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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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5:54

Kerre Woodham: Do we have too many charities?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/02

A couple of weeks ago I took a call. I didn't recognise the number, but I took the call anyway and I very quickly regretted that I had done so. The caller was a very nicely spoken man who, after pleasantries were exchanged, wanted to know why I had stopped giving to a charity I had previously supported. I agreed that yes, I had supported the charity for a very long time, and yes, I understood the good work it was doing, and yes, I absolutely knew that times were tough - in fact, that was the

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8:50

Kerre Woodham: This coalition government is fond of a...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/04/01

Well, you know, I'm an old-fashioned girl, let's face it, but I do love a list. They're especially helpful if you have much to do and you feel slightly overwhelmed. Writing things down, and I'm a Luddite and I use pen and paper (if your list is on an app, I'm not going to judge), it's the writing down that counts. Writing down what you need to do helps you understand that it's manageable. If you can fit everything you need to do done onto a piece of paper, even if you're using both sides, it shows

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7:00

Kerre Woodham: The OECD report isn't news

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/27

Well, it's news, but it's not really, is it? An OECD report has found that New Zealand's students are among the worst behaved kids in the world and that bad behaviour has worsened in the last two years. Shock me. A report released this morning by the Education Review Office has called for classroom behaviour to become a priority, and to nationalise the approach to dealing with bad behaviour. At the moment, each school must set its own policy, around discipline, about rules, about consequences

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7:28

Kerre Woodham: Should you put caveats on second chances?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/27

When it comes to second chances for people, do you put caveats on those second chances? So you're allowed a second chance, but you must refrain from being in the public eye. Or you're allowed a second chance, but you must always present a subdued demeanour and never look as though you're enjoying life ever again. When you have done something dreadful, absolutely appalling, when you have done something criminal and you have been convicted for that, at what point are you allowed to work again? To

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6:55

Kerre Woodham: How much should we rely on Civil Defence?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/26

The independent review of Hawke’s Bay’s Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabriel has been completed and it is damning. Former Police Commissioner Mike Bush conducted the investigation and released the findings yesterday. MB: You know, there's a lot of experts out there, a lot of people who do know how this should be done, and I think all those people stand ready to provide advice and support. One of the things we said in the report was the current national model and the way it works in with

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11:02

Kiri Allan: Former Emergency Management Minister on...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/25

The independent review into the response to Cyclone Gabrielle has found that Civil Defence was unprepared for the disaster, the system not fit for purpose. Former Minister for Emergency Management Kiri Allan thinks the report hits the nail on the head. She told Kerre Woodham that this is not a new recognition. Following the Christchurch Earthquake in 2011, Gerry Brownlee said that the system was absolutely unfit for purpose and instigated a series of actions seeking to address it. Despite this,

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7:20

Kerre Woodham: Blame the dolphin!

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/25

Interestingly, Marie has sent in a text immediately on the very thing I wanted to talk about. “Kerre what a third world, Banana Republic New Zealand has become. I was at the SailGP yesterday, the final thank God, not Saturday. It was simply amazing. New Zealand in the last six years has slipped into a pathetic nation of nothingness. Useless do-gooders stripping any opportunity to move forward in what could be one of the most incredible events on the water next to the Americas Cup. Yesterday was

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6:38

Christine Rose: Chair of Māui and Hector’s Dolphin...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/24

Having SailGP in Lyttleton Harbour is being likened to planning a motorcross event in Kiwi habitats. SailGP CEO Russell Coutts slammed the cancellation of Saturday’s racing after a dolphin was spotted on the course. He claims the species isn’t endangered and are smart enough to be aware of the boats around them. Chair of Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders Christine Rose tells Kerre Woodham they were concerns for dolphin safety before the event went ahead. Rose says at this time of year, the

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7:43

Kerre Woodham: Did we actually need the public...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/22

Back in 2022, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr was appearing before a Parliamentary Select Committee trying to explain how and why the bank was too slow in moving the OCR and therefore increasing interest rates. He was asked by Parliamentary Select Committee member Chloe Swarbrick whether the Reserve Bank was deliberately engineering a recession to rein back inflation. “I think that is correct. I mean, we are deliberately trying to slow aggregate spending in the economy. The quicker inflation

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9:50

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

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/20

New Zealand has entered a technical recession after drops in two consecutive quarters. Stats NZ GDP data shows the economy contracted 0.1 percentage points in last year's final quarter. It also fell 0.3 in the September quarter. Herald Business Editor at large Liam Dann told Kerre Woodham that GDP per capita decreased 0.7% in the quarter. He says it's a quite deep recessionary environment by that measure, and that's what people are feeling on an individual basis. LISTEN ABOVE See

