Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Dec 11 2024 8102 ep. 6 mins 1.1k

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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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Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on obesity beating smoking as top Australian health risk

Dec 11 2024 4 mins

Being overweight or obese has overtaken smoking as the top risk factor contributing to health problems in 2024, new data shows. The Australian Burden of Disease Study 2024 estimates that Australians lost 5.8m years of healthy life due to living with illness and injury - or premature death. While smoking has previously been the lead factor contributing to poor health later on in lif

D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Papua New Guinea getting NRL team from 2028

Dec 11 2024 4 mins

Papua New Guinea will have an NRL team from 2028, becoming the first-non-Australian-based club since the Warriors were established in 1995. Australian Rugby League chairman Peter V'Landys says the majority of the $660 million investment into the PNG side will be spent on the development system. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/liste

Hayden Ricketts: Mission Homefront co-founder on Christmas leave getting cancelled for military personnel

Dec 11 2024 5 mins

Christmas and New Year's leave has been cancelled for military personnel set to cover for striking from non-uniform staff. The Defence Minister last month invoked the Defence Act, letting uniformed servicemen and woman fill the gaps. Advocacy group Mission Homefront has written to Judith Collins - saying that's unprecedented and unacceptable. Co-founder Hayden Ricketts says uniform

Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on the Government's concern about British Jihadists returning from Syria

Dec 10 2024 5 mins

There's growing concern about a wave of newly-released British jihadists returning to the UK from Syrian prisons. The UK Government is keeping a close eye on the possibility of any of the British jihadists detained in camps returning to UK shores. UK correspondent Gavin Grey says there were potentially 'dozens' of British jihadists that had been captured while fighting for the Isla

Jeremy Hutton: Milford Asset Management Equities Analyst on the NZX winners and losers for 2024

Dec 10 2024 3 mins

2024 is nearly over - so which companies did the best on the New Zealand stock exchange for the year? Tower Insurance leads the pack, off the back of a series of upgraded earnings and regained inclusion back in the NZX50 Index. Milford Asset Management's Jeremy Hutton unpacked the winners and the losers for the year. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenee Tibshraeny: NZ Herald Wellington business editor on the Court of Appeal allowing BNZ to close Gloriavale's bank accounts

Dec 10 2024 3 mins

A significant decision from the Court of Appeal could see Gloriavale shut down its' operations for good. The court has thrown out an injunction that prevented BNZ from closing the West Coast Christian community's accounts. BNZ attempted to stop doing business with Gloriavale in 2022, after the community's child labour usage breached its human rights policy. NZ Herald Wellington bus

The Huddle: What does the ferry announcement mean for the coalition?

Dec 10 2024 10 mins

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! What do we make of the the ferry announcement-for-an-announcement? There's still a lot of lingering questions following the Government's latest update - how much will they cost? What do we

Full Show Podcast: 11 December 2024

Dec 10 2024 99 mins

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 11 December 2024, there's more questions than answers after the Government announced it will buy two new Cook Strait ferries. Newly appointed Minister for Rail Winston Peters tells Ryan Bridge why he's not saying how much they'll cost though. The PSA is taking legal action against the Government for limiting wor

Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on card spending dropping in November

Dec 10 2024 4 mins

The latest card spending data from November indicates Kiwis are keeping their expenses down for another month. Kiwibank reports claim the value of spending dropped 2.5 percent in November and new ANZ data shows a drop of 1.2 percent year on year. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen says there's hope for the economy - as we're seeing early green shoots ahead of the Christmas

Anonymous petrol station owner: Concerned spokesperson speaks out on BNZ signalling end to fossil fuel lending

Dec 10 2024 5 mins

There's concern among petrol station owners, following BNZ signalling its lending period for fossil fuels is ending. BNZ has informed one business lending to petrol store owners will end - and the bank needs all debt repaid by 2030. The bank says it's an economic decision, as they're foreseeing people switching to electric vehicles. An anonymous owner of multiple rural