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Kerre Woodham: Would you dob in a meth dealer?
Northland might be the meth capital of New Zealand, but Hawkes Bay wouldn't be far behind. One tiny town – Waipukurau - recorded the biggest increase in meth consumption...
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"Stimulates the economy": Should wealthy people pay more tax?
The Green Party is suggesting an overhaul of the tax system in their alternative Budget. It includes taxing wealth, inheritance, gifts, and private jet journeys,...
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Kerre Woodham: Are the Greens bonkers?
Are the Greens bonkers? The Greens have come out and criticised Judith Collins for tinkering with the Public Service Commission census – that's a voluntary survey...
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Kerre Woodham: Slipping Parliamentary standards are a reflection of us
Well, what a to-do. The image of Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters slumped in the House, head in his hands, summed it up really. Brooke van Velden dropped the...
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Kerre Woodham: Chasing overseas student loan debt is long overdue
In this spirit of taking the good news where we find it, I was absolutely delighted to see the results of Inland Revenue going after student loan defaulters. At...
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"Not the teacher's job": Kerre Woodham hits out at poor parenting and underprepared kids
School principals say they’re grappling with growing numbers of new entrants with behaviour and oral communication issues - and believe the Covid-19 pandemic is...
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Over $200m collected as IRD chases overseas student loans
Inland Revenue says attitudes are shifting among student loan holders living overseas. More than $200 million has been collected from overseas borrowers since...
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Kerre Woodham: Everyday children deserve support and encouragement
This particular pre-Budget announcement should be music to the ears of parents who are currently working every hour God sends to pay for extra maths coaching for...
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Kerre Woodham: You won't get your car seized if you don't break the law
The government sent a strong signal to boy racers that their days of running amok on the roads are over. Car crushing is not new, it's been announced before - Judith...
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Kerre Woodham: The party is well and truly over
There's bad news, really, and it's been coming and I think I've had my head in the sand for some time. I've been wanting things to get better quickly. I've wanted...
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Kerre Woodham: The New Zealand political system David Parker wants
Long serving Labour MP and former Minister David Parker gave his valedictory speech in Parliament last night, where he gave his colleagues across the House a list...
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"Be mindful": Should you charge your devices while sleeping?
Warnings to be careful after a string of fires was linked to lithium-ion batteries. Scrap metal company Sims Metal has been fined $30 thousand over a 2023 fire...
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Kerre Woodham: This Government has a problem with optics
Just when I thought the issue of pay parity couldn't get any more confusing, the Government has made it so. Yesterday, the coalition government moved under urgency...
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'Undemocratic': Govt criticised for pushing pay equity changes under urgency
The Government is being criticised for their use of urgency to pass legislation. A law to lift the threshold for gender-discrimination pay equity claims and extinguish...
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Static unemployment rate comes as 'a surprise' to economists
The unemployment rate has stayed static for another quarter. Stats NZ figures just out show the rate remained at 5.1% in the March quarter. The number of full-time...
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Kerre Woodham: We need to be part of the solution to retail crime
A new report from Retail NZ has revealed the state of retail crime in New Zealand - 99% of the membership of Retail NZ has experienced some form of crime or antisocial...
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Kerre Woodham: Northland desperately need police boots on the ground
I don't know if you caught the story over the weekend - Ngāpuhi, the iwi of Northland, are calling for police to round up the drug dealers in Northland using the...
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Grant McCullum: Northland's 'had enough' of methamphetamine crisis
The leader of the country's largest iwi is calling for the police to crackdown on drug dealers and methamphetamine use in Northland. It comes as a group of young...
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Mark Mitchell: Northland meth crisis: 'Police can't do it alone'
The leader of the country's largest iwi is calling for the police to crackdown on drug dealers and methamphetamine use in Northland. Ngāpuhi leader, Mane Tahere...
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Kerre Woodham: What's the point of a minister without a budget?
David Seymour is absolutely on the money with his call to cut the number of ministers in Cabinet and outside of Cabinet. In his speech yesterday, he proposed capping...
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Finishing Every Bite: Hawke's Bay programme tackles food waste
A Hawke’s Bay group is helping households tackle food waste. An average of 130,000 tonnes of food is wasted each year in New Zealand – 86kgs per household, resulting...
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"Maximum reuse": What will the new ferry infrastructure look like?
The Government has set a deadline for the new Interisland ferries. Two new ferries are due to arrive in 2029, and the wharf currently home to the Aratere ferry...
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Can you copyright a recipe? Influencer accused of plagiarising other authors
Can you copyright a recipe? Two Australian cookbook authors are clashing over claims of plagiarised recipes. Nagi Maehashi, who runs the popular food blog RecipeTin...
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'Long overdue': Govt praised for new financial literacy curriculum
The latest addition to the school curriculum will have kids learning about money. The Education Minister's making financial literacy a compulsory topic for Years...
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Passengers' wallets could be hit by reduced Interislander fleet
Reducing the Interislander fleet by one could have wide-ranging implications, including on people's pockets. Aratere will retire late this year or early next...
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"Amazing for locals": Small town thrives after being bypassed by major highway
Although some towns are feeling the pinch after the opening of motorways that bypass their towns, not all are struggling. More than 22,500 vehicles used to pass...
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Kerre Woodham: Does a right to privacy trump the right to safety?
It was really disturbing to read the opening paragraph of this story on the murder of Juliana Bonilla Herrera. Truly frightening. It reads that high risk offenders...
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Kerre Woodham: Why would the Government interfere in the aviation market?
We know airfares are expensive, right? Everybody, and I mean everybody, I know who's booked flights recently has made the comment that an overseas flight is cheaper...
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"Not a viable prospect": Smaller airlines unlikely to take on Govt-owned carriers
Airfares are still on the rise, and the Government is considering getting involved. It hasn’t ruled out underwriting the expansion of small regional airlines to...
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Kerre Woodham: When did weather become such a big deal that it dominates the news?
Speaking of the bad weather, it brings me to the emergency mobile alerts. The emergency mobile alerts came about because Fire and Emergency and the National Emergency...
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Mike's Minute: Stop mucking around - remove the foreign buyer ban
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