October 14, 2025 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Wednesday 15th of October 2025, The speaker's set out plans to crack down on standards after Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, political commentator, Liam Hehir shares his thoughts.
The hospitality sector's hit record sales of $15.9 billion, Franchise NZ Chairperson and Coffee Club co-owner Brad Jacobs tells Ryan revenue doesn't always mean profit.
A report by the Education Review Office shows primary-aged kids are not only getting better at English and Maths, but they're more excited about doing it, Kaitao Intermediate School Principal Phil Palfrey tells Ryan how big of a change he's seen in his school.
Plus, UK/ Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey has the latest on an Afghan man who came to the UK on a small boat and threatened to kill Nigel Farage, being jailed for five years.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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News Talks said, be good morning, six half to five.
Great to have your company. We'll look at the new
education data that we've got for you this morning, more
good news. We'll look at Ralwiti Waititi's air Jordan's and
whether he'll still be allowed to wear those to Parliament
as the speaker cracks down. We'll look at the IMF
report that's come out comparing how much they think our
economies will grow over the next two years. Where does
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New Zealand rank. I'll tell you that this morning. All
ahead on early edition, the agenda. It is Wednesday the
fifteenth to October. The French hot mess is still very
much a hot mess. The corner. This is the Prime
Minister who resigned and then got his job back within
a week. He is suspending the retirement reforms. News Talk said,
(00:53):
be weather watch twenty four to seven. Give me that
seems to be the wrong clip. New call for confidence votes,
the new calls for new elections over in France into
Gaza trouble, her mass not giving up all of the hostages'
bodies that they see that they.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Would if he Mass was withholding bodies of hostages deliberately,
then that would be a violation of the ceasefire deal.
And at the moment, you know, this ceasefire is still
at such a fragile stage. That's also been underscored by
what we've been seeing in footage from Gaza in the
past few hours. In fact, guns not silence across Gaza,
(01:31):
because there seem to have been more of these deadly
shootouts between her Mass and rival gangs.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Trump says that the next stages of the deal are
underway at the moment, and FGHN men who came to
the UK on a small boat and threatened to kill
Nigel Faranjas being jailed for five years. His Faragas response.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
The only reason we know about this guy is because
somebody sent it to me on TikTok And it makes
me wonder how many other madapassas are there now in
this country or will there be as the boats can
to cross the channel. So I'm please with a judgment,
but deeply, deeply concerned that this guy will be out
free in eighteen months.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
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Speaker 2 (02:20):
Be nine two ninety two is the number text love
hearing from you? The waste and entitlement in Wellington looks
to be very much alive and well, if they had
pipes that work down there, you might say they're flushing
money down the toilet. How are you allowed to overspend
a budget by one hundred and thirty thousand dollars and
not get into trouble? Why do I offer staff? This
(02:40):
is the tapati mardi? Why did they have pea cards?
What even our pea cards? How many casual employees was muddia?
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Men?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Are Kupa KINGI hiring? And why did she need them?
What do they actually do for the good people of
the North. Just imagine if this happened at your workplace.
Imagine if that happened here it ends in me. A
private business would be whipped and shamed. If there wasn't
a decent explanation, we'd be frog marched out the door.
People would be watching closely and there would be trouble.
(03:10):
Not in the halls of power, apparently and over at
acc the big spenders. It's no accident there, It's just
a raught. This is about farewell parties a few years back.
They claimed that they have since then tightened up their processes.
But I don't buy it. I don't think anyone's going
to buy it. They tried to hide the twenty thousand
dollars bill for a leaving party. They did this by
(03:31):
claiming that all the stuff that they flew to Wellington
for the drinks and the nibbles and the cannapeys and
the hotels that they stayed in were not part of
the expense for the event, even though they were clearly
an expense for the event. It's again, it's a raught,
and they tried to hide it. And we've been here before.
(03:52):
I was thinking this morning, just off the top of
my head, Pansy Wong had her credit card scan remember
that took her Morgan and his dyes Undy Gate. That
was way back in the nineties. So it just keeps happening.
You know, nothing changes. The old saying rings true. Give
a man efficient, he'll he'll eat it. Ryan ten half
for five News TALKSB. There is good news this morning.
(04:13):
If you have a child who's in school, they're actually
learning maths in English. And we have more evidence that
what the government is trying to do seems to be working.
I'll tell you about.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
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Speaker 2 (04:35):
News Talks B five twelve News Talks ZB. We've got
the Restaurant Association on the show while we'll talk to
a restaurant owner. This is just after five twenty this morning.
They've got a new report out that says things are
looking good in terms of revenue. Takeaway food services four
point four billion in sales over the last year. That's
up three point two percent. Catering one point three billion
in sales, that's up two point two percent, pubs taverns
(04:57):
bars two point one billion in sales, that's up one
point seven percent. So all sounds good, But then you
look under the hood at the costs and the expenses
and they're going through the roof not just food but
labor now forty percent of a business's expense. How sustainable?
That will ask the question five point thirteen Bryant Bread,
more evidence that education is on a roll, and you
report out this morning. It's the Education Review Office. Primary
(05:19):
age kids are not only getting better at English in math,
they're more excited about doing it. Three quarters of parents
say their child's showing clear progress. Teachers are positive too.
Phil Palfrey is with us from Kaital Intermediate School. He's
the principal there. Phil. Good morning, Oh morning, Kyoda Yoder.
Good to have you on the show. So thank goodness.
(05:40):
We've made some changes to education. Looks like it's bearing
some early fruit.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Yes, well, it seems to be. I haven't read the report,
to be honest, but I'm not surprised. I think that
the new curriculum, even though some of it's in drafts,
still is especially for literacy, but we are seeing progress.
I think it's to be fair, it's also to do
(06:08):
with the fact that I think our schools are building
good relationships with parents, and parents are really more comfortable
working with schools. We know we really try hard to
make sure our parents are involved as best as possible.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
But also.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
There's just I can only speak for my school, but
I know that the kids have developed great relationships with
their teachers, and the teachers work really hard to build
those relationships, and I think that's equally important, if not
more important, than any curriculum changes, and it's something I
love to see.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Why, because I'm just reading the report, Nearly all schools
have started using the refreshed curriculum for English and maths. Yes,
it's something like ninety seven eighty five percent depending on
whether you're talking about English or maths and now using
the new curriculum, and the report it clearly says that
this is what they're putting it down to, because I
guess what you're saying is it's teachers and students getting
(07:06):
on better and involving parents more. Why is that suddenly changed?
You know?
Speaker 5 (07:12):
Well, you know, we can't forget the old COVID, which
did some strange things. But I don't know. I just
think that everybody realizes how important education is, and more
and more people are realizing their children just have a
bit of a blique future if they opt out earlier
from school, and that to keep them in school is
(07:33):
really important. Children are getting back to school, enjoying school more,
and I just think that's just because I think a
whole lot of people are just realizing that they can't
progress in their life if they don't get a reasonable
education or a good education pill.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
In terms of attributing any credit to Erica Stamford, I've
spoken to a couple of schools and principles now and
it seems like it's the sort of everyone's walking on
eggshells and not wanting to say, do you think she's
doing a good job?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
Uh? I think that she. I think I think the
changes in the correctum have been really good and really positive.
I think she's doing a good job, and she's where
she has seen that there was a little bit of
flimsy stuff going on there, and I agree with that,
and I kind.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
Of always have.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I've always thought that, for example, it was mess I mean,
I've been around a long time, and I remember wondering
why we had to get rid of our textbox a
long long time ago. And I know that some people
still see textbooks as a diuly word, but I never did.
And I couldn't understand why we went away to photocopying
(08:47):
and doing a whole lot of other things, and that
we didn't because because I didn't see the basics being taught.
