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Full Show Podcast: 21 January 2025 · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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Speaker 1: What start the day informed entertained in inspired my Head's Early
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Speaker 2: Good morning, Welcome to Early Edition. I'm Franjessca Brudkin, filling
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Speaker 2: in for Ryan Bridge, who was hosting the Mike Hosking
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Speaker 2: Breakfast Show this morning. Great to have your company. You nice.
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Speaker 2: me at Francesca at Newstalk dB dot co dot MZ.
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Speaker 2: On the show today, the CEO of Water New Zealand
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Speaker 2: joins us to talk about why our water infrastructure leaks
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Speaker 2: are at a rate far higher than leading European countries.
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Speaker 2: Auckland Council is considering increasing restriction on dogs. We find
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Speaker 2: out how this might affect dog walkers and also this
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Speaker 2: our All eyes are on Washington, DC today as Donald
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Speaker 2: Trumps once again sworn and as President of the United States.
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Speaker 2: We will head to America before the end of the hour.
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Speaker 2: We're expecting the oath of office to take place around
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Speaker 2: six am. Throughout the day, of course, News to B
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Speaker 2: will bring you all the updates from Washington, DC. It's
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Speaker 2: going to be a very busy day for the new president,
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Speaker 2: and as usual, we head around the regions this morning,
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Speaker 2: and our international correspondent is Donald Demeyo in Australia.
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Speaker 1: The agenda.
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Speaker 2: It's Tuesday, the twenty first of January. In his final
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Speaker 2: hours as president, Joe Biden has issued multiple preemptive pardons
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Speaker 2: ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.
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Speaker 3: He is pardoning doctor Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milligan,
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Speaker 3: members of the House committee that investigated the January sixth
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Speaker 3: attack on the Capitol that includes Liz Cheney, Adam Schiff,
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Speaker 3: Adam Kinzinger, among others, as well as Capital and DC
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Speaker 3: police who testified before that committee.
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Speaker 2: Trump is set to make multiple executive orders on day
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Speaker 2: one of his second term. Officials from his administration say
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Speaker 2: he will issue around ten related to the border today,
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Speaker 2: including declaring illegal immigration at the Mexico border. In national emergency,
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Speaker 2: fire between Israel and Hamas has entered its second day
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Speaker 2: and is still holding ninety Palestinian prisoners have been freed
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Speaker 2: in exchange for three hostages. Meanwhile, people who fled to
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Speaker 2: the conflict are returning to their homes in Gaza.
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Speaker 4: The whole thing of the bloodshed is an indescribable feeling. However,
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Speaker 4: when we returned to our homes, we found nothing but
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Speaker 4: ruin and destruction. I cannot describe the scene in words.
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Speaker 4: I don't know what to say.
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Speaker 2: Harmas is set to release two more hostages this week.
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Speaker 2: South Korea's impeached president is now refusing to be questioned
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Speaker 2: by authorities. It comes just a day after some of
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Speaker 2: his supporters were arrested after storming a court building, where
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Speaker 2: it was decided the president's detention could be extended up
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Speaker 2: to twenty days and back here. Electronic cards spending dart
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Speaker 2: of a December will be released later this morning and
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Speaker 2: economists are expecting it will be relatively flat. And tomorrow
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Speaker 2: the consumer price Index is out fore casts to be
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Speaker 2: in line with the Reserve Bank's target of one to
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Speaker 2: three percent.
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Speaker 5: Dogs end being.
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Speaker 2: So we're gonna have to talk about dogs this morning.
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Speaker 2: And over the last year or so, there have been
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Speaker 2: some issues with dogs in Auckland. You might remember the
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Speaker 2: story about a dog that died after being mauled by
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Speaker 2: other dogs when being walked in a pack by a
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Speaker 2: dog walker. That was last year. This raised concerns about
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Speaker 2: growing dog walking business, that it's attracting people without the
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Speaker 2: knowledge or experience to safely walk a pack of dogs.
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Speaker 2: So Auckland Council have released their proposed changes to the
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Speaker 2: dog laws. They're based on recent feedback and animal management
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Speaker 2: complaints and callouts indicating people were not following dog access rules.
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Speaker 2: So the council is recommending some areas in fourteen regional
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Speaker 2: parks and sixty four local parks become completely dog free,
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Speaker 2: as well as creating new off leash areas, and the
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Speaker 2: council also suggests in a maximum six dogs be walked together,
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Speaker 2: with only three being allowed off leash at a time. Now,
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Speaker 2: I'd like to stay it up front. I'm a cat person,
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Speaker 2: only have cats. Therefore, this does not affect me as
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Speaker 2: a dog owner. However, as someone who spends a lot
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Speaker 2: of time walking and running in our local parks and
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Speaker 2: regional parks, taking dogs out of the picture would be
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Speaker 2: convenient makes life more relaxing not having to worry about
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Speaker 2: tripping over a free wheeling dog on an early morning
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Speaker 2: stint up Mount Eden. But you know what, here's the thing.
