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Australia is set to expel Iran's ambassador after alleging the country's government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attacks were "extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation". Nobody was injured in the attacks, which happened last year. Christopher Hipkins was on Breakfast this morn...

The NZ Herald got exclusive access to a survey of senior police where they have raised issues that new recruits are "barely" or "not at all equipped" of policies to make an arrest or lay charges. This raises the question is this government more focused on getting 500 new police officers rather than having those police officers be quality and qualified. Prime Minister Christophe...

Green MP Huhana Lyndon joins us LIVE tonight at 9pm to talk about the Pae Ora Amendment Bill. Many within Maoridom are concerned that this bill are concerned changes to New Zealand's health legislation will weaken the voices of local Māori communities and centralise decision-making in Wellington. Dr Gary Payinda joins us LVE around 9.40 to talk about Dargaville Hospital patients asked to sign...

Thousands of secondary school teachers are striking on Wednesday, over stalled collective agreement negotiations. The Post Primary Teachers' Association says the government's offer of a 1 percent pay rise every year for three years is the lowest in a generation and the PPTA's Chris Ambercrombie joins us LIVE to talk about the day, the strike and the governments offer. ACT leader David...

Professor Robert Patman joins us live to discuss the recent peace talks held at the white house where Trump, Zelensky and various EU leaders have come together to seek and end to the war in UkraineNicola Willis had the audacity to call out Labour's fiscal innumeracy, not too long after it was revealed her government spent $671m on cancelling two ferries with no replacement option anytime soon....

Grant Robertson takes a seat with Jake Tame on Q+A as his memoir drops and the Royal Commission into C19 ramps up again. The decisions of Luxon's govt are not favoured by the business community with a scathing article released in the Sunday Star TimesMajor building consent changes and Seymour goes after helmets, all in the name of cutting red tape.=================================Come support...

Associate professor Dr Awanui Te Huia joins us LIVE tonight to talk about the harm removing te reo from early readers school texts can cause. Critics of the Government’s decision to phase out nearly all Māori words from early reader books are describing the move as damaging. An Israeli government minister has hit out at New Zealand and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, after he said Israel’s prime...

The final fee to settle the cancellation of the i-Rex ferries has been announced: $144m which brings the cost of the cancelled ferries to $671m with nothing to show for it. Documents release reveal that Department of Internal affairs prompted Brooke Van Velden with specific talking points for the chair of the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 Response. Wayne Brown and Auckland council tell govt t...

Former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern and other former Labour ministers have declined a request to appear publicly to give evidence at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19.The Speaker has 'named' Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick for refusing to leave the House. Fellow politicians including Te Pāti Māori's Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and New Zealand First's Winston Peter...

Chloe Swarbrick has been ejected from ejected Parliament "for the rest of the week" after refusing to withdraw and apologise a comment about ACT vetoing the recognition of Gaza. We also see that Helen Clark, with the group 'The Elders' visited the border between Israel and Gaza, saw first hand aid trucks being turned around by Israel in a situation she called "heart breaking...

Action Station Aotearoa's director Kassie Hartendorp joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk Māori Wards and the billboard last week using Ellen Tamati's image by Hobson's Pledge. Education Minister Erica Stanford was on Q+A in the weekend where Jack Tame asked her about the impact her proposed scrapping of NCEA and implementation of a new assessment regime may have for students with dive...

Alex Baker, Mayoral candidate for Wellington, joins us Live to talk about his bid for Mayor, his experience, priorities and policies. Chloe Swarbrick sits down with Mihingarangi Forbes on MATA to talk through the govt failing New Zealanders. We also look at her interview with Dave Letele. Ministry of Education has removed a children's book to aid reading for having too many Māori words. Bruce...

