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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Is 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 play at store.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
News Talk said big Good morning at a six out to
five year on news Talk said big great to have
your company this Monday morning, coming up before six hour
lead interview this morning. David Seima on the Hikoy protest
kicking off today. Also talk of a seventy to ninety
percent increase in diabetes. Is this true and why it's
entirely avoidable for the most part. News updates on Amsterdam's
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football match that turned ugly. Jews were beaten in the
streets and told to save Free Palestine or they would
get more of a hiding Russia Ukraine their biggest drone
battle of the war so far. More on that shortly
two seven after five The Agenda and it is Monday,
the eleventh of November. Donald Trump's been hitting the phones
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hard after being projected to take all seven Swing states.
It's reported he had three calls with the Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Nittinya who over the weekend. Nittinya who reckons
they'll see eye to eye on Iran? Does that mean
hitting nuclear facilities? Does that mean hitting oil facilities? I
guess we'll have to wait and see crowd sizes. We've
heard a lot about crowd sizes during the US election.
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Every rallies full.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
You don't have any seats that are empty, you don't
have anything.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
But this week expect a big focus on crowd sizes.
Here in New Zealand, the Hikoi heading to Parliament is
being compared to the two thousand and four Foreshore and
seabed protests. Now for context, there was around ten thousand
people coming from up north. Max douted about fifteen thousand
at Parliament. David Seymour already attacking media last week for
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overstating protests on his bill.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
So far there were counted seventeen people outside parliament and
I watched your news last night, which was which was
zoomed on one or two people to make it look
as though it was bigger than it really was.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
Awkward.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
A new study has found recreational cannabis use could reduce
consumption of more harmful substances. It found sixty percent of
kiwiweed users drank less, and forty percent of people who
used both weed and meth consumed less meth after cannabis.
A million bucks for a Christmas tree sound a bit expensive,
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Auckland Council coming under fire. The council hasn't said how
much the tree has cost it, but the Auckland Ratepayers
Alliance reckons its cost up to one point three million
dollars for a Christmas tree, of which Auckland Council is
contributing eight hundred thousand.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
On your radio and online on iHeartRadio early edition with
Ryan Bridge and Smith City, New Zealand's Furniture Beds and
a Plying Store.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
News talks be just before we get going this morning.
I was driving on the Waikato Expressway yesterday. What a
beautiful piece of road it is at going at one
hundred ten kilometers an hour. Why do people still drive
at ninety when you can go one hundred and ten?
So annoying? Nineteen ninety two is the number to text.
Interesting some numbers are falling out of the United States.
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This is after the election. So if you look at California,
which is obviously very liberal Gavin Newsom as the governor there,
their biggest One of the big numbers that came out
was crime. So obviously they changed their laws to do
with petty crime. Would you call it petty crime? Some
of it doesn't look very petty to me anyway. So
they changed the rules which meant if you were done
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for theft of less than nine hundred and fifty dollars
worth of goods, you can basically walk away. Will Seventy
percent of California voters supported Prop thirty six, which was
basically to reverse that, to make tougher penalties for theft
and for drag offenses. So even in you know, democratic
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liberal California, they voted quite firmly. Again, it's those softening
of the rules on crime to Australia. New numbers on Dutton,
he's firming up as not necessarily a favorite, but he's
firming up in terms of his support and his I
guess Street creed with the electric they've done this poll.
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This is the Resolve Political Monitor poll. Dutton. The number
of voters who thought he was doing a good job
rose from forty to forty five percent over the last month,
and his net performance rating climbed to five percent, which
is his strongest result thus far. Remember they have to
have an election by midway through next year. Albanisi, on
the other hand, and net performance rating of minus fourteen
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in this survey, so things aren't looking good for Albanezia
heading into the election next year. It is ten alf
to five Bryan Bridge plenty more to come here on
newstalok ZIB this morning and please get in touch if
you'd like. Anyone knows why people go slow on the
Waikato Expressway when you can go far? What is up
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with that? Andrew Alison is here was Sport black Caps
Sri Lanka underway? The second t twenty will have the
latest on that shortly too.
