March 9, 2025 • 33 mins
On the Early Edition with Full Show Podcast Monday 10th of March 2025, the Government's proposing changes to the Public Works Act to speed up how it acquires land, Infrastructure NZ Policy Director Michelle McCormick explains the difference it will make to our infrastructure pipeline.
Heart of the City is calling for more big events in Auckland, CEO Viv Beck tells Andrew Dickens about the benefits of large events on the cities businesses.
Andrew Alderson shares the latest on the Blackcaps taking on India in the ICC Champions trophy.
UK/Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey gives an update on train services between London and Paris slowly resuming to normal after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found near Gare du Nord station in Paris.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Andrew Dickens on
early edition with one roof make your property search simple,
News talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
It'd be.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
There's good bod to you. I am here, I'm watching
the cricket, of course, I am gee. Do we get
a run out just then? Not sure? Anyway, Welcome to
the program, Welcome to your Monday. Coming up over the
next sixty minutes, There's never been more hotel beds in
this country, but our occupancy rates are all over the place.
So how can we keep the tourism industry on an
even keel. We'll look at that story. In about five
(00:36):
minutes time. We have Andrew Ordison on sport, including the
rising strength of Australian and Ireland rugby, the dead heat
in the New Zealand Athletics Championships and today's ICC final
which is coming to an end. Over the next few minutes,
I'll last the question is our health system slowly being privatized?
And later our new land acquisition rules for infrastructure projects?
(00:59):
How important are they? We'll have that story for you
just before six. We'll have correspondence from right around New
Zealand and the world and news as it breaks and
You can have your say as well by texting me
on ninety two ninety two. Small charge does apply, or
you can email Dickens at News Talks ab got Co
dot Nz coming up eight up five.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
The agenda.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Yes, welcome on in. It is March, definitely March, that's
for sure and it is the tenth. Syria's leader Ahmed Shahah,
has called for peace after days of classes where Syrian
security forces allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawhite
religious minority. The UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,
which monitors fight against Syria, says more than one thousand
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people civilians have been killed.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
It's alarming, it's concerning as it is need for all
support speciality and anzi oup countries and all the concented
bus to work together in order to storm escalation of
the violence.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
To Australia, where hundreds of thousands of people remain without
power after tropical Psyclone Alfred bought wild weather to the
east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South
Wales a begetting the clean up after the storm caused
widespread flooding and knockdown power lines and trees. And a
sixty one year old man's body has been recovered from floodwaters,
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and twelve soldiers were taken to hospital after their convoy
crashed en route to rescue operations.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
The situation in Queensland and northern New South Wales remains
very serious to do flash flooding and heavy winds, heavy rainfall,
damaging wind gusts and coastal surf impacts are expected to
continue overcoming days. I urge everyone to continue to listen
carefully to the emergency authorities.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
And to the conflict in Ukraine. France says it will
give Ukraine an additional two hundred million dollars in military aid,
funded by interest from frozen Russian assets. The news comes
as Ukraine's President Zelenski is due to travel to Saudi
Arabia next week for fresh talks to end the war.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I'm confident that the meeting will be productive. We in
Ukraine are committed to this. We are very much so.
We will do our best to ensure that Ukrainian interest
are taken into account, taken into account in the right way.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
And it is now ten minutes outter five.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Get ahead of the headlines on early edition. Andrew Dickens
and one room. Make your property search simple, news.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Talks it'd be Obviously, I'm somewhat distracted the cricketers on
and India needs eleven runs from sixteen balls, and I've
been distracted all morning long. When I arrived just after three,
the game was finally balanced, but as often happens, a
few lusty bows and the pendulum swung towards India. But
I'd like to take this time right now to congratulate
New Zealand cricket. New Zealand cricketers had a great time
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that recently we had the Golden generation. We had the
Trent Bolts and the Tim Soudis and the King Williamson's
and earlier the Ross Taylors. But over the past year
we've seen the emergence of a new crop, the will
of Rourks, the ever improving Matt Henry, and we're witnessing
the rise of a new global superstar in rash and Ravendra.
So we're all lose, and it looks like we're going
to lose this tournament and the Try series before it
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we whitewashed. Is proof that New Zealand cricket is in
a healthy state and We've done this on the world stage,
and it's important to remind the powers that run cricket,
which is India, Australia and England, of the excitement factory
that New Zealand cricket is and please keep us in
your plans. Currently, yes, India still needs eleven runs and
fifteen balls to win. We've just had a wicket there.
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They are now two forty one for six. You could
say it's finally balanced or not. The wind predictor I
have up sees that India is a ninety nine percent
chance to We're not give you any updates as they
come to a hand. It's eleven enough to five. So
I was away for the weekend and I came back
to a letter box that stuff full of newspapers. I
love a printed newspaper. I love its black and white appearance,
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the way you can work your way through it the
way you want rather than because of an algorithm. I
like the ads, I like the public notices. I read
the death column every day. I just love papers, always
have and have always subscribed. So I got home last
night and I took a gander at the Sunday Star
Times and the lead article was about the new citizen
arrest laws that were proposed last week. And then it
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was Brian Tummocky's excitement at who he will be able
to target his flock at empowering them to arrest and
detain until the authorities arrive. Now I have to say
I'm not a fan of Brian Tommocky. I don't like
the fact that his interpretation of the Bible seems so narrow.
He appears to have only read one book of the Bible,
and that's the Viticus. I don't like the way his
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beliefs are so centered around men. It's good for men.
I understand that. I understand the good he does for men.
At the same time, there are women in this world
as well. And I do not like the way that
a man whose income is predicated on tithing, then Florence,
has received charity with his fancy houses, fancy vehicles and
very expensive Imporio Amani t shirts. This is money that
has been given to you by poor people. Tomikey's foot
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soldiers ran somewhat a muck in the streets of Wellington
over the WEEKI and gleefully, empowered by their perceived right
to police our streets and That's why the citizens arrest
rules as they are proposed worry me because they seem
to empower vigilanteism. The new rules are supposed to protect
citizens who suddenly find themselves in a situation where crimes
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are being committed upon them. I'm talking about dairy owners,
but not on flocks of a church who are wanting
the streets looking for people they don't like. It's not
for people to go out on a Saturday and detain
people just because they don't like what they think, or
believe or do. And that was enough reason for me
over the weekend to ask Paul Goldsmith to tread lightly
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on the idea before we have roving gangs of vigilantes
causing havoc Andrew Dickens, or we have audio of the
India wicket which just happened. Because they are now two
forty five for six, off we go straight up, straight up,
they will be caught in bold.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
This gain is not over yet, folks, This.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Is not quite over. Oh and did we just rub
someone out? No we did not, but we got very close.
Currently India is two forty five for six and currently
they need just seven balls. They have twelve runs to
do it. Of course we could just strangle them and
just sneak it at the end, but that's doubtful. Now
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we've got more hotels than we've ever had. They've been
building them left, right and center because of the tourism
boosts that we've had over the last twenty years. But
the problem with the hotels is sometimes that full and
sometimes we don't have enough. But too many times we
don't have enough. So what to do about this? We're
talking to Vic Beck, the Heart of the city chief
from Auckland. In a few moments time. It's five point fifty.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
News and Views you trust to start your day. It's
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Property search Simple. You've talked Siddy.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
It's good morning to you. It's now seventeen minutes after
five four runs needed from nine balls for India to win.
