Articles by Kerre Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Our kids are back on track
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 12:00pmI love the fact that New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford and the Prime Minister presented improved reading stats...
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Kerre Woodham: Voting matters - don't scramble at the last minute
Monday, 13 October 2025, 12:41pmWell, better late than not at all. On Saturday morning, I went upstairs and said to my daughter, "Have you seen the orange...
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Kerre Woodham: OCR cuts have not restored the most important thing - confidence
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 12:31pmHopes for an economic recovery have been given a significant boost by yesterday's decision from the Reserve Bank to frontload...
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Kerre Woodham: Unhealthy habits are a matter of choice not a lack of education
Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 12:53pmA new report says the health of New Zealanders is declining, and that it's costing us dearly- in the billions of dollars...
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Kerre Woodham: A tough but fair change to the benefit
Monday, 6 October 2025, 12:47pmOn the face of it, it seems tough. Telling young people to get out there and get a job when the economy is tanked and unemployment...
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Kerre Woodham: Give the firefighters a pay bump
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 12:55pmMore than 11,500 allied health staff —the physios, the social workers, the health assistants— will strike on the 23rd of...
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Kerre Woodham: What will come from our decision not to recognise Palestine?
Monday, 29 September 2025, 12:42pmThe state of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 157 UN member states, and that represents 81% of members. New...
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Kerre Woodham: What are the impacts of falling rents?
Friday, 26 September 2025, 11:51amIf you're a renter, it's jolly good news. At least a third of people taking out new tenancies this year are paying less rent...
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Kerre Woodham: Infrastructure needs to be beyond party politics
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 12:41pmThe Government hopes to give a much-needed boost to the building and construction industry with the announcement of $413...
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Kerre Woodham: Is there anything good about pine trees?
Monday, 22 September 2025, 12:33pmIs there anything good about pine trees? Apart from for the people who own the commercial forests, the foresters. What earthly...
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Kerre Woodham: Surely we've reached the bottom of the economic cycle
Friday, 19 September 2025, 12:51pmThe news came in around quarter to 11 yesterday, and it was unwelcome confirmation of what many people had been experiencing,...
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Kerre Woodham: Allowing 24/7 hospital visitor hours is bonkers
Monday, 15 September 2025, 12:45pmOf the many, many insane, ideologically driven policies I have heard come from government departments over the years, this...
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Kerre Woodham: The consequences of Stuart Nash's ill-advised one liner
Friday, 12 September 2025, 12:21pmNow, long-time listeners will know that I have said, I do say, and I will undoubtedly in the future say stupid things. In...
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Kerre Woodham: What's ahead for Winston Peters and NZ First?
Monday, 8 September 2025, 1:01pmThe New Zealand First convention took place at the Distinction Hotel in Palmerston North over the weekend. And all these...
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Kerre Woodham: Overstayers and fudged immigration promises
Friday, 5 September 2025, 12:13pmThe Government is cracking down on serious immigration breaches. It's announced it will strengthen deportation settings on...
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Kerre Woodham: The housing intensification battle reaches cabinet level
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 12:40pmThe battle over intensification of housing has reached cabinet level, with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Housing Minister...
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Kerre Woodham: The realities of leaving the Paris Agreement
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 12:58pmACT Party Leader David Seymour has set the cat among the pigeons, or the Huntaway among the cattle, by calling for New Zealand...
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Kerre Woodham: I'm not convinced we can do housing intensification properly
Friday, 29 August 2025, 12:56pmAround 200 people packed out the Mt Eden Village Centre in Auckland last night, and they were pretty riled up. In fact, many...
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Kerre Woodham: What more can be done to sort the supermarkets?
Thursday, 28 August 2025, 1:01pmWell, Mike Hosking did a Kim Kardashian this morning and broke the Internet with his interview with Nicola Willis. Well,...
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Kerre Woodham: Surely this visa can only be good for New Zealand?
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 1:02pmA new visa to attract businesspeople to New Zealand has been established by the Government, and really, it's only a matter...
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Kerre Woodham: We need to get ships in and out more quickly
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 2:14pmWe all know that New Zealand is a trading nation. We need to sell stuff to make the money we need to build hospitals, pay...
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Kerre Woodham: Fatal DUI crashes need to carry strong sentences
Monday, 25 August 2025, 12:46pmI don't know about you, but I was truly surprised to hear Judge Russell Collins send a young drug driver to jail on Friday....
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Kerre Woodham: What good would repealing the gang patch ban do?
Friday, 22 August 2025, 1:14pmLabour's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Peeni Heare is standing by a comment that he’d repeal the gang patch ban. He agreed with...
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Kerre Woodham: What will it take to bring NZ out of its funk?
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 1:05pmFinance Minister Nicola Willis all but invoked the old adage ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’, when commenting...
