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A major new report is warning that more than 1000 seaside homes could suffer significant damage from extreme weather by 2060.

And hundreds of thousands of homes worth an estimated $180 billion are located in flood-prone areas, according to Our Marine Environment 2025 from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ.

Alison Collins from the Ministry for the Environment says many of these homes are in low-lying coastal communities ...

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 8 October 2025, the Reserve Bank has pulled out the big guns and cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points today. Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr speaks to Heather.

Former National Party staffer Ben Thomas says National polling in the 20s is not good news for Chris Luxon.

NZ Rugby CEO Mark Robinson explains why rugby unions across the world don't want p...

Good news - the Reserve Bank has finally done the thing many of us thought was necessary, and they've gone for a double cut in the OCR of 50 basis points.

That's the good news. The bad news is that they've been forced to do it because they didn't do it earlier, as in, they haven't cut as quickly as they should have.

I mean, think back to July when they actually chose not to cut at all, which was clearly a mistake at the time -...

Eight international rugby unions, including New Zealand, have warned players that they won't be eligible for high-level selection if they switch to the proposed Rugby 360 league.

There have been rumours of monetary offers directed at high-level rugby and league players for the competition, which is being promoted by former England international Mike Tindall.

NZ Rugby CEO Mark Robinson says many of the other unions haven't been as c...

Queenstown Airport is flying high, thanks to a surge in visitors.

It's been named Large Airport of the Year at the national awards - with judges praising its strong safety record, commercial success, and community engagement.

They were also impressed with its new end-of-runway safety system.

Chief operating officer Todd Grace says the airport's seen strong growth since Covid.

He says they're the only airport in New Zealand operatin...

There's claims a rebounding economy could propel National to another election win.

But a former senior National staffer also says next year's election is looking like a toss-up.

The recent Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll has the party on just 29.6 percent - one of its lowest results since returning to Government. 

Ben Thomas says that's not a good place to be. 

"That is a psychological threshold - we used to be thinking that ...

Today's 50 basis point OCR cut could go some way to getting our economy growing again.

The Reserve Bank's slashed the cash rate to 2.5 percent.

ANZ has lowered its floating and flexible rates, on top of all major banks already lowering fixed term offerings.

Kiwibank chief economist, Jarrod Kerr, says he's been calling for a 2.5 percent cash rate for two years.

"We knew it needed to go below neutral, which is three, and we needed to...

The Reserve Bank has cut the OCR by 50 basis points to 2.5 percent, despite acknowledging inflation is still above where they'd like it.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says they've factored in broader economic conditions.

She says the central bank clearly thinks any fluctuation in inflation will be constrained by spare capacity in the economy.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this will come as good news a...

Locking down a new trade deal is front of mind for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he met for talks with US President Donald Trump. 

Negotiations have been ongoing since August, when Trump imposed 35 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. 

Canada remains the only G7 country without a deal - something Trump attributes to a 'natural conflict' stemming from their proximity.

US correspondent Jonathan Kearsley says this mee...

More than 300 people are being made to re-sit their practical driving test - following fraud allegations at an Auckland VTNZ.

Police and NZTA are looking into claims testing officers at the Highbrook branch took money in return for passing applicants, over several years.  

Five officers have been sacked for misconduct - and the branch has stopped offering tests in the meantime.

Transparency International NZ executive director ...

UK police say they've cracked down on an international gang suspected of  smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China over the last year.

In what authorities claim is the UK's largest ever operation against phone thefts, 18 suspects have been arrested and more than 2,000 stolen devices discovered.

UK correspondent Enda Brady reveals more about this case.

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Tonight on The Huddle, Auckland Councillor Maurice Williamson and CTU economist Craig Renney joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

NZ Post today revealed they'll be cutting services down, including fewer delivery days and fewer post offices. Do we mind this change? Who still sends post? 

Winston Peters' home got vandalised last night - is this a sign the protests have gone too far?

More th...

We need to talk about why we're persisting with having so many local body politicians.

We clearly have too many positions, don't we? I mean, just look at how many people are winning their seats at the moment.

The elections are this weekend - look at how many people are winning their seats without any elections, without anybody standing against them. With more than 200, that's 1 in every 7 council races.

So Hurunui already has ...

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 7 October 2025, Palestine protestor Acacia O'Connor says she doesn't regret making Winston Peters' home address public, despite a person smashing his window as a result.

Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill wins his bet with Heather - and calls off a restructure of rural police.

Lawyers of a class action lawsuit against ANZ are calling on the Gov...

Former All Black Mils Muliaina is set to trade rugby fields for the boardroom as he steps into his new role.

He recently joined the Auckland Business Chamber board, becoming its first Pasifika director in the organisation's history.

Mils Muliaina says this new role came to him as a surprise, but he's welcoming the new opportunity. 

"I'm supposed to provide a voice for the communities, especially for the Pacific community, in f...

ASB has agreed to pay $135.6 million to settle a class action after it was accused of breaching its disclosure obligations under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act.

The case against ASB alleged failures to provide compliant written disclosure of loan variations to a significant number of customers.

ANZ is still hanging on as the remaining defendant of the class action.

Scott Russell, the lawyer representing bank customer...