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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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8:44

Gaven Martin: Massey University Distinguished Maths...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/11/05

A math professor believes the Education Minister deserves kudos for their new maths programme. The Government's announced 2000 Year 7 and 8 students will take part in a programme aiming to boost math achievement over the first two terms of next year. Erica Stanford says it's designed to give more Kiwi kids confidence in mathematics. Massey University Distinguished Maths Professor Gaven Martin told Kerre Woodham that this plan can start to address many of the problems thy had. He says that while

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7:59

Kerre Woodham: Education shouldn't be left up to chance

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2024/11/05

Now we've known for some time that New Zealand's once world class education system is no longer – that it is failing. And I really, really feel for the teachers. Education has been hijacked by ideologues who want children to share their world view and care little for the fact that our kids have no idea how to spell world or view. Our literacy is bad, our numeracy is even worse. According to international studies, we are now one of the least numerate countries in the developed world. In the 2019

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7:51

Kerre Woodham: Healthy teeth are vital for a healthy...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/11/04

There is absolutely no doubt that healthy teeth are vital for a healthy life. Poor dental care can actually kill you. There's a small number of cases from the States they read about recently where an untreated tooth abscess led to an infection that spread to the brain, and a number of children died as a result of that. Even without catastrophising, bad teeth are miserable. It's painful, leads to other infections throughout the body, it's unsightly - robs people of self-confidence if their teeth

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13:24

Lynda Moore: Money Mentalist on spiralling debt and...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/11/03

It is becoming a fairly common story that debt is getting so big, people are burying their head in the sand rather than dealing with it. Money mentalist Lynda Moore tells Kerre Woodham debt is easier to ignore in the modern day, without red-letter hard reminders arriving in the mail. Without help and support, people can very easily get lost or trust the wrong people. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:21

Kerre Woodham: A valuable lesson

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/11/01

The interim report into the grounding of Interislander’s Aratere ferry has found the bridge crew didn't know how to turn off the autopilot function on a new steering control system. A report by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission was published yesterday, setting out the facts and circumstances established to this point and its inquiry into the incident, which remains ongoing. So, the interim report said the Araterereceived a new steering control system in May 2024, that was a month

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10:08

Cindy Towns: University of Otago lecturer on the new...

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2024/10/31

Should single rooms be the norm in hospitals? Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for New Zealand hospitals, with up to five people staying in each room. New research argues that this breaches safety and ethical concerns, saying that single patient rooms should be the most basic standard of care. Researcher and author Dr Cindy Towns told Kerre Woodham that while it may seem counterintuitive for single rooms to be as economical as multi-patient rooms, poor care costs money. She says that having

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6:40

Chelsea Daniels: Front Page Host on Philip...

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2024/10/31

A community service sentence ends the saga of Philip Polkinghorne. The former Auckland eye surgeon has returned to the High Court in Auckland today – more than a month after he was acquitted of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna. He's been sentenced to 150 hours community work after admitting to a meth charge. The Front Page's Chelsea Daniels spoke to Kerre Woodham from the High Court at Auckland and says the possibility of a fine was discussed. She says Justice Graham Lang didn't believe a fine

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5:52

Kerre Woodham: When did parents stop wanting more for...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/31

When did parents stop wanting more for their kids? The figures out today are absolutely appalling and paint a grim future for thousands of young New Zealanders. People aged 16-24 who are on the main benefit can expect to stay there for 20.4 years. I suppose we'll take the good news where we find it – that's down from 21.3 years. But good Lord, what a miserable existence for so many young people and what a shocking waste of potential. Young beneficiaries are more likely to have lower skill levels,

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10:02

Nigel Bickle: Hastings District Council CEO on their...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/30

It’s not just the Government who are taking a look at building consents. Hastings District Council has been looking into a more risk-based approach to building consents, aiming to bring the costs down for both building firms and consumers. Council CEO Nigel Bickle told Kerre Woodham that the current system was put in place with the 2004 Building Act in response to the significant damages and issues caused by leaky homes. He said that the system was always meant to be recalibrated. LISTEN ABOVESee

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5:55

Kerre Woodham: Would self-certification build a...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/30

I suppose I should have, but I had no idea that it takes, on average, 569 days for a home to be built and consented right now. Nearly two years for a home to be built and consented! A decent building company could throw up a house in three months, couldn't they? But no, because of the consenting process, 569 days in this country for a home to be built and consented. No wonder we have a shortage of homes and no wonder they're so expensive. Now the Government wants to change that and yesterday

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7:31

Pete Wolfkamp: Newstalk ZB's Resident Builder on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/29

The devil will be in the details when it comes to the Government’s new building consents scheme. The proposal would allow competent tradespeople to self-certify consents on low risk builds, and businesses with a track record on delivering bigger projects would be able to access streamlined consenting. Pete Wolfkamp, ZB’s Resident Builder, told Kerre Woodham that it makes sense that those doing roughly the same type of low risk project over and over again should be able to monitor their own

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5:59

Kerre Woodham: Another weekend, another boy racer...