It's close. It certainly is close now. Walkland Hotels getting
a major cash hit from big events during the weekend
when Luke Comb's the Country Singer and sal Gp were
in town, hotels made it an extra five million dollars,
meaning that they filled an extra eight thousand rooms over
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four days. So how did the CEO Heart of the
City CEO vivec joins in Hello, Viv, nice to talk,
Nice to see you. It just goes to show just
how much of an impact these big things have.
Speaker 6 (08:47):
They really do. I mean, we see it, you know,
we sort with Pink last year, Coldplaying, Pearl Jam sol GP.
They make a huge impact. I mean, sid and small
events attract people, but when you get a really big
one in the hotel, the fall and the restaurants are
fall and the place is buzzing. That's just really what
you need to see.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
And whose responsibility is it to keep these big events
coming to all of our cities.
Speaker 6 (09:11):
Well, it depends what they are. I mean, you know,
where there are public benefits, I think there is a
rationale for public funding. But understand that's tight and sensitive,
so you know that's the question. Really the funding is
a challenge with some of the bigger events. But the
reality is, I think there's a strong recognition that events
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have a big impact, and if there are public benefits,
I think there is a rationale have public money in it.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I think the America's Cup debate has colored those sorts
of comments because that required sort of the sort of
money like two hundred million dollars from government and councils
to get the America's Cup here, because we have to
pay for their research costs as well as just hosting
the entire event. But most of the events that we're
talking about, the Cold Place as you say, and the
sal GP, they haven't been a big spend.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
Well a lot of them are privately thundered them to
pay for them. But if you look at the America's Cup,
and if you look at the Barcelona results that have
come out, you know, they say that's a two billion
dollar economic impact, maybe half a million unique visitors, nearly
one hundred and fifty super yachts. You know, if you
think about America's Cup here, we've got the infrastructure, so
it's the economic benefit, the trade, the tourism, and really
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the sort of huge reputation we have in that marine
innovation and technology space. There's a lot of benefits that
come from a large event like that, particularly when you've
got the infrastructure. So it is going to need a
private funding as well, but we're big supporters of getting
that back and having that in twenty twenty seven would
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be a massive boost. But it's true for everything we've
been through, it's.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
True that our hotels are feast and famine because in
between these big events, we actually have low occupancy and
they're complaining about it. And meanwhile, the call came out
over the weekend for bed tex basically so that we've
got a fund that we can keep bringing events so
this to keep our hotels skill. Do you support a
bed tax?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Yeah, yeah, we do. I mean that's something that actually
the industry generally seems to be supporting, and there's been
a call for some time now and actually needs to
get some urgency because one of the thoughts is that
that could be a way to contribute to the America's cup.
But time is of the essence, and it is something
that a number of groups have been asking for for
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some time. And there are various ways you can attract money,
but you know, the real is this is one that
seems to have more favored than certainly the last accommodation tax,
which really was unfair on the hotel sector. But this
one is a small percentage on top of a room
rate that would contribute to attracting these large events and
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destination marketing.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
V thank you for your time today, and in fact,
I saw back the other day at an arts festival
events and that also was stimulating the economy. It is
five twenty India has just won and that's going away
into the fens off. What's the champions trophy for ay?
Speaker 4 (12:07):
But win it after twelve years and it's another ICC Doliament.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
For that way. Yeah. So India won by four wickets.
There were six balls left. They scored two fifty four
for six. We scored two fifty one for seven. The
scores were pretty close. It was only an over in it.
Well done, New Zealand, you perform well. Hey, speaking of
a big event, wouldn't you love the ICC Champions Trophy
happening here in New Zealand? Imagine that it is five
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twenty one. Orders is next on Sport, including What Just Happened?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
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Speaker 3 (12:46):
And Orderson Cricket Tragic. Welcome to the program. It's five
twenty three, So what it's time to be alive? Do
you need a hug? We're following a support group for
all the black Cap supporters because you're always at out
at the last hurdle. But you know the scores are
virtually similar. There was just six balls and we did
well but not well enough.
Speaker 7 (13:06):
Yeah, India has paced that pretty well, I think, and
starting with Rochama with his seventy six off eighty three,
but they've got through the two fifty two required winning
with Forcus, I think, just what over to spare, give
or take, And yeah it was it was pretty convincing
display by India all up.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I think.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
Well, Darrel Mitchell was kept New Zealand in the contest
with sixty three of one hundred and one balls. It
looked like it was a bit of a dropping from
the Sahara the pitch and it really it was.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
I hate snowlineless. I hate Dubai's ground. Well, I love
the ground, I hate the wicked and I do not
like the games there. They're always a bit weird.
Speaker 7 (13:43):
Well, the fact that the very fact that's controversying itself,
the fact that's in Dubai because India wouldn't play in Pakistan.
But that aside, they've done convincingly and New Zealand they
put up a good fight and I was just over
the course of the turnament just a standout factor or
too really, but glean Phillips's catch of shulmun Go. I
mean everyone should go and watch that today. That's a blinder.
It's short cover, just one hander. Again, he's just just
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a phenomenal fielder.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Remember we talked about the Golden Generation. I mentioned this
earlier in the program, the Golden Generation. Look at this,
we've got Golden Generation two point zero.
Speaker 7 (14:15):
There's some terrific players coming through and that has been
helped by Mitchell Santner's captaincy as well. There was the
other point I was going to mention today New Zealand
getting hit early with the pace attack and just brought
the left orthodox is on himself and ruts and Ravendra
and immediately and just just truck. He's got dim the flow.
So I thought, yeah, he's been he's been excellent in
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that role so far.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I'm putting my hand up. We should host the next
ACC Champion trophy. Thank you very much. That would be
great for business for our hotels exactly. Let's get the rugby,
the rise of Australian and Ireland rugby. They caut up.
Speaker 7 (14:47):
Yeah, I think that's that's great for the competition. Not
so good for the New Zealand teams.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Of course.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
Of course, Higland is having to buy but and Crusaders
getting a win, but Chiefs and Hurricanes with the well
and then the Blues as well getting beaten by the Brumbies.
I think it's great for Pacifica rugby. That's what the competition.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Needs, Minor Pacifica in particular. Yeah, you know, so good.
And they're using North is great for the North Harbor Stadium,
you know, it's all. I'm all for that.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I think it's that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
So yeah, bit of a shot in the arm for
super Raping. Well done. And I got to go, oh bye,
so do I you're busy. You've got some news today.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
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Speaker 3 (15:34):
News Talks B. It's five twenty eight. We ended last
week with some hopeful noises from the health sector. I
even said, oh, some good news is finally. Minister Simmey
and Brown was praised by academics and commentators for us
increased funding for nurse practitioners, advanced training for nurses, and
increased training for doctors who come from overseas. He also
announced an increase in the number of doctors we train
here and then on Friday he announced the health plan
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which sees Lester Levy replaced by a board, and five
targets were in all focusing on speedier health care and
outcomes and to true through the waiting list. The Minister
started talking about utilizing private facilities, and I think at
this point it's important to think about where we came
from and where we are. Labour tried to reduce the
DHBs from over twenty to forty and introduced a Milord
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Health Authority, even though the right wing had been complaining
about the inefficiency of too many boards for years. When
a left wing government does it, it's branded as a
socialist's central government takeover. So we decided to reverse it,
and after fifty million dollars was spent pursuing the four megaboards,
we appear to be right back where we started, except
we are not right back where we started. Lester Levy
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has been cutting the workforce, and the workforce complains that
the whole sector has been hollowed out. We have more
funding than ever, We're told that all the time, particularly
by the Prime Minister, and yet it did not keep
pace with inflation. And I'm talking about the last twenty years,
not just the last one, and to cope with the
waiting lists that are built up over the decades. Patients
are now being directed to the private system. The appshot
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is that the public system is slowly withering, very slowly though,
and it's a good time to be a shareholder and
a private health facility because you're getting the overflow. We
seem to be heading towards a two tier health system,
one for those with money and one for those without.
