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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Over in the UK, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to impose visa bans on three African countries if they fail to take back their illegal migrants.
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo face visa sanctions set to block tourists, VIPs and business officials from travelling to Britain if they don't co-operate.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the Government is hoping to reassure voters it can be tough on migration am...
The Warehouse is being his hard by the tough economic conditions.
New reports show profits are down and the retail giant is looking to slash jobs.
Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly explained further.
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New Zealand's largest mānuka honey producer's voted down a richlister takeover bid, leaving its fate in limbo.
Comvita received an offer of 80-cents-per-share in August from Florenz - a subsidiary of Christchurch billionaire Mark Stewart’s Masthead Limited.
Comvita CEO Karl Gradon explained how the company could bounce back.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Thomas Scrimgeour from the Maxim Institute and Child Fund CEO Josie Pagani joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Schools across the country are mobilising and publicly committing to upholding the Treaty, despite the Government's plan to remove the obligations from boards. Luxon has said the schools shouldn't focus on politics - does he have a point?
New polls ...
On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Monday, 17 November 2025, Transport Minister Chris Bishop explains why the Government is moving to make importing dirty cars cheaper.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Uber drivers are employees, Anita Rosentreter from the Workers First Union speaks about the implications for drivers.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis gives a very strong hint about next year's election date, a...
These polls that keep showing Labour ahead of National are a sign of how crap the economy is.
Up until a few weeks ago, I was ignoring polls because Labour didn't have any policy. Labour was ahead, but it didn't have any policy.
I thought, well this is a protest vote. They're pissed at National for not fixing the mess Labour left behind.
But the voters are not stupid. And they're voting for the no-policy party as a protest, no...
New polling data has revealed less Kiwis have faith the current Government can turn the economy around ahead of the upcoming election.
A New Zealand Herald-Kantar poll has found voters are evenly split on Labour's proposed capital gains tax and about 45 percent of respondents in an IPSOS survey scored the Luxon-led Government below 3 out of 10.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says it's clear a significant number of people are still ...
A growing number of school boards are making public statements confirming their commitment to the Treaty after the Government announced it would cut the requirements.
Previously, the Education Act said schools must ensure their plans, policies, and local curriculum reflect tikanga Māori, but the Government's looking to change it.
Queens High school board chair Kate Keddell says schools have been weaving in Te Tiriti obligations int...
There's a growing push for a future relationship between Uber and the unions, including collective bargaining.
Four drivers have officially won their battle to be recognised as employees in a Supreme Court ruling announced today.
Uber argued they were contractors.
Workers First Union deputy secretary, Anita Rosentreter, says the Employment Relations Authority can now calculate how much Uber owes other members.&nbs...
The Transport Minister says the Government's focused on getting details right - in a speedy change to the 2023 Clean Vehicle Standard - this week.
It originally gave importers credits for meeting carbon targets, and charged them for missing.
The Government will now slash them nearly 80 percent, to prevent charges landing consumers.
Chris Bishop says they're focused on rolling out change very quickly.
"The take-home point for ...
Prices are soaring for food staples, with prices up 4.7 percent on a year ago.
Stats NZ data for October shows cheese, instant coffee, eggs and milk had some of the largest surges.
Gas rose 14.4 percent and electricity almost 12 percent
Infometrics chief executive Brad Olsen says fruit and vegetables are cheaper - but not meat.
"A couple of months ago, right, we were talking a lot about butter. Mince is now the new butter in ...
The Government's pointing to market changes and consumer costs as motivation for changing 2023's Clean Vehicle Standard.
It gave importers credits for meeting carbon targets, and charged them if they missed.
But Transport Minister Chris Bishop says charges are falling on the consumer, which will now be slashed nearly 80 percent.
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says the Government's wasted no time...
Over in Australia, Victorian police say they've seized a record number of knives and machetes this year, amid growing concerns about knife crime.
Police say at least 15,000 knives, machetes and zombie knives had been taken off the streets and destroyed so far in 2025.
Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says there's been a targeted push to get rid of bladed weapons, especially following the recent machete ban.
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The All Blacks are doing their best to overcome major disappointment and spark up for their final test of the year.
The team arrived in Cardiff from London via bus for the 13th and final match - with a number of changes expected in the side to face the Welsh.
Cam Roigard and Beauden Barrett are unlikely to play, although would have expected bench roles at most.
Sportstalk host Jason Pine explained further - and unpacked whether Raz...
MBIE says it's working hard to deal with issues regarding sand products potentially contaminated with asbestos.
EC Rainbow Sand 1.3 kilos, Creatistics Coloured Sand, 1 kilo, and four Kmart NZ Magic Sand products have been recalled.
MBIE Product Safety Spokesperson Ian Caplin says they are acting with an abundance of caution - and people shouldn't panic.
"The potential impact of asbestos exposure is a long-term thing, pe...
On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 14 November 2025, we have officially missed our climate goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. So why are we sending a massive delegation to the talkfest that is Cop30? Labour's Deborah Russell tells Heather why the trip to Brazil is important.
One of the outcomes of the damning McSkimming IPCA report has been the establishment of an Inspector General for...
OK, quick quiz for you.
Think of the Labour Party.
Who is the climate spokesperson?
Yeah, no, you didn't get it right because it's Deborah Russell.
I know.
I didn't think it was that either.
I didn't know it.
And you know what, it's my job to know this kind of stuff.
But to be fair to me, in the entirety of this year thus far, Deborah has only put out 3 press releases on the climate and the third one was today.
And guess what it wa...
A shareholder vote to approve a takeover bid for Comvita has not gathered enough votes to proceed.
The bid from Florence to buy Comvita at 80 cents a share required 75% support from shareholders to go through.
Although the official vote count has not been released, we know that the numbers fall short of the margin.
Octagon Chief Investment Officer Paul Robertshawe told Heather duPlessis-Allan that anything is p...
An Australian Mayor is warning of the unforeseen consequences of a rates cap.
Minister of Local Government Simon Watts says he will advance rate cap policy discussions before the end of the year.
Sue Heins, mayor of the Northern Beaches Council in New South Wales, told a Local Government New Zealand conference it leads to councils making impossible choices.
She told Heather du Plessis-Allan it leads to things like delayed inf...
Whitcoulls is being accused of censorship and moral panic - because it's hiding a literary journal with risqué content.
Copies of Folly Journal have been pulled off Whitcoulls shelves around the country and are now only offered when customers ask for it.
Editor and Founder of Folly Journal Emily Broadmore told Heather duPlessis-Allan that Whitcoulls hasn't explained specifically why their books have been removed from stores.&...
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