And I think that there's still an emphasis on basics,
and I think that's where still parents have a role
to do that too. For example, an intermediate school, we
really stress the fact that you need to know your
own basic times tables and that's never changed. But somewhere
(09:10):
along the line people thought that, you know, maybe they
could learn it if they needed to learn it. No, no, no,
you have to learn it, you have to know it,
and you have to be able to just roll them off,
you know. And I couldn't do that when I was young,
so I know how that better effect than me. So
that's why I'm sort of really making sure that the
teachers are still going over basic facts with the kids
(09:32):
because it's really really important. But see, we use the
new Oxford University Press resources which have been provided by
the government, so you can say that's a good thing
because it's worked really well, and we see we're starting
to see progress in our kids in maths, which is
really really exciting, really happy.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
We like to hear Phil appreciate your time this morning,
Phil Palfra who they can't tell intermediate principal time. It's
eighteen minutes after five on News Talk c B. We'll
look at the Restaurant Association report.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
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Speaker 2 (10:11):
A B five twenty News TALKSZB. We just had a
principle on the program. We had one on yesterday to Ryan,
says Luke, how to say you don't like the current
government without saying you don't like the current government. Another says,
utterly ridiculous. They will die before they praise Erica Stanford.
Here's what the Aero report actually said. It says is
early days, but most schools are now using the refreshed
(10:32):
curriculum and they are doing the one hour for your reading, writing,
and maths as prescribed by the government. It says there
has been an improvement in phonics. It says teachers are
reporting improved engagement, improved achievement, students like it more and
they basically needed a bit of direction and a curriculum
(10:55):
refresh and it's paying dividends twenty one after five Bridge, Right,
let's go to hospitality. The sectors hit record sales of
fifteen point nine billion dollars. Restaurant Association and your report
out Takeaways with a big winners up three point two
percent to four point four billion cafes and restaurants barely
moved up up zero point three percent to seven point
(11:16):
eight billion. International visitor spending up nine point two percent,
now sitting at eighty six percent of pre COVID levels.
But revenue doesn't mean profit. Brad Jacobs is Franchise New
Zealand chairperson and coffee club co owner with me this morning. Brad,
Good morning, morning Ryan, so good, thank you, good to
have you on the show. So revenue is up, but
costs are up too.
Speaker 6 (11:37):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I guess. You know, a big headline
number is nice and it's good to celebrate anywhin I guess,
but yeah, when you think about food inflation at nearly
five percent general and inflation at two point seven percent now,
and of course you've also got to remember that there
was about two point three percent more outlets opened across
(11:57):
the country, So one point four percent total growth is really,
unfortunately just not enough to keep people, to keep people
where they need to be.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
What about wages? Labor costs are forty percent of businesses now,
that's the highest eva. Is that an increase in the
minimum wage having an effect? Or is that a lack
of skilled staff and you're having to pay more. What's
the story.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
Yeah, interesting, not in this report, but I did see
another report a couple of months ago, and it was
about the price of coffee versus labor over the last
ten years, and essentially the price of coffee had gone
up something like about twenty two percent and ten years
versus the minimum wage has gone up sixty three percent
over the last ten years. So you know, the reality is,
I just we can't pass on pricing that we need
(12:40):
to to customers without running the risk of putting ourselves
out of market. So unfortunately, yes, minimum wages has just
grown faster than we can pass on costs, and we've
had to absorb a lot. I think there is still
some shortage of labor. Not as bad as it was,
certainly for us a couple of years ago. You know,
(13:00):
eighteen months ago it was a major problem for everyone.
It has relaxed a little. But I guess once those
those you know, in that type period where where labor
costs grew quickly, you don't then come back down from that.
That's the new.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Level then, So how can we still have problems with
labor shortages when we've got all these people on job?
See you know what what's not computing.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Yes, maybe some of it is the wrong people in
the wrong area. Maybe there's a few people that just
don't actually want to be employed. And of course there's
you know, I suppose it's it's a term that gets
thrown around regularly, but perhaps there's jobs out there that
qws just don't want to do that they see that
that they're above. So without without people on some kind
(13:48):
of visa, our industry falls apart. That's the reality of it.
You know, we have a lot of people working in
hospitality that are either here studying, traveling new to New
Zealand and that has been as the same for our
business as long as I can ever remember.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Bred. Is there still a problem with working from home?
Is that still affecting business? I saw ACC this week
went from two days in the office to three. Is
the y's still a problem?
Speaker 6 (14:18):
Absolutely? Yeah. If you look at the report, you know,
if you look at Auckland, it performed below below the
national average. And then when you read further into the report,
it says, you know, of that one point two percent
growth in Auckland, most of it came from the suburban areas,
not the CBD. We still have four outlets in the
city we had we had six previously and all four
(14:39):
of those outlets have never got back to anywhere near
close to what they used to be pre COVID. Unfortunately,
this is Auckland City and yeah, the reality is it's
just not as many people in offices as they used
to be, and that part of that, I guess is
working from home. I think part of it is also,
you know, some businesses found that they just didn't need
to be in the city and so you see little
(15:00):
satellite areas growing in Auckland, people that are not needing
to be right in the city center anymore. The prestige
of being in the city center just isn't there.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Brad, appreciate your trying this morning. Thank you, Brad Jacobs, Franchise,
New Zealand chairperson and coffee club co owner. Twenty five
after five News Talks VB.
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Five twenty seven News Talks VB. There's a warning for
Hipkins as he plots higher taxes for Kiwi businesses, for investors,
for savers. Who really knows it comes from across the ditch.
Albinezi if you've been following having problems getting his super
tax plan across the line despite having a majority in Parliament.
The opposition to it comes not just from the usual suspects,
but also former Prime Minister Labour storewart legend Paul Keating.
(15:47):
Even the Unions were crying boohoo about it. So he's
had to u turn and he's you turned on unrealized gains,
which have always been a stupid thing to try and tax.
How can you pay tax on money you haven't earned?
The Greens want to do this, David Parker wanted to
do it to party, Mardy wants it, and Debbie said
at the weekend that she and Chippy are on the
same page when it comes to a wealth tax. Interesting,
(16:09):
isn't it. He denies this, but does anyone believe a
guy who won't tell you what he's really thinking or
what he really stands for until he rules something in
or out. He looks like a guy plotting in secret.
He and Barbara squirreled away with an abacus in some office,
quietly conjuring up new and inventive revenue streams. And we're
left wondering whose business, whose property, whose wealth is right
(16:33):
for the picking. The warning from Australia is pretty night
and day. If you're going to tax something, and that's
a big if here at home, but if you're going
to do it, you'd better make sure it's a realized
gain and not a tax on imaginery on paper earnings.
Ryan Johny eight after five News talks, he'd be over
in the UK, we have the G seven. So IMF
(16:56):
releases its report and says this is how much our
economies are going to grow by over the next year,
over the next two years, and you have outside of
the US, the UK leading the numbers and the world
generally shaking off the tariffs. So twenty twenty six they
think global economy will grow three point one percent, the
UK one point three percent this year, same in twenty
(17:18):
twenty six. New Zealand. Our real GDP they expect for
twenty twenty five will be point eight percent and twenty
twenty six two point two percent, which means if they're
right in twenty twenty six, we will be growing faster
than the Aussies and the Americans. We'll look at that
more after News, Sport and Weather News Talks at.
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Twenty four away.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
From six year on Newstaloks.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
They'd be coming up before six fool talk, Parliament's dress
code and MPs over spending. Gavin Gray and the UK
for US. Have you ever wanted to call a really
important politician on the phone and just give them a
piece of your mind, Well you can do that now.
