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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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Property commentator discusses the implications of Resrve Bank low deposit crackdown

Kiwis are being urged to keep an eye on tightening mortgage rules. The Reserve Bank wants to halve the number of people borrowing more than 80 percent of the property's...
Forest Owners Association President on timber shortages affecting housing crisis

The Government was warned it's efforts to tackle New Zealand's housing affordability issues could be hampered by wood shortages. The issue has become so significant,...
NZ Herald Business Editor provides insight on latest unemployment figures

Unemployment has plunged to 4 per cent - the biggest quarterly fall in 35 years. That's down from 4.7 percent in the three months to March, and also down from the...
Kerre McIvor: ACT are big winners from latest Newshub-Reid poll

According to the latest Newshub Reid Research poll, if an election was held tomorrow Labour could no longer govern alone. They could get there with the Greens,...
Watercare about to press go on tunnel boring machine

Watercare is about to press the “go button” for their giant tunnel boring machine, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi. Hiwa-i-te-Rangi is about to dig her way under Auckland city to...
NZFGC: Both consumers and suppliers need to be protected

The Commerce Commission's draft report on grocery store competition has found New Zealanders are getting a raw deal at the checkout. Chair Anna Rawlings says New...
Kāinga Ora buying up passed in houses at auctions?

National's criticising the Government for buying more state houses than it builds. Figures released through parliamentary questions, reveal that of the nearly 8000...
Sustainability Council chair: Closure of Marsden Point could cripple essential services

An interesting opinion piece has arisen on Newsroom by the Sustainability Council of New Zealand Executive Director, Simon Terry. In the piece, he points out that...
Kerre McIvor: It's time to revisit the idea of private MIQ facilities

The ACT party is set to release its economic policy later this morning but David Seymour has already revealed one of its platforms - allowing privately run MIQ facilities...
ACT Party's plans for private MIQ facilities

The ACT Party have revealed their ideas for private MIQ, which would allow mothballed hotels to privately offer their services for vaccinated travellers. Leader...
Financial Markets Authority: Overcharged insurance customers could be in for refunds

Thousands of insurance customers could be in for refunds. A Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank review's found many insurers hadn't been doing enough to...
Kerre McIvor: Who does Poto Williams actually represent?

We are one of just 19 nations out of 197 that does not have an armed police force. Most are island nations like the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu...
Kerre McIvor: The worrying rise in crime, and violence against police

We were going to talk about the rise in violence on Friday given the incident in Auckland that saw some oik hold a gun to the head of two members of the public after...
Mongrel Mob member: We need to change gang members' mindsets

The Act Party, as part of their Law and Order Policy, want gang members to receive their benefits on a card, which would restrict spending on alcohol, gambling and...
Open Farms founder: Where do farmers go from here?

If you were listening here on Friday, you'll have heard how riled up farmers around the country are. It wasn't just farmers, they also had support from urban dwellers...
Plunket Chief Executive: We reject Rawiri Jansen's assessments

A claim the health system needs to do more to help Maori parents get their children vaccinated. In Counties Manukau, on-time immunisation coverage for Maori eight-month-olds...
Kerre McIvor: Westport flooding relief a drop in the bucket for farmers

Not such a good morning for the people of Westport many of whom have been left homeless after the devastating floods that swept through the district over the weekend. The...
Kerre McIvor: All things vaccination

First up: The Good News. The Shorter family, whose son Josh was assaulted in an Auckland bar on Friday night and who is lying in a coma in Auckland Hospital, have...
Kerre McIvor: Why don't we have a humanitarian MIQ policy?

If we can let in the Wiggles, even though they didn't fill in the paperwork, if we can suddenly find places in MIQ for hundreds of Kiwis who've been in New South...
NZ Apples and Pears CEO: Industry won't survive another season like this

Orchards across New Zealand are facing worker shortages in the tens of thousands, leaving their fruit to rot on the ground without a labour force to pick it up. There...
Community Finance CEO: Housing a collaborative effort

The not-for-profit housing sector is trying to fill a big whole in New Zealand's property crisis, and is having some success. The Kaitiakitanga Housing Community,...
Central Hawke's Bay Mayor: Mongrel Mob rehab programme raises questions

Concerns over a new Mongrel Mob-led rehab programme. Almost $3 million in funding seized from gangs, is being used to fund Kahukura. It's based in the Central Hawke's...
Autism NZ: 'Systemic change' needed in our education sector

An issue has arisen around what to do with children who don't fit into the cookie cutter environment of our education system. Mt. Hobson Middle School in Auckland,...
Kerre McIvor: Shutting the border to immigrants not the answer

National has slammed the government's decision to lapse and refund 50,000 temporary visa applications. Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says its further...
Covid saliva testing proven as effective as nasal, findings not passed on to Govt

The Government has been told by its own independent expert advisory group that there is a ‘strong case for adopting saliva testing as the main method for testing...
More than 80,000 job listings: Best paying regions, sectors revealed

Labour shortages across the country have led to fierce competition among employers looking for staff. Trade Me data shows there were more than 80,000 vacancies listed...
Papa Honez: Helping his community one whanau at a time

This was an exceptional call - Hone and his 'English Rose' are in Kaitaia, and have started an initiative called One Whanau (family) At A Time. With methamphetamine...
Kerre McIvor: Are purpose-built MIQ facilities a no-brainer?

A purpose-built Covid-19 facility for just 11 million dollars maximum. A purpose built facility that could then be repurposed into emergency housing perhaps or...
Kerre McIvor: We need to raise the superannuation age

The sound of flapping you hear in the air is the sound of all our chickens coming home to roost. Treasury's most recent analysis of the Government's long term finances...
Kerre McIvor: New Zealand can either be paradise - or sheer hell

Living in New Zealand can be akin to living in Paradise - or it can be sheer hell. It's not about your ethnicity - although Māori are overrepresented in the worst...