Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast

Feb 09 2025 1458 ep. 8 mins 815

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Join Kerre Woodham one of New Zealand’s best loved personalities as she dishes up a bold, sharp and energetic show Monday to Friday 9am-12md on Newstalk ZB. News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your morning listening covered.

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Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor at Large on the Government's new visa plan for economic growth (1)

Feb 09 2025 10 mins

Kerre Woodham speaks to NZ Herald Business Editor at Large, Liam Dann, to explain how the changes to foreign investor visas will grow our economy. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor at Large on the Government's new visa plan for economic growth

Feb 09 2025 10 mins

Kerre Woodham speaks to NZ Herald Business Editor at Large, Liam Dann, to explain how the changes to foreign investor visas will grow our economy. LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kerre Woodham: Are we sure foreign investment will grow our economy?

Feb 09 2025 5 mins

The government, as you will have heard, is relaxing immigration settings to encourage migrants to invest in New Zealand businesses. While everyone was at the beach yesterday making the most of the golden weather the Prime Minister was suited and booted and spelling out the changes to the Active Investore Plus (AIP) visa category to the Auckland Business Chamber. The way it works is

Kerre Woodham: With any perks come responsibilities

Feb 06 2025 4 mins

The news that Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is heading to China today on the country's first state visit, where he's expected to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership with China, has come as news to our Foreign Minister, news to our government, and indeed news to some of the Cook Island people. The excellent Barbara Dreaver on 1News broke the story on Wednesday

Kerre Woodham: You cannot lead a team haka if you don't speak for your team

Feb 04 2025 3 mins

Gregor Paul's story in this morning's Herald confirms what many suspected at the time: that TJ Perenara’s political statement before the haka, a rallying cry against the Treaty Principles Bill, had not been sanctioned by rugby officials. That many All Blacks, that many coaching staff, that many management, felt blindsided by the statement and that he spoke without the universal a

Simon Moutter: Kāinga Ora Board Chair on the plan to get the agency back on track

Feb 04 2025 17 mins

The Government’s shaking up social housing, yesterday announcing a plan to get Kāinga Ora back on track. They're set to sell off high-priced homes in an effort to bring its books down, the plan including the sale of around 900 homes a year. The money will then go to more low-cost, denser places with greater demand, as well as more single person dwellings as oppo

Kerre Woodham: Taxation is a finely balanced thing

Feb 03 2025 5 mins

We know times are tough. We know that we're in a period of rebuilding, we know that there are green shoots starting to come through. We're looking towards the end of 2025 as a time when things will turn around, when things will start to improve, and things will start to get better on a micro level in our own households, and on a macro level when it comes to the government. B

Bruce Bernacchi: Dentons Kensington Swan Tax Partner on the possibility and impact of a corporate tax cut

Feb 03 2025 9 mins

Possible corporate tax cuts could be on the way in this year's Budget. Nicola Willis told Ryan Bridge yesterday that our corporate tax system isn't competitive enough with other countries, hinting at potential changes. Christopher Luxon confirmed to Mike Hosking this morning that they're willing to make changes, and there's a lot of possible options. Dentons Kensi

Kerre Woodham: Could this be the year education gets back on track?

Feb 02 2025 5 mins

Any day now, counting down the seconds, the kids will be back at school if yours haven't gone already. And this year, maybe, hopefully, fingers crossed, will be the year that our education system gets back on track. Certainly, Erica Stanford’s bigging up the new focus on structured learning. A press release out from her office says, as schools start back for 2025, there will be

Kerre Woodham: Why aren't all schools back yet?

Jan 30 2025 3 mins

It is the end of the month. There's only 12 of them in a year. Into the first month of the year and still there are schools that are not back yet. Could someone please explain to me how it is reasonable in this day and age to have such disparate and wide-ranging start dates for the school year? I don't know about your particular school, or your area, but of the ones I know a