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Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast

Join Kerre Woodham one of New Zealand’s best loved personalities as she dishes up a bold, sharp and energetic show Monday to Friday 9am-12md on Newstalk ZB. News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your morning listening covered.

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6:35

New Zealand Apples and Pears Chief Executive Alan...

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2021/07/13

Orchards across New Zealand are facing worker shortages in the tens of thousands, leaving their fruit to rot on the ground without a labour force to pick it up.There is now the expectation that fruit prices will skyrocket due to the lack of availability.NZ Apples and Pears Chief Executive Alan Pollard spoke to Kerre McIvor about the harsh season they’ve faced.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:44

James Palmer: Community Finance CEO says housing...

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2021/07/13

The not-for-profit housing sector is trying to fill a big whole in New Zealand's property crisis, and is having some success.The Kaitiakitanga Housing Community, one of three new Salvation Army housing projects in Auckland, has 36 two-bedroom units, another 10 single units, all entirely self-contained.The Salvation Army projects were built with a $40 million community bond put together by Community Finance.Investors get a 2 to 3 per cent return, which they know is reliable, and an important bonus;

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6:27

Alex Walker: Mongrel Mob rehab programme raises...

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2021/07/12

Concerns over a new Mongrel Mob-led rehab programme.Almost three-million-dollars in funding seized from gangs, is being used to fund Kahukura.It's based in the Central Hawke's Bay, and aims to get people off the debilitating drug.Mayor Alex Walker says any efforts to stop drug-use are good, but this raises questions."The part of the shame of this for me too is that it's been connected to a place-based or a community-level initiative, but actually this is not about Central Hawke's Bay, this is about

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5:54

Dane Dougan: Autism New Zealand says systemic change...

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2021/07/08

An issue has arisen around what to do with children who don't fit into the cookie cutter environment of our education system.Mt. Hobson Middle School in Auckland, which caters for neuro-diverse children, faces closure after Education Minister Chris Hipkins turned down not one, but two applications to fund the school, saying there are existing supports for all learners in existing state schools.Chief Executive of Autism New Zealand Dane Dougan told Kerre McIvor his organisation would like to see

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5:57

Kerre McIvor: Shutting the border to immigrants not...

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2021/07/08

National has slammed the government's decision to lapse and refund 50,000 temporary visa applications. Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says its further evidence this Government has no plan to reopen New Zealand up to the world post-vaccination and isn’t listening to the desperate calls from businesses for international labour. And Immigration lawyer, Alister McClymont says the government's decision has nothing to do with Covid, it's all about closing off New Zealand.We've talked until

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7:46

Leon Grice: Covid-19 saliva testing proven to be as...

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2021/07/08

The Government has been told by its own independent expert advisory group that there is a ‘strong case for adopting saliva testing as the main method for testing in New Zealand’, yet nothing is being done about it.Sir Brian Roche’s September 2020 report said ‘all efforts’ should be made to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible.Those involved are scratching their heads as to why there has been no change.Leon Grice is the Executive Director of Rako Science, a private provider of saliva tests,

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5:57

Matt Tolich: More than 80,000 job listings as...

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2021/07/08

Labour shortages across the country have led to fierce competition among employers looking for staff.Trade Me data shows there were more than 80,000 vacancies listed for the quarter ending June 30, 2021.Trade Me Jobs sales director Matt Tolich described it as a job hunter's market, with employers paying more to attract staff from their competitors."With application numbers down and more listings for job hunters to choose from, in Q2 we saw the largest annual percentage increase in average pay that

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10:12

Papa Honez: Helping his community one whanau at a time

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2021/07/07

This was an exceptional call - Hone and his 'English Rose' are in Kaitaia, and have started an initiative called One Whanau (family) At A Time. With methamphetamine use rife, families are struggling to find housing, food etc. They are helping one family at a time to get basic needs met.Hone is former gang member who has turned his life around and has a fascinating story. If you want to help Hone in his work, here's the link to his Give A Little Page.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for

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7:33

Kerre McIvor: Are purpose-built MIQ facilities a...

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2021/07/06

A purpose-built Covid-19 facility for just 11 million dollars maximum. A purpose built facility that could then be repurposed into emergency housing perhaps or refugee resettlement.11 million dollars represents just 11 days of housing people in motels around the country. Surely it’s a no brainer to spend that sort of money. Some people have been calling for a purpose built facility since we first started quarantining people coming into NZ, but I can understand the Government choosing to use hotels

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6:54

Kerre McIvor: We need to raise the superannuation age

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2021/07/05

The sound of flapping you hear in the air is the sound of all our chickens coming home to roost. Treasury's most recent analysis of the Government's long term finances sees the country facing an interminable cycle of debt and deficits, with debt levels rising to more than two trillion dollars in 40 years if it doesn't get the costs of an ageing population under control. The cost increases will be driven by the cost of healthcare and superannuation, which will both increase under the weight on an

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6:13

Kerre McIvor: New Zealand can either be paradise - or...

