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Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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7005 - Mitch McCann: US Correspondent on JD Vance's efforts to bolster support for Donald Trump's cabinet picks
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  • 7005 - Mitch McCann: US Correspondent on JD Vance's efforts to bolster support for Donald Trump's cabinet picks

    JD Vance is facing a tricky task on Capitol Hill. 

    The vice president-elect has arrived at the Capitol to shore up support for Trump’s controversial cabinet picks. 

    He’ll spend the week organising meetings between Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth and key Republican senators involved in their confirmation process. 

    US Correspondent Mitch McCann told Ryan Bridge that Gaetz is with Vance today, and it’ll be a tall order to get him confirmed as people have already spoken out against him.  

    He says that it would be quite the defeat for Donald Trump if he was rejected. 

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    Wed, 20 Nov 2024
  • 7004 - Paul Basham: Police Assistant Commissioner on the increased reports of gang insignia before the ban came into effect

    Police hope an increased focus on gang activity will pay dividends.  

    The gang patch ban has been in force since midnight.  

    Police Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham says in the lead up to the ban, there was an increase in reports of gang members wearing their patches prominently in public. 

    He says they get reports on criminal behaviour all the time, so this increase was that combined with a heightened awareness from the public. 

    Basham told Ryan Bridge the legislation will create opportunities to catch other crimes.  

    He says targeting small groups with high offending rates has a disproportionate effect on crime. 

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    Wed, 20 Nov 2024
  • 7003 - Dave Tilton: Temporary Traffic Management Chair on NZ Transport's $800 million spend

    There's little doubt there's unnecessary spend at the Transport Agency. 

    The Transport Minister's called NZTA's costs eye-watering and excessive, after revealing a near $800 million spend over the past three years. 

    That went to road cones, traffic management, state highway maintenance, and capital works. 

    Temporary Traffic Management Chair Dave Tilton told Ryan Bridge he believes it's a systemic issue around how much temporary traffic management is deployed. 

    He says it's a prescriptive system, which doesn't give room for site-specific considerations. 

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    Wed, 20 Nov 2024
  • 7002 - John Harbord: Major Electricity Users' Group Chair says the rising electricity costs will impact industrial manufacturers more significantly

    Households and businesses are set to face higher electricity bills. 

    The Commerce Commission estimates the average household's monthly electricity bill will rise by around $10 from April. 

    The Commission's allowing Transpower and local lines companies to raise prices as they aim to upgrade and maintain the grid. 

    Major Electricity Users' Group Chair John Harbord told Ryan Bridge the impact will be more significant on industrial manufacturers. 

    He says those large businesses don't buy their electricity from retailers, so the percentage of their bill that comes from transmission is higher. 

    Harbord says many of those businesses are already struggling with costs. 

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    Wed, 20 Nov 2024
  • 7001 - Ryan Bridge: Is the patch ban going to solve the underlaying causes of gang crime?

    Everyone hates gangs. Unless you're in them, you hate them because they intimidate, they cause misery, they beat their wives, they do all sorts of awful things. 

    But I just worry that the gang patch ban in and of itself is not really going to solve the underlying causes, is it? 

    And what I worry about is the waste that could go into this. 

    The waste of time, police energy and resources. Every time Betty sees a gang patch, she rings in 111, which is fine because I know it's intimidating. However, that is going to tie up some police time which could be better spent solving an actual crime. 

    The other problem here is the design of the insignia, the gang patch. 

    So at the moment, the police know the designs of each of the gangs' patches. 

    What they're apparently doing is going down through and making subtle changes, adding words like mana whenua, or changing this logo or that logo. 

    So, sure, you will take the patch, you will collect it as evidence, you will take it to court, and the lawyers will argue that it's different. 

    I mean where are we now with our legal bills and our legal aid bills? What have we actually achieved in doing that? 

    Have we reduced crime, or have we increased the cost of administering a fashion police policy? 

    That's my only concern. 

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    Wed, 20 Nov 2024
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