump arrived at
the Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, DC earlier this week,
where he was paying respects to service members who had
died during the withdrawal of Afghanistan a couple of years ago. Now,
it allegs that two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff
had a verbal and physical altercation with an official at
(25:50):
the cemetery. Now, it's reported this confrontation happened because the
cemetery official tried to prevent Donald Trump's staff from filming
and photographing and as section where recent US casualties are buried.
Now law prohibits any political campaigning at the National Cemetery,
and Arlington had provided their own photographer so photos could
(26:11):
be taken. Now there's conflicting stories here because Donald Trump's
team says there wasn't a physical altercation, saying we are
prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made.
I Meanwhile, the cemetery says there was an incident and
a report has been filed. Soin some troubling news for
Donald Trump there at the cemetery.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Goodness, Carmla Harris finally sitting down for an into but
she's bringing a friend.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
That's right.
Speaker 13 (26:36):
It's taken some time for Kamala Harris to agree to
do an interview. She's agreed to do one now with CNN,
but it won't be just her and the correspondent. It
will be her alongside her vice presidential candidate, Tim While
so the two of them will be on CNN. It'll
be nine o'clock Eastern time tomorrow night, which will air
around one o'clock Friday afternoon, New Zealand time. Donald Trump
(26:57):
has put out a press release Ryan with suggested questions
for seeing in if they were having trouble coming up
with them themselves. He wants to know did Kamala Harris
know about Joe Biden's cognitive state, why she decided to
stop building the border wall, and why has she abandoned
quote her radical liberal positions. So it's going to be
an interesting interview of Kamala Harrison toon.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Waals certainly sounds like it. Mitch, thank you, Mitch McKenna,
US correspondent. Great to hear you. People. Republicans, i should say,
already tweeting saying Biden, you know, can barely get up
a flight of stairs or in a car without a handler,
and now Carmala can't talk to CNN without one too.
Speaker 6 (27:38):
Bryan Bridge quickly on.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Karmala Harris actually and the wall, because Republicans are saying
that she is now supporting building the wall between the
US and Mexico, not quite making Mexico pay for it.
But you'll remember this has been Trump's catch cry for years.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Now, build that whah, build that whah build that wha
build that whah, build that wha build that wha.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
All right, build that. I think we get the message.
So he wanted to build the wall, right, and Karmala
Harris has said, no, it is a racist idea, it
is a bad idea, it's not going to solve the problem,
and it's Unamerican. A vanity project is how she described it.
Trump's vanity project. Now, Republicans claim she is supporting the
building of the construction of new walls between America and Mexico.
(28:24):
Now it's a nuanced story. She's not come out and
said build the wall herself. But she is reviving an
immigration bill that was bipartisan, So it was agreed between
Biden's lot and the Republicans in Congress, and it includes
as part of that, which is what the Republicans wanted,
hundreds of millions of dollars for new wall construction. So technically,
(28:45):
Karmala Harris is technically now on board with the wall
and bridge. Rich back home now and we're talking infrastructure.
A new infrastructure agency and a National Infrastructure Plan will
be established on the first of December. He will serve
as the shop front for PPPs, public private partnerships and
any other private investment in infrastructure. Nick leg Gets, the
(29:06):
Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive. He's with me this morning.
Hey Nick, Hi, right, good to have you with us
this morning. So I want to know the most important
thing here surely is well two things. One is whether
the politicians can agree. But who's going to run this
this new agency and what will their priority be? Is
it climate emissions or is it economic development.
Speaker 14 (29:30):
Well, the agency won't be stood up until the first
of December, and it's going to be rolled from an
existing agency called Crown Infrastructure partners which has done a
lot of really good work around the country, sourcing finance
for communities, administering government infrastructure funding, actually getting stuff built,
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so it does have a good history. But the new
National Infrastructure Agency, which will be the name of the
new organized we'll do that additional work and that is
be the shop front for private public private partnerships, which
will be back on the agenda. And that's important not
(30:12):
because every project that New Zealand builds will be a
public private partnership, but rather because we just need that
as an additional tool in our toolbox. We can get
benefits from those. I think that probably we've got some maturity,
We've got to mature of the model a little bit
improve them. But the truth is that we've got some
(30:33):
challenges with infrastructure in this country. I think most krews
know that we rank bottom or near the bottom on
the OECD for the value that we get when we
spend a dollar, and which means you I think we're
fourth from the bottom. So we just we just don't
extract the value because our system takes too long. Things,
(30:54):
you know, we stop start the pipeline and politicians come
in and change stuff up.
