Donald J. Trump is now officially the first former president in US history to go to criminal trial. So what happens next? We go inside the Manhattan courtroom where the landmark case is playing out. Plus, the number of indigenous Australians dying while in police custody has hit a record-high, and the Wahs are walloped in the NRL - where to now for the Warriors' season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2024•22 min
It's been another week of hefty job cuts in the public service, but are we reaching an end? We talk to Stuff political reporter, Glenn McConnell. The Olympics are less than 100 days away. Newsable hears from the first woman wrestler to represent New Zealand about her preparations. Plus is beetroot really vegetable Viagra and the winner of Invertebrate of the Year in the UK. He wiki anō tērā o te poroa tūranga ki ngā ratonga tūmatanui, engari kei te mutu tātou? E kōrero ana mātou ki te kairīpoata...
Apr 18, 2024•21 min
The coalition government has used urgency provisions to hurry through law changes..more than any other MMP government, could this become a habit? We talk to a professor of politics from Massey University. We hear from Auckland indie band The Beths about what it's like to play at Coachella plus the the dangers of foraging for mushrooms and the not so naughty run-away cows in Guernsey. Kua whakahorotia pire e tēnei kāwanatanga haumi kia panoni tere ai ngā ture ... nui ake i ngā kāwanatanga MMP kat...
Apr 17, 2024•21 min
Stuff is to take over the 6pm news on TV3 after Newshub shuts down, but what is it planning to do in its place? Newsable speaks to the bosses of both Stuff and Warner Brothers Discovery. How the wrong person ended up identified on social media as the attacker in the Bondi mall stabbing attack plus could new fishing rules further affect the endangered New Zealand sea lion and an AI beauty pageant. Kua korehāhā a Newshub me te aha ka whiwhi a Puna i te kawerongo 6pm ki TV3, engari ka aha a Puna he...
Apr 16, 2024•20 min
A lifeline for TV3’s 6pm news - with Stuff saving Newshub’s flagship bulletin. Staff from both companies were called to simultaneous meetings at 10.30am today, where the deal was announced. It comes after Warner Brothers Discovery announced last week that its proposal to shut down the entire Newshub news division, announced on February 28, would go ahead. Senior audio journalist Aaron Dahmen joins Stuff’s daily news podcast, Newsable, for this breaking news update. Learn more about your ad choic...
Apr 15, 2024•2 min
The government’s latest pets in rentals proposals will help victims of domestic violence escape dangerous relationships. We talk to Pet Refuge, which provides safe shelter for pets. Israel is being urged not to retaliate after the attack by Iran, but can a lid be kept on the conflict? We get the inside info on what is going on at NZ Rugby and the technician in Germany who thought it would be the ideal thing to add a piece of his own to an exhibition. Mā ngā kaupapahere hou o te kāwanatanga e mar...
Apr 15, 2024•20 min
As Sydney struggles with the shockwaves from Saturday's attack at its busiest mall, we have updates from the scene, including insights into the police investigation and what happens now. Plus, Christopher Luxon's trip to South East Asia, and whether the Wahs can provide a template for netball success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2024•20 min
Imogen brings you new information from a police press conference in Sydney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 13, 2024•3 min
A new documentary is throwing long lasting, and sometimes deadly "forever chemicals" into the spotlight. We hear from a journalist involved in the investigation into PFAS The government’s plans to crack down on youth offending are beginning to edge closer, but officials are advising the tough, military style youth camps may not work. Super Rugby Aupiki finals between the Blues and Chiefs Manawa are on this weekend. We talk to former Black Fern and Sky commentator, Kendra Cocksedge and what Gen Z...
Apr 11, 2024•22 min
A Newshub reporter, a former broadcasting minister and the former head of news and current affairs at TVNZ share their thoughts on how New Zealand’s media industry continues from here, after confirmation of the demise of Newshub operations. We now know TVNZ's Sunday programme is also to go, along with Fair Go and TVNZ's Midday and Tonight news bulletins. The Auditor General has concerns over staff welfare and costs at Scott Base in Antarctica and New Zealander's risky drinking habits. Ko tētahi ...