And increasingly, if you don't have health insurance, you're playing
a waiting game about who will see you first, Sir
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Peter or the surgeon. They found an unexploded bomb underserneath
the train station in Paris, so yeah, we'll talk about
this at a moment. Gavin Gray is on the way.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
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Speaker 8 (17:43):
Because you told me to get a job at you,
I want to see.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
I welcome back to the program if they've just worken up.
India won the ICC Champions Trophy. The score is pretty equal,
but they had some time. They ran it well. How
did a text here from roy on ninety two ninety
two A small charge byes just my opinion, not that
it matters, but National is still off track with that
cricket not being on TV. For everyone have a good day,
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we will have a good day, and I thank you Roy.
It's not the government's responsibility to make sure that we
have sport on our TV, but that is the call
of Sky Sport, and I went back to check to
see whether it was in fact on free to wear.
Remember Sky actually does some stuff free to wear on
Sky Open. And when they do that, they had the
opportunity to stick in the ads. They have the opportunity
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to actually delay the coverage and so you know, it
takes a bit longer, but they make the money. What
they had on instead was infomercials. I don't know how
many people watch infomercials on Sky Open. And reminding you
that Sky Open is available to everybody. It took over
the prime channel so you can pick it up, don't
need to have the Sky thing. And the reason for
Sky Opened is to show you how good the sports
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coverage is and perhaps convince you to make the step
over into the subscription PATV so you could ask whether
it was a good move by Sky TV not to
make this game available on Sky Open, delayed and with
interruptions by commercials. I would say that would be a
poor call. Then again, it was an all night affair
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and also we lost Roy. We lost. But I see
what you're saying. It's twenty two to six. Andrew Diggins
storrying to go right around the country. Callen Proctor joins
you from duneed and we missed you on Friday. Hello, Callum,
missed you to Andrew morning. Okay, We've got an initiative
to help young people into jobs.
Speaker 4 (19:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
This is in Central Otago, the Mayor's Task Force for
Jobs Community Employment Program. It focuses on getting sixteen to
twenty four year olds into employment right around the region.
So it began a year ago. Since then, more than
twenty youths have benefited from its Central Otago Mayor Toma
Ali says the transition from school to training is more
challenging today than ever before. She says this program removes
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those barriers like not having driver's license for the right
safety gear, through to helping with CV writing and preparing
for an interview.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
All right, how's your weather. It's good today? Fine? And
twenty for danedin. Thank you so much. Claire herewind from Chrastiat.
Speaker 10 (20:19):
Hello, good morning.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
So the parking near Christiach Hospital has always been a
saga and a drama.
Speaker 10 (20:25):
It has always been a saga and a drama. You're right.
Anyone who needs to go to christ Church Hospital absolutely
knows about this and it's a nightmare two for the staff.
The city Council have been under pressure for some time
now to try and do something about the parking situation.
They've now put a clearway in place on Hagley Avenue
between Saint Assis Street and Rickittson av that will be
in place for six months as they trial this new option.
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It will allow people to park in eighteen free car
parks basically from seven thirty at night until seven thirty
each morning. A twenty twenty three trial costs more than
twenty three thousand dollars. This one I was expected to
be about ten thousand. The lane will be open as
normal during the day. The Transport Operations Manager, Stephen Wright
says this is a trial that will help counsel to
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understand the impact of permanently converting the curb sign laid
to be some free car parking. How's the weather today,
find a side from a bit of cloud this morning.
Northeasterly is becoming fresh and high of twenty.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
Max toll from Wellington. Hello, good morning. And the Wellington
Water controversy dribbles on.
Speaker 11 (21:27):
It, dribbles on you, yeah, bosses of Wellington Water. I'm
talking the chair particularly, are going to today front up
to both the minister and the region's mayors as pressure
builds for some heads to roll. There's the report that's
of course critical of Wellington Waters behind the scenes processes
not been getting good value for rate payer money. Local
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Government Minister Simon Wats has called in Wellington Water for
a please explain, that's how he puts it. He'll meet
with them today. Some mayors want the chair Nick Leggett,
to resign as well, perhaps others as well. Hill Front.
This is sort of council Meyrial committee meeting today. It's
already been turned into political posturing too, with some quite
strong words being said by the regions mayor's polydor Anita
(22:11):
Baker is keen for Leggett to stay. Torifano and Wayne
Guppy want blood.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
All right, how's your weather?
Speaker 11 (22:19):
I should be fine today with Southerlea's twenty one the
High Central.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Neither let a man who joins me from walkan hellen
Eva good morning. When I was a kid, I go
to why we we do the we do the hydrous lies,
the hydrous line, we soaking the hot poles, and then
it closed. But what's happening with why we were in?
Speaker 12 (22:34):
Now that's right, everyone's got a great story, But why
we're so Look the hot springs here showing signs of
a recovery, and it's raising questions of whether this popular
tourism draw card can be revived. And this has come
because of a new study. So the geothermal system north
of Walkland, as we know, best known for feeding what
was the country's largest water park and edits speak as
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you say that thermal resort drew more than three hundred
thousand people a year. That closed like yeah, twenty eighteen.
Now after all the renovations and yeah, later being demolished.
So the studies come out. The lead author of Paul
Vskovich says, look, if the springs were to return through
sustainable management of the system, it could become a tourist attraction. Again,
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what we know is that this study it comes as
the owners of the seaside campground near the former resort
that just put the property up the sale.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
All right, how's Orkin's weather?
Speaker 12 (23:26):
Fine? Fine, fine, fine, a high twenty six.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Actually, we've just been right around the country and everybody said,
the weather is fine. Can I just to sday the
entire country would like a day of rain, thank you
very much. We are so dry. I drove through the
White Kado this weekend and everywhere is dry, and it's
getting to that so dry the grass is almost blonde. Yes,
it's time for some rain New Zealand.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
And I think we need to have shorter showers too,
especially here.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
And that's what they're saying four minutes they're saying. But
the biggest thing is I like some rain in the
hydro later because I want some power this winter, thank
you very much. It is at seventeen to six they
found an unex sploid bomb underneath the garden or in Paris.
Shows you that the echoes of World War two are
still happening. And have they got rid of it? What
happened there? Gavin Gray is next here on news Talks
here B. And of course there are new rules about
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land acquisition when it comes to our big infrastructure projects.
Are these rules good? Are they necessarily will they make
a difference? That story before.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Six International correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Every cross to the UK. Gavin grag good morning to you.
Either blows my mind that what eighty years after World
War Two we're still finding unexploded munitions and not just
out in the countryside, but underneath a capital city of Europe.
