Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

Today on the show... I want to go beyond the two words ’mental health’ and find out what’s going on with our kids, they are reporting record high levels of anxiety, self harm and our suicide rates are sadly at the top of the OECD index. We will hear from Karyn ... 25 years on the frontline of trying to reduce our awfully high rates of suicide. I’ll talk to Fiona a guidance counsellor in a  college...

Today on the show... Time change people! It's our first evening show and its jam packed. Our special guest tonight is Paddy Gower. He's written a book, This is the F#$%king News. It's hard hitting, honest and eye-opening, and not one to miss. And my fellow Celebrity treasure Island contestant Gaby Solomona joins me to talk all things CTI so far. Get in touch with me - duncan@rova.nz and join us on...

On the show today... Johnny day is in to talk rugby. Surely we will pop the Wallabies won’t we? And what does our team selection say about Razor. New stats show we are no longer drinking like we used to, the dramatic fall in booze consumption. And Nicola Dally-Paki has come the full circle from being broken and totally distraught after her baby boy Moko was killed by caregivers, to now, being a le...

On the show today... The man and his group who want to build a three billion bridge across Auckland harbour. Forget the largesse of a twenty or thirty billion dollar tunnel that would take decades he say. This can be done in ten years. Garth falconer from Reset is the who - he joins us shortly. Ellie Stone. the trained Iranian biologist who helps place prisoners, recovering addicts refugees into j...

In the show today.... Bad news social media is messing with our kids brains, And Covid didn’t help. There’s been a  300% increase in those presenting with mental distress and self harm and suicide is up. We speak to the Cure Kids CEO for their Annual Report. I've got good news as well. The cell phone bans are working and students are getting better results and more engagement and a rugby ball brea...

Today on the show... the man and his group promising to bring a better deal on power prices  for all Aucklanders. We are all paying ridiculously high prices and getting poor returns on the power assets we own and the only winners are the corporates. But Patrick Reynolds says vote his group in and that can change And NZ actor Aidee Walker is my team on Celebrity Treasure Island. She appears to be g...

Today on the show... Irlene Mokaraka was a manager at Foodtsuffs.. 3 years in the job, loved it,  was the main income earner, mother of 6 who told her immediate boss she felt bullied by her. Now she’s out of a job, after a nine month old issue they dug up saying she wrongly used the fuel card last Xmas. Irlene joins us today. We will also talk sport with Johnny Day. The kiwi women went down to Eng...

Today on the show... The new cancer drugs that are now available - the game changing investment by this Government into Pharmac that could save your life - the Cancer Society’s new CEO Nicola Coom joins us Johnny Day is here to talk sport. And John Oliver sent last year’s bird of the year - flying - as in it went massive. So what is your bird of the year for 2024… Nicola Toki from Forest and Bird...

Today on the show... The delusional out of touch nincompoops in charge of your city, who want to reduce transport pollution or emissions by 64% within 5 years. Could you halve the use of your car by 2030 and get about your daily lives on E-bikes and E-scooters and buses or by walking? And the captain of her team in Celebrity Treasure Island, Suzanne Paul is proving quite the controversy on the rea...

Today on the show... 230 people are losing their jobs in small town NZ meanwhile  the government ploughs on with this pointless exercise of tabling a law to define the principles of the treaty. So what’s the damn point? Willie Jackson joins me shortly. And my live show keeps getting banned from Tiktok! What have I done wrong? How can we get this back up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Today on the show... Why can’t we get tourism back on track post COVID? What do the numbers tell us, and why are we struggling to get the people back? Brad Olsen joins us to tell us what’s going on. Former warrior Wairangi Koopu joins me as Celebrity Treasure Island has kicked off! He’s the captain of one of the teams. We ask each other, why are we doing this? And it’s controversial but do our tee...

Today on the show... 4 homicides in 13 days, 5 in a month. The latest: an 18 year old young shot dead in what appears to be a neighborhood dispute gone wrong. What’s going on in Auckland and is it anything to fear? Lance Burdett will explain what’s going on and how we should react. South Africa is the best rugby side in the world. Is Razor up to it? Is this a blip on the way? We will wrap sport wi...