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2024/10/29

Almost four months to the day, on the 30th of June, headlines were trumpeting a police crackdown on boy racers. In Wellington, police issued 138 infringement notices, 19 vehicles were taken off the streets, five vehicles were seized by bailiffs because of unpaid fines, three were impounded, 11 were either pink or green stickered due to compliance issues, 420 people were breathalysed, one person was arrested, and a stolen Subaru was seized. From one boy racer gathering in Wellington. On that same

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8:02

Mark Mitchell: Police Minister on the move to crack...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/28

The Police Minister is signalling a law change to crack down on boy racers after a violent brawl in Wairarapa on Saturday. Videos of men smashing a car's windows and beating up its driver are circulating on social media. The boy racers also threw bottles, rocks, and fireworks at police, with several people now facing charges. Minister Mark Mitchell told Kerre Woodham he is working on legislation with the Ministers for Justice and Transport. He says they hope to progress changes to give police

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4:31

Kerre Woodham: Want only white nurses? You might be...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/24

If you want to racially abuse hospital staff and demand white only nurses, fine. We will draw a curtain around your bed, and you’ll lie there and wait. You need pain relief, assistance to go to the loo, have your sheets changed, have your blood pressure monitored - make sure it's not getting dangerously high. You lie there and you wait. You wait for a white nurse to come on duty. You might be waiting a while. I don't know how this ugly racist who the poor people at Waitakere Hospital have had the

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11:10

Ben Basevi: NZ Nurses Organisation delegate on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/24

More than 30 staff at Waitākere Hospital refused to care for a racially abusive patient in a bid to get hospital managers to defuse the situation. The male patient had asked for white-only staff, making racist and sexual remarks over a period of six weeks. Their drastic action prompted hospital managers to escalate their response and defuse the situation. New Zealand Nurses Organisation delegate Ben Basevi told Kerre Woodham he thinks management was out of touch, and didn’t come down to see what was

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6:54

Kerre Woodham: You can't have police on every bus or...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/23

Yesterday afternoon, a woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition after being seriously injured in an assault on board a bus broad daylight. Shortly before 6pm, police confirmed the person had died in the hospital – they said the victim was a passenger on the bus. They say nobody else is at risk at the moment, they know who the alleged offender is, but it's unsettling. This is not the norm, this is not what should be happening. You should be able to board a bus on a quiet Wednesday and get

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8:53

Kerre Woodham: How is it that we need a Crown Observer?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/23

The Government is set to appoint a Crown Observer to Wellington City Council within weeks. The writing was on the wall really, wasn't it? It was whether they were going to go the whole hog with the Commissioner, a’ la Tauranga, or settle for an Observer, and that is what they've gone with. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown made the announcement yesterday and said he's written to Wellington City Council with draft terms of reference – he's given the Council ten working days to respond, as

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7:05

Kerre Woodham: Only the worst of the worst are...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/22

Several thousands more offenders are likely to be captured under Three Strikes 2.0 following changes by Cabinet to toughen up the act. These changes, announced this morning, include halving the sentencing threshold for a first strike, and making it retrospective (controversial with lawmakers). That would capture several thousands of the 15,000-odd offenders with strikes to their name under Three Strikes 1.0. When it was repealed by Labour, who said it was harsh and punitive and unfair to Māori and

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6:33

Kerre Woodham: Can we really afford to host the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/20

Who doesn't love hosting a good party? Who hasn't enjoyed the buzz that comes from having people from all over the world heading into town intent on having a good time? Even if you can't afford the price of the tickets to the Rugby World Cup, or through fee for Women's World Cup, or you haven't got a gin palace to head out on the water to get up, close and personal to the America's Cup racing, you can still share in the good times and the positive vibes that are generated when a marquee event is

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9:32

Mark Orams: AUT sailing professor on the prospect of...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/10/20

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says it's politically viable for New Zealand to host the America's Cup as we've done it before,and if we don't step up, someone else will. She says Kiwis love to see New Zealand doing well and winning – and says we know having the Cup at home comes with economic benefits. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says the hosting decision is in the hands of Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton. AUT Sailing Professor and former New Zealand world champion sailor Mark Orams joined

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