/on-air/wellington/rss 九一星空无限 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:17:13 Z en /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/upper-hutts-departing-mayor-wayne-guppy-joins-nick-mills-in-the-studio/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/upper-hutts-departing-mayor-wayne-guppy-joins-nick-mills-in-the-studio/ Outgoing Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy joins Nick Mills in studio on Wellington Mornings. They discuss his 24-year mayoralty, the progress of Upper Hutt, whether they are ready for amalgamation, and what's next after one of the longest mayoral runs in the country.  LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:59:45 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ayesha-verrall-and-mike-butterick-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ayesha-verrall-and-mike-butterick-with-nick-mills/ This Politics Thursday Nick Mills was joined by Labour MP Ayesha Verrall and National's Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick.  Both gave their tributes to former Prime Minister Jim Bolger, sharing their memories of his leadership. Verrall and Butterick then discussed the political issues of the week. They gave their thoughts on the behaviour of Te Pati Māori, Gerry Brownlee cracking down as speaker, the new ferry announcement, I Am Hope's executive pay rises and got fiery over current strike action.  LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:47:12 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/nick-mills-meets-the-men-behind-the-new-woodward-street-distillery/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/nick-mills-meets-the-men-behind-the-new-woodward-street-distillery/ Nick Mills took a tour around the new Woodward Street Distillery, and interviewed James Pask, Director and General Manager, and Mikey Ball, Head Distiller.  He finds out what's behind the scenes at Wellington's newest hospitality innovation. The distillery and soon to be bar, bringing Melbourne vibes into the city centre.  LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:12:15 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/spandau-ballets-tony-hadley-joins-nick-mills-on-wellington-mornings/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/spandau-ballets-tony-hadley-joins-nick-mills-on-wellington-mornings/ Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley chats with Nick Mills on Wellington Mornings, before his show at Hutt Sounds next March.  The True and Gold, singer talks about the old days with Spandau Ballet, their impact on the music industry and how his family keeps him strong.  Hadley will headline Hutt Sounds at Brewtown, Upper Hutt Sunday 8 March 2026 and which will include a full set of Spandau Ballet classics alongside selections from his acclaimed solo career. Get tickets at www.huttsounds.co.nz LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:23:40 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/greater-wellington-mayor-elects-join-nick-mills-on-wellington-mornings/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/greater-wellington-mayor-elects-join-nick-mills-on-wellington-mornings/ We head to the greater Wellington regional local election results on Wellington Mornings. Nick Mills talks with the new mayor-elects of the greater Wellington region. He talks with Ken Laben - Hutt City, Anita Baker - Porirua City, Peri Zee - Upper Hutt and Janet Holborow - Kapiti. They touch on the race has been, their hopes for their cities, how they will handle the councils, their thoughts on voter turnout and amalgamation of the councils as well as their top priorities for the next three years. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:09:13 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/mayor-elect-andrew-little-joins-nick-mills-in-studio/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/mayor-elect-andrew-little-joins-nick-mills-in-studio/ Wellington's new mayor-elect Andrew Little joins Nick Mills in studio this morning. They discuss his successful election campaign and his hopes and priorities for his term. Little says he is already reviewing the Golden Mile project and has talked to all the councillors, as he prepares to step into the top job in the capital's council.  LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:28:35 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/matt-wilson-cricket-wellingtons-competitions-manager-explains-new-senior-mens-club-grades/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/matt-wilson-cricket-wellingtons-competitions-manager-explains-new-senior-mens-club-grades/ Ahead of the 2025-26 club cricket season starting, Adam Cooper caught up with Cricket Wellington's Competitions Manager Matt Wilson. They talked through the makeup of the season, including grade changes to the senior men's competitions. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 11 Oct 2025 01:23:06 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-october-11-2025/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/wellington-bowls-report-october-11-2025/ Adam Cooper was joined for the first regular bowls report of the summer by Bowls Wellington Board member Rod Leitch. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:15:00 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-league-football-2025-round-3-preview/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/national-league-football-2025-round-3-preview/ Adam Cooper previews round three of football's National League, with correspondents Hannah Wignall and Dale Warburton. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:17:42 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kickoff-jason-pine-and-adam-cooper-on-wellingtons-npc-campaign-and-local-wrestling/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kickoff-jason-pine-and-adam-cooper-on-wellingtons-npc-campaign-and-local-wrestling/ On this week's Friday Sport kickoff, Jason Pine and Adam Cooper were talking with Nick Mills about Wellington's NPC rugby campaign when two local wrestlers burst into the studio to talk about All Star Wrestling: Porirua, which takes place at Te Rauparaha Arena this weekend. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:48:19 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-campbell-barry-and-justin-lester-wrap-the-week/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-campbell-barry-and-justin-lester-wrap-the-week/ Nick Mills wraps the week with outgoing Hutt City Mayor Campbell Barry and former Wellington mayor Justin Lester. They discuss their picks for all the Wellington regions mayoral elections, their thoughts on amalgamation, give their hot or nots of the week and how we can improve voting turnout.   Plus Campbell Barry gives some departing words on his last day as mayor. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 09 Oct 2025 23:35:18 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellington-mornings-host-nick-mills-on-tory-whanaus-mayoral-tenure/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wellington-mornings-host-nick-mills-on-tory-whanaus-mayoral-tenure/ Well, one more day as Mayor for Tory Whanau – the “accidental mayor,” as many have called her – and just like that, her chapter in Wellington politics closes.  What a ride, and what a mess. And, let’s be honest, what a disappointment. From the very beginning, Tory framed her leadership through a lens of identity – “poor me, give me a break, I’m a woman, and I’m new.”  That became her shield, her excuse, and, in many ways, the story of her mayoralty. When she campaigned, it was all about team building, collaboration, bringing the city together behind a shared vision. It sounded good. It sounded hopeful.  But in reality? It never happened. She surrounded herself with sycophants - people who told her what she wanted to hear, not what she needed to hear. Around the council table, she isolated herself, cut off critics, and created a bunker mentality. That’s fatal for a city that needed leadership more than ever. Now to be fair, and I want to be fair, Tory didn’t have an easy ride.  She came in at the worst possible time: cost-of-living pressures, broken pipes, crumbling infrastructure, council debt spiralling out of control. Whoever wore the chain was going to struggle. But that doesn’t excuse the way she handled it. Time and again, she ran from the hard stuff. She ducked responsibility. She even abandoned her monthly commitment on 九一星空无限talk ZB's Wellington Mornings – not because she lacked the time, but because she was advised not to face the heat. That’s not leadership. That’s avoidance. Wellington paid the price. Instead of a steady hand, we got chaos.  Instead of strong decision-making, we got excuses. Instead of a mayor who could rally councillors and the public, we got someone who shrank from scrutiny. And then, in her final council speech on Wednesday , we got the encore: the blame game. Whanau used her last act in office to highlight the abuse she’s faced – and yes, some of it was vile, unacceptable, and personal. She cited lewd rumours, online harassment, and sexist behaviour from councillors like Ray Chung.  She demanded change to fix what she called a toxic council culture. "To those who created those challenges, thank you. Whether it was members around this very table feeding defamatory rumours to the media, whether it was some media reporting on defamatory rumours as fact, whether it was better Wellington harassing our elected members, or members of Vision for Wellington lobbying government for intervention, even though they were supposedly apolitical," Whanau said. "Whether it's previous mayors or elected members who criticised this council for high rates, even though it was their decisions and underinvestment who caused them, leaving us to pick up the bill.” She said. Fair enough. Abuse and misogyny in politics must be called out. No one should face that. But here’s the thing: while Tory was naming names and pointing fingers, Wellington was still left with broken pipes, spiralling rates, and a city in crisis. Cycleways in places we did not want or need, that’s the part that never got fixed. She tried. She gave it a go. But giving it a go isn’t enough when you’re in charge of a capital city. We needed toughness, vision, competence. We got hype, we got controversy, and we got a legacy that will be remembered for what it didn’t deliver. So today, Wellington turns the page. Tory Whanau came, she stumbled, and she left. The “accidental mayor” is no longer. And the question now is simple: who’s going to pick up the pieces and finally give this city the leadership it’s been crying out for? There's no doubt that she, and other female politicians are dealing with an unjust abuse. But she still had to power through and she had to be a leader. And I don't think she did that successfully. I wish Tory Whanau all the best, I enjoyed our conversations but I am disappointed she took advice not to communicate to our city. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:52:01 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ginny-andersen-and-tim-costley-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-ginny-andersen-and-tim-costley-with-nick-mills/ On Politics Thursday, Nick Mills was joined by National's Otaki MP Tim Costley and Labour's Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen.  They faced off on the issues from the week. Andersen and Costley debated on HealthNZ funding vapes for smokers wanting to quit, the job seeker benefit cuts and the introduction of the new protest law. Andersen says Labour will not support the law that would ban protest at private homes.  LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:48:13 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-james-irwin-on-the-wellington-jazz-festival/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-james-irwin-on-the-wellington-jazz-festival/ This week on Music Time Nick and James revisit the guitar gods list and controversially add a worst list to the equation. Plus, buckle yourself in for an eclectic journey of the best gigs to head to at The Wellington Jazz Festival. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:38:04 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/andrew-little-on-his-mayoral-campaign-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/andrew-little-on-his-mayoral-campaign-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ Wellington mayoral candidate and former minister Andrew Little joins Nick Mills in studio for the final of Wellington Morning's mayoral interviews.  Little discussed how he would handle local government compared to central and the reality of a 0% rate increase claim.  And on the Golden Mile Little says he would need to take a look at disruption and financial strain before continuing with the project.  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 07 Oct 2025 23:51:48 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/hutt-city-mayoral-candidates-4-x-4-minute-interviews/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/hutt-city-mayoral-candidates-4-x-4-minute-interviews/ Four Hutt City Mayoral candidates joined Nick Mills, to pitch their case for the mayoralty. Brady Dyer, Prabha Ravi, Karen Morgan and Ken Laban answered Nick's rapid fire questions in a quick four minute format.  They spoke on what makes them the best for the top job, how they would cope with opposing councillors, their priorities if they got in and if they support a Wellington/Hutt City/Upper Hutt/Porirua council amalgamation. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:46:30 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-anji-foster-and-danielle-allen-sutton-on-property-and-law-in-wellington/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-anji-foster-and-danielle-allen-sutton-on-property-and-law-in-wellington/ In this week's Business Panel, Nick was joined by "The Law Lady" Property Law specialist Danielle Allen-Sutton and Real Estate Consultant at Lowe & Co Realty Anji Foster.  They discussed their businesses, their experiences in the property market and advice for buyers and sellers. They gave their thoughts on the future of Wellington and Hutt housing, and how new announcements by the government are impacting it.  LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:28:44 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-azaria-howell-on-changes-to-the-job-seeker-benefit/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-azaria-howell-on-changes-to-the-job-seeker-benefit/ Azaria Howell joins Nick Mills for Beehive Buzz this week discussing the changes to the job seeker benefit.  We also talk on the latest news in Te Pati Māori and the latest protest - at Winston Peters home - and the consideration of a change to protest law in New Zealand. Also, the lowering of free bowel cancer screening age, and how we compare to the rest of the world.  For the latest insight into parliament, it's Beehive Buzz with Azaria Howell.  LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:48:22 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/ryan-mcglinchey-petone-fcs-womens-football-team-coach-ahead-of-their-clash-against-wellington-phoenix/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/ryan-mcglinchey-petone-fcs-womens-football-team-coach-ahead-of-their-clash-against-wellington-phoenix/ Petone FC's women's footballers created history last week, playing in the National League for the first time, and securing a 1-nil win over West Coast Rangers. Ahead of their round two match against the Wellington Phoenix, Adam Cooper spoke with head coach Ryan McGlinchey about the team's elevation to the National League. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:23:10 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/paul-sayers-all-star-wrestling-porirua-organiser-on-the-events-return-to-wellington/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/paul-sayers-all-star-wrestling-porirua-organiser-on-the-events-return-to-wellington/ Wellingtonians finally have the chance to enjoy a fun night of wrestling and entertainment, with All Star Wrestling: Porirua being staged at Te Rauparaha Arena on Saturday October 11. Organiser Paul Sayers joined Adam Cooper to discuss the event. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:04:55 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/stanley-solomon-wellington-npc-back-on-the-season-signing-with-the-highlanders/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/stanley-solomon-wellington-npc-back-on-the-season-signing-with-the-highlanders/ Young Wellington NPC utility back Stanley Solomon recently signed his maiden Super Rugby contract and will join the Highlanders in 2026. Ahead of Wellington's final match against Bay of Plenty, Solomon reflected on the NPC season and discussed his exciting move south. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:38:58 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-dame-kerry-prendergast-and-mark-sainsbury-wrap-the-week/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-dame-kerry-prendergast-and-mark-sainsbury-wrap-the-week/ Nick Mills wraps the week with former Wellington Mayor, Dame Kerry Prendergast and legendary broadcaster and journalist, Mark Sainsbury.  They dived right into the mayoral desk saga, Dame Kerry gave her thoughts on her desk being leaked to the public. Dame Kerry and Mark also discussed the earthquake building rule changes, Christopher Luxon's leadership analysis, WOW wrap up, the Wellington Mayoral race and give their hot or nots of the week.  LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 02 Oct 2025 23:30:29 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-kieran-mcanulty-and-mike-butterick-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-kieran-mcanulty-and-mike-butterick-with-nick-mills/ On Politics Thursday, Nick Mills was joined by Labour List MP Kieran McAnulty and National's Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick.   They discussed the governments new energy plan, and it's $500 thousand dollar report. As well as the Kainga Ora apartment block sale, earthquake building rule changes and the data sharing between local body candidates and central government.  LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:42:39 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/karl-tiefenbacher-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/karl-tiefenbacher-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ Wellington mayoral hopeful Karl Tiefenbacher says he would resign as mayor and ask the Government to call in commissioners to replace the elected council if he couldn’t implement his policies. Speaking to 九一星空无限talk ZB Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills, Tiefenbacher was asked by a caller if he would honour his campaign promises. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:11:11 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-on-the-new-electricity-plans-from-the-government/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-on-the-new-electricity-plans-from-the-government/ Labour Leader Chris Hipkins says the government's new electricity announcement is "throwing more money down empty holes".  Hipkins also shared his thoughts with Nick Mills on Wellington Morningon the lack of bi-partisan support from the National government, after the leak of Luxon's letter. He discussed how Labour were not informed of any of the announcements today, and says this shows that they are not open to working together on big issues.   In his monthly catch up with Nick Mills Wellington Mornings, Hipkins also talked about the new earthquake prone building rules, the decision on Palestinian state, and Trump's new plan for Gaza and if the UN is fit for purpose.  LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 30 Sept 2025 23:53:30 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/tami-neilson-chats-with-nick-mills-on-her-upcoming-neon-cowgirl-tour/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/tami-neilson-chats-with-nick-mills-on-her-upcoming-neon-cowgirl-tour/ Country star Tami Neilson chats to Nick Mills on her upcoming Neon Cowgirl tour, touring with the greats like Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan and her love of Wellington. The New Zealand leg of her international tour begins Friday 3rd October. You can get tickets at plus1.co.nz. Mon, 29 Sept 2025 23:43:23 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-azaria-howell-on-the-governments-decision-to-not-recognise-palestinian-statehood/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/beehive-buzz-azaria-howell-on-the-governments-decision-to-not-recognise-palestinian-statehood/ Winston Peters announced New Zealand's stance on Palestinian Statehood this weekend at the UN.  