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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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8:10

Sonia Gray: Broadcaster on being in psychedelic drug...

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2025/06/19

Changes to allow over the counter sales of Melatonin in New Zealand alongside relaxing rules on magic mushrooms as medicine. MedSafe's approved Melatonin for sale to adults without a prescription. Psilocybin remains unapproved, but one specifically qualified psychiatrist is now permitted to prescribe it for treatment-resistant depression. Broadcaster Sonia Gray has been trialling psychedelic drugs as an anxiety treatment, and joined Kerre Woodham to speak about her experience. “Nothing is a silver

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8:43

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor on the GDP...

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2025/06/19

GDP figures just out are stronger than economists had forecast. Stats NZ says New Zealand's gross domestic product grew 0.8% in the March quarter – overtaking predictions of 0.7%. It follows a 0.5% increase the quarter before. Herald Business Editor-at-Large Liam Dann told Kerre Woodham it could mean the OCR won't get another cut next month. He says it raises the odds the Reserve Bank will keep things on hold. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:38

Jonny Bannister: Coastguard Regional Manager on the...

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2025/06/18

There's a call for compulsory nationwide lifejacket use following the death of a 10-year-old boy in the Manukau Harbour. Ryder Ferregel and his mother, Gemma, died in November 2022 after a boat carrying five people capsized near Clarks Beach. They both drowned after hours of clinging to the overturned hull and even after reaching the relative safety of a sandbar. In Coroner Erin Woolley's findings, she says had the pair been wearing lifejackets, their chances of surviving would have significantly

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8:27

Sean Broughton: Stats NZ Population and Housing...

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2025/06/18

It's goodbye to the five-yearly Census from 2030, and hello to a smaller annual survey. They're changing things up, instead assessing a smaller chunk of the population yearly. Information people have already provided to Government departments will be used to inform the data, and Stats NZ says the changes will help provide more accurate and timely information. Population and Housing Statistics spokesperson Sean Broughton told Kerre Woodham the traditional approach to the Census is no longer

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8:29

Kerre Woodham: Outsourcing surgeries has to be a win...

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2025/06/17

Simeon Brown took the words right out of my mouth. I was just saying this very morning, that people living with bone-on-bone pain don't really care where their hip replacement is done or whether their knee is replaced in a private hospital or a public one. And there in the statement released from the Health Minister's Office is Simeon saying patients don't care who's delivering their surgery – they care about getting their hip, knee and cataract operations done. I think it's a common sentiment. I

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6:38

Kerre Woodham: Prisons are evidence of failure, but...

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2025/06/12

Prisons to me are tangible evidence of failure. Failure of a person to do the right thing, failure of family, of community, of society. Before they've even been used, they smell like failure. I’ve emceed a fundraiser for the Shine domestic violence prevention charity at Mount Eden's remand prison before the first prisoner had stepped foot inside it. And even though it was brand-spanking new and done to the very best of the budget and to the specs, you just felt like failure the moment you walked in

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4:38

Kerre Woodham: The wool directive has to be a win for...

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2025/06/12

Good news for the wool industry. Wasn't such good news in December of last year when Kainga Ora, the country's largest landlord, put out tenders for new carpet and underlay, and specifically said wool suppliers need not apply. So that was in December of 2024 then in January 2025, the agency opened its tender process to wool carpet suppliers, allowing a direct price and offering comparison. Remember when the representative for the wool industry said that wool suppliers, wool carpet suppliers, hadn't

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5:45

Kerre Woodham: Are farmers in the position to invest...

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2025/06/11

The largest agricultural expo in the Southern Hemisphere, one of the largest business expos in the Southern Hemisphere, has opened its gates this morning, and exhibitors are ready to do business. That hasn't always been the case in Fieldays’ 57 year history – the rural economy has had its ebbs and flows over the years, and Fieldays in Hamilton has felt them. Confidence has waxed and waned, but not this year. This year, you've got the Massey Ferg’s descending on the Tron in their droves. This year

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8:11

Katrina King: Franchise Association CEO on...

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2025/06/11

As more people take the leap to owning their own businesses, many seem to be buying into already established brands. Data suggests the business of franchising and owning established brands is booming, with around 30,000 franchise unites currently existing nationwide. Association CEO Katrina King told Kerre Woodham they see franchising as being in business for yourself, but not by yourself. She says as a franchisee you’re part of a system, but you’re very much still a small business in your local

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33:26

Justin Flitter: NewZealand.AI founder on the...

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2025/06/11

There’s been plenty of buzz around AI in the last few years. The most recent headlines have been highlighting its evils, such as the creation and lack of regulation around deepfake technology and fake pornography. However, there are many positive applications for AI technology, particularly in business. Justin Flitter, founder of NewZealand.AI, joined Kerre Woodham to discuss the potential it holds to transform a workplace, as well as taking listener questions as to how it all works. LISTEN ABOVESee

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6:25

Kerre Woodham: Is it feasible to leave your job and...

