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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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5:19

Kerre Woodham: Take the jobs that are available

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/19

Well, the Reserve Bank has got what it wanted. Maybe not what it wanted, it's possibly the hard landing that they were hoping to avoid, but it got what it engineered. Back in 2022 the Reserve Bank told a Select Committee that, yes, it was deliberately engineering a recession to rein back inflation after being slow to raise interest rates. Governor Adrian Orr said as a result of raising interest rates to slow spending, there would likely be a rise in unemployment, but it may be a job-rich slow down

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6:27

Kerre Woodham: The Police are right to be brassed off

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/18

New Zealand police officers have overwhelmingly rejected the government's latest pay offer and have given the government one last chance to lift its game. The latest offer was put to the vote on April the 8th by the New Zealand Police Association. More than 75% voted against the offer. That is overwhelming. President Chris Cahill said the outcome sends a clear message to the government that the offer falls well short of addressing officers' concerns and very real needs. Police Minister Mark Mitchell

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6:11

Kerre Woodham: Beggars used to be part of the...

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2024/04/17

Back in the day when I lived in Ponsonby and it was only just starting to evolve as a shopping and cafe destination, we didn't have beggars per say. More, they were people who were living in community houses who would walk up and down the street, and they were simply absorbed into the community. They were given cigarettes from the smokers who were sitting at the outside tables of the cafes that had established themselves. There was always a meal for them at many of the cafes and the restaurants

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10:42

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor on inflation...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/16

Inflation is continuing to ease, particularly for essentials. Latest Stats NZ figures show the Consumer Price Index increased 4% in the year to March, down from 4.7% in the year to December. Housing's been the biggest contributor to inflation and rents rose at the fastest rate since records began in 1999. But the Herald's Liam Dann says the cost of most other day-to-day essentials are going up more slowly. He says grocery prices are stabilising, and fruit and vegetables have actually got a lot

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4:36

Kerre Woodham: ACC needs accountability

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/16

When I broke my arm just before the end of the year, I was very grateful to our health system for picking up the pieces, quite literally. They found a bit that was missing at the top of my arm that they weren't expecting, and put me back together again, and it's pretty much back to normal. I'm very, very grateful for the skill, the ability and the kindness of North Shore Hospital, and I was grateful too for the part funding of the first few physio and acupuncture appointments. Those appointments

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10:15

Dr Jaimie Monk: Motu Research Fellow and Long Covid...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/16

Those suffering from Long Covid are afraid of what will happen to them under the Government’s benefit reset. Social Development Minister Louise Upston announced that sanctions for those on the benefit will begin to ramp up from June. Long Covid has left some suffering from symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, cognitive impairment, and severe pain, forcing them to leave work where they subsequently go on the Jobseeker Benefit. Dr Jaimie Monk, Motu Research Fellow, suffers from Long Covid and told

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6:55

Kerre Woodham: Shock and pain... where do we go from...

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2024/04/15

As police in NSW work to establish the motives behind the knife attack at Sydney's Westfield Mall, that left six people dead, 12 in hospital, spare a thought for the families of the victims who were receiving texts up to minutes before all of a sudden, randomly, without any warning or notice their lives were gone. And spare thought too for the family of Joel Cauchi - because they have been left reeling too. Cauchi was an itinerant with a history of mental illness. He wasn't always like that. His

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10:33

Michael Wood: E Tu Negotiation Specialist on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/12

New Zealand’s unions are up in arms over the major cuts to the public sector. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told reporters that if the PSA and Council of Trade Unions actually cared about low and middle income workers, they’d support the Government’s planned tax cuts. PSA National Secretary Dunane Leo said they’re standing firm in defending their jobs, claiming services are being sacrificed for tax cuts. E Tu Negotiator Michael Wood joined Kerre Woodham to dig into the situation and discuss

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7:28

Kerre Woodham: Are unions still relevant?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/10

You don't really need to watch or read the news at the moment, at least not for the first couple of stories, because all we're really getting at the moment is a union campaign from the PSA and the CTU dressed up as news, with stories about how cuts to the civil service are going to bring the country to ruin. #Newsalert, the country is already on the brink of ruin and the bloated civil service would have contributed towards some of the cost blowouts that this country has seen. Michael Woods has

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9:24

Kevin Milne: Former and longest serving host of Fair...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/10

Yesterday saw the cancellation of New Zealand’s second longest running television shows: TVNZ’s Fair Go. The consumer affairs show has been airing since 1977, featuring a roster of well-known hosts including Newstalk ZB’s Kerre Woodham and Kevin Milne. Kevin Milne was the longest serving host on the show, appearing from 1983 until 2010. He told Kerre that what disappoints him about TVNZ is that they could’ve cut back on the number of episodes instead of cancelling it altogether. “It remains just