Private phone numbers for Albanesi and Australia Donald Trump Junior
have been leaked and published on a US website their
actual personal phone numbers. Apparently AI scrapes the Internet for information,
(18:27):
so their numbers must have been on some report or
somewhere in the far flung corners of the Internet. The
site claims to have contact details for hundreds of millions
of professionals, is used by recruiters and sales representatives. The
BBC has verified this a current private phone number for
Albanesi a personal contact number for Donald Trump Junior. The
(18:47):
BBC has also called numbers listed for Barack Obama to
no avail and then I love this line and it's
just written with no further explanation, Bill Clinton, they rang
the phone. It was picked up by an audibly confused
many Bridge don't really know. Let's go to our borders
around the country and we'll start in Dneed and come
(19:08):
and proctor with us. Come, good morning, morning riot. So
we've got this regional economic outlook from Westpac and Otaga
looking pretty good.
Speaker 7 (19:16):
Yep, the South gets the tick with west Bax's regional roundup.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
It's a look.
Speaker 7 (19:20):
It's found many places around New Zealand is still experiencing
soft trading conditions, especially the retail and construction sectors, but
the rural regions, especially those in the south with large
dairy sectors, are seeing firmer conditions than elsewhere. And the
report says Otago, including the Queenstown Lakes district, has been
the star performer for the economy at the moment, conditions
(19:42):
that have been boosted by a booming agriculture sector, with
farmers experiencing those good returns and also an increased rand
in international visitor spending which has held here.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Or how's your weather?
Speaker 7 (19:53):
Partly cloudy for daned in the odds shower today more
frequent this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Today's high nineteen. All right, thank you Claire and cry
it's clear, good morning, good morning, you've got an update
on the convention center.
Speaker 8 (20:04):
Yeah, to pie Convention Center. It's certainly becoming more of
an event's hub if anything here in christ Church. We've
found out it's hosted one hundred and sixty one events
and had seventy two thousand delegates so far this year.
We've still got another forty seven confirmed by the end
of the year. Business Development director Gillian Officer says that's
(20:24):
on top of four hundred and fifty eight events and
around two hundred thousand attendees over the first two years
of tep HI. She says this year is just as busy,
but the reality is the scale of the events is larger,
providing bigger spend for christ Church. She talks about the
fact they're also broadening what they offer, so they've got
the likes of the Art of Banksy on show this
(20:45):
year and looking to bring some similar events every summer
as well. The venue was also named Oceania's leading meetings
and Conference center at the World Travel Awards.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Just this week. Congratulations. How's the weather fine?
Speaker 8 (20:58):
A bit of high cloud about. There could be some
isolated showers later, northeasterlies and nineteen degrees thanks.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Clear mex and Wellington Morning mechs Good Morning Tory. Farno
has given a couple of interviews telling us what she's
going to do next.
Speaker 9 (21:10):
Yes, she's already cleared out of her office and said
her goodbyes, but I imagine we'll be hearing much more from
the departing mare fresh off. That's slightly embarrassing defeat over
the weekend. In her bid for counsel, she says she's
already starting to feel better. Fancies a move abroad for
a couple of years and not long enough though to
prevent her returning in time for the twenty twenty nine
general election that's still her planned. She wants to stand
(21:32):
for the Green Party, but now the job hunt for
miss Farno quite incredibly. She says Wellington's economy is in
such a state she doesn't believe she'll have any luck
getting a job here and so Auckland perhaps is an
option that she says Melbourne is a strong option. She
wants to work something policy or public related. As reported,
she's also signed up to be a celebrity guest speaker.
(21:52):
Her topics of specialty as listed on her page, leadership
of course, resilience, women's rights, diversity and inclusion. This website.
By the way, I hope you're not a member. Ryan,
over eight hundred celebrity speakers across New Zealand, although I'm
not sure we have eight hundred celebrities in the country.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
But there you go. Is she going to take the
portrait with her or is that staying in the office.
Speaker 9 (22:15):
Imagine it'll stay in the office, Yes, to remind to
remind of successes.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Of what not to do. Let that be a listen
to everyone, how the weather early cloud clearing? Northerly's sixteen,
all right, Neva's and augtand hey, Neva, Oh, I like
having a bit of a titter at that one. Yeah,
it's I mean, honestly, to go, I mean the portrait
and then just say the ultimate irony that they said,
(22:40):
I know it was a mistake, we made a mistake
and thousand dollars portrait?
Speaker 10 (22:44):
What the hell's going on there?
Speaker 2 (22:45):
You wouldn't have Wayne Brown doing that, would you?
Speaker 11 (22:47):
Wayne?
Speaker 10 (22:48):
What would not be standing up there with expletives going portrait.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
I spoke to him yesterday and I said, Wayne, you
don't really enjoy campaigning to you? He goes, He said,
it's like being an a dentist chair for six weeks.
I hated it. I hated everyone I had to talk to.
Speaker 10 (23:04):
I love seeing a smile, you know, the media after
he won, because you know, he was just beaming and
it's very rare when you see the full on his
full on teeth and everything.
Speaker 12 (23:13):
I thought that was quite cute.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
A happy man, but happy man. You know, the only
place at the see in New Zealand where you can
have a guy basically saying he hates you and you
vote for him. So good. Hey, in Auckland, there is
some sad news. This is Ponsonby Restaurant closing its doors
going into liquidations.
Speaker 10 (23:30):
Yes, now this is sadda. The news came out yesterday.
Now this was opened back in two thousand and nine.
You know it was an award winning restaurant named Cuisine
Good Food Awards Restaurant of the Year back in twenty nineteen.
So the former owners said in chance subtle what they
told our news and look very sad news that sadata
said to close its doors. Well and obviously too, you know,
(23:51):
we all know the past couple of years have been
tough for a hospitality. So their hearts go out to
the owner, which is Leslie chandrap so yes, very glad
to do's our weather cloudy isolated Charles mainly in the afternoon.
Seventeen the high year in Aukluds, Thank you Neva.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
It is eighteen minutes away from six Gray Bread. Yeah
a NATO boss, Mark Rutter. He's having a crack, having
a bit of a joke at the expense of the
Russian naval fleet which is in the Mediterranean.
Speaker 13 (24:16):
In effect, there's hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Left there is a.
Speaker 13 (24:24):
Long and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol. What
a change from the nineteen eighty four Tom Clenchy novel
The Hunts for a Lecturer, Good Day.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It seems more like the hunts for the nearest mechanic.
So the ship that he's talking of, the submarine that
he's talking about, diesel powered surfed, surfaced off the French coast,
apparently to comply with navigation rules. Dutch authorities said it's
under tow in the North Sea at the moment. Seventeen
to six. Gavin Gray in the UK.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Next International correspondence. It ends an eye insurance peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Part of detection on news talk to be able to
politics and a sick in and f gain men in
the UK came on a small boat, threatened to kill
Nigel Faraj now being jailed. Gevin Gray are UK europe
correspondent Gavin, good morning, you have morning, Ryan.
Speaker 12 (25:16):
Yes, it's making big headlines here because this man who
claims to be twenty six, although the authorities actually think
he's given a false name and is actually thirty one,
came from Afghanistan originally and then spent several years in Sweden.
He carried out there a seventeen previous convictions in that
country carrying an ife, threatening behavior in vandalism. He was
(25:38):
jailed as well over there for using threatening behavior towards
a public servant. He then arrives in the UK on
a small boat illegally and films it for a live
streaming moment on TikTok and on it he's encouraging other
people to come to the UK illegally. At that point,
Nigel Faraj had our reform UK political leader want to
(25:59):
be Minister, very popular in the opinion polls. The architect
of Brexit reposts that video and says, look, we're getting
all sorts of people into this country and we don't
even know who they are. And the accused responded to
Nigel Pharaoh with another video and he pointed towards his
face tattoo of an AK forty seven just under his
(26:20):
eye and said he was going to quote pop pop
pop Farage, referring to him as an English Nigel. Now
he when he mentioned those words pop pop pop, he
made a gun sign with his hand to his head.
