Podcast Episodes

Kerre Woodham: What's gone so horribly, horribly wrong with our ferries?

If it wasn't so vitally important, so serious, and so expensive, you would have to laugh, wouldn't you? Interislander’s Aratere ferry will be out of …

1 year, 10 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Restricting alcohol sale is the way to go

I'm not drinking at the moment, but that doesn't mean I think everybody should give it up. People can go to hell in their own way, and while there ar…

1 year, 10 months ago

Kerre Woodham: How long is a fix for the energy crisis going to take?

We're talking energy today, or rather the lack of it. New Zealand seems to have sleepwalked into an energy crisis, according to the Chairman of Open …

1 year, 10 months ago

John Harbord: Major Electricity Users Group Chair on the energy crisis in New Zealand

New Zealand seems to have “sleepwalked” its way into an energy crisis. 

Both Winstone's Ohakune pulp and timber mills could shut, putting 300 jobs in…

1 year, 10 months ago

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor on unemployment rising to 4.6%

New unemployment figures make a change in the Official Cash Rate now less likely. 

Stats NZ numbers out today show unemployment hit 4.6% in the June …

1 year, 10 months ago

Laurie Margrain: Open Country Dairy Chair on the call for action in regards to New Zealand's electricity supply

Energy Minister Shane Jones believes the situation of two potential mill closures is 'hideous.' 

Winstone's Ohakune pulp and timber mills could shut …

1 year, 10 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Where do we put a bigger, better port?

Let me take you back to the halcyon days pre-Covid. The biggest story around was Shane Jones and New Zealand First promising to make Northport the po…

1 year, 10 months ago

Kerre Woodham: New Zealand's education system has been failing children for a long time

Yes, the maths. You know, I know we've been talking about this, that we have been failing our children for decades now.

This is not a previous Govern…

1 year, 10 months ago

Gaven Martin: Massey University maths professor on the Government's new fast-tracked maths curriculum

A maths expert says a new Government action plan is a good step.

It's bringing forward a new curriculum to Term One next year, with twice yearly asse…

1 year, 10 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Transpower needs to take responsibility

Mistakes happen. We get that, we've all made them. Some are more serious than others. Some are fixable, some are not. But as old Mr. Martin said in t…

1 year, 10 months ago