/on-air/wellington/rss 九一星空无限 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:32:36 Z en /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-in-the-studio-on-rates-caps-and-regional-councils/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-in-the-studio-on-rates-caps-and-regional-councils/ Labour Leader and MP for Rimutaka, Chris Hipkins joins Nick Mills in the studio for their final monthly catch up for 2025. Hipkins discusses the mood in Labour before the end of the year and after the Labour conference in Auckland. He explains the new GP clinic loan scheme and discusses his thoughts on the rates cap and regional council changes from the Government.  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:50:15 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/mayor-andrew-little-joins-nick-mills-for-his-monthly-catch-up/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/mayor-andrew-little-joins-nick-mills-for-his-monthly-catch-up/ Mayor Andrew Little is in studio for his last of the monthly catch ups for 2025 with Nick Mills.  He answers questions from Nick and listeners on the state of the city and the latest in council news. They discuss regional council changes, the Golden Mile review, the Deloitte report plus the $48 billion cost of local water reforms. And on December 13th James Cameron brings the Avatar Fire and Ash Australasia premiere to our city. How are the council preparing for this day – which also included a cruise ship arrival, black caps test and Te Papa exhibition opening. Will Wellington be ready? LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:38 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/tiaki-wai-metro-water-chairman-will-peet-on-the-government-new-water-reform/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/tiaki-wai-metro-water-chairman-will-peet-on-the-government-new-water-reform/ Local councils will have to foot the $48 billion bill for the Government’s new water reform ‘Local Water Done Well’.  Nick Mills talks with Chairman of Tiaki Wai Metro Water Will Peets on how the reforms will work. They discuss the effects on ratepayers, how the bills will work, the change from Wellington Water and the appointment of new CEO Michael Brewer.  LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:57:34 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/glenda-swan-teisa-mania-vaka-and-steve-weir-previewing-the-wellington-womens-interprovincial-championship-campaign/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/glenda-swan-teisa-mania-vaka-and-steve-weir-previewing-the-wellington-womens-interprovincial-championship-campaign/ Golf's annual interprovincial championships begin early next week, with the women's event held in Ashburton and the men's in Manawatu.  Adam Cooper previewed the Wellington women's team's campaign with Manager Glenda Swan, Captain Teisa Mania Vaka, and General Manager of Golf Wellington Steve Weir.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:35:47 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/david-chote-former-all-white-ahead-of-the-wellington-phoenixs-clash-against-adelaide-united/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/david-chote-former-all-white-ahead-of-the-wellington-phoenixs-clash-against-adelaide-united/ The Wellington Phoenix men will seek a first A-League win in more than a month when hosting third-placed Adelaide United at Sky Stadium on Saturday evening.  Adam Cooper was joined by former All White David Chote to assess the season so far and what the team's strategy should be to salvage their fortunes.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:32:30 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/shane-jurgensen-wellington-firebirds-coach-on-central-districts-surprise-plunket-shield-declaration/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/shane-jurgensen-wellington-firebirds-coach-on-central-districts-surprise-plunket-shield-declaration/ The round two Plunket Shield match between Wellington and Central Districts hangs in the balance heading into the final day of the rain-affected match at the Basin Reserve.  The visitors made a surprise first innings declaration at 118 for three, 236 runs behind the Firebirds' first innings score.  Wellington will begin the final day on 124 for four, with a lead of 360.  Firebirds coach Shane Jurgensen joined Adam Cooper to assess the match so far and analyse what the strategy is for the final day.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:24:28 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-football-league-2025-november-29-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-football-league-2025-november-29-preview/ Adam Cooper is joined by Dale Warburton to preview the penultimate round of the men's National League for 2025, and what the permutations look like for Miramar Rangers and Olympic. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:10:43 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-29-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-29-2025/ Adam Cooper is joined by Rod Leitch with the latest from Bowls Wellington, including an update on interclub and a preview of the Open Pairs competition. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:08:27 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-wayne-guppy-and-stephen-franks/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-wayne-guppy-and-stephen-franks/ Nick Mills wraps the week with former Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy and lawyer and former MP Stephen Franks. They get into the hot topics of the week starting with the latest OCR cut then into the proposed reform of regional councils.  Guppy and Franks also discuss the Tom Phillips inquiry, Luxon’s leadership coup rumours, Nationals police target and give their hots and nots for the week. Plus, the Wellington City Council Deloitte's report. What should, and will Mayor Andrew Little and CEO Matt Prosser do? Stephen Franks and Wayne Guppy share their thoughts. