Articles by Heather du Plessis-Allan
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Opinion
Heather du Plessis-Allan: My politician of the year
Friday, 19 December 2025, 9:47amIt’s that time of the year where we pick our politician of the year. For me, it's the same person as last year. Political...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: This is why postal voting needs to go
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 10:18amSurely that judge throwing out the election result in Auckland has started the clock ticking on postal voting. This case...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Bondi attack was a race relations problem
Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 9:58amThis business of Australia tightening up its gun laws feels like it runs the risk of distracting from the bigger problems...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'm confident for the economy in 2026
Monday, 15 December 2025, 9:15amIf you weren’t already feeling confident about 2026, I've got two reasons you should. At least two major retail banks see...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Nicola v Ruth - bring it on
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 9:46amSo, to the Nicola Willis v Ruth Richardson debate. Here’s a challenge to Nicola Willis: do it this year. Do it next week. I’m...
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Opinion
Heather du Plessis-Allan: The RMA change is good, but prepare for issues
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 10:04amCast your mind back a couple of weeks to what the boss of Auckland Port Roger Gray said. He told us New Zealand is a country...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will Australia's social media ban actually work?
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 10:09amSo tomorrow's the big day, isn't it? And it is, I think, not an overstatement to say that the eyes of the world, well, at...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is taking long summer breaks a cause for concern?
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 8:14pmHere's a question for you... is our summer holiday too long? Are we going to the beach and staying away from the office for...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Government should not fund Ozempic
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 7:34pmThe big health news today is that the WHO is essentially calling for the funding of weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Are local councils competent enough to meet rate caps?
Monday, 1 December 2025, 7:48pmThe Government has announced the details on its plan for rates caps - councils will be capped at 4%.They will not be able...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The talk of rolling Luxon is very real
Friday, 21 November 2025, 5:06pmEither Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is telling porkies, or he’s the most out-of-the-loop person in Wellington. His claim...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Breakers proved why sport needs to stay out of politics
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 7:25pmThere would not be a drama today about the Breakers basketball team not wanting to wear the rainbow flag on their jerseys...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Expect this asset sales debate to get heated
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 7:26pmWell, entirely predictably, the debate about selling state assets has already kicked off ahead of election year - with Winston...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The BBC scandal impacts trust across all media
Monday, 10 November 2025, 7:21pmWell, at least someone's resigned at the BBC. In fact, two have resigned, both the director general and the boss of news...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will Mamdani be the next big thing or the next big disappointment?
Friday, 7 November 2025, 6:36pmI think I am more interested in seeing how Zoran Mamdani goes than any other Democrat that I can remember in a very, very,...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Did Stuff make the right call publishing the Tom Phillips audio?
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 7:23pmI'm baffled by the Police Commissioner writing that open letter telling off Stuff today. You probably missed this thing when...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Does Netball NZ know how bad this looks?
Monday, 3 November 2025, 7:27pmHow is it possible that the Dame Noeline Taurua crisis has actually got worse today? How is it possible that she's got her...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: We need the teen social media ban, because the companies won't enforce it
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 7:12pmI've got an update for you on the social media ban for kids situation - over in Australia, the social media companies have...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Did Labour just save Luxon's skin?
Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 7:09pmIf yesterday told us anything, it's that National doesn't have to replace Chris Luxon as urgently as some in the party were...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Do we still need home economics on the NCEA curriculum?
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 7:26pmI have to be honest with you, because it's been a little while since I sat in the home economics class in Tuakau College...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is our climate overhype coming to an end?
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 7:28pmThere's yet another, frankly welcome, sign that the world's climate overhype may be over, or at least correcting. The latest...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: I think Labour knows how bad their policy idea is
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 7:17pmI think it's fair to say, don't you think, that Labour's first policy has been a flop? It's been panned by pretty much everybody...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Has Andrew really lost enough here?
Monday, 20 October 2025, 7:34pmWell, even I didn't expect Prince Andrew to lose the use of his titles that fast. It was about 5pm on Friday afternoon that...
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will the BSA have to back down on this?
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 7:11pmListen, I don't know how much most people will care about the drama that's unfolding with the BSA. Obviously here in radio...
