Kerre Woodham Mornings
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KERRE WOODHAM 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 Woodham, 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 Woodham: What's the attitude towards sick days?
It's one of those circular discussions, really, where people are extremely staunch in their opinion and no amount of debate can bring them over to the other side....
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Aidan Bartlett talks pivoting to save Designer Wardrobe during pandemic
What do you do, when you have invested all your money into an idea you thought was going off, and then the whole world shuts down? Do you try to fight on? Or do...
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"The world has moved on": Eden Park CEO in favour of shaking up 'outdated' laws
The events calendar at Auckland's Eden Park could soon be a lot busier. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has asked Auckland Council for feedback on a proposal to...
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Kerre Woodham: I don't blame retailers for wanting to ban the homeless
A month ago to this very day, Heart of the City, the business association for Auckland City Centre, released a scathing report that found store owners and offices...
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"Tough" job market likely to stick around as unemployment reaches 5.3%
Today's rise in unemployment isn't unexpected. Latest Stats NZ data shows the unemployment rate has reached an almost nine-year high of 5.3% in the September quarter. 160...
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John MacDonald: If ACC pulls the water safety funding, who gets harmed?
Can you believe the bean counters at ACC are taking the knife to its funding for Water Safety NZ? Their reasoning is that they’ve poured all this money into Water...
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UK Correspondent speaks on King Charles removing all titles from Prince Andrew
Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles will remove all of his brother, Prince Andrew's, titles. The statement from Buckingham Palace related the announcement...
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Kerre Woodham: Revisiting drug laws
New Zealand's drug laws are in the spotlight again and with good reason. Despite record police busts, we're still seeing record methamphetamine use, we're seeing...
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Southland power still out following last week's storms
Power is still out to many rural South Island properties. Just under six thousand are still cut off in Clutha and Southland, where States of Emergency continue. More...
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Port of Auckland CEO talks turning the business around
Five years ago, Port of Auckland was struggling with a shocking health and safety record. Three people had died and many more had been injured at work. Financially,...
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Kerre Woodham: More MPs? I don't think so
I thought I'd start with the idea, the initiative, if you will, coming out of the think tank, the New Zealand Initiative. I love generally the work that they produce...
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Education Minister faces calls to pause curriculum rollout
When the Government unveiled it's maths action plan in August last year, we spoke to Distinguished Maths Professor Gaven Martin. Widely regarded as New Zealand's...
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Dentons Tax Partner comments on proposed Capital Gains Tax
Early this morning, the Labour Party made a surprise Capital Gains Tax announcement. The targeted tax would raise funds for the health system, including three free...
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Kerre Woodham: Why give something to people they don't need?
I was looking last night at things we could talk about, and there was plenty to talk about, all of which got superseded by Labour, Labour, Labour - having to release...
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'Just wanted a gin and tonic': Lisa King reveals how she grew AF Drinks
Kiwi entrepreneur and marketing expert Lisa King famously launched a unique business from scratch in a bid to fill a growing niche. King launched AF Drinks in...
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Bosses Unfiltered: Lisa King on building a new business after closing another
They say when one door closes, another one opens. That’s certainly been the case for Lisa King. In the same breath she closed her first business Eat My Lunch and...
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Transpower Exec. gives updates on outages following extreme weather
Extreme winds are battering Wellington, Wairapa and the South Island. Winds of up to 150km/h are expected today as red strong wind warnings are in place for much...
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Kerre Woodham: Finally some good news
Talkback isn't really the place for good news. Generally, it's a forum where we can vent our respective spleens, express our frustrations, have a good old moan,...
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Kerre Woodham: It's concerning if this is the best Labour can do
Labour released some policies yesterday. Very late in the piece, and you can kind of see why. Just like that, we're back to 2017 with a cut and paste of lofty rhetoric,...
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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...