Speaker 6 (05:08):
Long Abul Fagotu the.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Ryan Bridge you for twenty twenty four on early edition
with Smith City, New Zealand's furniture Beds and a playing store.
News Talk Zidby.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Thirteen after five, there have been more arrests in the
last couple of hours. This is in Amsterdam, where you
might have heard. Over the weekend there was some horrible,
horrific beatings in the street. There was a football match
held and some Israelis were targeted. Jews were targeted after
the football match by pro Palestinian protesters. Now what happened
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after that is that they banned such protests and that's
why some people have been arrested, because a second protest
was held in the last couple of hours. Anyway, this
is some of the audio from a news report explaining
what happened. These Israelis were basically cornered, beaten and made
to save free Palestine children. This man forced to see
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free Palestine pine safely Pala we go, as was another
from the middle of a river. Good this man telling
his attacker, I'm not Jewish and beaten anyway, absolutely horrific.
You know what's happening in Gaza is horrific too, but
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that is no way to respond to it. It's fourteen
after five. Ray and Bridge concern over a sharp rising
people with diabetes. Since twenty twenty one, there's been a
nearly ninety six thousand new cases, which has taken the
total to three hundred and twenty four thousand. Diabetes New
Zealand says this is a worst case scenario which will
only get worse and CEO here that varies with me
this morning, here, the good morning, oh good morning, thanks
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for being with me. This is from the Diabetes Register.
How accurate are these numbers?
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Well as accurate as you can be. Because one of
the issues we have is we don't believe that the
data is capturing everybody, and it's particlarly not capturing the
difference between type one and type two, which is an
issue in itself. But we actually predict there's probably about
one hundred thousand out there that are undiagnosed.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Right, and that undiagnosed with type two I'm assuming correct.
So can we just clarify because these numbers three hundred
and twenty four thousand plus one hundred thousand you think
are undiagnosed, they are type one and type two. What's
the difference?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Type one is an autoimmune disease and you just get that.
There's nothing you can do to stop it coming, and
it's something you have for life. So type two is
one that generally comes up. It's because your pantcreas stops
working over time, and it is generally health style related
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and it can be reversed.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
So this is the kere, isn't it. The vast bulk
of the increase is type two, which is lifestyle related,
which means it's diet and exercise, and it shouldn't.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Be happening, correct, It shouldn't be happening. So This is
why each month we do this education and awareness because
we need to sort of say to people, you need
to be aware, you need to get tested. So as
you get tested, then at least you can be put
on medication that will help you manage. And then the
awareness is such that if you change your lifestyle it
will reverse.
Speaker 7 (08:30):
It's really important.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I know it's important, but I mean we've spoken about
this before here the many times, haven't we This message
is not it's clearly not getting through. What are some
radical ideas? I mean, do you put warning diabetes labels
on food, on soft drink? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Well, there's a whole heap of initiatives. Really, we looked
across the waters and saw that in the UK they'd
put in an intervention which was picking people up when
they're newly diagnosed and putting them into a two year program.
And this is starting to have some impact in the UK.
They believe they've sort of managed to sort of stem
the tide, as they say, so there are interventions, there's
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a lot more education, a lot more support work that
can be invested into the health society, health sector and
just sort of given to make people aware of it.
Even though their families have had diabetes. It doesn't mean
to say that they have to have diabetes, but a
few simple things and they needn't have it. And the
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challenging thing is we've got youngsters now getting diabetes and
that's where it's really sad. So it really does need
to be some really firm support and education under certain sectors.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
It's a good message. Actually, it doesn't. Just because your
parents had it or your grandparents had it doesn't mean
you need to either. Here the very is with Diabetes
New Zealand. She's the CEO. Thank you very much for
your time. It's seventeen after five. News Talks b the news.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
You need this morning and the in depth analysis early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Flficity New Zealand's Furniture, Beds
and a playing Store.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
News Talk said, be it's twenty after five. News Talks said,
be a quick bit of feedback. This is from you
on the way CUTO Expressway. It's one hundred and ten.
