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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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5:50

Kerre Woodham: How do we get information we need if...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/30

We need information. To create a functioning society, there's certain information that we need to know. How many of us there are in the country for starters. How old we all are, so we know where we need to build schools and what sort of aged care we might need in the future. Roads, public transport, all that sort of stuff depends on knowing where we all are, who we all are, where we work. So many questions and so many answers needed. And since 1851, we've been getting that information via the

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5:46

Elliott Smith: ZB Rugby Commentator on NZ Rugby's...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/29

The result is in for New Zealand Rugby’s long-awaited governance vote. Proposal Two, the structure put forth by the country’s provincial unions has won with 69 votes. The proposal includes a stipulation that at least three of NZR’s nine board directors must have experience serving on a provincial board, in contrast with proposal one —backed by NZR and the players— which wanted all nine directors to be entirely independent. ZB’s Rugby Correspondent Elliott Smith told Kerre Woodham that it hasn't

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11:44

Jake Adelstein: Investigative journalist and author...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/29

Prolific author and former investigative journalist Jake Adelstein has quite an extensive knowledge of the Yakuza. He was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, between 1993 and 2005, and from 2006 to 2007 he was the chief investigator for a US State Department-sponsored investigation into human trafficking in Japan. He’s written for outfits such as the Independent and The Guardian, as well as writing three books: ‘Tokyo Vice: a Western Reporter on the beat in Japan’, ‘The

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7:34

Kerre Woodham: Debt-to-income restrictions aren't a...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/28

Fundamentally, I would have thought that limiting debt-to-income is a good idea. The debt-to-income ratio is the ratio of your total debt —mortgage credit cards, child support payments, hire, purchase, and the like— relative to your total pre-tax income. So, for example, if you have a total debt of $500,000 and your total gross income is $80,000, your debt-to-income ratio is 6.25. It means your total debt is 6.25 of your total gross income. So, as I say, to estimate your debt-to-income ratio,

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6:06

Kerre Woodham: Paid placements are not a new idea

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/27

A petition has been set up asking for students on placement to receive a stipend from the Government, because as part of their qualifications many students, like those in healthcare, social work, and education, are required to complete unpaid placements to practically apply what they've learnt. And it's a really, really good idea because quite often, the theory bears no real relation to reality. You might think you want to be a nurse, and then you're in amongst the blood and the gore and you think,

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7:02

Kerre Woodham: Great pre-Budget announcement for...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/27

One of the best teachers at my daughter’s intermediate school, Ponsonby Intermediate, was a former chippy-turned-teacher. He was a great example of somebody who'd trained in one career then decided to move into another — teaching. And there's a whole bunch of kids who are very, very glad he made that choice. It was a great pre-Budget announcement from Erica Stanford, who said yesterday $53 million will be going towards recruiting and training teachers, teachers who are desperately needed in all

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9:13

Dr Bryan Betty: General Practice NZ chair on firearm...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/27

Firearm-owners say they aren't reaching out when struggling, for fear their firearms could be taken away by police. With an estimated one in five people struggling with mental illness each year, that means up to 50,000 licence holders refusing to seek the help they might need. General Practice NZ Chair and Porirua GP Dr Bryan Betty joined Kerre Woodham. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:47

Kerre Woodham: Shane Jones has a point

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/23

Resource Minister Shane Jones is all for opening up our extraction industries. He says New Zealand has an opportunity to double the value of its mineral exports and mine for elements that are heavily sought after for electric technologies. He released a minerals strategy document with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) yesterday and has been consistent with making a strong case for mining - New Zealand has a rich history of mining and the sector has played a significant

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7:31

Kelvin Davidson: Corelogic Chief Property Economist...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/23

Parts of our economy are continuing to provide inflation pressures for the Reserve Bank. It's decided to keep the OCR at 5.5% and has signalled a rate cut no sooner than the second quarter of next year. The move to keep the OCR the same was anticipated, but many were hoping for rate cuts to come earlier. Corelogic’s Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson told Kerre Woodham that this is the monetary policy tightening cycle in action. He said you have to squeeze the economy a bit to get

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7:14

Kerre Woodham: Can you survive until 25?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/22

I first heard the catchphrase Survive to 25 when I was talking to be at large, Liam Dann. It appears to have come out of the US and implies that if mortgagees and small businesses can just hang on till next year things will start to come right. Because let's face it, we're not going to see interest rates drop any time soon. Despite some of the banks predicting that there would be a drop in mortgage interest rates towards the end of the year, the Reserve Bank poured cold water on that. Great for

