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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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On Newstalk ZB. Morning and welcome to you coming up on the show. We called it right, didn't we? Labour's first policy for the year is cheaper public transport, but the numbers are dodgy as. We'll have a chat to Labour's transport spokesperson after seven. We've got new data on how the charter schools are doing, and it's a mixed bag. David Seymour on that.
This property slump that we're in might become the longest in history in this country. We'll get you across that. And comedian Alan Davis, the man from Jonathan Creek and QI, ahead of his comedy tour, is in after eight.
Chapter 2: What is Labour's new public transport policy and how does it impact costs?
Look, obviously it goes without saying no one should condone or tolerate the unrest in Belfast in the last 24 hours. I mean, there are some very uncomfortable echoes of history in the mobs deliberately dressed in black going door to door, targeting migrant families, lists circulating of where these people live, setting places alight.
But also no one should dismiss the anger that's felt in the UK at the situation with the asylum seekers. It turns out the early reports were right. The man caught in the video attempting to behead the victim was an asylum seeker. He came from Sudan via what's called the Irish route.
This is where they fly into Dublin from Europe and then they cross the border into Northern Ireland and then they become the UK's problem. As you know, in the UK, this has been a building problem for decades. It has really, though, reached the crisis levels that we see right now under this government in the UK and the last. It's the cost of these people.
It's successive governments failing to stop them arriving, then failing to get rid of them, then putting them in nice hotels that the locals themselves can't afford. And it's the crimes. The two Afghan asylum seekers who raped a girl, multiple asylum seekers who've stabbed locals, and now the beheading attempt.
Chapter 3: How is the current housing downturn affecting New Zealand's market?
Year after year after year, successive governments say they're going to do something, but then they never do. And so what you've got now is a cost of living crisis with Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage telling people to rise up. You've got the social media algorithms inflaming the tensions.
And you've got people still angry at the video of a young British boy allowed to bleed out because police were more worried about claims of racism. And as a result, what you've seen is it's boiled over. You do not need me to tell you. This is going to help reform in the by-election, which is in a week from today.
That is a disaster for Labour, because Labour's not going to get their man in, Andy Burnham. He's not getting into Parliament if that happens, and he's not going to save the party, and he's not going to save the government. So once again, Labour looks foolish, and once again, the UK looks anarchic.
Chapter 4: What unique insights does comedian Alan Davies bring to his upcoming tour?
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Obviously all eyes are on Belfast this morning as the unrest continues. We've seen houses burned down, we've seen violence on the streets, many arrests as the protests continued. Sir Keir Starmer's calling for calm.
People are rightly sickened by the horrific attack on Monday night in North Belfast. We are united in calling for calm and determined to restore order.
One man whose house was burned down cannot understand the violence. I've lost a whole moon.
Chapter 5: What are the latest developments surrounding the FIFA World Cup preparations?
13 years out here. And that's gone. They're trying to monitor room. I understand they're all angry and all that, but...
Meanwhile, the questions and the fury over the attack are continuing. Officials are trying to explain how exactly the man ended up in Belfast.
We have a job to try and enforce immigration law, and that is why there is already close cooperation between the authorities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The fault lies with the person who has been charged.
And the First Minister says this is not a border issue.
I think there's a lot of misinformation out there in terms of immigration. Of course immigration needs to be controlled. Of course we need to have control over borders. There's no country in the world that doesn't have control over borders. But I think that's a debate for another day.
Back to the war in the Middle East. The President of the United States is still talking retaliation because Iran downed a US chopper.
They shut down a very, very incredible, actually an incredible machine. So we'll see what happens.
But we hit him hard yesterday and we're going to hit him again hard today in case you miss it, in case you don't turn on your television set.
Trump also turned his attention to Graham Platt now. This is the controversial politician who is now the main Democratic Senate candidate after he won the primary this week. Trump didn't hold back.
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Chapter 6: How do recent events in Belfast reflect on the asylum seeker situation?
It's one part of the GDP picture. usually about a sort of six-month lead on momentum in the economy switch over to the heavy stuff the heavy traffic index it fell 1.3 percent in the month but year on year it's up sort of 1.9 percent so looking a little bit more resilient than light traffic it's more of a steer on production more real time than light traffic it can be volatile
But at this stage, it is sort of holding an upward trend. And if I give a sort of takeaway, if I sort of on this, Heather, if I overlay the sort of current Middle East conflict on it, that's hitting household confidence. It's hitting, as we can see from this household behaviour.
And the unfortunate thing is that we're now in this uncomfortable stalemate position and overnight more evidence of that, that a swift resolution is looking unlikely.
However, when I look, Heather, at what the numbers and what the spending numbers did in May when we saw the fuel price come down, I have an increasing view that if we do get a resolution, it could see consumer confidence return quite quickly. The problem we've got is if it drags on a lot longer, I think it's going to have like an almost exponential impact.
