Full Show Podcast: 03 July 2026
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What are Erica Stanford's plans for expanding early childhood education?
tough on power sharp on insight the mike husking breakfast with bailey's real estate your local experts with national and global reach news talk zb morning and welcome today dave runny on the season opener we're buying evs and big numbers has the wall been good for business permanently erica stanford on her ece language plans tim and katie after eight of course richard arnold murray olds in the mix as well Let's get into it. Friday morning, seven past six. Couple of questions around Mike Smith for you. Mike is back in the news because of his court case against big polluters. His case got upended, of course, by the recent government move to block what they call tort-based litigation over climate change.
The first part of that got passed in the parliament last night. Roughly speaking... The government didn't like the uncertainty these sort of cases create for business, and also the decision in such matters lies, of course, with the government, not the Mike Smiths of this world and adventurous judges who like the idea of a bit of legal exploration and dabble. That should have been that, except it isn't. Smith is back in court looking to argue the argument. The question, well, who pays for Mike Smith to spend his life in court? What do we do about the judicial process that allows seemingly endless claim and counterclaim to the claim and counterclaim. I mean, dotcom's another good example this week.
How is the All Blacks' new coach preparing for the season opener?
What happened to the idea that the government is the ultimate court? And we might want to bow to that idea just a bit more often. For every Mike Smith who presumably has a legal mind or two on tap to dabble, there'll be genuine cases of importance that are not heard. The judicial wheels are already hopelessly slow and exploratory musings can't be helping. America should be all the warning sign we need to avoid at virtually all costs The idea that you can simply have a stab at an idea in the hope you can find some sympathetic judge to rub a stamp Lord knows how many years and how many millions of dollars of mind-bending ideology that ties up businesses, lives and people in a process that may well end up nowhere.
Clearly, there are people like Smith who were born agitators, probably slightly bored, perhaps a bit aggro, but nevertheless dedicated to the idea of upset and stirring. And equally, there will be those who have passed the bar, who find the intellectual idea of bouncing a few controversial concepts about the place stimulating, if not fun, if not profitable. But most of the rest of us have a life to get on with, and that includes Z Energy and Fonterra and the government of the day. If Mike Smith wants to make law, let him run for the Parliament, our ultimate court. But short of that, surely some rules that prevent the professional legal menace from wasting our time.
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What are the implications of the recent climate change court case?
Well, to save a life, it takes the whole world. And the Portuguese were the people in charge. But together with them, there were Costa Ricans, Chileans, United States teams from Virginia, Florida and Los Angeles. More societal mess in Britain. Firstly, an apology from Starmer over the forced adoption policy Britain ran for unmarried mothers. This was between 1949 and 76. Many of those harmed in this way feel a gut-wrenching sense of shame. And I know that this apology will not be able to lift that completely. It will help a little, I hope, but it won't lift it completely. Karen was part of that.
Every day I would go down, after I'd been made to pray for, you know, for my sins, then I was made to go down to a laundry room on my own, in isolation, really. And I, you know, I wondered what I'd done. Really, what had I done?
Then, to their grooming scandal, this is Rochford, of course. One of the leaders is about to be released from prison.
How does social media impact youth according to the Education Minister?
Kimmy's got a plan.
Absolutely disgusting that this man has been let out. He should be deported, and we're going to do everything within our power to make sure that he is.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Erica Stanford's plans for expanding early childhood education?
0:00–1:13
2
How is the All Blacks' new coach preparing for the season opener?
1:13–2:35
3
What are the implications of the recent climate change court case?
2:35–3:30
4
How does social media impact youth according to the Education Minister?
3:30–4:23
5
What is the current state of the netball crisis in New Zealand?
4:23–5:26
6
How are rising mortgage rates affecting Australians?
5:26–6:40
7
What are the latest trends in electric vehicle sales?
6:40–7:37
8
What are the highlights from the week in review segment?
7:37–1:29:57
Speakers
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