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To the Treaty Principles Bill.
Despite David Seymour's best efforts to pretend that there's absolutely nothing to see here, there is no doubt in my mind that the government is planning to introduce the Treaty Principles Bill tomorrow to try to hide it - because they know full well, we're all going to be completely obsessed and distracted by the US election.
They know that if they get it out on Thursday, tomorrow, it's before the planned Hikoi even sets off on Monday.
I think that indicates that they're trying to bury the thing and get ahead of everything and it shows how much they hating the heat that they're getting for this.
Look, it's politics.
I mean, it feels slightly underhand, it feels a little bit cowardly but it's politics. It's an option available to them and you can't really begrudge them for doing it.
But I don't even think that's the most interesting thing that's going on here.
I think the most interesting thing is that the Waitangi tribunal leaked the fact that the Government was going to do this -apparently within an hour of getting a heads up.
How naĂŻve can you possibly be?
They are pretty much, at the Waitangi Tribunal, all by themselves making a case for why they should be reformed like New Zealand First wants to do.
What they've done here is they have demonstrated just how unbelievably political they now are. They are not a neutral body, right?
They're not just a neutral body sitting there doing their job making decisions.
They are actively taking on the government of the day because they do not like the government of the day.
Now, that is weird to me, especially when it comes to the Treaty Principles Bill because this is a Bill that's going nowhere.
The Prime Minister's already said the thing is going to die.
He's going to kill it.
So why is the Waitangi Tribunal even wasting what credibility they have trying to kill a Bill that's already going to die?
It feels like a really weird hill to die on.
And if they carry on like this, they are going to die on a hill because they will get reformed by New Zealand First. There will be a point which we're all completely convinced that they're too political like âYeah, it's about time they've already shown their political hand by doing weird things like taking cases to adjudicate on government policy, which is kind of outside their remit and that they're having a crack at the government over this bill before even seeing the bill.â
But I think that this particular leak takes the cake because there are few things more political than a political leak.
And by doing this, they have convinced me that they actually do need to be reformed to put them back in their lane.
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The US election has taken over headlines worldwide, with the UKâs news cycle battling time zones to print the latest in their morning papers.
Meanwhile, the UK government is set to ditch plans to ban smoking in the gardens of pubs and restaurants in England.
And, Queen Camilla has cancelled engagements this week due to a chest infection.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey gives the latest.
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Kamala Harris will not speak tonight. Donald Trump is making his way towards his headquarters.
NZ Herald Deputy Political Editor Thomas Coughlan is at Harrisâ HQ and tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the space has been largely empty throughout the night, and many campaign staff are heading out.
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Former US correspondent Tim Wilson of Maxim Institute and Auckland Councilor Maurice Williamson, former US Consul General join the Huddle to discuss the US presidential race, the Governmentâs change of schedule for the Treaty Principles Bill, and calls for a jetski ban at a holiday spot in the Bay of Plenty.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 6 November 2024, Donald Trump is on track to win the US election.
Heather speaks to Republican Scott Brown who has been US ambassador in NZ under Trump⊠but his Democrat counterpart Mark Gilbert is still positive.
Plus, is Jack Tame a bad omen for Democrat candidates?
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Trump is leading in swing states and pollster John Zogby tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the âpath to victoryâ for Kamala Harris is narrowing.
Zogby says within her campaign Harris swung the female vote due to fear of abortion laws under a Trump presidency.
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Westpac has set tougher climate targets for Kiwi dairy farmers than it has for their Australian counterparts.
The bank wants to reduce the emissions of all dairy farms it finances by 10% by 2030.
To achieve this, the bank has told Australian farmers to get emissions down to 0.85 tons of carbon per ton of milk â but Kiwi farmers must get emissions down even further to 0.75 per ton of milk.
Banking spokesperson for Federated Farmers, Richard McIntyre questions the banks role in setting emissions targets for farmers.
âWeâve already got the Government setting targets for us and weâve also got our processors, meat companies setting targets for us.â
McIntyre says Kiwi farmers are already ahead in their efficiency gains compared to Australia.
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New Zealand business wait with bated breath to find out who will become president in the US.
It currently seems that Trump will take the win. He has promised big tariffs on goods from overseas.
Former Trade Minister and former NZ ambassador to the US Tim Groser tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the Democratic partyâs cardinal mistake was fronting a candidate that was ânever going to succeed in presenting herself as a candidate for changeâ.
Groser says Trump will try to move ahead with tariffs quickly, but there are problems he will be completely unaware of â like the pass-on effect of cost to American consumers.
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Unemployment rose less than expected in the September quarter â from 4.6% to 4.8%.
This comes slightly below the financial market expectation of 5%.
Infometrics CEO and Principal Economist Brad Olsen tells Heather du Plessis-Allan there are still a lot of challenges.
Olsen believes this does not affect any hope of a 75 basis point cut but does create a significant dampener.
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Democrat and former US ambassador to New Zealand Mark Gilbert is at Howard University, Kamala Harrisâ election night headquarters where she is expected to speak very soon.
Gilbert tells Heather du Plessis-Allan this is not to be a concession speech â instead it is scheduled to follow the polls called in the West Coast.
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The votes continue to be counted, and it is looking like an uphill battle for Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump leads in all swing states except Nevada.