Speaker 8 (31:00):
And it's important.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
So that's the funding. But in terms of the prioritizing
what we need to fund, you know, won't it be
critical how they set this agency up and what its
task is is it is it reducing climate carbon emissions
or is it economic development? You know what's the overriding.
Speaker 14 (31:20):
Well that that direction will come, I mean the government
obviously you have to give that direction. The government are
very focused on productivity and economic development. Carbon emissions will
be part of that, the Minister made Reducing carbon will
be part of the Minister made that clear. But the
overall direction will come from the thirty year Infrastructure Plan.
Speaker 8 (31:42):
And this is the problem.
Speaker 14 (31:43):
I mean, it's you know, having five minutes with you
talking about it is really important. But there's there's a
lot going on here. And what we're saying about this
is the system that builds our infrastructure is the thing
to get right and it's the thing that we shouldn't
have the ting and throwing over between the you know,
a change of government. What we need to do is
(32:03):
you know, the priorities might change between one government to
the next, but the system needs to be sound and
pretty secure because when you change stuff, and we know
that through health and we know through vocational education, when
you change things, you actually stop progress. And the government
were really clear here they said, oh, we could have
pushed a few more things together, but we actually wanted
(32:24):
to keep momentum so we can deliver infrastructure in our
first term. And I think that's really important because the
stuff shouldn't be party political right, that these agencies should
be able to go ahead and do their work and
get stuff built for New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
And clearly we haven't actually been doing that very well,
as you've outlined, Nick Leget Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive
just gone seven minutes away from six o'clock. It's interesting,
isn't it, because when you say it shouldn't be politicized,
and you know what, if one government has announced something,
then we should just build it. You know, should we
have just tinued with light rail just because it had
(33:02):
been announced and you know the Harbor Bridge cycle wave
thing they can at themselves, I suppose labor, but it
is it is difficult to see how you get consensus
on some things. Nick, I appreciate your time. It has
just gone six to six.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio Early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and
a playing Store.
Speaker 6 (33:25):
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To six on News Talks. They'd be very cold in
the studio this morning. Neva reckons that Mike was it
was you turning the aircon down?
Speaker 15 (33:33):
What you don't know because you're still newish here is
there we go the Neva is disreputable, doesn't have a
particularly good reputation round here, comes across initially superficially is
quite nice.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
This is lovely, but.
Speaker 15 (33:49):
Yep, and you're still under that, you know, Paul of
being sucked in. But Macavelian behind the well, my few
as soon as look at you. So temperatures is perfect.
Ryan and the mic Hoss breakfast to sit to go
any moment.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
What's on the show today, Andrew get us by the way,
we look at the the timer case brilliant. See you tomorrow,
Lave mood or hanging out the passenger door.
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
It'd be good morning. It is six after five. Great
to be with you this morning. Is the Infrastructure Agency
Plan the one that the government announced yesterday to much fanfare?
Really worth the paper that it's written on? Look? What
is the priority going to be for them? Will it
be Climate change reducing CO two? Will it be GDP?
Nick leg at the Infrastructure New Zealand CEO. Just before
(00:35):
six thirty thousand out of fifty thousand teenagers failed n
CEO math tests this year. Why that may not be
as bad as it sounds. That's after five point thirty
Mitch McCann and the US Trump's staff are in a
scuffle at a cemetery. I shouldn't laugh, but what is next? Also,
Darlene Tana, where is the sympathy from Chloe? It is Thursday,
(01:01):
the twenty ninth, off August. At least ten people are
dead after Israel launched raids and air strikes and four
cities in the West Bank. The IDF says it's a
counter terrorism operation, alleging that Iranian funded weapons are coming
through the border.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
There are refugee camps that are near those cities as well,
which are often considered by the Israelis as being the
center's of violent resistance.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Hamas has responded, calling for a mobilization of its fighters
and supporters. Two people have been killed and another injured
after a tire reportedly exploded at Hartsville Jackson Atlanta Airport
in the US. The Delta Airline workers were basically taking
apart bits of a wheel that was not on an
aircraft at the time when the incident occurred. This is
(01:48):
an investigator.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
The taire itself very often doesn't disintegrate. It's the rim
that let's go, and those boats go around the rim.
If they were to fail outward, it's like a projectile.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
It is day one of the Paralympics in Paris today.
