Heather Duplessy-Allen

Hey, I've got to point this out to you, by the way, before we end the show.

I don't know what this says about us in the media, and this includes myself, but all day we've been saying that Tahuia's pricing has gone up by 25% from 24% to 32%.

Now think about this.

Just do the quick maths here.

What's the difference between 32% and 24%?

It's 8%.

What's 24 divided by 8?

It's 35%, isn't it?

So we've all been saying 25%.

It hasn't gone up by a quarter.

It's gone up by 33%.

25% is eight times goes into 32.

That's not how you do it.

Anyway, the only reason I know that is because there is a person in my life who is the most epic nerd and loves Morris Williamson from Auckland Council who heard it and was like, I can't believe this.

And he's done the calculations for me and texted through to me.

And then he's done the emoji with the eyes that do spinny things because he is clever and he can't believe the rest of us, including myself, are so stupid.

And that's fair, isn't it?

35%.

I'm going to blame Waikato Regional Council.

I reckon it started with them.