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.
Episodes
On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 21 June 2024, how did a power pylon just topple over and plunge a massive power outage? Electricity Authority boss Sarah Gillies speaks to Heather with two investigations now trying to figure that out.
Cabinet is reportedly about to sign off on a funding boost for Pharmac to fulfil its promise to fund more cancer drugs. Pharmac Minister David Seymour...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a pair of Pungsan dogs, a local breed, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
Asia Business Correspondent Peter Lewis told Heather du Plessis-Allan “Three’s very few places left that Putin can go to.”
Lewis said “He’s become an inter...
London hospitals declared a critical incident after a cyber-attack led to operations being cancelled and emergency patients being diverted elsewhere.
It applies to hospitals partnered with Synnovis - a provider of pathology services.
UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Heather du Plessis-Allan “This was p...
This week, the Prime Minister's Air Force plane broke down in Papua New Guinea.
Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper breaks this down, as he wraps the political week.
Soper told Heather du Plessis-Allan “They’re very good planes – but it’s like anything – if you don’t use them, they’ll break down...
The Commerce Commission is pushing out its timeline for approving the Foodstuffs merger, due to "unresolved issues".
It now expects to reach a decision in October.
The North and South Island co-operatives - which run the Pak'nSave, New World and Four Square supermarkets - sought clearance to merge last...
On The Huddle tonight: All Sports Breakfast Wellington Host Adam Cooper, and sports journalist Jim Kayes.
The Blue will face-off against the Chiefs tomorrow night – only one will reign victorious.
Adam Cooper told Heather du Plessis-Allan “The Crusaders have been incredible – because we’re celeb...
Blues captain Patrick Tuipolotu will make a remarkable return from a knee injury, playing lock in the starting side facing the Chiefs at Eden Park in the Super Rugby Pacific final tomorrow night.
However - many of the 44,000 sold-out Eden Park crowd will be coming up from Hamilton.
Chiefs Assistant Co...
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark has ignored requests for his resignation from his council today.
Clark was found to have breached the code of conduct after comments he made at a United Fire Brigades' Association prize giving - which he blamed on surgery brain fade.
The council voted to diminish his du...
The future of National's promise around 13 cancer drugs is set to become clearer.
The Government's due to make a Pharmac funding announcement – which could bump up its medicines budget by 40%.
Pharmacy Minister David Seymour told Heather du Plessis-Allan Pharmac could be instructed to fund specific dr...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown wants appropriate accountability over a fallen electricity tower.
Thousands of Northland residents experienced outages yesterday after a transmission tower toppled northwest of Auckland.
The Electricity Authority says it's investigating and Simeon Brown's asked WorkSafe to...
The Electricity Authority says Northlanders deserve answers - as it launches an investigation into a toppled electricity tower.
The region experienced outages yesterday after a transmission tower fell down northwest of Auckland.
Transpower says its workers were carrying out maintenance at the time and...
US President Joe Biden recently unveiled a halt to asylum-processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a certain threshold.
About 4,000 people already are entering the U.S. each day.
Biden has received Republican criticism over an unprecedented surge in new arrivals in an elect...
The Super Rugby finals clash is tomorrow night at Eden Park – selling out hours after tickets went on sale.
A crowd of more than 44,000 is expected – with many coming up from Hamilton for the event.
Weekend Sport host Jason Pine told Heather du Plessis-Allan...
Well, Transpower has given us a master class in how to look guilty, hasn't it?
I mean, come on. Who doesn't now think that the crew took the bolts out of the leg, which caused the thing to fall over, which caused the entire region of Northland to lose power? And why do we think that? Because Allison Andrew, the Chief Executive, sounded guilty as all hell in her media interviews this morning.
“I...
Rocket Lab is entering a league of its own --reaching 50 space launches in the shortest space of time.
Its latest electron rocket launched this morning from the Mahia Peninsula, is taking a French satellite into orbit.
Rocket Lab’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Morgan Connaughton, tol...
A pair of Just Stop Oil protestors painted two jets orange at a London airport, hours after Taylor Swift touched down for her next tour stop.
The climate activists carried out the vandalism with fire extinguishers, in an act reminiscent of their previous protest at Stonehenge.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says this will likely spark an investigation into the group.
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One expert says investors have had to pay more attention to their long-term goals this year.
Ongoing inflation and changing economies have led investors to chop and change their short-term predictions as 2024 went on.
Sam Dickie from Fisher Funds explains further.
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Minister Shane Jones is still keen to bring back live animal exports sooner rather than later.
In an interview on The Country, Jones made it clear in no uncertain terms that live animal exports would be good for the economy.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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New Zealand's GDP grew 0.2 percent in March, according to new data.
This officially takes the country out of a technical recession, but on a per-capita basis, it went backwards 0.3 percent.
Experts predict a weak economy for the latter half of this year.
NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann says the economy isn't likely to bounce back just yet.
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The Government has launched a new review designed to ensure earthquake-prone buildings are up to standard.
The current NBS system has run into controversy, with the inadequate review of a Wellington hospital unit sparking concerns.
Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk says the current standards are very complicated - and he aims to make it easier for people.
"In a lot of cases, people simply can't afford to remediat...
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