Speaker 13 (24:43):
Yes, sudden. This caused huge, huge disruption for trains going
in and out of the guard du Nor, one of
the big train stations of course in Paris, one of
the busiest train stations in all of Europe, and police
had to evacuate people from homes around the San Deni
district and temporarily closed part of the suburb's main ring
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road because they discovered a five hundred kilogram World War
two bomb two meters deep at a building site just
north of the station. Railway workers discovered it they were
putting a new bridge over the railway lines as soon
as they discovered it. It was a massive bomb, of
course covered in mud, but as soon as they saw
it they thought, Hm, we're going to have to shut everything,
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so I'm afraid. Thousands of passengers from London to Paris
on Eurostar, of course arrived in the garden or they
had to be put on hold. All the trains were
backing up and it's been forty eight hours, a very
very difficult travel on Eurostar. Originally the first trains to
get back to normal andrew with the local services, then
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the high speed services and Eurostar. So today looking at
the timetable, it's running all okay according to schedule, but
many people, i think, really struggling to get where they
needed to go as the flights filled up very very quickly,
as soon as people realized the trains were not going
to happen.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
It's amazing this hangover from World War Two. There's a
huge wasteland area just out of Paris which is basically
unusable because of so much to munition and there, and
it always just it amazes me. Meanwhile, Ancient History, they
found a prototype to Stone Hinge in the UK.
Speaker 13 (26:15):
Yes, unbelievable. They had actually discovered it and also had
begun doing an archaeological dig on this site in the
nineteen eighties. However, on reanalyzing what they found and a
subsequent dig at this site, which is near Dorchester in Dorset,
to the south and west of London. They discovered that
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actually the Ring, as it is a large circular stone
ring enclosure, which has sadly degraded over the last three
two hundred years, is two centuries older than had previously
been thought. Why is that important, Well, it's important because
that means it's actually older than Stonehenge, and that of
course means that scientists trying to make sense of all
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this believe it was a prototype for building Stonehenge, the
famous Stone Monument, the circular monument in Wiltshire to the
west of London, which of course has staggered so many people.
How on earth they got the rocks there, how they
stacked the rocks on one another, All these things still unknown,
but the idea that they've done something similar for a
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century earlier is just extraordinary. So, as you said, amazing,
how all this time on we're still finding things up
about the Neolithic period.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
I thank you, Gavin Gray. It is now eleven to
six dulous. The government's proposing changes to the Public Work
Sect to speed up how it acquires private land. So
if your land needs to be acquired, there is a
new premium payment scheme which would be introduced rewarding landowners
who said or quickly and at the end of itdual
the Environment Court will no longer hear objictions that will
(27:48):
go to the Minister and others in Council. Infrastructure of
New zeal And Policy Director Michelle mccormackare's working up for
us this morning. Hello, Michelle, Good morning injury. Is this
everything you want?
Speaker 11 (27:59):
Oh?
Speaker 14 (27:59):
Pretty much?
Speaker 4 (28:00):
So.
Speaker 14 (28:00):
I think it's a big step in the right direction.
It's pretty ancient legislation, the Public Works Act, and it's
good to see a fresh look at it and looking
how we can improve the process and make sure that
we are getting the strategic infrastructure faster that we need.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Do we have some constructive, some concrete proposals that are
on the table that will benefit from this, definitely.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
Yeah, the ones that are in the Fast Track Approvals
Act now, so that's our Roads of National significance and
some of the other big projects that are actually public
infrastructure works will be lined up too further down the
track and that will really shave us off some time
and make the whole process a lot quicker, so construction
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can get underway and then we end up with the
finished products sooner.
Speaker 5 (28:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
The only example I remember in my lifetime was in
fact taking all the land beside the Pakranger Highway to
make the busway that goes out towards Botany where all
those houses just disappeared, they were just taken. Would this
have made that process faster and easier?
Speaker 14 (29:02):
I yes, it would, And it's good to see that
there is an incentive payment now being offered where people
are affected. When a project like that needs to acquire land,
they actually have the option to sell voluntarily early without
actually being compulsory acquired, and they'll get that incentive payment
which is up to fifteen per cent of leaned value.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Of course they're going to take away the Environment Court
as a court of appeal, which we all know that
that can take for rev and cost of fortune.
Speaker 14 (29:30):
Yeah, I think that's a big improvement. We know how
overloaded the Environment Court is and I think having a
much streamlined process to get to that final decision is
actually better for everyone. It's better for the project, and
it's better for the people affected too because they'll get
an outcome sooner.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
It effects of if it's going to positively affect all
the big infrastructure projects, why don't we get rid of
the Environment Caught altogether.
Speaker 14 (29:52):
I think we still need the Environment Court for the
wider rama processes, and there's a number of other approval
process that they're involved in as well. But I think
in this case, where these projects have been through that
consenting approval process or in designation and in the last
process is acquiring the land, I think it makes sense
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to have a streamline process with ministerial approval.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
And is this all the great idea until we get
one bad decision or a perceived allegation of bias from
a minister who is now the final court of appeal.
Speaker 14 (30:24):
Yeah, there is the alternative of having a judicial review
if we know that someone does think that it has
been a particularly bad decision. But I think given that
the project itself has been tested well and had consenting
approval given, then it is pretty much streamlined now, so
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you won't get one land owner holding out a whole
project and costing millions and millions of dollars to the
rest of the community.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Well, Michelle, have yourself a great work in a great
week at work, being productive and creating infrastructure, and I
thank you so much a Michelle McCall, because the Infrastructure
New Zealand Policy Director, and it's coming up seven minutes
to six News Talks aret.
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Speaker 15 (31:43):
And where's that money go to?
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Well, it goes to us. I believe we own them,
don't we do? We do?
Speaker 12 (31:48):
We?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
I hope so.
Speaker 15 (31:49):
So they're peddling and gaining financially on the misery and upset.
Speaker 3 (31:55):
Yes of your average that's clipping the ticket. And I
believe that they're head on show is currently flown to by.
It's a long way to go. It's long.
Speaker 15 (32:04):
We're not as bad as going, it's not as bad
as flying to Las Vegas to watch the Warriors, because
it's been the biggest.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Way Vegas is Vegas, Baby, I told you about.
Speaker 15 (32:13):
I suppose if you go to Vegas for Vegas as
supposed to worries.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
Dubai is Dubai is it?
Speaker 5 (32:19):
Is it?
Speaker 3 (32:19):
I have no desire anyway.
Speaker 15 (32:21):
The business of the buying land and stuff, well, my
only concern is the giant.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
I don't even think this is a new idea. You
remember John Key years.
Speaker 15 (32:28):
Ago used to go what you do is, of course,
you just go look, I'll give you a little bit
extra and we'll get just move this thing along. So
I think all they're doing is officially making what has
happened anyway. But then don't you open up the if
it's fifteen percent? So if you stay it's fifteen percent,
you just go, well, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
For twenty Yeah, I think we can how do we
sell houses exactly? And that's exactly schedulizing. I think the
lack of the Environment Court is probably a good thing anyway.
Chris Bushop is going to be doing this and we'll
get some timeline because very big week for the government
with the Investment Conference coming up on Thursday and Friday.
Is a survey out this morning.
Speaker 15 (32:58):
That we'll look at as well, that says, apparently there's
a lot of people and this is an Australasia as
opposed to the world in Australasia. That yes, we're interested
in investment.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
You see it said there's a glow about New Zealand,
and that report is there's a glow about New Zealand.
