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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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8:35

Sir Don McKinnon: NZ Memorial Museum Trust patron on...

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2026/04/24

The New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata, located in the historic fortress town of Le Quesnoy, France, commemorates one of New Zealand's most daring and successful military feats of World War I. The museum opened on 11 October 2023 to provide a permanent place of remembrance for New Zealand's contributions on the Western Front. Patron of the New Zealand Memorial Museum Trust, Sir Don McKinnon, joined Kerre Woodham to chat about the 'living memorial'. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener

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6:09

Kerre Woodham: Investing in young Kiwis' ability to...

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2026/04/24

I like David Seymour's idea of teaching children the basics of money management by giving them $500 each. He floated the idea during a speech at a business event in Christchurch. The way it would work: the roughly 60,000 Year 11 s in this country would be given $500 in a controlled investment account with a structured pathway into real investing, possibly supported by investment platforms Sharesies or Blackbull. In term one, they choose a term deposit, a safe investment, but one that introduces the

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9:36

Steve Goodey: Property Investment Coach on the tough...

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2026/04/23

It’s another slow patch for the property market, with some who bought in the post-Covid boom now tossing up their options. Cotality's latest data shows property sales down 2.4% in March, compared to the same time last year – the third consecutive month to fall. Property investment coach Steve Goodey says they’re seeing a large number of people struggling with whether to swallow a paper loss or rent out the property. He told Kerre Woodham when it comes to waiting it out, people don’t necessarily

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8:42

Damien O'Connor: Labour's Trade Spokesperson on the...

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2026/04/23

Labour's written to the Prime Minister supporting the India Free Trade Deal being signed in New Delhi next week. National needed their support to pass the deal into law, since it was opposed by coalition partner New Zealand First. But Chris Hipkins remains concerned about the commitment to promote billions of dollars of investment in India, saying it's not affordable. Labour’s Trade Spokesperson Damien O’Connor told Kerre Woodham the slow dribble of information was frustrating, but they’ve reached a

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6:05

Kerre Woodham: Unacceptable behaviour is unacceptable...

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2026/04/23

Remember back in February, the Government announced it was proposing to give police officers the power to issue move on orders to deal with, as it's described, disorderly behaviour in public places. What they mean is antisocial homeless people who are startling the horses, putting people off coming into the city, creating all sorts of disgusting messes for business owners to clean up. People who don't comply with the move on orders could be fined up to $2,000 or face three months in prison

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8:22

Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB Senior Political...

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2026/04/22

The reputations of the five MPs believed to be frustrated with Christopher Luxon’s leadership are suffering. Luxon passed a vote of confidence at yesterday's lengthy caucus meeting, but MPs aren't revealing details of the vote, including how many of them supported Luxon. The MPs responsible for leaks to the media are understood to be Joseph Mooney, Andrew Bayly, Sam Uffindell, Barbara Kuriger, and Tim van de Molen. However, they’re all denying their involvement. Senior Political Correspondent Barry

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5:21

Kerre Woodham: Put up or shut up and shove off

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2026/04/22

It was a masterful piece of politicking yesterday from the Prime Minister. The first time I think I've seen him as a politician rather than a CEO. He told his caucus to put up or shut up. He sent a message to the disaffected and the dissatisfied in the party to lay their cards on the table. And when it came down to it, the halt, the lame, and the dispossessed simply didn't have the numbers, the alternative, or the cajónes to make a challenge. If you're a member or a supporter of National, of course

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12:34

Nick Tuffley: ASB Chief Economist on the expectation...

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2026/04/21

Things are getting tougher for Kiwis. According to ASB’s estimates, households will see an average of $55 a week added to their living costs this year, thanks to global effects of the conflict in the Middle East. This compounds the struggle for many, with Stats NZ reporting in 2025 that just over half of renters and nearly 40% of mortgage holders didn’t think their income matched their everyday needs. ASB’s Chief Economist Nick Tuffley told Kerre Woodham the increase isn’t that much different than

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8:33

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

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2026/04/21

Inflation was higher than it should be, even before factoring in the full impact of the war on Iran. Stats NZ data shows the inflation rate remained unchanged at 3.1% in the March quarter. Internationally driven tradeable inflation dipped to 2.5% and the domestically driven non-tradeable rate was unchanged at 3.5%. The Herald's Liam Dann told Kerre Woodham these figures come before fuel rises really kicked off. He says it's disappointing we aren't heading into that crisis in a better position

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6:09

Kerre Woodham: What happened to common sense and...