So obviously Nigel Pharaoh said he felt very threatened about this.
The man was now in the UK and that's why
he's been in court and that's why today he's been
(26:43):
jailed for five years, which incidentally should mean he's automatically
deported at the end.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
Charming, And now the IMF reports come out overnight. This
has got the you know list. The growth projictions for
the world's economies in the UK sit to be the
sick and fastest growing of the advance danced.
Speaker 12 (27:01):
Yes next year and the third fastest in twenty twenty six.
Much needed good news for this government a few weeks
before it basically puts out its fiscal plans and likely
tax rise is coming up for UK tax payers. The IMF, however,
does predict the UK is going to face the highest
rate of inflation in the G seven this year and next.
(27:22):
Why rising energy and utility bills? Now, some are arguing
that's the policy of this government because we are automatically
paying quite a lot towards encouraging this green levy, towards
getting more and more of the renewable energy and less
on the gas electricity market, etc. So prices are forecast
(27:46):
to rise by three point four percent this year, inflation
two point five percent the following. But that is way
ahead of the target set by the economists for our
inflation target of two percent and UK economic growth remaining
very modest. It has to be said, run at one
point three percent for this year. But that is believe
(28:07):
it or not, yes, going to be the second best,
just behind America of the GESUB countries.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
All right, appreciate your time, Gavin gray Are UK Europe Correspondent.
It's eleven to six. Bryan Bridge Larby Ytt's ear Jordan's
shoes could be banned from Parliament. Speakers setting out plans
to crack down on standards. This after ordinary competents made
in speech, dress code and leave request systems are on
Jerry's menu for action. Liam here, political commentator with me
(28:33):
this morning, Liam, Good morning, good morning. You right, Coupa
King's spending. How do you spend more than one hundred
and thirty thousand dollars over budget and not get in trouble?
Speaker 14 (28:44):
Well, the trouble she got in was was being demoted,
but without that, you know, sort of being disclosed by
the party at the time, and you know as to
how you overspend the money, a poor poor budget control.
You know, it's I mean, you know, spending more than
you have coming in. It's as simple as that. It's
(29:05):
what's quite remarkable is that all this to come out
only as a result of the party turmoil and wasn't
disclosed at the time.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Exactly if they weren't scrapping with one another, we'd be
none the wiser, Which is.
Speaker 14 (29:17):
Yeah, it's pretty serious, isn't it. I Mean, like even
now we don't know the full details, We don't know
how it was resolved. All we know is that it's
been deployed as part of a civil war within the party.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
What about this crackdown on leave and dress code in parliament?
Will it Is it going to achieve anything? Is that
really the root of the problem.
Speaker 14 (29:38):
Well, it's not really the root of the problem. But
what Browny sort of said yesterday was that, you know,
he doesn't have a whole lot of tools as speaker
to be able to directly crack down on things like
the second harker in the speech that went over time
in the absence of other members taking the initiative and
making a complaint to him. What he does have some
(30:00):
control over as enforcing the rules that already exist, you know,
more strictly, and he intends to do that, and I
think they're the case. There's a case to say that
how you do anything everything, and you know, what's contributed
to the chaos has been not so much the incidents themselves,
or the lack drop any particular drop standards, any particular
(30:23):
incident of wearing air Jordan's in the chamber, but the
accumulation of small breaches has sort of led to this
atmosphere and missiveness, and that's just sort of brat down
the water.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
And the rules.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
So when you're at school and you have musty day,
you know, and everyone is sort of a bit looney
on mufty day, you feel a bit freer, a bit looser,
and a bit more mischievous.
Speaker 9 (30:44):
Yeah, well, look.
Speaker 14 (30:45):
There's a reason why we you know, we dress nicely
if we have to come meet the bank manager, you know,
when we go to church, if we have to go
to a funeral or a wedding, how we dress as
part of how we behave and it puts you in
the right mindset. It reminds you that are there for
an occasion and what occasion is more important than doing
the people's business and they can't be posited dressing properly
(31:05):
to you know, to go and do your job as
an e liquid MP. Well, it's kind of contempt for
the whole of the country really, and it's not wrong
for the for the Parliament for the Speaker to assist
on standards on the on the basis that you know,
those hopefully will slow through the better behaviors.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Liam here, political commentator, appreciate your time this morning. Eight
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Talks'd be fixed. The six on News Talk said, be
great to have your company this morning. So the private
phone numbers of Anthony Alberanzi and Donald Trump Junior have
been published on a US website and the BBC's called
the numbers, and at least Albanese's was his personal private
cell phone number. Mike's in the studio this morning, Mike,
good morning morning.
Speaker 11 (31:55):
They'll be changed, but now that'll be under delbin changed.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
But you must have some you know, as we will
probably do some phone numbers on your phone, which would
lead to some rather influential people. Have you ever oh, yeah,
have you ever accidentally wrung them? Yeah?
Speaker 11 (32:12):
No, never, Why would I accidentally ring anybody?
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Do you never butt dial anyone?
Speaker 11 (32:16):
But you can't butt dial the phone's locked?
Speaker 2 (32:19):
Well, I sent to do it all the time, do
you know?
Speaker 15 (32:22):
Funnily enough, what will happen will be in your face.
You will fall asleep at the movies and you're just
you'll be rolling over and just be just dialing anybody
left right and seen it.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
I've woken up from it because I have a nap
in the morning. Of course I've woken up and the
phone is dialing, so it's next to my head and I've.
Speaker 15 (32:38):
Obviously you sleep with your phone, Yeah, sleep with the phone,
So you sleep with the phone and you butt dial
it while you're sleeping with the phone.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Yeah, hit button or I don't know how it works.
Speaker 11 (32:46):
But do you realize how weird this makes you look?
Speaker 15 (32:48):
I mean, you don't have to tell these stories on here, honestly,
because the more stories you tell, the stranger you look at.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
No one's going to tell it. It's fallen out.
Speaker 15 (32:56):
It's just like one of those like your phone. Hey,
the the what do you want to call it? The
hospow industry. So here's my theory and I've extolled this
for some time and I've learned it off Peter Gordon.
Peter Gordon said, we've got too many places basically, so
you cannot because they're.
Speaker 11 (33:13):
One of the biggest winges going.
Speaker 15 (33:14):
You notice that the restaurant association that the hospital, they
just moan all the time about how tight it is,
how difficult it is. You can't have it difficult plus
break a record. The two don't go to get.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Well, it's revenue and it's not profit, is it. I
mean that's what they're saying.
Speaker 15 (33:29):
Yeah, but I mean it's how you structure your business.
And I get all the labor stuff, but at the
end of the day, one of them. There are two
key things to the hospow industry, as far as I
can work out. One, it's entry.
Speaker 11 (33:37):
It's too easy.
Speaker 15 (33:38):
You can be an immigrant and gaess go right, I'll
buy that, and I'll suddenly got a whole bunch of
jobs from my families. You have no idea where they
are any good. Second of all, there are people out
there I reckon who are good at what they do.
I know these people. I know these people who are
good at what they do, and they're very successful. The
tables are full, the bookings are full. The profit's mine
because they do a good job.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
The over eat things not helping. I mean, if you're
a fine dining.
