Podcast Episodes

Kerre Woodham: All sides of Government have to be clearer with how they're using our money

Labour's accusing the government of secretly spending $1 billion from next year's budget. The Taxpayers' Union has chimed in too, accusing the govern…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: How can you have faith in a system in which the punishment never matches the crime?

It's just so infuriating when you see criminals who are given sentences that in no way reflect the heinous nature of their crime. It would be lovely,…

5 months ago

Kerre Woodham: The police have earned the right to bear arms

I wanted to start today with a landmark study from Monash University. It's found that a routine arming of police officers does not lead to a spike in…

5 months ago

Tania Tapsell: Local Government NZ Board Member and Rotorua Mayor on the changes to council voting rights

The speed of the changes to council voting rights is sparking some concern.  

The Government is amending the Local Government Act, which would strip …

5 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Have a reckon, but not a vote

The Government will stop unelected individuals from voting on council committees, a move an Act MP has described as closing an anti-democratic loopho…

5 months ago

Kerre Woodham: We need to be open to discussion about our nuclear stance

Defence Minister Chris Penk opened the door, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon slammed it shut. Chris Penk was at the Shangri La Dialogue, an annual s…

5 months ago

Kerre Woodham: As far as Budgets in tough times go, this was a pretty good one

As far as Budgets in economically precarious times go, I thought it was a pretty good one. 

And save yourself the 20 cents, anonymous texter. I can s…

5 months, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: Was holding the OCR the right decision?

So what would you rather? A little bit of pain now or a whole lot more later? The Reserve Bank yesterday opted to keep the official cash rate at 2.25…

5 months, 1 week ago

Jess Strange: Southern Cross Travel Insurance Chief Customer Officer on what travel insurance covers, the cost of not having it

No matter how meticulously you plan, there’s always a chance something will go wrong while travelling. 

New data from Southern Cross Travel Insurance…

5 months, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: Have you crunched the numbers with your new rates bill?

Have you done the sums yet to work out how much more you're going to have to pay, how much more you're going to have to find to pay the rates bill? W…

5 months, 1 week ago