Today on the show... We've been getting coverage on the Hīkoi from all sides for the last few days. Mainstream media and other independent platforms, including myself, have all voiced our opinions. Tonight I give you my final thoughts on the Hīkoi as the march finally makes it to Parliament. And Bayleys Auckland CEO Lloyd Budd joins me to discuss t…

Today on the show... The man in the middle of the biggest news story in town - Act Leader and soon to be Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour. Amongst Māori he’s become 'persona non grata' and his Treaty Principles bill has seen the Māori Party mobilise thousands of people to march onto Parliament grounds tomorrow. What I like about Seymour is his b…

Today on the show... As summer rolls around, us Kiwis are, as usual, wanting to get out on the ocean and take our boats for a spin. And why wouldn't you? We live in a beautiful country with amazing oceans, we'd be silly to ignore them. But we have to remember to stay safe out there, and there's no one that knows that better that the Coastguard. Wit…

Today on the show... I’ll give you my take on the heat, the haka and the hot heads who got the message from Gerry that was clear - 'haere atu' or 'get out' as it's known in English. All this fuss over a bill that is going nowhere what a waste of time and space. But first tonight retailers have had the hardest year in decades - they haven’t got time…

Today on the show... With unemployment up you might be looking for a job. So, how do you stand out to a potential employer? What are your achievements, and something you might not consider important is actually crucial in securing you that next job. Don’t sell yourself short Tom O'Neil joins us. And who is Steven Setu? Tonight the most famous Polyn…

Today on the show... Forget the company car that’s so 80s. Imagine negotiating a job and salary with your new employer and they ask if you wanted to make a flash new bike part of your package! It’s called WorkRide and more than 700 business have signed up to the scheme where you sacrifice some of your salary for a bike of your choice. Connor Read, …

Today on the show... The world is going through a massive technological change. This is perhaps the greatest time to be alive - and the scariest. Do smarter machines mean smarter humans, or are smarter machines replacing us? The doom merchants say robots will replace 4 billion jobs in the next ten years, but does the sky ever actually fall in? Toni…

This week we welcome the amazing Tegan Yorwarth from Mai FM to the studio. At 28, Tegan’s crushing it in her career and is hunting for her first home, but she’s ready to level up her financial game. With the help of Shelley Pallman from Enable Me, Tegan kicks off her financial coaching journey to fast-track her goals. In Part 2 of our look into the…

Today on the show... Do you think you will one day be replaced in your job by artificial intelligence? What is the latest research when it comes to A.I? Recruiter Shay Peters joins me to chat about it. And Kiwi sports broadcaster Martin Devlin is starting his own podcast, The DSPN. What will it cover and will it be good? Plus he thinks the All Blac…

Today on the show... The departing Westlake Boys High School Principal of 15 years David Ferguson, who in my view has turned a good school into a world beater. And boy he will be a loss, 15 years as the principal 21 as a teacher at the school. He is off to be chief exec of the teachers institute, a new organisation he founded set up to train teache…

Today on the show... Yes or no - should we still be able let rip with Guy Fawkes in the back yard? Personally, I’m going to let a few rockets off tonight with four teenagers who aren't overly into it and if it was banned... they would barely bat an eye. And professor Nigel Biggar - global head of the free speech union. He just jumped off a plane an…

Today on the show... Former Kiwi Rugby League hardman and captain Mark Graham and his movie maker son Luke, the boy whose dad was considered the toughest and hardest bugger to play the game. How can you do your dad justice? You say "Dad, I wanna make a documentary about your life and career. Something for others to see, Something to honour you." No…

Today we meet new friends of the pod Bob and Ange, a couple navigating debt, rising costs, and financial stress. From poor planning to sleepless nights over mortgage payments, they open up about how money impacts their lives. We also begin a two-episode look into the psychology of money with Mental fitness expert Sue Kohn-Taylor, this episode dives…

Today on the show... Rambo Estrada is a surfer and a photographer who lives in Mount Maunganui. He has a cult following in the photography world with 115,000 followers on Instagram and his latest book, Unbound: Vol 1 chronicles his surf road trips across NZ. The book is stand out, the stories so authentic and you can see he has poured his heart, so…

Today on the show... Mental health campaigner Mike King answers the questions about the government's $24 million contribution to his charity I Am Hope. But it’s also seen people give his charity fewer donations because they think he’s now sorted, and it drives him bonkers! King says some in the media are making up damaging headlines and he wants to…

Today on the show... Having a wild time on social media? Posting all the party pics? Now, come Monday it’s your job interview and you wonder why you can’t land the job. Be careful, your digital footprint is your life. Does it pass the sniff test? Tom O'Neil from cv.co.nz joins us to discuss this. And Geoff Bryan, broadcaster, aged 68 and still pump…

