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: NZ First are off to a strong start with their campaign
New Zealand First is ramping up its campaigning with an election fast approaching. They announced that if they have any say in the matter, if they form any part...
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Kerre Woodham: Chris Hipkins has got to go
The former Prime Minister, the former Health Minister, the leader of the Labour Party has to go. His position is simply untenable. Chris Hipkins has consistently...
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Kerre Woodham: The Fisheries Amendment Bill – time to go back to the drawing board?
I doubt there'll be many people out on the water —certainly not in the upper North Island on the East Coast— but the next time you go out, let me know what the catch...
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"World-leading": Commercial fisherman clears up misconceptions about the industry
A commercial fisherman is aiming to clear up some misconceptions around the industry in the wake of the Government’s controversial Fisheries Amendment policy. The...
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"Structural change was required": Education Minister pushes ahead with plan to scrap NCEA
The Education Minister’s pressing ahead with a major overhaul of NCEA, scrapping the current system and replacing it entirely. Cabinet’s signed off on a move to...
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Kerre Woodham: The fuel relief package is simply a morale booster
So help is on the way from the Government, as expected. The announcement came around 12:30pm yesterday. Thought it might be too late, because according to Donald...
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Kerre Woodham: In this instance, a bit of support is necessary
If Trump's envoys weren't talking to Iranian officials, who the hell were they talking to? When you get older, you expect that you can make more sense of the world,...
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Kerre Woodham: The Greens' fuel relief package should be seriously considered
In today's edition of Fuel Watch, the Green Party is offering its votes to the National Party to get on with passing what the Greens call a sensible and urgent fossil...
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'Sensible and urgent': Chloe Swarbrick on proposed fossil fuel relief package
The Green Party is offering its support to National to fast-track a fossil fuel relief package, bypasssing other parties with their combined 63 votes. The proposal...
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Kerre Woodham: At what point does it become unaffordable to work?
To me, what is news is the fact that there are so many people who are working vital jobs, who are doing incredibly important work like our home support workers,...
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Calls for 'more scrutiny' of political appointments after KiwiRail director's resignation
Political appointments are being scrutinised after the resignation of KiwiRail director Scott O’Donnell due to conflicts of interest. Political analyst Bryce Edwards...
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Kerre Woodham: New Zealand's conflict of interest problem
What I found more outrageous on the internet yesterday was yet another example of this country's propensity for doling out jobs for the boys and indeed the girls....
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Historian slams culture ministry for axing Heritage Trails website for Gallipoli
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is removing the Ngā Tapuwae Heritage Trails website for Gallipoli and the Western Front in what Historian Chris Pugsley...
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Kerre Woodham: The entire fuel situation is a mess
How about that petrol, eh? I filled up on Thursday, as usual, that's my usual day. Just the car, no jerry cans, no oil drums, thanks very much, and I thought to...
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"Huge variety": Why one of NZ's only female plumbers loves her job
Women are still underrepresented in the trades. Despite employing more than 300,000 people, women only make up around 16% of those working in the construction sector....
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Kerre Woodham: Are you feeling fuel anxiety?
Today we thought it would be Fuel Friday because we haven't really touched on the oil crisis so far, have we? I filled up at my local on the way to work and it was...
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Kerre Woodham: Is the primary teachers' union causing friction?
For nine months now, the Public Service Commission has been negotiating with the primary school teachers union over pay and conditions. Every other union in the...
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NZ in for a "decade of deficit" as a result of Covid spending - economist
New Zealand’s economic response to the Covid pandemic is under scrutiny. The second phase of the Covid Inquiry found New Zealand’s overall pandemic response effective,...
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"Voluntary basis": How did Sweden's Covid response differ from New Zealand's?
Comparisons are being drawn between New Zealand’s approach to Covid, and Sweden’s. The findings of the second phase of the Covid Inquiry were released yesterday,...
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Kerre Woodham: Do you feel our Covid response was successful?
We all seem to be suffering from Long Covid. It's lingering as the findings of the second phase of the Covid-19 response inquiry were released yesterday. And what...
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Kerre Woodham: Are parents restricting their kids' online access?
The Government is doing its bit to protect children from themselves by banning the use of smartphones during the school day and by moving to bring in legislation...
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Taxpayers to save millions as Customs axes cheap package subsidy
Shipping prices could soon be rising for cheap online stores like Shein and Temu. Changes from next month will add fees and levies to small parcels crossing the...
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Kerre Woodham: Three women killed by repeat offenders, when will courts learn?
It was a glorious weekend. Somewhat marred when I read this story from Anna Leask in yesterday's New Zealand Herald. I really had to I really had to reset myself...
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NZ's leading Criminologist discusses string of murders by repeat offenders against women
Over the weekend, a third Christchurch woman was murdered by a violent repeat offender who was subject to monitoring and prison release conditions designed to keep...
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"Warning light": National sinks six points behind in dire poll results
An explosive poll shows National has reached its lowest result since forming a Government, as Labour climbs ahead. The Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll has Labour on...
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"The future is bright": Industry urges Govt to 'lean into' medicinal cannabis production
The medicinal cannabis industry could be worth billions of dollars to the country in the not-so-distant future, if regulation's improved. ACT leader David Seymour...
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Kerre Woodham: A golden, or green-golden, future
When I heard David Seymour talking up the potential of New Zealand's medicinal cannabis industry, I was immediately transported to a world where the Far North was...
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Kerre Woodham: Is the primary teachers' union acting in its members' best interests?
I'd be getting seriously brassed off if I was a primary school teacher, especially if I was a non-union primary school teacher. The NZEI has been in protracted negotiations...
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Kerre Woodham: Is it the Government's responsibility to get you home?
I just want to get your opinion. This follows a, shall we say, spirited discussion in the office around people who are trapped overseas and how they get home. I'd...
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Kerre Woodham: Mutually assured destruction - will it work again?
I was listening to the podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’ last night. The speakers were saying that Trump's inclination to invade countries at will, will almost certainly...
