Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills

A warning not to fall into the trap of lumping everything into the co-governance basket. Former Attorney General, and ex-National Party Treaty Negotiation Minister, Chris Finlayson, has added his voice on the issue. Act's David Seymour says a referendum on it, would be an election bottom line. Finlayson says people need to understand what co-governance is. He asks if what's being proposed in the h...

Labour MP for the Hutt South Ginny Andersen and National MP Chris Bishop joins Nick Mills for Politics Monday. This week they discuss local body elections, child poverty, Peter Ellis’ convictions being overturned, US President Joe Biden pardoning thousands of Americans convicted for cannabis possession and the cost of living payments.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Former Green Party chief of staff Tory Whanau has claimed Wellington's top job and will be the city's first Māori mayor. Under the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, Whanau romped home with a landslide majority of 16,426 votes over incumbent Andy Foster. She joins Nick Mills in the studio on the day of her induction.  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington Lions captain Du'Plessis Kirifi and halfback TJ Perenara join Nick Mills on Wellington Mornings ahead of their Saturday game against Hawke's Bay. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Wellington mayor Justin Lester and former Porirua mayor Nick Leggett join Nick Mills for Friday Faceoff ahead of the local body election.  They also discuss the Peter Ellis appeal case, Malachi Subecz's death and Manurewa   police posing as window washers. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Irwin joins Nick Mills to fill him him in on all the trendiest gigs on in Wellington, as well as using some musical inspiration to get young people to vote in the local body elections.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newstalk ZB deputy political editor Jason Walls joins Nick Mills to discuss the TVNZ and RNZ merger, the Solomons' foreign minister visiting and Treasury reporting a budget deficit of 9.7 billion-dollars. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National's Nicola Willis and Labour's Ginny Anderson joined Nick Mills on Parliament's recess week. They discussed the PPTA's push to abolish streaming in schools by 2030, and the escalating tensions in Asia, among other big talking points of the week. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's Capital Letter, Wellington Issues Reporter Georgina Campbell tells us why the bus driver shortage in Wellington is only set to get worse. She also discusses the return of fluoridating Wellington's water, and the main reason authorities opted against proposing light rail to Wellington Airport. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand Herald business editor at large Liam Dann joins Nick Mills to discuss homebuyers needing to satisfy the banks that they can service debt, the Reserve Bank expecting to deliver a another 50 basis point hike to the OCR and KiwiSaver members considering their contributions. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every week property expert Matt Ryan joins Nick Mills to talk all things property and to take listeners' calls. This time they discuss developers breaching boundaries, shared mortgage responsibility and rateable values. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington’s mayoralty race enters its final week with Tory Whanau, Paul Eagle and Andy Foster going head-to-head on Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills. New Zealand Herald Wellington issues reporter Georgina Campbell joins Nick straight after to pick apart the debate and answer listeners' questions. LISTEN ABOVE    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington’s mayoralty race enters its final week with Tory Whanau, Paul Eagle and Andy Foster going head-to-head on Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills from 10am. It’s the final countdown. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newstalk ZB sports host Jason Pine joins Nick Mills to discuss the NRL Grand Final, womens sport and the New Zealand National Football League. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Friday Faceoff Nick Mills is joined by Franks Ogilvie director Brigitte Morten and Iron Duke Partners managing director Phil O'Reilly. Together they debate Jayden Meyer's rape sentence being appealed, Kelvin Davis' comments regarding ACT MP Karen Chhour, the latest 1news Kantar Public Poll, police falsely reporting vehicles as stolen and the Road to Zero initiative. LISTEN ABOVE  See...

The World of Wearable Art Awards will take the stage tonight in Wellington, after a two-year hiatus. It means finalists from last year's show,100 designers from 20 countries, finally get their chance to shine. Director of the show Malia Johnston joins Nick Mills ahead of the grand opening. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chief political reporter Aaron Dahmen joins Nick Mills to discuss the latest Kantar Public Poll, Queen Elizabeth's memorial day, whether New Zealand may become a republic, and the first ever U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A staple of Wellington's events calendar is back for 2023. The Homegrown festival has faced cancellations both this year and in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions. But for its 15th anniversary it returns with a line up that includes Drax Project, Shihad and Sir Dave Dobbyn. Homegrown festival director Andrew Tuck says other events have started switching to international artists, now the borders are...

Former Wellington City councillor and public relations specialist Jo Coughlan and Wellington Gold Awards founding director John Dow join Nick Mills for a local body election expert panel. Over the course of an hour they discuss each main mayoral candidate's campaign and the issues they face. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police falsely reported cars as stolen to gain access to powerful databases that record number plates when hunting for the women whose travel sparked the Northland Covid-19 lockdown last October. Detectives identified the cars associated with the women then listed the vehicles as stolen which opened access to Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems operated by two private-sector companies with...

Every week New Zealand Herald Wellington business editor Jenée Tibshraeny joins Nick Mills for Tuesday Business. This week she discusses Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr's speech at a Council of Trade Unions event, and how IRD and Treasury opposed the Government's decision to give the owners of "build-to-rent" housing a tax break. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every fortnight property expert Matt Ryan joins Nick Mills to chat all things property and answer listeners' questions. This week they discuss the idea of a single building standards authority across the Wellington region, how state housing affects the market, prefabricated homes, flatmates sharing agreements and building from scratch.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Newstalk ZB host Jason Pine joins Nick Mills to chat about the Lion's hopeful defence of the Ranfurly Shield against Waikato, the Bledisloe Cup and the All Whites going up against Australia. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PR and events specialist Catherine Rossiter-Stead and political lecturer Bryce Edwards joins Nick Mills for Friday Faceoff.  Together they discuss whether the Government should expel the Russian ambassador to New Zealand, the latest annual Mood of the Boardroom Survey, Tāme Iti's controversial alteration of a painting at the QT Hotel, MP safety, local body elections and Ed Sheeran cancelling his f...

Newstalk ZB deputy political editor Jason Walls chats to Nick Mills live from New York as he covers the Prime Minister's trip to the United Nations' 77th General Assembly. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.