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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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7:08

Kerre Woodham: How do you operate in an environment...

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2025/04/10

The phrase “may you live in interesting times” is bestowed not as a blessing, but as a curse. And living in these most interesting of times, you can see why that might be. That's not even taking into account the previous five years – if we just take 2025 as our year of living in interesting times, you can see why it might be a curse. Donald Trump raised tariffs on goods from China to 125%. Tariffs against seventy-five other countries are paused for 90 days with a 10% tariff because they were

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7:43

Kerre Woodham: Policing is a community-minded calling

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2025/04/09

Now the police have been in the spotlight in the past few weeks. It should have been criticism, with Wellington Central MP Tamatha Paul's comments and the criticism of police pulling back from attending mental health call outs, but in fact, the attention has highlighted just how much our men and women in blue are valued. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the original intention of Tamatha Paul when she made her much publicised comments that people in Wellington didn't want to see police officers

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34:23

Chris Quin: Foodstuffs North Island CEO on the latest...

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2025/04/09

Pak’nSave shoppers seem to be getting the best deal. A recent study by Foodstuffs North Island has found that New Zealand stores offer the lowest grocery prices when compared to leading retailers in Australia and the UK. The study compared 20 everyday necessities, and after adjusting for sales tax and exchange rates, Pak’nSave came out on top – cheaper than Woolworths NZ, Woolworths Australia, Tesco UK, and Aldi Australia. Foodstuff North Island CEO Chris Quin told Kerre Woodham that when they look

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11:36

Mary Holm: Personal Finance Journalist on the impact...

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2025/04/08

Kiwis are being urged to stay calm and stay the course as stock markets tumble. There’s global uncertainty off the back of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and investment funds like KiwiSaver have been taking a hit. Mortgage brokers have been facing concerns from first-home buyers, wondering what to do about the slump in their balance as they look to purchase. Personal Finance Journalist Mary Holm told Kerre Woodham that people should always keep money they plan to spend soon out of high-risk

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4:58

Kerre Woodham: We have to be willing and prepared to...

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2025/04/08

Well, we were a little in advance of the day yesterday, weren't we? If you were with me yesterday, I was looking at the armed forces lowering their standards to try to attract more people into the services. They're leaving in droves, finding it very hard to recruit new people, men and women, to join the services. And instead of lowering standards, I said, why not make the Defence Force more attractive as a career? Address the poor pay, the substandard housing and the lack of opportunities for career

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5:17

Kerre Woodham: NZDF has compromised standards, not...

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2025/04/07

I find it incredible that within a few days of a report into the sinking of the Manawanui - a damning report that revealed the crew and the Commanding Officer of the Navy ship were under trained, ill-prepared, not up to the job, the boat wasn't up to the task it was doing when it grounded on a Samoan reef - we learn that the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has lowered its standards to make it easier for people to apply for a job. This is an RNZ story and documents obtained by RNZ show that last

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12:10

Pete Wolfkamp: Newstalk ZB's resident builder on the...

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2025/04/07

Backyard granny flats are about to get bigger, and easier to build. The Government's announced it's going further to ease construction regulations, allowing for an estimated 13-thousand new flats to be built without consents. The proposed 60 square metre maximum is now increasing to 70. Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk, says removing these barriers is critical for increasing housing supply. Newstalk ZB's resident builder Pete Wolfkamp talks to Kerre Woodham. LISTEN ABOVE.See

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8:38

Kerre Woodham: Are our mental health services working?

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2025/04/04

The Access and Choice Programme, biggest investment in mental health in a generation, has now been in place for five years. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission released its final report on the programme rollout yesterday. The programme was funded from the 2019 wellbeing budget. You'll remember that, where more than a billion dollars, nearer to $2 billion, was committed to mental health support, to provide support for ‘mild to moderate’ needs relating to mental health and problematic substance

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10:32

Matt Doocey: Mental Health Minister on the results of...

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2025/04/03

Slow and steady improvements in mental health and addiction service access. Minister Matt Doocey's latest quarterly target updates have been released and show a small increase in the proportion of people being seen by specialist and primary services in under a month. However shorter ED department stays are still far below the 95% target, rising slightly to 65%. Doocey told Kerre Woodham it's a work in progress. He says he believes there is no silver bullet, but improvements happen through the

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6:36

Todd McClay: Trade Minister on the new tariffs coming...

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2025/04/03

Our Government is asking the US for more details on its new import rules for New Zealand. Donald Trump's announced 10% tariffs on almost all goods entering the country from around the world – including New Zealand. Many countries face much higher tariffs, with goods from China being hit by a combined 54% levy. Trade Minister Todd McClay has confirmed officials are still seeking information. He told Kerre Woodham that while a trade war isn’t ideal, New Zealand has a very diverse trade strategy, with

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7:56

Tony Mitchell: Residential Property Managers...

