Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills

Wellington mornings host Nick Mills went above and beyond to make sure one of his listeners received the Covid-19 vaccine. 83-year-old Gloria phoned up the show last week saying she was unable to get the vaccine due to her frail health. Nick subsequently promised to transport Gloria to the Heretaunga Christian Centre to receive the injection, on what turned out to be a wet and gloomy Wellington Mo...

Newstalk ZB caller Gloria, from Upper Hutt, is nearly 84 and explained to Nick that she was going to struggle to get to her Covid-19 vaccination appointment when it was sorted. Nick made the promise he could take her there, so once her appointment was locked in Nick was more than happy to keep his promise, and he's heading out to take Gloria there with producer Rosie Gordon on Friday afternoon. LI...

Economist Brad Olsen and lawyer Brigitte Morten joined Nick in the studio to wrap the week, discussing the farmer protests, Covid vaccines and the Viking Bay's arrival in Wellington with Covid-infected crew members. Also on the agenda - why Wellingtonians suddenly became interested in a baby orca and English football on the same week! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty says today's Howl of a Protest event across the country will undermine the good work that farmers are doing in regards to the environment and climate change. Friday's protest sees thousands of farm vehicles rumbling through cities in protest against what farmers say is increasing interference from the Government, unworkable regulations and unjustified costs. LISTEN ABO...

Tommy's Real Estate Sales Director Nicki Cruickshank told Nick Mills people are moving out of central Wellington as the housing stock dips and the capital's housing market becomes one of the hottest in the world. It comes as soaring house prices saw the city ranked as the third hottest housing market in the world in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest Knight Frank Global Residential...

Berhampore School Principal Mark Potter told Nick Mills a number of parents at his school have offered to pay for teacher aides, but the school does not accept that money. Potter said childrens' education is suffering and more resource is needed for government-funded teacher aides. It follows an Auckland mum being told she can't keep paying 10-thousand dollars a year for help for her eight-year-ol...

Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre will be lit up in the colours of the transgender flag while the controversial group Speak Up For Women holds an event there on Thursday night. In this week's Capital Letter, NZ Herald Wellington Issues Reporter Georgina Campbell told Nick the group opposes proposed amendments in a Bill enabling people to self-identify their sex on their birth certificate without...

Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry told Nick Mills areas such as Petone have boomed, but this success has come at a cost to issues such as housing. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thirteen more crew members have tested positive for Covid-19 in managed isolation after coming off a ship docked at Wellington - and another ship has docked at Port Taranaki with crew suffering "flu-like" symptoms. The Ministry of Health confirmed new cases aboard the Viking Bay in Wellington on Tuesday morning. Two members of the crew tested positive last week. At least one has the highly infecti...

Nick Mills talks to former Newstalk ZB Wellington Mornings presenter Tim Fookes who's now in New South Wales about the state's Covid-19 outbreak. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A ship carrying two mariners with Covid-19 has docked in Wellington. Deep-sea fishing vessel Viking Bay, has been off Taranaki's coast since they tested positive. Strict controls are in place for its arrival, but it has still prompted some concern from locals.  Labour MP Ginny Anderson told Nick Mills there's no need to be concerned. "It's not like they are going to be standing out the front catch...

In the return of the Friday Faceoff Panel, Nick Mills is joined by Josie Pagani and Kerry Prendergast to discuss the National Party's latest damning poll, nurse strikes, Wellington's character protected housing, and how the city has lost its shine recently. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Almost 90 per cent of land parcels in Wellington's inner residential zone are covered by character protection, it can be revealed. The figure has left city councillor Laurie Foon angry. She told Newstalk ZB's Nick Mills on Wellington Mornings she "felt really sick and stunned" when she found out just how much of the city has been protected from development. Foon said the inner suburbs were exactly...

As Tokyo authorities prepare to declare a state of emergency weeks out from the Olympics, we catch up with Dave Clareburt, the father of Wellington swimmer Lewis Clareburt who's off to his first Olympic Games this month. He told Nick Mills he trusts organisers to take care of his son and the rest of the competitors. "We're going to trust the people in charge... we don't have any major concerns, we...

Nick Mills and Adam Cooper from Newstalk ZB Sport joined 13-year-old Ben Pettit in between training at North City Tenpin in Porirua, following him claiming the National Open Tenpin bowling title. Ben's parents Paul and Paulette also joined in the discussion. Watch the video as Nick and Adam attempt to match Ben's class on the lanes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick's first weekly chat with NZ Herald Wellington Issues Reporter Georgina Campbell focuses on the thousands of monthly cancellations the regions bus services are facing, along with an explanation of the Three Waters Reform and where things are at with the quake repairs of Wellington's Town Hall and the St. James Theatre. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster joined new ZB Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills for the first time this morning. The two discussed Wellington's ongoing infrastructure issues, where the Three Waters plans fit into that, how well the council reacted to the weather last week, a car-free Wellington CBD, and whether he would have stood for Mayor if he knew how severe the problems are with the council -...

Wellington Mornings returns on July 5th, with well-known Wellington identity and entrepreneur Nick Mills to host the Newstalk ZB morning show. Nick Mills has been a long-time owner of the Saints basketball franchise and owns several restaurants and bars in the capital. “Nick is as passionate about the Wellington region as anybody I know, but he has also proven he’s prepared to speak out when thing...