Articles by Kerre Woodham
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: We cannot let people get away with their crimes
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:45pmLaw and order was a major concern of voters going into the 2023 Election – to be fair, it's usually on the minds of voters...
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Kerre Woodham: Is there such a thing as a completely fair tax system?
Monday, 24 March 2025, 11:58amIs there any such thing as a completely fair tax system? Surely the most you can hope for is a least unfair tax system....
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Kerre Woodham: The Investment Summit is filling me with real hope and optimism
Friday, 14 March 2025, 12:23pmSpeaking of the Investment Summit that's been convened by the government – or really the Prime Minister, because this Infrastructure...
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Kerre Woodham: New Zealand's desire for meth won't die out
Monday, 3 March 2025, 12:48pmI headed up to Hokianga for the last official weekend of summer - take a load off, relax, a few swims, not even think about...
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Kerre Woodham: It's crunch time for our defence force
Monday, 24 February 2025, 12:40pmAs Chinese naval ships are firing live rounds in Pacific waters, sending far reaching ripples of consternation around the...
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Kerre Woodham: Brian Tamaki needs to look at the Church's history
Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:22pmWell after a wonderful weekend, a fabulous weekend, the incidents on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night were really disappointing. Increasingly,...
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Kerre Woodham: Are we sure foreign investment will grow our economy?
Monday, 10 February 2025, 1:10pmThe government, as you will have heard, is relaxing immigration settings to encourage migrants to invest in New Zealand businesses....
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Kerre Woodham: Could this be the year education gets back on track?
Monday, 3 February 2025, 11:53amAny day now, counting down the seconds, the kids will be back at school if yours haven't gone already. And this year, maybe,...
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Kerre Woodham: Why aren't all schools back yet?
Friday, 31 January 2025, 12:15pmIt is the end of the month. There's only 12 of them in a year. Into the first month of the year and still there are schools...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Not a great start for the Government's boot camps
Friday, 6 December 2024, 12:31pmThe Governments’ boot camps - the controversial boot camps, have got off to the worst possible start. One young man, a graduate...
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Kerre Woodham: Australia draws a line in the sand with social media ban
Friday, 29 November 2024, 1:23pmAs you will have heard in the news, Australia has passed landmark rules to ban under-16s from social media. In a world first,...
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Kerre Woodham: There are lessons to learn from the Covid response
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 12:57pmThe first phase of the Royal Commission of inquiry into the COVID-19 response will be handed to the Government today. There’s...
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Kerre Woodham: Do people trust Labour with a capital gains tax?
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 12:37pmOne of the questions we’ll be putting to Chris Hipkins, of course, is a question around the capital gains tax, because this...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: There are benefits to affirmative action policies
Friday, 8 November 2024, 2:46pmI know for many people affirmative action programmes are a real sticking point. A new report in the New Zealand Medical Journal,...
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Kerre Woodham: Education shouldn't be left up to chance
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 1:15pmNow we've known for some time that New Zealand's once world class education system is no longer – that it is failing. And...
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Kerre Woodham: When did parents stop wanting more for their kids?
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 12:58pmWhen did parents stop wanting more for their kids? The figures out today are absolutely appalling and paint a grim future...
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Kerre Woodham: Want only white nurses? You might be waiting a while
Friday, 25 October 2024, 12:13pmIf you want to racially abuse hospital staff and demand white only nurses, fine. We will draw a curtain around your bed,...
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Kerre Woodham: You can't have police on every bus or train
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 12:49pmYesterday afternoon, a woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition after being seriously injured in an assault on...
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Kerre Woodham: How is it that we need a Crown Observer?
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 1:16pmThe Government is set to appoint a Crown Observer to Wellington City Council within weeks. The writing was on the wall really,...
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Kerre Woodham: Only the worst of the worst are impacted by Three Strikes
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 1:04pmSeveral thousands more offenders are likely to be captured under Three Strikes 2.0 following changes by Cabinet to toughen...
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Kerre Woodham: Let's give youth council members a go
Friday, 27 September 2024, 1:27pmThe Hastings District Council has decided to give unelected youth reps voting rights on Council committees, and they will...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: Just introduce a capital gains tax and be done with it
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 1:10pmFor the love of all that is holy - can we just introduce a capital gains tax and be done with it? I am so sick of it dominating...
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Opinion
Kerre Woodham: How was violence against bus drivers allowed to become such a problem?
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 12:38pmWhatever happened to a ‘morning driver’ and a ‘thank you driver’ as you hopped on and off the bus? The violence and racial...
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Kerre Woodham: Who wants to be a teacher? Not many of us apparently
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 12:26pmWho'd be a teacher? Not many of us, apparently - the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand says half as many Kiwis are...