Speaker 15 (33:12):
I'm not spot I'm not spotted. I don't know, I
don't know where it is. Anyway, I will look at
that number.
Speaker 3 (33:17):
Very good stuff. My name is Andrew Dickins. I'll be
back and getting tomorrow my thanks to producer Kenzie. Have
yourself a marvelous and productive day. See you tomorrow.
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It'd be.
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There's good bod to you. I am here, I'm watching
the cricket, of course, I am gee. Do we get
a run out just then? Not sure? Anyway, Welcome to
the program, Welcome to your Monday. Coming up over the
next sixty minutes, There's never been more hotel beds in
this country, but our occupancy rates are all over the place.
So how can we keep the tourism industry on an
even keel. We'll look at that story. In about five
(00:36):
minutes time. We have Andrew Ordison on sport, including the
rising strength of Australian and Ireland rugby, the dead heat
in the New Zealand Athletics Championships and today's ICC final
which is coming to an end. Over the next few minutes,
I'll last the question is our health system slowly being privatized?
And later our new land acquisition rules for infrastructure projects?
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Speaker 1 (01:17):
The agenda.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Yes, welcome on in. It is March, definitely March, that's
for sure and it is the tenth. Syria's leader Ahmed Shahah,
has called for peace after days of classes where Syrian
security forces allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawhite
religious minority. The UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,
which monitors fight against Syria, says more than one thousand
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people civilians have been killed.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
It's alarming, it's concerning as it is need for all
support speciality and anzi oup countries and all the concented
bus to work together in order to storm escalation of
the violence.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
To Australia, where hundreds of thousands of people remain without
power after tropical Psyclone Alfred bought wild weather to the
east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South
Wales a begetting the clean up after the storm caused
widespread flooding and knockdown power lines and trees. And a
sixty one year old man's body has been recovered from floodwaters,
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and twelve soldiers were taken to hospital after their convoy
crashed en route to rescue operations.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
The situation in Queensland and northern New South Wales remains
very serious to do flash flooding and heavy winds, heavy rainfall,
damaging wind gusts and coastal surf impacts are expected to
continue overcoming days. I urge everyone to continue to listen
carefully to the emergency authorities.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
And to the conflict in Ukraine. France says it will
give Ukraine an additional two hundred million dollars in military aid,
funded by interest from frozen Russian assets. The news comes
as Ukraine's President Zelenski is due to travel to Saudi
Arabia next week for fresh talks to end the war.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
I'm confident that the meeting will be productive. We in
Ukraine are committed to this. We are very much so.
We will do our best to ensure that Ukrainian interest
are taken into account, taken into account in the right way.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
And it is now ten minutes outter five.
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Get ahead of the headlines on early edition. Andrew Dickens
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Speaker 3 (03:33):
Talks it'd be Obviously, I'm somewhat distracted the cricketers on
and India needs eleven runs from sixteen balls, and I've
been distracted all morning long. When I arrived just after three,
the game was finally balanced, but as often happens, a
few lusty bows and the pendulum swung towards India. But
I'd like to take this time right now to congratulate
New Zealand cricket. New Zealand cricketers had a great time
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that recently we had the Golden generation. We had the
Trent Bolts and the Tim Soudis and the King Williamson's
and earlier the Ross Taylors. But over the past year
we've seen the emergence of a new crop, the will
of Rourks, the ever improving Matt Henry, and we're witnessing
the rise of a new global superstar in rash and Ravendra.
So we're all lose, and it looks like we're going
to lose this tournament and the Try series before it
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we whitewashed. Is proof that New Zealand cricket is in
a healthy state and We've done this on the world stage,
and it's important to remind the powers that run cricket,
which is India, Australia and England, of the excitement factory
that New Zealand cricket is and please keep us in
your plans. Currently, yes, India still needs eleven runs and
fifteen balls to win. We've just had a wicket there.
(04:41):
They are now two forty one for six. You could
say it's finally balanced or not. The wind predictor I
have up sees that India is a ninety nine percent
chance to We're not give you any updates as they
come to a hand. It's eleven enough to five. So
I was away for the weekend and I came back
to a letter box that stuff full of newspapers. I
love a printed newspaper. I love its black and white appearance,
(05:04):
the way you can work your way through it the
way you want rather than because of an algorithm. I
like the ads, I like the public notices. I read
the death column every day. I just love papers, always
have and have always subscribed. So I got home last
night and I took a gander at the Sunday Star
Times and the lead article was about the new citizen
arrest laws that were proposed last week. And then it
(05:26):
was Brian Tummocky's excitement at who he will be able
to target his flock at empowering them to arrest and
detain until the authorities arrive. Now I have to say
I'm not a fan of Brian Tommocky. I don't like
the fact that his interpretation of the Bible seems so narrow.
He appears to have only read one book of the Bible,
and that's the Viticus. I don't like the way his
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beliefs are so centered around men. It's good for men.
I understand that. I understand the good he does for men.
At the same time, there are women in this world
as well. And I do not like the way that
a man whose income is predicated on tithing, then Florence,
has received charity with his fancy houses, fancy vehicles and
very expensive Imporio Amani t shirts. This is money that
has been given to you by poor people. Tomikey's foot
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soldiers ran somewhat a muck in the streets of Wellington
over the WEEKI and gleefully, empowered by their perceived right
to police our streets and That's why the citizens arrest
rules as they are proposed worry me because they seem
to empower vigilanteism. The new rules are supposed to protect
citizens who suddenly find themselves in a situation where crimes
(06:33):
are being committed upon them. I'm talking about dairy owners,
but not on flocks of a church who are wanting
the streets looking for people they don't like. It's not
for people to go out on a Saturday and detain
people just because they don't like what they think, or
believe or do. And that was enough reason for me
over the weekend to ask Paul Goldsmith to tread lightly
(06:53):
on the idea before we have roving gangs of vigilantes
causing havoc Andrew Dickens, or we have audio of the
India wicket which just happened. Because they are now two
forty five for six, off we go straight up, straight up,
they will be caught in bold.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
This gain is not over yet, folks, This.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Is not quite over. Oh and did we just rub
someone out? No we did not, but we got very close.
Currently India is two forty five for six and currently
they need just seven balls. They have twelve runs to
do it. Of course we could just strangle them and
just sneak it at the end, but that's doubtful. Now
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we've got more hotels than we've ever had. They've been
building them left, right and center because of the tourism
boosts that we've had over the last twenty years. But
the problem with the hotels is sometimes that full and
sometimes we don't have enough. But too many times we
don't have enough. So what to do about this? We're
talking to Vic Beck, the Heart of the city chief
from Auckland. In a few moments time. It's five point fifty.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
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Speaker 3 (08:11):
It's good morning to you. It's now seventeen minutes after
five four runs needed from nine balls for India to win.
It's close. It certainly is close now. Walkland Hotels getting
a major cash hit from big events during the weekend
when Luke Comb's the Country Singer and sal Gp were
in town, hotels made it an extra five million dollars,
meaning that they filled an extra eight thousand rooms over
(08:33):
four days. So how did the CEO Heart of the
City CEO vivec joins in Hello, Viv, nice to talk,
Nice to see you. It just goes to show just
how much of an impact these big things have.
Speaker 6 (08:47):
They really do. I mean, we see it, you know,
we sort with Pink last year, Coldplaying, Pearl Jam sol GP.