The opening ceremony starts in just under an hour. Twenty
five power athletes from our team eight sports will be
competing in eleven days of competition. The Cheff the mission
railing Baits, says, it's been three years of hard work
to get here.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
They're just really grateful to be here and in an
environment that's so different to Tokyo, where they're able to
embrace people and actually celebrate being here and feel the love.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
News and views you trust.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
To start your day, It's Billy Edition with Ryan Bridge
and Smith City New Zealand's furniture beds and a flying store.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
News Talk said, be great to have you on the
show this morning, just gone eight after five. We'll have
an update on Darling Tanner in a second. Also, Mercury
is a little miffed, a little peeved about Windstone Polt,
the closure of the processing operations in pay Who. We'll
get to that in a second. Two Plus Woolwors the
result the one you probably won't hear much about because
(02:57):
it's not good for Wolworst, which means it's not great
for a headline. We'll get to that in a second too.
But first, Ginny Anderson fudging the numbers again. Ginny, aren't
you on One News last night? So there was a spike.
You know, police go out and do foot patrols and
on the beat. Everybody likes a bit of that because
it makes them visible and reduces crime. She's given numbers
(03:19):
saying under National they've gone down, they've dropped, but there's
a spike in December, and she's compared December to June,
and she's saying, look at that, and the reporter to
his credit, points out, actually, there's always a spike in June, Ginny,
and she says, Nope, the trend is up.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
We've seen a consistent decline and there's a concern that
particularly rural areas are seeing a decline.
Speaker 6 (03:43):
Nonsense, the cher the cherry picking numbers.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, the trend is down, is what she claimed. But actually, no,
the trend is up, and there is always a spike
in December. So what on earth is Ginny talking about?
Giny won't say. Ginny, when she was asked repeatedly, you
know that the December spike thing, December spike, she just
kept repeating the same thing. Ten after five, Brian Bridge,
(04:07):
lots more to come here on the show this morning.
We're going to talk about Darling Tanner because who's footing
the bill? There's more legal action. Who's going to foot
the bill? Undoubtedly we will pay some of that, I
am sure. Actually I'll do will worse now while we're here.
So this is the news you won't hear much about. Basically,
their earnings have halved. They've dropped one hundred million dollars
a year on year, lowest result in ten years. They
(04:30):
say wage costs are up. These are the reasons why
competition is up. Basically, people are shopping around because of
the cost of living, which makes sense. You know, you
don't have as much money to throw around on basic things,
you go look somewhere else for it. I guess the
question here is is this public pressure, is this threats
from the ComCom that's making them more competitive, or is
(04:54):
this just the market working and behaving as it should.
When people have less money, they are more discerning with
their choices. Coming up next, we're going to look at
our police, all emergency responders and how they're talking to
each other. Eleven after five.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
News and Views you Trust to start your day.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
It's early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New
Zealand's furniture, beds and a playing store.
Speaker 6 (05:35):
News Talk said.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Be Ossie inflation dart a three point five percent for July.
That is down. It was three point eight percent in June,
four percent in May. So we are obviously seeing a trend.
Inflation is dropping in Australia, which is great. Electricity and
petrol price falls are behind it. Looking at the December quarter,
they reckon. That's when the Reserve Bank there, the Central
(05:58):
Bank will start to cut rates by a quarter of
a percent. They have been in The retailers are having
a hard time. They've been in a retail recession for
at least eighteen months. They reckon, and that will continue
until Santa comes at Christmas, Bryan Bridge, a new radio
network has been set up for our emergency services. It'll
(06:18):
see police, fire and ambulance all move to the same
digital system for the first time, replacing the aging and
sometimes failing analog system. It follows a trial in Canterbury.
Steve Ferguson's the director of Next Generation Critical Communications and
he's with me this morning, kidday Steve.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Sure right, how are you good?
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Thank you? What will this actually change for our first responders?
Will Will they be able to talk to each other
through this system?
Speaker 8 (06:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (06:44):
Beever, the technology we've got today has done a great
job over thirty years, but it's old and they cannot
communicate together in an emergency situation. They can't coordinate responses.
So you've got police via emergency h to hones Sir
John wanting to they cannot communicate cat across the network together.
This will give them that opportunity. But more than that,
(07:06):
it's digitized, as you said in your intro there and
today the public can listen into their comms and so
can the bad guys. So it creates all sorts of
challenges for first responders trying to save PEB life.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Well, so, because I know that there's some journalists who
like to listen in and find out where the you know,
where the drama is happening. Will they not be able
to do that either? Is it totally encrypted?
Speaker 8 (07:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (07:32):
The good news for first responders and key users, it
is totally encrypted. We're dealing with people's lives, We're dealing
with personal situations, and it's important we've got the first
responders pools so they can communicate well and simply an easily.
