The nurses union says there's not enough health staff to meet health targets. 

The Health Minister's laid out his plans for delivering health targets set in March.  

Dr Shane Reti's discussed increasing public hospital beds and operating theatres and using private hospital capacity more. 

He's confident the Budget and resources are already in place to deliver them. 

Nurses Organisation President Kerri Nuku told Ryan Bridge the whole workforce is understaffed and chronically underfunded. 

She says it's fine to have ambitious plans, but if there aren't the people or resources to implement them, it'll fail.

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The nurses union says there's not enough health staff to meet health targets.  
The Health Minister's laid out his plans for delivering health targets set in March.   
Dr Shane Reti's discussed increasing public hospital beds and operating theatres and using private hospital capacity more.  
He's confident the Budget and resources are already in place to deliver them.  
Nurses Organisation President Kerri Nuku told Ryan Bridge the whole workforce is understaffed and chronically underfunded.  
She says it's fine to have ambitious plans, but if there aren't the people or resources to implement them, it'll fail. 
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A fresh and intelligent start to your day - catch the very latest international and domestic news developments, sport, entertainment and business on Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, on Newstalk ZB.

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Kerri Nuku: Nurses Organisation President on the lack of staff needed to meet the healthcare targets

Space milestones are only going to keep on coming, with the first ever commercial space walk mission.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis have become the first civilians to walk in space. 

The Space X mission also put the total number of people currently in space to 19, tying the record set in 2021.

Auckland University's Spacecraft Missions Director Chris Jackson told Ryan Bridge the number's only going to increase with SpaceX and NASA's future plans.

He says they want to populate the Moon, which will put a lot more people in space across a lot of different places.

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Space milestones are only going to keep on coming, with the first ever commercial space walk mission. 
Billionaire Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis have become the first civilians to walk in space.  
The Space X mission also put the total number of people currently in space to 19, tying the record set in 2021. 
Auckland University's Spacecraft Missions Director Chris Jackson told Ryan Bridge the number's only going to increase with SpaceX and NASA's future plans. 
He says they want to populate the Moon, which will put a lot more people in space across a lot of different places. 
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Chris Jackson: Auckland University's Spacecraft Missions Director on the first commercial spacewalk

Kamala Harris was wearing audio earrings during the debate this week.

Did you hear about this? Yeah, she was cheating.

They looked like pearl earrings, but they also look like audio earrings. You can buy them, and you can have your staff feed you information in real time during a debate, they can coach you live.

Yeah, it's real, I read it on the internet.

That's the problem, isn't it? On some corners of the internet there's the dog-duck-immigrant conspiracy thing, there's the trans migrant prisoner sex change thing, and now there's the Kamala earrings thing.

Misinformation, disinformation, conspiracies, whatever they are, they seem to be everywhere at the moment.

Kamala Harris is pushing the conspiracies too, remember she said during the debate that Trump would implement project 2025 if elected, he says he won't.

Isn't that the same thing? Just lies, just making stuff up?

Don't get me wrong, I do love a good conspiracy, especially the bizarre ones you get out of the States, but I would never go nuts online trying to prove one.

The internet's screwed our brains in that way, what would have once just been a word of mouth, rumour, or gossip now spreads and presents itself as real news and is lapped up by millions of people.

The biggest problem I reckon, we have two cohorts of internet users, ones who have lived the most of their lives without the internet and they place a lot of faith and trust in what's being written and said because that's how we used to operate, remember?

And then there are those who are URL natives who know full well the absolute crap and the shite that you get online – which is not to say it's a generational thing because, you know, people at both ends can get caught out.

But we are supposedly living right now in the enlightened age where the internet would democratise information, make it accessible to all of us.

We'd all be better informed and better off with all the knowledge of human history available at the click of a finger.

And what have we done with that?

Cats, dogs, ducks, and audio airings.

Kamala Harris was wearing audio earrings during the debate this week. 
Did you hear about this? Yeah, she was cheating. 
They looked like pearl earrings, but they also look like audio earrings. You can buy them, and you can have your staff feed you information in real time during a debate, they can coach you live. 
Yeah, it's real, I read it on the internet. 
That's the problem, isn't it? On some corners of the internet there's the dog-duck-immigrant conspiracy thing, there's the trans migrant prisoner sex change thing, and now there's the Kamala earrings thing. 
Misinformation, disinformation, conspiracies, whatever they are, they seem to be everywhere at the moment. 
Kamala Harris is pushing the conspiracies too, remember she said during the debate that Trump would implement project 2025 if elected, he says he won't. 
Isn't that the same thing? Just lies, just making stuff up? 
Don't get me wrong, I do love a good conspiracy, especially the bizarre ones you get out of the States, but I would never go nuts online trying to prove one. 
The internet's screwed our brains in that way, what would have once just been a word of mouth, rumour, or gossip now spreads and presents itself as real news and is lapped up by millions of people. 
The biggest problem I reckon, we have two cohorts of internet users, ones who have lived the most of their lives without the internet and they place a lot of faith and trust in what's being written and said because that's how we used to operate, remember? 
And then there are those who are URL natives who know full well the absolute crap and the shite that you get online – which is not to say it's a generational thing because, you know, people at both ends can get caught out. 
But we are supposedly living right now in the enlightened age where the internet would democratise information, make it accessible to all of us. 
We'd all be better informed and better off with all the knowledge of human history available at the click of a finger. 
And what have we done with that? 
Cats, dogs, ducks, and audio airings.

Ryan Bridge: The problem with internet conspiracy theories

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 13th of September, the government's revealed how they will reach its health targets, but health workers are raising concerns. Kerri Nuku from the Nurses Organisation joins the show to discuss.

Extra coal and gas was needed over winter to generate electricity with low lake levels in the South Island, should we be concerned about the reduction in renewable generation? The University of Otago's Dr Kimberly O'Sullivan talks to Ryan.

The first privately funded spacewalk has ended successfully. Is this the start of space tourism? University of Auckland's Head of Space Operations Chris Jackson joins the show.

Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 13th of September, the government's revealed how they will reach its health targets, but health workers are raising concerns. Kerri Nuku from the Nurses Organisation joins the show to discuss. 
Extra coal and gas was needed over winter to generate electricity with low lake levels in the South Island, should we be concerned about the reduction in renewable generation? The University of Otago's Dr Kimberly O'Sullivan talks to Ryan. 
The first privately funded spacewalk has ended successfully. Is this the start of space tourism? University of Auckland's Head of Space Operations Chris Jackson joins the show. 
Get the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. 
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Kerri Nuku: Nurses Organisation President on the lack of staff needed to meet the healthcare targets

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