Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons

The transport watchdog wants regulation of all recreational boats and skippers in the wake of its probe into a fatal boat capsizing. In October 2021, the boat capsized on Auckland's Manukau Harbour bar, killing three of the four people on board. The report recommends the Ministry of Transport consider compulsory licensing and education of skippers. Chief Commissioner Jane Meares says that could lo...

Rob Campbell has been in the headlines a lot this year after his very public removal as chair of Te Whatu Ora.   He has been described as a 'colossus of corporate New Zealand', but it was as a committed trade unionist that he first came to public prominence,  frequently incurring the wrath of then Prime Minister Rob Muldoon.  In the late 1980s, Rob Campbell resigned from his union roles and took o...

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, he joined the show to answer questions about changing employment agreements, restraints of trade and on-call rates - among other things. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/list...

New Zealand Professional Boxer Mea Motu's name has grabbed the headlines in recent weeks as she prepared to claim the IBO super bantamweight world title on the Fight For Life card. She's won amateur bouts, professional bouts and more New Zealand titles then any other female boxer. It was a great pleasure to welcome World Champion Mea Motu onto the show for this week's Six And A Song.   See omnystu...

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...

As we are heading into the winter flu season it was timely to invite Dr Anthony Jordan, the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre’s clinical director to join us on the show again. Dr Jordan is one of our leading immunologists and he joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer listeners questions. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People have just a few more days to get help from census collectors - before final notices are sent out. It applies to all areas except the Far North, Te Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay where the collection period was extended to June 1 because of Cyclone Gabrielle. Census collectors will be in the community until Wednesday. They'll also be at the Warriors game at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland this week...

Broadcasting and Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson has had a colourful career in and outside of politics.   Aged 21, Willie Jackson became the youngest ever freezing works union president. He was a union organiser, and a club bouncer in South Auckland, before becoming a record label executive and a band manager of Moana and the Moa Hunters, he was also a successful broadcaster, covering ev...

The wealthiest New Zealanders pay tax at half the rate of ordinary people, an IRD report has found. An IRD study into the tax rate paid by a sample of 311 New Zealanders found they paid a median effective tax rate of 9.4 per cent. Treasury reckons a comparable tax rate for a “middle wealth” Kiwi was 20.2 per cent - that rate includes GST they pay and any benefits someone might receive like Working...

Claims have come more needs to be done against those convicted of coward punches. New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters is renewing calls for a one-punch law. It comes after Regan Robson-Khan was sentenced to nine months of home detention after he assaulted Wynton King outside a Christchurch bar last October. King will never be able to drive, work or play rugby again. Peters told Newstalk ZB's...

A stay-at-home Kiwi mum has gone viral on TikTok for sharing the true cost of going back to work after having children. Anna Catley, 31, from Napier, shares a 2-year-old son and 10-month-old twin daughters with her husband, 30, who works full-time. Catley worked as a sales and marketing manager for Cherri Global, which grows and exports cherries, before going on maternity leave. After her twins we...

Yesterday’s 50 point lift in the Official Cash Rate means far more pain for New Zealand families, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Mortgage-holders up and down the country were holding their breath and hoping for some relief. Instead, they’ve been given another punch in the guts. Nicola Willis joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels on the showw. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/...

The Reserve Bank has today lifted the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points to 5.25 per cent. The 11th successive hike, it takes the rate to its highest level since December 2008. The bank says inflation is still too high and persistent, and employment is beyond its maximum sustainable level. The recent severe weather events in the North Island have led to higher prices for some goods and services...

You’ll have heard this name a bit of late: Kai Kara-France is one of New Zealand’s most successful sports stars on the MMA world stage.    He started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 10, and started training in mixed martial arts as a whole in high school.   In November 2010, Kara-France began his professional MMA career with a first-round TKO win over Ray Kaitiana.   Now there’s a bri...

Construction on a second Waitematā harbour crossing will begin in 2029, the Government announced this morning as it unveiled five options: tunnels, bridges or a combination of both. The Government also confirmed that for the first time, there will be a regular walking and cycling connection across the harbour. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told media at the announcement this morning that “the secon...

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, he joined the show to answer questions about redundancy, misconduct and disclosing criminal convictions, among other things. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Geoff Ross is a proud and passionate kiwi.   He was born and raised on a Dairy and Deer Farm south of Auckland. He attended Lincoln University where he graduated with a B Com (Agricultural).   He’s a serial entrepreneur, best known for founding the globally successful vodka brand 42 Below with his wife Justine.   But Geoff Ross was always going to be a farmer – he just got there via a long and win...

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 fortnightly taking your calls and questions on everything to do with child behaviour, development, how to g...

Directly off the back of Stuart Nash's demotion, Jason Walls joined Simon and James to take a look at everything that has gone down. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a very successful international career in banking, Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell had a challenging entry to politics after bullying claims arose just a week after his maiden speech in Parliament.   The dust has well and truly settled now as he prepares to hold the seat in this year’s election. So who is he and why did he want to get into politics?   A great pleasure to welcome Sam Uffindell on f...

Stuart Nash has given up his police portfolio after the backlash over his revelation he'd once phoned the Police Commissioner over a court decision. Nash made the admission on Newstalk ZB this morning, saying he'd asked the Commissioner if a particular court judgment would be appealed. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says contacting the Police Commissioner was inappropriate, as was Nash's defence of...

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, he joined the show to answer questions about a physical assault at work, bullying, and asking an employee about their health, among other things. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio...

A quiet evening on the deck shooting the breeze and listening to music ended with a midnight dash for medical help and fears for the safety of children in a remote Central Otago village. Steve Easton and his mate Mike Mitchell, both of Oamaru, were on the deck of Easton’s St Bathans holiday cottage on Tuesday night when they heard a noise in the garden. Looking down, they saw a sow with six piglet...

Matty McLean is a familiar friendly face on New Zealand television screens and has virtually grown up on camera.    Earlier this month he was revealed as the winner of Treasure Island Fans vs Faves.   Matty McLean joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels for Six And A Song. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Operator of Innovative Education Consultants and former rugby player, Alwyn Poole, has penned an opinion-piece in the NZ Herald making the case for an age limit of 17 to be put in place for First XV rugby. Poole joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to explain the rationale behind his piece. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.