Today's net we won't do that. So no, going forward,
it will be encrypted and it will give the first
(07:53):
responsibility to communicate much more easily. Today because of the
situation we have with this whole technology, they've got to
get quite innovative of how to communicate and not signal
to people that shouldn't be listening as to what they're.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Doing using lots of codes and stuff like that. How
many radios do you actually need to replace, Well.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
We're replacing the whole network, Brian. We're replacing five hundred
radio towers and somewhere in the order of fifteen thousand
units that for first responders, we've already this is part
of a complementary set of services. So we've already rolled
out roaming service on cellulars for first responders. Last year,
a world first. Actually were teed up the two mobile
(08:37):
network operators and we've rolled out fifteen thousand SIM cards
for the first responses they communicate across that network. So
we're doing the same with the radio networks.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Fascinating stuff, Steve, Thank you for that. Steve Ferguson, Director
of Next Generation Critical Communications. It does seem strange, doesn't it.
We're not strange, but a little antiquated that our ambulance officers,
our police officers are buyer service, can't actually talk to
each other when they are coordinating on an emergency. Thankfully,
that will be coming to an end seventeen after five.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Ryan Bridge new for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture beds and a playing
store news talk.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Z it be nineteen after five great to have your
company nine two ninety two the number to text. Fifty
five thousand teenagers have sat new n CEA tests in May.
Here are the pass rates. Reading fifty nine percent past
writing fifty six percent pass numerously, forty six percent pass
not great, And you must pass these tests in order
(09:39):
to get ENCEEA qualifications. On this result, tens of thousands
wouldn't That's what it appears on the face of it. Anyway,
this year and next year there is a workaround for
the students, so it's not an immediate problem for us.
Chris Abercrombie's the PPGA president, Chris, good morning, Good morning.
Is this as bad as it sound? Because is this
(10:01):
students who are sitting the test from fifth form or
year eleven up or is it even year nine s
who are sitting these tests?
Speaker 8 (10:10):
So most of the students that are sitting in the
section in year ten the OLGA fourth form, So that's
where most of the students have been sitting this, some
of year eleven fifth form, but the vast majority are
in year ten.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
And do you need do you need to pass it
in year ten in order to get your ncas in
year eleven and onwards. Or could you, in theory actually
sit your incas and then sit this these tests in
your final year and pass it all sort of retrospectively.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
Absolutely, So there's no sort of time limit on this.
You could do this in your last year at school,
you could do it in year twelve. There's no real
time little bit on this. And as you mentioned, there's
still dual pathways open for young people to be able
to get there INCA literacy and numeracy, but the options available.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Do we know what percentage of year elevens are failing
these tests?
Speaker 8 (11:02):
Not off the top of me, heait I don't know that,
and say the vast majority are in year ten. So
some of these students potentially would have been their third
times didn't it. They would have sat it twice in
year ten, and they could have set it in year
eleven as well.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
And nz QA is saying basically, if you if this
child is not ready, don't make them sit the tests
because you're stressing them out and it's doing untold damage
to their psyche. Well, at least that was what one
principle said, is that the right approach shouldn't you be
sitting it and failing and learning and trying again, getting
(11:36):
up and trying again.
Speaker 8 (11:38):
Well, there's definitely an element to it, but also you've
got to make sure students are ready for the assessment,
So they should school should be using other factors such
as the ASTOL or PAT tests to make sure students
are sitting at that level ready to say. For some
of these students could be the third time they've failed it,
and so it is really demoralizing. So you want to
make sure students can pass the assessment before they do this.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
One of the issues this is with NUMEROSCY is that
they needed students who were either borderline or failing, needed
to take a position on questions and then justify the
positions rather than just restating the claim that they'd made.
And I remember at school, I'd say, show you're working,
Show you're working, you know, explain yourself. Why is that
(12:21):
more of a problem with students struggling with that more
now than ever before.
Speaker 8 (12:26):
Well, it seems to be the case at the moment.
And this is one of the sort of wider picture
of educational reforms that it's a really long term process.
You know, if you think of a five year old
student in school, by the time we see them in
secondary it's ten years almost and so you know, the
education reforms a real long term, ten year process, and
we've seen what sort of outcomes the short term thinking.
(12:47):
And that's one of the here is they're sort of
changes in curriculum changes and teaching practice, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Are we not teaching kids how to think anymore for themselves? Critically, well,
that was.
