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Johnny Depp's defamation trial against Amber Heard is nearing a close – and it's been a pretty wild ride so far. Depp alleges that Heard defamed him by accusing him of domestically abusing her when they were a couple, which he denies. As we heard last hour, British supermodel Kate Moss today denied a longstanding rumour Depp had pushed her down a f…
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Patrick Walsh: My concern is the freedom of political expression
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Sacred Heart College's Principal is raising concerns about new school uniform guidelines. The Human Rights Commission has released non-binding standards, to help schools align their policies with the Bill of Rights. Patrick Walsh told Heather du Plessis-Allan he's uneasy about the freedom of political expression, which involves banning gang colours…
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The Huddle: The China Deal, Human Right Commission on school uniforms and the big plan for ram raids
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Do we really need the Human Rights Commission to make guidelines on school uniforms? Shouldn't it be left up to schools to navigate this? Were you shocked when you read about China's potential deal with 11 Pacific Nations? The Police Minister revealed her big plan to deal with ram raids and it's worth 6 million dollars. A workforce consultant has r…
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Clubs have done this before and they will do it again
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Matt Lodge reportedly received a 760k NZD golden handshake from the Warriors upon leaving the team. Aussie tennis bad boys Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic are having a fiery social media feud. D’Arcy Waldegrave, host of Sportstalk, joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVEBy Newstalk ZB
Boris Johnson is clinging on despite claims of a cover up over the ABBA party in his flat. Welsh councillor quits over rumours he is Banksy. Police seize passports of 880 England soccer fans ahead of Germany match. UK correspondent Enda Brady joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVEBy Newstalk ZB
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Arie Dekker: They underestimated the strength of Sky's position in this market
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Is it time for Spark to call time on Spark Sport? That's the question analysts are asking, given Telcos from around the world are now offloading their sports offerings. Jarden's head of research Arie Dekker says a managed exit also makes sense for Spark. Arie joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVE…
You might feel all doom and gloom when it comes to the i-word... Inflation. But are there actually already signs that things are looking up again. Sam Dickie from Fisher Funds joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVEBy Newstalk ZB
Fonterra's announced its opening forecast farmgate milk price for the season. Zespri says global sales have exceeded four billion dollars for the first time. A quick tribute to one of NZ's leading, and most entrepreneurial, travel agents. Host of the Country Jamie Mackay joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVE…
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Liam Dann: They're skirting as close as they can to admitting we're facing a recession
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Adrian Orr was in front of the Finance Select Committee being grilled about yesterday's decision to raise the Official Cash Rate. The OCR now sits at 2 per cent. And Adrian Orr forecast it's going to peak at 3.9 per cent by June next year. A significant jump. Liam Dann, the Herald's business editor at large, joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN …
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Charlie Nicholls: The purchasing power of our pay packets don't go as far as before
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Inflation is on everyone's mind. Including small business owners. Wages are starting to grow at a faster rate now according to the Xero Small Business Index... Wages were up 4.8 percent year on year in April and jobs grew 3%. And of course, there has to be a but... Sales are down overall, proving people have started to tighten their purse strings. …
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Gerry Brownlee: It'll be interesting to see how all these countries do react
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The opposition has called news of a deal between China and almost a dozen Pacific countries a catastrophe. The agreement includes provisions such as co-operation on “traditional and non-traditional security” and cyber-security, the provision of “high-level police training”, as well as putting “equal emphasis on development and security”. Gerry Brow…
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Poto Williams: We have to give the police the opportunity to do their job
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The Police Minister is urging patience after at least nine shootings in Auckland over the past two days. Poto Williams says police are working hard on the case and have made some arrests, but she hasn't given any detail. Several houses were damaged in what's believed to be tit-for-tat attacks between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gangs yesterday an…
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Jason Walls: At this point in time she's putting on a brave face
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Still no confirmed meeting with Biden – but the PM spent the day touring the US Capitol. Who did she talk to? What did Jacinda Ardern say in response to China's deal with the Pacific nations? She’s doing the Harvard commencement speech tomorrow – what are you expecting? Newstalk ZB chief political reporter Jason Walls joined Heather du Plessis-Alla…
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Murray Olds: Australia's relationship with the Pacific is a top priority
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Penny Wong is in Fiji to combat China's influence in the pacific. Peter Dutton knows he has an image problem and is trying his best to fix it. Mark McGowan has gone after Daniel Andrews. Australia correspondent Murray Olds joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVEBy Newstalk ZB
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Winston Peters: This sort of outside offer gives the island nations options
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Winston Peters says we've known for some time a new infection has arrived in the Pacific....and we have to be aware of it. China has sent a draft security agreement to 10 Pacific countries, ahead of a meeting Foreign Minister Wang Yi is hosting in Fiji next week. Former Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters told Heather du Plessis-Allan this sort…
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The Panel with Moata Tamaira and Phil O Reilly (pt2)
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Wallace Chapman and panellists Moata Tamaira and Phil O Reilly discuss menstrual leave, the New Zealand Human Rights Commissions guidelines for school uniforms and climate change's impact on our wine industry.
