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Now, have a listen to this. This happened in Thames this morning as the Prime Minister arrived to go and check on the damage to the properties and check out the roads and to meet with the victims' families. 

It's a disgrace what you're doing with your climate pos...

A large insurance bill is looming from the latest weather-related disasters.

The landslide at Mount Maunganui combined with flood damage in Northland, Coromandel and Gisborne means that the claims are set to roll in.

Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman Karen Stevens told Ryan Bridge that people affected can expect delays given the high number of claims being made. 

"I think everybody understands that with a significant ...

Shoppers may be hit with a new unexpected fee if they are using Woolworth's click and collect service.

Currently, Click and Collect is free at Woolworths as long as you're buying at least $50 worth of groceries, but the chain is going to change the rules so that all Click and collectors pay $3.50.

Woolworths Director of E-Commerce Mark Wolfenden told Ryan Bridge that the price was put in place to simplify the fee on all orders, and...

An expectation the official cash rate will be held steady as inflation is higher than expected. 

Inflation's clocked in at 3.1 percent which means its snuck outside of the Reserve Bank's target band. 

ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner says there's now quite wide agreement that the OCR will be held at 2.25 to prevent further inflation. 

She told Ryan Bridge that more extreme measures could be needed. 
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Police says authorities will be working through the night and tomorrow - to find people trapped after a slip slammed into Mount Maunganui's Beachside Holiday Park.

Six people are unaccounted for, including two teenagers, after it tore through tents, cars, caravans, a toilet block and the hot pools around 9.30am yesterday. 

NZ Herald Senior Journalist Michael Morrah told Ryan Bridge that there are 6 people confirmed to be trapp...

Scammers behind the Manage My Health security breach could attempt to contact affected customers. 

Earlier this month, the patient portal became aware more than 127-thousand users' health records had been compromised in an attack last year. 

Netsafe chief online safety officer Sean Lyons told Ryan Bridge that the cybercriminals could impersonate the company or other agencies - in what's known as a recovery scam. 

He ...

The North Island has been hit hard by record-breaking downpours over the last few days, and it's expected to leave an impact on the rural communities in those regions.  

Reports indicate livestock won't suffer too badly, but concerns have been raised over the roading damage, which will make it harder to move produce round the country. 

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further. 

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Tonight on The Huddle, journalist Clare de Lore and broadcaster Mark Sainsbury joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day -and more! 

Families of young children with cystic fibrosis are celebrating a Pharmac proposal to widen access to the drug Trikafta, which is out for consultation. How good is this?

Donald Trump has laid the groundwork or a future deal involving Greenland and dropped proposed tariffs on...

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 22 January, 2026, we hear from a witness to the landslide at a Mt Maunganui campsite.

A father tells us what Pharmac funding for a cystic fibrosis drug will mean for his son.

Brad Olsen from Infometrics looks at whether the worst of the brain drain has passed.

And on The Huddle, Clare de Lore and Mark Sainsbury have a laugh about Donald Trump confusing Greenland ...

If you don't know him, Jamie Dimon is the boss of JP Morgan and quite a smart guy, obviously.

I've mentioned him a few times on this show because he's a good thinker - and says some pretty reasonable and practical things about big issues.

He's spoken about AI and reckons we need to slow down. If we don't slow down, society, he reckons, could tear itself apart. And he's not talking about in ten years. He's talking about soon.

In the...

Families of young children with cystic fibrosis are celebrating a Pharmac proposal to widen access to the drug Trikafta, which is out for consultation. 

It's been funded for children over 6 since 2023, but the agency's now proposing extending it to under-sixes.

Liam Rooney's child has cystic fibrosis and he says his family was looking for other ways to get it.  

"I'd already spoken to my boss over in Australia about the p...

There's signs the brain drain could be slowing, according to new reports.

A total of 67,800 citizens left the country in the year to November 2025, many for Australia - for a net loss topping 40,000.

In the year to the November before, the net migration loss of Kiwis reached almost 44,000.

Infometrics chief executive Brad Olsen says most trends have plateaued.

"Instead of seeing huge numbers of Kiwis that have continued to move out...

Donald Trump may have secured a diplomatic win, claiming he's laid the groundwork for a deal involving Greenland.

The US President's spoken at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and held talks with NATO leaders.

He’s ruled out using military force to take the Arctic island and is dropping threats of slapping tariffs on NATO countries.

Marco Rubio's Former Chief of Staff, Matt Terrill, says more negotiations are expected - but ...

Authorities haven't tied down exact numbers of people missing, after the land gave way at Mount Maunganui's Beachside Holiday Park. 

The landslide took out tents, cars, caravans, a toilet block, and the hot pools about 9.30am this morning. 

The total unaccounted for is in single digits - including young people - with searchers including dog teams carefully probing the site.

The nearby Surf Club being used as an emergency ...

NZ First is starting the election on a high note, recording its best-ever result in the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll out today.

The poll results, if reflected on election day, would see the current coalition Government re-elected, but National continues to trail Labour in the party vote.

The highest jump in the poll has been recorded by NZ First, who are up 3.8 points to 11.9 percent - its highest-ever result since the poll began in...

Over in Australia, today has been marked as a National Day of Mourning for the victims of December's Bondi terror attack.

The Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales are expected to illuminate national institutions on Thursday night as 'symbols of light' this evening.

Australians have also been asked to mark a minute's silence to honour those who were killed in the attack.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says Prime Mi...