Podcast Episodes

Kerre Woodham: A rates cap or an erosion of services and facilities?

Auckland households face a 7.9% rate rise next year, primarily to fund the operating costs for the $5.5 billion City Rail Link, which is nearly finis…

9 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Labour makes big promises, but can they deliver?

Hundreds of the Labour Party faithful gathered over the weekend in Auckland to begin the march back to Parliament's government benches. Council of Tr…

9 months, 1 week ago

Tom Walters: Matakana Oysters owner says industry is struggling after heavy rain and wastewater spill

Auckland oyster farmers are facing another blow just weeks after a major wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River.

Watercare says heavy rain on 19 N…

9 months, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: E-scooters, cycle lanes, and public demand

The Government's move to shift e-scooter users from the sidewalk to bike lanes is being hailed as a win for common sense. Shame it's not coming in be…

9 months, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: Are you feeling optimistic?

The Pohutukawa are out and flowering and abundant. The days are longer, the sun is shining, the Reserve Bank has cut the OCR, Christmas is coming, su…

9 months, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: Regional councils need to be streamlined

Regional councils are being abolished – or are they? 

Thomas Coughan writing in the Herald makes a very good point, it's not the councils that are be…

9 months, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: We need to be able to treat feral animals as pests

Cats and dogs who are part of our families are much loved and live the life of Riley. There must be some days when your cat or dog is lying curled up…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader talks capital gains taxes, coalitions, cross-party commitments

Chris Hipkins says coalitions require a balance of compromise and standing by values.  

The Labour leader says New Zealanders understand the nuances …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: Do the Kiwisaver tweaks go far enough?

Christopher Luxon has made his party's first election promise at a Christmas gathering for the party faithful of the Lower North Island. He said that…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bosses Unfiltered Episode 7: Angus Brown

It’s hard enough to chase a scientific breakthrough. 

But as New Zealand company Ārepa found out it's even harder and more expenisve to defend your b…

9 months, 2 weeks ago