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
Trade Minister Todd McClay has confirmed trade negotiations with India are progressing - but there's still a ways to go.
New Zealand and Indian trade negotiators met in Queenstown last month for a third round of formal negotiations for a free trade agreement.
The Country's Hamish McKay explained further.
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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...
New Zealand Post is moving to review its offerings amid a recent move to cut back on services.
A new Government agreement will let it close almost 400 postal outlets, and reduce mail deliveries.
They'll now only be required two times a week for most areas, down from three - and can fall from at least five times weekly in rural areas, to three.
NZ Post CEO David Walsh says these changes reflect New Zealand's changing communication h...
More vets across New Zealand are reporting a surge in poor behaviour from customers, particularly over billing.
New reports claim staff in customer facing roles are experiencing pet owners trying to emotionally blackmail vets over rising costs.
NZ Veterinary Association CEO Kevin Bryant says costs are going up everywhere, and customers are taking this out on staff
"There's a huge amount of confusion in the public arena between the ...
The Foreign Minister's reiterated his calls for a ceasefire in Gaza on the second anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.
Winston Peters addressed Parliament this afternoon, also calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas, and for Israel to allow aid into Gaza unimpeded.
Newstalk ZB political correspondent Barry Soper says Peters went on to defend the Government's call to not recognise a Palestinian state amid on...
A protester who shared Winston Peters' address on social media says she's only protested outside once.
Actress Acacia O'Connor has been criticised by the Greens for sharing the address - and she's lost her contract for ads for telco One NZ.
She says she doesn't know the person who smashed a window at the Foreign Minister's home last night
O'Connor says it's likely protests will continue.
She says she's so sorry to hear ...
A man who allegedly sprayed up to 50 bullets on police in Sydney’s inner west has been charged with a string of offences.
Artemios Mintzas, 60, allegedly shot 'indiscriminately' at passing vehicles, including police vehicles in Croydon Park on Sunday evening.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says police revealed there were no drugs involved, nor a clear ideology.
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Silver Ferns interim netball coach Yvette McCausland-Durie is adamant she has no ambitions for the permanent gig.
She still wants the role to remain short-term after stepping in for the South African series.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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Canterbury police will keep monitoring demand in rural areas, after shelving a proposed restructure.
It would've replaced some permanent officers, with staff working at 24/7 hubs in Rolleston and Rangiora.
Many of the thousand submissions supported the idea, but it was rejected by affected communities.
Canterbury District Commander Tony Hill says the feedback showed police can meet demand with current staff.
"We just questioned whe...
The UK Government has announced the police will be given powers to put conditions on repeat protests.
This follows last weekend's pro-Palestinian demonstration in London, which saw almost 500 people arrested.
UK correspondent Gail Downey explained further.
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Last week saw the release of some weak economic data out of the US and it's got investors speculating.
Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly explained further.
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The Commerce Commission has ruled out an inquiry into airport regulation, for now.
Air New Zealand had written to the regulator, saying there was enough 'accumulated evidence and concern' to justify a probe.
The Commission has done a 'short, targeted review'.
Air New Zealand Head of Regulatory Affairs Kristy McKay revealed why she's pleased with this outcome.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and Josie Pagani from Child Fund joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Is it a good idea for the Government to show young people some tough love when it comes to the benefit? Do we think this is the way forward? And is the income threshold too low?
Winston Peters is firing back after groups of protesters kept showing up outside his hou...
On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Monday, 6 October 2025, Foreign Minister Winston Peters tells Heather about the protesters that keep turning up outside his house night after night.
Heather applauds the Government's tough love attitude to unemployed teenagers.
The Finance Minister Nicola Willis gets a grilling over ex-RBNZ governor Adrian Orr's $416,000 golden parachute payment.
Former Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr is in for a significant payday.
He resigned in March, following a funding disagreement, with tensions between Treasury, the bank, and the Finance Minister.
The central bank's annual report shows Orr will receive a $416,000 restraint of trade payment this month.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says she wasn't informed of this until today.
"I had been assured that they had done those negotiation...
On these protesters who've been harassing Winston and his neighbours - even as recently as last night - they really have to call this nonsense off.
Turning up at someone's house in the evening, or as the Prime Minister said to Mike this morning, at 11 at night or 4 in the morning is not protesting. That's actually just intimidating.
Particularly, I think, in the case of Winston, who I know has been actually dealing with this f...
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