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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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4:11

Kerre McIvor: What can National do next?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/11/10

What to do about National? At the moment, they are struggling to form themselves into a decent opposition far less an alternative government. It's going to be hard - it's a bit like a poker playing sitting there with a couple of decent cards and a few duds. You can shuffle them as much as you like but it's still not a winning hand. Not the full house that Labour has. I feel for Judith Collins - she has just 32 MPs with which to re-energise and re-invigorate her party. And that regeneration is

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Kerre McIvor: Biden and Harris inherit a thankless task

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/11/08

Yesterday, we finally saw Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take to the stage as President and VP elect of the United States. It was expected and has been anticipated for days now, but without Donald Trump conceding, it made things just a little more fluid, shall we say. Trump has claimed voter fraud, without any real evidence, and although he has asked for recounts and is still threatening legal action, there's no guarantee that will actually happen. There has to be a threshold for recounts in most

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8:03

Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati hopeful he can return home...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/11/05

Sol3 Mio tenor Pene Pati could be on his way home from London next week after being denied an emergency application for a quarantine spot.The performer was in Germany when authorities announced they were going into a new Covid-19 lockdown, and after other performances in Europe were scrapped, Pati was forced to head home.However, Pati was kicked off the tarmac in London because he did not have a voucher for New Zealand's quarantine facilities.Travellers to New Zealand must now have a managed

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7:55

Kerre McIvor: Ponsonby bar controversy an example of...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/11/05

We still don't have a US president and we probably won't have one anytime soon. At the moment, it looks like Biden will get the 270 electoral votes he needs, but Trump could conceivably get there as well - although a betting man wouldn't put money on it. Speaking of Trump, I could not believe the righteous little tit that was on Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive show last night. This young woman stormed into a Ponsonby bar with her band of woke warriors demanding that people stop wearing MAGA hats

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9:06

David Byler: Washington Post data analyst on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/11/05

Early vote totals on Tuesday night in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin appeared to give President Donald Trump a comfortable edge over former Vice President Joe Biden.But those numbers were never complete, and those tallies were changing overnight and into Wednesday as mail-in ballots from heavily Democratic areas in those states were counted.A big reason for the delay: Laws in each state barred election officials from getting a head start on processing and counting the record number of mail-in

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9:14

Ray Avery: More creativity needs to be put into...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/11/03

Calls for a rethink of the school system before it drains curiosity out of our children.A University of Auckland study has found opportunities for kids to explore new ideas in schools are shrinking.Scientist Sir Ray Avery told Kerre McIvor we're dumbing our kids down, and weakening their ability to use applied knowledge.“We need to put creativity on the curriculum.”He says an apple drops to the floor at about 33 feet per second - but you don't need to know that, you just need to know there's an

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8:33

Peter Sykes: No long term strategy for emergency...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/22

The Ministry of Social Development has started charging people in motels and other emergency accommodation by 25 per cent of their income.The policy came into effect on Monday and is part of a broader plan to address homelessness.ME Family Services CEO Peter Sykes says charging for emergency housing was "taking from the poor and giving to the rich".Mr Sykes told Kerre McIvor the problem they are having in Mangere is there is not enough investment going into providing a stable housing plan."The lack

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21:54

Sarah Fitt: Pharmac is letting down New Zealanders

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/22

Pharmac is struggling to cater to the demand of Kiwis.Chief executive Sarah Fitt says the drug buying agency works for the best health outcomes for New Zealanders, within its budget.Ms Fitt told Kerre McIvor they want to fund new medicines, but cannot afford everything."Our job is to look at the evidence and make robust evidence-based clinical decision for the best of the whole country."She adds the demand for a bigger bite of the health budget is a global issue, not just in New Zealand.A New

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6:54

Kerre McIvor: Predictable howls of outrage over new...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/22

Housing was a big talking point in this year's election, just as it was in the 2017 election and deservedly so.There were 19,438 on the State House waiting list, up from 5,844 applicants on the Housing Register at the end of the month before the change of Government. And more than four thousand people are in emergency accommodation in motels. The situation is dire and not helped by the fact that a number of private landlords have left the property market, leaving charity providers and the state to

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12:07

Peter Davis: Auckland University professor calls for...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/21