US political commentator and former Senate debate moderator Dominic Carter tells Heather du Plessis-Allan Kamala Harris has not been an ideal candidate for the Democrat party and has not resonated the way she was expected to.
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The New York Times is calling Donald Trump as the likely winner of the US election, projecting 297 Electoral College seats.
Only one President in history has returned to the White House after a break, rather than serving consecutive terms.
Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper reminds Heather du Plessis-Allan the Democrat vote often comes in late â and there are lots of votes still to be counted.
Plus, the Waitangi Tribunal are being accused of leaking the change in schedule to the Treaty Principles Billâs introduction to Parliament. The Bill will now be introduced on Thursday, more than a week earlier than originally planned.
Soper says the Waitangi Tribunal needs to reflect on its position within the backlash that has since ensued.
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Crucial battleground states are flip-flopping between blue and red as ballots pile up.
Former US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown believes Donald Trump will turn the key states red.
Brown tells Heather du Plessis-Allan that what is different in this election is Trumpâs rise amongst Latino, Hispanic, and Black Americans. Kamala Harrisâ late entrance to the race and avoidance of hard-pressing interviews has affected the voter turnout.
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The Government has brought forward the introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill.
The legislation will be introduced to Parliament on Thursday, more than a week earlier than expected.
A planned country wide protest against the bill is still going ahead next week as planned, in which ahīkoiwill travel from the top of the North Island and from Bluff in the far south to arrive at Parliament in Wellington.
The Government is facing accusations that the change in schedule is to undermine the hīkoi.
David Seymour, the Minister responsible for the Bill, tells Heather du Plessis-Allan scheduled introductions to Parliament are changed often and the changes usually go unnoticed.
âSometimes you get things done early, you go early.â
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The US election is ticking into its last hours.
As voters are putting pen to paper, conflicting views on key priorities will set a challenge for whoever ultimately wins.
Host of TVNZâs Q&A and Newstalk ZBâs Saturday Mornings, Jack Tame is at Kamala Harrisâ election headquarters at Howard University and tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the mood is not yet dark, despite Trump showing an early lead.
Across counties like Michigan and Wisconsin, Harris is not performing as well as Joe Biden did in the previous election, suggesting Harris may not be in the strongest position.
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Let me get you up to speed on what is happening in the US election.
At this point, it is still really early.
There's a lot yet to happen, but it's feeling a hell of a lot like it could be Trump's night.
The New York Times has just started forecasting a Trump win.
They are running a needle on their site, and it basically swings one way or the other depending on how things are going at the moment.
It is leaning to Donald Trump and it's giving him a 69% chance of winning this election.
None of the seven swing states have been called just yet, but he is probably going to win - at least according to the New York Times - Georgia, he's got quite a lead there.
So, I say they'reprobably right and North Carolina to swing states now, potentially he will win a lot more than the polls were predicting, depending on how things are going.
Now, a couple of other things have also gone his way already.He's won Florida. Florida, to be fair is historically a swing state, but since he's been in the running in 2016 itâspretty solidly been a Trump state.
The interesting thing here is that the Democrats were talking about the possibility that they could flip Florida over the abortion issue there. That hasn't happened. He has won it by a huge margin.
If that is a sign of the mood of the country at the moment, he will be very happy by the end of tonight.He's also won Ohio again, a Trump state like Florida used to be a swing state but has been his since 2016 again, won it by a big margin.
Now, as I say, really early days - he is absolutely ahead in the electoral college vote.
And every single outlet that I've had a look at is as counting him like 80 votes higher than Kamala Harris. But that is to be expected.
There usually is what they call a red mirage really early in the evening where they get a lot of votes coming in for the Republicans and then Democrats catch up later on.
Nothing surprising has happened at the moment.Neither side has actually managed to flip a state against the other.
But so far two swing states and two signal states have gone for Trump and early on it feels like it's going his way. We're going to keep you posted throughout the show.
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The US election results will start flooding in tomorrow - and UK officials are weighing up the implications of a Trump or Harris victory.
Donald Trump winning his second term in office is a point of concern for some, with many worried about Trump pulling the US out of NATO and driving up tariffs.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says there's also fears about what a Trump presidency could mean for the Russia-Ukraine war as well.
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Meat and wine exporters are scrambling to get a handle on the possibility of higher tariffs in a key market if Donald Trump wis the presidency.
The Republican presidential candidate has threatened tariffs of at least 20 percent on all imports to pay for tax cuts and increase jobs in the US.
The Country's Jamie Mackay says producers won't want to shoulder the extra costs that could come with these changes.
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The Reserve Bank has warned the economic downturn is expected to get worse before it gets better, with unemployment being expected to worsen.
The bank's biannual Financial Stability Report says unemployment will peak at 5.4 percent by 2025.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen says there are better economic times on the horizon - but there'll be 6-9 months of pain first.
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Inland Revenue has admitted to providing Facebook owner Meta with the names, addresses and other contact details of 268,000 taxpayers in 'raw' unencrypted form.
This news comes after an investigation into the IRD's use of social media companies to target taxpayers.
Queenstown employment relations consultant and initial complainant David Buckingham was surprised by this development.
"I did actually think they had some pretty good processes around at least hashing it - that wasn't really the focus of my initial complaint."
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