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:38:19 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-with-adam-cooper/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-with-adam-cooper/ For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, All Sports Breakfast host Adam Cooper joins Nick Mills to discuss the latest in sport – including the Phoenix.  They dissect what is going wrong with the Phoenix and the crowd sand discuss their game this weekend.  They also chat about The Tall Blacks upcoming games and Golf for Good out in Kapiti starting this weekend.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:11:46 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/economist-brad-olsen-with-nick-mills-on-the-latest-ocr-cuts/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/economist-brad-olsen-with-nick-mills-on-the-latest-ocr-cuts/ CEO of Infometrics and economist Brad Olsen joins Nick Mills to talk about the latest cut to the Official Cash Rate.  He gives his thoughts on the state of the economy, and how it will effect Kiwis. He also discusses the bank reaction and liquidations.  LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:50:12 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ginny-andersen-and-tim-costley-on-the-latest-ocr-cut/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ginny-andersen-and-tim-costley-on-the-latest-ocr-cut/ On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Labour MP Ginny Andersen and National's Ōtaki MP Tim Costley. They discussed the latest cut in the Official Cash Rate, how this will impact Kiwis and if we are beginning to see changes in the economy.  Costley and Andersen also hit the big political news of the week including Nicola Willis's statement that National may repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill. As well as leadership coup rumours, how far the coalition agreements can span, regional councils and what is going on in the Wellington North electorate race. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:41:33 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/nicola-willis-finance-minister-talks-economy-regulatory-standards-act-ocr-regional-councils/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/nicola-willis-finance-minister-talks-economy-regulatory-standards-act-ocr-regional-councils/ The National Party could join coalition partner NZ First and campaign on repealing the Regulatory Standards Act at the next election, deputy leader Nicola Willis says. This is despite the law, which was pushed by the Act Party during coalition talks, being less than a month old, and having been passed into law with votes from both National and NZ First. Speaking to Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills on 九一星空无限talk ZB, Willis said National had not “come up with what our party position will be after the election”. “We haven’t ruled out repealing it either. We haven’t taken a position yet, but it’s not impossible that we would go to the campaign trail saying, ‘yes, we met our coalition commitment, we supported that into law, but actually we agree with the concerns of some people, it hasn’t operated as we’d hoped and we want to repeal it’. “We haven’t come to a position yet, but we haven’t ruled it out.” NZ First leader Winston Peters shocked the coalition last week when he said his party would campaign on repealing the law it had just helped to pass. His position is that the coalition obliged his party to pass the law, but his party is free to repeal it in the next Parliament. Willis said she was “comfortable” with this position. “They joined the Cabinet, they used their votes to ensure it is passed into law – they did their bit,” Willis said. Willis is not the only National MP to float repealing the law. Last week, when her colleague Chris Bishop was asked what the party was thinking, he replied, “you’ll see our policy going into the election”. “I’m not going to give you a commitment on National policy,” he said. All three opposition parties say they will repeal the law if they have the numbers next term. Labour MP Duncan Webb has even submitted a member’s bill to the ballot which, if drawn, would give NZ First the opportunity to repeal the law this term of parliament. Peters, however, described this as game-playing and said he would not be supporting the effort. Act leader David Seymour attacked Peters’ about-turn on the law, saying it looked as though Peters was gearing up to join another Labour-led coalition, something Peters has said he would not do while Chris Hipkins was leader of the party. The Regulatory Standards Act is designed to improve the quality of government regulation by establishing a set of principles for what constitutes “good regulation”. Part of the controversy surrounding the law is the fact these principles are closely aligned to Act’s political worldview and do not constitute more universally recognised principles of good regulation. The act is also controversial for the creation of a regulations board that acts as an assessor of compliance against these principles, although power to act on what the board says ultimately still rests with ministers and Parliament. LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:57:12 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/dwell-housing-ceo-elizabeth-lester-on-wellington-initiative-to-help-homelessness/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/dwell-housing-ceo-elizabeth-lester-on-wellington-initiative-to-help-homelessness/ Dwell Housing CEO Elizabeth Lester joins Nick Mills to discuss the new initiative to help homelessness in the Wellington CBD.  Dwell is partnering with Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) to provide more support to our homeless population in Wellington. Lester discusses what the programme has accomplished so far and the future for the city if it were to be expanded. 