Podcast Episodes

Kerre Woodham: Are the banks paying their fair share of tax?

To start the morning, I wondered about looking at the fairness  - or otherwise - of the corporate tax rate.

The Finance Minister, according to a New …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: Schools need to be teaching civics

There are a lot of things parents can teach children without schools needing to get involved. Basic hygiene, reading, physical education, even drivin…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Moana Theodore: Dunedin Study Director on the new tool that can estimate how fast someone's aging

A new tool can now estimate how fast a person is aging. 

University of Otago scientists have found a way to use an MRI scan of the brain to quantify …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: Let's put an end to the fun and start verifying political promises

I don't know about you, but I want to know how big our Finance Ministers' holes are.  

I think it's really important to know what political parties’ …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Caryn Zinn: Dietician and co-author of What The Fat? on losing weight, weight loss drugs

Weight loss drugs are becoming increasingly sought after, with Wegovy hitting New Zealand pharmacies this month. 

It’s currently not funded, and peop…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: Have we not learned from slash damage and flooding?

In the wake of the Motueka valley flooding with warnings that Australia's bomb cyclone is set to bring severe weather conditions to New Zealand, we'r…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Bloomberg: University of Canterbury School of Forestry Adjunct Senior Fellow on slash

Forestry is a major industry in New Zealand, but the practices involved contribute to the damage left in the wake of cyclones and major weather event…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: Why do we struggle to run the Cook Strait ferry crossing?

I don't know who these people or these organisations would be and what on Earth their motivation might be, but it would appear that Treasury has iden…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerre Woodham: Tougher sentences are the way to go

The Government's harshest sentencing rules begin today. Rules like capping the maximum discount that a judge can apply at 40 percent, with some excep…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Greg Murphy: Kiwi motorsport legend on the Govt's proposal to axe practical tests for full drivers licenses

A Hawke’s Bay-based motorsport legend says a plan by the Ministry of Transport to remove the full-licence practical test is nothing short of “ludicro…

1 year ago