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Speaker 2: If I'm really honest, most people I pass on the
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Speaker 2: street in an urban parks walking a dog are responsible
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Speaker 2: dog owners. I can see them react to me lumbering
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Speaker 2: towards them, making sure that dog is under control and
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Speaker 2: isn't going to react to me slowly jogging by and look.
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Speaker 2: I really appreciate that if you are going to take
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Speaker 2: dogs out of urban parks, there at least must be
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Speaker 2: really good dog specific alternatives available to people. Can be
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Speaker 2: more tricky when there isn't enough space on a bushy
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Speaker 2: track in our regional park, where both a dog and
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Speaker 2: walker can get a fright when they suddenly come face
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Speaker 2: to face. There's also environmental reasons to take the dog
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Speaker 2: out of our regional parks, so limiting their access makes sense.
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Speaker 2: But I think the part of these changes that might
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Speaker 2: face some real opposition is around the possible new rules
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Speaker 2: for dog walkers, because of course, this is people's livelihoods
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Speaker 2: we're talking about, But I would argue a pack of
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Speaker 2: dogs in the hands of a dog walker with little
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Speaker 2: experience or knowledge of dogs is more of an issue
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Speaker 2: than an individual dog. Limiting the number of dogs would
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Speaker 2: surely be good for everyone, dogs included, but should we
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Speaker 2: also be making sure dog walkers know what they're doing?
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Speaker 2: And they have that knowledge and experience to be dog walkers,
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Speaker 2: should we be making them grab a license? So we're
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Speaker 2: going to be talking about this a little bit later
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Speaker 2: in the show. You're with early edition It is eleven
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Speaker 2: past five, first.
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Speaker 1: With news served with views since earlier editions with one
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Speaker 2: EVY thirteen past five. New research is proving to be
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Speaker 2: grim reading for our water infrastructure. According to the latest
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Speaker 2: briefing from the pub Like Health Communications Center, our pipes
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Speaker 2: are leaking at a rate far higher than leading European
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Speaker 2: countries and it's wasting around one hundred and twenty two
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Speaker 2: million each year. Leakage levels and countries like the Netherlands
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Speaker 2: and Germany are sitting at five percent and six percent
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Speaker 2: for us in New Zealand it's a twenty one percent.
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Speaker 2: What in New Zealand, CEO Jillian Blythe joins me, now,
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Speaker 2: good morning, Jillian.
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Speaker 6: Good morning.
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Speaker 2: What's your reaction to this? You surprised at all?
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Speaker 6: No, I'm not surprised. We have had decades of under investment.
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Speaker 6: We have not spent enough money on renewing our pipes,
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Speaker 6: and so that means when you don't spend the money
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Speaker 6: you are going to get the leaks of the levels
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Speaker 6: that we've got at the moment.
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Speaker 2: You make it sound like a very simple problem, but
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Speaker 2: it's quite a complex issue, isn't it.
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Speaker 6: It is. It is complex because it's not just about
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Speaker 6: finding an increasing of ways of investment. We know we've
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Speaker 6: got to left the capacity and the capability of sector.
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Speaker 5: To do this.
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Speaker 6: We need to be able to look at the different technologies,
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Speaker 6: whether it's different prentch assessing assessing sensing gauges, or thermal
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Speaker 6: imagery or acoustic devices or ground penet penetrating radar, all
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Speaker 6: of those techniques to be able to discover where the
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Speaker 6: leaks are. Because it's not just the water fountain that
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Speaker 6: you see on a pipe down the street, you know,
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Speaker 6: or it's not just what's on your private network, you
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Speaker 6: know with the leaking tap. There are leaks throughout the
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Speaker 6: system that need to be fixed and we need to
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Speaker 6: do this. We've got to increase the investment in our networks.
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Speaker 6: We've got to relist the capability, and we've got to
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Speaker 6: lift the capacity of the sector. But we also require
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Speaker 6: improved oversight from the Commics Commission, which will now be
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Speaker 6: once we've got legislation that's before the House. Once that's passed,
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Speaker 6: the Commis Commission will be providing economic regulation over site
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Speaker 6: to join the Water Services Authority. So to matter, how
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Speaker 6: do I in there looking at the quality and the
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Speaker 6: safety of our water?
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Speaker 2: So, Julian, are these things that we should be doing
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Speaker 2: or are we just sitting and waiting for the coalition
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Speaker 2: government's local Water done Well reforms to kind of fully
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Speaker 2: kick in.
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Speaker 6: Counfuls every day that are delivering water at the moment
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Speaker 6: are looking at how do we how do we, you know,
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Speaker 6: detect leaks and how do we improve that. So you've
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Speaker 6: got counsels at the moment that are introducing or beginning
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Speaker 6: the process of introducing water meters and looking towards volumetric charging.
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Speaker 6: That makes a difference to you and I when we
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Speaker 6: are considering whether there's water that might be leaking on
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Speaker 6: our properties, when we suddenly realize we're having to pay
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Speaker 6: for it. That we've got work that's going on at
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Speaker 6: the moment in terms of putting more sensors into our
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Speaker 6: networks and understanding that and those other techniques I talked about.
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Speaker 6: But we've also got things that are happening. Because if
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Speaker 6: you think about you know, a busy street in any center.
