David Cunliffe
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Oct 2, 2026
Craig McCullochHOST
Was a bit more fr- I mean, that's the thing I always say is that elections are d- are usually decided by vibes, and I mean, and the joke is that they're decided by Winston Peters, which there's a little bit of truth to, but for the most part it's vibes, and I think that, yeah, for that reason, the outcome is, is usually fairly obvious w- well before election day.
Craig McCullochHOST
I mean, if you thought, took 2014, I think everyone except David Cunliffe knew that National was going to ro- romp home that year.
Craig McCullochHOST
2017 was more predictable, um, but even then there was a, a clear mood i- in the air for change, which Winston Peters then did deliver.
Craig McCullochHOST
2020, the only question was how much would Labour win by.
Craig McCullochHOST
And I think that for that reason, the outcome is usually fairly obvious well before election day.
Craig McCullochHOST
I mean, if you took 2014, I think everyone except David Cunliffe knew that National was going to romp home that year.
Craig McCullochHOST
2017 was more predictable, but even then there was a clear mood in the air for change, which Winston Peters then did deliver.
Craig McCullochHOST
2020, the only question was how much would Labour win by.
John CampbellHOST
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John CampbellHOST
What have we got on Morning Report Essentials for this episode? Well, David Cunliffe, who was the chair of the group that wrote the report into aged care and warned that it is costing more and more and more alongside superannuation, which was really identified in pre-foo as a rising cost.
John CampbellHOST
So is it time for a political consensus at this point? during an election campaign about how we pay for the rising number of us who are becoming old as a percentage of our population.
John CampbellHOST
Really interesting conversation with David Cunliffe.
John CampbellHOST
Also this morning, Southland Urology, the crisis there.
John CampbellHOST
Well, basically, they haven't got any urologists in Southland.
John CampbellHOST
28% of the tax take spent on super and interest rate costs by 2031.
John CampbellHOST
This comes just six weeks after a major report into the country's aged care sector called for major systemic reform to keep up with our ageing population.
John CampbellHOST
This comes just six weeks after a major report into the country's aged care sector called for major systemic reform to keep up with our aging population.
John CampbellHOST
So should aged care, which is what this report was about, and superannuation be election issues? And is it possible to fashion a consensus that survives party politics and election cycles? David Cunliffe was the chair of the ministerial advisory group that wrote the report on aged care in New Zealand.
John CampbellHOST
We spoke to him in August, the day the report was released, and he's with us again now.
John CampbellHOST
Morning, David.
7 MINS LATER
David CunliffeGUEST
So it's like pass the parcel in the Irish pub.
David CunliffeGUEST
You don't want to be the one holding it when the music stops.
John CampbellHOST
David Cunliffe, who was chair of the Report into Aged Care, not superannuation, uh, thank you so much for joining us this morning.
John CampbellHOST
We really appreciate it.
Craig McCullochHOST
And I think that, yeah, for that reason, the outcome is usually fairly obvious well before election day.
Craig McCullochHOST
I mean, if you took 2014, I think everyone except David Cunliffe knew that National was going to romp home that year.
Craig McCullochHOST
2017 was more predictable, but even then there was a clear mood in the air for change, which Winston Peters then did deliver.
Craig McCullochHOST
2020, the only question was how much would Labour win by? 2023, it was the opposite.
Garth BrayHOST
Last month, a major report warned the current model is unsustainable, calling for significant funding increases and structural change to secure the sector's future.
Garth BrayHOST
Joining me now at the desk is Polis co-founder and partner David Cunliffe, who chaired the Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group.
Garth BrayHOST
David, thanks very much for joining us here this morning.
Garth BrayHOST
Look, I guess big numbers.
5 MINS LATER
David CunliffeGUEST
But by fixing the system so that you keep people out of hospital and you delay their entry to res care and you provide more respite and better home care, you save money overall.
David CunliffeGUEST
And that's both better for people and better for the Treasury.
Garth BrayHOST
David Cunliffe, you make a compelling argument there.
Garth BrayHOST
Thanks very much.
Geoff BertramGUEST
You're right to say that a lot of energy suddenly appeared, but it's really important to remember that until very nearly before the election in 2017, Jacinda Ardern was not the leader.
Geoff BertramGUEST
And the leaders of the Labour Party over the preceding six or seven years, David Cunliffe and David Shearer and Andrew Little and so on, each of them had their own policy agenda as leader.
Geoff BertramGUEST
When Jacinda came in, she had not been the leader whatsoever.
Geoff BertramGUEST
She had been one of the rising stars, but not in a position to dictate the formation of policy by the party machine.
Sam SachdevaHOST
I don't know where you think the odds slipped in.
Tim MurphyHOST
Well, you know, Labour and National after them did act against telecom in 2008 when Labour was in power and David Cunliffe forced a degree of separation internally in the company to basically get the lines element separate from the services and communications, you know, numbers and data and so on.
Tim MurphyHOST
So there was that degree.
Tim MurphyHOST
Then National came in and as part of the whole rollout of broadband, that was negotiated that they would actually be separated off.
Catherine RyanHOST
This is, you know, we are listening to your perspective of the way things work, right? And it's not like you're a disinterested party, but I am listening to what you are saying about the way things work.
Catherine RyanHOST
It comes at a time when we've just had the ministerial advisory group on aged care reporting, the former health minister, David Cunliffe.
Catherine RyanHOST
40 recommendations in total.
Catherine RyanHOST
And one of the key messages that the way things are going, there's going to be a shortage of 9,000 residential beds in just over a decade.
Sam SachdevaHOST
And I just want to start with an apology to our listeners.
Sam SachdevaHOST
Borrowing from the immortal words of David Cunliffe, I am sorry for being a man.
Sam SachdevaHOST
Specifically, I'm very sorry that I'm not Laura Walters, who filled in more than ably in my absence last week.
Sam SachdevaHOST
And I'm sure many, many people would love to see her here now rather than me.