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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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10:07

Ian Albers: CEO of First Fresh NZ and Citrus NZ board...

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2024/09/23

Last week, Kerre was fortunate to MC the New Zealand Citrus Growers conference in Gisborne/Tai Rawhiti. There were many fantastic stories about how the region and growers have bounced back after Cyclone Gabrielle. However, there was also a warning on the horizon about a real danger to the industry – one that we can all help keep a watch on and prevent from taking hold here. CEO of First Fresh NZ and Citrus NZ board member, Ian Albers joins Kerre Woodham to discuss the challenges facing the

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5:51

Kerre Woodham: "I'm all for a four-year term"

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2024/09/22

It looks like there's going to be a referendum after all. Not the one that David Seymour wants, but a referendum on whether the four-year political term should be legislated. We've got three years at the moment. For years, people have been saying it's too short and now in National's coalition agreement with both ACT and NZ First, there are provisions to introduce legislation extending the political term. Yesterday, the Prime Minister said the issue could well be put to the electorate at the

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9:58

Michael Swanson: University of Otago New Zealand...

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2024/09/22

A decision around extending political terms from three years to four may be put to voters in the next election. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the Government may put the matter to referendum in 2026. Luxon expressed confidence there is support for a four-year term across the House. University of Otago New Zealand Politics PhD candidate Michael Swanson tells Kerre Woodham a four-year term could change voter behaviour from keeping the current government in power to allow them time to

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6:57

Kerre Woodham: Should juries be reserved for the...

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2024/09/20

There's an old saying that justice delayed is justice denied. It's a legal maxim that means if legal redress to an injured party is available, but it's not forthcoming in a timely fashion, that's effectively the same as having no remedy at all. I don't think it's entirely true - a conviction and a prison term would bring some relief for victims of serious crime, but the stress of waiting years to see that justice delivered would be a heavy burden for the victim and their families. The

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5:28

John MacDonald: Learning the hard way is the best way

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/19

I am —and always have been— a huge believer in on-the-job training. When I left school, I wanted to be a journalist. But I didn’t go to polytech or university, I went and did a newspaper cadetship at the Otago Daily Times, in Dunedin. 1986 this was. And, even though day one was horrific, it was the best thing I could have done. Even though I turned up on day one thinking I was Christmas and went home that night feeling like Good Friday - despite that, I’m in no doubt that learning on-the-job was

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4:53

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

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/18

New Zealand's economy has barely escaped another technical recession. New Stats NZ figures show our Gross Domestic Product contracted 0.2% in the three months to June. Its revised figures downgrade the March quarter to show the economy grew just 0.1%, not the 0.2% initially estimated. Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann told John McDonald that minimal growth kept us out of another technical recession but doesn't change reality. He says with a lot of migration gains and population growth,

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7:09

Kerre Woodham: Who wants to be a teacher? Not many of...

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2024/09/18

Who'd be a teacher? Not many of us, apparently - the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand says half as many Kiwis are signing up to become teachers than there were in 2010, and the number of students graduating as teachers has dropped by more than a third. The Deputy Chief Executive Clive Jones said if you look at the number of domestic students enrolling in teacher training programmes for the first time, that's dropped by 51% between 2010 and 2023. We're simply not producing enough teachers to

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6:27

Kerre Woodham: Is Hipkins the man to lead Labour into...

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2024/09/17

Let's talk politics, specifically the latest Taxpayers Union Curia poll. It showed a firming up of support for the Coalition Government and the parties that make that up, but Labour leader Chris Hipkins has lost support as preferred Prime Minister and the party is languishing. The party vote changes were all within the margin of error in this latest poll, but the preferred prime minister stakes saw Chris Hipkins dropping 6.1 percentage points. When you compare the previous Taxpayers Union Curia

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8:21

Jason Walls: Newstalk ZB Political Editor on the...

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2024/09/16

Chris Hipkins’ falling popularity could spell trouble for his party. The Labour leader's slumped more than six points to 12.6% in the preferred prime minister stakes of the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll. National leader and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has taken a hit of 1.8 points - but is still leaps and bounds ahead on 32.7%. All up, the coalition parties have tightened their grip on power by gaining a seat, while the Opposition has lost two. Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason

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6:50

Kerre Woodham: The phone ban is working - let's get...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/16

So the Government's 'Phones Away For The Day' regulations came into force in state schools and kura at the beginning of term two. Schools must ensure students do not use or access a phone while they're attending school, including during lunch time and breaks. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced the policy before the election last year and there were the typical naysayers saying that'll never work. How can you enforce it, the children need their phones to be able to contact their parents, it's

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13:24

David Seymour: ACT Party leader on the latest...

