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KERRE WOODHAM MORNINGS
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Kerre Woodham: Ending the Sustaining Tenancies Framework is common-sense
One of the keystone policies of the last government was its Sustaining Tenancies Framework. It was the best and the worst in a way of Labour, because in theory and...
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Kerre Woodham: Do you really expect tax cuts?
I wanted to get into this on Friday when the IRD released it’s figures about the online gambling tax, and we were overrun by events. So, let's have a look at this...
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Kerre Woodham: Before everyone gets too uppity about the Greens, all parties' MPs live in glass houses
Green Party MP Darleen Tana has been suspended amid allegations she is linked to migrant exploitation at her husband’s company. A statement from the Greens’ co-leaders...
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John MacDonald: 100 days and they're still together
Every government minister will be going for the takeaways and cracking open a bottle of something tonight, won’t they? They might even put a movie on as well,...
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Kerre Woodham: The bootcamp is worth a try, isn't it?
The pilot for military-style academies that are designed to turn around persistent young offenders will get underway by the middle of the year. Ten young people...
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Kerre Woodham: The roads have to be paid for
Well, whoofty! Where do we start with transport after the huge policy drop yesterday? Fifteen roads of national significance have been given the go ahead, no ifs,...
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Infrastructure needs "strong, long-term commitments" - Infrastructure NZ
Infrastructure NZ's welcoming the renewal of National's Roads of National Significance programme. The Government's draft transport plan features a half-a-billion...
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How can school food programmes be run efficiently?
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says free school lunches can’t continue at such a cost – arguing there’s no evidence it works. The previous Government...
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Kerre Woodham: School lunches
We thought we'd start this morning with the review into the efficacy, or lack thereof, of school lunches. Associate Education Minister David Seymour says free school...
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Kerre Woodham: Christopher Luxon isn't leading by example
This annoys me because I shouldn't have to be talking about it, and because in the scheme of things, given what the country is facing, there are far, far bigger...
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Kerre Woodham: What is happening with NZ immigration?
Now, what on Earth is going on within immigration New Zealand? Ever since the days of the late, unlamented Iain Lees-Galloway, the department has been struggling. A...
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Kerre Woodham: Who do you believe about the Ministry of Education?
Where to start from this morning's program?! The Mike Hosking Breakfast was the gift that kept on giving, what with Stuart Nash effectively cutting any ties that...
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Kerre Woodham: Gang Patch Crackdown Will Send a Message
As promised, the coalition government has announced legislation designed to make life just a little bit tougher for gangs. They are not the first government to try...
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Kerre Woodham: Fees free hasn't worked, what next?
If the aim of the former Labour government was to get more students from lower income families into tertiary training, it doesn't work. There is, according to...
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What are the barriers to tertiary education?
The application of the last Government's fees free policy may not have done enough to target the people it was aimed at. The Tertiary Education Commission has told...
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Would a universal basic income be cheaper than benefits?
Benefits are on blast at the moment, but one professor thinks a universal basic income may be cheaper. Data from the Ministry of Social Development shows that 109,000...
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Kerre Woodham: The complaints about Oranga Tamariki are the same every time
We have in the news yet another report into Oranga Tamariki. Yet another damning indictment into an organisation that should never exist. The Chief Ombudsman has...
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Kerre Woodham: Exercising is harder for some than others
Hands up all those who felt personally attacked this morning when you heard the stories about New Zealanders and obesity? Not you? Just me then?! All morning we've...
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Kerre Woodham: How are the benefit sanctions cruel?
The criticisms have come thick and fast in the wake of the coalition government's announcement that there would be sanctions applied to job seekers who choose not...
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Why are so many young people on the benefit?
Criticism of the Government’s welfare reforms have been coming in thick and fast. Figures from Stats NZ have revealed that 40,000 people under the age of 25 are...
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Kerre Woodham: Prime Ministers stark message must be followed with action
The Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, in his State of the Nation speech over the weekend, spelled it out loud and clear for those who haven't yet got the message. New...
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"The eyes of the world are on us": Programme Director's update on the Central Interceptor tunnel
Watercare Auckland is aiming to reduce wet-weather overflows into streams and beaches. The massive Central Interceptor tunnel will store, as well as transport stormwater...
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Kerre Woodham: When ideology collides with the real world
I can't help but enjoy the rich irony. NIWA, the Crown owned weather research institute, has had a big spend up on its vehicle fleet. Four big, grunty Chevy Silverados...
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Why are construction costs so high?
The Government is promising to tackle construction costs. Stats NZ data shows the cost of building a house has increased by 41% since 2019, making housing even...
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Kerre Woodham: What's the right solution for the future of NZ Super?
I did laugh when I saw the Retirement Commissioner’s report out yesterday, because I thought here we go again, round it comes the first of the twice-yearly discussions...
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"We want to spread joy and love": Matchmaking service launches for over 40's
Today is Valentines Day, but not everyone is coupled up. Over 40’s are calling time on dating apps, finding it harder and harder to find a partner. They’re fatigued...
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Kerre Woodham: Emergency services need an upgraded system
Further to the story yesterday regarding the police’s planned withdrawal from social services call outs, there's been a damning indictment of our 111 system. According...
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Kerre Woodham: The police have been left to pick up the pieces for too long
Funny old thing, last Thursday, Matt rang in - a serving police officer. He was calling in response to comments that the police simply don't have the time to turn...
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Police Looking To Re-focus On Core Business, Pulling Back From Family Harm and Mental Health Callouts
Police are looking to re-focus on what it calls core business, by pulling back from family harm and mental health call-outs. A briefing to new Police Minister Mark...
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Kerre Woodham: Who should pay for roads?
Now, last year, National promised that, should it become the government, it would among other things scrap the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax, and yesterday they did...