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KERRE MCIVOR MORNINGS

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Solar Bay co-founder on Chch Airport farm big enough to power 20% of the city

A solar farm big enough to power 20 percent of residential Christchurch is to be built at the city's airport. Kowhai Park is 400 hectares of land at Christchurch...
Calls for reset of Pharmac review following transparency issues

An interim report into Pharmac has found issues with transparency, fairness and equity. The independent review is the first since the drug buying agency was established...
Kerre McIvor: Pharmac playing Casper the ghost

An interim report of a major Pharmac review has slated Pharmac over its fortress mentality as regards sharing information and its poor progress in addressing equity...
Kerre McIvor: Do we really all want to aim for mediocrity?

When did it become a crime to own property in this country? Or indeed, when did it become a crime to be successful in this country? The attempt to destabilize the...
Kerre McIvor: Who knows whether Luxon will be the answer to National's woes?

Speaking of new faces, new leader of the National Party! The first email arrived just after the announcement, that as expected, Christopher Luxon would be the...
Kerre McIvor: It's a matter of time before another police officer is killed and officers know that

I received this text yesterday. “I'm a police officer of 12 years. Every day I wake up and say what's the point? We have no support from the top dogs. Every day...
Haka Tourism: Closure of YHA hostels is a massive blow to NZ tourism

The closure of Kiwi YHA hostels is a massive blow to tourism. Due to financial difficulties, the eleven hostels will close from December 15. Haka Tourism has used...
Associate Housing Minister responds to criticism over Kāinga Ora's eviction policy

Flames are licking around the feet of Kāinga Ora bosses and Associate Housing Minister Poto Williams, as calls mount for the no evictions policy to be scrapped by...
Senior Econimist ahead of Reserve Banks decision on the Official Cash Rate

Jamie Gray's piece in Monday's New Zealand Herald detailed what the Reserve Bank will do with the $55 billion in New Zealand Government bonds now Quantitative Easing...
Kerre McIvor: The winners and losers from yesterday's announcement

So, the winners and losers from yesterday's announcement - hairdressers can open as of Thursday, and spare a thought for the poor men and women behind the scissors....
Chlöe Swarbrick: Auckland Central MP on what she is doing to help the CBD

Downtown Auckland is sinking into anarchy and becoming a lot like 1980s New York City, just with fewer murders, a concerned resident has told city leaders. "Auckland...
Kāinga Ora chief executive responds to frustration over unruly tenants

There is growing frustration over unruly Kāinga Ora tenants in south Auckland's Papakura and other areas around the country. An internal policy at the state rental...
Kerre McIvor: The Government is pandering to the minortiy

So the noose around Auckland is finally loosening, but don't get too excited. We have nearly a month before we can head out to other parts of New Zealand to reconnect...
Kerre McIvor: The not-so-seamless digital passport launch

This morning, the Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins spoke to Mike Hosking. He was explaining how, very soon, people would need to have proof of vaccination and...
Auckland councillor: Taxpayers deserve more over Kāinga Ora tenants

When it comes to unruly Kāinga Ora tenants, the agency is hamstrung by an internal policy that stops them evicting problematic residents It's to prevent them being...
Kerre McIvor: Can we not have a Three Strikes rule for Kāinga Ora?

I touched on this yesterday - stories coming out from people whose lives are being made misery because of anti-social Kāinga Ora tenants who are being protected...
Tim Beveridge: Tough decision on school's re-opening the right one

This is the one time where Chris Hipkins' many portfolios are perfectly aligned - Covid Response Minister and Education Minster. He's made a tough call. Was it...
Tim Beveridge: I'm angry it's taken this long for the PM to get here

Winston Churchill used to visit to bombed areas of London in a gesture of solidarity. He wasn't hunkered down. What's our Prime Minister done? She's been down in...
Langbein mother-daughter colab on new book Summer at Home

The last time Rose Langbein joined Kerre McIvor, she was reporting from the Lower East Side in New York and was in her third week of lockdown. That was the 3rd...
Kerre McIvor: MIQ Changes and our changing mentality

The long-awaited announcement around MIQ was made yesterday and yet again, people with loved ones overseas, people who are desperate to travel for business - people...
NZ Herald Political Reporter on Three Waters

New Zealand Herald Political Reporter Thomas Coughlan has written a great breakdown of Three Waters and he joined Kerre McIvor. LISTEN ABOVE
Public policy think-tank director on Three Waters reform

The Government is pushing forward with its overhaul to the governance of water. The Three Waters reforms will see council-owned drinking, storm and waste-water...
Kerre McIvor: 'It was only a matter of time'

It was only a matter of time. In fact, Chris Hipkins said that yesterday - it would only be a matter of time before Covid reached the South Island and it’s arrived; via...
Judith Collins: National leader reacts to Three Waters announcement

The Government is set to force through its Three Waters reforms, u-turning on a previous promise to make it voluntary for councils to join up to the amalgamation...
David Seymour: Act leader discusses Three Waters Announcement

The Government is set to force through its Three Waters reforms, u-turning on a previous promise to make it voluntary for councils to join up to the amalgamation...
Kerre McIvor: 'PM has clearly read the mood of the room'

Well, the PM sure came out thundering at yesterday's presser. When I heard the extent to which she was going, with mandating vaccinations, I thought she has clearly...
Kerre McIvor: The division between the vaccinated and non-vaccinated

Well, crikey. I hope those of you outside Auckland had a lovely Labour Weekend because it was a bit grim here to be honest. The weather was absolutely atrocious...
Auckland Business Chamber reacts to Government's resurgence plan

An enhanced business support package has been unveiled as the country transitions to the new Covid-19 protection framework. It was announced alongside that New...
Kerre McIvor: I hope more retirement villages open up for residents' mental health

Now, this morning's announcement from the Prime Minister. We had a bit of a debate yesterday afternoon about whether to take this live or not — the last thing...
Kerre McIvor: How are senior school students feeling about going back to school?

So yesterday’s special announcement sees senior school students being told to go back to school after Labour Weekend. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says this...