Speaker 15 (33:59):
Restaurant, if you're under the exactly, if you're at the
crap end of the market and you're just selling, you're
selling rubbish food, then then you know you deserve to
go broke. But if you're doing something, it's like your show, Ryan,
if you do a good show, it's going to be successful.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Oh, which it is exactly all right. I'll go and
put my phone on lock. Mike. Thank you, have a
great day. Run sere tomorrow, don't you.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
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News Talks said, be good morning, six half to five.
Great to have your company. We'll look at the new
education data that we've got for you this morning, more
good news. We'll look at Ralwiti Waititi's air Jordan's and
whether he'll still be allowed to wear those to Parliament
as the speaker cracks down. We'll look at the IMF
report that's come out comparing how much they think our
economies will grow over the next two years. Where does
(00:32):
New Zealand rank. I'll tell you that this morning. All
ahead on early edition, the agenda. It is Wednesday the
fifteenth to October. The French hot mess is still very
much a hot mess. The corner. This is the Prime
Minister who resigned and then got his job back within
a week. He is suspending the retirement reforms. News Talk said,
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be weather watch twenty four to seven. Give me that
seems to be the wrong clip. New call for confidence votes,
the new calls for new elections over in France into
Gaza trouble, her mass not giving up all of the hostages'
bodies that they see that they.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Would if he Mass was withholding bodies of hostages deliberately,
then that would be a violation of the ceasefire deal.
And at the moment, you know, this ceasefire is still
at such a fragile stage. That's also been underscored by
what we've been seeing in footage from Gaza in the
past few hours. In fact, guns not silence across Gaza,
(01:31):
because there seem to have been more of these deadly
shootouts between her Mass and rival gangs.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Trump says that the next stages of the deal are
underway at the moment, and FGHN men who came to
the UK on a small boat and threatened to kill
Nigel Faranjas being jailed for five years. His Faragas response.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
The only reason we know about this guy is because
somebody sent it to me on TikTok And it makes
me wonder how many other madapassas are there now in
this country or will there be as the boats can
to cross the channel. So I'm please with a judgment,
but deeply, deeply concerned that this guy will be out
free in eighteen months.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
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Be nine two ninety two is the number text love
hearing from you? The waste and entitlement in Wellington looks
to be very much alive and well, if they had
pipes that work down there, you might say they're flushing
money down the toilet. How are you allowed to overspend
a budget by one hundred and thirty thousand dollars and
not get into trouble? Why do I offer staff? This
(02:40):
is the tapati mardi? Why did they have pea cards?
What even our pea cards? How many casual employees was muddia?
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Men?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Are Kupa KINGI hiring? And why did she need them?
What do they actually do for the good people of
the North. Just imagine if this happened at your workplace.
Imagine if that happened here it ends in me. A
private business would be whipped and shamed. If there wasn't
a decent explanation, we'd be frog marched out the door.
People would be watching closely and there would be trouble.
(03:10):
Not in the halls of power, apparently and over at
acc the big spenders. It's no accident there, It's just
a raught. This is about farewell parties a few years back.
They claimed that they have since then tightened up their processes.
But I don't buy it. I don't think anyone's going
to buy it. They tried to hide the twenty thousand
dollars bill for a leaving party. They did this by
(03:31):
claiming that all the stuff that they flew to Wellington
for the drinks and the nibbles and the cannapeys and
the hotels that they stayed in were not part of
the expense for the event, even though they were clearly
an expense for the event. It's again, it's a raught,
and they tried to hide it. And we've been here before.
(03:52):
I was thinking this morning, just off the top of
my head, Pansy Wong had her credit card scan remember
that took her Morgan and his dyes Undy Gate. That
was way back in the nineties. So it just keeps happening.
You know, nothing changes. The old saying rings true. Give
a man efficient, he'll he'll eat it. Ryan ten half
for five News TALKSB. There is good news this morning.
(04:13):
If you have a child who's in school, they're actually
learning maths in English. And we have more evidence that
what the government is trying to do seems to be working.
I'll tell you about.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
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News Talks B five twelve News Talks ZB. We've got
the Restaurant Association on the show while we'll talk to
a restaurant owner. This is just after five twenty this morning.
They've got a new report out that says things are
looking good in terms of revenue. Takeaway food services four
point four billion in sales over the last year. That's
up three point two percent. Catering one point three billion
in sales, that's up two point two percent, pubs taverns
(04:57):
bars two point one billion in sales, that's up one
point seven percent. So all sounds good, But then you
look under the hood at the costs and the expenses
and they're going through the roof not just food but
labor now forty percent of a business's expense. How sustainable?
That will ask the question five point thirteen Bryant Bread,
more evidence that education is on a roll, and you
report out this morning. It's the Education Review Office. Primary
(05:19):
age kids are not only getting better at English in math,
they're more excited about doing it. Three quarters of parents
say their child's showing clear progress. Teachers are positive too.
Phil Palfrey is with us from Kaital Intermediate School. He's
the principal there. Phil. Good morning, Oh morning, Kyoda Yoder.
Good to have you on the show. So thank goodness.
(05:40):
We've made some changes to education. Looks like it's bearing
some early fruit.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Yes, well, it seems to be. I haven't read the report,
to be honest, but I'm not surprised. I think that
the new curriculum, even though some of it's in drafts,
still is especially for literacy, but we are seeing progress.
I think it's to be fair, it's also to do
(06:08):
with the fact that I think our schools are building
good relationships with parents, and parents are really more comfortable
working with schools. We know we really try hard to
make sure our parents are involved as best as possible.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
But also.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
There's just I can only speak for my school, but
I know that the kids have developed great relationships with
their teachers, and the teachers work really hard to build
those relationships, and I think that's equally important, if not
more important, than any curriculum changes, and it's something I
love to see.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Why, because I'm just reading the report, Nearly all schools
have started using the refreshed curriculum for English and maths. Yes,
it's something like ninety seven eighty five percent depending on
whether you're talking about English or maths and now using
the new curriculum, and the report it clearly says that
this is what they're putting it down to, because I
guess what you're saying is it's teachers and students getting
(07:06):
on better and involving parents more. Why is that suddenly changed?
You know?
Speaker 5 (07:12):
Well, you know, we can't forget the old COVID, which
did some strange things. But I don't know. I just
think that everybody realizes how important education is, and more
and more people are realizing their children just have a
bit of a blique future if they opt out earlier
from school, and that to keep them in school is
(07:33):
really important. Children are getting back to school, enjoying school more,
and I just think that's just because I think a
whole lot of people are just realizing that they can't
progress in their life if they don't get a reasonable
education or a good education pill.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
In terms of attributing any credit to Erica Stamford, I've
spoken to a couple of schools and principles now and
it seems like it's the sort of everyone's walking on
eggshells and not wanting to say, do you think she's
doing a good job?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
Uh? I think that she. I think I think the
changes in the correctum have been really good and really positive.
I think she's doing a good job, and she's where
she has seen that there was a little bit of
flimsy stuff going on there, and I agree with that,
and I kind.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
Of always have.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I've always thought that, for example, it was mess I mean,
I've been around a long time, and I remember wondering
why we had to get rid of our textbox a
long long time ago. And I know that some people
still see textbooks as a diuly word, but I never did.
And I couldn't understand why we went away to photocopying
(08:47):
and doing a whole lot of other things, and that
we didn't because because I didn't see the basics being taught.
