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Speaker 1: So I'm Andrew Dickinson, I'm the filling guy, and I'm filling in for Ryan Bridge, and I'm filling in all week, and I'm doing three days next week and three days the week after. And the reason for that is that Ryan is preparing to do telly stuff with Harold now. And last night he was doing the first of the big ones. It was a 90-minute thing called The Future of New Zealand. Now it had politicians, it had seven politicians. Yeah, we had some politicians, but the big thing about this, the difference was all the other people, all the business leaders, all the entrepreneurs, all the tech bros, were all having their say about the future of New Zealand. There was even a dancing robot. And to see Ryan Bridge dancing with a dancing robot on telly was actually quite some sight. So here are some highlights if you haven't seen it. Of course, after Jack Tame suckered us into the are billionaires moral debate, Tamitha Paul, the Green, had some ideas. She reckons, obviously, that billionaires are immoral.
00:00:48
Speaker 2: I think being a billionaire is immoral. Billionaires don't just get there because they're better than anybody else. Often they are utilising public infrastructure to allow them to innovate. They are utilising government grants.
00:00:59
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Meanwhile, Mr John Key was there as well and he thought it was nuts.
00:01:03
Speaker 2: If we're going to sit there and say, oh, we're going to celebrate the Warriors and the All Blacks.
00:01:08
Speaker 3: Who are sports people or artists or whatever.
00:01:10
Speaker 1: Oh, but if you've built a world-class space company.
00:01:13
Speaker 2: Like Peter Beck, oh, that's morally offensive. That is nuts.
00:01:18
Speaker 1: Okay, so I talked about the dancing robot, right? Well, there was a futurist there by the name of Francis Valentine who said that Kiwis are going to have to get used to robots living amongst us. We're going to have to get used to Ryan Bridge dancing with the robot.
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Speaker 4: A lot of it's already here. Flying cars, there are a number of certified companies now. There's more than 25 around the world. Humanoids, we're seeing a really huge rise in humanoids. And then there's this exponential plan to grow.
00:01:40
Speaker 1: Somebody's got to stop those humanoids from breeding.
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Speaker 4: Hello.
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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we had some more of that crazy... That crazy... word-heavy nutsness from Matua Shane.
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Speaker 3: The gouging, villainous ways of the Gentailers, which is not only beggaring, beggaring businesses, but it's leading to de-industrialisation. I really respect the CEO from Contact Energy turning up tonight. I hope he still talks to me after we've split his business in half.
00:02:07
Speaker 1: The Shakespeare of New Zealand and the pollies laid out their vision for New Zealand.
00:02:10
Speaker 4: We want a New Zealand where hard work gets you ahead. We can't unleash New Zealand's potential if we keep cutting it down at the knees.
00:02:17
Speaker 1: Everyone has a home, our tamariki have clean water, have access to prosperous pathways.
00:02:23
Speaker 4: We need political consensus on infrastructure, health, education.
00:02:26
Speaker 3: A future where we've got a reservoir of wealth because our savings have expanded.
00:02:31
Speaker 2: My mokopuna will stay here, they will be raised here, and I want that for all of our mokopuna. We have to celebrate success, not just punish it with more taxes.
00:02:41
Speaker 1: Okay, well the reaction online was super positive. There was an old socialist down in the South Island who used to be a talkback star with the first name Alan, and he wrote, Wow, at a time when New Zealand is spiritually bankrupt, along comes a programme like this, The Future of New Zealand, a bland title for the most uplifting thing I have ever experienced. featuring a bunch of people I had mostly never heard of before. Vicky wrote, this is the stuff we need to hear. Inspiring stuff, not personality, you know, bitch fests that we normally have with our leaders debate. So congratulations, Ryan.
Speaker 1: So I'm Andrew Dickinson, I'm the filling guy, and I'm filling in for Ryan Bridge, and I'm filling in all week, and I'm doing three days next week and three days the week after. And the reason for that is that Ryan is preparing to do telly stuff with Harold now. And last night he was doing the first of the big ones. It was a 90-minute thing called The Future of New Zealand. Now it had politicians, it had seven politicians. Yeah, we had some politicians, but the big thing about this, the difference was all the other people, all the business leaders, all the entrepreneurs, all the tech bros, were all having their say about the future of New Zealand. There was even a dancing robot. And to see Ryan Bridge dancing with a dancing robot on telly was actually quite some sight. So here are some highlights if you haven't seen it. Of course, after Jack Tame suckered us into the are billionaires moral debate, Tamitha Paul, the Green, had some ideas. She reckons, obviously, that billionaires are immoral.
00:00:48
Speaker 2: I think being a billionaire is immoral. Billionaires don't just get there because they're better than anybody else. Often they are utilising public infrastructure to allow them to innovate. They are utilising government grants.
00:00:59
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Meanwhile, Mr John Key was there as well and he thought it was nuts.
00:01:03
Speaker 2: If we're going to sit there and say, oh, we're going to celebrate the Warriors and the All Blacks.
00:01:08
Speaker 3: Who are sports people or artists or whatever.
00:01:10
Speaker 1: Oh, but if you've built a world-class space company.
00:01:13
Speaker 2: Like Peter Beck, oh, that's morally offensive. That is nuts.
00:01:18
Speaker 1: Okay, so I talked about the dancing robot, right? Well, there was a futurist there by the name of Francis Valentine who said that Kiwis are going to have to get used to robots living amongst us. We're going to have to get used to Ryan Bridge dancing with the robot.
00:01:29
Speaker 4: A lot of it's already here. Flying cars, there are a number of certified companies now. There's more than 25 around the world. Humanoids, we're seeing a really huge rise in humanoids. And then there's this exponential plan to grow.
00:01:40
Speaker 1: Somebody's got to stop those humanoids from breeding.
00:01:42
Speaker 4: Hello.
00:01:43
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we had some more of that crazy... That crazy... word-heavy nutsness from Matua Shane.
00:01:51
Speaker 3: The gouging, villainous ways of the Gentailers, which is not only beggaring, beggaring businesses, but it's leading to de-industrialisation. I really respect the CEO from Contact Energy turning up tonight. I hope he still talks to me after we've split his business in half.
00:02:07
Speaker 1: The Shakespeare of New Zealand and the pollies laid out their vision for New Zealand.
00:02:10
Speaker 4: We want a New Zealand where hard work gets you ahead. We can't unleash New Zealand's potential if we keep cutting it down at the knees.
00:02:17
Speaker 1: Everyone has a home, our tamariki have clean water, have access to prosperous pathways.
00:02:23
Speaker 4: We need political consensus on infrastructure, health, education.
00:02:26
Speaker 3: A future where we've got a reservoir of wealth because our savings have expanded.
00:02:31
Speaker 2: My mokopuna will stay here, they will be raised here, and I want that for all of our mokopuna. We have to celebrate success, not just punish it with more taxes.
00:02:41
Speaker 1: Okay, well the reaction online was super positive. There was an old socialist down in the South Island who used to be a talkback star with the first name Alan, and he wrote, Wow, at a time when New Zealand is spiritually bankrupt, along comes a programme like this, The Future of New Zealand, a bland title for the most uplifting thing I have ever experienced. featuring a bunch of people I had mostly never heard of before. Vicky wrote, this is the stuff we need to hear. Inspiring stuff, not personality, you know, bitch fests that we normally have with our leaders debate. So congratulations, Ryan.