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2026/04/20

They're damned if they do and damned if they don't, aren't they? Last week people were castigating MetService for overhyping the incoming storm. And I would argue it wasn't MetService who were overhyping it, it was the media making an absolute meal out of it. Today, people are calling out MetService for not getting enough warning about the life-threatening rain and winds that are slamming Wellington and the Wairarapa district as we speak. Whatever happened to looking after yourself? Gathering the

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7:08

Kerre Woodham: I'm sick to death of polls

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2026/04/19

While I was away over Easter and then another week, I was not a slave to the news cycle. I opted out for a while because I figured the insanity would still be here when I came back on duty and I was right. The Straits of Hormuz are still closed, Trump is still threatening to obliterate Iran. New Zealand homes are still being flooded, roads are still being closed in weather events, they're just in different parts of the country. And political commentators are still saying Christopher Luxon is a dead

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3:34

Andrew Dickens: All eyes are on Christopher Luxon

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2026/04/17

The story that has made the front page of the Herald this morning and dominated the conversation was the leadership of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. He is facing what party insiders describe as “the most difficult fortnight of his leadership”, with growing speculation about his support within National's caucus as Parliament returns next week. Sources say that the whip, Stuart Smith, tried to present Christopher Luxon with evidence that caucus backing for his leadership had weakened. He tried to

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4:17

Andrew Dickens: Facial recognition – the rise of Big...

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2026/04/16

Bunnings have begun rolling out facial recognition technology in its New Zealand stores, saying it's needed to protect staff and customers because violent incidents continue to rise, despite the fact we've got tough on crime, and we've had a bit of a crackdown. The first two stores to switch on the facial recognition technology are in Te Rapa and Hamilton South, both in the Waikato, but a nationwide rollout is planned. The company says the technology will help identify serious repeat offenders, it

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6:32

Andrew Dickens: The debate over the Bendigo-Ophir mine

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2026/04/15

I want to start off with the Bendigo-Ophir mine near Cromwell, and the question is should it get fast track approval? The Australian company Santana Minerals has applied to build four open pits in the Dunstan Range near Cromwell, the largest of which would be one kilometre long and 300 metres deep, and it's alongside a two kilometre long tailings storage dam which would stay there forever. The company says the project follows the most significant gold discovery in New Zealand for 40 years. There's

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6:25

Tamah Alley: Central Otago Mayor on the community...

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2026/04/15

A community split in Central Otago as the fast-track panel considers a gold-mine proposal from Australian company, Bendigo-Ophir. Santana Minerals estimates it could extract $4.4 billion of gold from hills above the Clutha River with open pit and underground mining Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton warns it has considerable environmental risk. Local mayor Tamah Alley told Andrew Dickens people feel strongly. She says many are pro-mining and want the jobs and money, but

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4:30

Andrew Dickens: The India Free Trade Agreement...

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2026/04/14

Let's talk about something that is very crucial to our economy and that's the India Free Trade Deal. We are an exporter. We live because of what we export from the farms and in particular free trade deals help. So New Zealand's major exporters turned up the pressure on Parliament yesterday, urging all political parties to support the country's proposed free trade agreement with India. 28 exporters and industry groups including Federated Farmers, Zespri, Seafood New Zealand, Beef + Lamb New Zealand,

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5:44

Andrew Dickens: What would happen if Trump destroyed...

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2026/04/08

Midday today, our time, is the deadline set by President Trump for the reopening of the Straits of Hormuz. Failure to do so will apparently be punished by a widespread bombing campaign on civilian targets in Iran. Of course, for all of us, this is a bit worrying and a little bit horrifying. I had been saying around the office today, welcome to the end of civilization. I said that to Murray Kirkness, the editor of the Herald, and he said, not all civilizations, Andrew, and that's true. Iran is

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4:23

Andrew Dickens: How many hours of childcare is too much?

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2026/04/07

A major new Australian study tracking more than 270,000 children has found that long hours in childcare — especially more than 40 hours a week — are linked with a higher risk of children struggling with social competence and emotional maturity by the time they reach school. And that makes total sense, doesn’t it? That’s because they basically go into a school system – they're being educated, they’re being taught how to read, maybe they’re being taught how to write, maybe they’re being taught maths

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5:46

Clare Gunn: dermoscopist on the new technology set to...

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2026/04/02

New technology promises to speed up the process in checking for skin cancer, and it's set to take the pressure off the health system. Skinscape 360's new full-body scanner is one of just 115 of its type in the world and uses 92 cameras to take an instant 3D snapshot of a patient in order to quickly flag anything of concern. Dermoscopist Clare Gunn says this technology isn't covered by insurance yet - but they're hoping to change that to help as many Kiwis as they can. LISTEN ABOVESee

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5:47

Andrew Dickens: Is there a magic age before we start...

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2026/04/01

I want to start with the story of Jacquie Kidd. Jacquie's a former nurse who's spent more than 20 years researching Māori health inequities. She is the AUT professor of Māori health and she is now facing her own terminal cancer diagnosis. She's got a touch of the bowel cancer, which has now spread to her lungs. She is 62 years of age. Since she's found out about this cancer, she's penned a memoir called ‘Ngākaurua: My experience of cancer, identity and racism in Aotearoa’. Because of her work,

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