40 homes are being supplied, Dwell and DCM say they now hope the Government will back an expansion of the programme.  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:28:20 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/alan-davies-talks-to-nick-mills-about-his-return-to-nz-after-a-decade/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/alan-davies-talks-to-nick-mills-about-his-return-to-nz-after-a-decade/ Stand-up comic and actor Alan Davies joins Nick Mills to discuss his new show touring Aotearoa next year.  The pair chat about his career history - including Jonathan Creek, his inspirations, what keeps him going, his family and discuss the All Blacks, England rugby feud.  Davies tells Nick about his memories of NZ and what he's looking forward to this time around when he comes on his tour in 2026.  Alan Davies will be performing his tour 'Think Ahead', in Wellington, Saturday 8 August at the Michael Fowler Centre General public tickets go on sale on Thursday, November 27 at 1pm. For tickets and more information, please head to livenation.co.nz  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:24:07 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/director-of-buy-nz-made-dane-ambler-with-nick-mills-on-why-we-need-to-buy-local/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/director-of-buy-nz-made-dane-ambler-with-nick-mills-on-why-we-need-to-buy-local/ Nick Mills is joined by Dane Ambler, executive director of Buy NZ Made to discuss the new finding from Xerox that if 10% of kiwi's spending was local - it would inject $11 billion into our economy.  They talk about the campaigning days of the organisation, the impact of buying local for kiwis, and the future of NZ businesses.  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:22:16 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ceo-of-masters-builders-ankit-sharma-chats-to-nick-on-the-new-building-law-changes/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ceo-of-masters-builders-ankit-sharma-chats-to-nick-on-the-new-building-law-changes/ CEO of Masters Builders Ankit Sharma talks to Nick Mills about the new building consumer protections announced by the government yesterday. They talk about the impact on master builders, consumers, and the future of construction in NZ.  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:06:19 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-sarah-wilson-and-henry-hutcheon-on-business-in-the-hutt-valley/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-sarah-wilson-and-henry-hutcheon-on-business-in-the-hutt-valley/ For a Hutt special Business Panel this week, Nick is joined by Henry Hutcheon, owner of Plenty Foods, and Sarah Wilson, founder of her own recruitment firm and board member of Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce. They discuss their businesses, what they do, and how it’s going at the moment. Henry’s new supermarket is three weeks old, and Sarah has been in the recruitment agency for twenty-three years and had her own business for eight years – they discuss the differences in starting independent businesses now compared to then. They also gave their thoughts on the new Hutt mayors, and how the councils impact business in the valley.  Nick asks our panel what the mood in the Hutt is with business right now, the toughest times in businesses, and their advice on starting an independent business. LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 23 Nov 2025 23:32:47 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/mal-bird-golf-for-good-organiser-on-the-mini-golf-course-that-will-give-all-profits-to-the-community/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/mal-bird-golf-for-good-organiser-on-the-mini-golf-course-that-will-give-all-profits-to-the-community/ A putting-green style mini-golf course is opening on the Kapiti Coast in late November, thanks to the hard work of the Kāpiti Rotary Club and the Combined Lions Clubs of Kāpiti. Golf for Good will see every dollar of profit support local charities, youth groups and projects that help the local area thrive. Mal Bird - one of those behind the project - joined Adam Cooper ahead of the course's opening. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:26:54 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/caleb-hope-and-nicole-regnaud-professional-darts-players-ahead-of-the-wdf-world-championships/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/caleb-hope-and-nicole-regnaud-professional-darts-players-ahead-of-the-wdf-world-championships/ Known as the 'power couple' of the local darts scene, top ranked NZDC darts players Caleb Hope and Nicole Regnaud are heading to the UK this week for the WDF World Championships. They both spoke to Adam Cooper about their form through the year, and what they're expecting when meeting some of the world's best in the UK. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:24:19 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-club-cricket-nov-22-2025-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-club-cricket-nov-22-2025-preview/ Adam Cooper is joined by Cricket Wellington's competitions manager Matt Wilson for a preview of the weekend's games. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:20:19 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-22-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-22-2025/ Bowls Wellington board member Rod Leitch joins Adam Cooper to preview the weekend's action in local interclub, and the rest of the happenings in the local scene. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:14:06 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-league-football-november-22-2025-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-league-football-november-22-2025-preview/ Adam Cooper previews the latest rounds in the women's and men's National Football Leagues. It's the final round in the women's competition ahead of next week's final, and Hannah Wignall explains how Wellington United can sneak into the 1 v 2 playoff game. Dale Warburton gives an update for the penultimate round of the men's competition. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:12:16 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-dr-bryce-edwards-and-brigitte-morton-wrap-the-week/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-dr-bryce-edwards-and-brigitte-morton-wrap-the-week/ Nick Mills wraps the week withpolitical commentator and academic Dr Bryce Edwards and lawyer and political commentator Brigitte Morton.   They get into the hot topics of the week starting with NZ police culture, the commissioner and the email’s sent to the electorate office. Morton and Dr Edwards also discussed the rise in prisoner numbers and the building of new prisons, the new ferry announcement, the Golden Mile, the new state highway improvement plans, the uber court case and give their hots and nots for the week. Plus, Winston Peters and the regulatory standards bill. Could Winston Petersjoina coalition with Labour again? Morton and Dr Edwards give their thoughts.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:31:35 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-with-jason-pine-and-adam-cooper/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-with-jason-pine-and-adam-cooper/ For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, Jason Pine and Adam Cooper join Nick Mills to discuss the latest in sport. They look at the recent All Blacks performance at Twickenham and look forward to this weekend Wales match.  They also give the All Blacks a score for the year, take a look at Razor’s tenure, discuss Jamie Joseph’s future as a coach and give their thoughts on the Phoenix game this weekend and the Ashes.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:18:54 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ginny-andersen-and-tim-costley/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ginny-andersen-and-tim-costley/ On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Labour MP Ginny Andersen and National's Ōtaki MP Tim Costley.  They discussed the new Cook Strait ferry designs, and price tag and got heated over the end to puberty blockers for young people experiencing gender dysphoria. Costley and Andersen talked about the other political issues of the week including the rising prison numbers and our police culture. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:44:36 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ferry-holdings-ltd-chairperson-chris-mackenzie-on-the-ferry-announcement/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ferry-holdings-ltd-chairperson-chris-mackenzie-on-the-ferry-announcement/ Ferry Holdings Ltd Chairperson Chris Mackenzie joined Nick Mills to discuss the new ferry designs and cost, revealed yesterday by Winston Peters.  They talked about the changes, the process to get to this decision and the future of the Cook Strait ferries and wharf. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:24:19 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellingtonnzs-heidi-morton-on-the-brighter-future-ahead-for-city-events/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellingtonnzs-heidi-morton-on-the-brighter-future-ahead-for-city-events/ Head of Events & Experiences at WellingtonNZ, Heidi Morton chats with Nick Mills on the upcoming event calendar for Wellington. They talk about the importance of events for the city and how WellingtonNZ is working to attract events to the city. LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:21:35 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-with-james-irwin-upcoming-gigs-in-wellington/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-with-james-irwin-upcoming-gigs-in-wellington/ This week on music time, Nick and James discuss two incredible shows playing live in Wellington - Rhian Sheenan (Friday 21st November at The Great Hall, Massey University) and Sharon Van Etten (Tuesday 25th November at the Opera House). They also celebrate a Kiwi band recently inaugurated in the music hall of fame and go off trail with tales of how to avoid magpie bombings. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:34:17 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/t%C4%81me-iti-chats-with-nick-mills-on-his-new-book-mana-and-his-legacy/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/t%C4%81me-iti-chats-with-nick-mills-on-his-new-book-mana-and-his-legacy/ Aotearoa's legendary activist, artist and now author, Tāme Iti chats to Nick Mills about the release of his new book Mana. He talks to Nick about his legacy, and the fight for Māori rights in this country. They also chat about the state of Te Pati Māori and parliament at the moment.  Tāme Iti's autobiography Mana is out now. LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW ABOVE Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:14:32 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-with-azaria-howell-capital-gains-polls-and-top-rebrand/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-with-azaria-howell-capital-gains-polls-and-top-rebrand/ 九一星空无限talk ZB senior political reporter Azaria Howell joins Nick Mills for Beehive Buzz this week discussing the latest poll results on capital gains tax and the rebrand of The Opportunities Party. Will their new name and leader be enough to hit 5%? For the latest insight into parliament, it's Beehive Buzz with Azaria Howell LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 16 Nov 2025 23:41:19 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/marisa-van-der-meer-wellington-phoenix-women-defender-on-their-clash-against-newcastle-her-return-after-injury/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/marisa-van-der-meer-wellington-phoenix-women-defender-on-their-clash-against-newcastle-her-return-after-injury/ After an opening 1-all A-League draw to start the A-League women's season, the Phoenix Women next host Newcastle at Porirua Park on Sunday. Adam Cooper spoke with defender Marisa van der Meer - who scored the Phoenix's goal last weekend, having returned following nearly two seasons out with back to back ACL injuries. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:05:36 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/dylan-lindstrom-royal-wellington-general-manager-on-the-2026-womens-amateur-asia-pacific-championship-being-held-in-wellington/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/dylan-lindstrom-royal-wellington-general-manager-on-the-2026-womens-amateur-asia-pacific-championship-being-held-in-wellington/ Golf's 2026 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship is heading to the Royal Wellington Golf Club this February, with the backing of the R&A. It's the first time the WAAP will be staged in New Zealand. To find out about the preparations and the associated events and activities around the tournament, Adam Cooper spoke with Royal Wellington General Manager Dylan Lindstrom. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:02:53 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/jonny-bassett-graham-wellington-blaze-head-coach-previews-the-new-season-clash-against-northern-districts/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/jonny-bassett-graham-wellington-blaze-head-coach-previews-the-new-season-clash-against-northern-districts/ The Wellington Blaze begin their new season in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield against Northern Districts in Whangarei. Head coach Jonny Bassett-Graham coached the Blaze on an interim basis to their Super Smash T20 title last season, and is now the team's fulltime head coach. He joined Adam Cooper to preview the season. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:55:00 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-club-cricket-november-15-2025-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-club-cricket-november-15-2025-preview/ Adam Cooper catches up with Cricket Wellington's Matt Wilson to preview the day's action in premier club cricket. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:27:25 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-league-football-nov-15-2025-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-league-football-nov-15-2025-preview/ Adam Cooper chats with correspondents Dale Warburton and Hannah Wignall heading into round eight of football's National League. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:25:50 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-15-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-15-2025/ Adam Cooper joins Bowls Wellington board member Rod Leitch for the latest on the bowls scene, including a look ahead to the weekend's interclub rounds. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:11:25 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-mark-sainsbury-and-peter-dunne-wrap-the-week/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-mark-sainsbury-and-peter-dunne-wrap-the-week/ Nick Mills wraps the week with legendary broadcaster Mark Sainsbury and former minister Peter Dunne. They give their thoughts on the McSkimming IPCA report, Andrew Coster's involvement and how police culture is looking in New Zealand at the moment. Dunne and Sainsbury also discussed the other hot topics from the week like the new drug driving testing, Police Commissioner Chamber’s speeding ticket admission, the new $30 million in funding to help deal with the meth crisis, the Te Pati Māori MP expulsion. Also are state-owned asset sales a good idea? Plus, Dunne and Sainsbury give their hots and nots for the week. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:30:17 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-jason-pine-and-elliot-smith-on-the-all-blacks/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-jason-pine-and-elliot-smith-on-the-all-blacks/ For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, Nick Mills and Jason Pine are joined by Elliot Smith, ZB All Blacks commentator, calling in from England to give us his thoughts on the line up for the Twickenham game. They give their predictions for how the boys in black will go this weekend, and the vibe in England at the moment. Nick and Jason also chat about the upcoming All Whites vs Columbia game, Phoenix vs Auckland FC game and the upcoming Phoenix women’s game in Porirua this Sunday. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:20:45 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellington-hospital-celebrates-20-years-ceo-guy-ryan-joins-nick-in-studio/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellington-hospital-celebrates-20-years-ceo-guy-ryan-joins-nick-in-studio/ Wellington Hospital Foundation CEO Guy Ryan joins Nick Mills in studio to celebrate the foundation's 20th birthday. They talk about the good they've bought to the community, the history, founder Bill Day and the impacts they continue to have in Wellington 20 years later.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:04:58 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-with-ayesha-verrall-and-tim-costley/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-with-ayesha-verrall-and-tim-costley/ On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Labour MP Ayesha Verrall and National's Ōtaki MP Tim Costley.  They spoke on the McSkimming case, and the IPCA report findings that show the police were covering up information.  Costley and Verrall then spoke on the other political issues of the week, including their thoughts on the future of Te Pati Māori and potential coalitions and the new drug driving testing starting in Wellington. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:53:38 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/mi-sexs-murray-burns-chats-to-nick-mills-on-their-hutt-sounds-performance/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/mi-sexs-murray-burns-chats-to-nick-mills-on-their-hutt-sounds-performance/ Murray Burns songwriter, and keyboardist of kiwi new wave band Mi-Sex joins Nick Millson Wellington Mornings.  They talk about the old days of the band, and what the future holds. Including Mi-Sex's upcoming performance in Upper Hutt next year.  Mi-sex joins Tony Hadley, When the Cats Away and other acts at Hutt Sounds Sunday March 8 at Brewton Upper Hutt.  Buy tickets here: Hutt Sounds 2026 Are they still a kiwi band? How was the hit computer games written? Are they ready for the energy of the Hutt crowd this summer? LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:33:02 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-matt-reid-and-phillip-bramley-on-the-state-of-business-in-wellington/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-matt-reid-and-phillip-bramley-on-the-state-of-business-in-wellington/ In this week's Business Panel Nick Mills chats with Barnardos CEO Matt Reid and Toyworld owner and operator Phillip Bramley. They discussed their businesses/charity, and the impacts current conditions in Wellington had on the family and children related business sector. This included the cost of living, material hardship, government choices. They also gave their thoughts on how business was going in the city with the new council and mayor and shared their wishes for the future. Also, how business was going heading into Christmas season from their different perspectives - retail and charity. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:20:49 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-te-pati-m%C4%81ori-expels-mps-mariameno-kapa-kingi-and-t%C4%81kuta-ferris/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-te-pati-m%C4%81ori-expels-mps-mariameno-kapa-kingi-and-t%C4%81kuta-ferris/ 九一星空无限talk ZB political reporter Ethan Griffiths joins Nick Mills for Beehive Buzz this week discussing the annoucement from Te Pati Maori that two MPs - Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris have been expelled from the party. They talk what's next for these MPs and Te Pati Maori, possibilities of exercising the waka jumping legislation and reactions around parliament.  For the latest insight into parliament, it's Beehive Buzz with Ethan Griffiths. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:59 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/sarah-alder-wellington-united-player-on-playing-200-matches-with-the-club/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/sarah-alder-wellington-united-player-on-playing-200-matches-with-the-club/ Wellington United celebrated a special milestone during their round six National League win over Canterbury United in Christchurch. The victory was also Sarah Alder's 200th match for the club. She joined Adam Cooper to discuss the milestone and her longevity at Wellington United. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:29:13 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/corban-piper-and-dan-williams-wellington-phoenix-players-ahead-of-the-derby-against-auckland-fc/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/corban-piper-and-dan-williams-wellington-phoenix-players-ahead-of-the-derby-against-auckland-fc/ The Wellington Phoenix men seek a first A-League win over Auckland FC in the first Kiwi derby of the season at Sky Stadium on Saturday night. Adam Cooper caught up with striker Corban Piper and defender Dan Williams in the 九一星空无限talk ZB studio ahead of the match. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:26:59 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/tessel-middag-and-victoria-esson-former-rangers-ahead-of-the-clash-between-the-wellington-phoenix-women-and-canberra-united/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/tessel-middag-and-victoria-esson-former-rangers-ahead-of-the-clash-between-the-wellington-phoenix-women-and-canberra-united/ The Wellington Phoenix women begin their highly anticipated new A-League season at Sky Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hosting Canberra United. Ahead of the match, former Rangers players Tessel Middag and Victoria Esson joined Adam Cooper in the 九一星空无限talk ZB studio to preview the game. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:24:17 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-club-cricket-november-8-2025-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-club-cricket-november-8-2025-preview/ Adam Cooper is joined by Cricket Wellington's Matt Wilson to preview the day's action in premier men's and women's club cricket, including the finals ahead in the men's division two T20 competition. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:15:05 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-8-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-november-8-2025/ Ahead of the lates round of Bowls Wellington interclub, Rod Leitch joins Adam Cooper to update him on everything happening in the sport. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:13:13 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-jd-trask-and-justin-lester-wrap-the-week/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-jd-trask-and-justin-lester-wrap-the-week/ Nick Mills wraps the week with former Wellington City Mayor Justin Lester and entrepreneur and businessman JD Trask. They discuss the hot topics of the week, including do we need to pay for the Michelin guide to come to our shores? And what local restaurants should get a star? Lester and Trask also discussed how to deal with the CBD’s homelessness issue, the waterfront fencing decision, the new unemployment figures– causes and the consequences, Mayor Andrew Little’s18 month appointments and deputy pick and give their hot and nots for the week. Friday Faceoff: JD Trask and Justin Lester wrap the week.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:35:09 Z