/on-air/wellington/rss 九一星空无限 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:17:33 Z en /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/rebecca-burns-wellington-blaze-batter-ahead-of-the-final-womens-t20-super-smash-round-robin-matches/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/rebecca-burns-wellington-blaze-batter-ahead-of-the-final-womens-t20-super-smash-round-robin-matches/ The reigning champion Wellington Blaze top a congested ladder heading into the final stretch of the women's T20 Super Smash. To look ahead to the final two matches of the round robin against Canterbury, Adam Cooper spoke to Blaze batter Rebecca Burns who brought up her 100th Super Smash match for the Blaze during the season. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:48:31 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/tim-mckibbin-nz-floorball-player-previews-the-asia-oceania-qualifiers-for-the-floorball-world-championships/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/tim-mckibbin-nz-floorball-player-previews-the-asia-oceania-qualifiers-for-the-floorball-world-championships/ The New Zealand men's team are in action in Wellington this week in the Asia-Oceania qualifiers for this year's Floorball World Championships in Finland. The top four teams from the week at Akau Tangi Sports Centre will book their spot. Tim McKibbin is now based in Switzerland to pursue the sport. He joined Adam Cooper to discuss the World Cup qualification, ahead of Saturday's final group match against the Philippines. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:29:45 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-january-17-2026/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-january-17-2026/ Bowls Wellington board member Rod Leitch joins Adam Cooper for the first report of 2026. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:18:43 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/firebirds-and-blaze-allrounders-logan-van-beek-and-hannah-francis-in-studio-with-adam-cooper/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/firebirds-and-blaze-allrounders-logan-van-beek-and-hannah-francis-in-studio-with-adam-cooper/ The pinnacle of domestic cricket in the summer, the 2025-26 Super Smash, begins on Boxing Day. Both the Wellington Blaze and Firebirds begin their campaigns in Palmerston North on December 27, to meet Central Districts, before heading home to both host Auckland at the Basin Reserve two days later. To preview their seasons, Adam Cooper was joined in studio by allrounders from both teams, Hannah Francis and Logan van Beek. LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:53:36 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/nz-mens-floorball-coach-christian-bertschinger-ahead-of-the-2026-asia-oceania-world-cup-qualifiers/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/nz-mens-floorball-coach-christian-bertschinger-ahead-of-the-2026-asia-oceania-world-cup-qualifiers/ In January, Wellington's Ākau Tangi Sports Centre will play host to the Asia-Oceania qualifying tournament for next year's Men’s World Floorball Championships in Finland. Between January 13-19, New Zealand is one of 10 teams competing with four spots from the region to head to Europe. Adam Cooper spoke with New Zealand men's coach Christian Bertschinger about the team's preparation, and the significance of the event coming to the capital. LISTEN ABOVE For more information on the event, click HERE.  Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:46:29 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-kerry-prendergast-and-mark-sainsbury-live-at-prefab/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-kerry-prendergast-and-mark-sainsbury-live-at-prefab/ Nick Mills wraps the year with former Wellington Mayor Dame Kerry Prendergast and legendary broadcaster and journalist Mark Sainsbury. Are we in for a positive turn around with the new GDP growth? They face off live at Prefab, about the outlook going into the new year. Prendergast and Sainsbury then face off on the issues of the week, including the council’s sludge levy mistake. What do they think of it? Should there be penalties? As well as the new merger MCERT and subsequent job losses, McSkimming’s sentence, Avatar, James Cameron’s worries for our film industry and the Phoenix –how are we looking, and what do our guests think of Nick’s idea to move the team to Christchurch. Then it’s Christmas time! What are Sainsbury and Prendergast doing for the holidays plus they give their highlights and lowlights for the year. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:43:18 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/finance-minister-nicola-willis-joins-nick-mills-at-prefab/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/finance-minister-nicola-willis-joins-nick-mills-at-prefab/ Finance Minister Nicola Willis joins Nick Mills live at Prefab for a look back on our economy this year. They reflect on the year that has been, and their hopes for the next year, election year. Why is the Willis v Richardson debate not happening? Is the GDP rise a sign of hope? Nick asks Nicola Willis the big questions. And they get in the Christmas spirit with some gift giving. LISTEN ABOVE  Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:23:27 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-tim-costley-and-ayesha-verrall-get-in-the-christmas-spirit/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-tim-costley-and-ayesha-verrall-get-in-the-christmas-spirit/ Nick Mills is joined in studio by National Otaki MP Tim Costley and