Articles by Kerre%20Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Take the jobs that are available
Friday, 19 April 2024, 1:20PMWell, the Reserve Bank has got what it wanted. Maybe not what it wanted, it's possibly the hard landing that they were hoping...
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Kerre Woodham: The Police are right to be brassed off
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 1:36PMNew Zealand police officers have overwhelmingly rejected the government's latest pay offer and have given the government...
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Kerre Woodham: Beggars used to be part of the community, what changed?
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:24PMBack in the day when I lived in Ponsonby and it was only just starting to evolve as a shopping and cafe destination, we didn't...
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Kerre Woodham: ACC needs accountability
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 12:20PMWhen I broke my arm just before the end of the year, I was very grateful to our health system for picking up the pieces,...
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Kerre Woodham: Are unions still relevant?
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 1:45PMYou don't really need to watch or read the news at the moment, at least not for the first couple of stories, because all...
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Kerre Woodham: There's a value in setting targets
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 12:55PMLove a target, love a list, and yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon released a new list of to-dos, this time in the...
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Kerre Woodham: If you want to keep Māori wards, vote for them
Friday, 5 April 2024, 1:25PMThe government is restoring the ability to hold referenda on Māori wards as part of its coalition agreement with ACT and...
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Kerre Woodham: Teachers shouldn't be writing the curriculum
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 2:18PMDidn't Erica Stanford sound impressive talking to Mike on the Mike Hosking breakfast this morning? This is a woman who has...
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Kerre Woodham: Do we have too many charities?
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 12:52PMA couple of weeks ago I took a call. I didn't recognise the number, but I took the call anyway and I very quickly regretted...
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Kerre Woodham: This coalition government is fond of a list
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 12:14PMWell, you know, I'm an old-fashioned girl, let's face it, but I do love a list. They're especially helpful if you have much...
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Kerre Woodham: The OECD report isn't news
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 12:23PMWell, it's news, but it's not really, is it? An OECD report has found that New Zealand's students are among the worst behaved...
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Kerre Woodham: Should you put caveats on second chances?
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 1:02PMWhen it comes to second chances for people, do you put caveats on those second chances? So you're allowed a second chance,...
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Kerre Woodham: How much should we rely on Civil Defence?
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 1:13PMThe independent review of Hawke’s Bay’s Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabriel has been completed and it is damning. Former...
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Kerre Woodham: Did we actually need the public service increase?
Friday, 22 March 2024, 1:41PMBack in 2022, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr was appearing before a Parliamentary Select Committee trying to explain how...
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Kerre Woodham: What a sad and sorry mess
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 12:43PMWe knew it was bad. You knew it. I knew it. Anyone with half a brain knew it was bad, but now we have the data to back...
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Kerre Woodham: Ending the Sustaining Tenancies Framework is common-sense
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:12PMOne of the keystone policies of the last government was its Sustaining Tenancies Framework. It was the best and the worst...
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Kerre Woodham: Before everyone gets too uppity about the Greens, all parties' MPs live in glass houses
Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:03PMGreen Party MP Darleen Tana has been suspended amid allegations she is linked to migrant exploitation at her husband’s company....
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Kerre Woodham: The bootcamp is worth a try, isn't it?
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 1:11PMThe pilot for military-style academies that are designed to turn around persistent young offenders will get underway by the...
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Kerre Woodham: The roads have to be paid for
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 12:12PMWell, whoofty! Where do we start with transport after the huge policy drop yesterday? Fifteen roads of national significance...
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Kerre Woodham: Christopher Luxon isn't leading by example
Friday, 1 March 2024, 12:48PMThis annoys me because I shouldn't have to be talking about it, and because in the scheme of things, given what the country...
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Kerre Woodham: What is happening with NZ immigration?
Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 1:14PMNow, what on Earth is going on within immigration New Zealand? Ever since the days of the late, unlamented Iain Lees-Galloway,...
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Kerre Woodham: Who do you believe about the Ministry of Education?
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 12:56PMWhere to start from this morning's program?! The Mike Hosking Breakfast was the gift that kept on giving, what with Stuart...
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Kerre Woodham: Fees free hasn't worked, what next?
Friday, 23 February 2024, 1:41PMIf the aim of the former Labour government was to get more students from lower income families into tertiary training, it...
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Kerre Woodham: The complaints about Oranga Tamariki are the same every time
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 1:11PMWe have in the news yet another report into Oranga Tamariki. Yet another damning indictment into an organisation that should...