Today on the show... Jamie Beaton is built different. The boy brought up by a solo mum in East Auckland has been on the front page of the Wall Street Journal just recently and the headline says "He can get your 11 year old into Harvard". Jamie at 29, is the founder and CEO of crimson education in New York, the billion dollar company teaching the be…

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2! In the last season, we launched "The Great Where’s My Money study" to better understand your relationship with money. After collecting your responses, we invited two experts—economist Shamubeel Eaqub and ANZ's Emily Mendez-Ribero—to analyse the results. In this episode, they join us to break down the findin…

Today on the show... Imagine travelling around the world non stop in a five meter yacht, 17.1 feet. You’d be mad! Well that’s exactly what the authorities told the former front man and singer for the Mockers Andrew Fagan when he started planning his solo round the world adventure One man, three capes to round and it should take a year or so. How fa…

Today on the show... Should we limit the numbers of cats a person can have to just 2? I say yes and here’s why… They are out of control and the Government is refusing to do anything about it. It has decided today to reject the recommendation to have a new law governing cats which would have seen all cats registered, desexed, and microchipped. A fra…

Today on the show... Tonight a live poll .. the monarchy or go it alone and become a republic? King Charles and Queen Camila have left Australia after their whirlwind trip. Was it staged to look like Aussie is still in love with the monarchy or was it forced and is it a sign Australia wants out as it heads towards being a republic. Website: https:/…

Today on the show... Alexander King will soon be leaving NZ with his family of 7 to get his mum the cancer treatment she needs to stay alive. The kicker... it's available free in Aussie but not here! Alexander's mum is just 52 and they're packing up and selling everything to give his mum some hope. Why can't we do better than this? And the man, the…

Today on the show... Home ownership. Imagine if I told you you could buy a house without the need to be held to ransom by one of the big Aussie banks. The only system we have for buying houses is irretrievably broken and we need to find a new way. But there is new hope around the corner. It’s a new company called Bloxx. It involves actor Cliff Curt…

Today on the show... Historian Richard Wolfe and his new book, The Curious Case of the Kiwi. It’s our national symbol, the flightless bird. What do we know about it? When did we first see it as our national bird? Have we looked after it or used and abused it? It’s a symbol of peace on the battlefield, yet we have also adopted the name for ourselves…

Today on the show... Henk Rogers is a global climate leader, and a star in the gaming industry as the founder of Tetris. He's passionate about renewable energy, and turned Hawaii on its head with renewables. He along with Kiwi businesswoman Carmen Vicelich join us to chat about how we can change here in New Zealand. Kiwi paralympian Barney Konefere…

Today on the show... Inflation drops to where it should be so more interest rate cuts to come… Brad Olsen gives us his hot take shortly. What are you really worth when it comes to your job.. How do you value your contribution and what should you be paid - should you get break up leave as an entitlement - Tom O'Neil will talk us through how to be pa…

Today on the show... Sir Graham Lowe just celebrated his 78th birthday and his program turning around the lives of prisoners has been so successful he’s launched it in video form and it’s going out to all volunteer coaches throughout the country. He doesn’t stop, and he joins us shortly. After that the greatest fullback of all times, my Celebrity T…

Today on the show... Can you spot a deepfake? They are becoming more realistic and with the rise of A.I, we are seeing them more often. They are dangerous and could cost you your private information or your money. We speak to Stacey Edmonds, an A.I and deepfake expert about what the problem is, how we can recognize and how we can avoid it. Plus our…

Today on the show... What do you know about dementia? Could it affect you or your family and how will look after the expected explosion in the numbers of people set to affected by dementia in the decades ahead? It’s really concerning and I have wanted to address this for some time on the podcast. CEO of Dementia New Zealand, Catherine Cooney joins …

Today on the show... The Kiwibank community leader of the year Dave Letele, a one man human machine doing what 3 government departments can only dream of achieving. For so long he has lifted others up, fed his community, he’s set up gyms, a foodbank, and feeds more than 1000 families every week. Thanks to the generosity of grants, corporates and co…

Today on the show... What did the Reserve Bank do with the OCR today? Did interest rates move? What will this mean for housing, retail and crucially what does it mean for your job? Brad Olsen from Infometrics joins us to discuss it all. What do these changes mean for you homes? Vanessa Williams from realestate.co.nz joins us to fill us in. Website:…

Today on the show... Actor James Rolleston joins us to talk about his experience on Celebrity Treasure Island. He’s made a remarkable comeback after a road crash threatened to end his life. Also what is like being in the thick of retail in the hardest time for retail in decades? Mark Knoff-Thomas the man in charge of our biggest and brightest retai…

Today on the show... Looking tonight at the the state of the economy with a man who spent 20 years in the Beehive working for National Governments. He says we are heading for an Argentina style meltdown. Andrew Barnes the man behind the four day working week joins me to chat about the government ordering everyone back to the office - Barnes is baff…

