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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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8:36

Clare de Lore: Chair of the Press Gallery under Jim...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger has died at the age of 90.He was New Zealand's 35th prime minister, in power from 1990 to 1997. After leaving Parliament in 1998, Bolger became New Zealand's ambassador to the United States and later Chancellor of the University of Waikato. Clare de Lore is a journalist who was Chair of the Press Gallery at the time Jim Bolger was Prime Minister, and a close friend of the family. She told Kerre Woodham that, 'it was a really happy environment in which he

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6:41

Kerre Woodham: The failure of Fees Free

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Do you want another example of Labour's ideology over pragmatism? I really, really hope that the previous Labour ministers have learned from their previous terms in government that thought bubbles and bright ideas do not sound policy make. Remember Fees Free? The policy was introduced in 2018 and was a key part of Labour's election campaign. The first year of tertiary study would be free for students. It would progressively roll out to cover three years, which never eventuated. We, the taxpayer,

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6:17

Mark Mitchell: Police Minister on the support...

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2025/10/15

What do you do if you want to leave a gang? A coroner has found that Napier Mongrel Mob leader Neil Angus Benson, otherwise known as Heil Dogg, felt trapped in his position in the gang in the months leading up to his suicide in December 2024. In his report, Coroner Wilton said Benson appeared to be under "psychological strain of his leadership position in the Mongrel Mob gang". “He also described an internal dilemma: wanting to exit the gang lifestyle, but recognising he was too deeply involved for

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9:19

Kirk Sargent: First Foundation CEO on the programme...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/14

Another option to go alongside fees free study. The Labour Government introduced First Year Fees Free in 2018, providing tertiary students with up to $12,000 in tuition cover for the first year of provider-based study, or the first two years of work-based learning. The Coalition Government has changed the scheme from this year, applying it to the final year of study instead. The policy had three objectives, to incentivise learners, particularly disadvantaged learners, to finish their studies; to

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6:59

Kerre Woodham: Our kids are back on track

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/13

I love the fact that New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford and the Prime Minister presented improved reading stats to the nation yesterday. Erica Stanford was very quick to praise teachers for the much-improved results in phonics reading. She said this is an incredible improvement in reading scores in less than half a year and reflects the brilliant work teachers are doing, and it does. Teachers have had a difficult time with changes in curriculum and dealing with increasingly disruptive

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7:08

Kerre Woodham: Voting matters - don't scramble at the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/12

Well, better late than not at all. On Saturday morning, I went upstairs and said to my daughter, "Have you seen the orange envelopes that had all the voting?" "Oh, hell. Today, isn't it?" she said. "Yes." So we scrambled around and found it in that drawer that has everything, where they'd been since they arrived in the mail. And we had until midday to vote, so both got down to it, and I took hers in with mine to drop into the local library. I knew who I wanted to vote for, so that was relatively

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7:46

Sir Lockwood Smith: Former Speaker of the House on...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/12

The government has changed methane targets, aiming to make the changes easier for farmers. The Government's slashed the 2050 targets to 14% to 24% below 2017 levels, it was previously24% to 47% lower than previously. Former Speaker of the House Sir Lockwood Smith told Kerre Woodham that this change is the right decision. He said that it would be a bad idea to impede New Zealand's meat and dairy production when the business will fall to 'countries that actually put out more methane and more carbon

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9:28

Andrew Geddis: Otago Law Professor on why postal...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/12

This year’s local government elections have seen the lowest voter turnout in 36 years, with less than a third - or 32% - bothering to have their say. Of those who did, the contrast between the urban rural divide was stark. In metro areas, only 28.8% cast their votes, provincial people made up 38.3% while rural turnout was 43.6% Local Government New Zealand says it is clear local elections have to change urgently - they'd like to see a voter turnout of at least 80%. University of Otago Law Professor

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40:23

Bosses Unfiltered - Episode 1: Dame Wendy Pye

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/10

Dame Wendy Pye is one of the most successful businesspeople in New Zealand. She’s a rich-lister, her publishing company Sunshine Books has sold over 300 million books worldwide, she's met countless more world leaders, and she was the first living woman to be inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. But it hasn’t all been easy. Dame Wendy has gone through a life changing redundancy, legal battles, and had many deals that couldn't be closed. She joined Newstalk ZB's Kerre

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4:11

Kerre Woodham: Te Pāti Māori and their continued...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/10

Orini Kaipara gave her maiden speech in Parliament yesterday, and she's just the sort of person you want to see entering politics – she's young, she's smart, she's passionate. And I don't know about you, but I love seeing an electorate MP, somebody who has been overwhelmingly selected by voters, given a mandate by voters to be their person in Parliament, as opposed to sliding in on the list. But when she agreed to enter Parliament, surely she is agreeing then to the rules and conventions that