Labour MP and spokesperson for Health and Wellington Issues Ayesha Verrall. We get into the Christmas spirit with our guests, what’s their plans for their Christmas break and highlight from the year. As well as getting into the political issues from the week like the latest GDP announcement, surplus announcement, Health NZ efficiency targets, M-CERT merger plus the Avatar premiere and James Cameron's concerns about the future of the series. Is Wellington at risk of losing Weta? What will the government do to help? LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:30:08 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/stewart-macpherson-joins-nick-in-the-studio-for-the-new-michelangelo-exhibition/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/stewart-macpherson-joins-nick-in-the-studio-for-the-new-michelangelo-exhibition/ Promoter and broadcast legend Stewart Macpherson joins Nick Mills in the studio to discuss the Stetson group's new Michelangelo exhibition. The exhibition at Takina opens on Monday 22nd December and offers visitors an experience of the art in the Sistine Chapel, without forking out for flights to Rome. They talk about what people can see from the exhibition as well as the tours from Christopher Longhurst, a former guide at the Vatican.   Get tickets here: Buy Tickets - MICHELANGELO - A Different View LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:47:42 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ceo-of-infrastructure-nz-nick-leggett-on-the-merger-of-ministries/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ceo-of-infrastructure-nz-nick-leggett-on-the-merger-of-ministries/ Nick Mills asks CEO of Infrastructure NZ Nick Leggett, is M-CERT a good plan? The merger of the Ministries of transport, environment, housing and urban development and the local government's Internal Affairs, will make the new ministry M-CERT. Nick Leggett tells us how this will effect outcomes, productivity and how the future of NZ will look from it.  Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:35:20 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/nick-tansley-performs-christmas-carols-in-the-studio/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/nick-tansley-performs-christmas-carols-in-the-studio/ Christmas carols are back with Nick Tansley in the studio with Nick Mills. The Nicks discuss Carols by Candlelight, the vibe in Wellington this Christmas, then live in studio Nick Tansley sings a medley of his favourite Christmas songs.  LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:23:41 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/james-cameron-talks-to-wellington-mornings-max-towle-on-the-new-avatar-film/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/james-cameron-talks-to-wellington-mornings-max-towle-on-the-new-avatar-film/ We sent our newsreader Max Towle to interview acclaimed director James Cameron before the premiere of his new film Avatar: Fire and Ash. Max sat down with the legend to ask him about the film, the future of the franchise and what makes Wellington special to him.  LISTEN ABOVE OR WATCH BELOW Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:30:09 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/tony-giles-wellington-rugby-ceo-on-divesting-its-50-shareholding-of-the-hurricanes/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/tony-giles-wellington-rugby-ceo-on-divesting-its-50-shareholding-of-the-hurricanes/ The Wellington Rugby Union has exited its 50% shareholding of the Hurricanes, with a group led by Upper Hutt developer Malcolm Gillies taking the stake in the Super Rugby franchise. It follows several years of significant financial losses for the Hurricanes, something the WRFU had to stomach as a 50% owner. Adam Cooper spoke to WRFU CEO Tony Giles on what this means for the union going forward. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:57:34 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/isa-prins-wellington-olympic-midfielder-previews-the-national-league-final-against-auckland-city/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/isa-prins-wellington-olympic-midfielder-previews-the-national-league-final-against-auckland-city/ At just 20 years old, Isa Prins is fast ticking off significant footballing achievements. The Wellington Olympic midfielder was the Central League's player of the year, and was also named player of the match after scoring in the Chatham Cup grand final. He joins Adam Cooper to preview Saturday's National League final against Auckland City. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:34:34 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/julia-gluyas-central-falcons-goalkeeper-previews-the-premier-hockey-league-final/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/julia-gluyas-central-falcons-goalkeeper-previews-the-premier-hockey-league-final/ The Central Falcons women's side are seeking back to back Premier Hockey League titles when facing the Tridents in Saturday's gold medal match in Auckland. Adam Cooper previewed the match with Wellington-based goalkeeper Julia Gluyas, who's capping off a satisfying year of hockey having also made her Black Sticks debut in 2025. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:28:06 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-december-13-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-december-13-2025/ Adam Cooper catches up with Bowls Wellington board member Rod Leitch for the latest action, including a preview of the Open Singles event. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:17:57 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-tamatha-paul-and-andrea-compton/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-tamatha-paul-and-andrea-compton/ Nick Mills wraps the week with Wellington City Councillor Andrea Compton and Wellington Central MP Tamatha Paul.  Wellington’s big day approaches – what are Paul and Compton excited for this weekend? Avatar, Te Papa, Cricket, Football, plenty going on in the capital this weekend. They then face off with Nick over the issues of the week, including their thoughts on Andrew Little’s mayoralty, Wellington’s rates, the state of cancer report, the disability carers supreme court case, their hot or nots for the week. Plus, who will win in the potential Willis v Richardson finance debate. And is a social media ban in NZ a good idea? Find out what they think on Friday Faceoff. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:32:33 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-with-adam-cooper-and-andrew-alderson/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kick-off-with-adam-cooper-and-andrew-alderson/ For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, 九一星空无限talk ZB’s All Sports Breakfast Adam Cooper and Nick Mills are joined by ZB’s cricket reporter Andrew Alderson to chat about the Black Caps test. What's the vibe at the basin this weekend, Alderson tells us all about the last few days, and how the coming ones are looking. Adam and Nick also discuss the Hurricanes. What will Gillies bring to the team, plus a new coaching addition. And, how will the Phoenix and Saints go this weekend? Find out on this week's Friday Sports Kickoff.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:16:38 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellington-mayor-andrew-little-on-council-amalgamation/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellington-mayor-andrew-little-on-council-amalgamation/ Wellington Mayor Andrew Little, chair of the Wellington Mayoral forum, chats with Nick Mills to discuss talks of amalgamating. Talks between the councils in the greater Wellington region have begun, Nick asks when will it happen and what is the latest update on progress. Mayor Little also discusses the upcoming premiere of Avatar, and the big weekend Wellington has coming up.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:10:18 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-with-ayesha-verrall-and-mike-butterick/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-with-ayesha-verrall-and-mike-butterick/ On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick and Labour MP and spokesperson for health Ayesha Verrall. They discussed the potential for NZ to follow Australia in banning social media for under 16s and other regulations.  Verrall and Butterick then hit the other big political news of the week including Coster blaming Mark Mitchell and Chris Hipkins for getting McSkimming too late, as well as RMA changes and ACC going back on working from home orders. Also, they give their take on who will win the financial debate between Nicola Willis and Ruth Richardson. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:47:53 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/frankie-stevens-performs-in-the-studio-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/frankie-stevens-performs-in-the-studio-with-nick-mills/ Singer Frankie Stevens joins Nick Mills in the studio for a chat before his event at Carols in the Park at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt this Saturday. Then we are treated to his rendition of Blue Christmas - live in the studio. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:31:17 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/new-hurricanes-rugby-chair-malcolm-gillies-chats-with-nick-mills-on-taking-over-the-team/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/new-hurricanes-rugby-chair-malcolm-gillies-chats-with-nick-mills-on-taking-over-the-team/ New Hurricanes Rugby Chair Malcolm Gillies joins Nick Mills on the show to discuss his plans for bringing the Hurricanes back from financial despair.  Yesterday it was announced that Gillies will take over as Chair with a 50% stake in the team. Nick asks what his plans are for changing the team for the better. More visibility in the community? Changes to the cities stadiums? Gillies shares his plans. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:41:50 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-with-james-irwin-local-musician-releasing-new-single-with-the-help-of-a-global-superstar/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-with-james-irwin-local-musician-releasing-new-single-with-the-help-of-a-global-superstar/ This week on music time, Nick and James showcase a local songwriting talent with a connection to one of the biggest music superstars of a generation. They also go deep down the rabbit hole with some of the oddest and kooky Christmas tunes from around the world. As well as James' top Christmas song at the moment. LISTEN ABOVE Listen to Ali Whitton's music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UWB732JnsuIC2YKluorqB Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:34:01 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-julie-gubb-and-sheila-murray-hamilton/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-julie-gubb-and-sheila-murray-hamilton/ For the Business Panel this week, Nick chats to two business owners who have moved from the CBD out to Khandallah to see how is business better out in the suburbs? Nick is joined by Julie Gubbs from Gubbs Shoes and Sheila Murray-Hamilton from Hamilton & Murray Boutique. They discuss their businesses, what they do, and how it’s going at the moment out in Khandallah. What was the tipping point that made them move out? Would they move back to the CBD? Have things changed in the city since they’ve had their businesses?  