A growing trend of cocktail kegs has made its way to New Zealand.

Some in the hospitality industry say mass batches of drinks such as martinis, margaritas and mojitos are speeding up service. 

Norma Taps co-owner Luke Jones says he set up the business to prove kegs as a viable option to minimise waste and operate efficiently.

Jones tells Mike Hosking the cocktail kegs use fresh ingredients and are pressurised to maintain a long shelf life.

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A growing trend of cocktail kegs has made its way to New Zealand. 
Some in the hospitality industry say mass batches of drinks such as martinis, margaritas and mojitos are speeding up service.  
Norma Taps co-owner Luke Jones says he set up the business to prove kegs as a viable option to minimise waste and operate efficiently. 
Jones tells Mike Hosking the cocktail kegs use fresh ingredients and are pressurised to maintain a long shelf life. 
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Luke Jones: Norma Taps co-owner on bringing growing trend of cocktail kegs in New Zealand

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Fear from our public agencies may have contributed to failure in the Tom Phillips case.  

Phillips was shot dead by police a year ago after being on the run for four years with his children.  

An inquiry has found public agencies missed opportunities to find the children earlier, and criticised Police and Oranga Tamariki for their lack of information sharing. 

Social Development Minister Louise Upston told Mike Hosking it needs to be reiterated that information can be shared if a child is in danger.  

She says they may have been scared of getting in trouble or worried that information wasn't kept safe. 

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Fear from our public agencies may have contributed to failure in the Tom Phillips case. &nbsp;
Phillips was shot dead by police a year ago after being on the run for four years with his children. &nbsp;
An inquiry has found public agencies missed opportunities to find the children earlier, and criticised Police and Oranga Tamariki for their lack of information sharing.&nbsp;
Social Development Minister Louise Upston told Mike Hosking it needs to be reiterated that information can be shared if a child is in danger. &nbsp;
She says they may have been scared of getting in trouble or worried that information wasn't kept safe.&nbsp;
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Louise Upston: Social Development Minister on the results of the inquiry into the Tom Phillips case, lack of information sharing

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I read that nearly a third of students who would have passed NCEA Level 2 under the current system will struggle under the new one. 

BERL have done research that suggests 15,000 students have followed pathways that may be harder to replicate. 

I'm not sure what the point of this research is. 

They also claim the changes come at a cost of $50 million, most of which goes into relief teachers to cover staff working on changes. 

The narrative is sort of presented as one of potential trouble, or a bleak future for kids that won't cope. 

Here is what I know as a parent of five, who all dealt with NCEA at various levels – it’s a joke. Not all of it, but a lot of it. 

The sad truth is that if 15,000 are not going to be able to carry on the way they were under this new system, I say not a moment too soon. 

NCEA was, without putting too fine a point on it, a piss-take. 

On paper the idea you could pick from a myriad of nice-to-haves, anything you want that didn’t need to be relevant to the real world or your chances at a job, was fun. You could piece together your eclectic selection of hobby topics and before you knew it, you had your credits. 

This was a farce. In theory it's fantastic. In reality it was a rort to game the system. 

When BERL say replicate the old system, this is what they mean; subjects no one cares about, or is getting work in, or subjects you may be interested in as a night class at polytech. None of it was designed to set you up for life. 

It was designed to produce a factory of success stories so schools could say look at our pass rate. 

You weren't passing anything of note. 

So the next problem is when students turn up to real subjects, with real expectations, and they struggle. That will show up in figures. 

It will show up in fails. Oh, I used that word that can't be used in education – "fail", "did not achieve", "not passed". 

But that is how countries who succeed do it. They educate their kids in real-world subjects at real-world rates because, guess what, they are going out into the real world. 

Our foray into educational fantasy was always going to end in tears. Between Covid and 25 years of NCEA we have sold a generation of kids short, if not down the river. 

Sure, lots did fine. But that’s always the way. 

Good kids never fail. It's the rest who didn’t know better, or who took the mickey, that will, and are, paying the price. 

I read that nearly a third of students who would have passed NCEA Level 2 under the current system will struggle under the new one.&nbsp;
BERL have done research that suggests 15,000 students have followed pathways that may be harder to replicate.&nbsp;
I'm not sure what the point of this research is.&nbsp;
They also claim the changes come at a cost of $50 million, most of which goes into relief teachers to cover staff working on changes.&nbsp;
The narrative is sort of presented as one of potential trouble, or a bleak future for kids that won't cope.&nbsp;
Here is what I know as a parent of five, who all dealt with NCEA at various levels – it’s a joke. Not all of it, but a lot of it.&nbsp;
The sad truth is that if 15,000 are not going to be able to carry on the way they were under this new system, I say not a moment too soon.&nbsp;
NCEA was, without putting too fine a point on it, a piss-take.&nbsp;
On paper the idea you could pick from a myriad of nice-to-haves, anything you want that didn’t need to be relevant to the real world or your chances at a job, was fun. You could piece together your eclectic selection of hobby topics and before you knew it, you had your credits.&nbsp;
This was a farce. In theory it's fantastic. In reality it was a rort to game the system.&nbsp;
When BERL say replicate the old system, this is what they mean; subjects no one cares about, or is getting work in, or subjects you may be interested in as a night class at polytech. None of it was designed to set you up for life.&nbsp;
It was designed to produce a factory of success stories so schools could say look at our pass rate.&nbsp;
You weren't passing anything of note.&nbsp;
So the next problem is when students turn up to real subjects, with real expectations, and they struggle. That will show up in figures.&nbsp;
It will show up in fails. Oh, I used that word that can't be used in education – "fail", "did not achieve", "not passed".&nbsp;
But that is how countries who succeed do it. They educate their kids in real-world subjects at real-world rates because, guess what, they are going out into the real world.&nbsp;
Our foray into educational fantasy was always going to end in tears. Between Covid and 25 years of NCEA we have sold a generation of kids short, if not down the river.&nbsp;
Sure, lots did fine. But that’s always the way.&nbsp;
Good kids never fail. It's the rest who didn’t know better, or who took the mickey, that will, and are, paying the price.&nbsp;

Mike's Minute: We are moving forward into real-world education

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More signs of life in the economy, as the services sector expands for a third straight month.  

The BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index rose to 51.2 in August – it's strongest result since September 2023. 

New orders and business rose to 55.2, while retail climbed above 50 for the first time since January.  

BNZ Senior Economist Doug Steel told Mike Hosking the new orders number is the bright spot on the survey and gives them hope that recovery is going to broaden. 

He says exports are a pretty big driver of things picking up, especially primary exports, which is then driving activity in areas like transport and storage.  

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More signs of life in the economy, as the services sector expands for a third straight month. &nbsp;
The BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index rose to 51.2 in August – it's strongest result since September 2023.&nbsp;
New orders and business rose to 55.2, while retail climbed above 50 for the first time since January. &nbsp;
BNZ Senior Economist Doug Steel told Mike Hosking the new orders number is the bright spot on the survey and gives them hope that recovery is going to broaden.&nbsp;
He says exports are a pretty big driver of things picking up, especially primary exports, which is then driving activity in areas like transport and storage. &nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE &nbsp;

Doug Steel: BNZ Senior Economist on the services sector expanding in the BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index

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Luke Jones: Norma Taps co-owner on bringing growing trend of cocktail kegs in New Zealand

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