And I think that there's still an emphasis on basics,
and I think that's where still parents have a role
to do that too. For example, an intermediate school, we
really stress the fact that you need to know your
own basic times tables and that's never changed. But somewhere
(09:10):
along the line people thought that, you know, maybe they
could learn it if they needed to learn it. No, no, no,
you have to learn it, you have to know it,
and you have to be able to just roll them off,
you know. And I couldn't do that when I was young,
so I know how that better effect than me. So
that's why I'm sort of really making sure that the
teachers are still going over basic facts with the kids
(09:32):
because it's really really important. But see, we use the
new Oxford University Press resources which have been provided by
the government, so you can say that's a good thing
because it's worked really well, and we see we're starting
to see progress in our kids in maths, which is
really really exciting, really happy.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
We like to hear Phil appreciate your time this morning,
Phil Palfra who they can't tell intermediate principal time. It's
eighteen minutes after five on News Talk c B. We'll
look at the Restaurant Association report.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
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A B five twenty News TALKSZB. We just had a
principle on the program. We had one on yesterday to Ryan,
says Luke, how to say you don't like the current
government without saying you don't like the current government. Another says,
utterly ridiculous. They will die before they praise Erica Stanford.
Here's what the Aero report actually said. It says is
early days, but most schools are now using the refreshed
(10:32):
curriculum and they are doing the one hour for your reading, writing,
and maths as prescribed by the government. It says there
has been an improvement in phonics. It says teachers are
reporting improved engagement, improved achievement, students like it more and
they basically needed a bit of direction and a curriculum
(10:55):
refresh and it's paying dividends twenty one after five Bridge, Right,
let's go to hospitality. The sectors hit record sales of
fifteen point nine billion dollars. Restaurant Association and your report
out Takeaways with a big winners up three point two
percent to four point four billion cafes and restaurants barely
moved up up zero point three percent to seven point
(11:16):
eight billion. International visitor spending up nine point two percent,
now sitting at eighty six percent of pre COVID levels.
But revenue doesn't mean profit. Brad Jacobs is Franchise New
Zealand chairperson and coffee club co owner with me this morning. Brad,
Good morning, morning Ryan, so good, thank you, good to
have you on the show. So revenue is up, but
costs are up too.
Speaker 6 (11:37):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I guess. You know, a big headline
number is nice and it's good to celebrate anywhin I guess,
but yeah, when you think about food inflation at nearly
five percent general and inflation at two point seven percent now,
and of course you've also got to remember that there
was about two point three percent more outlets opened across
(11:57):
the country, So one point four percent total growth is really,
unfortunately just not enough to keep people, to keep people
where they need to be.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
What about wages? Labor costs are forty percent of businesses now,
that's the highest eva. Is that an increase in the
minimum wage having an effect? Or is that a lack
of skilled staff and you're having to pay more. What's
the story.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
Yeah, interesting, not in this report, but I did see
another report a couple of months ago, and it was
about the price of coffee versus labor over the last
ten years, and essentially the price of coffee had gone
up something like about twenty two percent and ten years
versus the minimum wage has gone up sixty three percent
over the last ten years. So you know, the reality is,
I just we can't pass on pricing that we need
(12:40):
to to customers without running the risk of putting ourselves
out of market. So unfortunately, yes, minimum wages has just
grown faster than we can pass on costs, and we've
had to absorb a lot. I think there is still
some shortage of labor. Not as bad as it was,
certainly for us a couple of years ago. You know,
(13:00):
eighteen months ago it was a major problem for everyone.
It has relaxed a little. But I guess once those
those you know, in that type period where where labor
costs grew quickly, you don't then come back down from that.
That's the new.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Level then, So how can we still have problems with
labor shortages when we've got all these people on job?
See you know what what's not computing.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Yes, maybe some of it is the wrong people in
the wrong area. Maybe there's a few people that just
don't actually want to be employed. And of course there's
you know, I suppose it's it's a term that gets
thrown around regularly, but perhaps there's jobs out there that
qws just don't want to do that they see that
that they're above. So without without people on some kind
(13:48):
of visa, our industry falls apart. That's the reality of it.
You know, we have a lot of people working in
hospitality that are either here studying, traveling new to New
Zealand and that has been as the same for our
business as long as I can ever remember.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Bred. Is there still a problem with working from home?
Is that still affecting business? I saw ACC this week
went from two days in the office to three. Is
the y's still a problem?
Speaker 6 (14:18):
Absolutely? Yeah. If you look at the report, you know,
if you look at Auckland, it performed below below the
national average. And then when you read further into the report,
it says, you know, of that one point two percent
growth in Auckland, most of it came from the suburban areas,
not the CBD. We still have four outlets in the
city we had we had six previously and all four
(14:39):
of those outlets have never got back to anywhere near
close to what they used to be pre COVID. Unfortunately,
this is Auckland City and yeah, the reality is it's
just not as many people in offices as they used
to be, and that part of that, I guess is
working from home. I think part of it is also,
you know, some businesses found that they just didn't need
to be in the city and so you see little
(15:00):
satellite areas growing in Auckland, people that are not needing
to be right in the city center anymore. The prestige
of being in the city center just isn't there.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Brad, appreciate your trying this morning. Thank you, Brad Jacobs, Franchise,
New Zealand chairperson and coffee club co owner. Twenty five
after five News Talks VB.
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Five twenty seven News Talks VB. There's a warning for
Hipkins as he plots higher taxes for Kiwi businesses, for investors,
for savers. Who really knows it comes from across the ditch.
Albinezi if you've been following having problems getting his super
tax plan across the line despite having a majority in Parliament.
The opposition to it comes not just from the usual suspects,
but also former Prime Minister Labour storewart legend Paul Keating.
(15:47):
Even the Unions were crying boohoo about it. So he's
had to u turn and he's you turned on unrealized gains,
which have always been a stupid thing to try and tax.
How can you pay tax on money you haven't earned?
The Greens want to do this, David Parker wanted to
do it to party, Mardy wants it, and Debbie said
at the weekend that she and Chippy are on the
same page when it comes to a wealth tax. Interesting,
(16:09):
isn't it. He denies this, but does anyone believe a
guy who won't tell you what he's really thinking or
what he really stands for until he rules something in
or out. He looks like a guy plotting in secret.
He and Barbara squirreled away with an abacus in some office,
quietly conjuring up new and inventive revenue streams. And we're
left wondering whose business, whose property, whose wealth is right
(16:33):
for the picking. The warning from Australia is pretty night
and day. If you're going to tax something, and that's
a big if here at home, but if you're going
to do it, you'd better make sure it's a realized
gain and not a tax on imaginery on paper earnings.
Ryan Johny eight after five News talks, he'd be over
in the UK, we have the G seven. So IMF
(16:56):
releases its report and says this is how much our
economies are going to grow by over the next year,
over the next two years, and you have outside of
the US, the UK leading the numbers and the world
generally shaking off the tariffs. So twenty twenty six they
think global economy will grow three point one percent, the
UK one point three percent this year, same in twenty
(17:18):
twenty six. New Zealand. Our real GDP they expect for
twenty twenty five will be point eight percent and twenty
twenty six two point two percent, which means if they're
right in twenty twenty six, we will be growing faster
than the Aussies and the Americans. We'll look at that
more after News, Sport and Weather News Talks at.
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Speaker 2 (18:02):
They'd be coming up before six fool talk, Parliament's dress
code and MPs over spending. Gavin Gray and the UK
for US. Have you ever wanted to call a really
important politician on the phone and just give them a
piece of your mind, Well you can do that now.
Private phone numbers for Albanesi and Australia Donald Trump Junior
have been leaked and published on a US website their
actual personal phone numbers. Apparently AI scrapes the Internet for information,
(18:27):
so their numbers must have been on some report or
somewhere in the far flung corners of the Internet. The
site claims to have contact details for hundreds of millions
of professionals, is used by recruiters and sales representatives. The
BBC has verified this a current private phone number for
Albanesi a personal contact number for Donald Trump Junior. The
(18:47):
BBC has also called numbers listed for Barack Obama to
no avail and then I love this line and it's
just written with no further explanation, Bill Clinton, they rang
the phone. It was picked up by an audibly confused
many Bridge don't really know. Let's go to our borders
around the country and we'll start in Dneed and come
(19:08):
and proctor with us. Come, good morning, morning riot. So
we've got this regional economic outlook from Westpac and Otaga
looking pretty good.