Why aren't people going one hundred and ten? Well apparently
everyone says it's just a guide. Ryan, calm down, you
can do whatever speed you like. George says high round
one hundred and ten is a guide, not a target, Ryan,
is a limit not a target. Maybe they just don't
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want to go one hundred and ten, happy to cruise
and enjoy the ride. That's not how you do motorways, Ryan.
The better question is when is someone going to explain
when the expressway will be fixed back to two lanes.
That is a good point. That was very annoying yesterday
on the road too, Sarah says, I regularly travel at
eighty kilometers now in one hundred k zone because of
the cost of living. It's Sarah, I think you might
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be annoying a lot of people. Steven Tikuwiti says, I
don't mind if they're doing ninety k's as long as
they stay on the inside lane, not the outside lane.
That's very very annoying and pisses me off. Good morning
to you. It is twenty one after five, Brian Bridge,
get a sport with Andrew Ortison. Good morning. Greeting's Ryan. Yeah,
you wouldn't be one to go eighty k's and one
hundred would you?
Speaker 3 (11:06):
No?
Speaker 6 (11:06):
No, generally just use it as a target, you know,
exactly on New Zealand's Auto barns.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
How are we doing with the black cats? Lanka the
second T twenty well.
Speaker 6 (11:17):
Look last report thirty four to three in the eighth over.
That was the chase from the Sri Lankans. So making
the progress because New Zealand were dismissed though unfortunately cheaply
for one hundred and eight of course not the full
strength of New Zealand side. And this series it's just
been wedged in between the Tests in India and the
tests coming up against England. But opportunity for some players
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to showcase their abilities and trying their best in Dumbula.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Great result for the All Blacks over the weekend and
just say great timing and driving around in the car,
you know, probably doing one hundred and ten and having
on the radio.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
It's great, Yeah, it was, And equally so our umpiring
kids cricket getting regular updates. So I haven't seen the
full game, but I've seen the highlights packages, et cetera.
And it's I mean, I guess the key is it's
a grudge match and Ireland have become a key, key
opponent for New Zealand over recent years. And I think
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that's the fifth winn of the row for Scott Robertson's side.
They forced the errors against the Irish, I think twenty
one in total handling errors. You had other components, I
mean Noriquo Yuanni, who's been key to the whole narrative
of later of course the stout with the Johnny Sexton
after the World Cup quarter final loss, he led the Harker.
(12:38):
So it had total elements for a great contest. But
in New Zealand getting hold. I think probably key to
that is that they've turned things around over the course
of the season and now they're performing better in that
last twenty minutes and being able to deliver corit that's
required and to be able to hold on. So any
great performance from Damian McKenzie at first five as well.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
The little curse might be over. Former Ireland winger Shane
Horgan has said that South Africa would have pumped, would
have thumped the All Blacks in that same test and
says this isn't a particularly brilliant All Black side. Do
you agree with that?
Speaker 6 (13:14):
No, I think they've developed quite well over the course
of the season. Actually I think that's maybe a bit
short sided. But I think I mean Scott Robinson's developing
his side. I mean, I think initially they're probably playing
more of a super rugby type. I guess a game
plan if you like. And I think he's probably with
his coaching team is working out international rugby and playing
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at that top level. And you know that Iris side
is formidable as we're England the previous week and they're
able to hold on there as well. So two gritty
performances in a row with France and Italy to come.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah, all right, and the Keywis have thrashed Pup in
New Guinea and the Rugby League Pacific Championships.
Speaker 6 (13:54):
Yes, I've probably no surprise there, but yet fifty four
to twelve taking it out and guaranteeing that they you
in that top tier with Tomer and Australia again for
next year. So yeah, pretty straightforward. I think one of
the elements here Casey McLain on debut for the Key
Is I think the third youngest debut at eighteen and
scoring four tries.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Brilliant Andrew, thank you very much for that. Great to
see you. As always, I'll speed on out of here,
Andrew will say in the fast lane and the fast lane, Andrew,
as you always do. Andrew Wiison of a sport for
US twenty four minutes after five. This is hi, Ryan
Roy here at ninety kilometers an hour, I can get
some sleep at one hundred and at one hundred and
ten and I actually need to concentrate. I'd agree with
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that toying a trailer, Ryan, The speed limit is ninety
kilometers an hour. My nineteen fifty two MG won't do
one hundred and ten kilometers an hour. I'll keep off
the road when you're around, says Richard. Nine nine two
is a number to text. This Monday morning, twenty four
after five the Early.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
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Speaker 2 (14:55):
You're on news TALKSB. It's twenty seven minutes after five,
and it is a Monday morning, and good morning. It's
Mingji Monday. Here's what has got my goat this morning.
