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Don Mackinnon: NZ20 establishment committee chair on the competition being delayed until 2028
The proposed privately-backed NZ20 competition will be readjusted for a 2028 launch instead, NZ Cricket confirmed.
Organisers have pushed back the l…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Michael Baker: Otago University epidemiologist on whether the hantavirus outbreak could become a global pandemic
There's confidence from some that the hantavirus outbreak won't turn into another worldwide pandemic.
Passengers are being evacuated and returning to…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Dr Lara Greaves: Victoria University associate professor in politics on what Mariameno Kapa-Kingi's departure means for Te Pati Māori
A political science lecturer says party affiliation isn't everything in Māori seats, as Mariameno Kapa-Kingi breaks away.
She's cut ties with Te Pati…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the Poll of Polls predicting the next election winners
The coalition appears to have good odds of winning the next election, largely thanks to New Zealand First.
The NZ Herald - Motu Research Poll of Pol…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on what One Nation's Farrer seat win means for the party's future
The right wing One Nation party is uprooting Australia's status quo - scoring a seat that had long been a conservative stronghold.
Candidate David Fa…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jason Pine: Sportstalk host on NZ Cricket delaying the NZ20 competition launch to 2028
The chairman of the NZ20 accepts it became an inevitability that they would need to delay the launch of the franchise cricket competition until 2028.…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Pat Newman: Hora Hora school principal on the Education Ministry telling schools not to let students take leftover lunches home
The Ministry of Education has told schools receiving free lunches to not let children take home leftover meals.
The Ministry has cited food safety co…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full Show Podcast: 08 May 2026
On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 8 May, 2026, Winston Peters insists he won't support efforts by the National Part…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Winston Peters: NZ First leader says Nats, Labour have record of 'attacking super'
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon plans to start lifting the pension age if National get back into government after the coming election.
Bipartisan su…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The media is under scrutiny and we've had it coming
If it’s not already obvious to you, the fact that Maiki Sherman has lost her job should now make it very clear: the media—especially the state broadc…
1 month, 2 weeks ago