Podcast Episodes

Kerre Woodham: The police have been left to pick up the pieces for too long

Funny old thing, last Thursday, Matt rang in - a serving police officer. He was calling in response to comments that the police simply don't have the…

2 years, 4 months ago

Police Looking To Re-focus On Core Business

Police are looking to re-focus on what it calls core business, by pulling back from family harm and mental health call-outs.

A briefing to new Police…

2 years, 4 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Who should pay for roads?

Now, last year, National promised that, should it become the government, it would among other things scrap the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax, and yester…

2 years, 4 months ago

Kerre Woodham: The trouble with cultural reports

As promised, the coalition government has followed through on its promise to scrap Labour's target of reducing the prison population by 30%, although…

2 years, 4 months ago

Michael Webster: The Privacy Commissioner has concerns about the viability of facial recognition technology in supermarkets

Foodstuff's introduction of facial recognition technology —with the hope of reducing repeat criminal offenders— has the Privacy Commissioner concerne…

2 years, 4 months ago

Kerre Woodham: How glorious was Waitangi Day?

Have there ever been school holidays that have gone on quite so long?  

I mean, I know that when I was a school kid back in the antediluvian times, s…

2 years, 4 months ago

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor on the increase in the unemployment rate

Stats NZ figures out today show unemployment has crept to its highest level since June 2021.  

The unemployment rate in the three months to December …

2 years, 4 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Our Low School Attendance Is A Disgrace

Showing up. Turning up when you're supposed to. That leads me neatly to the Prime Minister's comments yesterday when he visited Browns Bay School. 

H…

2 years, 4 months ago

Kerre Woodham: More education on recycling would be useful

We're talking a whole lot of rubbish this morning.

I know some people who are passionate recyclers. They know their shinizzle. If Mastermind was stil…

2 years, 4 months ago

Rob Langford: Packaging Forum CEO on the new recycling rule changes that came into place today

Recycling will become more efficient across the country, as new rules come into place today.

Standardised recycling requires almost everyone to place…

2 years, 4 months ago