All those condescending Democrats saying that Trump voters just don't
understand what they voted for. Get off your high horse.
They're not stupid. It's the big middle finger that they're
pulling to the establishment and professional politicians like Kamala Harris. Also,
(15:19):
the cost of living as it was in twenty sixteen.
David Seymour, He's on the show later this morning, just
before six o'clock, putting himself and his party ahead of
the coalition government. You could say, yes, it's politics, I suppose,
but surely issue number one is the economy and inflation,
not shy sideshows like this one. Besides Winston's moves on
(15:41):
the treaty principle's references are likely to nullify anything Seymour
might get through anyway. And it's not going far because
it's got a first reading and that's it. Christmas trees
they reckon Auckland CBD's eighteen meter big Boy will cost
rate payers about eight hundred thousand dollars four hundred thousand
dollars up front and then some maintenance and ongoing costs.
(16:02):
I'm immediately angry, but Christmas is coming, so I'm willing
to be reasonable. How many years will the tree last?
What is the cost per year? Does that include ball bulls?
Does that include lights? Are they soular powered? How's it
going to work? I'm interested to know and I'm open
to answers. Also, this morning, speed limits have got me
(16:22):
in just riled up because I was on the Way
I Too Expressway at the weekend. It's one hundred and
ten kilometers now how often do we get to do that,
you know, we get this great freedom and then everyone's
going at ninety or one woman was going eighty five.
Come on, speed up, people, lots of feedback on this,
We'll get to it in just a second. That's what's
(16:43):
got me fired up this morning. Twenty eight minutes after five,
Ray and Bridge, as I said David Seymour on the
show just before six this morning, and we are going
to go to Gavin Gray are UK europe correspondent, because
drone attacks have increased, in fact, been the biggest drone
battle between Russia and Ukraine in the last twenty four
hours than they've had since the start of the war,
(17:04):
and the deadliest month for Russia since the start of
the war. So we'll talk about exactly what that means
and what Trump might mean for this war as well,
and then we'll talk to David cymore about the protests
which are obviously kicking off today. Nine two nine two
is the numbered text. Great to have your Monday Are
your company this morning on a Monday morning, twenty nine
after five, News is next baby baby.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Shame The first word on the News of the Day
Early edition with Ryan Bridge and Smith City New Zealand's
furniture beds and a playet store.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
You talk sippy. Good morning New Zealand, Welcome to your Monday.
It is twenty four minutes away from six. We are
hurtling towards Christmas and we will talk about hurtling speeds
in just a second on our motorways. David Seymour on
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the show just before six, we're going live to London
for the latest on the war in Ukraine. That's from
our UK europe correspondent who's with us shortly. On the speeds.
So on the weekend, I was on the Whitecato Expressway
and it's one hundred and ten kilometers an hour. What
a fantastic speed to be going. You feel a little
bit more free and you get everywhere a little bit
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more faster. That's good, Fiona says. I drive on the
Whitecato express one Friday, was completely frustrated by the slow
drivers using the right hand lane. They should keep to
the left if they want to drive at one hundred
and ten. Totally agree with you, Ryan. Another of those
says Ryan, don't you understand that speed kills Some people
aren't comfortable driving at one hundred and ten kilometers an hour.
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If they stay on the lift side of the road,
they should be able to drive it whatever speed they like.
New Zealand drivers are inconsiderate, not patient and drive too fast. Ryan,
pull your ahead in. They have every right to drive
it ninety kilometers an hour and one hundred and ten zone.
Who are you to criticize? I don't think they do.
