Articles by Kerre Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Allowing 24/7 hospital visitor hours is bonkers
Monday, 15 September 2025, 12:45pmOf the many, many insane, ideologically driven policies I have heard come from government departments over the years, this...
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Kerre Woodham: The consequences of Stuart Nash's ill-advised one liner
Friday, 12 September 2025, 12:21pmNow, long-time listeners will know that I have said, I do say, and I will undoubtedly in the future say stupid things. In...
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Kerre Woodham: What's ahead for Winston Peters and NZ First?
Monday, 8 September 2025, 1:01pmThe New Zealand First convention took place at the Distinction Hotel in Palmerston North over the weekend. And all these...
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Kerre Woodham: Overstayers and fudged immigration promises
Friday, 5 September 2025, 12:13pmThe Government is cracking down on serious immigration breaches. It's announced it will strengthen deportation settings on...
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Kerre Woodham: The housing intensification battle reaches cabinet level
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 12:40pmThe battle over intensification of housing has reached cabinet level, with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Housing Minister...
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Kerre Woodham: The realities of leaving the Paris Agreement
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 12:58pmACT Party Leader David Seymour has set the cat among the pigeons, or the Huntaway among the cattle, by calling for New Zealand...
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Kerre Woodham: I'm not convinced we can do housing intensification properly
Friday, 29 August 2025, 12:56pmAround 200 people packed out the Mt Eden Village Centre in Auckland last night, and they were pretty riled up. In fact, many...
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Kerre Woodham: What more can be done to sort the supermarkets?
Thursday, 28 August 2025, 1:01pmWell, Mike Hosking did a Kim Kardashian this morning and broke the Internet with his interview with Nicola Willis. Well,...
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Kerre Woodham: Surely this visa can only be good for New Zealand?
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 1:02pmA new visa to attract businesspeople to New Zealand has been established by the Government, and really, it's only a matter...
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Kerre Woodham: We need to get ships in and out more quickly
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 2:14pmWe all know that New Zealand is a trading nation. We need to sell stuff to make the money we need to build hospitals, pay...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Fatal DUI crashes need to carry strong sentences
Monday, 25 August 2025, 12:46pmI don't know about you, but I was truly surprised to hear Judge Russell Collins send a young drug driver to jail on Friday....
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Kerre Woodham: What good would repealing the gang patch ban do?
Friday, 22 August 2025, 1:14pmLabour's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Peeni Heare is standing by a comment that he’d repeal the gang patch ban. He agreed with...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: What will it take to bring NZ out of its funk?
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 1:05pmFinance Minister Nicola Willis all but invoked the old adage ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’, when commenting...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Can Kiwis be swayed to support Nuclear Power?
Monday, 18 August 2025, 12:55pmIt seems hard to believe, but the Maxim Institute reckons New Zealand can lead the world in sustainable AI infrastructure....
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Kerre Woodham: Dog owners have a duty to ensure the community's safety
Friday, 15 August 2025, 1:42pmIt was our gorgeous night last night, absolutely beautiful. The kids were training for football up at the local park, and...
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Kerre Woodham: Fronting publicly is the least Ardern, Hipkins, and Robertson could do
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 1:11pmThere's an old saying, one generally used by mothers: I’m not angry, I'm just disappointed. Yesterday, hearing that the...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Is 'spineless' really unparliamentary language?
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 12:33pmSo as you will have heard, Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been barred from Parliament's debating chamber for the...
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Kerre Woodham: What can we do about rate rises?
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 1:08pmCommentators are telling us that the tide is turning, that we've reached the bottom of the cycle. ANZ has lowered its mortgage...
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Kerre Woodham: Will we soon see the Greens leading the government?
Monday, 11 August 2025, 12:36pmI asked on Friday how anyone could vote for Labour given the latest Treasury report into their irresponsible spending of...
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Kerre Woodham: On the face of it, the RUC announcement makes sense
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 1:20pmOn the face of it, the announcement from Transport Minister Chris Bishop yesterday makes good sense. It's been signalled;...
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Kerre Woodham: Should AI be utilised more in schools?
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 1:21pmYou might remember a month or so ago we had Justin Flitter, an AI expert, in the studio for an hour talking about the fact...
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Kerre Woodham: Prioritising flexible classrooms is the way to go
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 1:12pmAround about 30 years from now the AI bot, who will be presenting the 9am to midday show, will announce breathlessly that...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Unforgiving roads lead to devastating consequences
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 12:51pmJust how well served or poorly served are we by the engineering and the design of our roads? Residents of Waiuku are reeling...
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Kerre Woodham: Times have changed, does our tax system need to as well?
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 12:10pmYesterday we were talking about Chlöe Swarbrick's grand plans for economic reform, and today brings another interesting suggestion...