They make a huge impact. I mean, sid and small
events attract people, but when you get a really big
one in the hotel, the fall and the restaurants are
fall and the place is buzzing. That's just really what
you need to see.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
And whose responsibility is it to keep these big events
coming to all of our cities.
Speaker 6 (09:11):
Well, it depends what they are. I mean, you know,
where there are public benefits, I think there is a
rationale for public funding. But understand that's tight and sensitive,
so you know that's the question. Really the funding is
a challenge with some of the bigger events. But the
reality is, I think there's a strong recognition that events
(09:32):
have a big impact, and if there are public benefits,
I think there is a rationale have public money in it.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I think the America's Cup debate has colored those sorts
of comments because that required sort of the sort of
money like two hundred million dollars from government and councils
to get the America's Cup here, because we have to
pay for their research costs as well as just hosting
the entire event. But most of the events that we're
talking about, the Cold Place as you say, and the
sal GP, they haven't been a big spend.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
Well a lot of them are privately thundered them to
pay for them. But if you look at the America's Cup,
and if you look at the Barcelona results that have
come out, you know, they say that's a two billion
dollar economic impact, maybe half a million unique visitors, nearly
one hundred and fifty super yachts. You know, if you
think about America's Cup here, we've got the infrastructure, so
it's the economic benefit, the trade, the tourism, and really
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the sort of huge reputation we have in that marine
innovation and technology space. There's a lot of benefits that
come from a large event like that, particularly when you've
got the infrastructure. So it is going to need a
private funding as well, but we're big supporters of getting
that back and having that in twenty twenty seven would
(10:43):
be a massive boost. But it's true for everything we've
been through, it's.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
True that our hotels are feast and famine because in
between these big events, we actually have low occupancy and
they're complaining about it. And meanwhile, the call came out
over the weekend for bed tex basically so that we've
got a fund that we can keep bringing events so
this to keep our hotels skill. Do you support a
bed tax?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Yeah, yeah, we do. I mean that's something that actually
the industry generally seems to be supporting, and there's been
a call for some time now and actually needs to
get some urgency because one of the thoughts is that
that could be a way to contribute to the America's cup.
But time is of the essence, and it is something
that a number of groups have been asking for for
(11:23):
some time. And there are various ways you can attract money,
but you know, the real is this is one that
seems to have more favored than certainly the last accommodation tax,
which really was unfair on the hotel sector. But this
one is a small percentage on top of a room
rate that would contribute to attracting these large events and
(11:47):
destination marketing.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
V thank you for your time today, and in fact,
I saw back the other day at an arts festival
events and that also was stimulating the economy. It is
five twenty India has just won and that's going away
into the fens off. What's the champions trophy for ay?
Speaker 4 (12:07):
But win it after twelve years and it's another ICC Doliament.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
For that way. Yeah. So India won by four wickets.
There were six balls left. They scored two fifty four
for six. We scored two fifty one for seven. The
scores were pretty close. It was only an over in it.
Well done, New Zealand, you perform well. Hey, speaking of
a big event, wouldn't you love the ICC Champions Trophy
happening here in New Zealand? Imagine that it is five
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Speaker 3 (12:46):
And Orderson Cricket Tragic. Welcome to the program. It's five
twenty three, So what it's time to be alive? Do
you need a hug? We're following a support group for
all the black Cap supporters because you're always at out
at the last hurdle. But you know the scores are
virtually similar. There was just six balls and we did
well but not well enough.
Speaker 7 (13:06):
Yeah, India has paced that pretty well, I think, and
starting with Rochama with his seventy six off eighty three,
but they've got through the two fifty two required winning
with Forcus, I think, just what over to spare, give
or take, And yeah it was it was pretty convincing
display by India all up.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I think.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
Well, Darrel Mitchell was kept New Zealand in the contest
with sixty three of one hundred and one balls. It
looked like it was a bit of a dropping from
the Sahara the pitch and it really it was.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
I hate snowlineless. I hate Dubai's ground. Well, I love
the ground, I hate the wicked and I do not
like the games there. They're always a bit weird.
Speaker 7 (13:43):
Well, the fact that the very fact that's controversying itself,
the fact that's in Dubai because India wouldn't play in Pakistan.
But that aside, they've done convincingly and New Zealand they
put up a good fight and I was just over
the course of the turnament just a standout factor or
too really, but glean Phillips's catch of shulmun Go. I
mean everyone should go and watch that today. That's a blinder.
It's short cover, just one hander. Again, he's just just
(14:06):
a phenomenal fielder.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Remember we talked about the Golden Generation. I mentioned this
earlier in the program, the Golden Generation. Look at this,
we've got Golden Generation two point zero.
Speaker 7 (14:15):
There's some terrific players coming through and that has been
helped by Mitchell Santner's captaincy as well. There was the
other point I was going to mention today New Zealand
getting hit early with the pace attack and just brought
the left orthodox is on himself and ruts and Ravendra
and immediately and just just truck. He's got dim the flow.
So I thought, yeah, he's been he's been excellent in
(14:35):
that role so far.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I'm putting my hand up. We should host the next
ACC Champion trophy. Thank you very much. That would be
great for business for our hotels exactly. Let's get the rugby,
the rise of Australian and Ireland rugby. They caut up.
Speaker 7 (14:47):
Yeah, I think that's that's great for the competition. Not
so good for the New Zealand teams.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Of course.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
Of course, Higland is having to buy but and Crusaders
getting a win, but Chiefs and Hurricanes with the well
and then the Blues as well getting beaten by the Brumbies.
I think it's great for Pacifica rugby. That's what the competition.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Needs, Minor Pacifica in particular. Yeah, you know, so good.
And they're using North is great for the North Harbor Stadium,
you know, it's all. I'm all for that.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
I think it's that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
So yeah, bit of a shot in the arm for
super Raping. Well done. And I got to go, oh bye,
so do I you're busy. You've got some news today.
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News Talks B. It's five twenty eight. We ended last
week with some hopeful noises from the health sector. I
even said, oh, some good news is finally. Minister Simmey
and Brown was praised by academics and commentators for us
increased funding for nurse practitioners, advanced training for nurses, and
increased training for doctors who come from overseas. He also
announced an increase in the number of doctors we train
here and then on Friday he announced the health plan
(15:56):
which sees Lester Levy replaced by a board, and five
targets were in all focusing on speedier health care and
outcomes and to true through the waiting list. The Minister
started talking about utilizing private facilities, and I think at
this point it's important to think about where we came
from and where we are. Labour tried to reduce the
DHBs from over twenty to forty and introduced a Milord
(16:17):
Health Authority, even though the right wing had been complaining
about the inefficiency of too many boards for years. When
a left wing government does it, it's branded as a
socialist's central government takeover. So we decided to reverse it,
and after fifty million dollars was spent pursuing the four megaboards,
we appear to be right back where we started, except
we are not right back where we started. Lester Levy
(16:38):
has been cutting the workforce, and the workforce complains that
the whole sector has been hollowed out. We have more
funding than ever, We're told that all the time, particularly
by the Prime Minister, and yet it did not keep
pace with inflation. And I'm talking about the last twenty years,
not just the last one, and to cope with the
waiting lists that are built up over the decades. Patients
are now being directed to the private system. The appshot
(17:01):
is that the public system is slowly withering, very slowly though,
and it's a good time to be a shareholder and
a private health facility because you're getting the overflow. We
seem to be heading towards a two tier health system,
one for those with money and one for those without.
