/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/rss 九一星空无限 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:55:28 Z en /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/chris-luxon-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/chris-luxon-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio/ National Leader Christopher Luxon joined Kerre Woodham live in studio to take calls and answer questions from listeners. WATCH ABOVE Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:30:34 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/chris-hipkins-live-with-kerre-woodham/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/chris-hipkins-live-with-kerre-woodham/ Not even Covid can keep Chris Hipkins down. He joined Kerre Woodham over Zoom to take calls and answer questions. WATCH ABOVE Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:43:35 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-david-seymour-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-david-seymour-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio/ Watch live as Act Leader David Seymour joins 九一星空无限talk ZB Kerre Woodham Mornings live in studio to take your calls. LISTEN ABOVE Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:45:44 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/christopher-luxon-national-party-leader-joins-newstalk-zb-kerre-woodham-mornings-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/christopher-luxon-national-party-leader-joins-newstalk-zb-kerre-woodham-mornings-in-studio/ Christopher Luxon joined 九一星空无限talk ZB Kerre Woodham Mornings live in studio to take your calls. LISTEN ABOVE Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:39:36 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-joins-kerre-woodham-mornings-to-take-your-calls/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-joins-kerre-woodham-mornings-to-take-your-calls/ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins joins Kerre Woodham live in studio to take your talkback calls. WATCH ABOVE Mon, 22 May 2023 21:44:50 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-leader-of-the-opposition-christopher-luxon-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio-to-take-your-calls/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-leader-of-the-opposition-christopher-luxon-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio-to-take-your-calls/ Leader of the Opposition, Christopher Luxon, joined Kerre Woodham live in studio to take your calls and answer your questions. WATCH ABOVE Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:37:19 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-joins-zb-s-kerre-woodham-answers-listeners-questions/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-prime-minister-chris-hipkins-joins-zb-s-kerre-woodham-answers-listeners-questions/   Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says Te Whatu Ora’s publishing of incorrect emergency department wait time data is “unacceptable”, but maintains mistakes do happen. Hipkins is joining 九一星空无限talk ZB’s Kerre Woodham at 10am today for a one-hour session, including taking listeners’ questions. You can watch the livestream here. Today’s interview follows good news for Labour and Hipkins in the latest political poll. The party has taken the lead in the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll for the first time since March 2022, hitting 35.5 per cent - a rise of 1.1 points on last month’s poll. But the lead is wafer-thin, National is on 34.8 per cent, up 0.4 points. Thanks to Act’s support, National would still be in government on this poll. The minor parties are being squeezed: Act is on 9.3 per cent, a fall of 2.4 points, while the Greens hover close to the 5 per cent threshold, falling 2.1 points to 5.7 per cent. If the Greens fell below 5 per cent, they would need Chlöe Swarbrick to retain her seat of Auckland Central to stay in Parliament. Of the smaller parties, NZ First polled 4.2 per cent, New Conservatives 2.5 per cent, Top polled 1.7 per cent, and the Māori Party polled 1.4 per cent. Translated into seats, Labour is up three seats on last month’s poll to 49, while National is up two seats to 48. Act is down two seats to 13 and the Greens are also down two seats to eight. The Māori Party is down one seat to two. National leader Christopher Luxon continues to be outgunned in the popularity stakes. His net favourability has increased by 3 points from -5 per cent to -2 per cent. That compares to Hipkins’ favourability of +33 per cent, up 6 points. Hipkins even has net favourability among National voters. “My feet have barely hit the ground”, Hipkins tells Woodham about how it’s been going as Prime Minister since Jacinda Ardern resigned earlier this year. On education, Hipkins said school attendance had trended down since 2015 but was severely impacted by Covid-19 in from 2020. He was slightly critical of more recent actions of the Ministry of Education, saying it was “probably over-cautious” in its reluctance in allowing children to return to school after Cyclone Gabrielle. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on the ground in Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo / Warren Buckland Hipkins restated his support for merging New Zealand’s 16 polytechnics into a single entity. There had been about 8000 teachers joining the industry in the 18 months, something Hipkins believed was a good level of recruitment in an “incredibly competitive market” globally. Asked how the Government could retain young people in the country, Hipkins identified wage growth as a vital factor. “New Zealand’s wage growth needs to be more competitive ... we’re dealing with a skilled labour shortage right across the world. “That necessity to grow our own more, invest more in upskilling, that has never been more essential.” He said he wasn’t opposed to bringing in overseas workers but didn’t think “throwing open the borders” and letting lots of people in would solve the current labour issues. Woodham confessed the one time she “really, really disliked” Hipkins was when he admitted Auckland was in Covid lockdown for too long. Asked about the health system, Hipkins said emergency department