It's going to be slower to get that momentum up and running again. So we've got to end this thing. We really do. Hey, what did you make of the inflation numbers out of the U.S. overnight?
Yeah, well, the interesting thing is you gave the numbers, I think, before we came on, didn't you?
4.2%, so it's at the fastest pace in more than three years, 0.5% up from April, so it's way ahead. The thing we've forgotten here, Heather, is do we all recall, because we're all so obsessed with the Middle East and AI and stuff, but there's a new Fed chair. There's a new Fed chair, Kevin Wilson. He was supposed to come in and lower... The whole idea was he was going to lower interest rates.
Well, it looks like the first thing he's going to have to do, potentially, he's going to have to increase the Fed funds rates. So this wasn't part of the story. So the dovish Fed chair might end up having to actually increase interest rates there. This is important for us, Heather, because if U.S. interest rates go up, that's put pressure on our interest rates as well.
So this one, it's a moving story, and we've got to keep an eye on it.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of the rising energy costs on New Zealand's economy?
Good of you to come in this early. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much. It is a beautiful building. Oh, thank you. We're proud of it. Yeah, are you? I mean, because there is an expectation in Britomart, isn't there, that if you put something in there, it can't be boring?
There is, and we're very proud.
We recently announced the reopening of the Chief Post Office old building, the CPO, and it's just a beautiful historic building for the country.
And so now to do a new building, a contemporary building, it's a lovely juxtaposition between what we're very proud of in terms of our past and what the future looks like in terms of this new building.
Is it going to go where the little buildings are, the pavilions with the retailers in? So you're temporarily shifting them out, knocking that down, putting this building up? We are, and we're actually on Gore Street building new pavilions, six of them, to rehouse some of our existing tenants and then keep them operating until this new building is finished, and then we'll move them back into that.
And so in the building you're going to have retail and food and beverage operators and also office space. Yes. How much was it, like 20,000 square metres? Yes, that's correct. Do we need that much in Auckland? Yes, we think so.
And it's a matter of creating an environment where people would prefer to go to work than stay at home.
And so that's part of what we have to do is keep a very active, pleasurable environment where people choose to go to work. Do you believe downtown Auckland will revive to this extent? I do. Why? It's always a matter of surges. You have bad times and then they're followed by good times. And we've been through this when we built our first building, the East Building.
It was the middle of the financial crisis for the world and all the banks closed down. So we've sort of endured that sort of condition. And this almost feels like a little bit of deja vu. It's not quite as drastic what's going on in terms of the downturn. But it will invariably come back again. And timing is guesswork, but we have faith in the future.
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Chapter 8: How does the performance of charter schools compare to traditional schools?
Like, that's Labour Party mathematics, right? You don't spend $340,000 on something that you only get $11,000 worth of use out of. You may as well just get – there are services, there are VIP car services out there. We can hire them a driver when they want to go somewhere. My problem is that, but my problem is largely about who's claiming the money. What's Jenny up to?
What's Jenny Shipley doing? Biggest spender, $3,900. She beats Helen Clark, $2,567 and definitely beats John Key at $56 and definitely beats Jacinda at zero, but then Jacinda would have to be in the country to use the car. Anyway, what's Jenny up to? Because I don't understand this. How is she the biggest spender? She was the prime minister for one hot minute, wasn't she?
And by the way, these cars are supposed to be for work related to being a prime minister once upon a time. So how is it that Jenny, who was a prime minister for one minute, has more work related to being a prime minister than Helen, who was actually a prime minister for nine years? If that doesn't tell you there's something funny going on and we need to look at this, then I don't know what is.
We're off to Belfast. Well, we're off to talk to Enda Brady about Belfast. The latest is water cannons are being used to try to keep people away from an asylum seeker hotel. So Enda on that next. News Talk ZB. In a noisy world, hear yourself think. It's Heather Dupacy-Allen on the Mike Hosking Breakfast with Aveda Retirement Communities.
Life your way. News Talk ZB.
So the situation in Belfast, Nigel Farage can't help but continue to stir the pot. Look, whatever the family said in Belfast, the fact is things kicked off in Belfast last night in a very, very big way. And things will continue to kick off. And I'm very open about the fact that some very bad actors get involved in this stuff, but not the vast majority. The vast majority are fearful.
The vast majority want action. They actually want something done to make their streets safer. I think the fear is this stuff gets worse. Unless you give people hope, this stuff will get worse.
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Right, it's 22 away from 9. Enda Brady, our UK correspondent with us. Morning, Enda. Good morning, Heather. Good to speak to you. How's it looking there tonight? So there is trouble again. In the past hour, police have used water cannon to try and disperse protesters. What these protesters are trying to get at tonight is a hotel that is being used to... house migrants and asylum seekers.
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