Kerre Woodham Mornings
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KERRE WOODHAM MORNINGS
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Kerre Woodham: What good would repealing the gang patch ban do?
Labour's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Peeni Heare is standing by a comment that he’d repeal the gang patch ban. He agreed with the notion at an event on Wednesday night....
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Kerre Woodham: What will it take to bring NZ out of its funk?
Finance Minister Nicola Willis all but invoked the old adage ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’, when commenting on the state of the economy yesterday....
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"Change in attitudes": Seymour unpacks rising attendance numbers
More students are attending school regularly. Figures released today show 58.4% of students regularly attended school in Term 2 - the highest since 2021. It's...
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Kerre Woodham: How can teachers justify the continued disruption?
The secondary teachers are out again. They're appalled and insulted by the Government's latest pay offer. For the record, the Governments offered a 1% pay rise...
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"Horses for courses": Should former politicians become diplomats?
Former Speaker Trevor Mallard is returning early from Ireland, ending his job as Ambassador. Winston Peters has appointed senior foreign affairs staffer Angela...
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Kerre Woodham: Can you have confidence in buying a new build with partial liability?
Two stories in the Herald today - one about the announcement from Christopher Luxon and Chris Penk yesterday, changing the building liability settings so ratepayers...
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Kerre Woodham: Can Kiwis be swayed to support Nuclear Power?
It seems hard to believe, but the Maxim Institute reckons New Zealand can lead the world in sustainable AI infrastructure. They warn, however, that the window of...
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Kerre Woodham: Dog owners have a duty to ensure the community's safety
It was our gorgeous night last night, absolutely beautiful. The kids were training for football up at the local park, and while I waited to pick up my daughter and...
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Dog attacks on the rise - would education lower the risk?
Auckland Council's cracking down on dog owners in a bid to lower a surge in attacks. It's made more than 611 prosecutions since 2020, targeting owners with dogs...
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"40 people left": Foodstuffs 'actively working' to re-employ staff after Auckland fire
Foodstuffs North Island says it's working hard to re-employ staff from an Auckland New World that caught fire in June. CEO Chris Quinn says of 183 people, 121 are...
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Kerre Woodham: Fronting publicly is the least Ardern, Hipkins, and Robertson could do
There's an old saying, one generally used by mothers: I’m not angry, I'm just disappointed. Yesterday, hearing that the unholy Triumvirate of Ardern, Robertson,...
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"You can't defy the Speaker": Chlöe Swarbrick's punishment backed by former Speaker
Chlöe Swarbrick's back in Auckland – thrown out of Parliament this week for refusing to apologise for comments in the House. The Greens co-leader said if six of...
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Kerre Woodham: Is 'spineless' really unparliamentary language?
So as you will have heard, Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been barred from Parliament's debating chamber for the rest of the week, unless she apologises...
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"Police people are not above the law": Commissioner comments on McSkimming charges
The Police Commissioner says he feels for his staff as a top cop faces the courts. Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming is facing eight charges of...
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Kerre Woodham: What can we do about rate rises?
Commentators are telling us that the tide is turning, that we've reached the bottom of the cycle. ANZ has lowered its mortgage interest rates, so other banks will...
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Declining gas supply risks creating 'deindustrialisation' in the economy
The speed of decline of our gas supply could be hampering the transition to alternative energy. A Business NZ survey of commercial and industrial users shows average...
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"Just the basics": Push for caps on rising council rates
The economic doom and gloom continues with rising property rates. Some rural areas are even facing increases substantially higher than the average council rate. One...
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Kerre Woodham: Will we soon see the Greens leading the government?
I asked on Friday how anyone could vote for Labour given the latest Treasury report into their irresponsible spending of taxpayer money that came out last week....
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"The system is built around gas": Dwindling supply could see fertiliser plant's temporary closure
A hit for the Taranaki region, with dwindling gas supply forcing a potential short-term shutdown of a local fertiliser plant. Ballance Agri-Nutrients may have...
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Kerre Woodham: How can anyone not be critical of Labour?
I get texts on the daily from people saying “you're so negative about Labour”. “You never have anything good to say about the last government. You're so critical...
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Kerre Woodham: On the face of it, the RUC announcement makes sense
On the face of it, the announcement from Transport Minister Chris Bishop yesterday makes good sense. It's been signalled; it was National Party election policy to...
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"Quite the hangover": PM blames rising unemployment on previous govt
The Prime Minister's blaming New Zealand's rising unemployment on the last Government's economic management. The rate's hit a five-year high of 5.2%, just shy...
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"Part of the process": Expert breaks down potential role of AI in marking exams
An artificial intelligence expert says the tech will always need human input for marking school exams. Education Minister Erica Stanford says AI's already partly...
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Kerre Woodham: Should AI be utilised more in schools?
You might remember a month or so ago we had Justin Flitter, an AI expert, in the studio for an hour talking about the fact that AI is here, it's already being used...
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"Economy of two halves" highlighted by rising unemployment rate
Economic recovery is taking longer than many hoped. Unemployment's risen to a five-year high of 5.2%, up from 5.1% in the March quarter. New Zealand officially...
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Kerre Woodham: Is the Knowledge Economy the biggest political bust of recent times?
In the wake of the changes to NCEA, you would have to ask whether the Knowledge Economy is the biggest political bust of recent times? Back in 2001, then Prime...
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"10 years of confidence": Coal deal provides opportunity for renewable investment
Big players in the energy space are putting forward a new 10-year deal they say will secure supply at Huntly Power Station. Genesis, Mercury, Meridian and Contact...
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"No question" higher education and skills achievement needed, former PM says
The Government's proposing to entirely phase out NCEA within five years, saying New Zealand needs a schooling system that sets students up for success. Within the...
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Kerre Woodham: The ward for people with nowhere to go shouldn't exist, but I can see why it does
I was struck by a story from Radio New Zealand. North Shore Hospital, it has revealed, has an entire ward of people who are stuck in hospital, but they have no...
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Education minister discusses the scrapping of NCEA
The Government's intends to entirely phase out NCEA within five years. The proposal would require students take English and Maths in Year 11 and sit a test in numeracy...