And increasingly, if you don't have health insurance, you're playing
a waiting game about who will see you first, Sir
(17:22):
Peter or the surgeon. They found an unexploded bomb underserneath
the train station in Paris, so yeah, we'll talk about
this at a moment. Gavin Gray is on the way.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
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I want to see.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
I welcome back to the program if they've just worken up.
India won the ICC Champions Trophy. The score is pretty equal,
but they had some time. They ran it well. How
did a text here from roy on ninety two ninety
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it matters, but National is still off track with that
cricket not being on TV. For everyone have a good day,
(18:22):
we will have a good day, and I thank you Roy.
It's not the government's responsibility to make sure that we
have sport on our TV, but that is the call
of Sky Sport, and I went back to check to
see whether it was in fact on free to wear.
Remember Sky actually does some stuff free to wear on
Sky Open. And when they do that, they had the
opportunity to stick in the ads. They have the opportunity
(18:43):
to actually delay the coverage and so you know, it
takes a bit longer, but they make the money. What
they had on instead was infomercials. I don't know how
many people watch infomercials on Sky Open. And reminding you
that Sky Open is available to everybody. It took over
the prime channel so you can pick it up, don't
need to have the Sky thing. And the reason for
Sky Opened is to show you how good the sports
(19:04):
coverage is and perhaps convince you to make the step
over into the subscription PATV so you could ask whether
it was a good move by Sky TV not to
make this game available on Sky Open, delayed and with
interruptions by commercials. I would say that would be a
poor call. Then again, it was an all night affair
(19:26):
and also we lost Roy. We lost. But I see
what you're saying. It's twenty two to six. Andrew Diggins
storrying to go right around the country. Callen Proctor joins
you from duneed and we missed you on Friday. Hello, Callum,
missed you to Andrew morning. Okay, We've got an initiative
to help young people into jobs.
Speaker 4 (19:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
This is in Central Otago, the Mayor's Task Force for
Jobs Community Employment Program. It focuses on getting sixteen to
twenty four year olds into employment right around the region.
So it began a year ago. Since then, more than
twenty youths have benefited from its Central Otago Mayor Toma
Ali says the transition from school to training is more
challenging today than ever before. She says this program removes
(20:06):
those barriers like not having driver's license for the right
safety gear, through to helping with CV writing and preparing
for an interview.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
All right, how's your weather. It's good today? Fine? And
twenty for danedin. Thank you so much. Claire herewind from Chrastiat.
Speaker 10 (20:19):
Hello, good morning.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
So the parking near Christiach Hospital has always been a
saga and a drama.
Speaker 10 (20:25):
It has always been a saga and a drama. You're right.
Anyone who needs to go to christ Church Hospital absolutely
knows about this and it's a nightmare two for the staff.
The city Council have been under pressure for some time
now to try and do something about the parking situation.
They've now put a clearway in place on Hagley Avenue
between Saint Assis Street and Rickittson av that will be
in place for six months as they trial this new option.
(20:48):
It will allow people to park in eighteen free car
parks basically from seven thirty at night until seven thirty
each morning. A twenty twenty three trial costs more than
twenty three thousand dollars. This one I was expected to
be about ten thousand. The lane will be open as
normal during the day. The Transport Operations Manager, Stephen Wright
says this is a trial that will help counsel to
(21:09):
understand the impact of permanently converting the curb sign laid
to be some free car parking. How's the weather today,
find a side from a bit of cloud this morning.
Northeasterly is becoming fresh and high of twenty.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
Max toll from Wellington. Hello, good morning. And the Wellington
Water controversy dribbles on.
Speaker 11 (21:27):
It, dribbles on you, yeah, bosses of Wellington Water. I'm
talking the chair particularly, are going to today front up
to both the minister and the region's mayors as pressure
builds for some heads to roll. There's the report that's
of course critical of Wellington Waters behind the scenes processes
not been getting good value for rate payer money. Local
(21:49):
Government Minister Simon Wats has called in Wellington Water for
a please explain, that's how he puts it. He'll meet
with them today. Some mayors want the chair Nick Leggett,
to resign as well, perhaps others as well. Hill Front.
This is sort of council Meyrial committee meeting today. It's
already been turned into political posturing too, with some quite
strong words being said by the regions mayor's polydor Anita
(22:11):
Baker is keen for Leggett to stay. Torifano and Wayne
Guppy want blood.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
All right, how's your weather?
Speaker 11 (22:19):
I should be fine today with Southerlea's twenty one the
High Central.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Neither let a man who joins me from walkan hellen
Eva good morning. When I was a kid, I go
to why we we do the we do the hydrous lies,
the hydrous line, we soaking the hot poles, and then
it closed. But what's happening with why we were in?
Speaker 12 (22:34):
Now that's right, everyone's got a great story, But why
we're so Look the hot springs here showing signs of
a recovery, and it's raising questions of whether this popular
tourism draw card can be revived. And this has come
because of a new study. So the geothermal system north
of Walkland, as we know, best known for feeding what
was the country's largest water park and edits speak as
(22:55):
you say that thermal resort drew more than three hundred
thousand people a year. That closed like yeah, twenty eighteen.
Now after all the renovations and yeah, later being demolished.
So the studies come out. The lead author of Paul
Vskovich says, look, if the springs were to return through
sustainable management of the system, it could become a tourist attraction. Again,
(23:18):
what we know is that this study it comes as
the owners of the seaside campground near the former resort
that just put the property up the sale.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
All right, how's Orkin's weather?
Speaker 12 (23:26):
Fine? Fine, fine, fine, a high twenty six.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Actually, we've just been right around the country and everybody said,
the weather is fine. Can I just to sday the
entire country would like a day of rain, thank you
very much. We are so dry. I drove through the
White Kado this weekend and everywhere is dry, and it's
getting to that so dry the grass is almost blonde. Yes,
it's time for some rain New Zealand.
Speaker 12 (23:46):
And I think we need to have shorter showers too,
especially here.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
And that's what they're saying four minutes they're saying. But
the biggest thing is I like some rain in the
hydro later because I want some power this winter, thank
you very much. It is at seventeen to six they
found an unex sploid bomb underneath the garden or in Paris.
Shows you that the echoes of World War two are
still happening. And have they got rid of it? What
happened there? Gavin Gray is next here on news Talks
here B. And of course there are new rules about
(24:12):
land acquisition when it comes to our big infrastructure projects.
Are these rules good? Are they necessarily will they make
a difference? That story before.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Six International correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Every cross to the UK. Gavin grag good morning to you.
Either blows my mind that what eighty years after World
War Two we're still finding unexploded munitions and not just
out in the countryside, but underneath a capital city of Europe.