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2021/07/05

Living in New Zealand can be akin to living in Paradise - or it can be sheer hell. It's not about your ethnicity - although Māori are overrepresented in the worst stats - its about poverty and its about location. Look at the stories that have been in the news in the past week - wastewater testing has shown struggling rural towns are bearing the brunt of New Zealand's methamphetamine crisis. The New Zealand Herald says there are a handful of small towns where people there are consuming

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7:50

Jon Lamonte: Watercare unveils 20 year investment plan

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2021/07/01

Watercare is planning on spending 18.5 billion dollars to keep Auckland's water networks up to scratch.The organisation's unveiled its investment programme for the next 20 years, and it's the biggest to date.It includes expanding the region's two largest wastewater treatment plants and delivering new water sources.Watercare chief executive Jon Lamonte joined Kerre McIvor.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:09

Jason Smith: Kaipara District Mayor reacts to the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2021/07/01

One of the giant entities proposed to manage water includes both the Kaipara District Council and Auckland Council.Heather Du Plessis Allan asked Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta why Aucklanders should pay for the connection to reticulated water of a place like Kaipara.Nanaia Mahuta told her they benefit from water outside of their region via their beach houses.Kaipara District Mayor Jason Smith joined Kerre McIvor to discuss.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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10:13

Matt Lawrie: Auckland urbanism advocate reacts to...

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2021/06/29

Developers will be able to demolish homes and build apartment blocks of at least six storeys deep inside many of Auckland's traditional suburbs under a new Labour Government law aimed at addressing runaway house prices.Auckland Council has released a proposed approach for implementing the changes requiring more intensification across the city.In the biggest change to planning rules since the Unitary Plan, developers will be able to build tall apartment buildings within a 15 minute walk of the

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8:02

Howard Warner: Should you be able to swear during a...

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2021/06/29

Should you be able to swear or use inappropriate terms during a casual game of Scrabble?Kerre McIvor spoke with Howard Warner from the NZ Scrabble Association to find out.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:37

Kerre McIvor: What's happened to the National Party?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2021/06/25

Matthew Hooton's column in this morning's Herald highlights why we need a strong opposition in a democracy, especially at a time of perceived crisis and when the government can rule alone, without the constraint of another party to keep them in check. A quick check list from Hooton:The Health Minister Andrew Little forced to admit the centrepiece of the wellbeing Budget has failed, specifically around mental health.There's the bizarre 785 million dollar Boomer's Bridge to Birkenhead. Then, we have

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10:54

Matthew Hooten: The National Party's woes

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2021/06/25

Matthew Hooten joined Kerre McIvor to talk about his 'National goes from sickly to looking terminal' opinion piece in the NZ Herald.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:27

Kerre McIvor: We know what to do about Covid, why...

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2021/06/23

Ladies and gentlemen, this is not our first rodeo. We know what to do. As we move up the alert levels, our behaviours change and certain things are expected of us.Wearing masks in public places and on public transport, no crowds larger than 100, staying away from others at the first sign of a sniffle, checking in religiously - yep, we've all got it. So why haven’t the government and the Ministry of Health? There were reports yesterday that people were being turned away from testing stations in

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6:39

Rachel Brown: Protecting marine environments not just...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2021/06/22

Restrictions on fishing and new marine protection areas are being introduced to protect Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.Gulf X is a major marine restoration project launched by The Sustainable Business Network in 2019.GulfX works with businesses to, among other things, reduce marine plastic pollution and cut transport pollution through promoting copper-free brake pads to cut down on heavy metals in storm water polluting the Gulf.Sustainable Business Network CEO Rachel Brown told Kerre McIvor protecting our

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8:41

Cleo Arathoon: We hadn't really considered children...

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2021/06/21

Women’s Refuge has released a first-of-its-kind research report into what children need to feel safe after family violence.The Women's Refuge system was set up with women in mind and hasn't always looked at what safety looks like from a child's perspective.Most of the children who they talked to for the Kids in the Middle research wanted a place that was safe, they needed to know how they would enact an escaped plan if there was violence in their home and of the importance in having their own

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