Kerre Woodham Mornings
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KERRE WOODHAM MORNINGS
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Annual inflation rises to a 15-month high of 3%.
Annual inflation has risen to a 15-month high of 3%. Economists had been expecting inflation to reach or surpass the 3% upper limit of the Reserve Bank's target...
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Social development and Employment Minister comments on rule changes to job hunting
Beneficiaries who break the Government's job hunt rules face more intensive sanctions to prove they are hunting for employment. From today, they will be required...
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Upper Hutt prepares to open NZ’s first sports school
New Zealand's first sports school will open next year, in a partnership with Wellington Phoenix. The New Zealand Performance Academy in Upper Hutt will operate...
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Kerre Woodham: Build the economy and the workers will come
New rules come into force for job seekers today, as the government continues efforts to get more young people off a benefit and into work. It's a very worthwhile...
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Kerre Woodham: Should there be name suppression for child sexual abusers?
I can't think of much worse than being labelled a child abuser, a child pornographer. It's such an abhorrent, vile, aberrant perversion of a crime. All crime is...
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'It was quite challenging': Businessman falsely accused of being name-supressed child abuser
A businessman from a prominent family, Wayne Wright Jr was falsely identified on social media of being a name suppressed individual from a wealthy family who was...
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Kerre Woodham: State houses are a launchpad, not a permanent solution
Fewer state houses, more private rentals. The New Zealand Initiative believes that giving tenants vouchers to spend on rent could help more vulnerable people and...
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'Huge surge': CEO of community housing wants focus to stay on helping the homeless
A report by The New Zealand Initiative finds the Government's ownership of 77,000 state houses has maintenance costs nearly twice that of a private landlord. It...
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Jim Bolger's former staff pay tribute to the late Prime Minister
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger has died at the age of 90. He was New Zealand's 35th prime minister, in power from 1990 to 1997. After leaving Parliament...
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Bosses Unfiltered: Rod Duke talks how he built Briscoes empire
Rod Duke has been selling things since he was 16. First shoes, then appliances, and eventually homewares and sportswear. Born in Adelaide, Duke came to New Zealand...
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Kerre Woodham: The failure of Fees Free
Do you want another example of Labour's ideology over pragmatism? I really, really hope that the previous Labour ministers have learned from their previous terms...
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"We will help them": Police Minister promises govt support for those wanting to leave gangs
What do you do if you want to leave a gang? A coroner has found that Napier Mongrel Mob leader Neil Angus Benson, otherwise known as Heil Dogg, felt trapped in...
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"Plenty of opportunities": First Foundation guides and supports disadvantaged youth through university
Another option to go alongside fees free study. The Labour Government introduced First Year Fees Free in 2018, providing tertiary students with up to $12,000 in...
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Kerre Woodham: Our kids are back on track
I love the fact that New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford and the Prime Minister presented improved reading stats to the nation yesterday. Erica Stanford...
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Kerre Woodham: Voting matters - don't scramble at the last minute
Well, better late than not at all. On Saturday morning, I went upstairs and said to my daughter, "Have you seen the orange envelopes that had all the voting?" "Oh,...
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'Methane should be treated differently': Former Speaker of the House on the government's new Methane targets
The government has changed methane targets, aiming to make the changes easier for farmers. The Government's slashed the 2050 targets to 14% to 24% below 2017 levels,...
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'The postal service is disintegrating': Why postal votes result in low turnout
This year’s local government elections have seen the lowest voter turnout in 36 years, with less than a third - or 32% - bothering to have their say. Of those who...
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Kerre Woodham: Te Pāti Māori and their continued breaches of protocol
Orini Kaipara gave her maiden speech in Parliament yesterday, and she's just the sort of person you want to see entering politics – she's young, she's smart, she's...
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"There for good reason": Former Speaker reiterates importance of rules after haka disrupted proceedings
A former Speaker of the House is reiterating the importance of the rules of Parliament after a haka disrupted proceedings. The House was suspended last night, after...
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'Self-fulfilling negative spiral': Why is the economy struggling?
The Reserve Bank's continuing to walk a fine line, with its move to cut the OCR 50-basis points to 2.5%. Economic data suggests inflation has now hit 3%. Finance...
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Kerre Woodham: OCR cuts have not restored the most important thing - confidence
Hopes for an economic recovery have been given a significant boost by yesterday's decision from the Reserve Bank to frontload cuts to the official cash rate. The...
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Bosses Unfiltered: Dame Wendy Pye talks her remarkable career
Dame Wendy Pye is one of the most successful businesspeople in New Zealand. She’s a rich-lister, her publishing company Sunshine Books has sold over 300 million...
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New report reveals Kiwis' health's on the decline - what's causing it?
A new report from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says the health of New Zealanders is declining. It showed working age people reporting excellent...
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Kerre Woodham: Unhealthy habits are a matter of choice not a lack of education
A new report says the health of New Zealanders is declining, and that it's costing us dearly- in the billions of dollars with more billions to come. The report,...
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Kerre Woodham: A different view point does not permit you to invade someone's home
When I heard the Green Party co-leaders were holding a press conference yesterday, I thought fleetingly, ever the optimist, "Oh, they might be holding a press conference...
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Kerre Woodham: A tough but fair change to the benefit
On the face of it, it seems tough. Telling young people to get out there and get a job when the economy is tanked and unemployment is high, is you'd think, unrealistic. From...
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Kerre Woodham: You need to know how to play the system to enact change
I've always thought that if you want to change the system, if you feel that the system, whatever it might be, doesn't work for you, the best way is to change it...
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Bosses Unfiltered: Starts Thursday on Kerre Woodham Mornings and iHeartRadio
Kiwi businesses have been navigating the biggest economic turmoil in decades. Wherever you look, business leaders are making tough calls: staff cuts, putting payroll...
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'Not reasonable, not fair': Firefighters set to strike over pay, staffing, equipment concerns
The firefighters union says workers don't want to strike, but Fire and Emergency needs to take their concerns seriously. Professional firefighters will walk off...
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Kerre Woodham: Give the firefighters a pay bump
More than 11,500 allied health staff —the physios, the social workers, the health assistants— will strike on the 23rd of October, later this month. The same day...