wait times were exacerbated by the lack of after-hours options, like in Hipkins’ area of the Hutt Valley. He said too many people were showing up to EDs with preventable ailments but things that should be dealt with by GPs. “There’s no question, our health workforce is under pressure.” Health Minister Ayesha Verrall has come under pressure after Te Whatu Ora published incorrect ED wait time data. Photo / Jed Bradley Hipkins said one of the challenges he’s always felt was the public’s need for answers while working with imperfect information. “You’re not always working on perfect information.” He referenced how when Covid-19 outbreaks occurred, people would demand to know whether rumours they’d heard were true but the Government was unable to confirm them. On Te Whatu Ora’s publishing of incorrect ED wait time data, Hipkins said that was unacceptable. “Clearly they put some data up that was incorrect and that’s unacceptable, that will happen from time to time.” He also accepted he’d said the wrong figure with respect to ram raids but defended the Government’s record by highlighting ram raids had been consistently trending down. Taking a question from a Gisborne resident about the Government allowing extensive tree planting, Hipkins said there should be more discussions about land-use. “There’s an active debate around that and there’s probably more we need to do in that area.” Hipkins emphasised the importance of getting inflation under control, saying it was “still hurting people” while acknowledging its global impact. On housing and anti-social tenants, Hipkins said it wasn’t appropriate to simply boot people out because it created further problems. “Kainga Ora has always been that housing provider of last resort and it will continue to be if we don’t want people out on the street and causing more problems there.” Hipkins said it was a difficult matter because every case was different. Sometimes situations could be resolved either through police or shifting them to other accommodation. Thu, 09 Mar 2023 20:56:46 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/national-leader-christopher-luxon-live-on-kerre-woodham-mornings-taking-your-calls/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/national-leader-christopher-luxon-live-on-kerre-woodham-mornings-taking-your-calls/ National Party leader Christopher Luxon joins Kerre Woodham Mornings live in studio taking your calls. 0800 80 10 80 is the number to have your say! Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:45:50 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/greg-foran-air-nz-ceo-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/greg-foran-air-nz-ceo-joins-kerre-woodham-in-studio/ Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran joins Kerre Woodham Mornings live in studio. Call 0800 80 10 80 to have your say. WATCH ABOVE Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:53:26 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/christopher-luxon-national-leader-in-studio-with-kerre-woodham/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/christopher-luxon-national-leader-in-studio-with-kerre-woodham/ The leader of the Opposition says he's ready to make bold change. Christopher Luxon has just returned from a trip overseas - including visiting Singapore and Ireland, where he discussed infrastructure planning, public service and attracting foreign investment. He says he can see massive failure in almost every portfolio in our Government.. Luxon told Kerre Woodham his own team is strengthened by having experience outside Beehive. He says National knows how to get things done because they’re not all career politicians. Luxon says the Government's done a lot of damage - and he'd like to change a lot of things quickly. He says he'd repeal Three Waters, the bright-line test and interest deductibility - but won't be getting rid of Health New Zealand, to avoid disruption. But Luxon told Kerre Woodham that doesn't mean health would be left untouched. “We will be certainly repealing the Māori Health Authortiy, we see no reason to have two systems and not one system.” Luxon says charter schools will be back in if he wins the next election. The "special character" schools received government funding, but were less subject to Education Ministry guidelines. Labour abolished the scheme in 2017. But Luxon says he's a big fan of the model, allowing schools based on military, or sporting principles, for example. He says it means the education system can innovate. More than 900 doctors have signed a letter to the Prime Minister warning the workforce is on the edge of catastrophic collapse. Luxon says he would fast track nurses through our immigration system. He told Woodham there are other ways to make more staff available and took aim at Covid measures. Luxon says he would get rid of mandates for health workers. WATCH ABOVE Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:32:57 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/national-leader-chris-luxon-joins-kerre-mcivor-live-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/national-leader-chris-luxon-joins-kerre-mcivor-live-in-studio/ Watch live as National leader Chris Luxon joins Kerre McIvor live in studio on Kerre McIvor Mornings Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:50:21 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-as-national-leader-christopher-luxon-joins-kerre-mcivor-mornings/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-as-national-leader-christopher-luxon-joins-kerre-mcivor-mornings/ Watch above as National Party leader Christopher Luxon joined Kerre McIvor live in studio on 九一星空无限talk ZB. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:57:32 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/andrew-coster-new-zealand-police-commissioner-joins-kerre-mcivor-live-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/andrew-coster-new-zealand-police-commissioner-joins-kerre-mcivor-live-in-studio/ Our top cop is reiterating routinely arming Police isn't the answer. Eli Epiha will be sentenced in October for murder and attempted murder of Constables Matthew Hunt and David Goldfinch. The killing last year prompted nationwide debate on what would've happened if the officers had guns on hips. