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Kerre McIvor Mornings

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Kerre McIvor Mornings

KERRE MCIVOR MORNINGS

This is the show that delivers a little bit of everything.

News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your morning listening covered.

Join Kerre McIvor one of New Zealand’s best loved personalities as she dishes up a bold, sharp and energetic show Monday to Friday 9am-12md.

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Kerre McIvor: Immigration reset is unrealistic in reality

In an ideal world, every New Zealander who could be employed would be employed. He, she or they would skip off to work, a spring in their step and a song in their...
Kerre McIvor: Judith Collins is gone - once National can find an alternative

She might not believe the numbers. She might claim that no-one in her party is out to roll her. But National party leader Judith Collins would not have enjoyed...
PM clarifies Bloomfield's comments on returning to Alert Level 2.5

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shut down the idea that New Zealand will return to life under Covid-19 alert level 2.5 when the borders open. It comes after director-general...
Kerre McIvor: Are there still Good Samaritans amongst us?

You'd like to think you'd be the first to rush in if someone was being threatened, but there is a very real risk in these mad and crazy times that you could literally...
Farmers and hospitality disappointed to not be allocated MIQ spaces

The government's making space in managed isolation to get skilled and critical workers into the country. Over the next 10 months, 500 spaces per fortnight will be...
Kerre McIvor: Where will these new refugees end up?

Break out the bubbly. Well, the bubbly we would have had if our winegrowers had been able to harvest their grapes. From next month around 300 of the country's 6200...
Gang firearm ban: Police Association approves, Mongrel Mob hits back

The Government is hitting gangs where it hurts their pockets. It's amending the Criminal Proceeds Act to allow seizure of assets of people associated with organised...
Kerre McIvor: All parties should be involved in large scale DoC changes

Well there's a funny old thing. Last week, I received a text from someone saying that we needed to be aware that Māori were being appointed to conservation councils...
Father calls for better designation for nudist part of Pāpāmoa Beach

A concerned father has spoken out after his 8 -year-old daughter was confronted by the sight of a naked man sunbathing while she was collecting rubbish on Pāpāmoa...
Kerre McIvor: Public sector pay freeze rightly labelled 'bombshell'

The Police Association have slammed the government's public sector pay freeze as an unacceptable bombshell, and I couldn't have put it better myself. Bombshell...
Former Speaker: Parliamentary privilege should not be abused

Trevor Mallard is again facing pressure to stand down. The Speaker sparked a testy debate with National MPs last night after he said under Parliamentary Privilege...
Kerre McIvor: If Mallard believes what he's saying, he should say it outside Parliament

The Speaker of the House needs to go. He has continued a vendetta against a former staffer, a man he labelled as a rapist - a claim that cost taxpayers more than...
How to sell your business without any regrets

There's a very interesting piece in the Business Herald written by Tamsyn Parker. Bruce McGechan is an entrepreneur and business exit planning expert, who has written...
Mongrel Mob adviser defends Davidson's appearance at event

Politicians criticising a Government Minister for attending a Mongrel Mob event are being told to come and visit for themselves. The Green Party co-leader Marama...
'Wanton disregard for taxpayer dollars': Cost for damage to emergency housing motels unknown

Carmel Sepuloni says her ministry could keep better track of how much its paying out for damaged motel rooms. The Social Development Minister fronted to Kerre McIvor...
Kerre McIvor: I support funding GP visits - but who will pay for it?

Why is it that children only ever seem to need a doctor after hours? When my daughter was little, it was ear infections. She didn't get them all that often - about...
Relief washes over George Floyd Square after guilty verdict

There was quiet, just for a moment, as hundreds of people standing in the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue crowded in to listen to the news. “They’re...
Winners and losers in Super League plan for European football

The plan for a Super League is shaping up as perhaps the most polarising idea in European soccer in more than a generation. The project announced early Monday by...
Foreign Minister urges NZ exporters to become less reliant on China

Nanaia Mahuta's speech on China isn't likely to have come as a surprise to Chinese officials. In a speech to the New Zealand China Council, the Foreign Minister...
Report reveals toll of urban sprawl on productive agricultural land

The latest report from the Environment Ministry highlights concerns that highly productive agricultural land is being being eaten up by housing developments. The...
Kerre McIvor: Officials prove once again we've survived by dumb, pure luck

And here we go again. We find that a border security guard has not been tested since last November and that there is no system in place to ensure front line border...
Economist calls out Government for interfering with the Reserve Bank

Claims of a Government attack on Reserve Bank autonomy. An economist is criticising the unprecedented pressure over property inflation. Finance Minister Grant Robertson...
Kerre McIvor: Telling people off won't change jury service turnout

In my year of living fabulously, the year I had off while I waited for this role to become vacant, I did lots of things that I suddenly found I had time for and...
Report finds urgent need to strengthen science teaching in schools

Educators are being urged to breathe life into science studies. Only 20 per cent of Year Eight students are up to scratch on science, and high schoolers are falling...
Kerre McIvor: Would increasing the benefit make more economic sense?

Most of us have debt - anyone with a mortgage has an eye watering amount of debt but when push comes to shove, that's good debt. You are investing in an asset -...
Liam Dann: Why America's tax haven plan could change the world

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making the case for a global minimum corporate tax rate, saying it's important to make sure the ‘global economy thrives based...
What transtasman bubble will mean for international students

Disappointment there's still no announcement from the government on international students. CEO from Aspire2 International Claire Bradley says they thought the trans...
Public housing waiting list reaches new high

The public housing waiting list has hit new highs. At the end of January, more than 22,803 households were waiting for a place to live, that figure is thousands...
How can New Zealand increase productivity?

The Government has been praised for spending it up and providing a fairer New Zealand, but who is paying for it in these post-Covid times? Back in February 2020,...
Kerre McIvor: Who's going to pay for the country we want to live in?

Yesterday the Prime Minister confirmed another rise in the minimum wage. The minimum wage went up last year to $18.90. On Thursday, it will rise to $20 per hour. ...