Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

Duncan issues a strong warning to parents about the dangers of online gambling targeting children, especially during school holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duncan interviews Shay Peters from Robert Walters Recruitment to discuss the current state of the job market in New Zealand. Covering the significant decline in job advertisements, especially in Wellington, and the impact of these changes on job seekers. Shay shares advice on leveraging one's background, being regionally mobile, and the importance of continuous upskilling. The conversation also to...

We dive into the pressing issues surrounding New Zealand's water infrastructure. With Three Waters gone, smaller councils face enormous challenges in delivering clean water. Ron Mark, Mayor of Carterton, shares his insights on potential solutions, including the amalgamation of councils. We also hear from David Graham of the Billy Graham Youth Foundation on funding cuts, and Shay Peters from Robert...

We discuss the state of the education system midway through the school year, touching on significant changes, challenges, and innovations. Topics include the new minister Erica Stanford's policies, such as the focus on reading, writing, and math and the ban on cell phones. We also delve into concerns about truancy, student performance, teacher shortages, and the relevance of the curriculum. Claire...

  A solution to our GP shortage. Grant and Louise Schofield from Prekure have a solution to our shortage of medical professionals  Turbulence again! Is this the new norm for flying? Halfway through the school year and end of term 2. How are the new national rules going? Also, how do deal with parent teacher interviews (which are now called 'student conferences' cause you have to take the kid with...

On the show today: Andrew Galloway from Alcohol Healthwatch: Alcohol levvy charges increasing & is it actually doing anything to stop alcohol harm? No is the answer. Why not though? Kings College...and why they are cheats.  Flight Centre GM Heidi Walker: Why flights are so bloody expensive, and where to go this school holidays. Plonker Rankings: We have a brand new Plonker! Learn more about your a...

On the show today: Joe Biden, or should we call him The Mumble In The Jungle, seemed incoherent and quite frankly out-of-it in the first Presidential debate of 2024. USA political scientist Maria Armoudian joins us to figure answer 'what's the go with Sleepy Joe?', should he stand down, and also, the remarkably dangerous Project 2025... Huge week for the housing sector in NZ - Bright line testing...

On the show today: Have you switched power companies? Consumer NZ joins us to discuss how much you can save this winter if you make the switch. Idiots at the council table - Andrew Bydder called the mayor of Hamilton a spastic, r*****ed, c word....and then there's Nobby Clark who likes to sling the N word around. Why do we vote in such bafoons? And what can be done about these eggs before it gets...

The  controversial Welcome to Sex children's book has caused a real stir in Aussie and one retailer has removed it from the shelves. There's been an uproar over the graphic illustrations of sexual positions, masturbation, LGBTIQ lssues, anal sex and much moreThe book, written by broadcaster Yumi Stynes with teen magazine advice columnist Dr Melissa Kang, covers sexual topics with illustrations and...

On the show today: Was the public pressure too much for the coalition government to take? It appears so, as they've dished out $604M to funding cancer drugs. Cancer drug campaigner and legend Malcolm Mulholland joins us, as well as cancer patient Akhil Chaudary to discuss what this means for them and others who have been through cancer themselves or with loved ones. Sex...when's it too early to di...

On the show today: We get to the bottom of what went wrong on the Interislander's Aratere ferry that ran aground on the weekend. John Day is in to wrap a huuuuge sporting weekend. Should 12 year olds go to jail? Are this government now officially cutting the country into submission...has there been enough evidence now to say that we're doing without essentials at the hands of the cuts being made? ...

From a high flying career, to putting it on hold when having kids, to remarkably bouncing back to being more successful than ever before - this is the story of Tina Nettlefold; a story that, no doubt, many will resonate with.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the show today: Is this government the worst for conservation in our history? Forest & Birds' Nic Toki certainly thinks so. Especially when the Minister Tama Potaka reckons 'you can't save everything'... John Day on what is a colossal sporting weekend - Super Rugby final, Euro, Wahs v Titans... Is Mount Maunganui becoming like the Gold Coast? Developer Peter Cooney says something's not quite ri...

Student nurse Michelle Marshall joins me to talk about Health NZ's freeze on hiring nursing graduates. This really is a perplexing story...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the show today: Health NZ are putting a hiring freeze on frontline staff. No cuts to frontline says this government, so what do they do? - cut the frontline... Michelle Marshall, a nursing student, joins us to share her frustration at the governments short-sighted decision. Auckland FC - The new Super City football side that reckons they can win over Phoenix fans. They start October 19th - so c...

Brooke Van Velden ran into the Editor In Chief today, and was asked some pretty up the guts questions. How are this government expecting new changes to the removal and monitoring of child exploitation related content to work when they can't guarantee 11 jobs will stay in this area? Duncan goes deep into this with the minister.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the show today Minister of Internal Affairs, Brooke Van Velden, joins us. A recent win for child exploitation and the removal of child porn on NZ sites, but job cuts are still expected in this sector...can the minister assure the public that they actually take child exploitation seriously, then? Holly Brooker and Jo Robertson launched the ‘makes sense’ campaign,  which called on the government...

On the show today: One NZ have got themselves in a pickle with a new ad that, according to Annie Oxborough, is 'adoption p*rn'. 1 in 5 Kiwis have a hazardous battle with the booze. Janet Thompson from the Retreat NZ is calling for Kiwi workplaces to support their staff with alcohol issues.  Brad Olsen on GDP and how we get our economy out of disarray.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Today we discuss the ongoing search in Marokopa for Tom Phillips and his children with former top cop Lance B3urdett. We'll also cover the Prime Minister's travel issues, a sports recap with John Day, the rise of 'dumbphones' with Ian Howard, and have three questions about public service pay, prison drug counseling, and phone usage.  03:54 Lance Burdett - The Search for Tom Phillps and his kids 12...

On the show today: National are reinstating live exports. Dr John Hellstrom was the chief veterinary officer for the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries back when live exports started in NZ, and he says it's not only cruel, but reinstating could lead to a huge reputational demise of this country.  John Day on sport and how crap the Blackcaps were. Holly Bennett from 3 Gals 1 Beehive wraps the we...

Well...your move now, RNZ...or is it more 'checkmate' RNZ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the show today: Driver licensing - how hard is it to nail this down in modern NZ? REAPS are doing some good work to help this in the rural community Small businesses are battling. Xero's Bridget Snelling on what's causing SMEs to fall while others are randomly bucking the trend? Are RNZ trying to be too cool, and what the hell is a 'rat man'? Ron Mark on the proposal to have a Georgina Beyer st...

Dr. Afraz Adam was an urgent care medical doctor for decades before he opened up his men's health clinic, Doctor 360. He deals with all sorts of men's health issues: low testosterone, hot flushes, erectile dysfunction, and this thing called "manopause," which is like menopause but for men! It's also Men's Health Week this week.   Let's talk to him about what's happening in this space.  And just a...

On the show today: How can we avoid getting absolutely trounced when we fill up our car, and what Kiwi company Waitomo are doing to stop the chokehold that big offshore fuel companies are having on us? Waitomo CEO Simon Parham joins us. The light at the end of a tragic tunnel for the construction industry's battle with mental health - Site manager Alan Farragher has helped create a hi-viz kit that...

On the show today: Our young men have a porn problem, and it's leading to serious, horrific crimes. Ruth Money, victims advocate, joins us to talk the hard truths about what is going on in our society. It is chilling. And we need our dads to step up. Face it. Jo Robertson joins us to provide a solution to our porn problem. How does it effect our young men? How do we step up as parents in this spac...