Podcast Episodes

Kerre Woodham: What's the point in keeping intermediate schools?

One of the emails that did come in for the Prime Minister caught my eye, and I thought, you know, this is not a silly idea. It might be. I think ther…

1 year, 9 months ago

Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister takes calls, discusses infrastructure, energy crisis, Treaty Principles Bill

The Prime Minister says he will bring the Opposition leader on board to hammer out a plan for infrastructure. 

The Government is promoting a message …

1 year, 9 months ago

Kerre Woodham: ACC needs to lift its game before lifting levies

I could not have put it better than ACC Minister Matt Doocey did yesterday. He wants ACC to lift its own game before it starts raising levies.  

The …

1 year, 9 months ago

Sir Richard Faull: Director of the Centre for Brain Research on the risk of developing dementia being 60% higher for those in deprived areas

The number of New Zealanders with dementia is expected to double in the next 20 years, with social disadvantages playing a big role. 

Public Health C…

1 year, 9 months ago

Kerre Woodham: It won't be that simple to solve the electricity crisis

It won't be a particularly good morning for the people of the central North Island. There was a sense of inevitability really, though, with the annou…

1 year, 9 months ago

Kerre Woodham: The real purpose of the ban on gang patches in the home

As much as I hate the gangs profiting from misery and tying up police time with their internecine feuds, the late amendment to the gangs bill, bannin…

1 year, 9 months ago

Chris Bowden: MATES in Construction Academic Director on the mental health and suicide rates in the sector

A reminder to construction workers to keep looking out for each other on World Suicide Prevention Day.   

MATES in Construction's recent survey finds…

1 year, 9 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Can pine forestry and livestock farming really coexist in this country?

This is one that has been discussed before and will no doubt be discussed again. Can pine forestry and livestock farming coexist in this country, or …

1 year, 9 months ago

Dr Jenny Webster-Brown: White paper co-author on research showing transition of sheep and beef farms into pine forestry unless policies are reconsidered

A new white paper warns there will be a significant transition of sheep and beef farms into pine forestry unless current Government policies and econ…

1 year, 9 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Why shouldn't we give hybrid learning a go?

Well, that's one way, isn't it, to deal with your problematic pupil attendance record – do away with attendance requirements altogether.  

Hagley Col…

1 year, 9 months ago