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Speaker 6: You know, it takes time if you've got to dig
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Speaker 6: the road up, so that the work that's going on
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Speaker 6: in terms of Trencherst technologies such that we can fix
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Speaker 6: those pipes in ways that don't distruct you and I
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Speaker 6: as much as they would do if it was just
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Speaker 6: digging up the road.
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Speaker 2: Jillian, It's always lovely to talk to you, but I'm
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Speaker 2: always slightly apprehensive as well, because it feels like there's
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Speaker 2: never really good news. Do you've got Have you got
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Speaker 2: some hope that we're going to be able to get
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Speaker 2: this sorted?
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Speaker 6: Oh, it's totally something that we can. We can address,
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Speaker 6: but this is because it's taken decades to develop the
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Speaker 6: types of problems that we've got. It's not an overnight face.
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Speaker 6: And so we've got to keep our focus. And that's
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Speaker 6: when I think one of the you know, some of
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Speaker 6: the attractions within the what's proposed by this government as
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Speaker 6: it was in the previous government, about having council controlled
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Speaker 6: organizations that will be focusing on one topic, which is water,
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Speaker 6: recognizing that's drinking water and wastewater, and the summer will
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Speaker 6: be stormwater. It's so important that you've got that laser
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Speaker 6: focus on it and that you are asking all the questions.
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Speaker 6: You know that those professionals directors are asking those critical
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Speaker 6: questions at the Order and Risk committees that will make
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Speaker 6: a difference to I think the water sector moving forward.
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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Jillian, always appreciate your time. That was
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Speaker 2: Ward on New Zealand CEO Jillian B.
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Speaker 7: Life.
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Speaker 2: It is eighteen past five.
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Speaker 1: Setting the news agenda on early editions with one roof,
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Speaker 2: Dogs'd be good to have you with us. It's five twenty.
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Speaker 2: Auckland Councils considering new restriction for dog walkers councils. The
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Speaker 2: council is suggesting a maximum of six dogs be walked
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Speaker 2: together at a time, with only threeving allowed off leash.
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Speaker 2: It's also looking at making more of Auckland's fourteen regional
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Speaker 2: parks and sixty four local parks completely dog free. Feedback
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Speaker 2: on the proposals is now being accepted. Cassie Jeffries is
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Speaker 2: a dog walker from the Professional Dog Walkers Association. She
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Speaker 2: joins me, now, good morning, Cassie, thanks for your time.
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Speaker 5: Good morning. How are you doing good?
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Speaker 7: Hey?
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Speaker 2: What are these restrictions going to mean for professional dog walkers.
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Speaker 5: At this stage, council hasn't given us any other options,
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Speaker 5: so it'll mean exactly what it means to everyone else.
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Speaker 5: Most likely a lot of services will have to change
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Speaker 5: if this thrall goes through.
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Speaker 2: How will that apact impact your business?
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Speaker 5: For me, we walk packs of about fourteen, so we
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Speaker 5: will be looking at dropping numbers, possibly maybe going to
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Speaker 5: private land. We haven't completely decided yet, but we are
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Speaker 5: looking at lots of different options.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, because you kind of get hit two ways. Don't
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Speaker 2: you get hit on where you can go, and you
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Speaker 2: can get hit on how many dogs you can take.
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Speaker 5: Exactly, And for us, it's not necessarily about the numbers.
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Speaker 5: But the reason we run the service the way that
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Speaker 5: we do is so that it's affordable for people. We
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Speaker 5: pick up a group of dogs, we take them out
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Speaker 5: to the beach or the forest, places that do take
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Speaker 5: or require quite a bit of driving. So we do
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Speaker 5: spend a lot of money on petrol and the way
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Speaker 5: we balance out all those costs taking the numbers that
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Speaker 5: we do, and we do want to keep our service
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Speaker 5: as affordable as we can for people to actually utilize it.
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Speaker 5: Because a massive three our adventure in the middle of
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Speaker 5: the day is so good for so many dogs when
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Speaker 5: they have quite high energy needs.
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Speaker 2: Okay, see, do you know how much of the complaints
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Speaker 2: to counsel are actually about walking multiple dogs?
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Speaker 5: Zero point seven percent of all complaints received last year.
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Speaker 2: Right, So you're taking a hit here, and I imagine
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Speaker 2: you're taking I imagine you're taking a hit here because
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Speaker 2: there's probably a few people out there that aren't as
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Speaker 2: experienced and knowledgeable who have entered into the industry causing
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Speaker 2: some issues. Would that be fair to say?
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Speaker 5: Yeah? Absolutely, So there's obviously been a lot of feedback,
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Speaker 5: especially last year due to an issue with a particular
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Speaker 5: dog walker, and we've been very aware of her for
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Speaker 5: quite a long time. We also tried to get her
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Speaker 5: to stop doing what she was doing and then unfortunately
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Speaker 5: it just went the wrong way. But yeah, there's been
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Speaker 5: a lot of negativity back. Realistically, though, the actual feed
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Speaker 5: that council has gotten is so much less.
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Speaker 2: Okay, So if the council looked at easing the rules
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Speaker 2: for professional dog walkers, what would you like to see?