Speaker 7 (19:16):
Yep, the South gets the tick with west Bax's regional roundup.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
It's a look.
Speaker 7 (19:20):
It's found many places around New Zealand is still experiencing
soft trading conditions, especially the retail and construction sectors, but
the rural regions, especially those in the south with large
dairy sectors, are seeing firmer conditions than elsewhere. And the
report says Otago, including the Queenstown Lakes district, has been
the star performer for the economy at the moment, conditions
(19:42):
that have been boosted by a booming agriculture sector, with
farmers experiencing those good returns and also an increased rand
in international visitor spending which has held here.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Or how's your weather?
Speaker 7 (19:53):
Partly cloudy for daned in the odds shower today more
frequent this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Today's high nineteen. All right, thank you Claire and cry
it's clear, good morning, good morning, you've got an update
on the convention center.
Speaker 8 (20:04):
Yeah, to pie Convention Center. It's certainly becoming more of
an event's hub if anything here in christ Church. We've
found out it's hosted one hundred and sixty one events
and had seventy two thousand delegates so far this year.
We've still got another forty seven confirmed by the end
of the year. Business Development director Gillian Officer says that's
(20:24):
on top of four hundred and fifty eight events and
around two hundred thousand attendees over the first two years
of tep HI. She says this year is just as busy,
but the reality is the scale of the events is larger,
providing bigger spend for christ Church. She talks about the
fact they're also broadening what they offer, so they've got
the likes of the Art of Banksy on show this
(20:45):
year and looking to bring some similar events every summer
as well. The venue was also named Oceania's leading meetings
and Conference center at the World Travel Awards.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Just this week. Congratulations. How's the weather fine?
Speaker 8 (20:58):
A bit of high cloud about. There could be some
isolated showers later, northeasterlies and nineteen degrees thanks.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Clear mex and Wellington Morning mechs Good Morning Tory. Farno
has given a couple of interviews telling us what she's
going to do next.
Speaker 9 (21:10):
Yes, she's already cleared out of her office and said
her goodbyes, but I imagine we'll be hearing much more from
the departing mare fresh off. That's slightly embarrassing defeat over
the weekend. In her bid for counsel, she says she's
already starting to feel better. Fancies a move abroad for
a couple of years and not long enough though to
prevent her returning in time for the twenty twenty nine
general election that's still her planned. She wants to stand
(21:32):
for the Green Party, but now the job hunt for
miss Farno quite incredibly. She says Wellington's economy is in
such a state she doesn't believe she'll have any luck
getting a job here and so Auckland perhaps is an
option that she says Melbourne is a strong option. She
wants to work something policy or public related. As reported,
she's also signed up to be a celebrity guest speaker.
(21:52):
Her topics of specialty as listed on her page, leadership
of course, resilience, women's rights, diversity and inclusion. This website.
By the way, I hope you're not a member. Ryan,
over eight hundred celebrity speakers across New Zealand, although I'm
not sure we have eight hundred celebrities in the country.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
But there you go. Is she going to take the
portrait with her or is that staying in the office.
Speaker 9 (22:15):
Imagine it'll stay in the office, Yes, to remind to
remind of successes.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Of what not to do. Let that be a listen
to everyone, how the weather early cloud clearing? Northerly's sixteen,
all right, Neva's and augtand hey, Neva, Oh, I like
having a bit of a titter at that one. Yeah,
it's I mean, honestly, to go, I mean the portrait
and then just say the ultimate irony that they said,
(22:40):
I know it was a mistake, we made a mistake
and thousand dollars portrait?
Speaker 10 (22:44):
What the hell's going on there?
Speaker 2 (22:45):
You wouldn't have Wayne Brown doing that, would you?
Speaker 11 (22:47):
Wayne?
Speaker 10 (22:48):
What would not be standing up there with expletives going portrait.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
I spoke to him yesterday and I said, Wayne, you
don't really enjoy campaigning to you? He goes, He said,
it's like being an a dentist chair for six weeks.
I hated it. I hated everyone I had to talk to.
Speaker 10 (23:04):
I love seeing a smile, you know, the media after
he won, because you know, he was just beaming and
it's very rare when you see the full on his
full on teeth and everything.
Speaker 12 (23:13):
I thought that was quite cute.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
A happy man, but happy man. You know, the only
place at the see in New Zealand where you can
have a guy basically saying he hates you and you
vote for him. So good. Hey, in Auckland, there is
some sad news. This is Ponsonby Restaurant closing its doors
going into liquidations.
Speaker 10 (23:30):
Yes, now this is sadda. The news came out yesterday.
Now this was opened back in two thousand and nine.
You know it was an award winning restaurant named Cuisine
Good Food Awards Restaurant of the Year back in twenty nineteen.
So the former owners said in chance subtle what they
told our news and look very sad news that sadata
said to close its doors. Well and obviously too, you know,
(23:51):
we all know the past couple of years have been
tough for a hospitality. So their hearts go out to
the owner, which is Leslie chandrap so yes, very glad
to do's our weather cloudy isolated Charles mainly in the afternoon.
Seventeen the high year in Aukluds, Thank you Neva.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
It is eighteen minutes away from six Gray Bread. Yeah
a NATO boss, Mark Rutter. He's having a crack, having
a bit of a joke at the expense of the
Russian naval fleet which is in the Mediterranean.
Speaker 13 (24:16):
In effect, there's hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Left there is a.
Speaker 13 (24:24):
Long and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol. What
a change from the nineteen eighty four Tom Clenchy novel
The Hunts for a Lecturer, Good Day.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It seems more like the hunts for the nearest mechanic.
So the ship that he's talking of, the submarine that
he's talking about, diesel powered surfed, surfaced off the French coast,
apparently to comply with navigation rules. Dutch authorities said it's
under tow in the North Sea at the moment. Seventeen
to six. Gavin Gray in the UK.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Next International correspondence. It ends an eye insurance peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Part of detection on news talk to be able to
politics and a sick in and f gain men in
the UK came on a small boat, threatened to kill
Nigel Faraj now being jailed. Gevin Gray are UK europe
correspondent Gavin, good morning, you have morning, Ryan.
Speaker 12 (25:16):
Yes, it's making big headlines here because this man who
claims to be twenty six, although the authorities actually think
he's given a false name and is actually thirty one,
came from Afghanistan originally and then spent several years in Sweden.
He carried out there a seventeen previous convictions in that
country carrying an ife, threatening behavior in vandalism. He was
(25:38):
jailed as well over there for using threatening behavior towards
a public servant. He then arrives in the UK on
a small boat illegally and films it for a live
streaming moment on TikTok and on it he's encouraging other
people to come to the UK illegally. At that point,
Nigel Faraj had our reform UK political leader want to
(25:59):
be Minister, very popular in the opinion polls. The architect
of Brexit reposts that video and says, look, we're getting
all sorts of people into this country and we don't
even know who they are. And the accused responded to
Nigel Pharaoh with another video and he pointed towards his
face tattoo of an AK forty seven just under his
(26:20):
eye and said he was going to quote pop pop
pop Farage, referring to him as an English Nigel. Now
he when he mentioned those words pop pop pop, he
made a gun sign with his hand to his head.
So obviously Nigel Pharaoh said he felt very threatened about this.
