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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast with Heather du Plessis-Allan Full Show Podcast for Friday the 12th of December, Primary Principals have turned down the latest pay offer from the Government, saying it doesn’t acknowledge their workload.
It’s been revealed that water infrastructure is going to cost $9 billion more than originally expected after every council submitted their plan for Local Water Done Well.
Time Magazine has just named its Person of the Year for 2025.
And it’s not a single person. It is "the architects" of AI.
The magazine says "no one" had as great an impact this year than the people “who imagined, designed, and built AI".
This was the year that we stopped talking about how clunky AI is and instead started sprinting to deploy it as fast as possible. And now the risk-averse are no longer in the drive...
The US has escalated tensions with Venezuela and seized a tanker off its coast, described by Donald Trump as the largest ever seized.
He's otherwise keeping tight lipped, saying it was done for 'a very good reason'.
CNN reports it intensifies Trump's pressure campaign aimed at forcing the leader Nicolas Maduro out of power.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Heather du Plessis-Allan that while US officials are...
Friday has come and Heather du Plessis-Allan was joined by Kerre Woodham and Tim Wilson to Wrap the Week that Was.
They discussed Air New Zealand’s new safety video, the Willis v Richardson debate, the quote of the year, and artificial intelligence.
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The capital is on track for a star-studded Saturday with the premiere of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’.
Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, and Jemaine Clement are all set to hit the red carpet in Wellington.
The 13th and 14th are set to be a huge boost for the local economy, hospitality, and screen sectors, the City Council says – the franchise now bringing $1.1 billion into New Zealand’s economy.
NZ Film Commission’s Head of ...
The cost of water infrastructure projects have been rising as councils learn more details about what's required.
Every council has now submitted their plan under Local Water Done Well programme.
As Newstalk ZB first revealed last week, the final bill is now expected to reach almost $48 billion – about $9 billion more than first thought.
Local Government New Zealand Vice-President and Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz ...
There’s relief as the Government loosens rules on growing hemp, despite law enforcement concerns.
Cabinet's agreed to remove licensing requirements for industrial growing and handling crops, although growers must now notify Police and MPI before starting up.
A Regulatory Impact Statement shows Customs and Police warned of risks from illegal cannabis growers.
Hemp Industries Association Chair Richard Barge told Hea...
An Upper Hutt primary school principal says their workloads are comparable with secondary school principals, and they deserve a better pay offer.
Principals who belong to the NZEI union have rejected the Government's latest collective agreement proposal.
They say it fails to acknowledge their work.
Birchville School Principal Robyn Brown told Heather du Plessis-Allan unlike secondary principals, they weren't offer...
Kiwi consumers could finally see butter prices fall, thanks to increased global dairy production.
New research from Rabobank shows EU, UK, and US production has been surging, pushing down global prices.
Fonterra's already forecasting a lower farmgate payout than last season.
Fonterra Co-operative Council Chair John Stevenson told Heather du Plessis-Allan the change could be good news for supermarket shoppers.&nbs...
So, to the Nicola Willis v Ruth Richardson debate.
Here’s a challenge to Nicola Willis: do it this year. Do it next week.
I’m hearing that having challenged Ruth Richardson to the debate, Willis’ office would prefer to do it next year.
I can understand why. By next year the momentum will be gone and we’ll all have moved on to other things and it, probably, won't get as big of an audience.
Next week though is...
On the Mike Hosking Breakfast with Heather du Plessis-Allan Full Show Podcast for Thursday 11th of December, as Australia bans social media for under 16s, what does our interim report say we should do?
David Seymour responds to the findings of the investigation into the mouldy lunches at a Christchurch school.
US billionaire Mark Cuban talks the All Blacks, being an NBA owner, the state of US politics, and AI.
G...
Mark Cuban has his hands in all sorts of pies.
The US billionaire businessman is involved with tech, media, health insurance, the NBA, and more recently, politics.
He got his first major start with the media company Broadcast.com, which he sold to Yahoo in 1999 for US$5.7 billion worth of stock.
The next year he got into the NBA, buying the Dallas Mavericks for US$280 million, selling a majority stake of the team...
A brand new kiwifruit is about to hit the market.
Zespri has approved the commercialisation of a new red variety, Red80, following the success of Red19.
The fruit has been naturally bred through Zespri’s Kiwifruit Breeding Centre in partnership with Plant & Food Research.
CEO Jason Te Brake told Heather du Plessis-Allan Red80 has a later harvest than Red19, which extends the time RubyRed will be available for ...
Tourists continue to flock across the ditch to New Zealand.
Stats NZ figures show more than 260 thousand overseas travellers visited in October, 22 thousand up on the year before.
More than 120 thousand came from Australia – a record October high.
Tourism Holdings CEO Grant Webster told Heather du Plessis-Allan that New Zealand is currently a cheap destination for Australian tourists when compared to places like t...
Just because something's hard to do, doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.
Parliament's education committee is recommending New Zealand consider following Australia in banning under 16s from social media.
It's found the platforms are exposing young people to a wide range of harm.
Acting Committee Chair Carl Bates told Heather du Plessis-Allan teens will get around a social media age limit like they get around the dri...
“A week of drama” could have been avoided had the principal of a school with mouldy lunches waited for the investigation rather than going public, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says.
New Zealand Food Safety said yesterday the mouldy lunches served at the Haeata Community Campus were most likely caused by an error at the school.
Seymour told Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis-Allan the school should have “kept...
There are concerns our health system isn't keeping pace with our accelerating cancer rates.
The Cancer Control Agency's latest State of Cancer Report has found more New Zealanders are being diagnosed with cancer, but they're surviving cancer for longer.
It's projecting diagnoses will increase by 50% over the next two decades.
Otago University Medical Oncologist Dr Chris Jackson told Heather du Plessis-Allan this m...
A major New Zealand apple grower is pulling the pin on exporting to the US due to Donald Trump's tariffs.
Export tariffs for New Zealand increased to 15% in August.
New Zealand's $70 million of apple exports were excluded from exemptions last month.
Yummy Fruit Company General Manager Paul Paynter told Heather du Plessis-Allan turning away from the US has been an easy decision.
He says if the US wants to ch...
Cast your mind back a couple of weeks to what the boss of Auckland Port Roger Gray said.
He told us New Zealand is a country that says 'no' so often, Miami cruise bosses he spoke to had taken to calling us 'No Zealand'.
Yesterday the Government unveiled its plan for how we stop that, which is a rewrite of the RMA because the RMA is part of the problem.
It has turned 'no' into an art form in this country. No to you...
Donald Trump has waded into the battle to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile bid for company in a last ditch effort to outbid Netflix.
The offer would be worth about NZ$188 billion compared to the $125 billion Netflix has been offering.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Heather du Plessis-Allan that this level of presidential involvement is new, with Trump saying he’ll look a...
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