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Simon Bridges: Auckland Business Chamber Chief Executive questions extent of economic relief ahead of State of the Nation speech · The SME Stream

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  Speaker 1: If you haven't noticed, We're in twenty twenty six, a
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  Speaker 1: selection year, and Christopher Luxem will deliver his State of
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  Speaker 1: the Nation's speech this afternoon at the International Convention Center
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  Speaker 1: in Auckland. Now we're not expecting any new policy announcements,
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  Speaker 1: but here we talking about the focuses around fixing the basics,
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  Speaker 1: safeguarding the economy. Organ Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges joins me. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Happy New Year, Simon, Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Happy new Year. Andrew good be on your first show.
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  Speaker 1: How are you going?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Really good year always starts world, doesn't it. You
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  Speaker 2: know you come back from holiday feeling good?
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no no sa same and smmon. I
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  Speaker 1: asked are you going? Are you going to Christopher's speech?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Actually said how are you going? Well? Am I going?
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  Speaker 2: You bet? I'm going. You know it's we're putting on
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  Speaker 2: the event with the YenS, ICC and Kiwibank. I mean
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  Speaker 2: you said it. I've got no inside word on what
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  Speaker 2: precisely the promise is saying, but it's the sort of basics,
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  Speaker 2: focus on the results they've achieved. Well after that, I've
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  Speaker 2: got twenty minutes with him. Oh you know, a chat
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  Speaker 2: on stage, so i'd expect hopefully we'll get a bit
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  Speaker 2: of reflection on the last couple of years, you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe what he's learned, what he's learned around coalition politics,
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  Speaker 2: but talk the economy, maybe housing intensification or Auckland obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I mean that's where they won last time and they'll
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  Speaker 2: need to win it again and what's going on there.
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  Speaker 2: And then I think, look, you know, we haven't heard
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  Speaker 2: the Prime minister yet on a lot of the international
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  Speaker 2: stuff that you've just been talking about. You know, to
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  Speaker 2: you lot's been happening. So you know, events, dear boy, events,
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  Speaker 2: they get in the way of things, and it be
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  Speaker 2: good to sort of have a discussion about some of
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  Speaker 2: that as well. And we're out on that.
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  Speaker 1: So here's some questions where after two heavy years with
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  Speaker 1: the recession and austerity combining, will it be difficult for
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  Speaker 1: Christopher Laxon to sell the green shoots that are appearing.
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  Speaker 1: Will he get the credit for the turnaround?
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a good question. I mean think, firstly,
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  Speaker 2: you know what we are seeing, you know, what is
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  Speaker 2: the last three four months. There's a lot of these
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  Speaker 2: you know, I hate the weird green shirts, but I
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  Speaker 2: know they explain it well, the green shoots, the various
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  Speaker 2: indicators that do show that we're back on a path
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  Speaker 2: from growth. So, as you say, from tough times to grow.
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  Speaker 2: I'm one of the questions I intend to ask them
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  Speaker 2: is you know what extent really what you said? Do
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  Speaker 2: they deserve the credit for this? Well? Is this simply
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  Speaker 2: cyclical things that were kind of happening anyway, or what
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  Speaker 2: is it that the government's done to be a part
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  Speaker 2: of that? And I think the other valid question is
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  Speaker 2: is it going to continue? What's the government got that's new,
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  Speaker 2: that's fresh, that's there for business, It's going to give
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  Speaker 2: them continued on going confidence over the course of this year,
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  Speaker 2: and indeed beyond what are the economic plans of Christopher
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  Speaker 2: Luxon's privileged to get another three year term.
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  Speaker 1: Good stuff, Simon, enjoy your day to day and enjoying
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  Speaker 1: the new facility. This is the International Convention Center.
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