Speaker 8 (13:00):
One of the real positives of our sort of curriculum,
was it was. It was so open even thinking was
a big part of it. Now there's at least need
to go back with a bit or where a scripted
the curriculum to make sure certain things are done, and
so the same, we're in little bit of a fucks
at the moment in education.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Chris, thank you so much for your time. Chris Abercrombie,
the PPGA president with us this morning. So not quite
as bad as the headline might sound. You know, when
you look at numerously in particular, thirty thousand out of
fifty thousand kids failing. But you can sit the test
any time. It's not like you get to fifth form
you have to pass it.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
Then.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
However, from twenty twenty six, Your child will need to
pass these three tests in order to get their NCEA qualifications.
Just gone twenty four minutes after five, Mitch McCann out
of the US. There's been a scuffle between some of
Trump's campaign staff at a military cemetery. We'll tell you
(13:55):
more about that. Mitch has all the details. Plus we're
going to talk to Nick Leget just before six. This
new Structure Commission, sorry, infrastructure agency that they're proposing with
a thirty year pipeline, et cetera, et cetera. Is it
really going to work?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
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You're on News Talk, said b. At the Auckland High
Court this morning at ten am there is a Darling
Tana is seeking an interim injunction. It's been sought to
stop the Greens from meeting to try and walk a
jump her. That meeting is meant to go ahead this weekend.
There's also going to be a judicial review. The saga continues.
And we all know why this is happening, don't we
(14:35):
Because her husband's business is in the whole, isn't it.
The creditors are owed money. I think there was around
one hundred dollars in the till when they went in
there and tried to clean things up. So let's think
like the Greens for a second and take a step back.
Here is a Wahani Maldi. She has fallen on hard times.
(14:56):
She's made mistakes, sure, though not proven in a court
of law, just party report at this stage, A party
with white privileged elites at the top of it, including
close Warbrook, a party with resources a power imbalance. Her
actions may have resulted from structural racism for all we know.
(15:18):
This is how the Greens generally approach issues like this.
And what does Chloe and co. Do to this victim?
What do they do? They boot her out on the street.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Despite Chloe saying this.
Speaker 8 (15:35):
We are being careful about the statements that we are
making publicly. We have continued to follow process as best
as we possibly can to center our Green Party.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Co pepper Green Party co pepper. If this is the
co puppa of the Green Party, I don't recognize it.
Number one, it doesn't sound very greeny and doesn't sound
very in line with how they approach other victims. And
number two and this is the kicker for us. I
think we're on the hook for the legal bills here,
(16:05):
aren't we. Twenty eight after five rain Bridge Winstone Pulp,
So the two hundred plus jobs that are on the
line there and it will pay who. They had a
meeting about it yesterday. You might have seen that in
the news. So Mercury Energy is upset at some of
the media reporting about this and they're blaming that. Well,
they say they're being blamed in the press unnecessarily. So
(16:27):
obviously there's the closure of the wood processing operations that's
going on. They're consulting on it at the moment, and
the reports have been saying that high spot prices or
wholesale rates are to blame. Now, Mercury has a contract
which helps set the price of half of the power
that the Windstone Pulp US uses, and Mercury says, actually
(16:48):
the rates are significantly lower than the spot prices. So
the implication from these media stories, according to Mercury, is
Mercury bad charging these spot prices initry saying actually, for
the portion that we look after, the prices we're charging
are much lower. So whatever has led to Winstone's downfall
(17:11):
with the rest of the power allocation is on them.
Mitch McCann out of the US.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
Next, What'll be next to?
Speaker 6 (17:34):
Next? To get ahead of the headlines?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Ryan Bridge you for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture bids and a playing store.
Speaker 6 (17:48):
News talk said be food time.
Speaker 9 (17:53):
Job the.
Speaker 8 (17:56):
Juice line loose said line.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Come down now.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Pretty four away from six years, so it said the
We're going to get to Nick Leggett on the new
Infrastructure Agency which is hopefully going to so magically solve
all of our infrastructure problems over thirty years just before
six this morning. This is not important, but did anyone
see Luxan on the news last night? And he was
wearing an open collar shirt. Normally he's all suited up,
(18:26):
suited and booted, but he had an open collar shirt
sort of like a seventies flat collar if you can
picture what I'm talking about. Obviously hasn't seen any sun
on his chest, so and he has quite a red face,
so it was like a two tone car, white on
the bottom, red on the top. Anyway, that's not important,
(18:47):
because what he does and says is more important than
what he looks like. Isn't that right twenty three Way
from six. Lots of texts coming in on education. Ryan
stopped protecting kids if they fail, held them to work harder.
Life is not a constant success story. Jake says, Hey, Ryan,
how many teachers could pass the NCEEA exams? My guess
(19:09):
not many, if any. Carmala Harris, here's some great news.
Mitch McCann's with us shortly. She is finally going to
do her first sit down interview with Dana bashm CNN tomorrow.
