Podcast Episodes

Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the Government moving ahead with social media ban for under-16s

Instagram and Tiktok could soon become off-limits for under-16s.

A new Online Safety Bill introduced to Parliament today requires a range of social m…

1 day, 2 hours ago

Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the Government introducing their own teen social media ban

A teen social media ban, resembling one pioneered by Australia, is being introduced to Parliament today.

The Online Safety Bill requires platforms li…

1 day, 3 hours ago

Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on Australian rental prices increasing to more than half of median take-home pay

Over in Australia, new data shows renting a unit now costs more than half the median take-home pay of a single worker in every capital city.

Data sho…

1 day, 3 hours ago

Jason Pine: Sportstalk host on the All Blacks beating out the Springboks over the weekend

The morning after the night before and the All Blacks are back to business ahead of their final South African tour game against the Lions on Wednesda…

1 day, 3 hours ago

Jean Moor: NZNO delegate and nurse on the levels of 'overcrowding' impacting New Zealand hospitals

A nurse working in Auckland's North Shore Hospital ED says her colleagues have been forced to declare a 'state of emergency' - because of chronic und…

1 day, 3 hours ago

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Mount Maunganui landslide report couldn't be more damning

I'm astonished, can I say, that Marty Grenfell, the boss of Tauranga City Council, thinks no one has to quit over the landslide and the damning repor…

2 days, 9 hours ago

Full Show Podcast: 21 August 2026

Listen to the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday 21 August.
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every w…

4 days ago

Gregor Paul: New Zealand Herald's Rugby Analyst in South Africa ahead of Sunday's All Blacks test match

Rugby's Greatest Rivalry is counting down to the real action kicking off on Sunday morning, with the Springboks and All Blacks coaches engaging in so…

4 days, 2 hours ago

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Harry and Meghan deserve security when they return to the UK

We need to talk about Harry and Meghan again because now that they're moving back to the UK, it has completely, unsurprisingly, reignited the deb…

4 days, 2 hours ago

Julie White: Travel Agents Association CEO on Fiji's new 5% tourism tax

A new 5% 'tourist tax' implemented by the Fijian government has potential to add cost to your next Island holiday.

Travel Agents Association of New Z…

4 days, 2 hours ago