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6:11

Kerre Woodham: There's a value in setting targets

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/09

Love a target, love a list, and yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon released a new list of to-dos, this time in the form of targets. And while some on the left have roundly criticized him for having the temerity to set targets, what on Earth have they got against realistic goals? I didn't hear them shouting and jeering when Jacinda Ardern announced that her government was going to build 100,000 houses in 10 years. If that's not a target, and that's not a goal, I don't know what is. But if

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11:38

Dr Polly Atatoa Carr: Researcher on the long term...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/08

Two researchers are arguing that the decision to cut longitudinal studies will worsen inequities and increase costs in the long term. In the past two weeks, funding has ceased for two of New Zealand's foremost longitudinal studies. The Ministry of Social Development did not renew the contract for the ‘Growing Up in New Zealand’ project at the end of February, the study that has tracked more than 6000 children since 2009. Dr Polly Atatoa Carr, one of the researchers behind the Newsroom article,

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6:35

Kerre Woodham: The need for skilled migrants

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2024/04/08

First up, the changes to immigration. Guess what? High-trust models don't work when it comes to work visas. A stunning revelation to start the week. Credit where it's due, Radio New Zealand have been on to the story. They applied for information around the new immigration visas under the Official Information Act and found out that even after Immigration New Zealand was told of concerns over lax checks and migrants buying jobs for up to $50K on the open market, it took Immigration New Zealand three

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12:22

Craig Clark: NZ Police District Services Co-ordinator...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/05

Police stats supplied to the Dairy and Business owners group showed that in 2023, 148,599 crimes were reported at retail locations. Kotahi te Whakaaro brings together government, non-government, and iwi daily to review cases of young people involved with Police in the preceding 24 hours. The approach is designed to prevent escalation into or through the youth justice system. Senior Sergeant Craig Clark, New Zealand Police District Services Co-ordinator, told Kerre Woodham that they take a

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4:05

Kerre Woodham: If you want to keep Māori wards, vote...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/05

The government is restoring the ability to hold referenda on Māori wards as part of its coalition agreement with ACT and NZ First. It's highly unlikely that National would have acted alone, but as part of the Coalition agreement, as part of the horse trading, they committed to holding referenda on the Māori wards. Local government Minister Simeon Brown announced the move yesterday, saying a bill will soon be introduced to allow communities to petition their counsel to hold binding polls on Māori

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34:16

PM Christopher Luxon takes questions on Kerre Woodham...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/04

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the government had put “hundreds of millions [of dollars] more” onto the table for a “much more enhanced offer” to police last week. That offer was going out for voting by police in the next few days. Luxon took questions for an hour on Kerre Woodham’s Newstalk ZB show today. He said he disagreed that National had used law and order issues as a marketing tool during the election, only to stint on the police pay offer, saying it had now put a “very good”

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9:01

Kerre Woodham: Teachers shouldn't be writing the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/04

Didn't Erica Stanford sound impressive talking to Mike on the Mike Hosking breakfast this morning? This is a woman who has clearly been working on her passion portfolio while in opposition, who has come into government ready to go. I remember Chris Hipkins when he was in a couple of weeks ago saying we weren't really ready to come into government. What the hell were you doing for the past nine years? Seriously, you're being paid, surely you should be looking at your passion portfolios, you can put

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5:29

Julien Leys: NZ Building Industry Federation CEO on...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/04

The Government is changing the Building Act to address a shortage of building supplies and long wait-times for new products to be approved. That includes signing-off on products with a reputable overseas certification and recognising approval schemes used in countries like Australia. Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says it will ease building costs and make our building products better. Julien Leys, CEO of the New Zealand Building Industry Federation, told Kerre Woodham that it’s

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8:29

Chris Penk: Minister for Building and Construction on...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/04

The Government is bulldozing barriers for bringing in new building products to New Zealand. Minister for Building and Construction, Chris Penk, has unveiled changes to the Building Act in a bid to increase the availability of products and cool down costs. That includes approving products with a reputable overseas certification and recognising product standards from trusted overseas jurisdictions. Penk told Kerre Woodham that it’s one of those things that has been talked about for years, so they

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6:25

Kay: Former Head of Social Sciences on the problems...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/03

The Education Review Office has found teachers are overwhelmed by the scale of change in teaching the new history curriculum. Teaching New Zealand’s histories became a requirement for students in years one to ten at the start of last year. The report found schools are finding it challenging and time consuming, often struggling to understand what's required. Kay is a former head of Social Science with a specialty in commerce teaching, and although she hasn’t taught social studies since 2000, was

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