Articles by Kerre Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: The failure of Fees Free
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 12:55pmDo you want another example of Labour's ideology over pragmatism? I really, really hope that the previous Labour ministers...
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Kerre Woodham: Te Pāti Māori and their continued breaches of protocol
Friday, 10 October 2025, 1:41pmOrini Kaipara gave her maiden speech in Parliament yesterday, and she's just the sort of person you want to see entering...
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Kerre Woodham: A different view point does not permit you to invade someone's home
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:24amWhen I heard the Green Party co-leaders were holding a press conference yesterday, I thought fleetingly, ever the optimist,...
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Kerre Woodham: You need to know how to play the system to enact change
Friday, 3 October 2025, 1:05pmI've always thought that if you want to change the system, if you feel that the system, whatever it might be, doesn't work...
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Kerre Woodham: A massive press conference to tell us very little
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 1:09pmWell, a great deal of expectation and excitement. We all gathered around the wireless to listen to the 8am announcement about...
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Kerre Woodham: An overreaction that caused more pain in the long run
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 12:42pmAt last, a triumph of common sense over well-meaning legislation designed to protect every life, everywhere, no matter how...
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Kerre Woodham: Ask not what your country can do for you
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 1:10pmNew Zealand Inc. is in trouble and it's on us —you and me— to fix it. Not politicians, not economists, not even our blessed...
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Kerre Woodham: The Government has a lot of work to do
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 11:47amI have to say that the Herald's Mood of the Boardroom survey pretty much sums up my mood too. Yes, there are some excellent...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Unions seem to have struck themselves into irrelevance
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 1:15pmBack when I was a kid, you knew the school holidays were coming up when the Seafarers Union went on strike. Sure as God made...
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Kerre Woodham: Gas - what are the options? What are the alternatives?
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 12:28pmShane Jones' warning was clear and concise. As of 2029, if no new gas fields are found or an alternative energy source is...
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Kerre Woodham: The right to free speech and its consequences
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 11:16amWhen US conservative activist and media personality Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday, a lot of people had an...
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Kerre Woodham: Who's going to pay a fine for shoplifting?
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 12:46pmJustice Minister Paul Goldsmith has released a cabinet paper proposing a raft of changes to the Crimes Act. This is part...
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Kerre Woodham: Do we need to adjust our alcohol policies?
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 1:31pmThe cost of alcohol abuse in this country is absolutely phenomenal. Worldwide, I can't even imagine what it would be, but...
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Kerre Woodham: The sewage and filth that fills social media after a tragedy
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 1:04pmI said yesterday when I left you at midday that I thought I'd brought you one of the nicest stories that we'd done all year,...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: What did it cost to get the foreign buyers clarification?
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 12:57pmYou might remember, those of you who were listening around about a month ago when the Prime Minister was in the studio, taking...
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Kerre Woodham: How can teachers justify the continued disruption?
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 12:29pmThe secondary teachers are out again. They're appalled and insulted by the Government's latest pay offer. For the record,...
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Kerre Woodham: Can you have confidence in buying a new build with partial liability?
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 12:36pmTwo stories in the Herald today - one about the announcement from Christopher Luxon and Chris Penk yesterday, changing the...
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Kerre Woodham: How can anyone not be critical of Labour?
Friday, 8 August 2025, 9:35amI get texts on the daily from people saying “you're so negative about Labour”. “You never have anything good to say about...
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Kerre Woodham: Is the Knowledge Economy the biggest political bust of recent times?
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 1:31pmIn the wake of the changes to NCEA, you would have to ask whether the Knowledge Economy is the biggest political bust of...
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Kerre Woodham: Will overusing emergency alerts create complacency?
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 1:15pmLet's face it, civil defence coordinators are damned if they do, damned if they don't. Fail to give people sufficient warning...
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Kerre Woodham: Rising gang numbers aren't good but the charges are
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 12:44pmGang membership is on the rise, but if you believe Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Basham, an increase in numbers is not...
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Kerre Woodham: Yesterday was a day to forget for the Government
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 1:06pmThere is much that this coalition government is dealing with that is not of their own making – they are mopping up, cleaning...
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Kerre Woodham: You can't just put up a story without any proof
Friday, 11 July 2025, 12:35pmRay Chung has surely scuppered his chances of becoming Wellington's next mayor, hasn't he? Although, given the way voters...
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Kerre Woodham: Prisons are evidence of failure, but what's the alternative?
Friday, 13 June 2025, 11:43amPrisons to me are tangible evidence of failure. Failure of a person to do the right thing, failure of family, of community,...
