Articles by Kerre Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: It won't be that simple to solve the electricity crisis
Wednesday, 11 September 2024, 1:49pmIt won't be a particularly good morning for the people of the central North Island. There was a sense of inevitability really,...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: The real purpose of the ban on gang patches in the home
Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 12:12pmAs much as I hate the gangs profiting from misery and tying up police time with their internecine feuds, the late amendment...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Can pine forestry and livestock farming really coexist in this country?
Monday, 9 September 2024, 12:44pmThis is one that has been discussed before and will no doubt be discussed again. Can pine forestry and livestock farming...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Why shouldn't we give hybrid learning a go?
Friday, 6 September 2024, 1:49pmWell, that's one way, isn't it, to deal with your problematic pupil attendance record – do away with attendance requirements...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: What's it going to take to get supermarket competition?
Thursday, 5 September 2024, 1:22pmWe're going a little bit back to the future today because the annual report card into the grocery industry came out yesterday,...
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Kerre Woodham: Family doctors have gone the way of the moa
Wednesday, 4 September 2024, 12:51pmI did want to have a look at the state of our primary healthcare – this is something we've looked at before, and I have absolutely...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: The Government is focusing on getting us from point A to point B
Tuesday, 3 September 2024, 12:37pmThe coalition government has announced the next three years of transport projects, and it should come as no real surprise...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: We have to get revenue from somewhere - raising the age of eligibility for Super is a good start
Monday, 2 September 2024, 1:00pmI wanted to start with something that always generates a lot of chat and that is the inevitability about raising the age...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Reverse the ban, but is anyone interested in coming here?
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 1:01pmYesterday the Prime Minister announced what we all know to be true, that we have an energy security crisis. We seem to...
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Kerre Woodham: On the Governments fast track approvals bill: Do we trust ministers to have that level of power?
Monday, 26 August 2024, 1:04pmIt was interesting seeing the Governments backed down on the Fast-track Approvals Bill. And that's the thing about being...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: What's gone so horribly, horribly wrong with our ferries?
Friday, 9 August 2024, 12:54pmIf it wasn't so vitally important, so serious, and so expensive, you would have to laugh, wouldn't you? Interislander’s Aratere...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Restricting alcohol sale is the way to go
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 12:46pmI'm not drinking at the moment, but that doesn't mean I think everybody should give it up. People can go to hell in their...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: How long is a fix for the energy crisis going to take?
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 12:48pmWe're talking energy today, or rather the lack of it. New Zealand seems to have sleepwalked into an energy crisis, according...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Where do we put a bigger, better port?
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 12:52pmLet me take you back to the halcyon days pre-Covid. The biggest story around was Shane Jones and New Zealand First promising...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: New Zealand's education system has been failing children for a long time
Monday, 5 August 2024, 12:57pmYes, the maths. You know, I know we've been talking about this, that we have been failing our children for decades now. This...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Transpower needs to take responsibility
Friday, 2 August 2024, 1:09pmMistakes happen. We get that, we've all made them. Some are more serious than others. Some are fixable, some are not. But...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Who is Te Pati Māori to decide who's Māori enough?
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 1:08pmBloody hell. If there is anyone who is entitled to go on a little light trauma induced shoplifting spree, it would be ACT...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Let the police get back to policing
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 1:01pmThere simply must be a better way of dealing with mental health patients rather than relying on police. For years now, police...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: A Firearm Prohibition Order won't keep guns out of the hands of gangs
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 1:13pmWe thought we'd start this morning looking at the Justice Select Committee’s review of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Thank heavens for the bravery of those who spoke at the Abuse in Care inquiry
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 12:47pmFor those older survivors of abuse in state and church care, I wonder if you ever, ever thought this day would come? When...
