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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How many times have you heard the Prime Minister say this Government is different because it will set targets, track progress and be open about its actual results?
That's how we're going to get back on track, that's what we've heard from National so many times.
And what's more important than turning around education and getting on top of youth crime?
Not much. Which is why they've got charter schools and bootcamps. Everybody s...
The All Blacks selectors have rung 10 changes to the starting XV for Saturday's third and final test against France in Hamilton.
Ethan de Groot, Fabian Holland, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ardie Savea and Rieko Ioane are the only players remaining from the last run-on side.
Samisoni Taukei’aho, Tyrel Lomax, Samipeni Finau and Luke Jacobson come into the starting pack.
The backline changes includes promotions for Cortez Ratima, Damian McKenz...
The pressure's on Oranga Tamariki - as it announces it won't release more details around bootcamp reoffending.
The Ministry for Children initially confirmed teens in the pilot military-style academy programme had offended again.
It's since said releasing information could've been harmful to those involved.
Green MP Tamatha Paul says the agency is shifting the goalposts.
"That is one of the measures of success for the pilot, so I th...
Households are still finding it tough to pay for the basics, with high prices not easing yet.
Stats NZ has revealed the cost of food rose 4.6 percent in the 12 months to June.
It's largely driven by double-digit increases for products like red meat, cheese and milk
Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen says the general economy is still experiencing intense price pressure and weakness - which isn't comforting.
"Mince pric...
Food Safety New Zealand says a study of campylobacter infection rates is unnecessarily alarmist.
The Public Health Communication Centre claims more than 10 percent of the population contracted the infection from eating chicken in the past few years.
It suggests it's caused 9000 hospitalisations, and at least 60 deaths since 2008.
Food Safety NZ's Vincent Arbuckle says the numbers are way off.
"Every time there's a death...
David Seymour's urging councils to axe what he calls 'puppy dogs and ice cream'.
The Deputy Prime Minister's adding to the coalition's call for councils to focus on basic, core services - and ditch 'nice-to-have' projects.
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper explained why David Seymour's speech was so controversial.
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Qantas has filed court action in a bid to stop the compromised data of millions of customers being accessed or released following a recent cyber attack.
The accounts of 5.7 million Qantas customers were compromised in a data breach at the end of June, with millions of phone numbers, addresses and dates of birth caught up in the leak.
Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says the airline is trying to negotiate with the hackers b...
Concern in the All Blacks camp over a hand injury to first five Beauden Barrett.
While Barrett was unlikely to start in the third and final test against France in Hamilton on Saturday, he's been ruled out entirely after suffering the damage in training.
Sportstalk host Elliott Smith explains further.
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Retail NZ is criticising the Commerce Commission's regulatory change to card payment fees.
The Commission today announced new regulations on interchange fees, reducing charges to businesses for taking Visa and Mastercard payments.
Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young says it's a complex issue - and these changes won't address everything.
"This is one part of the merchant service fee, there's about 5 or 6 fees depending on how yo...
Thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, according to new reports.
In 2022, the personal details of nearly 19,000 people who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan were leaked.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the name of the MoD leaker hasn't been unveiled, but it's prompted widespread backlash.&nb...
ANZ has declined a proposed settlement by lawyers leading a massive class action against the bank for giving customers the wrong information about their loans.
The lawyers asked ANZ to agree to pay a penalty of up to $300 million, on top of the $35 million it has already paid more than 100,000 customers to compensate them for the error.
ASB, which is also subject to the class action, is yet to respond to the proposal for it to also...
Ryman Healthcare's share price has gone up for the first half of July, leading experts to speculate about the company's future.
This follows a downturn from earlier in the year.
Milford Asset Management's Jeremy Hutton explains further.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 16 July 2025, open plan classrooms will no longer be built, the Education Minister says they lead to worse learning outcomes.
Rangiora High School principal Bruce Kearney tells Ryan his school spent $1.5 million to put the walls back into its open-plan classrooms.
The Local Government Minister has confirmed he wants a cap on council rates increases by the end of...
Tonight on The Huddle, Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A and Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Australia seems to have turned the corner on teenage vaping, with rates among young people dropping. Do we need to follow suit and crack down on vaping?
Members of Local Government NZ have voted in favour of strong opposition to a rat...
We owe our kids an apology.
School students of all ages in this country have been used as guinea pigs in failed experiments that have been demonstrably bad for their learning.
We've had two announcements from the Government this week that prove this.
First, the latest NCEA maths results from low decile schools. They improved by around 70 percent. 19.8 percent passed the co-requisite test last year. In June it was 34 percent.
This i...
The winter season means higher power bills will impact Kiwi households, but the Electricity Authority has promised changes are on the way.
The nation's largest power companies will be required to offer 'time of use' plans that make it cheaper to use power at off-peak times.
Electricity Authority Chair Anna Kominik says there's no silver bullet for bringing prices down, but these changes are important for the sector's future.
...
Australia may have turned a corner on youth vaping, according to new reports.
A new study has found the country's rates have fallen among 14 to 17-year-olds, from 17.5 percent at the start of 2023 to 14.6 percent this April.
It's putting it down to banning disposable vapes last year.
Lead study investigator Becky Freeman says the rate's still worryingly high - but it seems to have peaked.
"We're really pleased to see th...
Labour's taken quick action on demands from thousands of Kiwi teens to counter modern slavery.
The students today delivered letters to Parliament - written at World Vision NZ Youth Conferences and universities.
Labour's Camilla Belich announced a draft bill today to set up an anti-slavery Commissioner.
National put a similar bill to the ballot this year.
Belich says nothing currently addresses issues of modern slavery - so an...
Open-plan classrooms will soon be a thing of the past, according to a new directive from the Government.
Education Minister Erica Stanford's announced plans to build all new classrooms with standardised designs.
Rangiora High School's already spent one and a half million dollars removing its open-plan style classes.
Principal Bruce Kearney says it ended up being distracting.
"They tend to be noisier, but it was also the combination...
A rare little spotted kiwi has been spotted in the wild on the mainland for the first time in nearly 50 years.
The bird was seen in March in the remote Adams Wilderness Area on the West Coast.
It's estimated only 2000 remain, and were thought to be only on offshore islands or in fenced predator-free sites.
DoC diversity ranger Iain Graham discovered the bird - and says they're more vulnerable to predators than other kiwi spec...
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