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6:05

Kerre Woodham: Hardworking Kiwis deserve a reward too

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/21

I know we have no money. I know the government is in dire straits and making really tough decisions when it comes to spending and where that spending is targeted, but I will be so sad if First Home Grants is one of the schemes that gets cut in the review of housing projects that is under way. The review is necessary because the previous government and its agents mismanaged Kainga Ora to the extent that New Zealanders not even born yet will be paying off its debts. If it hadn’t gotten into so much

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6:22

Kerre Woodham: I'd love to be shocked by the Kainga...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/21

The scathing review into the government's public housing landlord Kainga Ora, which was led by former Prime Minister Sir Bill English, was released yesterday and it was every bit as bad as those with half a brain had expected. It found the social housing system is not socially or financially sustainable. As a result, the board has, in effect, been sacked and a new chairman has been appointed. New incumbent housing minister, Chris Bishop says it's bad. “It was fairly alarming, to be honest, I'm

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6:57

Kerre Woodham: Workplace bullying or crossed wires?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/16

The report out that workplace bullying is costing the country in terms of productivity and lost earnings is nothing new. Bullying and harassment are conservatively estimated to cost employers $1.5 billion a year, according to a new study by KPMG, published for Friday's Pink Shirt Day. Years ago, there was a story on workplace bullying that surfaced in the news and the Department of Labour had to scramble to get extra staff to man the phones when a helpline they set up to take calls was

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4:57

Donna: Middle-income caller on crushing costs and...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/16

Finances are tough for many Kiwis at the moment, with costs skyrocketing across the board. Mortgages are going up, as is inflation, food costs, gas, and electricity. Banks are expecting the value of “bad mortgage debt” to increase by 40% by the end of 2024, and around 90% of the country’s fixed mortgage debt has an interest rate about 4%. An estimated 40,000 people had their power cut in 2023 due to unpaid bills, and one in five had trouble paying their monthly bill on time. Much like low

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7:58

Kerre Woodham: Access to electricity is a basic human...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/15

If you woke up this morning and you turned on the heater because it was a bit chilly, not as chilly as it has been, but a bit chilly, good for you. Did you think about the cost? If you didn’t, lucky you. An estimated 40,000 New Zealand households had their power cut due to unpaid bills in 2023, which is a phenomenal number of households. One in five had trouble paying their monthly power bill and this is at a time when the “big four” power companies are earning more than $7 million every day while

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4:09

Kerre Woodham: Where was the buy in from the police?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/14

Late in the show yesterday, Police Commissioner Andrew Coster along with Police Minister Mark Mitchell announced they would be introducing a National Gang Unit to crack down on gang crime and gangs’ anti-social behaviour. Coster said police know gang members commit a large amount of the crime in New Zealand. I don’t think it’s a state secret. I think most of us are well aware that the gangs are either committing it, or behind a large amount of the crime in New Zealand. He says 8% of all violence

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8:59

David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/13

David Seymour says the Government is diversifying education by bringing back charter schools. More than $150 million from the Budget will go towards setting up 15 new charter schools and converting 35 state schools. Charter schools get government funding but operate independently. They were abolished by the Labour-led coalition in 2018. The Associate Education Minister told Kerre Woodham that there’s no shortage of demand in teaching for the basic proposition of ‘get the results, we’ll leave

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5:04

Kerre Woodham: Charter schools are making a comeback

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/13

Charter schools are making a comeback. So, what happened last time? When ACT was in confidence and supply with the John Key government, they were able to establish charter schools and they managed to establish 11 of them. Charter schools were designed to be a place for children who didn't fit into mainstream education. They had different structures, a different layout, and a different form of teaching. They still must follow a curriculum, but it is different from your normal education. I was

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6:17

Kerre Woodham: How can IRD allow child support...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/12

How on earth can the IRD allow child support arrears to get to more than $1 billion? I could understand it if chasing up payments involved men and women using telephones and ledger books, sharpening their pencils to make fresh calculations - but in this age of technology and electronic payments and with IRD having the power to rifle through bank accounts, it seems inconceivable that it could be allowed to get to this. Even taking into account much of the money owed will be made up on interest

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6:43

Deborah Hart: Consumer Advocacy Council Chair on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/05/09

Consumers will be feeling unsettled as the reliability of electricity supply is tested. A cold snap and low wind generation meant the country faced a potential supply shortfall, and Transpower asked people to reduce electricity use between 7 and 9am. Consumer Advocacy Council chair Deborah Hart says this kind of situation is not new, but the market model is obviously not working. She said that we need to turn our attention from only building infrastructure to delivering energy efficiency and

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