Podcast Episodes

D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on whether Luke Metcalf can leave the Warriors

Luke Metcalf is poised to leave the Warriors.

The NRL club have confirmed they have agreed to a request from Metcalf's management to talk with other …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Steve Watt: Police Association President on the new pay bump being promised to officers

The Police Association says a new pay offer doesn't meet struggling officers' needs.

The union says they'd effectively get a 0.6 percent bump, with n…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on Labour's poor showing at the local elections

The pressure on Sir Keir Starmer keeps ramping up in the UK.

Labour had a disastrous showing in local elections at the end of last week - a reflectio…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Geoff Bertram: energy economist on the Greens calling for the Government to bring down power prices

The Green Party's written to Government ministers asking them to use their majority owner status to pressure major gentailers to reduce power prices.…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Shane Solly: Harbour Asset Management expert on the market reactions to the 'no deal' announcement on the Middle East conflict

Oil prices have jumped more than three percent on the back of another snag in negotiations between the US and Iran. 

Donald Trump has taken to social…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Huddle: Is this the end of Te Pāti Māori?

Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and Child Fund CEO Josie Pagani joined in on a discussion about the following issues of t…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'd like to take some credit for the end of fees-free

We’re never going to know for sure what tipped the Government into finally cutting the fees-free policy but I would like to take some credit for this…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Full Show Podcast: 11 May 2026

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Monday, 11 May, 2026, we ask a Māori political commentator if others will join Mariameno …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the end of fees-free study

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has backed the decision to scrap the fees-free scheme for good.

Last week, Winston Peters revealed to Newstalk ZB on F…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fleur Fitzsimons: PSA National Secretary on the number of public servants looking to move overseas for work

There's a view Government attacks on public service workers are driving them out of the country. 

New Public Service Commission data finds a quarter …

1 month, 2 weeks ago