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Speaker 2: What would help?
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Speaker 5: So we're pushing for a licensing system. We think it
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Speaker 5: would have a lot a much better effect. Basically, any
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Speaker 5: kind of limit it ignores the real situation. Walking multiple
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Speaker 5: dogs requires training for both handlers and dogs in the
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Speaker 5: establishment of processes and safety, and so that we can
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Speaker 5: create a quality service.
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Speaker 2: Right y, yeah, I mean, I agree, I agree with you.
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Speaker 2: I'm not a dog owner, but I'm out and about
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Speaker 2: walking around a lot, and I'd like to know that,
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Speaker 2: you know, whoever's got fourteen dogs knows what they're doing, right.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly that. And so with a licensing system,
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Speaker 5: we would actually be able to monitor those dog walkers.
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Speaker 5: We might be able to put in a certification system,
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Speaker 5: We might be able to ensure that they have a
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Speaker 5: certain level of dog first aid. And I'm sure they
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Speaker 5: actually have control of their dogs. And if they don't,
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Speaker 5: we can take those licenses off them and they can
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Speaker 5: stop operating.
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Speaker 2: Oh sounds good. Thanks so much for your input, Cassie,
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Speaker 2: really appreciate that. That was Cassie. Jeffries, a dog walker
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Speaker 2: from the Professional Dog Walkers Association, can to hear what
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Speaker 2: you think about this. Wherever you are, is there a
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Speaker 2: problem with dogs? Would you like to see more restrictions
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Speaker 2: on dogs where they can go, how many dogs a
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Speaker 2: dog walker can take with them. I think the Council's
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Speaker 2: heading in the right direction here. But I think you
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Speaker 2: all say you've got to be really careful that you're
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Speaker 2: not penalizing all those people who know what they're doing
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Speaker 2: and are really responsible dog owners. It's twenty four past
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Speaker 2: Well, it's a big day in the United States today
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Speaker 2: and in Panama, Greenland, Canada, Mexico, in the many countries.
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Speaker 2: So we're going to feel the weight of President Trump's return.
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Speaker 2: Today is a day of ceremony, tradition, and balls, but
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Speaker 2: most importantly, a day of action, as Trump begins to
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Speaker 2: fire off the first of many executive artists promised on
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Speaker 2: the campaign trail. What I find most interesting about this
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Speaker 2: presidential transition is how transactional it has been. The New
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Speaker 2: York Times reports there at least a dozen billionaires among
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Speaker 2: Trump's cabinet picks or in line for senior roles in
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Speaker 2: his administration. Another publication worked out that the combined net
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Speaker 2: worth of the wealthiest members of his administration could surpass
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Speaker 2: four hundred and sixty billion. Many are his rich donors,
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Speaker 2: such as Elon Musk, who we all know spent a
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Speaker 2: large sum getting Trump elected. Some of the roles these
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Speaker 2: billionaires are taking on will see them become responsible for
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Speaker 2: sectors they've been involved with. Off the back of this,
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Speaker 2: President Biden warned in his farewell address of an oligarchy
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Speaker 2: taking shape in America. And with the top one percent
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Speaker 2: of Americans owning around thirty five percent of the wealth
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Speaker 2: and capital in the country and the bottom fifty owning
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Speaker 2: about one point five percent, you could say conditions are
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Speaker 2: certainly ripe. What's notable, though, is the unabashed transparency about
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Speaker 2: it all. Washington, DC has always been about power, but
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Speaker 2: now it's just as much about money. If you have
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Speaker 2: enough of it, you can get a seat at the table.
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Speaker 2: Such large donors have always expected a quiet word, you know,
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Speaker 2: a game of goal. A visit to mar Lago in Washington,
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Speaker 2: DC is filled with corporate lobbyists who petition the government
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Speaker 2: and public to sway them on certain issues. But in
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Speaker 2: the past they preferred to do it with some discretion.
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Speaker 2: Not now. The other thing that is so startling is
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Speaker 2: that President Trump campaigned on doing what's right for working
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Speaker 2: class America, just one of the many demographics Democrats have
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Speaker 2: lost touch with. In exchange for their vote, they now
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Speaker 2: have some of the richest men influencing this presidency and
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Speaker 2: protecting their self interest. I hate to say it, as
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Speaker 2: some of the consequences of this presidency, such as tariffs
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Speaker 2: and geopolitical decisions, may impact New Zealand. But it is
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Speaker 2: going to be fascinating to stand back and watch how
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Speaker 2: this plays out. Who will remain in President Trump's good graces,
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Speaker 2: Who will see out the term, Who, like so many
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Speaker 2: of the big tech executives, will curry favor doing whatever
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Speaker 2: it takes to keep their businesses alive and kicking. It's
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Speaker 2: going to be very interesting four years. And yeah, that's
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Speaker 2: probably an understatement.
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Speaker 1: Zimb.
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Speaker 2: So do you think the American people will be concerned
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Speaker 2: about the incredible wealth of those holding power and influencing policy.