We hear the talk around the beehive after Cabinet's decision to not recognise the state.  We also discuss the funding of prisons and the upcoming announcement from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on earthquake-prone building law rewrites, and how this will impact Wellingtonians and our businesses.  九一星空无限talk ZB political editor Azaria Howel joined Nick Mills for the Beehive Buzz.  LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 29 Sept 2025 00:00:06 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/hannah-cooper-wellington-united-womens-player-ahead-of-the-clash-against-western-springs/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/hannah-cooper-wellington-united-womens-player-ahead-of-the-clash-against-western-springs/ Wellington United dominated football's women's Central League for another season, winning by 11 points. Now they take on the best from the rest of the country, with the beginning of the National League. Adam caught up with team member Hannah Cooper ahead of Sunday's match against Western Springs. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 26 Sept 2025 22:38:13 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/nathan-marsh-p%C5%8Dneke-captain-ahead-of-the-2025-national-club-under-85-final/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/nathan-marsh-p%C5%8Dneke-captain-ahead-of-the-2025-national-club-under-85-final/ After a two month knockout tournament, the stage is set for the 2025 national club Under 85 final at Auckland's Eden Park. Wellington's Pōneke will look to clinch the title for the first time, when meeting 2023 champions and 2024 runner's up High School Old Boys, of Christchurch. Adam Cooper caught up with Poneke captain Nathan Marsh. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 26 Sept 2025 22:35:49 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-stephen-franks-and-peter-dunne/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-stephen-franks-and-peter-dunne/ On Friday Faceoff this week Nick spoke to Franks Ogilvie director Stephen Franks and former cabinet minister Peter Dunne.  They discussed the council desk saga, privacy within the council, gave their thoughts on Andrew Little and the Wellington mayoral race and their live reaction to the Loafers Lodge fire guilty verdict.  LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 26 Sept 2025 00:42:41 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wow-wanderer-minubus-driver-ron-irvine-on-showing-off-wellington/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wow-wanderer-minubus-driver-ron-irvine-on-showing-off-wellington/ To coincide with the influx of visitors for World of WearableArt (WOW), WellingtonNZ has arranged a hop-on, hop-off minibus service exclusively for WOW ticketholders. It connects them with the best of Wellington's CBD with a 30-minute loop route, accompanied by commentary of some of Wellington's history and stories. Driver and tour guide Ron Irvine joined Nick Mills to talk about his role. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 25 Sept 2025 01:58:33 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-tim-costley-and-tangi-utikere-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-tim-costley-and-tangi-utikere-with-nick-mills/ On Politics Thursday, Nick Mills was joined by Labour's Palmerston North MP Tangi Utikere and National's Otaki MP Tim Costley. They discussed Treasury's stark warnings about the country's fiscal direction, the new Reserve Bank Governor and the ratings of politicians from the Herald's Mood of the Boardroom. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 25 Sept 2025 01:49:32 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ray-chung-on-a-second-tilt-at-the-wellington-mayoralty/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/ray-chung-on-a-second-tilt-at-the-wellington-mayoralty/ Wellington City Councillor Ray Chung joined Nick Mils to discuss his second run for mayor in this year's Local Body Elections. He discussed his 0% rates rise policy, and the recent release of a controversial email he sent to fellow councillors in 2023. NOTE: In this interview, Ray Chung claimed Neale Jones was involved in the leaking of his 2022 email to the media. 九一星空无限talk ZB has since verified that Neale Joes had no part in the leaking of the email. 九一星空无限talk ZB accepts the claim by Ray Chung in this interview was not true. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 24 Sept 2025 03:55:18 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-james-irwin-on-the-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/music-time-james-irwin-on-the-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time/ This week on Music Time, can Nick and James pinpoint who is the greatest guitar player of all time? Is it an early innovator or a blues legend, A fret shredder or Rock guru? With so many great players to choose from, who will be number 1? LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 23 Sept 2025 00:17:47 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-jamie-tout-and-hamish-best-on-business-in-the-capital/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/business-panel-jamie-tout-and-hamish-best-on-business-in-the-capital/ In this week's Business Panel, Nick was joined by sixth generation Ohariu Valley farmer Hamish Best - who also owns Conscious Valley meat - alongside NZCIS Performance Institute general manager Jamie Tout. They discussed how their respective businesses have been performing this year, and talked over a number of issues such as the recent GDP result, how to get Wellington thriving for business and whether the Local Body Elections have an impact on their companies. LISTEN ABOVE Mon, 22 Sept 2025 01:13:38 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/ben-sears-black-caps-bowler-on-his-return-to-the-black-caps-for-the-chappell-hadlee-trophy-series-post-injury/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/ben-sears-black-caps-bowler-on-his-return-to-the-black-caps-for-the-chappell-hadlee-trophy-series-post-injury/ Pace bowler Ben Sears has overcome and off-season injury niggle to be selected in the Black Caps squad for next month's Chappell-Hadlee Trophy three-match T20I series against Australia.  He links up with Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, and Zak Foulkes in the pace bowling stocks.  Sears joined Adam Cooper to talk about his recent injuries and his preparation for the upcoming series.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 19 Sept 2025 22:48:00 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/kyle-preston-all-blacks-and-wellington-lions-halfback-on-playing-for-the-national-team/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/kyle-preston-all-blacks-and-wellington-lions-halfback-on-playing-for-the-national-team/ Kyle Preston's sudden rugby elevation has continued through the Rugby Championship, having been called into the All Blacks squad for the trip to Argentina, and then a test debut against South Africa at Eden Park.  Upon his return to the Wellington Lions, Preston talked to Adam Cooper about the past six weeks, and how he hopes to stay in the All Blacks fold.  LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 19 Sept 2025 22:34:56 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-hamish-rutherford-and-georgina-campbell-wrap-the-week/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-hamish-rutherford-and-georgina-campbell-wrap-the-week/ Nick Mills wrapped up the week with BRG senior consultant and Chris Luxon's former chief press secretary Hamish Rutherford, and former NZ Herald senior reporter Georgina Campbell. They discussed the fallout from the 0.9% GDP drop, the upcoming Wellington Local Body Elections, amalgamation and what should happen with the City to Sea Bridge. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 19 Sept 2025 01:26:26 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kickoff-jason-pine-and-adam-cooper-on-the-weekend-sport-ahead/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-kickoff-jason-pine-and-adam-cooper-on-the-weekend-sport-ahead/ Nick is joined for the Friday Sport Kickoff by Jason Pine and Adam Cooper, who look ahead to the Black Ferns' Rugby World Cup semifinal against Canada on Saturday. They also discussed the fallout from last week's All Blacks loss to South Africa, and whether the return of some top players will salvage the Wellington Lions' NPC season. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 19 Sept 2025 00:30:40 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wows-executive-creative-director/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wows-executive-creative-director/ World of WearableArt (WOW) is back in Wellington for 2025, with the show Rise at TSB Arena. The mastermind of the show again this year is the renowned Las Vegas-based creative genius Brian Burke, who returns as Executive Creative Director. Ahead of WOW's opening night in Wellington, Nick Mills caught up with Burke about his vision for this year's festival, and his passion for producing world-leading events around the globe. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 18 Sept 2025 01:32:46 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-labours-ayesha-verrall-and-nationals-mike-butterick/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-labours-ayesha-verrall-and-nationals-mike-butterick/ New Zealand’s economy is back in contraction. Latest data just out from Stats NZ shows GDP fell 0.9% in the three months to June. That follows six months of growth, after six months of contraction. Nick Mills gauged reaction to the announcement with Labour's Ayesha Verrall and National's Mike Butterick in Politics Thursday. They also discussed the current teacher and nurse strikes, the rise in New Zealanders being sent to prison and Labour's relationship with Te Pāti Māori. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 18 Sept 2025 01:09:22 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/world-of-wearable-art-dancer-stela-albuquerque-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/world-of-wearable-art-dancer-stela-albuquerque-with-nick-mills/ As the countdown continues to the start of World of World of WearableArt (WOW) in Wellington for 2025, Nick Mills spoke with show model and dancer Stela Albuquerque, whose face is on the WOW posters and advertising for this year's event. