Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast

Changes to provide greater support for domestic violence victims come into force today. The Domestic Violence Victims' Protection Act enhances legal protections in the workplace for people affected by domestic or family violence. It gives victims the right to 10 days of leave and flexible working conditions. The Bill was introduced by Green MP Jan Logie, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Domestic...

A Sandy Hook survivor has offered her advice on how to move forward and heal after a mass shooting.  On 14 December 2012, 20 children and six adults were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. It was an attack that shocked the world, but it was a million times worse for the community and those inside the school who survived. Kaitlyn Roig-Debellis is the Year 1 teacher who saved...

The Christchurch massacre has shown that violent extremism is a global threat. It has focused the world's attention on the rise of far-right extremism and also on the role of tech companies in spreading their ideologies.  EXIT Sweden is an organisation that helps to leave violent extremism and come back to society. They also meet and help people who are on their way to radicalisation. Robert Örell...

A child abuse expert says the allegations against Michael Jackson align with many predatory patterns. An explosive documentary called Leaving Neverland, which detailed Michael Jackson's alleged child abuse, hit New Zealand screens last night. It focuses on two men who say they were sexually abused by the King of Pop when they were children. The film paints the King of Pop as a manipulative child a...

Laura McQuillan is a New Zealand freelance journalist in Canada. Listen to the audio above as she speaks to Kerre McIvor about the scandal which continues to follow Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A leading Cabinet minister in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government resigned Monday, becoming the second minister to step down over a scandal that has shaken the government in an el...

A new survey has allegedly shown that New Zealanders are in favour of more local government control. Kerre McIvor asks if that is really what we want, citing the many high wages in Auckland Council and around the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand has the highest death rate for teenagers and young people among 19 of the world's developed, wealthy countries. It also ranks poorly in terms of adolescent suicide, pregnancies and deaths related to cancer and respiratory illness, according to British healthcare think tank Nuffield Trust. Neuroscience educator Nathan Wallis told Kerre McIvor that these results are concerning.  "We've g...

LISTEN TO KERRE MCIVOR TALK WITH CODY WEDDLE, VENEZUELAN CORRESPONDENT FROM SAN ANTONIO DEL TACHIRA Oppositionleader Juan Guaido has called on the international community to consider "all options" to resolve Venezuela's crisis, a dramatic escalation in rhetoric that echoes comments from the Trump administration hinting at potential U.S. military involvement. Guaido's comments late Saturday came af...

Sir Michael Cullen's working group has today recommended a swathe of changes to New Zealand's tax system. Here they are in a nutshell: Capital gains tax (CGT) to apply after the sale of residential property, businesses, shares, all land and buildings except the family home, and intangibles such as intellectual property and goodwill. Tax rate to be set at the income-earner's top tax rate, likely to...

Britain has found a loophole to deny an Islamic bride access back to the UK. 19-year-old Shamima Begum wants to return home after giving birth at a Syrian refugee camp. But Home Secretary Sajid Javid has blocked her request by revoking her British citizenship. BBC diplomacy specialist Stuart Hughes told Kerre McIvor she appears to have inherited Bangladeshi citizenship through her parents. "A pers...

There are growing international concerns that Russia will attempt to absbrb Belarus as part of Vladimir Putin's plans to hold on to power.  Moscow Times declared over the weekend that Belarus is ready to become part of the superpower, the latest in Putin's long-running goal to acquire the neighbouring country. The comments come after a three day summit between the President and his Belarusian coun...

Kerre talks to mental health advocate Mike King, who was last night named Kiwibank 2019 New Zealander of the Year. Drawing from his own personal experiences, King has bought the serious issues of depression, alcohol and drug abuse and suicide to public attention. Working alongside other mental health professionals, King has been the driving force of many initiatives to shift the way we think about...

I always wondered when the searchers and rescuers in this country would finally snap. It appears that time has come. Queenstown's harbour master and a rescue helicopter pilot based in the South, have come out and said what so many of us have been thinking for years - if people need to be rescued through their own incredibly stupid actions, they should pay for it. Two men were rescued on Sunday nig...

Listen to the audio above as BBC producer Stuart Hughes explains to Kerre McIvor what will happen next following today's defeat of the British PM's Brexit deal. The crushing defeat of Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal make a deadline extension inevitable and a soft Brexit more likely. Even a Brexit cancellation swims into view. In her response after the 432 -202 vote, the British Prime Minister sai...