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told Kerre McIvor he asks himself whether Hunt being armed would have made a difference. He says they're constantly reviewing what would make their people safer. “If I thought that being generally armed would achieve that, I would absolutely be advocating for it, but I’m not there.” New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster joined Kerre McIvor Mornings to talk arming Police, mental health, gangs and answer your questions.  WATCH ABOVE Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:43:14 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-clarifies-ashley-bloomfields-comments-on-returning-to-alert-level-25/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-clarifies-ashley-bloomfields-comments-on-returning-to-alert-level-25/ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shut down the idea that New Zealand will return to life under Covid-19 alert level 2.5 when the borders open. It comes after director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield yesterday floated the vision that opening up the border to vaccinated tourists could require Kiwis to return to alert level 2.5. Speaking on Kerre McIvor Mornings on 九一星空无限talk ZB, Ardern said it would more likely be a "1.5 environment". "I spoke to [Bloomfield] and he said he was referencing more a 1.5 environment with things like QR code scanning, those kind of things we need to be aware of on a day to day in that transition period," Ardern said. The Prime Minister's comments came in response to a caller who was worried the country was now being restricted to gatherings of ten. Ardern was quick to say that was not the case, saying it was a discussion about creating extra "buffers" when we do open the borders which could be at the end of this year. She said there was no suggestion that for three to five years New Zealand will be in a constant level of a 2.5 environment. "A lot of it is going to come down to how many people we have vaccinated, the more people we have vaccinated the more freedom we can have. She said in the same way we have immunisations for measles we do still have outbreaks from time to time and we have to make sure we contain those. Ardern dedicated an hour to answering questions from 九一星空无限talk ZB callers. It is the first time this year the Prime Minister has been in studio with McIvor. She will also be answering questions from McIvor about child poverty, homelessness, the public sector pay freeze and District Health Boards. Ardern speaks ahead of Budget 2021, which will be announced next Thursday, May 20. LISTEN ABOVE Thu, 13 May 2021 21:04:06 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/marlon-williams-performs-arahura-and-discusses-his-new-album-plastic-bouquet/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/marlon-williams-performs-arahura-and-discusses-his-new-album-plastic-bouquet/ After months spent in lockdown, Kiwi musicians are getting back out and about around the country for the summer festival season. Amongst those heading on the road again is country star Marlon Williams. His latest album, Plastic Bouquet, came out last week, his first in two years, and he is heading on tour in February and March, with multiple dates already sold out. Williams joined Kerre McIvor to discuss adjusting to life under Covid-19, how a random Spotify discovery teamed him up with Canadian folk duo Kacy and Clayton, and performed his new song, Arahura.  WATCH ABOVE View this post on Instagram A post shared by marly Marly Marl (@marlonwilliamssings) Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:01:58 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-david-seymour-joins-kerre-mcivor-in-studio-after-leaders-debate/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/watch-live-david-seymour-joins-kerre-mcivor-in-studio-after-leaders-debate/ Act Party leader David Seymour says being Deputy Prime Minister isn't out of the question - but it's unlikely. During last night's second leaders' debate, National's Judith Collins said he'd be excellent in the role if her party won the election. Seymour told Kerre McIvor it's not on his mind. "Act has always been more focused on policies and what we can leave behind to make this a better place, than any particular job". He says John Key offered him the opportunity to be a minister in the past, which he turned down. "I thought, look there's the limo, a pay rise, the title and everything else but at the end of the day, there are lots of people who've been ministers and they can't point to something they've done for New Zealand". "I'm really proud we got End of Life Choice across the line by me turning down being a minister and I'm pretty prepared to make that sort of decision again". Seymour's meteoric rise in the 1九一星空无限/Colmar Brunton poll this week put Act up to 8 per cent, 1 per cent above the Greens. It means the party would secure 10 seats in Parliament. From a one-man band to potentially bringing nine other MPs back to Parliament with him, it could mean the biggest caucus for Act since 2002, when it had nine MPs under leader Richard Prebble. Seymour is live on 九一星空无限talkZB with Kerre McIvor for an hour from 10.07am. Seymour himself was at 2 per cent as preferred Prime Minister, ahead of Winston Peters' 2 per cent in the TVNZ poll. National leader Judith Collins said this morning she'd have no problem appointing Seymour as Deputy PM should a National-Act alliance hit the 51 per cent party-vote mark on election day. Collins told Mike Hosking this morning she thought Seymour would make an "excellent" Deputy Prime Minister in her government which was met with a "jeepers" from Jacinda Ardern during last night's MediaWorks leaders debate. "David Seymour is a principled person in my experience and he and I have worked together before. I'd rather have him any day than what Miss Ardern has had," Collins said. Sunday's 九一星空无限hub Reid Research poll put Act up three points to 6.3, which would give the party eight seats in Parliament. The stars have aligned for the party that's battled through successive leaders and scandals, to now be polling as the third-largest party behind