I think there is a speed which if the speed
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limit is one hundred and ten, you should be going
at least one hundred. I mean, obviously if you've got
a trailer on the backs, you know there are there
are exceptions. But if you should be going no slower
than ten kilometers below the limit, I would have thought
would be a reasonable thing. Otherwise you become a nuisance
on the road. Is that not a reasonable view? Nine
two nine two is the number to text. We'd love
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your views on that this morning. I know a guy
who used to drive trucks who actually got a ticket
from a police officer for going too slow up noting
a gorge in Wellington. You know when your truck goes
uphill and you're changing your gears and they're going too slow.
Got pulled over and got a ticket for going too
slow because it is danger so I think there must
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be a rule around it. Someone will know. Twenty two
away from six Fresh, Time to check in with our
reporters around the country. Callum is in Dunedin this morning. Calum,
a new record label is promising to put Southland's sound
on the map. Your morning, Ryan. This is the massive
record label, the region's first.
Speaker 5 (20:20):
It's aiming to amplify the voices of local artists and
offer them full support from recording to promotion. The local
visionary behind this is Blear Savory. He's launched the label
after a successful four years of his in Vcarago based
recording studio. He says the studios have become a vital
space for local musicians where they can record their work,
but the next challenge is ensuring their songs are heard.
(20:41):
So he says creating this record label feels like a
natural progression to help showcase Southern talent.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Oh that you go? How'd you wear there?
Speaker 5 (20:48):
Callum showers this morning, clearing to find though today's Fresh
cell esterdies and fifteen nice one.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Claire's in christ Church. Hey Claire, good to see you.
Well hear you tell me about this event in christ
Church's social calendar that you're looking forward to, well, we
are all looking forward to it here in christ Church.
Speaker 8 (21:05):
The finishing touches, of course, are going on to tomorrow's
New Zealand Cup day. Around fifteen thousand punters are expected
at Addington Raceway. It will be the Trotting Cup. I
think it runs at about midday. There are eight hundred
kilograms of chicken thigh, a ton of beef brisket and
six hundred kilograms of fish on the menu. That's only
for those in the corporate areas. I'm sure there's hot
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chips elsewhere now. The event at center manager Graham Jones
says this is a typical amount for four thousand that
they expect in the corporate zone. He says they will
also have plenty of stock of water, about ten thousand
bottles available. It should be sunny but only a high
of seventeen tomorrow, so not too bad.
Speaker 7 (21:44):
All right?
Speaker 2 (21:44):
That sounds good? And how's the weather today?
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Fine?
Speaker 8 (21:47):
A little bit cloudy this afternoon. Southerly is developing and
the high eighteen.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Thank you a lot of chicken thigh, isn't it? Max?
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Is?
Speaker 2 (21:53):
And Wellington? Hey, Max?
Speaker 7 (21:54):
What's so?
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Peter Jackson doing with his house in Kata Kabay.
Speaker 7 (21:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (21:58):
I think what a lot of people don't quite realize
is Sir Peter is one of the most prolific property
owners landlords in the city. Great number of properties, of
which are on the Miramar Peninsula, dozens of beautiful homes,
many overlooking or right down on the water there. As
you say in the Bay. We have a story about
how he's in the process of demolishing one of these
homes worth two point five million dollars as of twenty
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twenty one, just to turn the site into a garden.
He's got council permission. A lot of overseas film and
TV people come into the city often stay at Sir
Peter and Dame fran Walsh's empty properties. This garden would
resemble a landscaped entertaining space with a feature fireplace, stone
patio planter boxes, outdoor furniture. The power couple also owning
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the neighboring connected property. Still no word meanwhile on what
they plan to do with the Lyle Bay site they
bought earlier this year, rumoured to potentially be the site
of the long touted movie museum.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
It was the old house there was no historic value
to it, obviously, no reason not to pull it down.
Speaker 9 (23:02):
No, apparently not very pretty though a beautiful, beautiful right
on the bay is a herald story up if you
want to have a look at the photos.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
All right, thank you? How was the weather today?
Speaker 9 (23:13):
Shall we mostly fine? The high twenty in the city?
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Cheers Max, Neighbors and Auckland, Hey never greetings. This big
Christmas tree.