Apr 10, 2024•20 min
The future of New Zealand’s landscape is becoming clearer by the day, with confirmation that it will no longer feature one of the country’s big two TV news networks. Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed that all of Newshub's operations will be shut down, effective July 5. That includes the flagship 6pm bulletin, The AM Show, and the Newshub website. 294 staff are set to lose their jobs. Senior audio journalist Aaron Dahmen has all the details in a breaking news update. Learn more about your ad ch...
Apr 10, 2024•4 min
Today, Wednesday, could spell further cuts for the media industry, with TVNZ current affairs program Sunday, and entire news outlet Newshub learning their fate. We’re asking the ASB’s chief economist for his prediction’s ahead of this afternoon’s OCR announcement and it's been a great week for pop culture news so we round it all up and outline the acts appearing in the US music festival Coachella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 09, 2024•20 min
Big ticket TVNZ programmes Fair Go, and news bulletins - Midday and Tonight have been officially cancelled. It’s understood the axing of all three shows has been confirmed in meetings with staff today under the state broadcaster’s restructure proposals. Long-form current affairs programme Sunday will find out its future tomorrow. Stuff Audio’s senior journalist Aaron Dahmen has more details on how this is playing out, and who’s been affected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Apr 09, 2024•3 min
It looks like today, staff at TVNZ will learn the outcome of consultations over the planned scrapping of One news at midday, One news tonight, current affairs shows Sunday and Fair Go and the youth focused service “Re:news.” We talk to Michael Wood, the E tū union representative involved in negotiations. We hear from David Seymour, the Associate Education Minister, about his thoughts on truancy, as plans are formulated to tackle school wagging. The NZ company which has been funded to supply some...
Apr 08, 2024•19 min
What the potential Foodstuffs’ merger means for your wallet. We talk to Consumer NZ after the Commerce Commission expressed concern and asked for more information. Warrior's CEO Cameron George joins us after a stonking win against the Rabbitohs at the weekend, Judy Bailey on planning for later years the moment you start working... and the Italian island calling for outsiders to adopt a goat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 07, 2024•21 min
The cuts just keep coming as the public service tries to meet the government’s cost reduction targets. Who is next? Cicada-geddon is about to hit the US, with trillions of the insects set to emerge from the ground. What is the secret sauce that is keeping the Phoenix at the top of the A League and does flipping a coin really give you a 50/50 chance of winning? Me rapu rautaki tonu ngā ratonga tūmatanui e tapahi tahua ai, kia tutuki i ngā whainga a te kāwanatanga, engari ka tapahia tonu. Ko wai i...
Apr 04, 2024•17 min
Is the new Ministry of Regulation simply there to regulate regulation? The Minister in charge, David Seymour, joins Newsable to explain what it's all about. There is huge news for women’s basketball, with players in the professional Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa, set to double their pay. The project to counter the effects of toxic online messaging aimed at young men and US journalists have been asked to stop stealing from the President's plane. Kua whakatūria te Manatū Whakariterite Waeture hei wha...
Apr 03, 2024•21 min
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Taiwan, collapsing buildings and reportedly causing widespread damage. The quake, which officials say is the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years, also initially triggered a tsunami alert for the Philippines and Japan, but these warnings have now largely passed. Stuff Audio’s senior journalist Aaron Dahmen joins Newsable with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 03, 2024•4 min
We’re speaking to Former Prime Minister Helen Clark about her shock over the lack of movement on a global plan for a possible next pandemic. Plus a battle over the right figures to use when assessing the value of new cycleways. We check out the new Shōgun series on Disney Plus and the latest merchandising efforts from Former US President, Donald Trump. Kei te kōrero mātou ki te Pirimia o mua, a Helen Clark mō tōna tumeke i runga i te pōturi haere kia hanga he rautaki ā-ao hei whakarite mō ngā ma...