National. In the past the focus on Act, come election time, has been whether or not it would get the nod from National in Epsom - the electorate seat that's been the party's lifeline for a number of election cycles. Seymour now mounts the argument he's able to secure that seat under his own steam. Not only that, but Act, as one of the smaller parties, has been polling over the 5 per cent threshold in recent months, meaning the Epsom seat is a "good to have" for Seymour, but not as crucial for the party's survival. The combination of Seymour's consistent and persistent campaign on the End of Life Choice Act, his sole opposition to the first tranche of firearms reforms and the woes of political ally National, mean Act is sitting pretty for the first time in two decades. - Additional reporting, Jo Moir RNZ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:59:56 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/listen-live-judith-collins-speaks-to-kerre-mcivor/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/listen-live-judith-collins-speaks-to-kerre-mcivor/ National will require car insurer details to be displayed on registration labels if it wins the election. Leader Judith Collins revealed the policy on 九一星空无限talk ZB during an hour of talkback. National also wants to link the motor vehicle database with insurer details, to help assist in the smooth exchange of information. Collins told Kerre McIvor it'll make things easier for insured drivers. “What we want to do is encourage people to take car insurance and make it a lot easier for everyone else who’s on the receiving end of a crash or involved in a crash.” She says the policy is a cheaper alternative to mandatory insurance. “This is the first step to give people the opportunity to do the right thing, and the issue has always been that the cost of that and the enforcement of it and the verification can be very difficult.” She also revealed National would completely repeal major rental reforms. The Residential Tenancies Act - passed under urgency last week - includes a ban on rental bidding and no-cause evictions, and limits rent increases to annually. A bid to remove a tenant will also have to go through the Tenancy Tribunal. Collins says those changes would be out the door. “Why would you send out that kind of message, that you can have your rowdy parties, you can have your dogs all over the place, you can abuse your neighbours, you can cause all kinds of mayhem and actually cause tremendous stress.” The opposition leader also believes we will see the demise of New Zealand First this election. The latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll has the party on two-percent -- falling short of the five-percent threshold. A poll on candidate support also has National's Matt King sitting at 46-percent in Northland -- far ahead of New Zealand First's Shane Jones on 15. Collins says National won't work with New Zealand First -- and they won't be back. “There are people in the NZ First party I get on very well with. I don’t have any personal animosity for Winston Peters. You’ve got to give someone credit for hanging in there so long. “But the best thing we ever did in the 2008 campaign was rule them out.” Collins committed National to ending the tahr cull, calling it unfair because people pay a lot of money to hunt them. She says when we can loosen border restrictions, some people will pay around $50,000 to come to New Zealand to shoot a tahr - boosting the economy.   Sun, 09 Aug 2020 23:01:38 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/sol3-mio-joins-kerre-mcivor-in-studio-ahead-of-new-show/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/sol3-mio-joins-kerre-mcivor-in-studio-ahead-of-new-show/ Watch Sol3 Mio perform Three Little Birds for Kerre McIvor above NZ's greatest opera trio are back in town and taking to the stage once again in Auckland's Spark Arena next month. Sol3 Mio announced the news this morning. Following on from their hugely popular live streamed Spark Session during lockdown, Spark Sessions: Sol3 Mio will see the group perform with a live orchestra on Thursday August 13. Pene Pati, his brother Amitai Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay haven't sung together since last Christmas, when they sold out the Civic Theatre with two concerts. It's their only live concert for 2020, but fans who can't be there in person will be able to watch it live streamed on Spark's Facebook page. Pene said they can't wait to perform together again. "With an orchestra behind us it's going to be a really memorable night, especially since it's our only concert this year. "We really hope all our Auckland fans and a few out of towners can make it because it'll be a while before we see our fans again." The trio are known for combining classic opera with a touch of comedy. "If the audience can see that you're having a good time on stage, they love it," Amitai said. They're also hoping to showcase some young talent as part of the show. "If someone wants to play a solo we want to advocate for young artists," Pene said. Sol3 Mio have sold out Spark Arena twice in the past. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 17 via Ticketmaster. Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:34:58 Z /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/simon-bridges-joins-kerre-mcivor-live-in-studio/ /on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/video/simon-bridges-joins-kerre-mcivor-live-in-studio/ National Party leader Simon Bridges joined Kerre McIvor for an hour of questions and talkback. It was during the talkback that Bridges learned that Jami-Lee Ross and three others had plead not guilty to charges stemming from a Serious Fraud Office investigation in two $100,000 donations to the National Party. Bridges says no National Party MP, board member or officeholder has done anything illegal. "The true facts will emerge from that court case and I sit here and the National Party sits here having done nothing illegal." Bridges also answered questions from callers about the Resource Management Act, small business, tax cuts and helping first home buyers. WATCH ABOVE Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:00:57 Z