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Speaker 2: Look how people react to Prime Minister Luxm's wealth here
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Speaker 2: in New Zealand. It actually irks me how much the
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Speaker 2: media make a big deal about it. He's a successful businessman,
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Speaker 2: he's done well. We all know that's so what, But
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Speaker 2: there's an implication. It means he isn't in touch with
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Speaker 2: the ordinary Kiwi. And if you're buying a Washington, DC
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Speaker 2: mansion for between seven and twenty four million, which is
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Speaker 2: what is happening. I seriously doubt you know the cost
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Speaker 2: of an average supermarket shop. Can you to hear your thoughts?
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Speaker 2: Everybody on Good Mornings. His earlier edition on Newstalks. I'm
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Speaker 2: Francesca Rudkin filling in for Ryan, who will be with
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Speaker 2: you at six. Thanks for being with us, and the
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Speaker 2: next half hour we head around the regions and to
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Speaker 2: Australia where the Novak Djokovic saga comes to a close,
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Speaker 2: and before the end of the hour we will head
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Speaker 2: to the UE East to get the latest on President
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Speaker 2: Trump's inauguration, which is taking place today. I'm keeping an
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Speaker 2: eye on it on our screen. The swearing in ceremony
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Speaker 2: is underway at the Capitol Rotunder. President elect Trump has
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Speaker 2: just entered the Rotunder. It's been interesting watching the rotunda
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Speaker 2: has been filling for about the last forty five minutes,
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Speaker 2: and when everyone's arrived, they've all been just standing there
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Speaker 2: in a very solemn fashion. Not a lot of chat
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Speaker 2: going on, and I wonder whether that's because of Uncle
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Speaker 2: Trump really doesn't want somebody trying to read what she's
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Speaker 2: saying to her brother. So this is just taking place now.
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Speaker 2: We will keep you, of course, up to date throughout
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Speaker 2: the day on how things progress, because I think it's
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Speaker 2: going to be a bit of a tsunami of news
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Speaker 2: for Americans today as Donald Trump is going to be
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Speaker 2: signing as many executive orders as he can. So we'll
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Speaker 2: get to the States before the end of the hour.
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Speaker 2: Thank you very much for your feedback. Some of you
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Speaker 2: would like the dogs out of cafes and restaurants as
19:24
Speaker 2: well as the parks in the regional parks. Please it'll
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Speaker 2: be a very interesting year ahead. In other text reads
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Speaker 2: have to say, though the Biden administration was horrible for America,
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Speaker 2: many saw little change ahead under Harris. The Dems are
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Speaker 2: so out of touch they can't see that they've become
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Speaker 2: that which they hate the Republicans. This time around, the
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Speaker 2: moneymakers are there, but with a twist. Thanks for your text, Luke,
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Speaker 2: and thank you for your feedback. You can keep that coming.
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Speaker 2: You can text on ninety two ninety two what does
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Speaker 2: that be? Okay, let's head around the country and joining
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Speaker 2: me in Dunedin. Callum Proctor, good morning, Callum, we've got
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Speaker 2: some optimism in doned and over the government's health portfolio.
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Speaker 2: Changing hands, Yes.
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Speaker 8: Sir, good morning, of course, here the singing and Brown
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Speaker 8: the new Health Minister, replacing Shane Ready in that major
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Speaker 8: cabinet reshuffle. Brown says he's focused on delivery and that's
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Speaker 8: something that our dned and Mayor Jill's Radick hopes will
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Speaker 8: be applied to the fraught Dunedin Hospital project, which is
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Speaker 8: still awaiting a decision from the government. Raddicks is Brown's
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Speaker 8: a logical and practical person, so he will get on
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Speaker 8: with the logical and practical task of building the hospital
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Speaker 8: to its current plans. He's also welcoming news of a
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Speaker 8: South Island minister. He says he hopes it means the
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Speaker 8: area will get its fair share of the return for
20:41
Speaker 8: what it delivers to New.
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Speaker 2: Zealand and In Eden's weather today.
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Speaker 8: Calm, low cloud clearing to find this morning light winds
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Speaker 8: the high today twenty oh sounds good.
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Speaker 1: Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Claire Sherwood is in christ Church and christ Church Mayor
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Speaker 2: Film Major has officially confirmed his bid for re election.
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Speaker 9: Yes will he has locked this and this was after
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Speaker 9: his campaign website accidentally went live a bit earlier than
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Speaker 9: expected yesterday. Now Film Major has confirmed he'll seek this
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Speaker 9: second term come October and the local body elections. His
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Speaker 9: campaign will focus on six key priorities, things like affordable rates,
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Speaker 9: environmental protections, future proofing the water infrastructure and delivering essential.
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Speaker 2: Service as well.
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Speaker 9: He says he has a proven track record of success
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Speaker 9: and gets stuff done. He's very proud of his and
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Speaker 9: his council's achievements so far in his first term. He
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Speaker 9: has a strong vision and a strategy for christ Church's
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Speaker 9: future over the coming three years. He'll come up against
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Speaker 9: Councilor Sarah Templeton, the only other contender confirm so far.
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Speaker 2: And the weather today fine aside from.