Speaker 10 (23:19):
Yes, we started talking about it last week and yes
you're outraged about it. I'm outraged about it. So what
we can tell you the numbers? How much does this
Christmas tree cost in downtown Auckland And a lot of
people are left balking at the council's spending. So a
million dollars So Auckland Council they haven't revealed the price.
This is that eighteen meter steal tree. It's set to
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be there on Lower Queen Street. But the Auckland rate
Payers Alliance they've come out they've said one point three million.
Auckland Council's stumping up eight hundred thousand dollars for the tree,
heart of city precinct properties. That's a major landholder and
developer they're funding the rest. Apparently, so the Alliance spokesperson.
That's Sam Warren. He's come out. He's said to the
Herald this cost raising questions about spending priorities.
Speaker 11 (24:04):
We all know that.
Speaker 10 (24:06):
He says, lot no doubt that tree will be stunning.
And I heard you're talking about yes, Well will that
include the bhutaka flowers it's going to.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Be on the ball balls. And will they get to
use it year after year? That's the other thing. Well,
they yes, because if you get if it's an upfront cost,
you know, but it's an investment and the tree will
lasts for ten or twenty years, then maybe it's not
that bad.
Speaker 10 (24:25):
Well I need to go down and have a look
at that tree. We need to go and have a lot.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
We do need to go down and it's all the Seebo.
She will probably be able to see her on one
of the first days because when we leave here we
can are not to be like.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
Well we'll be where we can uber down there because
we won't be able to.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Get check out port back. Whether today occasional.
Speaker 10 (24:41):
Rain clearing by evening flying spells increasing Tonight twenty is
the high here in Auckland.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
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The feedback on Houselow is too slow on a motorway.
We'll get to that shortly, right now. Gevin Gray are
UK europe correspondent. Russia suffering its worst even month for
casualties in the war against Ukraine. Gevin tell Us more.
Speaker 12 (26:10):
Yep Ryan so a rare interview with Admiral Sir Tony Radikin.
He is the UK Chief of Defense Staff, and he
has estimated that every single day in October Russia suffered
one thousand, five hundred dead and injured. That's every single day.
He estimates now that Russia has lost some seven hundred
(26:32):
thousand troops since the war began in February of twenty
twenty two. Russia incidentally is not disclosing the number of
its war dead, but Western defense officials have been estimating
these things and they say October's death toll was the
heaviest so far. Radikin also said that Russia is spending
more than forty percent of its public expenditure now on
(26:54):
defense and security, and that of course is a big
drain on the country. All this is really relevant round because,
of course we're waiting to see what Donald Trump does
when he becomes President of America, will he turn the
tap off completely or at least turn it down for
military and financial aid to Ukraine? And if he does well,
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so far the UK and Europe saying they will the breach.
Speaker 7 (27:18):
But exactly if.
Speaker 12 (27:19):
That'll happen, how long that would last? Well, those things
are up for grounds.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
All right. POMPEII tell us they want to limit the
number of daily visitors to twenty thousand.
Speaker 12 (27:29):
Yeah, that's right, I mean they occasionally, this massive Roman
archaeological site occasionally gets a higher thirty six thousand tourists
on a day, so this could be a big cut,
But they're only really, those peaks are only reached on
specific days of the year. Pompey, of course, the ancient city,
buried in an eruption from nearby Mount Vesuvius in eighty
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seventy nine, really is one of the best preserved Roman
sites anywhere in the world, and indeed, and quite a
lot of it remains unexcs about a third of the
site yet to be excavated. Earlier this year, more amazing
things were discovered, including prescoes of mythical Greek figures, Helen
of Troy, as well as Apollo and artworks found in
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a banqueting or with dramatic black walls and a mosaic
flaw made up a one million white tiles. So if
you are going to go, you probably need to book entry.
Tickets are roughly thirty five New Zealand dollars. But certainly
it is all to do. We're trying to preserve the
site for future generations and to try and make those
that are there better access to seeing the kinds of
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things that the Romans got up to.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Devin, thank you for that, Devin Gray are UK. You're
a correspondent. It is a living away from Sex News
talking Ryan Bridge, is this the Foreshore and CBD two
point zero. A hikoy is a national hikoy is getting
underway this morning. It's starting at the Portahimurray in the
Far North. It's going to arrive Parliament Grounds nineteenth of November.
