The Weekend Collective

Expert Jenny Hale joins the Weekend Collective to discuss financial literacy and how open parents should be with their own finances. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Panel, Shane Te Pou and Matt Heath weigh in on the rise of attack politics in New Zealand, Otago's Larnach Castle making international headlines and Sir Peter Jackson getting into property development. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Economist Tony Alexander joins the Weekend Collective to unpack National's plans to bring back foreign ownership to the housing market. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More and more school students are getting into physical fights, so should parents teach their kids  to resist/avoid/defeat bullies? Nathan Wallis gives his take on things.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the line between contractor and employee getting too blurry? What are the benefits of both? Is one better than the other? Max Whitehead gives his opinion.     LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How important is it to keep up with your vaccinations as you age, and are some more important than others? Dr John Cameron gives his insight.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on The Panel Tim Beveridge was joined by Brad Olsen and Josie Pagani to discuss TVNZ and its lack of transparency over a g overnment agency’s  $300,000 worth of climate-change advertising. They also had a chat about Labours bad polling, and India becoming the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How important is it to keep up with your vaccinations through the ages, and are some more important than others? Dr John Cameron gives us some insight. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump's day trip to an Atlanta jail could have strengthened his campaign to be the Republican Party's Presidential candidate for 2024. He handed himself into Georgia's Fulton County Jail on Friday, facing charges alleging he headed a scheme to overturn the 2020 USA election results. He's the first US President to have a police mug shot taken. But Otago University International Relations Pro...

ACT leader David Seymour has fired back against Chris Hipkins' warning about the Opposition parties. The Prime Minister ruled out working with NZ First, accusing Winston Peters of making trans people the enemy in this campaign. He's also called out Seymour's 'chilling' joke about Pasifika communities and noted some National MPs celebrated the roll-back of abortion rights in the US. David Seymour s...

Chris Hipkins has ruled out working with NZ First and taken aim at the "coalition of chaos", that would be ACT and National. So what does David Seymour think of this? Plus, what on earth is going on in the USA with former US President Donald Trump? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you staying healthy as you're getting older, and if you're not, what can you do? Niki Bezzant joined Tim to give her advice. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Di Leva joined the show to chat about the election and the impact it might have on investment rates. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Financial skills would become a core part of the school curriculum, if Labour is re-elected. The Party's promising to make teaching financial literacy compulsory from 2025. It would mean school leavers will know how to budget, manage bills, invest and open bank accounts. Labour's Education Minister Jan Tinetti says research shows some schools do this well already, but others schools- not so much....

National's Mark Mitchell has proposed some solutions as Countdown increases security in response to retail crime. Over the last six years, the supermarket has seen a more than 600 percent in reported stolen goods and a 300 percent increase in physical assaults. It's now rolling out more specific team training, store design initiatives, push to talk radios and use of CCTV. National Police spokesper...

Supermarket chain Countdown has reported a 663 percent increase in reported stolen goods over 6 years, Mark Mitchell joins The Weekend Collective to discuss what needs to be done about this. Later, Jan Tinetti announces The Labour Party's plans to make financial literacy compulsory in schools. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Expert Dorothy Waide joins The Weekend Collective to discuss the mental health of mums' postpartum. LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Property expert Ashley Church joins The Weekend Collective to discuss the ban on foreign home buyers and whether this is xenophobia or not. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niva Retimanu and Jo McCarroll joined the show this afternoon to discuss Stuart Nash's valedictory speech, David Seymour's Guy Fawkes comments, and the life of Sir Michael Parkinson. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kyle Macdonald chatted with Tim about his new book Sh*t Happens, as well as ways to genuinely cheer yourself up, and how to react to stressful situations. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hannah McQueen joined the show to chat about what’s driving up rents, with wage rises and the shortage of houses a bigger factor than interest rates. Tim and Hannah also discussed Labour's GST policy announcement. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Finance Minister says economists will have to get use to their latest pre-election pitch. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has today announced a boost to the In-Work Tax Credit, which will benefit about 160,000 families. They'll also cut GST from fruit and veggies, to take effect as soon as April 2024. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen has described the idea as pure politics, over economi...

This week on Politics Central, Grant Robertson unpacks Labour's plan to GST on fresh, and frozen fruit and vegetables, if re-elected. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Simon Wilson and Mark Crysell discuss the week in politics, ramping up national defence and security, mushroom poisonings, helping sherpas on the K2 mountain, and a special gift for a football fan. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Parent Squad, psychologist and social commentator Sara Chatwin weighs in on whether phones have a place in schools and whether aggression on the sports sidelines goes too far. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.