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Speaker 9: A bit of cloud early and again by evening northeasterlyes
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Speaker 9: a maximum of twenty one.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, Claire, have a good day. Max toll Is
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Speaker 2: in Wellington. Good morning, Good morning. Why are questions over
21:55
Speaker 2: the Homegrown festival leaving Willington? Gosh, it has not been
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Speaker 2: a good start for music festivals.
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Speaker 7: No, no, neither for Wellington. And this is the long
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Speaker 7: running music festival that takes place annually excuse me, on
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Speaker 7: Wellington's waterfront. It's staged in various parks along the waterfront
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Speaker 7: and the use of TSP Arena as well. Eighteen years
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Speaker 7: it's been here and the director is being a little
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Speaker 7: coy about why he wants to move it in twenty
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Speaker 7: twenty six, personal and logistical reasons. He says they want
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Speaker 7: to enhance the festival and can't do that in the
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Speaker 7: space they currently have, so more money you'd assume would
22:31
Speaker 7: typically be the reason that might highlight Auckland or christ Church. Perhaps,
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Speaker 7: he says, they have three to four options on the
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Speaker 7: table they're looking at. Perhaps somewhere it's easier to get
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Speaker 7: a liquor license. Homegrown always always been a success here
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Speaker 7: in Wellington. It grew from about ten thousand and two
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Speaker 7: thousand and eight to roughly twenty three thousand. It's a
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Speaker 7: big lost businesses are gutted and there are some here
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Speaker 7: who feel like a jewel in Wellington's crown is being
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Speaker 7: given away.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it as a shime. What's Wellington's weather today?
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Speaker 7: Mix a good one fine southerly's twenty five and the
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Speaker 7: high in the central city.
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Speaker 2: Thank a Max. And in Auckland, never retremind who joins
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Speaker 2: me in the studio. Good morning, good morning, go for it.
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Speaker 10: What do you got for it?
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Speaker 5: Oh?
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Speaker 11: I see, Oh I different.
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Speaker 2: I'm leaving you to it. I mean, how many times
23:18
Speaker 2: have you run? Have you won Newsreader of the Year
23:21
Speaker 2: at the radio woods?
23:22
Speaker 1: Right?
23:22
Speaker 10: I thought you need me?
23:23
Speaker 11: Well I saw you're thinking, oh yeah, he comes nevare
23:26
Speaker 11: m hey neither.
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Speaker 2: There are numerous weather warnings in place as heavy rain
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Speaker 2: batters the upper North Island.
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Speaker 11: I know some people be thinking, oh God, is she
23:35
Speaker 11: talking about the flip and weather again. If Mike Hosking
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Speaker 11: was in here, he want to said neither, leave the room,
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Speaker 11: stop talking about the weather. Weather's just nextur.
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Speaker 2: Could you sum up the story and today's weather all
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Speaker 2: in one fight?
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Speaker 12: Shall I shall?
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Speaker 11: Because you know that's the kind of person I am,
23:49
Speaker 11: true broadcaster. So yes, the weather in Auckland, we had
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Speaker 11: a heavy rain warning, but it's the wind as well,
23:57
Speaker 11: so you know that's happening in Northland starting apparently in
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Speaker 11: Auckland aroundabout now. So there's also the transport agencies come
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Speaker 11: into this and the usual story the warnings from motorists
24:08
Speaker 11: drive with care in these regions. So the regions are Auckland, Corimandel,
24:11
Speaker 11: Northless and of course the warning and place were guess
24:15
Speaker 11: what the Auckland Harbor Bridge ten am to four pm today,
24:18
Speaker 11: so if you're crossing the bridge just watch out for that.
24:21
Speaker 11: And of course putting all that weather together for us today, yeah,
24:25
Speaker 11: it's going to be creep, really heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong wins.
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Speaker 11: It's a good day for Netflix and pajamas. Thanks for
24:31
Speaker 11: the good news, h I have twenty one, have a
24:33
Speaker 11: good day.
24:33
Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Next, off for off to Australia.
24:36
Speaker 2: Donald Demeyo is with us after.
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Speaker 1: The break international correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace
24:42
Speaker 1: of mind for New Zealand business.
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Speaker 2: Donad DeMeo joins me now from Australia and good to
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Speaker 2: have you with us, Donna. Finally there's Novak Djokovic. Saga
24:55
Speaker 2: comes to a close.
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Speaker 13: Yes, it was rather a protractioned drama, but we have
24:59
Speaker 13: had a sh statement from Novak Djokovic. I'll tell you
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Speaker 13: what that said in a moment, but I'll just give
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Speaker 13: you the background though.
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Speaker 3: Well.
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Speaker 13: Tony Jones, a veteran TV journo, he pretty much upset
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Speaker 13: the TV star when he turned to the Serbian fans
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Speaker 13: during a live cross he was doing and he said
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Speaker 13: that Jokovic Djokovic was a has been and he also
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Speaker 13: said kick him out, which was rather contentious for the tenister.
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Speaker 13: He was not very happy about that, so Tony Joes
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Speaker 13: said he didn't mean to show any disrespect to Novak,
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Speaker 13: no intention to offend, but he had to apologize. Ultimately,
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Speaker 13: he did the apology on the Channel nine Today show
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Speaker 13: and the Djokovic camp was actually apologized to forty eight
25:39
Speaker 13: hours earlier, according to Tony Jones, but he was still
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Speaker 13: not happy. He wanted this public apology, which he finally
25:48
Speaker 13: did get. So Novak reacted pretty strongly when this first happened.
