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Tonight on the Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers Union and NZ Herald Senior Writer Simon Wilson joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

The Reserve Bank cut the OCR by 50 basis points this afternoon. 

The Government has called for Sport NZ to update transgender inclusive community sport guidelines. 

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The Government have today asked Sport New Zealand to review and update their principles for the inclusion of transgender people in community sport. 

It outlined that the current guidelines do not reflect expectations that sport be about fairness and safety as wekk as diversity, inclusion, and equity. 

Chris Bishop is the minister of sport and recreation and he joins Jack Tame to discuss further. 

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Pop quiz! What of these causes the highest number of premature New Zealand deaths? 

Bowel cancer? Diabetes? Road crashes? Melanoma? Air pollution?

This will seem unbelievable to many Kiwis, but according to the Ministry of the Environment and Statistics New Zealand, here in good old clean-and-green New Zealand, air pollution kills more people than all of those other causes, combined. 

Think about that! Diabetes, bowel can...

Cinnabon is coming to New Zealand! The popular American bakery will open it's first store in Westfield New Market next month. 

It will start off selling many of it's classic cinnamon scrolls and blended frozen drinks, which come in flavours like mango, strawberry, and cookies and cream. 

Kathan Parikh is the director of Cinnabon New Zealand who acquired the franchise rights, he joins Jack Tame with more. 

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A bold move from the Reserve Bank as it has decided to cut the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50-basis points, from 5.25% to 4.75%.

It's the second cut in a row, after the OCR was lowered in August - which was the first drop since May 2023. 

All of the larger banks predicted the rise, but a 25-point drop was thought to be just as likely. 

Co-operative Bank Chief Executive Mark Wilshire joins Jack Tame to discuss how this wil...

Two former members of a committee tasked with checking over assisted deaths to ensure the law worked as it should say the system is so broken they wouldn't have known if someone had wrongly died. 

Doctors Jane Greville and Dana Wensley repeatedly raised concerns about incomplete information about a patient's health and the risk of coercion. 

In one case, a patient with suspected dementia who could not speak English was ap...

I fix my entire mortgage in three weeks' time, and find myself with the curious kind of conundrum that most of us with bog-standard family home mortgages couldn't have imagined at any point the last few years. 

I waited for the email to land from the Monetary Policy Committee... Speed-read the Reserve Bank's statement and found myself with a simple question: Instead of fixing my mortgage at the end of this month, am I better t...

Tonight on the Huddle, CEO of the Maxim Institute Tim Wilson and Ali Jones from Red PR joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

A sea turtle was filmed struggling in an oil spill near the HMNZS Manawanui wreck site. How much money should we be putting into fixing this disaster?

Auckland dog shelters are forced to euthanise more dogs than at any point in the past decade - 11 per day. 

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The Retirement Commissioner is calling for action on the size of houses being built, with downsizing issues causing a headache for retirees and older people. 

Two-bedrooms are fewer than 20% of the new stock and one-bedroom homes are less than 10%, with new terraced housing being unsuitable. 

Jane Wrightson is the Retirement Commissioner and joins Jack Tame to discuss the urgent need for smaller homes. 

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I went for a walk along K Road the other night and saw something I hadn't seen in the longest time: A new restaurant. 

I didn't even step inside but it felt like a drink of cold water for a parched man in the desert. When was the last time I saw one of those? 

It is, of course, a rarity. And hardly a sign that the entire economy is ready to take off. The number of new restaurants in that part of town is still comfortably ...

Tui Beer are under fire after referencing Philip Polkinghorne in their latest 'Yeah right' campaign.

The new billboard reads: "Back to being a respectable meth smoking, sex worker loving doctor then. Yeah right."

Polkinghorne was acquitted last month of murdering his wife, Pauline Hanna, after an eight week long trial in the High Court at Auckland. 

Marketing expert Mike Hutcheson joins Jack Tame to discuss whether this was a ...

A Coroner says the death of 19 year old Otago University student Sophia Crestani was a preventable tragedy.

She died at an overcrowded flat party on Dundas Street five years ago. 

Coroner Heather Mackenzie is recommending students take better safety measures at large parties. 

Otago University Students' Association president, Keegan Wells, joins Jack Tame with more. 

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Fears continue to grow surrounding the impact the Manawanui Defence Force ship sinking will have on Samoan sea life. 

The Navy says the ship - which sunk after hitting a reef on Saturday - had 950 tonnes of diesel fuel onboard. 

Samoan locals say turtles have perished and oil can be smelt on Samoan beaches, while officials are scrambling to assess the damage. 

Waikato University marine scientist Chris Battershill joi...

Less than half of all dogs impounded in Auckland last year made it out alive, with an average of 11 euthanised each day. 

Auckland Council euthanised just over 4000 dogs in the last financial year, up 50% from the year prior. 

It marks the first time in a decade that more dogs were euthanised than rehomed and returned to their owners, and the council is pleading to potential owners to properly consider if they can commit ...