Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive
With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.
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I don't want to bring you down but do you realise we have almost four full weeks of this crap ahead of us? Unbelievable.
Four weeks of small-beer politics about the price of airline tickets and school uniform logos. Honestly, is that what the contest for control of our central government has come down to? How many logos you're allowed to have on your school uniform?
Now, that's not to say it's not a decent policy. It's a perfectly ...
Every Monday until the election The Front Bench will take on the biggest talking points of the election campaign. Heather du Plessis-Allan, Newstalk ZB Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper, Sherson Willis' Trish Sherson and Childfund CEO Josie Pagani have the insight and analysis as the campaign rolls on.
This week on The Front Bench, Heather asks the panel whether they think the campaign so far has been dull and if any...
Farmers say mobile phone coverage has got worse - since the 3G network closed down in March.
A Federated Farmers survey of nearly 650, found 50 percent now only get coverage over half their land.
Nearly two-thirds say they can't reliably call 111.
South Canterbury dairy farmer, Jimmy Emmett, told Heather du Plessis-Allan our economy relies on farmers - and technology is critical for day to day farming.
He says it'...
The National Party has confirmed it doesn't have a firm policy on the Super age this election.
It's campaigned in the past on gradually raising entitlement to 67 - which is still the position.
But it isn't part of the Party's fiscal plan, out today.
Finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis says there needs to be consensus.
She told Heather du Plessis-Allan she can't dance alone - and when she invited other parties to the...
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An advocacy charity would love Continuous Glucose Monitors to be funded for the thousands of Kiwis with type 2 diabetes.
A Waikato University Māori-led international study shows wider and earlier use of monitors, could help people live longer - and reduce risks of serious complications including blindness and kidney failure.
Diabetes NZ Chief Executive Heather Verry told Heather du Plessis-Allan the findings are a game ...
The principal of the first state school to become charter isn't worried about Labour's pledge to scrap the model.
Northland's Pakaraka School has a roll of about 70 - and will now be governed by a charitable trust, set up by parents.
Party Leader Chris Hipkins has argued the autonomous schools don't add anything - and if elected, it'd transition them back into the public education system.
Principal Patricia Simeon...
An economist wonders if some political parties are too relaxed about the growing pension bill.
National's confirmed it's not campaigning on raising the Super age -- an issue it's campaigned on for the past three elections.
ACT is the only other party with the same goal.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Heather du Plessis-Allan he's concerned some politicians are blind to the issue.
Olsen says he's not loo...
Qiulae Wong fired a truth torpedo at the National Party didn't she? She says she doesn't believe Christopher Luxon when he tries to pretend he's not going to be calling her after the election. And she's right because of course he's going to call her after the election.
He knows it as well, which is why he wouldn't say no when Jack Tame kept questioning him about whether he would call her on November 8 if he had to. He will call her...
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong thinks Christopher Luxon is bluffing when he says he has ruled out working with her party.
National's leader has been consistently saying he wouldn't form a coalition that included Opportunity after the vote in November.
That's despite many polls that have the party in the kingmaker position.
Barry Soper broke down the story with Heather du Plessis-Allan.
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The Wiggles are returning to New Zealand for the first time in two years.
The Australian children's entertainment superstars remain one of the biggest names in family entertainment, dominating streaming charts and winning over new generations of fans.
Among the current line-up is Lachlan Gillespie, better known as Lachy Wiggle, who has become one of the group's most popular performers.
He joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to talk the...
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It's hard to know whether Pete Hegseth thought it through before he said it, but he said it, didn't he? And now the Pentagon has doubled down on it, and the execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed on the internet like some sort of sporting spectacle.
Personally, I find this abhorrent because we're supposed to be a more civilised society in modern liberal democracies than one that wants to tune in and watch somebody ...
A Yale law professor says making a spectacle of firing squad execution is inappropriate but not that surprising from the Trump administration.
The Pentagon says it will live stream Nidal Hasan's death in December, the first US military execution in 65 years.
The army psychiatrist killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.
Lawyer Eugene R Fidell told Heather du Plessis-Allan executions should have some dignity.
He say...
The All Blacks are putting their unbeaten record at Eden Park on the line again.
They take on the Wallabies at the Fortress tomorrow night - with many expecting the Wallabies to put up a fight.
Under Les Kiss - Australia are on a six match winning streak.
But Newstalk ZB's Jason Pine told Heather du Plessis-Allan he can't see the All Blacks folding.
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Ngati Whatua Orakei says international supercar firm McLaren should have a korero, over its moves to trademark Remuera and Muriwai.
The company's applied to the UK's Intellectual Property Office to trademark the names of the two Auckland suburbs, associated with Kiwi racing legend Bruce McLaren.
Mana whenua say no one's spoken to them.
Auckland University Business School's Alex Sims told Heather du Plessis-Allan the racing gi...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched legal action against UK police following his arrest in connection to the Epstein files.
The former Duke of York is reportedly challenging the lawfulness of search warrants related to the arrest.
UK correspondent Enda Brady explained further.
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Talks are underway between McDonald’s and New Zealand's arable industry to encourage the fast food giant to use locally grown grain for its burger buns.
The New Zealand branch of McDonald’s currently uses grain sourced from imported Australian wheat - which then gets processed in Auckland.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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The US mid-term elections are set to take place in four weeks, and experts are speculating about what this means for the economy.
Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen - and it's increased the likelihood that the Democrats could take the House.
Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie explained what this could all mean for investors.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Tim Wilson from the Maxim Institute and Property Investors Federation Advocacy Manager Matt Ball joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Labour's promising automatic refunds for cancelled flights - where do we sit on this?
Off the back of the debate - what's with all the hate on billionaires? Why are we so quick to condemn this? Does John Key have a...
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