Speaker 13 (24:43):
Yes, sudden. This caused huge, huge disruption for trains going
in and out of the guard du Nor, one of
the big train stations of course in Paris, one of
the busiest train stations in all of Europe, and police
had to evacuate people from homes around the San Deni
district and temporarily closed part of the suburb's main ring
(25:04):
road because they discovered a five hundred kilogram World War
two bomb two meters deep at a building site just
north of the station. Railway workers discovered it they were
putting a new bridge over the railway lines as soon
as they discovered it. It was a massive bomb, of
course covered in mud, but as soon as they saw
it they thought, Hm, we're going to have to shut everything,
(25:25):
so I'm afraid. Thousands of passengers from London to Paris
on Eurostar, of course arrived in the garden or they
had to be put on hold. All the trains were
backing up and it's been forty eight hours, a very
very difficult travel on Eurostar. Originally the first trains to
get back to normal andrew with the local services, then
(25:45):
the high speed services and Eurostar. So today looking at
the timetable, it's running all okay according to schedule, but
many people, i think, really struggling to get where they
needed to go as the flights filled up very very quickly,
as soon as people realized the trains were not going
to happen.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
It's amazing this hangover from World War Two. There's a
huge wasteland area just out of Paris which is basically
unusable because of so much to munition and there, and
it always just it amazes me. Meanwhile, Ancient History, they
found a prototype to Stone Hinge in the UK.
Speaker 13 (26:15):
Yes, unbelievable. They had actually discovered it and also had
begun doing an archaeological dig on this site in the
nineteen eighties. However, on reanalyzing what they found and a
subsequent dig at this site, which is near Dorchester in Dorset,
to the south and west of London. They discovered that
(26:36):
actually the Ring, as it is a large circular stone
ring enclosure, which has sadly degraded over the last three
two hundred years, is two centuries older than had previously
been thought. Why is that important, Well, it's important because
that means it's actually older than Stonehenge, and that of
course means that scientists trying to make sense of all
(26:58):
this believe it was a prototype for building Stonehenge, the
famous Stone Monument, the circular monument in Wiltshire to the
west of London, which of course has staggered so many people.
How on earth they got the rocks there, how they
stacked the rocks on one another, All these things still unknown,
but the idea that they've done something similar for a
(27:20):
century earlier is just extraordinary. So, as you said, amazing,
how all this time on we're still finding things up
about the Neolithic period.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
I thank you, Gavin Gray. It is now eleven to
six dulous. The government's proposing changes to the Public Work
Sect to speed up how it acquires private land. So
if your land needs to be acquired, there is a
new premium payment scheme which would be introduced rewarding landowners
who said or quickly and at the end of itdual
the Environment Court will no longer hear objictions that will
(27:48):
go to the Minister and others in Council. Infrastructure of
New zeal And Policy Director Michelle mccormackare's working up for
us this morning. Hello, Michelle, Good morning injury. Is this
everything you want?
Speaker 11 (27:59):
Oh?
Speaker 14 (27:59):
Pretty much?
Speaker 4 (28:00):
So.
Speaker 14 (28:00):
I think it's a big step in the right direction.
It's pretty ancient legislation, the Public Works Act, and it's
good to see a fresh look at it and looking
how we can improve the process and make sure that
we are getting the strategic infrastructure faster that we need.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Do we have some constructive, some concrete proposals that are
on the table that will benefit from this, definitely.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
Yeah, the ones that are in the Fast Track Approvals
Act now, so that's our Roads of National significance and
some of the other big projects that are actually public
infrastructure works will be lined up too further down the
track and that will really shave us off some time
and make the whole process a lot quicker, so construction
(28:43):
can get underway and then we end up with the
finished products sooner.
Speaker 5 (28:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
The only example I remember in my lifetime was in
fact taking all the land beside the Pakranger Highway to
make the busway that goes out towards Botany where all
those houses just disappeared, they were just taken. Would this
have made that process faster and easier?
Speaker 14 (29:02):
I yes, it would, And it's good to see that
there is an incentive payment now being offered where people
are affected. When a project like that needs to acquire land,
they actually have the option to sell voluntarily early without
actually being compulsory acquired, and they'll get that incentive payment
which is up to fifteen per cent of leaned value.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Of course they're going to take away the Environment Court
as a court of appeal, which we all know that
that can take for rev and cost of fortune.
Speaker 14 (29:30):
Yeah, I think that's a big improvement. We know how
overloaded the Environment Court is and I think having a
much streamlined process to get to that final decision is
actually better for everyone. It's better for the project, and
it's better for the people affected too because they'll get
an outcome sooner.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
It effects of if it's going to positively affect all
the big infrastructure projects, why don't we get rid of
the Environment Caught altogether.
Speaker 14 (29:52):
I think we still need the Environment Court for the
wider rama processes, and there's a number of other approval
process that they're involved in as well. But I think
in this case, where these projects have been through that
consenting approval process or in designation and in the last
process is acquiring the land, I think it makes sense
(30:13):
to have a streamline process with ministerial approval.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
And is this all the great idea until we get
one bad decision or a perceived allegation of bias from
a minister who is now the final court of appeal.
Speaker 14 (30:24):
Yeah, there is the alternative of having a judicial review
if we know that someone does think that it has
been a particularly bad decision. But I think given that
the project itself has been tested well and had consenting
approval given, then it is pretty much streamlined now, so
(30:45):
you won't get one land owner holding out a whole
project and costing millions and millions of dollars to the
rest of the community.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Well, Michelle, have yourself a great work in a great
week at work, being productive and creating infrastructure, and I
thank you so much a Michelle McCall, because the Infrastructure
New Zealand Policy Director, and it's coming up seven minutes
to six News Talks aret.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
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Speaker 15 (31:43):
And where's that money go to?
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Well, it goes to us. I believe we own them,
don't we do? We do?
Speaker 12 (31:48):
We?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
I hope so.
Speaker 15 (31:49):
So they're peddling and gaining financially on the misery and upset.
Speaker 3 (31:55):
Yes of your average that's clipping the ticket. And I
believe that they're head on show is currently flown to by.
It's a long way to go. It's long.
Speaker 15 (32:04):
We're not as bad as going, it's not as bad
as flying to Las Vegas to watch the Warriors, because
it's been the biggest.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Way Vegas is Vegas, Baby, I told you about.
Speaker 15 (32:13):
I suppose if you go to Vegas for Vegas as
supposed to worries.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
Dubai is Dubai is it?
Speaker 5 (32:19):
Is it?
Speaker 3 (32:19):
I have no desire anyway.
Speaker 15 (32:21):
The business of the buying land and stuff, well, my
only concern is the giant.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
I don't even think this is a new idea. You
remember John Key years.
Speaker 15 (32:28):
Ago used to go what you do is, of course,
you just go look, I'll give you a little bit
extra and we'll get just move this thing along. So
I think all they're doing is officially making what has
happened anyway. But then don't you open up the if
it's fifteen percent? So if you stay it's fifteen percent,
you just go, well, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
For twenty Yeah, I think we can how do we
sell houses exactly? And that's exactly schedulizing. I think the
lack of the Environment Court is probably a good thing anyway.
Chris Bushop is going to be doing this and we'll
get some timeline because very big week for the government
with the Investment Conference coming up on Thursday and Friday.
Is a survey out this morning.
Speaker 15 (32:58):
That we'll look at as well, that says, apparently there's
a lot of people and this is an Australasia as
opposed to the world in Australasia. That yes, we're interested
in investment.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
You see it said there's a glow about New Zealand,
and that report is there's a glow about New Zealand.
Speaker 15 (33:12):
I'm not spot I'm not spotted. I don't know, I
don't know where it is. Anyway, I will look at
that number.
Speaker 3 (33:17):
Very good stuff. My name is Andrew Dickins. I'll be
back and getting tomorrow my thanks to producer Kenzie. Have
yourself a marvelous and productive day. See you tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
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