Wrapping the Week with Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson: Dame Lynda Topp's Budget criticism, holidays, and Oura Rings
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The Week in Review with Two Degrees. Fighting for fair for Kiwi business.
Timothy Wilson, Catherine Hawksby, good morning to you both. Good morning. Good morning.
I have a text in from my sister off the back of your little rant before the news. She says, could not agree more with Mike this morning. Was so pissed that the media focused on the whinging Labour voters at the Music Awards wanting more money for the arts. This country does not know how to be happy or celebrate success. What a pathetic pack of losers.
I love Jessica. She's my favourite sister-in-law. I know.
Oh, my goodness. God bless her. Hey, look, I actually I'm not with Jules Holland at all. I think we need to spend more on defense because Xi Jinping's been saying get ready for war since 2018. China's had the fastest rearmament in 200 years. The European defense budgets have increased by 30 percent over the last decade. We need to catch up.
What criticism did Dame Lynda Topp have about the Budget?
Problem with that, Tim, is none of those people at that audience last night understand any of that, and nor are they interested. And if you gave them $2 billion, it would be gone in a week and a half on Lord knows what. It just saddens me. Jessica's right. We have lost the ability to celebrate now, and it's as much the media's fault as it is the top twins in moaning. And I feel sorry. What's the worst job? Answer me this question. First start up at 10. What's the most miserable job in arts in this country? Is it the new CEO of Radio New Zealand, or is it the Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Goldsmith?
Oh, it's got to be the Minister of Arts and Culture.
It's got to be Paul Goldsmith here because he gets rinsed at every event he goes to.
He just turns up and gets abused. I just wouldn't bother going.
No.
They just attack him every time. What's the point?
Do you know the interesting thing? The Radio Awards are next week and he turns up to the Radio Awards and I'm just thinking about it. He's never been abused at the Radio Awards?
Well, we're a classier crowd, aren't we, obviously?
But that's because you don't go, so he's safe. But I don't remember, not just him, but who was the Labour Arts Minister that was broadcast? It was Willie Jackson. So I think we generally behave ourselves. I just never understood. There's something about that thespian-esque artist-type crowd that are just permanently miserable and angry and downtrodden And you can't escape from the fact, and I mean, I've interviewed a lot of musicians on this program, and I love them and all that and what they do creatively, but you can't escape from the fact that a lot of them don't make any money, and they don't make any money because they're actually not that good.
I'm surprised they missed the opportunity at the Music Awards not to open with, now that Aisha Verrill has dropped her debut album, I would have opened with that.
What are the main points of discussion regarding the Aotearoa Music Awards?
Very, very good. Can I just say, well, I'm a bit disappointed the radio awards is so sedate. Radio used to be a haven of miscreants. Do you reckon? Bad, troubled people.
I think that, Timothy, it's an urban myth. When I got into radio, they used to say, oh, mate, mate, it's not like the old days. And every year or every decade, they go, ah, yeah, but it's not like it used to be, eh? And I've been around for 40 years, and it's pretty much been the same the whole time.
Here's the deal. I went to an event held by a significant media company, and one of the leaders did a shoo-ee. Now, that's the kind of event.
What year was that? I'm not going to tell you.
But what year was it?
Was it recently? Oh, it was about four years ago. Four years ago, someone did a shoo-ee? Oh, that was Jason. No, that was Jason.
Old pissy Jason. Jason does a shooie every Friday. That doesn't count.
I tell you what, have you read the media column this morning in the Herald? What's happening? Okay, so they're looking, Radio New Zealand's looking for a new CEO, and they've run through a list of, they've done one of their regular lists, which involves about 812 people, everyone you can think of, including Luke Metcalf and Helen Clark. Anyway, one of the names in there is old Jase, our boss, and I tell you what, if Jason turned up at Radio New Zealand, one of two things would happen.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:59
2
What criticism did Dame Lynda Topp have about the Budget?
0:59–2:45
3
What are the main points of discussion regarding the Aotearoa Music Awards?
2:45–5:12
4
What challenges are associated with being a Minister of Arts and Culture?
5:12–6:52
5
How do the hosts feel about the current state of the arts in New Zealand?
6:52–11:29
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