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Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on whether surplus is likely to be pushed out further · Best of Business

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  Speaker 2: Very sover here with politics, very good afternoon, Good afternoon. Right,
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  Speaker 2: terrible about what's happening in Sydney, obviously, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's shocking and you know we've all been through
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  Speaker 3: that in this country. When you think back to the
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  Speaker 3: Moss killings when fifty one people were killed, I remember
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  Speaker 3: feeling honestly speechless. In your Australian correspondent said that he
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  Speaker 3: felt really emotional talking about it. It's just awful that
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  Speaker 3: you something like this can happen in a country like
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  Speaker 3: Australia and like New Zealand. And of course the perpetrator
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  Speaker 3: of the New Zealand Moss shooting wasn't Australian Brenton Tarrant.
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  Speaker 3: But that you can't make you can't play politics with
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  Speaker 3: this game. Even though Chloe Swarbrick has been singled out
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  Speaker 3: by a number of people because of her statements, but
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  Speaker 3: look like us all. It was the shaken Prime Minister
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  Speaker 3: who spoke to journalist afternoon.
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  Speaker 4: Terrorism and hate have no place in our societies. Violence
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  Speaker 4: of any kind is unacceptable, whether it is targeted at
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  Speaker 4: people of Jewish or any other faith. We all need
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  Speaker 4: to call out in tolerance when we see it. There
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  Speaker 4: is room in this world for everyone to live side
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  Speaker 4: by side at peace. At this stage, we have no
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  Speaker 4: indication that any New Zealanders have been injured in the attack,
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  Speaker 4: so let's all continue to look after each other, especially
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  Speaker 4: our Australian and our Jewish friends. At this time, You're
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  Speaker 4: shocked and appalled to think that something like that could
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  Speaker 4: happen in a place where so much fun typically takes place.
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  Speaker 4: And I have to be honest, as I watched those
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  Speaker 4: images late last night, you know, into the early hours
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  Speaker 4: of this morning, you know it's really sickening, and you
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  Speaker 4: know your thoughts immediately go to the families of loved
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  Speaker 4: ones who lost someone yesterday. You think about the people
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  Speaker 4: that are fighting for their lives in hospital right now.
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  Speaker 4: There are incredible stories again first responders, but also incredible
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  Speaker 4: stories of just people in the local community coming down
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  Speaker 4: onto the beach and helping where they could and can.
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  Speaker 3: And that amazing man that came to undisarmed.
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  Speaker 2: One of the gun shob owner. I'm incredible.
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  Speaker 3: I can't I can't even envisage that a father and
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  Speaker 3: son would be how could you go?
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  Speaker 2: No, exactly. The first thing you think is of their
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  Speaker 2: parents will be absolutely ashamed, and then you realize the
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  Speaker 2: dead's in honors. Just hey, Bear's got the hypho tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: the Supers we pushed out again.
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  Speaker 3: Yes it will be. That'll be the third time it's
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  Speaker 3: been pushed out. But no doubt Nikola Willis will have
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  Speaker 3: a good argument for it, unless actually does have a
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  Speaker 3: good argument for it, because the debate.
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  Speaker 2: Is it happening?
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  Speaker 3: What has happened? Well, I'm mary on board now, I
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  Speaker 3: know I texted, I've texted the Taxpayers Union today say
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  Speaker 3: well who's moderating? Where is it at?
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 3: And I've heard anything now, But look, I think it.
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  Speaker 3: I think it will be on Thursday, because that's certainly
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  Speaker 3: the last word from Nikola Willis on it. But that debate.
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  Speaker 3: Luxon says he understands why Nikola Willis wants to put
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  Speaker 3: up the government's case against former National Finance Minister Ruth Richardson.
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  Speaker 4: I think it is important that she feels she can
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  Speaker 4: defend the record of this government and the approach of
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  Speaker 4: this government and what we're doing. I think you would
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  Speaker 4: have seen last week you know, we had major RMA reform.
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  Speaker 4: I think there was well understood that it was well
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  Speaker 4: supported across the country. This week we've got Haifu. Tomorrow,
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  Speaker 4: on Thursday, we'll have the GDP growth numbers. Why. I
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  Speaker 4: think what's important is that for most of these islanders,
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  Speaker 4: they really focused on Christmas, focus on Christmas shopping, and
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  Speaker 4: they need to know that actually we're going into Christmas
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  Speaker 4: with the economy building and with good momentum.
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  Speaker 3: See, there's always a positive to all these things.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan, nothing positive at your house apparently.
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  Speaker 3: Oh else, thank you for bringing that up. What it
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  Speaker 3: is a domestic dispute, and I want to take this
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  Speaker 3: opportunity actually to tell you the real story about something
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  Speaker 3: my other have said on the Breakfast show this morning
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  Speaker 3: about the debate. Have a listen to Heather and I'll
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  Speaker 3: give you the real story.
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  Speaker 5: I'm here for this debate. But this debate between Nichola
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  Speaker 5: and Ruth is getting more and more ridiculous by the
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  Speaker 5: day because I don't know if you've heard what the
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  Speaker 5: latest is, but there is for one hot minute, they
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  Speaker 5: thought that the moderator should be Winston. Apparently this idea
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  Speaker 5: has emanated from within my household Nicola texts me last night.
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  Speaker 5: She said it was Barry's idea. So apparently Barry Soaper
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  Speaker 5: came up with the idea that Winston should be the
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  Speaker 5: moderator and then pitched it to Nichola's office, and then
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  Speaker 5: nicholas office were like, hmm, thank the good Lord. Winston
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  Speaker 5: is otherwise occupied and will not be doing it because
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  Speaker 5: I'll tell you there's no chance that you would get
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  Speaker 5: to hear anything from Nichola or Ruth. It would just
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  Speaker 5: be the Winston show talking about I don't know, you know,
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  Speaker 5: the evils of capital. I can't that, No thanks, I
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  Speaker 5: want to hear from the ladies anyway. Barry can defend himself.
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  Speaker 5: I think it's a terrible idea. I'm not allowed to
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  Speaker 5: say that. I'm not allowed to tell him anymore like
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  Speaker 5: his off limits in the house. I'm not allowed to
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  Speaker 5: say your idea sucks. So I just say it on
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  Speaker 5: the radio to you and then he can defend it
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  Speaker 5: later on. We just have we just have that, like,
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  Speaker 5: just have a fight through you base.
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  Speaker 1: That's how.
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  Speaker 3: Gearry. It's all out there.
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  Speaker 2: I hate to get in the middle of this, but
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  Speaker 2: I think that that may have come from me on Friday,
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  Speaker 2: afternoon because I said that you were you were getting
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  Speaker 2: Winston involved.
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  Speaker 3: No, well, thank you very much. Right, Well, you know
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  Speaker 3: I can home and finish the argument in that case.
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  Speaker 3: But the thing is that it wasn't me that suggested
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  Speaker 3: that Winston might be the moderator of the debate. In fact,
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  Speaker 3: it was the Taxpayer Union itself. You were just talking then.
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  Speaker 3: Like a good journalist, I went to Winstein and said,
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  Speaker 3: would you do it? And he said yes, probably, Nicola Willis.
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  Speaker 2: I've mudded the waters. I said, you were orchestrating the
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  Speaker 2: whole thing.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks right, I'm leaving. I've had enough.
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  Speaker 2: Get go home to hear there and explain yourself.
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