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2025/06/10

If you turned up to work yesterday, first day of a new week, with a bad case of Mondayitis, feeling like you're getting nowhere working for the man, thinking now is the time in your life when you should be the master of your own destiny, making your own decisions, getting the true reward for your labours, well join the queue. Buyer demand for New Zealand businesses is on the up with large business brokerage firm LINK reporting a record 19% year-on-year increase in would-be buyers signing

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7:36

Aidan Gent: ASB General Manager for Rural on the...

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2025/06/10

ASB is offering loans to help farmers balance their energy costs. They’re offering five-year, interest-free loans of up to $150,000 for the installation of solar and battery systems on their properties. The bank said farm electricity costs are rising, with the average 2025/26 season power bill expected to be around $28,000 for owner-operated dairy farms. Research found most farms have rooftop space available for solar, and 60% of farmers say they have land that could be used for solar without

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5:37

Kerre Woodham: The new 'Parent Boost' visa makes...

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2025/06/09

When I was doing the rounds of the open homes, travelling all over the Auckland isthmus a couple of years ago, I was looking for something quite specific. A house where I could have my own space and where the kids could live separately as a family, because we were buying together. And there were quite a few just like that. One house I visited was owned by two doctors, they had two children, and they had brought her mother over from India – she was living downstairs and provided childcare and general

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11:14

National Blood Donor Week: NZ Blood Service CEO Sam...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/06/09

Kerre Woodham talks to NZ Blood Service CEO Sam Cliffe at the start of National Blood Donor week. NZ Blood is asking Kiwi's to find their superpower and start saving lives by becoming a blood or plasma donor. COVID's impact on the methods of recruiting young blood donors has led to a decrease in the number of young people donating blood. Since 2020, there has been a 25% decrease in the numbers of 16-25 year olds and the current average age of donors is 43, with 18% over 60.See

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34:04

Matt Crockett: Kāinga Ora CEO on increased warnings...

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2025/06/06

Clearer boundaries around Kāinga Ora tenant behaviour could explain a 600% surge in formal warnings. In the past 10 months, 63 tenancies were terminated because of abusive, threatening, or persistently disruptive behaviour. Nearly 1,500 warnings have been issued in the financial year to date. Chief executive Matt Crockett told Kerre Woodham behaviour isn't worse, rather the previous framework wasn't as sharp. He says clearer boundaries and more follow through now have more people's behaviour

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8:05

Kerre Woodham: Who should be paying more for home...

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2025/06/05

It's not really a huge shock, is it? The news that homeowners will have to pay even more for home insurance to help the Natural Hazards Commission (formerly known as the EQC), is to be expected. Insurers have been warning for years that premiums will rise and will continue to rise, that they may have to put some of the cost of risky properties back onto homeowners and in some cases, they'll be declining to insure homes altogether. And we've already started to see that. In 2017, a then-record $242

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6:55

Kerre Woodham: How can we take polls seriously?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Honestly, I don't know why we report on polls. Seriously, I don't know why I'm even talking about them myself, but it's really ripped my nightie overnight. They're so frustrating, and because media companies commission them, it makes the media look like master manipulators. This is from 1News last night (I didn't watch 1News, obvs) but this is from their website – both National and Labour have slid in the latest 1News-Verian poll, while New Zealand First have moved to their strongest position in

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6:38

Ben Speedy: ASB's General Manager of Commercial...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Kiwi business leaders fear the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs will be more severe than the impact of the Global Financial Crisis and the Covid pandemic. ASB and Talbot Mills have been surveying more than 300 business leaders, including CEOs and founders. Two-thirds of businesses are concerned about the impacts, including almost 80% of exporters. Meat, dairy and wine are expected to be hit harder, while the wool and seafood sectors are expected to fare better. ASB's General Manager of Commercial

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13:13

David Farrar: Curia Market Research Owner on how...

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2025/06/04

How is it that two recent polls had such starkly different outcomes? The latest RNZ Reid Research poll —out this morning— has the right bloc on 46.4, behind the left bloc on 50.3. But the latest 1 News Verian poll —released last night— has the right bloc on 50-percent, well ahead of the left bloc on 45. Curia Market Research Owner David Farrar told Kerre Woodham that when you poll 1000 people, they say there’s a 3% margin of error – so if a party is sitting at 50%, in reality they’re somewhere

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6:00

Kerre Woodham: Our workplace fatality rate is appalling

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2025/06/03

On average, there are 73 work-related deaths in New Zealand every single year. Relative to the number of people in employment, the New Zealand workplace fatality rate is double that of Australia, and it hasn't shifted in many, many years. More road cones have not made a difference. The New Zealand rate is similar to the rate the UK experienced back in the 1980s. The gap between New Zealand and Australia is consistent across most industries and occupations. It's not like we've got one that is more

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