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Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine.   She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing.   Every second Wednesday Niki takes listeners' questions and calls on everything nutrition, food, and health. This week we had some great questions on staying healthy during Lockdown, the best nut to eat a...

Covid-19 has slammed a huge dent in the number of New Zealand businesses. About 35,000 have closed in the past year. Business New Zealand CEO Kirk Hope says that number is double the norm for annual business closures. However Hope says about 30,000 businesses have formed in the same period the 35,000 closed. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Confirmation Delta has jumped from Auckland to Wellington . The Ministry of Health's confirmed our Covid-19 outbreak's grown by 11 cases Of those new cases -- eight are in Auckland and three are in the capital. Those three had recently travelled to Auckland and visited a location of interest. We now have a total of 31 community cases. Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker told Simon Barnet...

There are 11 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, including three in Wellington. It brings our total to 31. The Ministry of Health says the three in Wellington had recently travelled to Auckland and visited a location of interest there. Nineteen cases are now confirmed as part of the Auckland outbreak, with the remaining 12 under investigation to confirm the linkage to the outbreak. Newstalk ZB...

Cabinet’s agreed to make the Pfizer jab available to everyone aged 12 years old and over. The Prime Minister says they’ll be able to book with other young people from next month. Medsafe granted provisional approval for the move in June. From tomorrow – parents and caregivers who are already eligible - can book their children in at the same time. Ardern says an estimated 265 thousand people are in...

Ashley Bloomfield says our Covid Delta outbreak has grown to a total of 21 in the community - with 11 more today. Two people are in hospital with covid - one in their 20s and one in their 40s ... and are stable All other cases are being put in quarantine, or are there already. Eight cases are being investigated and aren't formally linked, but likely are part of the cluster. Three new cases in MIQ...

Scotty "Sumo" Stevenson is a fixture on our screens when it comes to sports commentary in New Zealand.  During his time at SKY Sport he had roles ranging from Sport Rugby Commentator, Editor of SKY Sport the Magazine, writer and presenter of Documentary Series Local Heroes.  He’s written several books, including Kieran Read Straight 8, Cory Jane Winging it, and Stephen Donald – Beaver.   He’s curr...

Simon Barnett and James Daniels get Michael Baker to answer some questions from their listeners about Covid:19 and the Delta variant. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barry Soper calls out Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for not being willing to front up on The Mike Hosking Breakfast today after she cancelled her regular spot on the show earlier this year. Ardern did appear on competing brand The AM show this morning. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Covid-19 community case in Auckland has been announced by The Ministry of Health this afternoon. Speaking to Simon Barnett and James Daniels on NewstalkZB, Barry Soper said cabinet will likely relay a decision on a lockdown to the public between 5 and 6pm. A source Soper spoke to has told him that the case is unvaccinated and often travels between Auckland and the Coromandel. LISTEN ABOVE See om...

Health officials are scrambling to identify the link in a new Covid-19 community case in Auckland. So far, authorities haven't traced the infection back to the border or MIQ. Siouxsie Wiles says that while we don't know what strain of Covid the new case has yet, given that Delta is the dominant strain, we can probably assume it's Delta until we hear otherwise. She also encourages people not to pan...

A youth accused of fatally stabbed Zion Purukamu has made his first appearance in youth court today. Purukamu died after being injured at a party in Fendalton on Friday night. Two other youths were also stabbed (aged 14 and 17) who are in a serious condition in Christchurch Hospital. The accused has entered 3 not guilty pleas and trial by jury. The case will now be transferred to the high court. S...

The Government will no longer go ahead with part of the deal to support The Lord of the Rings TV series, after Amazon Studios decided to quit New Zealand and shift production to the United Kingdom. In a statement, Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said he was disappointed by the decision. "The Government was informed of the decision yesterday. "Amazon Studios advised that post-production w...

An icon of NZ television, Jude Dobson has endeared herself to generations of Kiwis.   From Sale of the Century to 5.30 with Jude, we’ve grown up with her in our living rooms.   She’s now a multi-talented producer, with her own production company Homegrown Television in which she’s produced and fronted TV series’ Raising Children, Homegrown and Nought to five.   More recently Jude has turned her at...

New Zealand has been given a a glimpse of when we're re-opening to the rest of the world... but some details are lacking. From next year, people coming from countries deemed 'low risk' won't have to isolate at MIQ. Jacinda Ardern has laid out the plan this morning, but she was light on some details... including specific dates. She says the Government will be in a position in the first quarter of n...

Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine.   She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing.   Every second Wednesday Niki will be taking your questions and calls with Simon Barnett & James Daniels on everything nutrition, food, and health. This week we had some great questions on sugar in fruit,...

Professional athlete Cameron Brown called into Simon Barnett & James Daniels Afternoons today to discuss the role sponsorship and High Performance Sport NZ "PEG grants" play in the life of a modern day sport. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A freshwater ecologist says that farmers should be gifted a one-off $12 billion payment to stop dairying and convert to industries with a lower carbon footprint. Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Mike Joy says taxpayers are paying $400 per kilogram of nitrate per hectare per year through a scheme organized by regional councils to compensate for farmers removing nitrate from lakes. He says tha...

Kiwi rowing legend Hamish Bond has returned from his fourth Olympics, where he was part of the success of the men's eight who took gold in Tokyo Bond is now in MIQ along with other returning Olympians. He joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to talk about this Olympic campaign.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The simple act of hugging: Simon and James discover it can be contentious in certain situations. So what's in a hug? Would you hug your workmates? Would you feel comfortable with your children hugging their teacher? And are we thinking too much about when it's ok to hug? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A sensational afternoon in Tokyo, as our rowers collect two more golds and a silver. The men's eight won gold in a nail biting race over Germany to close the show. They followed a silver medal performance from the women's eight and a gutsy gold medal race from Emma Twigg -- who took out the women's single sculls. Friend Of The Show and double gold medalist Eric Murray shared his joy with Simon Bar...

Barbara Kendall really is a national icon.   She competed in 5 Olympic Games winning every colour medal, starting with gold in Barcelona 1992. She also won 11 world championship medals and 25 national championships during her athletic career in International Windsurfing.  She’s remained heavily involved in the Olympic movement with roles on many different International commissions and executive bo...

The trans-Tasman bubble will close at midnight tonight to all Australian states and territories for at least eight weeks. For the next week there will be managed return flights for New Zealand citizens and residents. Anyone coming from New South Wales still needs to go into MIQ for 14 days. Epidemiologist Michael Baker told Simon and James a full suspension is easier to implement than keeping the...

Sir Stephen Tindall is one of New Zealand’s most successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists. He of course founded The Warehouse Group in 1982, growing it into one of our most successful brands, before co-founding, with his wife, The Tindall Foundation, now Australasia’s single largest philanthropic trust. In 2015 he was named New Zealander of the Year and in 2019 became a Knight Grand Companion...

It's been 10 days since Toa was found stranded on Plimmerton rocks. Toa was transferred to a man-made pool last Thursday after storms were forecast for Wellington. Neither volunteers nor the orca can go back into the water until the regional council gives the all clear for post-storm pollution. Marine Biologist Professor Karen Stockin says the longer Toa is with humans, the harder and more stressf...