They also gave their advice on starting businesses in Wellington, how to keep up with the trends and the difference between local small businesses and chain operations. Sheila and Julie also give their take on the government and council from a small business perspective.  LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:25:02 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/alex-rufer-phoenix-captain-previews-fifth-attempt-at-a-derby-win-over-auckland-fc/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/alex-rufer-phoenix-captain-previews-fifth-attempt-at-a-derby-win-over-auckland-fc/ The Wellington Phoenix are yet to secure a win over Auckland FC in their four A-League derbies to date. Captain Alex Rufer joined Adam Cooper ahead of the fifth match-up between the two sides in Auckland on Saturday. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:45:57 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/kale-herbert-miramar-rangers-coach-on-strategy-for-decisive-final-round-national-league-match/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/kale-herbert-miramar-rangers-coach-on-strategy-for-decisive-final-round-national-league-match/ A riveting final round in football's men's National League will determine the top two teams who advance to next week's decider. Miramar Rangers hold a one point lead over Wellington Olympic, with the two sides meeting at Wakefield Park on Saturday.  The match could knock one of the teams out of contention, as third-placed Auckland City, who sit just one further point back from Olympic, are favourites in their game against bottom-placed Coastal Spirit. Miramar can lock in their spot with a draw, and Adam Cooper caught up with Rangers head coach Kale Herbert to discuss the strategy for the game. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:44:13 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/bowls-wellington-report-dec-6-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/bowls-wellington-report-dec-6-2025/ Bowls Wellington board member Rod Leitch joins Adam Cooper for the weekly slot, which includes a preview of "double round" day in local interclub. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:19:57 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-tim-brown-and-simon-woolf-for-a-council-special/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-tim-brown-and-simon-woolf-for-a-council-special/ Nick Mills wraps the week with former WCC Councillor and Infratil chairman Tim Brown and Regional Councillor, photographer and former WCC Councillor Simon Woolf.  Is hey an okay introduction over email? What do they think of the RMA reform changes for local government? How’s Matt Prosser doing as WCC CEO?  Brown and Woolf face off with Nick over the issues of the week, including their thoughts on the Deloitte's report – and Brown’s doubts. Plus, their hot and nots from the week. And amalgamation, is the RMA leading there? They discuss how this would work and what they think should be done? LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:22:13 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kickoff-with-adam-cooper-and-jason-pine/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kickoff-with-adam-cooper-and-jason-pine/ For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, 九一星空无限talk ZB’s sport gurus Adam Cooper and Jason Pine join Nick to discuss the latest in sport this week. With excitement building for Phoenix and Auckland FC Derby game, they talk about their predictions for tomorrow, plus chat about the next T20  They also discuss the Tokomanawa Queens upcoming game in Porirua this weekend, and their gift giving initiative for the Kindness collective. Bring an unwrapped toy and get free entry to the game. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:13:26 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-simon-watts-and-kieran-mcanulty-on-council-rates-cap/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-simon-watts-and-kieran-mcanulty-on-council-rates-cap/ On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Local Government Minister Simon Watts and Labour MP Kieran McAnulty. They discussed Minister Watts’ announcement that councils' rates rise will be limited to 2% - 4%. Watts and McAnulty then hit the other big political news of the week including RMA reforms for Regional Councils, water reform and amalgamation. As well as public service payouts and Andrew Coster’s resignation. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:56:33 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wcc-ceo-matt-prosser-joins-nick-in-the-studio/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wcc-ceo-matt-prosser-joins-nick-in-the-studio/ Nick is joined by Wellington City Council CEO Matt Prosser for the first time in the studio. After 7 months in the job we hear how it’s going for Prosser, particularly after the Deloitte report.  How will he change the city, and make it a better place to be? We find out, as Nick asks him about the latest reports, AI use in council, and regional councils – and the likely hood of amalgamation.  Plus, how the council plans to deal with the rates cap – LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:17:21 Z /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