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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Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan face 21 combined charges in the UK, including rape, bodily harm and human trafficking.
The Tates flew to the United States in February after Romanian prosecutors lifted a travel ban, flying back to Romania the following month to fulfil legal obligations.
UK correspondent Elizabeth Callaghan says the pair will be extradited to the UK after their obligations i...
A US federal court's blocked Donald Trump's global tariffs from going into effect - ruling the President overstepped his authority.
The Court of International Trade says an emergency law invoked by the White House doesn't provide unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country.
Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie explains what this means for the economy.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 29 May 2025, the Government has announced sweeping changes to RMA rules. RMA Minister Chris Bishop joins Heather in studio.
Why Heather thinks we should give New Zealand born overstayers citizenship to allow them to work and stay here.
The Government is passing a law that will protect the Aussie owned banks from a class action lawsuit from its Kiwi customers. Cla...
Fonterra is being cautiously upbeat about the future.
The dairy co-op is forecasting a $10 farmgate milk price payout for the current season, and an earnings range of 65 to 75 cents a share.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explains what this means for the market.
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Tonight on The Huddle, David Farrar from Kiwiblog and Curia and former Labour Chief of Staff Mike Munro joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Should we allow kids of overstayers to gain citizenship here after they turn 18 and can't work or study?
Labour's Ginny Andersen raised a few eyebrows after making an incorrect statement on Wellington Mornings about the coalition. What do we make of...
Transport heavyweight Mainfreight has posted a solid full-year financial result, but international economic uncertainty is causing concerns.
Annual net profit was up nearly a third on the previous year - to $274.3 million compared to $208.7 million.
Mainfreight General Manager Don Braid says the company's focused on business and what that means for customers around the world.
"We'll do whatever we can to keep the supply chain...
Questions are being raised over cases where New Zealand-born teenagers fear being kicked out of the country for being illegal overstayers.
A law change in 2006 removed the right to citizenship by birth for children born in New Zealand - but there's a wave of kids born after that date who are set to turn 18 and it's unclear what could happen to them.
Immigration lawyer Alistair McClymont says he's representing some of these kids - w...
Following Lorde's recent pop-ups Washington Square Park in New York and a nightclub in Sydney, Kiwi fans were feeling hopeful they would be treated to a similar experience.
Yesterday, Lorde let 96 Kiwi fans into an exclusive listening party at the YMCA on the corner of Pitt St and Vincent St in downtown Auckland.
There were still hundreds of Kiwi fans lining up hoping to be let in - and Newstalk ZB producer Sam Robinson was among t...
Slashing certain consenting laws, allowing more quarries and mining and reducing farming red tape all feature in the proposed Government reform of the Resource Management Act.
The Associate Environment Minister has described current climate regulations as 'out of proportion' to the environmental risk.
Consultation's opened until July 27.
RMA reform minister Chris Bishop says the country needs more energy, renewables and infrastruct...
Labour's Ginny Andersen raised a few eyebrows after making an incorrect statement on Wellington Mornings.
Andersen was talking about the coalition arrangement - and claimed it was the only instance where ministers were included in the Cabinet room.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls noticed this was wrong - and cited some other examples.
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An Australian court has been shown a supermarket bill that allegedly led to a fatal mushroom lunch.
Erin Patterson's accused of killing three former in-laws by serving them a meal allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023.
The trial has been running for five weeks.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the trial is still ongoing.
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Patrick Tuipulotu believes his body can hold up to the rigours of three more years in New Zealand Rugby.
The Blues captain and All Blacks lock has signed on until 2028, turning down offers from Japan.
Tuipulotu has been an All Black since 2014 but has often been sidelined through injury - limited to just one World Cup in 2019.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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Lawyer Scott Russell says proposed changes to our lending laws only benefit Aussie banks.
The bill, currently before Select Committee, aims to lessen red tape for such things as adjusting credit limits and applying for credit cards.
Russell's representing 170,000 Kiwis in a class action against ANZ and ASB, and says the changes protect those banks.
He says they argue penalties under the law are a risk to the econo...
French police have arrested at least 20 people following a number of kidnapping plots targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and their families.
Authorities said the arrests were connected to investigations into a recent abduction attempt in Nantes - and another attempted kidnapping in Paris in May.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey unpacks the investigations.
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The Reserve Bank cut the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent.
The markets had already priced a rates cut in - but there was some uncertainty emerging after the announcement took place.
Milford Asset Management's Remy Morgan explains further.
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The Reserve Bank delivered their quarterly update on the OCR - but there was a hawkish undertone this time round, according to experts.
The central bank cut the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent, in line with expectations from economists.
Despite this, NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny noted there were some concerns about the economic future.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
The Government's latest OCR update was delivered this afternoon - what did we think of it? Are we getting dangerously close to 'stagflation' territory?
Should we stop contributing so much to MPs' KiwiSavers?
Movie theatres are seeing ...
Some complex airline problems might be solved with another type of aircraft now operating in an Auckland warehouse.
Air New Zealand has teamed up with Spark, Ericsson and Canadian firm Cypher Robotics to deploy a robot-tethered drone.
The airline and the telco said they worked together to create New Zealand’s first private 5G network for business.
Mark Beder, Spark New Zealand customer director for enterprise and government, says t...
On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 28 May 2025, the Reserve Bank has cut interest rates but things are much more uncertain for the future. Westpac chief economist Kelly Eckhold told Heather it's significant that the Monetary Policy Committee didn't come to a unanimous decision.
I don't really want to have to start on a bum note, but if there is a thing that we do on the show, it's honesty. So let's be honest about it.
What the Reserve Bank decision told you today is how much trouble our economy is in. If you're in business, you already know this and you don't need me to tell you this.
I was talking to a couple of CEOs yesterday. They were telling me they cannot see the green shoots - we've been waiting. W...
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