Today on the show... Luka, Metska and Buster are all about to finish their first year of high school. So what was it like transitioning from intermediate to high school and what have they learned? With so much talk about social media, we will ask the boys to reveal live their screen time daily use, and why are they so addicted to their screens and …

Today on the show... Fresh for her performance at the Herald Mood of the boardroom where she shared the stage with Finance Minister Nicola Willis, Labour's Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins me - is this Labour's next leader and next Prime Minister? Also tonight, Associate Education Minister David Seymour on the progress towards the roll ou…

Today on the show... As thousands of kiwis lose their jobs we look at where the jobs are, and what isn't being advertised in the hidden job market. How to avoid a parking ticket as the fines almost double. Auckland Transport Head of Fines and Enforcement, Rick Bidgood is with us. And J.P from celebrity treasure joins me to wrap things up. Website: …

Today on the show... Labour’s deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins me shortly to tell me why she went on celebrity treasure island, why all MPs should do it given the chance and what she learned about having no phone for the duration. And are we now doing irreversible damage to the NZ economy with these back breakingly high interest rates? If the an…

Today on the show... Tonight a special show looking at our boys. Turning boys into good men is easier said than done. So hard that six NZ boys schools got together in July and flew US academic and author Andrew Reiner to New Zealand to talk to the boys and their at times bewildered parents. Andrew Reiner is my guest tonight, the author of 2020′s Be…

Today on the show... Test two of the Bledisloe Cup is tomorrow - let's break it down. Martian Devlin, sports broadcaster with decades of experience, has been there for the All Black's ups and downs I’ll get his take on tomorrow's match. And I got the scoop of the year from ACT Party Leader, David Seymour yesterday - let's expand on the issue. Get i…

Today on the show... Stop targeting us with your booze deals, says a group of Otago students. Never in our day, but the students for sensible drug policy Otepoti have objected to the renewal of the on-license at the Speights heritage center in Dunedin A new survey has found the majority of workplaces need help when it comes to Friday drinks. Should…

Today on the show... If you wee to sit down today and watch all the available porn in NZ today and it would take you 160 odd years. So Holly Brooker and Jo Robertson have, on your behalf and on behalf of our kids, been doing something about it. And have you heard about the Katikati Coffin Club? 400 members, designing coffins. Some have made pool ta…

Today on the show... I want to go beyond the two words ’mental health’ and find out what’s going on with our kids, they are reporting record high levels of anxiety, self harm and our suicide rates are sadly at the top of the OECD index. We will hear from Karyn ... 25 years on the frontline of trying to reduce our awfully high rates of suicide. I’ll…

Today on the show... Time change people! It's our first evening show and its jam packed. Our special guest tonight is Paddy Gower. He's written a book, This is the F#$%king News. It's hard hitting, honest and eye-opening, and not one to miss. And my fellow Celebrity treasure Island contestant Gaby Solomona joins me to talk all things CTI so far. Ge…

On the show today... Johnny day is in to talk rugby. Surely we will pop the Wallabies won’t we? And what does our team selection say about Razor. New stats show we are no longer drinking like we used to, the dramatic fall in booze consumption. And Nicola Dally-Paki has come the full circle from being broken and totally distraught after her baby boy…

On the show today... The man and his group who want to build a three billion bridge across Auckland harbour. Forget the largesse of a twenty or thirty billion dollar tunnel that would take decades he say. This can be done in ten years. Garth falconer from Reset is the who - he joins us shortly. Ellie Stone. the trained Iranian biologist who helps p…

In the show today.... Bad news social media is messing with our kids brains, And Covid didn’t help. There’s been a 300% increase in those presenting with mental distress and self harm and suicide is up. We speak to the Cure Kids CEO for their Annual Report. I've got good news as well. The cell phone bans are working and students are getting better …

Today on the show... the man and his group promising to bring a better deal on power prices for all Aucklanders. We are all paying ridiculously high prices and getting poor returns on the power assets we own and the only winners are the corporates. But Patrick Reynolds says vote his group in and that can change And NZ actor Aidee Walker is my team …

Today on the show... Irlene Mokaraka was a manager at Foodtsuffs.. 3 years in the job, loved it, was the main income earner, mother of 6 who told her immediate boss she felt bullied by her. Now she’s out of a job, after a nine month old issue they dug up saying she wrongly used the fuel card last Xmas. Irlene joins us today. We will also talk sport…

Today on the show... The new cancer drugs that are now available - the game changing investment by this Government into Pharmac that could save your life - the Cancer Society’s new CEO Nicola Coom joins us Johnny Day is here to talk sport. And John Oliver sent last year’s bird of the year - flying - as in it went massive. So what is your bird of th…

Today on the show... The delusional out of touch nincompoops in charge of your city, who want to reduce transport pollution or emissions by 64% within 5 years. Could you halve the use of your car by 2030 and get about your daily lives on E-bikes and E-scooters and buses or by walking? And the captain of her team in Celebrity Treasure Island, Suzann…