Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons

Nathan Wallis is New Zealand's leading Neuroscience Educator, focusing on child development and how the brain works. Nathan explores how the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform our day to day interactions with children and young people. He joins the show every second Tuesday – taking your calls and questions on everything to do with child behaviour, development, how to get through t...

This week on the Highlight Reel James and Tyler get excited about the business end of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Plus they talk the classic office sweep! They discuss people speeding through roadworks, and the possibility drivers may now face fines. Of course, the pair talk the Official Cash Rate staying at 5.5% - and ask the listeners where they are cutting costs. We find out what food James abs...

David Seymour has taken the ACT Party to new heights. He became leader in 2014. Before politics he worked as an electrical engineer in Canada. He's driven a number of projects for the party's policy board with regulatory reform, charter schools and the End Of Life Choice act. ACT Leader David Seymour joined the show for Six And a Song - The Election Edition. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listene...

Newstalk ZB's Chief Political Reporter, Aaron Dahmen joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons to discuss Labour's announcement of a $20 billion transport plan, to be funded by a hike to the fuel tax. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nathan Wallis is New Zealand's leading Neuroscience Educator, focusing on child development and how the brain works. Nathan explores how the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform our day to day interactions with children and young people. He joins the show every second Tuesday – taking your calls and questions on everything to do with child behaviour, development, how to get through t...

This week on The Highlight Reel Tyler Adams fills in for Simon for a couple of days. He and James talk the spate of shootings around New Zealand and what can be done to bring crime under control. Plus they hear the remarkable story of a woman who was threatened at a rugby league game. When Simon returned, the thorny old issue of breastfeeding in public came up for discussion. Plus the lads talked...

Winston Peters  is one of our longest serving members of parliament.   He’s been the leader of New Zealand First since it’s foundation in 93, and has served as Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister, and Treasurer over his career.   He’s been back on the campaign trail with renewed vigour ahead of the election.   A pleasure to welcome Winston Peters on for Six and a Song election edition....

This week on The Highlight Reel Si and James talk the dangers lurking in every lithium-ion battery after a couple of scary e-scooter fires. Plus, there’s some good chat about cat laws and paid parental leave. Add in some revealing talk about the rise of high-end drug use, notably cocaine. And talk about embarrassed - the boys got the wrong end of one story and James couldn't stop laughing! Join Ne...

SI & James asked is it OK to drink milk straight out of the bottle from the fridge? This after a Canadian real estate agent was fined nearly 25 grand after taking a cheeky swig of milk from the bottle in a client's fridge. Listening to that was the highly esteemed Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls. What we didn't know was Jason's dad was also listening and he was quick to put things in...

Raf Manji started his career in banking, he has also worked in finance, governance, strategy, and policy and risk.   He’s worked for start-ups, not-for-profits, and government, spending two terms as a Christchurch City Councillor from 2013 to 2019 – before becoming leader of The Opportunities Party in 2022.     A great pleasure to welcome Raf Manji on for Six and a Song - the election edition.  LI...

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment, Workplace & Information Expert with Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors. He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer all listeners' employment related questions. Today, there were questions about a restructuring, altering the terms of a contract, and holiday pay, among other things. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

This week on The Highlight Reel Si and James talk with a man who chose to live in his car for 8 months while holding down a job looking after others. The pair also discuss disciplining other people's children. Air New Zealand's monster profit turnaround prompts the question is it time airfares came down again? And, Barbie or Oppenheimer? Join Newstalk ZB’s Simon Barnett and James Daniels for The H...

Professor Sir Peter Gluckman is an internationally recognized biomedical scientist, and currently heads Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland. From 2009-2018 he was the inaugural Chief Science Advisor to Prime Ministers Sir John Key, Sir Bill English, and Dame Jacinda Ardern, was Science Envoy for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and is current...

Nathan Wallis is New Zealand's leading Neuroscience Educator, focusing on child development and how the brain works. Nathan explores how the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform our day to day interactions with children and young people. He joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels every second Tuesday – taking your calls and questions on everything to do with child behaviour, developmen...

This week on The Highlight Reel Si and James talk whether they’d ditch their day jobs to chase their dreams for a year. Plus, there’s plenty of discussion about Victoria ditching the 2026 Commonwealth Games. A sombre day on Thursday as Si and James discuss the Auckland CBD shooting – which left three people dead. But it was an uplifting end to the week, as the boys celebrate the Football Ferns ama...

Today’s guest for Six and A Song is a car nut. He’s a fitness freak. He loves good food and wine. He’s also a clean-freak, he doesn’t like a mess and LOVES his Dyson. He’s opinionated and, it has to be said, he’s a pretty good broadcaster. The one and only Mike Hosking joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels for this weeks Six and A Song. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

So much talk these days about soft sentences for criminals and how the final sentence is reached in any given court case. Criminal Barrister Steve Cullen was listening to Newstalk ZB's Simon Barnett and James Daniels on the day of the Auckland construction site shooting, and he called in to offer some insight to the processes involved. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

And a lucky coincidence has stopped one worker from going to the construction site where the shooting went down. Earl says the downtown CBD site is one he regularly works on and he was set to go there this morning. He says it was pure chance he wasn't there. LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A moment of magic on the show today as, unknown to Simon, one of his colleagues went to the same college as he did. That was not all that was revealed. Listen as newsreader Susie Nordqvist tells the story to Simon Barnett and James Daniels. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie Lowe fell off a curb in Cambodia - resulting in a fractured spine - his family are now facing a substantial bill to return him to New Zealand. Charlie's sister, Lena, called in to Newstalk ZB's Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons to urge travellers to purchase insurance and talk about her brother's dire situation. A GiveALittle page has been set up to help the family with the mounti...

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment, Workplace & Information Expert with Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors. He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer all listeners' employment related questions. Today, there were questions about contracts, an employer hiding leave balances, and a dispute involving someone driving their employer's vehicle while taking Tramadol and other med...

The latest body blow for the Commonwealth Games has renewed debate about its place on the sporting calendar. The New Zealand Olympic Committee say they're "incredibly disappointed" by the Victorian state government's call to ditch their hosting of the 2026 Comm Games, due to rising costs. The Commonwealth Games were plagued by similar issues in 2017 when Durban pulled the plug on hosting the 2022...

This week on The Highlight Reel: Simon is reunited with James in the studio for the first time this year after broadcasting from his garage. The pair ask Labour voters how they feel as Chris Hipkins rules out a wealth tax on the back of bad polls , and contemplate the idea of renting out a room to help pay the bills.   And as more and more Kiwis head across the ditch to live in Australia , Si &amp...

Claim and counter-claim over the Ministry of Education's decision to install synthetic carpet in 600 rural schools. It's awarded the carpet tender for its Improving Classrooms for Small and Remote Schools' programme to a US nylon manufacturer - opting against using New Zealand wool. Simon Barnett & James Daniels were batting the argument back and forth when they got two informed callers with g...

Si & James back in the studio together today and Si was fizzing about THAT Sam Cane pitch invader trip. Fresh off the plane from Mendoza, Newstalk ZB Rugby Commentator Elliott Smith joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to give his view. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.