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KERRE WOODHAM MORNINGS
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Kerre Woodham: Workplace bullying or crossed wires?
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...
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"I just feel so helpless": Middle-income Kiwis struggle with crushing cost-of-living
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....
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Kerre Woodham: Access to electricity is a basic human right
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...
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Kerre Woodham: Where was the buy in from the police?
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...
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Seymour says there's "no shortage of demand" for charter schools
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...
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Kerre Woodham: Charter schools are making a comeback
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...
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Kerre Woodham: How can IRD allow child support arrears to get to more than $1 billion?
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...
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Current power model is "obviously not working"
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...
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Kerre Woodham: Another example of our power industry being unable to cope
Ah, another cold snap, another example of our power industry being unable to cope. I hope you all had cold showers and turned off the heated towel rails and ate...
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Rates of bowel cancer in young people continue rising
There are more calls to further lower the bowel cancer screening age. An Otago University study shows rates of early onset colorectal cancer have risen by 26% each...
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Kerre Woodham: Where does the criticism end?
You have to wonder whether the strident critics of the coalition government ever stop and look at the facts. Maybe read the press releases. Listen to the interviews....
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'Better bang for the buck' in revamped school lunches - David Seymour
The Associate Education Minister says a revamped school lunches programme is better bang for buck. Every student who received a free school lunch under the previous...
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Lifeline calls for a lifeline, struggles to match demand
Lifeline is calling for a lifeline as they celebrate their 60th anniversary. The Mental Healthline is struggling to keep up with demand, taking around 7,000 calls...
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Kerre Woodham: There's got to be better ways of managing our mental health services
You will remember there was some alarm in some quarters when the New Zealand Police Service announced they'd be looking to step back from attending calls from people...
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Kerre Woodham: We need the prevention as well as the "cure"
We thought we'd start with the announcement on law and order and Corrections, given that this was one of the big drivers for National and ACT, and indeed New Zealand...
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Schools recommended a 'watchful waiting' approach to gender
A new policy guide for New Zealand schools, titled ‘Students and Social Transition: A Gender Identity Policy Guide’, has been emailed to schools across the country...
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Kerre Woodham: If there's one thing we leave behind, it should be clean streams, pristine seas and first-world water services
Last week, I think it must have been Wednesday or Thursday, I was harrumphing and muttering away like Waldorf and Statler from The Muppets. I was doing a little...
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"Not for the faint of heart": Tami Neilson on making a living as a musician
May is New Zealand Music Month, the theme for this year ‘Amplifying Aotearoa’, aiming to shine a light on those who are the heartbeat of the nation’s music scene. One...
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Kerre Woodham: Julie Anne Genter deserves all the censure Parliament can throw at her
Remember the Tau Henare-Trevor Mallard stauch back in 2007? Senior Cabinet Minister Trevor Mallard said the punch he threw at National MP Tau Henare is “one of...
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Kerre Woodham: When is the right time to give MPs a pay rise?
Happy International Workers Day to all the labourers and workers out there. All right, brother. All right, sister. Dedicated to recognizing the contributions and...
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Pressures of politics unknown to the public - Stuart Nash
A former Labour Minister says a proposed pay rise for politicians gives them a real dilemma. The Remuneration Authority's set to increase most MP salaries 10.5%...
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"Slow and steady": Unemployment continues upwards trend
Unemployment has risen again but economists don't think it's peaked yet. Stats NZ figures out today show the rate reached 4.3% for the March quarter, up 0.3 percentage...
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Kerre Woodham: It's just a poll
Well, the 1News Verian poll released last night shows that support for the coalition government, after seeing an operation for a few months, has dropped since election...
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Kerre Woodham: Phone ban in schools starts today
If you're a teenager addicted to your phone and the world that lies within and beyond your apps, it's the end of the world as you know it today. The Government's...
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Positive effect of "Phones Off, Brains On" policy at Opunake High School
From today, new government regulations require students not to use or access a phone while they're attending school, including break times. The legislated phone...
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John MacDonald: Is ANZAC Day a time for protest?
There is one thing I’ve never heard one of the old soldiers you always see or hear on the news on Anzac Day saying. There are less of them now, of course, as time...
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John MacDonald: Who says farmers can't be trusted?
Welcome to another war of words between the greenies and the government over changes to the Resource Management Act. With the poor old farmers stuck in the middle,...
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John MacDonald: The Government is playing placebo politics
Have you ever heard of a placebo policy? That’s what this Three Strikes law is, and I don’t think bringing it back is going to make one bit of difference. You’ll...
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Kerre Woodham: Take the jobs that are available
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....
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Kerre Woodham: The Police are right to be brassed off
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...
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