Articles by Kerre Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: What is our obsession with shiny new stadia?
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 12:19pmWhat is this mania for the building of stadia when this country has so many already and very, very few of them are economic...
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Kerre Woodham: The Covid loans are proof high trust models don't work
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 12:49pmChris Small from ABC Business Sales summed up the business loan scheme beautifully on the Mike Hosking Breakfast this morning:...
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Kerre Woodham: The Government's failing to sell the sizzle
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 12:16pmThere's an old saying in advertising - to be successful you don't sell the sausage, you sell the sizzle. Christopher Luxon...
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Kerre Woodham: Does everyone have their price?
Monday, 10 March 2025, 1:23pmThe Government's not here to shag spiders, is it? It's planning to turbocharge its fast-track regime, speeding up the process...
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Kerre Woodham: Phil Goff stuffed up royally and paid the price
Friday, 7 March 2025, 12:57pmCrikey, I barely stepped away from the microphone yesterday and we had a double whammy news-wise. Phil Goff sacked as High...
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Kerre Woodham: It's hard to find anyone sorry Adrian Orr's gone
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 12:29pmWell, the announcement yesterday was on a par with John Key’s resignation. The Reserve Bank Governor, Adrian Orr, pulled...
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Kerre Woodham: Trump has power and he's not afraid to use it
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 12:29pmAs promised, Donald Trump has launched a trade war against America's largest trading partners, with huge tariffs on Canada,...
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Kerre Woodham: There are no new headlines in health
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 12:18pmIt is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a health system in possession of physically and mentally unwell people must...
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Kerre Woodham: Who actually wants the expanded citizen's arrest powers?
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 1:06pmWell, after a spirited discussion yesterday on the potential changes to the laws around citizen’s arrests, the press conference...
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Kerre Woodham: Reasonable force and citizen's arrests
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 2:01pmRetailers and members of the public will soon have more ability to detain shoplifters and thieves under beefed up citizen's...
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Kerre Woodham: Andrew Bayly had to go, and he has
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 12:46pmYesterday Andrew Bayly, the former Commerce and ACC Minister, revealed he had resigned from his ministerial portfolios on...
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Kerre Woodham: Do you believe things are getting better?
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 12:13pmBefore I came upstairs to work, I called into the coffee shop downstairs, as is my want. Coffee Theory is run by a husband...
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Kerre Woodham: We need a definitive answer to if data was misused
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 12:36pmI don't think this counts as breaking news, does it? An inquiry ordered by the Prime Minister has identified significant...
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Kerre Woodham: Is relocating the only solution for flooding towns?
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 12:58pmRemember late last year we were talking about the proposal to move Westport. The West Coast town has been repeatedly inundated...
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Kerre Woodham: Is insurance becoming a nice-to-have?
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 4:00pmWe've seen floods in Europe, fires in California and in the last couple of years, weather events here at home. As of the...
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Kerre Woodham: Compassion doesn't feed a family
Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 12:19pmAs you will have heard, the Salvation Army has released its 18th State of the Nation report and it paints a grim picture....
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Kerre Woodham: Luxon is driver of a car full of impatient children
Tuesday, 11 February 2025, 1:26pmTwo new political polls out show Labour, the Greens and Te Pati Māori would have enough support to form the next government,...
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Kerre Woodham: With any perks come responsibilities
Friday, 7 February 2025, 12:32pmThe news that Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is heading to China today on the country's first state visit, where...
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Kerre Woodham: You cannot lead a team haka if you don't speak for your team
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 1:22pmGregor Paul's story in this morning's Herald confirms what many suspected at the time: that TJ Perenara’s political statement...
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Kerre Woodham: Taxation is a finely balanced thing
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 12:11pmWe know times are tough. We know that we're in a period of rebuilding, we know that there are green shoots starting to come...
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Kerre Woodham: Banks need to stick to their knitting
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 1:09pmNZ First’s Shane Jones has joined the global fight against “woke” banks, taking aim at several banks' attempts to reduce...
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Kerre Woodham: What have we got left to sell?
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 12:57pmYou may have heard, the 80’s are making a comeback. Lookout for denim on denim, bubble skirts, and asset sales. David Seymour...
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Kerre Woodham: We need to get better faster
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 1:10pmWell, I might have been swanning about on holiday for an unseemly amount of time but the Government was back at work. You...
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Kerre Woodham: Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to sex education
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 12:29pmHow did you learn about sex? Was it your parents? Your friends? A nice, dry, factual at school, or Heaven forfend, the internet?...
