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Newstalk ZB is New Zealand's premier news and information radio station.
Joined April 2008
Kevin Milne: Polls find a significant number of Kiwis support Trump.
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‘Woke left-wing social engineering’: Peters to follow Trump’s anti-DEI path with new Bill.
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He’s here! . Congratulations to our NewstalkZB Drive host Heather du Plessis-Allan and her husband, political editor Barry Soper, on the arrival of their wee baby boy this morning. We hear mum and baby are both doing well!
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Shane Jones threatens to stop funding for Waitangi National Trust after pōwhiri 'circus'.
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Ryan Bridge: Keep doing what you're doing Karen Chhour.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: "Good luck to TVNZ trying to convince anyone that they are unbiased, given what's just happened with them in the last week.".
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David Seymour says if he were PM he would have sacked Marama Davidson.
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Decision to bar Candace Owens from entering NZ dubbed 'unlawful' by Free Speech Union.
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What is a 'woman'? NZ First wants to put definition into law.
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$30m cut from te reo Māori program to boost math curriculum.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: The judge who yelled at Winston should lose her job.
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Ex-Green MP Golriz Ghahraman loses appeal for Auckland, Wellington shoplifting spree.
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Ryan Bridge: Former PMs need to stay away from current political debate.
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Should the previous Govt apologise for vaccine mandates?.
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National soars in new poll, as voters agree country is 'on track', Chris Hipkins crashes record low.
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Watch: Kiwi farmer mows troll message to outgoing PM Ardern.
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Winston Peters: Diversity hires push people out of the country.
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More than 2000 people have signed a petition calling for whistleblower Julian Assange to be offered asylum in New Zealand.
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Despite the destined backlash, ACT Party leader David Seymour still fronted up to Waitangi.
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"Perversion of academic freedom": Act pushes to have uni axe Tikanga Māori course.
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ACT's David Seymour suggests Te Pāti Māori face punishment for skipping hearing.
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Dangerous refugees would be stripped of residence under new law.
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NZ Transport Agency dumps Māori name first for English name.
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Kate Hawkesby: Ease up on Wayne Brown, some of the media are drongos.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Can we all accept now that Nanaia Mahuta is not great at her job?.
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“With this executive order the war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said before he signed the order, with dozens of female athletes standing behind him.
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Govt push to ban transgender athletes from all women's sport.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: We don't need Chlöe Swarbrick creating fear among Jewish and Palestinian communities.
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'I would refuse to rank patients based on ethnicity': Dr Shane Reti blasts equity rule.
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'A circus': Minister Shane Jones slams haka that disrupted Treaty Principles Bill reading.
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NZ First 'won't tolerate' co-governance plan for Waitakere Ranges.
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"They've gone woke": Simeon Brown says Local Govt NZ needs to reflect on priorities.
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Andrew Dickens: This weekend showed the Greens are fast becoming unelectable.
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Kerre Woodham: Who is Te Pati Māori to decide who's Māori enough?.
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"Critically important" for police to be politically neutral, Police Minister says.
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'New Zealanders have rejected the legacy of Jacinda Ardern,' David Seymour said. #nzpol #ElectionNZ.
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Taupo District Council to scrap vaccine passes from today.
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Diversity requirements proposed to be cut in Judith Collins’ Public Service Act overhaul.
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Kate Hawkesby: I'm not sure when the 6pm news decided to be a promo channel for gangs.
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Kaipara District Council votes to disestablish Māori ward.
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Kate Hawkesby: Time to drop the fearmongering epidemiologists.
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Mike's Minute: Donald Trump has common sense on his side.
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'Disgraceful': ACT leader voices disapproval with Solicitor General's new prosecution guidelines.
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Education Minister refuses to "lower the bar" for learning and achievement.
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'It's a possibility': Key figures including Ardern, Bloomfield may need to give evidence in Covid inquiry.
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John MacDonald: It should be Labour apologising to cancer patients.
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Barry Soper: The Māori Party's on a mission to stir up discontent.
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Kerre Woodham: I am sick and tired of the Government using us as an ATM.
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Former Speaker 'saddened' by the slipping standards of Parliament.
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'Challenging': Almost 40 jobs set to be cut from NZ Herald newsroom.
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Trump moves to bar ‘transgender ideology’ from US military.
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Kate Hawkesby: We've said goodbye to traffic lights, please can we say goodbye to the epidemiologists.
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Drag storytime cancelled after 'threats' and opposition from Destiny Church.
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Kate Hawkesby: Are the rest of the country as sick of the political sideshows as I am?.
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Seymour proposes abolishing some portfolios and cutting minister numbers.
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Mike Hosking wins supreme honour as Newstalk ZB dominates Radio Awards.
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BREAKING: Green MP Golriz Ghahraman stands aside from portfolios after allegedly shoplifting from boutique store #ZBPLUS.
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Act's Alternative Budget would axe thousands of public service roles.
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‘Make a sandwich’: Luxon’s response to school lunch backlash.
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Watch: Pharmac told by minister to ditch Treaty of Waitangi consideration.
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Mark the Week: As a regular citizen you'd dismiss her as a nutter, as a Minister of the Crown it's shameful.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Luxon has made the right call re Waitangi.
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Nanaia Mahuta concedes in Hauraki-Waikato- she's now out of Parliament. #nzpol #ElectionNZ.
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'Do the right thing': ACT's David Seymour hits out at schools encouraging students to join hīkoi.
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'It's not just limited to Meng Foon': ACT leader calls for role of Race Relations Commissioner to be axed.
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Foreign Minister Peters stands by decision to pause UNRWA funding until further notice.
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Kate Hawkesby: Govt's denial of any looting in Hawke's Bay smacks of a Jacinda-type approach.
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Removing Michael Jackson from NZ radio stations is 'pointless' - marketing expert.
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Donald Trump is suing CBS for $10 billion over the editing of a Kamala Harris interview.
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Govt slammed as dishonest after redirecting $70m of pandemic fund to Three Waters.
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Harvard smacked with $3.5b funding freeze after refusing Trump's demands.
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Dairy crime fury: ‘If the Government is not able to provide safety . they have no right to govern’.
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Police identified supporting hīkoi protest 'to be spoken to by their managers'.
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National ditches Labour's 'anti-car ideology by promising to restore 100km/h and 50km/h speed limits on motorways and local roads.
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Tim Beveridge: I'm still not convinced that Golriz takes responsibility for offending.
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Meng Foon might want to think about resigning.
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Barry Soper: Ethnicity no longer factor in waiting list a fair outcome for all.
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"Certainly not rules": Law needs to be "blind" to ethnicity, Judith Collins says.
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Kerre Woodham: Mallard can't keep his position any longer.
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Labour determined to re-instate oil and gas ban when it gets back into power.
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Peters says MFAT won’t appoint ‘Tikanga Lead’ hours after job advertised.
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Mike's Minute: Trump is fantastic. Nuts, but fantastically nuts.
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"It was the right thing for the UK": Boris Johnson 'unapologetic' about Brexit.
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Mike's Minute: Luxon is right - this country is in rotten shape.
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