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Chinese Foreign Minister's two-week tour of the Pacific
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He is pursuing a Pacific-wide deal with almost a dozen island nations covering policing, security and data communications cooperation. The Federated States of Micronesia president David Panuelo says the "pre-determined joint communiqué" should be rejected amid fears it could spark a new "Cold War" between China and the West. The Panel speaks to pro…
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The Panel with Moata Tamaira and Phil O Reilly
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Wallace Chapman and panellists Moata Tamaira and Phil O Reilly discuss Ram Raids and whether wolf-whistling should be banned.
Wallace Chapman and panellists Tamaira and Phil O Reilly speak to New Zealander and Texas resident, Shannon Huse Caldwell about the states gun laws and its affect on her family.
Liverpool FC will play in the Champions League Final this Sunday in a quest to win their seventh trophy in this competition. Many Kiwis will be watching and cheering them on. But why should New Zealanders care about a football club in a northern English port city on the other side of the world? Today historian Dr Grant Morris discusses the history …
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Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson
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Today Simon talks about his recent column in the NZ Herald looking at the empty shops along Queen Street. His column earlier this week generated a lot of feedback about what is going on. He shares the feedback and what he thinks the problem is.
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NZ Sporting History: the netball lift that changed the game!
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It's been 10 years since former Silver Fern Anna Harrison stunned the netball world with a rugby line-out style lift to block a shot at goal. The so-called 'Harrison Hoist' came when the Nothern Mystics were taking on the Melbourne Vixens in May 2012. It dominated the sports headlines and divided opinion about whether it was in the spirit of the ga…
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Youngest ever winner of the Adam Portraiture Award
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Jessica Gurnsey is just 18 years old and has won 20 thousand dollars in the Adam Portraiture Award. Her work, Lady Day, beat out 351 others to take the title.
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Applications open for an expedition to the South Pole
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If you're keen on pulling a sled and ski-ing for 900 kilometres, there's an opening! The New Zealand Antarctic Trust is looking for intrepid explorers to join a special expedition to mark 150 years since the birth of Roald Amundsen.
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Mentoring at Sheepworld helping at risk youth
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A charity working with at risk youths, is hoping to stop them from becoming part of the crime wave of ram raids by mentoring them amongst actual sheep! Springboard mentor Sheralyn Overton talks to Wallace.
The tangi for Joe Hawke comes to a close today with his burial at Takaparawhau, the very place where he led the iwi occupation to save the headland from becoming a housing development. Māni Dunlop talks to Wallace.
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How to help children become great communicators
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What are the best ways for whanau to foster communication skills in a child's first 1000 days? Emma Quigan (Ngai Tahu) is co-president of the Speech and Language Therapists' Association, teaches at Massey University and was co-founder of Talking Matters - which partners with whanau, communities, practitioners, iwi and government to build and suppor…
The likely changes to abortion law in the US are making a lot of people nervous, as well as tech giants...Meta (formerly Facebook) has banned its staff from talking about it at work. The struggle to retain good tech staff is real, and one of the battle lines may be over working from home flexibility...and could you tell if someone's holiday snap is…
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Book review: Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood
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Airini Beautrais reviews Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press .
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How to cope with disaster - from a world-leading expert
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Professor Lucy Easthope is one of the world's foremost disaster planners. Her first major job in emergency planning was responding to 9/11 and since then, her career has covered almost every major disaster; the Boxing Day tsunami, the London bombings, the Christchurch earthquakes, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot dow…
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Partygate report released, Boris Johnson rules out resigning
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The long-awaited Sue Gray report into the Partygate scandal has been released overnight, detailing a culture of rule breaking at Downing Street at the height of lockdown - but it appears to let Boris Johnson off the hook, and he's ruled out resigning. Meanwhile Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to unveil how the government will help struggling families…
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Mike's Minute: The rise of the lazy politician is detestable
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The great tragedy, or sadness, for me out of the Nanaia Mahuta revelation is that we are being let down so badly by hopeless people. Forget politics and your personal view of the world, surely what you want in the leadership of your country is enquiring minds, experience, and institutional knowledge. You want people, who even though you may not agr…
An SBS cooking show serves up fake Aboriginal for dinner with a fresh side of sanctimony, PLUS, Kristina Keneally falls foul in Fowler, fleeing back to her island home in the North. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Sky News Australia / NZ
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Moses Ingram: Queen's Gambit star on her new role in Star Wars series
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Star Wars has turned out to be one of the largest and most successful franchises in media history, but few of us will ever know what it is like to be a part of it. Moses Ingram made her name a couple of years ago starring alongside Anya Taylor Joy in The Queen's Gambit. That role earned her an Emmy nomination. Now, she's playing a starring role in …
New research brings the possibility of a simple blood test to detect Alzheimers early a step closer. Currently there's no easy way of catching the disease early. But the University of Otago's just published study in Alzheimer's & Dementia, showing levels of small molecules found in blood plasma, called microRNA, change dynamically as the symptoms o…
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Interest rates on the rise - are we headed for recession?