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2025/04/03

Kiwis seem to be on the move. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development data shows that half of New Zealand tenancies are less than two years old, and just 1% have been in place for more than 18 years. The average tenancy is now 50 months long, up from 28 in 2010, and the median has reached 25, up from 14 in 2010. Residential Property Managers Association Chairperson Tony Mitchell told Kerre Woodham that it comes down to flexibility – mostly on the part of the tenant. He says most landlords would

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35:00

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader talks the new US...

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2025/04/02

Labour's leader says the US tariffs on New Zealand aren't justified in a retaliatory sense. A US chart states New Zealand imposes 20% tariffs on US imports, and Chris Hipkins is wondering if this includes GST, which isn't a tariff. He told Kerre Woodham New Zealand's one of the world's lowest no-tariff countries. Hipkins also says New Zealand won’t just be impacted by the tariffs directly imposed on us, but we could be hit harder by indirect knock-on effects from the higher amounts Trump is

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6:59

Kerre Woodham: Paying the piper by turning down the...

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2025/04/02

Here we go again – the America’s Cup. How many times have you heard the debates for and against the America’s Cup? The Government, as you will have heard, has declined the opportunity to invest in hosting the America's Cup in 2027 and the usual arguments are raging over the wisdom or otherwise of that decision. Tātaki Auckland Unlimited (TAU) chief executive Nick Hill said it was with great disappointment that they were confirming that Auckland would no longer be bidding to host the 2027 America's

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13:04

Mark Orams: AUT Sailing Professor on the dropped bid...

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2025/04/01

Auckland's chance of hosting the next America's Cup has gone the way of the wind. Auckland Unlimited confirmed yesterday that the city is unable to proceed with its bid for the 2027 event, as the Government isn’t contributing any funding. AUT Sailing Professor and former world champion sailor, Mark Orams told Kerre Woodham that the professionalisation of sport has resulted in finances playing a more significant role when it comes to decision making. He says New Zealand lagged behind the trend as

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6:43

Kerre Woodham: There's got to be a happy medium in...

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2025/04/01

The war on road cones has ratcheted up, with the coalition government setting up a hotline for people to report the overzealous use of road cones and no, it's not an April Fool's joke. The hotline is part of a first tranche of measures introduced by Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden, designed to reform the country's health and safety laws so businesses can focus on the necessary and the essential - not on the “senseless and superfluous” as Brooke van Velden told Mike Hosking

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9:48

Tex Edwards: Monopoly Watch Research Director on...

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2025/03/30

The Government announced a formal Request for Information looking into what it could take to bring a third supermarket chain to the country. Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis isn't ruling out a major restructure as she says all options are on the table. Monopoly Watch Research Director Tex Edwards talks to Kerre Woodham about the announcement. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:07

Kerre Woodham: We cannot let people get away with...

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2025/03/26

Law and order was a major concern of voters going into the 2023 Election – to be fair, it's usually on the minds of voters going into any election campaign, but particularly the last one. Voters had had a guts full of doing things a different way. Of policing by consent, of giving authority to the gangs and then seeing them take over towns. We had guts full of seeing young kids ram raiding, of seeing neighbourhood crime increase. You saw numerous community Facebook pages showing kids as young as 10

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11:23

Jamie Cleine: Buller Mayor on the plans to move the...

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2025/03/26

Westport residents have been berating their council over a plan to move the flood-prone town. Draft master planning began in 2023 on a proposal to move to Government-owned Pamu-Landcorp farmland southwest of the current settlement. Buller Councillors yesterday voted to continue to the third stage. Mayor Jamie Cleine told Kerre Woodham that step enables more conversations. He says the plan has never been to just pick up and move Westport, it will be an inter-generational process. LISTEN ABOVESee

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7:41

Kerre Woodham: What is our obsession with shiny new...

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2025/03/25

What is this mania for the building of stadia when this country has so many already and very, very few of them are economic assets? The decision over whether to upgrade Eden Park in Auckland or to build a brand spanking new stadium on the waterfront is such an old debate. And before I go on, I will say I've been a guest of Eden Park, but it does take more to buy my opinion than a very nice lamb chop and a glass of non-alcoholic rosé, I promise you. The contest for Auckland's main stadium yesterday

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9:56

Hamish Firth: Mt Hobson Group Director on the changes...

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2025/03/24

The Government's scrapping the Resource Management Act and replacing it with new planning laws. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says current rules make it too hard to build the infrastructure and houses New Zealand desperately needs. He says Cabinet's agreed on a blueprint for reform, which will standardise zoning and remove differences for each local council – aiming to implement it before councils start their 2027 long-term plans. He claims the replacement RMA will cut admin and compliance costs

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