The man was now in the UK and that's why
he's been in court and that's why today he's been
(26:43):
jailed for five years, which incidentally should mean he's automatically
deported at the end.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
Charming, And now the IMF reports come out overnight. This
has got the you know list. The growth projictions for
the world's economies in the UK sit to be the
sick and fastest growing of the advance danced.
Speaker 12 (27:01):
Yes next year and the third fastest in twenty twenty six.
Much needed good news for this government a few weeks
before it basically puts out its fiscal plans and likely
tax rise is coming up for UK tax payers. The IMF, however,
does predict the UK is going to face the highest
rate of inflation in the G seven this year and next.
(27:22):
Why rising energy and utility bills? Now, some are arguing
that's the policy of this government because we are automatically
paying quite a lot towards encouraging this green levy, towards
getting more and more of the renewable energy and less
on the gas electricity market, etc. So prices are forecast
(27:46):
to rise by three point four percent this year, inflation
two point five percent the following. But that is way
ahead of the target set by the economists for our
inflation target of two percent and UK economic growth remaining
very modest. It has to be said, run at one
point three percent for this year. But that is believe
(28:07):
it or not, yes, going to be the second best,
just behind America of the GESUB countries.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
All right, appreciate your time, Gavin gray Are UK Europe Correspondent.
It's eleven to six. Bryan Bridge Larby Ytt's ear Jordan's
shoes could be banned from Parliament. Speakers setting out plans
to crack down on standards. This after ordinary competents made
in speech, dress code and leave request systems are on
Jerry's menu for action. Liam here, political commentator with me
(28:33):
this morning, Liam, Good morning, good morning. You right, Coupa
King's spending. How do you spend more than one hundred
and thirty thousand dollars over budget and not get in trouble?
Speaker 14 (28:44):
Well, the trouble she got in was was being demoted,
but without that, you know, sort of being disclosed by
the party at the time, and you know as to
how you overspend the money, a poor poor budget control.
You know, it's I mean, you know, spending more than
you have coming in. It's as simple as that. It's
(29:05):
what's quite remarkable is that all this to come out
only as a result of the party turmoil and wasn't
disclosed at the time.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Exactly if they weren't scrapping with one another, we'd be
none the wiser, Which is.
Speaker 14 (29:17):
Yeah, it's pretty serious, isn't it. I Mean, like even
now we don't know the full details, We don't know
how it was resolved. All we know is that it's
been deployed as part of a civil war within the party.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
What about this crackdown on leave and dress code in parliament?
Will it Is it going to achieve anything? Is that
really the root of the problem.
Speaker 14 (29:38):
Well, it's not really the root of the problem. But
what Browny sort of said yesterday was that, you know,
he doesn't have a whole lot of tools as speaker
to be able to directly crack down on things like
the second harker in the speech that went over time
in the absence of other members taking the initiative and
making a complaint to him. What he does have some
(30:00):
control over as enforcing the rules that already exist, you know,
more strictly, and he intends to do that, and I
think they're the case. There's a case to say that
how you do anything everything, and you know, what's contributed
to the chaos has been not so much the incidents themselves,
or the lack drop any particular drop standards, any particular
(30:23):
incident of wearing air Jordan's in the chamber, but the
accumulation of small breaches has sort of led to this
atmosphere and missiveness, and that's just sort of brat down
the water.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
And the rules.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
So when you're at school and you have musty day,
you know, and everyone is sort of a bit looney
on mufty day, you feel a bit freer, a bit looser,
and a bit more mischievous.
Speaker 9 (30:44):
Yeah, well, look.
Speaker 14 (30:45):
There's a reason why we you know, we dress nicely
if we have to come meet the bank manager, you know,
when we go to church, if we have to go
to a funeral or a wedding, how we dress as
part of how we behave and it puts you in
the right mindset. It reminds you that are there for
an occasion and what occasion is more important than doing
the people's business and they can't be posited dressing properly
(31:05):
to you know, to go and do your job as
an e liquid MP. Well, it's kind of contempt for
the whole of the country really, and it's not wrong
for the for the Parliament for the Speaker to assist
on standards on the on the basis that you know,
those hopefully will slow through the better behaviors.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Liam here, political commentator, appreciate your time this morning. Eight
to six News Talk said, b the news you.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Need this morning and the in depth analysis early edition
with Ryan Bridge and r V Supercenter explore r VS
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Speaker 2 (31:36):
Talks'd be fixed. The six on News Talk said, be
great to have your company this morning. So the private
phone numbers of Anthony Alberanzi and Donald Trump Junior have
been published on a US website and the BBC's called
the numbers, and at least Albanese's was his personal private
cell phone number. Mike's in the studio this morning, Mike,
good morning morning.
Speaker 11 (31:55):
They'll be changed, but now that'll be under delbin changed.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
But you must have some you know, as we will
probably do some phone numbers on your phone, which would
lead to some rather influential people. Have you ever oh, yeah,
have you ever accidentally wrung them? Yeah?
Speaker 11 (32:12):
No, never, Why would I accidentally ring anybody?
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Do you never butt dial anyone?
Speaker 11 (32:16):
But you can't butt dial the phone's locked?
Speaker 2 (32:19):
Well, I sent to do it all the time, do
you know?
Speaker 15 (32:22):
Funnily enough, what will happen will be in your face.
You will fall asleep at the movies and you're just
you'll be rolling over and just be just dialing anybody
left right and seen it.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
I've woken up from it because I have a nap
in the morning. Of course I've woken up and the
phone is dialing, so it's next to my head and I've.
Speaker 15 (32:38):
Obviously you sleep with your phone, Yeah, sleep with the phone,
So you sleep with the phone and you butt dial
it while you're sleeping with the phone.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Yeah, hit button or I don't know how it works.
Speaker 11 (32:46):
But do you realize how weird this makes you look?
Speaker 15 (32:48):
I mean, you don't have to tell these stories on here, honestly,
because the more stories you tell, the stranger you look at.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
No one's going to tell it. It's fallen out.
Speaker 15 (32:56):
It's just like one of those like your phone. Hey,
the the what do you want to call it? The
hospow industry. So here's my theory and I've extolled this
for some time and I've learned it off Peter Gordon.
Peter Gordon said, we've got too many places basically, so
you cannot because they're.
Speaker 11 (33:13):
One of the biggest winges going.
Speaker 15 (33:14):
You notice that the restaurant association that the hospital, they
just moan all the time about how tight it is,
how difficult it is. You can't have it difficult plus
break a record. The two don't go to get.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Well, it's revenue and it's not profit, is it. I
mean that's what they're saying.
Speaker 15 (33:29):
Yeah, but I mean it's how you structure your business.
And I get all the labor stuff, but at the
end of the day, one of them. There are two
key things to the hospow industry, as far as I
can work out. One, it's entry.
Speaker 11 (33:37):
It's too easy.
Speaker 15 (33:38):
You can be an immigrant and gaess go right, I'll
buy that, and I'll suddenly got a whole bunch of
jobs from my families. You have no idea where they
are any good. Second of all, there are people out
there I reckon who are good at what they do.
I know these people. I know these people who are
good at what they do, and they're very successful. The
tables are full, the bookings are full. The profit's mine
because they do a good job.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
The over eat things not helping. I mean, if you're
a fine dining.
Speaker 15 (33:59):
Restaurant, if you're under the exactly, if you're at the
crap end of the market and you're just selling, you're
selling rubbish food, then then you know you deserve to
go broke. But if you're doing something, it's like your show, Ryan,
if you do a good show, it's going to be successful.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Oh, which it is exactly all right. I'll go and
put my phone on lock. Mike. Thank you, have a
great day. Run sere tomorrow, don't you.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
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