We will hear about it. She promised one by the
end of the month, so she had to do it
thirty eight days no interview. But there's a catch. She's
(19:30):
bringing a friend to work. She's bringing old mate Wall
to her running mates to the interview, so it'll be
a double header. Twenty two to six, Bryan Bridge, He's
got reporters around the country Callen Proctors and Need and Clum.
A successful return for war Birds over Wonka. Yeah, morning, Ryan.
Speaker 10 (19:51):
The air Show's taken out the People's Choice Award this
week's New Zealand Events Awards, so celebrations for all involved.
Event manager Adrena Davi says they were thrilled to win
the same award for their last year show in twenty eighteen,
but of course couldn't defend the title until this year
due to COVID, so she says it's great to come
back and know that they're still in New Zealand's favorite event.
(20:13):
Christ Church is Electric Avenue won best Music Event of
the Year and the Garden City edition of Sale GP
took out Best Marketing or Creative.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
There you go and weather in Dunedin today come.
Speaker 10 (20:25):
Early rain clearing to the odds shower, northerlyes easing and
sixteen today.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
So was the awards that you're talking about? Were they
nationwide awards or just South Island on that People's Choice award?
Speaker 10 (20:39):
Warbirds Overwonica coming out on top of quite a lot
of other big events that were in the running.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
From very cool calm, thank you for that, Clarice Sheerwards
and christ Church this morning. High emotions at an Environment
Canterbury meeting.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
Claire yes from both Manafenwa and councilors. Yesterday Ryan the
Regional Council voted to keep its NITA WHO representation at
the council table, goes against Local Government Minister Simeon Brown's
recommendation to cut that Knight Tahoo Act. Chirpter Scott says
it was emotional for all, especially given the context of
the government's recent changes to MALDI wards and engagement in general.
(21:14):
He says it came from a place of knowing that
Council aren't giving up their support and believed the position
gives an opportunity for engagement. He says he will send
a letter to the Minister to confirm e Can's decision.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
All right, how's your weather today, Claire should be.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
Nice here mainly find with variable high cloud northeasterly turning
north west and the high as nineteen.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Thank you Max Toland Wellington. Max. Another exorbitant Council spend
on consultants.
Speaker 11 (21:39):
Yeah, more than half a million dollars in fact, spent
on lawyers consultants to work on the disastrous Reading Cinema deal,
which is of course now defunct. The vast majority to
Bell Gully Law firm PwC as well. Our newsroom has
the figures a commercial assessment of the proposal, which was
thirty two million dollars to allow the multinational company to
(22:02):
lease but lease back this Courtney placed Land a deal
that seemed doomed from the beginning, which is the point
the mayor grilled at the time on news talks, I'd
be for apparently endorsing corporate welfare. The Posts reported back
in February as well how the council schmoozed Redding owners
to come to the city his free dinner booze in
a ratepayer funded trip. The site is back up for sale.
(22:25):
No word yet on who could or would want to
buy that site.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Absolute shambles with it today in the capital max.
Speaker 11 (22:34):
Periods of rain, possibly heavy this afternoon, some very strong
northwesterlies as well higher fifteenth central.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
All right, take here, thank you, and Neva's in Auckland
this morning.
Speaker 12 (22:43):
Good morning, Neva, good morning, very very chilly and brisk
in your studio this morning. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (22:48):
I changed nothing, but it is freezing.
Speaker 12 (22:51):
I can just tell you. I can confirm that it
is warmer outside. But I think it's the hosk. I
think he must have come in any tinkered with the
temperature before he starts at six. So I don't want
to move it because I've just looked at it. It
says eighteen eighteen.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
He doesn't normally go that low. I don't think, no, no,
so I think someone else has been missed then actually
was it Leo?
Speaker 9 (23:14):
Leo?
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Okay, yeah, right, what's going on was what's went happening
with the weather today?
Speaker 8 (23:18):
The weather.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
So let's start with the weather.
Speaker 12 (23:19):
So we've got showers this morning, then rain this afternoon.
Apparently could be heavy squawly thunderstorms about the west coast.
But I can tell you it's going to be very
warm here in Auckland. High have nineteen. Spring is coming.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Is that lovely? Right? Tell us about the birds?
Speaker 8 (23:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (23:33):
The birds?
Speaker 12 (23:33):
Well, is this this bit of a spring story as well? Look,
the Auckland Council stop, take this is the bird population
here identifies we've got two hundred and thirty species in
the region. So of these, thirty four native species are
deemed regionally critical while twenty others are classed is at risk.