Christopher Luxon was on Newstalk ZB today for an hour explaining how much he enjoyed the format of discussing issues "a bit deeper" all while not going in-depth at all in any way just continuing on the same old talking points. We asked questions last night about how we'd be charged road user charges "like a power bill" without mass surveillance. Seems the answer is the way...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis remains hopeful that unemployment will start to reduce sometime this year but given global economic uncertainty with Donald Trump's trade wars she won't give a more exact time frame, Labour's Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE to discuss. ‘Biggest change in 50 years’: Petrol tax to go, everyone to pay road user charges as the Government signs off on the first ste...

Join Craig Renney from the BHNetwork as we review unemployment data freshly released by Stats NZ. Ask questions and find out what is really going on with jobs in Aotearoa.

Report: Israeli senior officials, 'Israel will occupy Gaza' Netanyahu will urge a meeting of the security cabinet to support the full “conquest of the Strip” according to reports in Israeli media that were described as accurate by a source familiar with the matterBy the end of the year, you’ll be allowed to build your garden shed or small sleepout right up to the boundary, and your garage...

The Government has announced a proposal to replace New Zealand’s secondary school qualification system, NCEA, 23 years after it was first introduced. Chris Bishop was on Q&A in the weekend discussed whether Christopher Luxon’s low preferred Prime Minister ratings are a cause for concern, and defends the government’s decision to limit election enrolment to the day before advance voting begins....

Hana Pilkinton-Ching from Action Stations joins us live to talk about the upcoming roadshow to inform the public on how free dental is possible and the benefits for NZers. Luxon says his govt will continue to "smash the gangs", legal experts says his phrase is a threat of violence in a public setting and has broken the law. The scrapping of Pay Equity - that helped fund Nicola Willis&#39...

How many emergency alerts did you receive overnight? A glitch in the system sent multiple alerts to numerous Kiwis overnight. What happened? Kieran educates theBish on Breakfast this morning on why the nurses were striking because it's not JUST about the moneyKaren Plunket seems to have been internally sanctioned by his Wright Family business partner. His tone has changed, he has at the very l...

Tania Waikato joins us tonight on proposed electoral rules to stop the ability to enrol to vote on election day. Judith Collins, as attorney general, said the rule would be a breach of the Bill of Rights, Christopher Luxon said "who cares:Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former special forces veteran, was employed as a professional soldier at a food distribution site in Gaza. Aguilar has...

Winston Peters joins Moana Maniapoto for a wide-ranging kōrero – covering foreign affairs and Gaza, the Regulatory Standards Bill and the struggle of ‘ordinary New Zealanders.’ Judith Collins spoke with Ryan Bridge on NZ Herald Now today where they spoke of space and a significant increase in the payments for Crown Boards...but noticeably no mention of the Attorney General's statements yesterd...

In a longform conversation, leader of the opposition, Chris Hipkins spoke with NZ Herald about the cost of living, taxing the rich, CGT and and how he thinks this Government is an example of the smaller parties having all the power which he thinks is not a good representation of MMPThe Luxon led Government are seemingly happy to break Bill of Rights as they propose a change to voting laws that, if...

Chlöe Swarbrick was in Christchurch last weekend for the Green's on Tour event talking about their alternative budget and rallying the troops for the 2026 election. South Park's debut episode of it's new season was unabashedly critical of Trump and has made headlines around the world. Germany has recently completed a study of Universal Basic income which has busted the myth of the &quo...

Nicola Willis appears to be fine with the price NZers are paying for butter saying that "I don't think consumers are getting a raw deal" from Fonterra. She then goes on to throw the supermarkets under the bus but still hasn't come up with a solution to the price of butter, just lots of hot air. Craig aka DairyManNZ on TikTok joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about butter and the appro...

When the Government loses Mike Hosking on the price of butter narrative you know it's a bad look. Nicola Willis' chat with Fonterra will achieve nothing and it's all window dressing and it's the consumer that will foot the bill...literally. Will butter prices be the downfall of this government? Will it remain the example of the cost of living crisis getting out of control and will...