It will come through Auckland. It's expected to close the
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Harbor Bridge. They're protesting and against David Seymour and the
ACT Parties, well the Coalition Government's Treaty Principal's Bill, but
also things like Gaza, the ACT leader and author of
the Treaty Principles Bill's David Seymour, Good morning, good morning,
Good to have you on the show. Are actually I
was wondering about your security. Are you going to have
DPS this week or over the coming weeks, or have
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you been given extra protection or anything like that.
Speaker 7 (29:23):
No, no, I haven't done anything like that. Every expectation
is that this is a peaceful protest.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
And are you confident that the debate is going to
be peaceful and is actually going to get us somewhere
as a country.
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Yes, I am, And it's important not to mix up
the debates with a few loud voices on the fringe
of it. I saw in the newspaper this morning that
one of the protest organizers says the protesting against the
government's continued assault on Tongus fenua, and he compared himself
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with hone. Heck, I think we've got to get a
reality check here. It's not eighteen sixty. The government has
been elected and introduced to a series of policies that
can be summed up as equal rights for aw and
improving public services for people based on need rather than
their ethnic background. That is hardly an assault on tone
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of the fenyware. So we do need to be a
bit realistic about it. Some voices around the fringe of
it that I think are out here.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Right, let's talk about not let's talk about the substance
of the building. What's to stop Let's say, by miracle
and it gets past its first reading, you actually get
this into law. What's to stop labor changing the principles
that you've put in there.
Speaker 7 (30:48):
Well, first of all, it won't be a miracle. I
think it will change eventually, even if the bill does
not pass this time. Once that basic idea that the
government has the right to govern, that the crown has
an equal right duty to protect all people's rights, and
that we all have the same rights and duties in
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an equal before the law. I mean, that's all the
bill says. Remember, I think once that idea is in place,
it will become universal and it won't become changed.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
So this is not about This is not about getting
a bill through. This is about introducing a set of
ideas into the public sphere. For you, Well, it's both.
Speaker 7 (31:26):
I just make the point that some people say, well,
you know, why are you doing it if other parties
say it may not pass. And I just make the
point that in order to get important ideas up. Sometimes
it takes multiple attempts.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
You're looking, well, let's be optimistic, say it will pass.
What's to stop labor just changing it?
Speaker 7 (31:46):
Well, you can make that argument about any idea that
any government introduces. We have at our system in New
Zealand where no government can find a future parliament. That's true.
But I just make the point that what's in the
well that Parliament has the right to make laws and
the government has the right to govern, that the Crown
has an equal right to obligation to protect all people's rights,
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including Maori, and that we all have kankata taki or
the same rights and duties. Well, they could change that,
but I believe after it's properly debated and people who
have looked at what the bill actually says, including those
who made up their mind before it was even published,
it hard to oppose, so.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
It can be changed later. Winston Peters is just and
he's done on first. They just want to delete references
to the Treaty altogether. I mean, would that not be
a better way of going about it? I mean, if
they get it, If they start doing that, there's no
references to the Treaty principles and legislation, then what exactly
are your defining principles going to apply to?
Speaker 7 (32:49):
Two things about that. The government's review of the Treaty
principles and law that is part of New Zealand First
Coalition Agreement is being done, but at exempts at least
five pieces of legislation, including the Treaty of Whyitongnak, the
State and the Enterprises Act, and the Public Finance Acts.
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So some of the most core pieces of legislation, particularly
the Treaty of Why tong Yak, are not being reviewed
to have the Treaty principals removed. And second of all,
actually the review is not about removing limits, about reviewing
whether they're appropriate.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Right, So that's ok. I take your point that there
are some exceptions, of a number of quite important exceptions
to that, David Seaman, we have to leave it there.
The Act Party leader, it is six to six.
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Speaker 11 (34:00):
It's illegal to hold up traffic is the law of
the land, and so but not everyone's got a two
ninety six GTV Ferrari like you, Ryan, and you should
take that into account when you're gunning down the hy
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out for it, and convertible never by yellow car.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
All right, Mike's with you next, he a great Monday.
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