So we've got the black petrel, the New Zealand storm petrol,
the Northern coxs petrel. Now they're uniquely found here in Auckland,
(23:56):
so therefore they need conservation efforts. Enough exactly, So the
council says it's going to use all of these findings
and guide that's by diversity objectives, and you know, they
just want these boots to thrive. Good bood story. Really,
if you're a bird person.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
If I'm not watcher, Hey, a lot of people saying, look,
I'm giving Chris Lackxon too much of a hard time.
I just said, did you see him on the news
last night? But tell me I just heard you.
Speaker 8 (24:20):
I mean.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
It had an open ship, was there a medallion? Medalian?
But it was just very pale. I mean, you know,
as most most people a chest out.
Speaker 12 (24:31):
I would have been looking at that. You know, fake
tan man use the fake te do you reckon?
Speaker 2 (24:35):
He should have done it?
Speaker 12 (24:36):
Yeah, Anda's head.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Maureen, who says, Ryan, look in the mirror before you
slag off others?
Speaker 12 (24:42):
Why you you you're quite look at you? You're quite tenned.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
No, but I've just got a lot of hair on
my chest so it would be really white underneath.
Speaker 6 (24:51):
Yeah, it's just really hary.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Because he hasn't got the chest here. But Maureen, I'm
not slagging him off. I was just you know, you
just think things when you see that.
Speaker 6 (24:59):
That's right, that's all.
Speaker 12 (25:00):
We're going to have to go back and have a
look at the video footage.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
The blinding light. Neither already maney with us than seventeen
to six. Mitch McCann out of the US.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Next international correspondence with ends and eye Insurance, Peace of
mind for New Zealand Business.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Fourteen to six are going to Mitch McCann, a US correspondent.
Now there's been a cemetery clash apparently, but with involving
members of Donald Trump's campaign team. Mitch, what's going on here?
Speaker 13 (25:30):
Yeah, that's right, Good morning, Ryan. Donald Trump arrived at
the Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, DC earlier this week,
where he was paying respects to service members who had
died during the withdrawal of Afghanistan a couple of years ago. Now,
it allegs that two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff
had a verbal and physical altercation with an official at
(25:50):
the cemetery. Now, it's reported this confrontation happened because the
cemetery official tried to prevent Donald Trump's staff from filming
and photographing and as section where recent US casualties are buried.
Now law prohibits any political campaigning at the National Cemetery,
and Arlington had provided their own photographer so photos could
(26:11):
be taken. Now there's conflicting stories here because Donald Trump's
team says there wasn't a physical altercation, saying we are
prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made.
I Meanwhile, the cemetery says there was an incident and
a report has been filed. Soin some troubling news for
Donald Trump there at the cemetery.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Goodness, Carmla Harris finally sitting down for an into but
she's bringing a friend.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
That's right.
Speaker 13 (26:36):
It's taken some time for Kamala Harris to agree to
do an interview. She's agreed to do one now with CNN,
but it won't be just her and the correspondent. It
will be her alongside her vice presidential candidate, Tim While
so the two of them will be on CNN. It'll
be nine o'clock Eastern time tomorrow night, which will air
around one o'clock Friday afternoon, New Zealand time. Donald Trump
(26:57):
has put out a press release Ryan with suggested questions
for seeing in if they were having trouble coming up
with them themselves. He wants to know did Kamala Harris
know about Joe Biden's cognitive state, why she decided to
stop building the border wall, and why has she abandoned
quote her radical liberal positions. So it's going to be
an interesting interview of Kamala Harrison toon.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Waals certainly sounds like it. Mitch, thank you, Mitch McKenna,
US correspondent. Great to hear you. People. Republicans, i should say,
already tweeting saying Biden, you know, can barely get up
a flight of stairs or in a car without a handler,
and now Carmala can't talk to CNN without one too.
Speaker 6 (27:38):
Bryan Bridge quickly on.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
Karmala Harris actually and the wall, because Republicans are saying
that she is now supporting building the wall between the
US and Mexico, not quite making Mexico pay for it.
But you'll remember this has been Trump's catch cry for years.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Now, build that whah, build that whah build that wha
build that whah, build that wha build that wha.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
All right, build that. I think we get the message.
So he wanted to build the wall, right, and Karmala
Harris has said, no, it is a racist idea, it
is a bad idea, it's not going to solve the problem,
and it's Unamerican. A vanity project is how she described it.
Trump's vanity project. Now, Republicans claim she is supporting the
building of the construction of new walls between America and Mexico.