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2024/09/16

ACT's leader says Government departments will have to prove race-based policies have value. Cabinet is circulating a memo to agencies with the instruction to prioritise public services on the basis of need, rather than ethnic identity. David Seymour says a discussion needs to be had. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:03

Kerre Woodham: What's the point in keeping...

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2024/09/13

One of the emails that did come in for the Prime Minister caught my eye, and I thought, you know, this is not a silly idea. It might be. I think there's some merit and discussing it and I'd love to run it by you. It was from the Elephant Beetle Think Tank and a quick Google found that no such thing exists, probably a couple of people enjoying a glass of wine and having chats, but none the less... it questions why we still have intermediate schools. There are 116 intermediate schools that remain

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34:48

Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister takes calls,...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/13

The Prime Minister says he will bring the Opposition leader on board to hammer out a plan for infrastructure. The Government is promoting a message of bipartisanship as it sets its sights on designing a 30-year pipeline for delivering major projects. Christopher Luxon and his Transport, Infrastructure, and Housing Ministers visited New South Wales last month to learn from Australia's productivity. Newstalk ZB's Kerre Woodham pushed Luxon on why he didn't take Labour leader Chris Hipkins if he's

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7:14

Kerre Woodham: ACC needs to lift its game before...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/12

I could not have put it better than ACC Minister Matt Doocey did yesterday. He wants ACC to lift its own game before it starts raising levies. The Accident Compensation Corporation has just begun a one-month consultation on suggested rises of more than 7% on levies for motorists, and more than 4% for employers and earners. I mean everybody else is raising their rates, aren't they? So here goes ACC. They have motorcyclists, professional sports people and ballerinas, specifically in their sights

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9:55

Sir Richard Faull: Director of the Centre for Brain...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/12

The number of New Zealanders with dementia is expected to double in the next 20 years, with social disadvantages playing a big role. Public Health Communication Centre's briefing reveals the risk of developing dementia is 60% higher for people living in the most deprived areas in New Zealand. Director of the Centre for Brain Research, Sir Richard Faull told Kerre Woodham that there are about 14 factors which, when addressed, reduce the risk of developing dementia. These factors, which include

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4:12

Kerre Woodham: It won't be that simple to solve the...

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2024/09/11

It won't be a particularly good morning for the people of the central North Island. There was a sense of inevitability really, though, with the announcement that Winstone International will be closing its two mills near Ohakune. For months now, Winstone have been working on trying to find a way to keep the mills open in the face of declining commodity prices and astronomically high power prices. More than 200 workers are directly affected, but of course many, many more will feel the ripple effects

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5:25

Kerre Woodham: The real purpose of the ban on gang...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/10

As much as I hate the gangs profiting from misery and tying up police time with their internecine feuds, the late amendment to the gangs bill, banning people from wearing their gang patches in their own homes, seems ludicrous for the reasons that have been given. The Gangs Bill, as it was tabled in July at the Justice Select Committee, will give police the power to disperse gatherings and to ban patches in public. All good. But a clause added a few weeks ago allows the police to apply to the

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12:03

Chris Bowden: MATES in Construction Academic Director...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/10

A reminder to construction workers to keep looking out for each other on World Suicide Prevention Day. MATES in Construction's recent survey finds 85% of workers reported good mental health last year, an improvement from previous years. But also last year, 80 workers died from suspected suicides, a jump from previous years. Dr Chris Bowden, MATES in Construction’s Academic Director, told Kerre Woodham the participants in their study group talked a lot about the bullying, harassment,

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5:47

Kerre Woodham: Can pine forestry and livestock...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/09

This is one that has been discussed before and will no doubt be discussed again. Can pine forestry and livestock farming coexist in this country, or does one have to make way for the other? For the last decade, there have been major concerns about productive farmland, not only being converted into subdivisions, but being converted into forests. These concerns were ramped up in recent times with the previous administration’s One Billion Trees project. The area of land planted in trees is actually

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8:55

Dr Jenny Webster-Brown: White paper co-author on...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/09/08

A new white paper warns there will be a significant transition of sheep and beef farms into pine forestry unless current Government policies and economic signals are reconsidered. Called “Why Pines?”, the paper summarises the results of four recently completed research programmes, funded by Our Land and Water. The four research programmes used different techniques and perspectives, but all found a likely increase in pine plantations on land currently used for sheep and beef farming. White paper

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