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 17 Sept 2025 03:38:04 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/diane-calvert-wellington-mayoral-candidate-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/diane-calvert-wellington-mayoral-candidate-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ Three term Wellington City Council Diane Calvert joined Nick Mills in studio to discuss her second bid for the Wellington Mayoralty. Calvert pledged to cut the Council's operational expenditure by 5% - or $40 million - in her first year as Mayor. LISTEN ABOVE OR WATCH BELOW Wed, 17 Sept 2025 01:10:26 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wow-wardrobe-and-activations-manager-leonie-trathen/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/wow-wardrobe-and-activations-manager-leonie-trathen/ Ahead of the 2025 edition of World of Wearable Art (WOW) at Wellington's TSB Arena, 九一星空无限talk ZB's Nick Mills is chatting to some of the key figures, both on stage and behind the scenes. Nick sat down with Leonie Trathen, who first modelled for the show in 1990, and is now wardrobe and activations manager for the design competition. LISTEN ABOVE Tue, 16 Sept 2025 05:03:21 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/scott-basalaj-wellington-olympic-captain-reflects-on-the-season-chatham-cup-win/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/scott-basalaj-wellington-olympic-captain-reflects-on-the-season-chatham-cup-win/ Wellington Olympic have secured back to back national Chatham Cup football titles, following a 4-2 win over Auckland United in the final at Auckland. Captain and goalkeeper Scott Basalaj joined Adam Cooper to reflect on the season to date. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Sept 2025 22:38:24 Z /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/elliott-smith-newstalk-zb-rugby-commentator-ahead-of-the-second-all-blacks-v-south-africa-clash/ /on-air/wellington/all-sport-breakfast-wellington/audio/elliott-smith-newstalk-zb-rugby-commentator-ahead-of-the-second-all-blacks-v-south-africa-clash/ The All Blacks and South Africa head to Wellington's Sky Stadium following a thriller at Eden Park, where the hosts prevailed 24-17. 九一星空无限talk ZB match commentator Elliott Smith joined Adam Cooper to describe the main talking points from both team camps through the week. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Sept 2025 22:36:16 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-dame-winnie-laban-and-tim-brown/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-faceoff-dame-winnie-laban-and-tim-brown/ On Friday Faceoff this week, Nick was joined by former Labour MP and Pasifika leader Dame Winnie Laban, and outgoing Wellington City Councillor Tim Brown. They discussed the fate of the City to Sea Bridge, the mood of the nation in the wake of the Tom Phillips saga, and comments by Winston Peters about the state of Wellington. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 12 Sept 2025 00:36:13 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-commentators-grant-nisbett-and-matt-pearce-preview-abs-v-springboks-test-2/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/friday-sport-commentators-grant-nisbett-and-matt-pearce-preview-abs-v-springboks-test-2/ Ahead of the second All Blacks-Springboks test at Wellington's Sky Stadium, Nick Mills spoke to the two television match day commentators - Sky TV's Grant Nisbett and Super Sport South Africa's Matt Pearce. Fri, 12 Sept 2025 00:31:16 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-labours-ayesha-verrall-and-nationals-tim-costley/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/politics-thursday-labours-ayesha-verrall-and-nationals-tim-costley/ On Politics Thursday, Nick was joined by Labour's Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall and National's Otaki MP Tim Costley. They discussed the new Government proposal for a new infringement offence for shoplifting, the annual net migration continuing to fall, and some harrowing statistics around care in Wellington Hospital's Emergency Department. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 11 Sept 2025 02:43:17 Z /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/te-papa-ceo-courtney-johnston-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ /on-air/wellington/wellington-mornings-with-nick-mills/audio/te-papa-ceo-courtney-johnston-in-studio-with-nick-mills/ New Zealand's national museum Te Papa was recently named in the top 1% "Best of the Best attractions worldwide" in the TripAdvisor 2025 Travellers' Choice Awards. The museum on Wellington's waterfront was also labelled the best attraction in New Zealand, and the fifth best attraction in the South Pacific. However, with a slower than expected tourism recovery, Te Papa is forecasting a $13m deficit for the 2025/26 financial year and lowering its visitor target. Te Papa CEO Courtney Johnston joins Nick Mills in studio to talk about the museum's importance to Wellington and what's coming over the next few months. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 10 Sept 2025 00:37:12 Z