The Weekend Collective
The Weekend Collective on Newstalk ZB is an intelligent and fun take on the life you live and what you love. From Barrister to singer to recording artist and concert producer, including performing the national anthem for the All Blacks, you name it, Tim Beveridge has done it. Joined by a range of special expert guests throughout the afternoon, The Weekend Collective will cover off the issues of the week, politics, parenting, finance, wellness and property.
Episodes
This week on Politics Central, Nicola Willis joins the show to explain why she has the political chops to be our new Finance Minister- and how her English Literature degree plays into that.
Later, ACT Leader and incoming Minister for Regulation David Seymour explains what his new roles entail- and why so many public sector jobs need to be slashed.
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The incoming Minister for Regulation is promising to make real change.
ACT Leader David Seymour picked up the role during coalition negotiations alongside Associate Health and Education ministerial roles.
Seymour says there's a 'disease of over-regulation' plaguing New Zealand.
"We'll change the way Government regulates, delete a lot of bad regulation and start getting people spending more time producing and less time complying....
Nicola Willis says her new Social Investment Minister role will be about spending earlier to prevent future harm.
Willis will hold that role alongside Finance, and Associate Climate Change.
She says the Government has real power to intervene early, to prevent dysfunction which has negative consequences for the child.
"To stop that child from ending up ram raiding, to stop that child ending up as a statistic on an unemployment be...
A controversial sex education book Welcome to Sex has been given an 'unrestricted classification' in New Zealand.
How long should you prolong adult conversations for a young mind? Kathryn joins the Weekend Collective to give her opinion.
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National is ditching its foreign buyers tax proposal as part of its coalition agreement with NZ First. Is this a win for Kiwi home buyers? Debbie Roberts joins the Weekend Collective to give her take.
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We finally have a new coalition government, but how will it turn out?
Funds set for axed Auckland SailGP event went towards bringing Coldplay to New Zealand, and Novak Djokovic tells fans to ‘shut up’ and show more respect.
Join me, Brad Olsen & Simon Wilson as we wrap up the week.
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Sleep expert Dr Alex Bartle joins the Weekend Collective to talk sleep apnoea and highlight the best tips and tricks to ensure the best possible sleep.
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Annual core inflation dropped from 5.7 percent to 5.2 percent in Q3. Employment dropped in Q3 and pushed the unemployment rate to almost 4 percent.
Job ads also dropped almost 6 percent in October- below pre-COVID levels.
So what's the cause of all of this? Hamish Pepper from Harbour Asset Management joins the Weekend Collective to give his take.
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Experts believe Prime Minister-elect Chris Luxon should've been at the APEC Summit in San Francisco.
Days of meetings involving ministers and world leaders were ultimately dominated by a meeting between US president, Joe Biden, and China’s Xi Jinping.
Caretaker trade minister Damien O'Connor represented New Zealand at the event, due to a Government not yet being formed.
Former intelligence and defence policy analyst Doctor Paul ...
Government forming talks will continue this week, as Chris Luxon's been unable to reach a consensus on a number of key issues this weekend.
The incoming Prime Minister met with Winston Peters this afternoon, and has spoken with David Seymour over the phone.
Despite insisting good progress is being made, Luxon says there are three final issues proving to be the sticking points.
ZB political editor Jason Walls says National's prop...
This week on Politics Central, Jason Walls recapped the ongoing coalition negotiations and shared his predictions for who will be assigned those top ministerial positions.
Later, Dr Paul Buchanan joins the Weekend Collective to share his insight into the importance of APEC and what we can expect from Biden's meeting with Xi.
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School attendance is down again, with more than half of students not attending regularly in term 2 of 2023- but who is at fault here, and what can be done to fix this problem?
Sara Chatwin from Mind Works joins the Weekend Collective to share her insight.
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Bryce Langston, author and founder of YouTube channel Living Big In A Tiny House joins the Weekend Collective to discuss whether tiny homes are the best solution to the housing crisis.
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Mark Crysell and Shane Te Pou joined Tim Beveridge on the Panel to wrap this week’s news.
They discussed the Pūteketeke being crowned New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, whether wearing shorts to work could boost productivity, and the MBIE bank survey showing the $198 million that was lost to scammers in 2023.
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One in four New Zealand businesses fail, so how do you make sure you’re not one of them - Martin Hawes discusses the destigmatisation of failure and bankruptcy, and how to find your point of difference.
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The week on The Health Hub, writer Niki Bezzant discusses how to access quality information and separate facts from marketing nonsense as capitalism's plans for menopause and more discussions on women's health come into the open.
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An international law professor is weighing in on claims Hamas is using schools and hospitals to fire against Israel.
Sydney University's professor Ben Saul says Hamas is obligated not to locate military amongst civilians, which is difficult as most of Gaza is an urban area.
Professor Saul says regardless of where Hamas is firing from, it doesn't absolve Israel of its obligation to take sufficient care to spare civilian casualties...
It's been 28 days from the 2023 election and one week since the final results were counted- and coalition talks are carrying on.
Chris Luxon and National will need NZ First and ACT to help form a new Government, after the special votes were weighed up.
Electoral law expert Graeme Edgeler says other Governments have taken extra time to get established, and that this isn't an isolated case.
"It really is the few extra days the rec...
It's been almost a month since the 2023 general election, and because of the special votes, and errors made by the Electoral Commission we still don't have our new Government formed.
Barrister and electoral law expert Graeme Edgeleshares his take on whether this electoral system needs to change to speed things up.
Later, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-terrorism Professor Ben Saul breaks down the int...
Join Matt Heath, Brad Olsen and Francesca Rudkin as they wrap up the week:
Comedian John Oliver attempts to sabotage Bird of the Year, the Black Caps make it through to the semi-finals- and if you found $70,000 on the side of the road, what would you do with it?
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