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.
Latest episodes
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12 min
Caleb Perry: NZTA Project Manager on the need for a long-term plan for the slip-prone Awakino Gorge
The Transport Agency says it needs a long-term plan sooner rather than later for Awakino Gorge, as the vital Taranaki to Waikato link faces more closures. The stretch of State High…
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4 min
Kerre Woodham: Is it time to redraw the map when it comes to roads?
The Awakino Gorge on State Highway 3 that connects Waikato to Taranaki will be closed for nine nights as of tonight. Every time there's a major storm it seems Karangahake Gorge bet…
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5 min
Kerre Woodham: That wasn't a family gathering, that was campaigning
The gangs, as we know, create wholesale damage and destruction in our society through their drug trafficking. Now it looks like they're causing wholesale damage to Labour. After ro…
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34 min
David Seymour: ACT Party Leader takes talkback, talks race relations, education, taxes
David Seymour says he won't shy away race relations, despite previous backlash. The ACT Leader championed the Treaty Principles Bill to its first reading this term, sparking nation…
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7 min
Kelvin Davidson: Cotality Chief Property Economist on how property investment may evolve as the market remains…
We may be at a turning point when it comes to property investment. Cotality data shows residential property is worth $1.66 trillion and still accounts for more than 50% of all hous…
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12 min
Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor at Large on the inflation rate easing to 3.7% in the September quarter
Inflation is still much higher than it should be, largely because of high global oil prices. Stats NZ data shows the rate's now on 3.7%, down from 4.1% three months ago. Domestic n…
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6 min
Kerre Woodham: Is property still an investment, or just a home?
There's an old saying, "there's money in muck". And that still holds true – waste recovery contributed $3.3 billion to the economy last year. But another old saying, "safe as house…
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8 min
Kerre Woodham: Free speech doesn't mean you can threaten people
There's a text here, "talk about a beat up by ZB on politicians and threats. If you raise the possibility and keep flagging potential problems, you may get what you predict. So stu…
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34 min
Chlöe Swarbrick: Green Party Co-Leader takes talkback live in studio with Kerre Woodham
The Greens co-leader says she's not taking anything for granted as the party surges in the polls. The latest 1News-Verian poll has the Greens up one point to 16% — retaining a reco…
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12 min
Kirk Hope: Financial Services Council CEO on whether requiring more people to have private health insurance co…
Requiring people to have health insurance could take some pressure off our health system. Chronic underfunding has put the public health system under strain, leading to stretched e…
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7 min
Kerre Woodham: What issues are concerning you this election?
In light of the Green and Te Pāti Māori MPs' visit to the Mongrel Mob pad and their stated determination to restore the mana of the mob, I read Jamie Ensor's piece in the Herald wi…
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13 min
Andrew Jull: Professor of Nursing at UOA on putting minimum nurse-to-patient ratios into law.
Coming out of a difficult winter period for hospitals, New Zealand’s nursing shortage has become an election issue. New Zealand currently uses Care Capacity Demand Management, whic…
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4 min
Kerre Woodham: Will changing the right to silence allow justice to be served?
National is promising to take away the right to silence in child murder cases if re-elected. Which might be an enormously popular move. Who doesn't want to see somebody held accoun…
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6 min
Kerre Woodham: Government gang rehab programmes need to show us their value
The Greens are under fire with Marama Davidson doubling down on her desire to work with the mob to get positive health outcomes. First there was the photo in the mob headquarters,…
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13 min
Fiona Anderson: Piha campground manager on the ground reopening over summer
The manager of a popular West Auckland campground is claiming a win with its short-term future being saved. The Waitakere Ranges Local Board will again let people camp overnight at…
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5 min
Kerre Woodham: The MP-gang meeting brought back memories of the bad old days
Sweet mercy. I don't know about you, but the sight of Green and Te Pāti Māori MPs posturing and posing with members of the Mongrel Mob brought back very bad memories of the bad old…
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34 min
Christopher Luxon: National Party Leader takes talkback, discusses coalitions, achievements, education
Christopher Luxon says National's delivered a lot of what it wanted to this term. While taking talkback with Kerre Woodham, a supporter asked why he allowed ACT and New Zealand Fir…
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6 min
Kerre Woodham: Would you rather NZ jobs in a premium product or cheap materials?
What would you rather? New Zealand jobs in a premium product or cheap materials? The aluminium extrusion industry says the government's decision not to impose a safeguard on import…
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34 min
Winston Peters: New Zealand First Leader takes talkback with Kerre Woodham, discusses immigration, coalitions
New Zealand First has confirmed it's not putting out a fiscal plan this election that would detail funding for its promises. The plans also allocate extra spending during the term.…
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5 min
Kerre Woodham: If you want to vote, you have to take it seriously
I've seen a few posts on my social media over the past month from young people moaning that "they're locking us out of voting". They, presumably being the rich white patriarchal es…