(28:24):
Now it's a nuanced story. She's not come out and
said build the wall herself. But she is reviving an
immigration bill that was bipartisan, So it was agreed between
Biden's lot and the Republicans in Congress, and it includes
as part of that, which is what the Republicans wanted,
hundreds of millions of dollars for new wall construction. So technically,
(28:45):
Karmala Harris is technically now on board with the wall
and bridge. Rich back home now and we're talking infrastructure.
A new infrastructure agency and a National Infrastructure Plan will
be established on the first of December. He will serve
as the shop front for PPPs, public private partnerships and
any other private investment in infrastructure. Nick leg Gets, the
(29:06):
Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive. He's with me this morning.
Hey Nick, Hi, right, good to have you with us
this morning. So I want to know the most important
thing here surely is well two things. One is whether
the politicians can agree. But who's going to run this
this new agency and what will their priority be? Is
it climate emissions or is it economic development.
Speaker 14 (29:30):
Well, the agency won't be stood up until the first
of December, and it's going to be rolled from an
existing agency called Crown Infrastructure partners which has done a
lot of really good work around the country, sourcing finance
for communities, administering government infrastructure funding, actually getting stuff built,
(29:51):
so it does have a good history. But the new
National Infrastructure Agency, which will be the name of the
new organized we'll do that additional work and that is
be the shop front for private public private partnerships, which
will be back on the agenda. And that's important not
(30:12):
because every project that New Zealand builds will be a
public private partnership, but rather because we just need that
as an additional tool in our toolbox. We can get
benefits from those. I think that probably we've got some maturity,
We've got to mature of the model a little bit
improve them. But the truth is that we've got some
(30:33):
challenges with infrastructure in this country. I think most krews
know that we rank bottom or near the bottom on
the OECD for the value that we get when we
spend a dollar, and which means you I think we're
fourth from the bottom. So we just we just don't
extract the value because our system takes too long. Things,
(30:54):
you know, we stop start the pipeline and politicians come
in and change stuff up.
Speaker 8 (31:00):
And it's important.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
So that's the funding. But in terms of the prioritizing
what we need to fund, you know, won't it be
critical how they set this agency up and what its
task is is it is it reducing climate carbon emissions
or is it economic development? You know what's the overriding.
Speaker 14 (31:20):
Well that that direction will come, I mean the government
obviously you have to give that direction. The government are
very focused on productivity and economic development. Carbon emissions will
be part of that, the Minister made Reducing carbon will
be part of the Minister made that clear. But the
overall direction will come from the thirty year Infrastructure Plan.
Speaker 8 (31:42):
And this is the problem.
Speaker 14 (31:43):
I mean, it's you know, having five minutes with you
talking about it is really important. But there's there's a
lot going on here. And what we're saying about this
is the system that builds our infrastructure is the thing
to get right and it's the thing that we shouldn't
have the ting and throwing over between the you know,
a change of government. What we need to do is
(32:03):
you know, the priorities might change between one government to
the next, but the system needs to be sound and
pretty secure because when you change stuff, and we know
that through health and we know through vocational education, when
you change things, you actually stop progress. And the government
were really clear here they said, oh, we could have
pushed a few more things together, but we actually wanted
(32:24):
to keep momentum so we can deliver infrastructure in our
first term. And I think that's really important because the
stuff shouldn't be party political right, that these agencies should
be able to go ahead and do their work and
get stuff built for New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
And clearly we haven't actually been doing that very well,
as you've outlined, Nick Leget Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive
just gone seven minutes away from six o'clock. It's interesting,
isn't it, because when you say it shouldn't be politicized,
and you know what, if one government has announced something,
then we should just build it. You know, should we
have just tinued with light rail just because it had
(33:02):
been announced and you know the Harbor Bridge cycle wave
thing they can at themselves, I suppose labor, but it
is it is difficult to see how you get consensus
on some things. Nick, I appreciate your time. It has
just gone six to six.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
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Speaker 6 (33:25):
News Talks, it'd be four.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
To six on News Talks. They'd be very cold in
the studio this morning. Neva reckons that Mike was it
was you turning the aircon down?
Speaker 15 (33:33):
What you don't know because you're still newish here is
there we go the Neva is disreputable, doesn't have a
particularly good reputation round here, comes across initially superficially is
quite nice.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
This is lovely, but.
Speaker 15 (33:49):
Yep, and you're still under that, you know, Paul of
being sucked in. But Macavelian behind the well, my few
as soon as look at you. So temperatures is perfect.
Ryan and the mic Hoss breakfast to sit to go
any moment.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
What's on the show today, Andrew get us by the way,
we look at the the timer case brilliant. See you tomorrow,
Lave mood or hanging out the passenger door.
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