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8:14

Sir Lockwood Smith: Former Speaker of the House on...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/09

A former Speaker of the House is reiterating the importance of the rules of Parliament after a haka disrupted proceedings. The House was suspended last night, after a haka broke out in the public gallery, following Te Pati Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech. Speaker Gerry Brownlee said the agreement was that a haka was not to take place. Former speaker Sir Lockwood Smith told Kerre Woodham rules are there for good reason. He says there are plenty of opportunities for culture to be expressed,

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10:47

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor on the OCR cut,...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/09

The Reserve Bank's continuing to walk a fine line, with its move to cut the OCR 50-basis points to 2.5%. Economic data suggests inflation has now hit 3%. Finance Minister Nicola Willis is blaming rising rates, saying they’re having a disproportionate impact on overall inflation, whereas other sectors are stabilising. NZ Herald Business Editor Liam Dann told Kerre Woodham we almost seem to be in a self-fulfilling negative spiral. He says we should be feeling better, but we aren't, and then we start

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5:55

Kerre Woodham: OCR cuts have not restored the most...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/09

Hopes for an economic recovery have been given a significant boost by yesterday's decision from the Reserve Bank to frontload cuts to the official cash rate. The RBNZ delivered a 50 basis point cut to the OCR and indicated it was prepared to cut again in November if required. After that, they're kind of starting to run out of ammo. Dropping mortgage interest rates though is not the panacea to cure all economic ills. Mortgage holders account for around a third of households. So of all the households

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12:48

Tanya Wilton and Mark Lawrence: Hutt Hospital ED...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/07

A new report from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says the health of New Zealanders is declining. It showed working age people reporting excellent health almost halved between 2011 and 2024, while psychological distress had increased among all adults. The report called on the government to address and reverse the decline by investing in housing, poverty reduction, education, improved nutrition and physical activity, as well as a stronger commitment to addressing the impact of

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5:54

Kerre Woodham: Unhealthy habits are a matter of...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/07

A new report says the health of New Zealanders is declining, and that it's costing us dearly- in the billions of dollars with more billions to come. The report, released by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists showed working-age people who reported they were in excellent health almost halved between 2011 and 2024, while psychological distress had increased amongst all adults. The report called on the government to address and reverse the decline by investing in housing and poverty

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6:51

Kerre Woodham: A different view point does not permit...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/06

When I heard the Green Party co-leaders were holding a press conference yesterday, I thought fleetingly, ever the optimist, "Oh, they might be holding a press conference calling for the cessation of protests outside the home of a fellow parliamentarian." Undoubtedly they'd couch it in greeny language – they would call out the Foreign Affairs Minister for his lack of courage at the UN, etc, etc, but ultimately they would make the point that protesting in a personal sphere is wrong, and they would

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8:03

Kerre Woodham: A tough but fair change to the benefit

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/05

On the face of it, it seems tough. Telling young people to get out there and get a job when the economy is tanked and unemployment is high, is you'd think, unrealistic. From November of next year, young people wanting to get job seeker support or the equivalent emergency benefit will have to take a parental income test to see whether their parents can support them instead of the taxpayer. About 4,300 18 and 19-year-olds were estimated to become ineligible for support, with 4,700 remaining eligible

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6:52

Kerre Woodham: You need to know how to play the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/03

I've always thought that if you want to change the system, if you feel that the system, whatever it might be, doesn't work for you, the best way is to change it from within. When you live in a democracy, that is one of the beauties of a democracy. You don't have to riot in the streets, you don't have to depose tyrannical dictators, you can use the ballot box to effect change. You can also enter the system and change it from within. But only if you take the time to learn how the system works, and

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0:30

Bosses Unfiltered: Every Thursday on Kerre Woodham...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/02

Kiwi businesses have been navigating the biggest economic turmoil in decades. Wherever you look, business leaders are making tough calls: staff cuts, putting payroll on the credit card, or worst case… closing the business altogether. They thought they had it all: a great idea, solid marketing, and a healthy amount of capital. So where did it all go wrong? And can they ever turn things around? In Bosses Unfiltered, Kerre Woodham, interviews prominent Kiwi businesspeople who’ve experienced failure

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11:32

Wattie Watson: Professional Firefighters’ Union...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/10/02

The firefighters union says workers don't want to strike, but Fire and Emergency needs to take their concerns seriously. Professional firefighters will walk off the job for an hour at midday on October 17th –protesting pay, staffing, and ageing equipment. The previous offer from Fire and Emergency was 5.1% over three years, made in June. Further bargaining is set for the end of next week. Professional Firefighters’ Union National Secretary Wattie Watson told Kerre Woodham in reality the offer

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