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Tough times ahead for mortgage holders as interest rates rise.The central bank hiked the official cash rate by half a percent to 2 percent yesterday, the highest since 2016. The Reserve Bank wants to tackle inflation, which is at a 30 year high, driven by higher costs for food, housing and fuel. The bank's also signalled the rate will need to climb…
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Rod Liddle: Report finds Johnson at fault for lockdown parties, but he won't quit
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An investigative report released Wednesday blamed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior leaders for allowing boozy government parties that broke the U.K.'s COVID-19 lockdown rules, and while Johnson said he took "full responsibility" for the breaches, he insisted he would not resign. Revelations that Johnson and his staff repeatedly…
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Caitlin Taylor: Personal stylist on Love Island dressing contestants in second hand clothes from e-Bay
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The reality dating show Love Island will dress contestants in second hand clothes from e-Bay. The show has attracted criticism in the past for having clothing sponsors like Missguided, and I Saw It First, companies known for their fast-fashion. Personal stylist Caitlin Taylor joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE…
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Adrian Orr: Reserve Bank Governor following Official Cash Rate raise to 2 percent
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The Central Bank has raised the Official Cash Rate to 2 percent in a bid to drive down our 31-year-high inflation. Its forecasts of how high the OCR might rise have also jumped significantly, peaking at 3.9 percent in June next year. Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVEBy Newstalk ZB
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Jason Walls: Newstalk ZB chief political reporter says Ardern's visit to the US at this time still sends a powerful message to Beijing
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New Zealand's being forced to take sides in the growing divide between the US and China. Jacinda Ardern has been meeting with several top US lawmakers this morning, including Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Chuck Schumer. Discussions have mostly focused on gun control and trade, rather than China. But Chief Political Reporter Jason Walls told M…
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Johanna Reidy: Public health researcher says new guidelines help create uniforms that are inclusive and flexible
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New guidelines for school uniforms are being praised as a step in the right direction . The Human Rights Commission has released non-binding standards, to help schools align their policies with the Bill of Rights. It includes consistency with the Treaty of Waitangi and consideration of non-gendered uniforms. Otago University public health researche…
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Robert Patman: International relations expert says China's latest Pacific security pact is a plan designed to give them more power
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Fears China's latest plan for a security pact with the Pacific is designed to give them more influence in the area. China has sent a draft to 10 Pacific countries, outlining a plan for policing, security and data communications cooperation. It comes ahead of a meeting Foreign Minister Wang Yi is hosting in Fiji next week. Otago University internati…
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Cheryl Adamson: Parnell Business Association welcomes funding support for businesses to protect against ramraids
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The Government's expected to announce funding for security measures that protect businesses from ramraids. Parnell Business Association's Cheryl Adamson told Mike Hosking any form of support is welcome. She says businesses have been crying out for ram raid security funding for 18 months, and hopes they'll be given cash for things like security gril…
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Carol Ward: Record year for Mount Maunganui-based kiwifruit marketer Zespri
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Zespri's global revenue has topped $4 billion for the first time despite a challenging season, the company says. The kiwifruit marketer credited a record crop, investment in brand-led demand creation and its industry's ability to respond and leverage its scale for the record financial result in 2021/22. In a statement, the Mount Maunganui-based com…
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Kate Hawkesby: I don't actually blame Police for the gang problem
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Police say they’re disgusted by the shootings happening in Auckland. They can join the club, we all are. And although it’s believed to be gangs feuding in some kind of reignited turf war, two of the houses shot at had no gang links whatsoever, Police revealed. How disturbing, and as Police say, disgusting. Police also say they’ll be increasing thei…
A massive landslide swamped part of the Bay of Plenty town of Matatā in 2005. Seventeen years on, the managed retreat process is finally coming to an end.
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We've been warned - but is the country ready for a major Alpine Fault quake?
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A series of news stories and concerns over rising tremors at Mt Ruapehu have again shed light on the risk posed by the Alpine Fault. Experts are growing increasingly concerned that a devastating earthquake could be imminent, causing widespread chaos across the South Island and costing the economy billions of dollars. So how real is this threat, and…
Earlier this week, details of the DHB’s offer to allied health workers and a summary of previously embargoed Employment Relations Authority recommendations were sent to 10,000 workers. The offer represents a pay increase of 17 percent for our lowest paid members, with the ability to regularly progress up pay steps, and 5 percent for our highest pai…
This week on the Thursday Wire! Joe speaks to Will Matthews, an organiser from the Public Service Association about the DHB’s Offer and ERA’s Recommendations that were released to Allied Health Workers this week. He’ll also be speaking to the Honourable David Parker, the Minister for Ocean and Fisheries about the nationwide rollout of cameras on co…
Overnight, civil servant Sue Gray released her long-awaited report into a series of parties held in the prime minister's office while the UK was in covid lockdowns. While the report is impartial and doesn’t make any specific recommendations as to the repercussions Prime Minister Boris Johnson should face, it found that these events “should not have…