The incoming Health Minister is being urged to overhaul the system, in the wake of Covid 19.Auckland University Emeritus Professor Peter Davis says Jacinda Ardern's appointee to the role has a raft of issues to address.He says there's an operational gap between ministry bureaucrats in Wellington and healthcare providers.Davis told Kerre McIvor the pandemic has exposed weaknesses in our digital health infrastructure, and shows a need to reduce DHBs."When the focus moved from small-scale measles and

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4:45

Kerre McIvor: National needs to take a good hard look...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/19

Well, that's the election done and dusted, and the polls did in fact translate into votes on the day. Jacinda Ardern has led Labour to an historic victory and has been given a mandate to deliver the policies she promised three years ago. There was a failure to deliver on those three years ago. Excuses can be found and made and accepted for reasons why that was so, but there can simply be no excuses. There will be no handbrake in the form of New Zealand First. National and ACT will barely be able to

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3:42

Kerre McIvor: Police should be left to do their job -...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/15

Seriously, why would you be a police officer? You're damned if you do, damned if you don't. An Independent Police Conduct Authority report has slammed police who pursued a car load of teenagers, a car that ultimately ended up crashing into and killing a Christchurch man who was driving to work. The IPCA says the officers should not have started the pursuit and they should have abandoned the pursuit on multiple occasions. Now the Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says police should stop

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7:40

Caller Deborah on Covid fear - perpetuated by...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/13

Deborah was by far one of our most popular callers in the last while! LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:10

Kerre McIvor: Obesity - whose fault is it?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/13

If you're fat - unhealthily overweight - is it a matter of personal responsibility or because you're a victim of a toxic food culture?Judith Collins was speaking to Chris Lynch in Christchurch yesterday and pooh poohed the idea of an obesity epidemic saying it was time for people to take personal responsibility if they were fat. I tend to be of that school of thought myself - but speaking purely for myself. If I pile on the lard, it's because I'm making too many poor choices about what I put in my

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4:15

Kerre McIvor: Academics and ideologues have taken...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/07

I have been banging on about this for years. A new report from the New Zealand Initiative backs up everything I've ever thought of about our education system.What it says is that New Zealand’s education system is a mess, riddled with unscientific ideas and seduced by child-centred orthodoxy, according to the new research.Amen. I have said that before but not as eloquently.Falling from its height as the envy of the world just twenty years ago, the Ministry of Education has let New Zealand’s

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10:35

Caller Jeremy believes we are reaching peak Covid panic.

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/10/04

Jeremy called into Kerre McIvor to discuss the panic around Covid-19 and says there is no risk/benefit analysis that stacks up. If we are not prepared to take risks with a travel bubble, we'll never be prepared to take any risk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Watch live: David Seymour joins Kerre McIvor in...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/09/30

Act Party leader David Seymour says being Deputy Prime Minister isn't out of the question - but it's unlikely.During last night's second leaders' debate, National's Judith Collins said he'd be excellent in the role if her party won the election.Seymour says [told Kerre McIvor] it's not on his mind."Act has always been more focused on policies and what we can leave behind to make this a better place, than any particular job".He says John Key offered him the opportunity to be a minister in the past,

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7:02

Lynda Hallinan: Rare indoor plant worth thousands of...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/09/30

A rare indoor plant has been stolen from the Christchurch Botanic Gardens amid the current craze over house plants.The variegated monstera is hard to come by here due to our biosecurity laws, making it prized by houseplant lovers.It's estimated that a cutting of the plant could be worth $3000.The increasing interest in indoor plants has seen a rise in price - Trade Me recently hit a new record for house plant prices – a variegated minima that sold for $8150.Gardening journalist Lynda Hallinan joined

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8:55

Sir John Key: 'Need an alternative' to Auckland...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/09/27

Former Prime Minister Sir John Key reckons the time is now to build a second harbour bridge in Auckland, amid the ongoing troubles with the current crossing.Motorists are being warned to stay way from the bridge, with heavy winds buffeting the super city and making for hazardous driving conditions.NZTA says it may close some lanes of the bridge if wind gusts exceed 80 kilometres per hour, and motorbikes, trucks and tall vehicles should use the Western Ring Route.As it is, motorists continue to face

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9:42

Stuart Hughes: Boris Johnson urges 'spirit of...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2020/09/23

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealed Tuesday for resolve and a “spirit of togetherness” through the winter as he unveiled new restrictions on everyday life to suppress a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases.Warning that the measures could last for six months, Johnson voiced hope that “things will be far better by the spring” when a vaccine and mass testing could be in place.The most high-profile change centered on pubs, restaurants and other entertainment venues in England, which from

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