Apr 02, 2024•20 min
It’s been more than a week since one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in two decades. What do we know about ISIS K - the group claiming to be behind it? Plus, how far away are flying taxis from hitting New Zealand? We have the inside word on this weekend’s crucial Super Rugby Aupiki matches, and the science behind your favourite song going round and round in your head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 01, 2024•18 min
An experiment with artificial intelligence being used to work out corner kick tactics in football, saw experts from Liverpool FC favouring AI over existing plans. But is this fair to all? Newsable talks to Dr Teo Susnjak a computer scientist at Massey University and a former tennis pro. Plus a former billionaire crypto wunderkind is facing a potential 100 year prison sentence, the Sal's NBL basketball season has kicked off. and the sick baby hedgehog, that was actually a piece of clothing. Kua w...
Mar 27, 2024•19 min
After the revelations about hacking attacks on New Zealand's parliamentary system, will our relationship with China change? Newsable speaks to our Chief Political Correspondent, Tova O'Brien. Microsoft New Zealand’s CEO talks about the company’s latest AI technology that will increase exposure to Te Reo Māori, plus the strange traditions that surrounded dying in the Victorian era and changing your name to protest the candidates standing in the US Presidential Elections. I muri i ngā whakaohorere...
Mar 26, 2024•21 min
The Government has revealed a cyber attack on New Zealand's parliamentary network in 2021 by a Chinese state-sponsered actor...a claim rejected by China. The head of the spy agency, the GCSB, Andrew Clark has spoken about what happen and whether any sensitive information was taken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 25, 2024•4 min
Instagram’s automatically limiting the political content it recommends. Newsable finds out what this actually means for your Insta feed. The reaction from Hawkes Bay to a Cyclone Gabrielle report that says the national emergency system is letting people down, plus what is going on with camera surveillance at Woolworth's self check outs and flexible work and how it affects stress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 25, 2024•18 min
New Zealand’s national emergency system ‘sets up good people to fail.’ That’s the damning finding of an independent review into the Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke’s Bay. The review - which was carried out by former Police Commissioner Mike Bush - flags what it calls a lack of 'situational awareness', and adds that the system is currently not fit for purpose. Stuff Audio's senior journalist Aaron Dahmen joins Imogen Wells to talk about the report, and what it means for futur...
Mar 25, 2024•3 min
The strict instructions to leave the Princess of Wales alone after her shock announcement that she was undergoing treatment for cancer. Labour leader, Chris Hipkins, joins Newsable to talk about the party's decison to re-visit tax rules, plus the Wheel Blacks miss out on selection for the Paris Olympics, but celebrate holding a major international competition on home soil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 24, 2024•20 min
Kate, the Princess of Wales, has revealed she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Her condition was disclosed in a video message after weeks of speculation on social media about her whereabouts and health. Kate asked for “time, space and privacy” while she is treated for an unspecified type of cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 22, 2024•3 min
Newsable can reveal Police dished out $65,000 for a podcast it released on the staff intranet, a total figure higher than the salary of a training officer. The cost is also six times that of a similar product produced by the New Zealand Defence Force. So why won't people ever get to hear it for themselves? Plus, how many Kiwis suffer from migraines in their day-to-day lives, the plane etiquette of peeling an orange, and start your engines, it’s Formula 1 time across the ditch. Learn more about y...
Mar 21, 2024•22 min
As New Zealand returns into a technical recession, with GDP falling 0.1% in the December quarter, the axe is falling on hundreds of jobs across New Zealand’s public service. Around 180 roles are likely to be disestablished at the Ministry of Health, while the Ministry of Primary Industries is planning to cut 9% of its staff. Sources at the Ministry of Education, ACC, WorkSafe, Crown Law, MBIE and other departments have also confirmed to Stuff that jobs will go. Imogen Wells has all the details i...
Mar 21, 2024•2 min
March has been pretty chilly in many parts, so are the frosty temperatures due to hang around? Newsable speaks to a weather expert. GDP figures are out today so we check out how the economy is faring. Also on the pod: the special skills in a neurodiverse workforce and the special Easter egg saved, uneaten, throughout one person's life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 20, 2024•20 min