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Speaker 13: You know, he didn't do the postmatch interview with Jim Courier.
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Speaker 13: It was all very awkward. He was very, very very upset,
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Speaker 13: so Jones said, you know, he never actually meant to upset.
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Speaker 13: His humor was misinterpreted, as he put it. Well, Djokovic
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Speaker 13: now has acknowledged the public apology. Tennis Australia has issued
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Speaker 13: a statement on behalf of his camp as they say,
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Speaker 13: and he's now saying he's switching focus to the next
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Speaker 13: match and he's moving on, which I think everyone is
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Speaker 13: very thankful for. Meantime, Interestingly, the Serbian Council of Australia
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Speaker 13: still wants Tony Jones to resign and has referred the
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Speaker 13: matter to the Human Rights Commission.
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Speaker 2: I'm not sure what happens with that next. There's just
26:37
Speaker 2: always a drama when Jokovic comes to town, isn't there?
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Speaker 6: Absolutely?
26:42
Speaker 2: Oh, Donald, good to get the good to get the
26:44
Speaker 2: latest on it. Thank you so much. That was Donna
26:46
Speaker 2: Demeyo there in Australia, zid be so as you know,
26:51
Speaker 2: it is an inauguration day and about well, actually very shortly.
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Speaker 2: I think Donald Trump will take the oath of office
26:57
Speaker 2: and become the forty seventh president of the United States.
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Speaker 2: It's the first time since eighteen ninety three year president
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Speaker 2: has been sworn in for a second, non consecutive term,
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Speaker 2: the last being Grover Cleveland. Real Clear Political Politics senior
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Speaker 2: election analyst Sean Trendy is worth me now, Good morning, Sewan.
27:18
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for being with.
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Speaker 12: Us, Thanks for having me.
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Speaker 2: How will President Trump's second term be different from his first?
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Speaker 12: I think the major difference is going to be that
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Speaker 12: this is not the ragtag band of people who didn't
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Speaker 12: expect to win in twenty sixteen. He has a much
27:35
Speaker 12: more professionalized group behind him, and they expected to win,
27:40
Speaker 12: so there's been planning. It's I think it's going to
27:43
Speaker 12: be the same Trump, but we're going to see a
27:46
Speaker 12: very different, more sophisticated administration.
27:50
Speaker 2: How does knowing how Washington work change things.
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Speaker 12: Well, I think it's more of the same. When he
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Speaker 12: came into office, he didn't really know how to navigate
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Speaker 12: the very different the various different pitfalls that can befall
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Speaker 12: a new president, and he didn't really have anyone on
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Speaker 12: his team that knew much about that. That's different this time.
28:12
Speaker 12: So again, I think a lot of his goals are
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Speaker 12: going to be the same. He's not going to be
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Speaker 12: someone that if he didn't like the first term, you're
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Speaker 12: going to like this time around. But I also think
28:23
Speaker 12: it's going to be more a more effective administration a
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Speaker 12: term of achieving those goals.
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Speaker 2: And he's attempting to achieve quite a lot even on
28:32
Speaker 2: his first day.
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Speaker 4: Isn't he.
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Speaker 12: Yeah, we've already received news that he's issuing an executive
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Speaker 12: order ending what we call birthrights citizenship that if you're
28:43
Speaker 12: born in the United States, you know, even to people
28:47
Speaker 12: in the country illegally considered a citizen. That's flying in
28:50
Speaker 12: the face of one hundred and thirty years as Supreme
28:52
Speaker 12: Court precedent. But he's definitely hitting the ground running this time.
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Speaker 2: We've seen a shift in Trump's clam What do they
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Speaker 2: bring to this presidency?
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Speaker 12: Well, you know, I think I think we have, like
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Speaker 12: I said, a more serious and more experienced group of people.
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Speaker 12: You know, I think we were called back to twenty
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Speaker 12: sixteen where he needed a secretary of State and he
29:19
Speaker 12: for some reason put the President Oil in that position.
29:24
Speaker 12: And now you have Marco Rubio, who's a very different
29:27
Speaker 12: member of that team. So I think, you know, it's
29:30
Speaker 12: a different, different approach this time around.
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Speaker 2: And a bit of a different inauguration ceremony taking place
29:37
Speaker 2: this morning as well.
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Speaker 12: Yeah, that's that's something that has some people kind of
29:43
Speaker 12: scratching their heads a little bit. You know, it is
29:46
Speaker 12: going to be cold, but it's not going to be
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Speaker 12: historically cold, but he is. He's moved it inside. There's
29:53
Speaker 12: been some speculation that some of this is due to
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Speaker 12: security risks. You know, he did have the two assassination
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Speaker 12: attempts on him. But yeah, it's going to be a
30:02
Speaker 12: more sedate inauguration this time around. At least we won't
30:08
Speaker 12: be fighting about crowd sizes this time.
