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30/10/2025

Pat and Chewie mull over the impact of AI, how to use it ethically...or is that not even possible...and how it really f**cks Emma Thompson off

30/10/2025

Winston Peters is pi**ed about Fonterra selling Fonterra's Mainland, Anchor brands calling it "an outrageous short-sighted sugar hit"

30/10/2025

Last night on 1News Dr Susannah Smith from Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ), shared her concerns about the new draft curriculum and how she was cited in the document as one of the experts behind the new draft, even though she doesn't recognise her fingerprints on any part of the document. Tonight, live at 9pm, Managing Director of PENZ Heemi McDonald joins us to talk about the story and new curriculum.

30/10/2025

Kieran McAnulty was on Breakfast this morning debating Nicola Willis on the recently announced CGT with Willis claiming it was an attack on everyone and that CGT announced by Labour is not targeted as Labour claimed.

30/10/2025

Ivor Popovich, the young ICU doctor who wrote A Dim Prognosis, gives us an insider's look at the best and worst of medicine and healthcare in NZ. He balances stories of bullying, abuse, corruption, overwork, and understaffing, with inspiring stories of seeing lives saved, deep connections with patients and whanau, and growing as a person during the approximately 14 years between starting med school and leaving as a fully-qualified specialist. Along the way, there are insights into health policy, politics, poverty, and ethnicity that make this book required reading for everyone from patients to politicians.

30/10/2025

Kieran McAnulty was on Breakfast this morning debating Nicola Willis on the recently announced CGT with Willis claiming it was an attack on everyone and that CGT announced by Labour is not targeted as Labour claimed.

Last night on 1News Dr Susannah Smith from Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ), shared her concerns about the new draft curriculum and how she was cited in the document as one of the experts behind the new draft, even though she doesn't recognise her fingerprints on any part of the document. Tonight, live at 9pm, Managing Director of PENZ Heemi McDonald joins us to talk about the story and new curriculum.

Winston Peters is pi**ed about Fonterra selling Fonterra's Mainland, Anchor brands calling it "an outrageous short-sighted sugar hit"

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30/10/2025

Asking Barb Edmonds as to why Labour made the decision to use money from a CGT for GP visits instead of, say, into the overall health fund.

30/10/2025

There are a bunch of claims made by Duncan Garner which are opinion...which means they are not measurable...but I'm pretty confident that the majority of Kiwi's would also say those opinions are wrong

30/10/2025

Lots or possibilities before the Labour Party went with a CGT, why did they land on CGT and not land on say value tax or wealth tax

29/10/2025

The Ministry of Education has released a new draft curriculum for years zero to 10, with Education Minister Erica Stanford saying the overhaul will deliver a much needed “refresh” to the 20-year-old curriculum.

29/10/2025

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has had a crack at the Prime Minister's real estate portfolio while making the case for his party's new capital gains tax policy challenging Luxon on the tax plan to "Bring it On"

29/10/2025

Winston Peters throws shade at Christopher Luxon for claiming victory for a improved trade relationship...then quickly backs away

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