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34:16

Chris Hipkins in studio with Kerre Woodham

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/20

Labour leader Chris Hipkins admits his party’s Auckland light rail and KiwiBuild policies were “undeliverable” when proposed ahead of the 2017 election. Hipkins, speaking to Newstalk ZB this morning, made the concession amid his reflections on the 2023 election campaign in which he believed Labour struggled to resonate with voters who had “decided it was time for a change”. The Remutaka MP joined ZB host Kerre Woodham for an hour of discussion and talkback. Woodham pressed Hipkins on Labour’s

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8:26

Jenee Tibshraeny: Herald Wellington Business Editor...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/20

The Commerce Commission says the banking sector lacks competition. Its study has found a two-tier system with the four major banks having an apparent focus on maintaining profits, resulting in stable market shares, high profits, and an underinvestment in their platforms. Herald Wellington Business Editor Jenee Tibshraeny told Kerre Woodham that the Commission says if we give a smaller bank, Kiwibank, more capital, it can grow. She says the problem is the Government's trying to tighten its

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4:47

Kerre Woodham: What a sad and sorry mess

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/19

We knew it was bad. You knew it. I knew it. Anyone with half a brain knew it was bad, but now we have the data to back up the calls, the stories, the headlines from last year. Police stats supplied to the Dairy and Business owners group show that in 2023, 148,599 crimes were reported at retail locations. Lot of figures in here, I'm sorry, 148,599 crimes. So, if you break that down, that is 12,383 retail offences reported every month. 2850 per week. 407 retail crimes per day. 17 offences per

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7:12

Kerre Woodham: Ending the Sustaining Tenancies...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/19

One of the keystone policies of the last government was its Sustaining Tenancies Framework. It was the best and the worst in a way of Labour, because in theory and on paper it makes a certain kind of sense. You give one of the most dispossessed and tragic of humans a home. They don't have one. They never had a show from the time they were born. If you look at some of the children taken in by Oranga Tamariki - 4-year-olds who are so emaciated they can't walk, who are so traumatised they can't

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6:21

Kerre Woodham: Do you really expect tax cuts?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/17

I wanted to get into this on Friday when the IRD released it’s figures about the online gambling tax, and we were overrun by events. So, let's have a look at this today for the first hour at least because the Government books are open, the numbers have been crunched, and reality is starting to bite. The size of Grant Robertson's hole has been revealed, and the optimistic numbers National was throwing around before the election, are proving to be just that - optimistic. In August last year, during

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4:07

Kerre Woodham: Before everyone gets too uppity about...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/15

Green Party MP Darleen Tana has been suspended amid allegations she is linked to migrant exploitation at her husband’s company. A statement from the Greens’ co-leaders said Tana was suspended on Thursday afternoon because it was a conflict of interest with her small business portfolio. The claims first came to light on February 1 when Tana informed the party a complaint had been made to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) by a worker at her husband’s business, E-Bikes NZ. “On February 9,

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5:18

John MacDonald: 100 days and they're still together

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/07

Every government minister will be going for the takeaways and cracking open a bottle of something tonight, won’t they? They might even put a movie on as well, but they’ll probably nod-off after a few minutes. Because that 100-day plan the boss dreamed-up, done and dusted. Delivered. KPIs met. It went to the wire with Shane leaving his big health announcement to the last minute. But we got there team! Christopher Luxon will be on the ministerial WhatsApp group telling them to enjoy the spring

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7:56

Kerre Woodham: The bootcamp is worth a try, isn't it?

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/06

The pilot for military-style academies that are designed to turn around persistent young offenders will get underway by the middle of the year. Ten young people initially, and they'll spend up to four months —that is all the legislation allows— within their Academy. And therein lies the problem, because according to all the best experts and best practice, it takes at least 12 months to break old habits and establish new ones. But the legislation doesn't allow it, so the four-month pilot will go

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6:20

Kerre Woodham: The roads have to be paid for

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/04

Well, whoofty! Where do we start with transport after the huge policy drop yesterday? Fifteen roads of national significance have been given the go ahead, no ifs, no buts. Despite the eye-watering expense, the Prime Minister says they are essential to building a productive economy. How are we going to pay for it? Good question. Because basically it's just picking a number and multiplying it by the time the roads are finished. A number of different options have been proposed and some are more

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10:58

Nick Leggett: Infrastructure NZ CEO on the...

Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast ·

2024/03/04

Infrastructure NZ's welcoming the renewal of National's Roads of National Significance programme. The Government's draft transport plan features a half-a-billion dollar pothole prevention fund and 15 new major roads. It'll be funded in part by a $25 dollar increase to vehicle registration fees in each of the next two years. CEO Nick Leggett told Kerre Woodham that the previous Government initiated just one new road in six years, so we were left with nothing in the pipeline. He says we need

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