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Speaker 2: Well, there wasn't. There was sort of a few comments
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Speaker 2: that maybe that's what he was concerned about as to
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Speaker 2: why he moved it inside. Is that fair?
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Speaker 8: Yeah?
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Speaker 12: I mean I think that that he was a little
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Speaker 12: bit concerned about the crowd sizes, that people wouldn't show
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Speaker 12: up if it was cold, that he would get negative
30:28
Speaker 12: comparisons to Barack Obama, who you know, was really cold.
30:32
Speaker 12: When he has inaugurated and he filled them all. Look,
30:35
Speaker 12: I prefer this to what we had in twenty sixteen,
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Speaker 12: when the first thing he did was send his press
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Speaker 12: secretary out to lie about the crowd sizes. You know.
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Speaker 12: But at the end of the day, as long as
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Speaker 12: his hands on the book and he recites the oath
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Speaker 12: of office, he is president.
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Speaker 2: Sean, are we seeing more celebration around this inauguration? I
30:55
Speaker 2: see that an idol so ago, you know, who's who
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Speaker 2: of Silicon Valley was in Washington, DC celebrating at a party.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 12: You know, there's been a little bit of a vibe shift,
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Speaker 12: as we say here in the states of our surrounding
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Speaker 12: the Silicon Valley. They seem to have moved rightward over
31:14
Speaker 12: the course of the past decade. I also think, you know,
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Speaker 12: he won the most votes this time around, unlike twenty sixteen,
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Speaker 12: and so I think there's just a general sense of
31:25
Speaker 12: legitimacy about this presidency that there wasn't in twenty sixteen
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Speaker 12: and is showing up in who supports it and how
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Speaker 12: they support it.
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Speaker 2: Sean Trendy, thank you so much for your time this morning.
31:36
Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
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Speaker 12: Thank you say a.
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Speaker 6: Hit of the curve earlyer.
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Speaker 2: Ryan Bridge is up next with the Mike Hosking breakfast,
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Speaker 10: Good morning. Most importantly about the inauguration, doesn't Milania look
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Speaker 10: fabulous willing? It's being described as a common sandy go hat.
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Speaker 2: Of course, a few wishows issues though. When the president
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Speaker 2: leaked walked into the road under he went up to
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Speaker 2: give her a kiss, but the brim was so wide
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Speaker 2: he couldn't get He was about three inches away from
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Speaker 2: the cheeks. It was a bit awkward. It do I
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Speaker 2: keep going or not?
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Speaker 10: It's a massive thing. It is a big roadblock. I
32:17
Speaker 10: told you what's really interesting that's happened just before this
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Speaker 10: sparing and ceremony that's underway right now. I went ahead.
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Speaker 10: Biden has pardoned you know, Fauci, the COVID doctor, and
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Speaker 10: we know about that. Just in the last few minutes.
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Speaker 10: He has also pardoned, preemptively pardoned his brothers James and Frank,
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Speaker 10: and his sister Valerie and their spouses. Isn't this incredible
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Speaker 10: as sitting us president literally in the in the last
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Speaker 10: gasps of his presidency, is having to go out there
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Speaker 10: and say it.
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Speaker 2: He will be doing that to protect you say that
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Speaker 2: my family suffer unnecessarily just because I've been the president.
32:53
Speaker 2: Therefore I'm going to protect them, which is what he
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Speaker 2: said about Hunter. But the problem with that was he'd
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Speaker 2: always I didn't care that he pardoned the guy, but
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Speaker 2: he'd promised he wouldn't we who relies on his integrity,
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Speaker 2: But also the.
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Speaker 10: Uproar about him pardoning his son Hunter to then in
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Speaker 10: the dying minutes, go and do your brothers and your
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Speaker 10: sisters And it's.
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Speaker 2: A big it's a big raising that little thing or
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Speaker 2: I'm going to get this sorted.
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Speaker 10: And he's at an age in a stage where he's going,
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Speaker 10: you know what, I'm on my way out both of
33:20
Speaker 10: politics and soon gently yeah, Jemmie, right, but you know
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Speaker 10: and I want to make sure that they're protected. The
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Speaker 10: thing is, though, are you not in preemptively pardoning somebody
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Speaker 10: sort of implying that they might be guilty.
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Speaker 2: Of So my first question she was going to be,
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Speaker 2: what of the brothers and the sisters meet up to you?
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Speaker 1: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Okay? What else is on the show's day?
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Speaker 10: So Robins are going to go to Washington, D C.
33:42
Speaker 10: For the latest on the inauguration. We've got Prime Minister tuesdays,
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Speaker 10: so lots to talk to him about not only the reshuffle,
33:48
Speaker 10: but also we're going to ask about growth. This is
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Speaker 10: the big agenda for twenty twenty five. What exactly is
33:54
Speaker 10: Nikola Willis's remit here? Can she just do whatever she wants?
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Speaker 10: We'll ask him here.
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Speaker 2: It's a lovely they've got a lovely narrative out there,
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Speaker 2: but actually how they're going to do it would be
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Speaker 2: great to find out. Ryan Bridge is with you next
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Speaker 2: here on the Mike Hosking Breakfast. Have a great day.
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