Today on the show... Fresh concerns over the rights of academics at NZ universities to speak out and exercise free speech. A leaked Auckland law school survey where more than 30% of academics say they feel like they can’t speak out and one on three say they feel bullied by University leaders. The country’s biggest ever gaming festival is showcased this weekend in Auckland. The future of gaming, th...

Today on the show... Today the big restructure where you may lose your job. So get ready. How can you design yourself a job and how can you keep your job when the squeeze goes on? What do do you need to do to stay alive in your workplace when the accountants and the grim reaper come demanding change? Also, are we being ripped off when we go on that overseas holiday and change our money or send mon...

Today on the show... Today interest rates fall and the housing market reacts immediately. Brad Olsen joins us to tells us what's going on with housing. And Rory Birkbeck is a Safe Surfer who is trying to keep your kids safe online. The nasties of the internet - sure technology is wonderful thing but Rory will explain how it can go bad, and why were researchers able to access porn at an Auckland pr...

Today on the show... How old is too old to get a job. How hard is it to get a job after the age of 50? When do you become invisible? And what if you’re entirely competent and want work but your age means they never get back to you. Are we ageist and why? Has this impacted you? Love to hear your story. Ian Fraser from Seniors at Work joins us. And Johnny Day joins us to talk all things sport and wh...

Today in the show... It’s the cancer society’s daffodil day, the fundraising drive that might just save your life. One in 3 of us will be affected by cancer in our lifetime. Has it hit your family hard? Do you give generously? And how hard is it to raise money in times like these? Andrew Young, CEO of Cancer Society Auckland & Northland joins us. And John Day is in. All eyes are on South Africa as...

Today on the show... The America's Cup kicks off officially today with the Challenger Series. The only problem is it’s 20 thousand miles away in Barcelona. Are you still interested? Where are the cheap motels and flights Grant Dalton promised when he made his big call to take it to Europe? Are we good enough to defend it? David Blakey, rear commodore with the Royal NZ Yacht squadron discusses this...

Today in the show... In the middle of a doctor shortage dozens of graduate doctors from NZ med schools have been told they will not be hired... incredible. If the Government doesn’t sort this by 6pm tonight, then they really are as useless as I suspect. We’ll also talk to the man who has suspended or frozen the first human body so they can come back to life in 200 years. It’s called cryogenics, if...

Today on the show... Will this fast track law see business actually build infrastructure. If the Government sets the right conditions will the companies front up. Right now factories are closed and jobs have been lost because power is too expensive. We simply can’t keep living like this so, will new generation be built using the fast track process? And are you shocker at managing your car or sorti...

Today in the show... John Day joins us to chat all things sport - America's cup win over night, also the All Blacks in South Africa and Lydia Ko. We chat to All Blacks legend Sam Whitelock. He's written a book 'View from the Second Row'. We chat about that, and about life as an AB. Also a word from our show sponsor, the good folks at About Health.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Today in the show... South Auckland hip hop artist Queen Shirl'e gives everything to her community and worries about the bad stuff and the bad influences infiltrating the streets. She has campaigned against the aggressive booze barons moving into South Auckland. We speak to her about her concerns.  John day is on Sports. Razor cuts Leon but it only raises more questions than it gives answers we wi...

Today on the show... The flakey claims of PM Christopher Luxon. First he claimed our kids were failing a standard that they hadn’t even been tested on. Now it’s a claim of his that 88 percent of young Maori can’t read… but whoops that was 100 percent wrong. What’s the truth? Have our kids gone backwards in reading, writing and maths? When did that first happen and what do we need to be doing about...

Today on the show...  the state of our health system.. The headlines are just so damn pessimistic - how bad is it - and if I got cancer today what are the chances of survival and how do our cancer services shape up? All that money are we making progress? And need some job advice? Tom O'Neil is our man. He’ll sharpen you up, polish your C.V and send you into that job interview like the role was alw...

Today on the show... The population debate - 5.338 million more women than men and the women are older than us but aren't growing fast enough. It seems we are not having enough babies - God knows I did my bit - We speak to Brad Olsen for the numbers. What did you sign up to and agree to - a woman dies after eating at one of Disney’s restaurants and her husband unknowingly signed away all their rig...