Articles by Heather du Plessis-Allan
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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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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Opinion
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...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Are we surprised by these allegations we've heard about the Māori Party?
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 8:02pmListen, go on and tell me that any of the allegations that we've heard about the Māori Party in the last 36 hours surprise...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: These protesters are risking real goodwill to their cause
Monday, 6 October 2025, 7:31pmOn these protesters who've been harassing Winston and his neighbours - even as recently as last night - they really have...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Here's what's so disappointing about the energy announcement
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 7:37pmIf you were looking forward to today to learn how the Government would rescue the country from the energy crisis we face,...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Winston Peters made the brave choice this weekend
Monday, 29 September 2025, 7:19pmCan I just come to the defence of Winston Peters for a minute? Winston has been labelled a coward for the position that he...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The pressure's on the RBNZ to fix the economy - fast
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 7:33pmWell, I think it's fair to say that the GDP print has come in at something of a shock. The Reserve Bank was picking a contraction...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Stop letting the Springboks get into your head
Friday, 5 September 2025, 7:22pmCan you please stop letting the Springboks get into your head? Cause that is clearly what they're up to. That's why Rassie...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Who knows what World Rugby can do?
Thursday, 28 August 2025, 7:35pmWell it's fair to say World Rugby's copping it today, even more so than yesterday. This is following the death of Shane Christie,...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Taking in the impact of John Barnett's death
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 7:23pmIf I'm honest with you, the passing of John Barnett on Sunday has actually hit our house quite hard over the last three days...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Was Kiwibank's Jarrod Kerr proven right?
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 7:35pmThe longer that this economic funk that we find ourselves in goes on, the more that Jarrod Kerr of Kiwibank is being proven...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why aren't these leaders willing to properly help Zelenskyy?
Monday, 18 August 2025, 7:17pmSo if anything, tonight's meeting at the White House is actually more important than Saturday's meeting was in Alaska - because...
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Opinion
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: How will RUCs change our driving behaviours?
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 7:36pmSo the Government just announced what they’re calling the biggest change to road funding in 50 years. Once these changes...
