Can we swap fresh fruit and vegetables for the canned and frozen varieties without impacting our health? We ask Professor Lisa Te Morenga from Massey University and Co-chair of Health Coalition Aotearoa. Getting help to those affected by the huge landslip in PNG. We hear what the United Nation's Children's agency is doing. Plus the global survey of millennials and Gen Zers and feelings of optimism and the too loud ice cream van jingles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
May 28, 2024•22 min
Should high schools be requiring students to pick one sport over another when it comes to senior competitions? The Warrior's CEO, Cameron George shares his thoughts with us. The inquest into the death of Otago Uni student Sophia Crestani, at a flat party, has begun in Dunedin. We take a look at our under pressure rural healthcare sector and AI could soon be answering your cellphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 27, 2024•20 min
20 years on from the groundbreaking documentary Super Size Me, we look at why the fast food industry hasn’t really changed at all. Plus, set your alarms, it’s Budget week! We’re breaking down what to watch for on Thursday. And the woman from Wānaka who's run a daily marathon for the past 400-odd days and has no plans to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2024•22 min
Cuts in the public sector are still being revealed. The latest are 700 positions at the Ministry of Social Development.But how close to the bone are they getting? Young people are being hit hardest as unemployment rises. We talk to the Salvation Army about how they can be helped. Plus we talk to former Al Black and Sky commentator Jeff Wilson about the prospects of the Black Ferns and the Warriors this weekend and why a GPS tag doesn't mean police can go and get your stolen possession. Learn mor...
May 23, 2024•19 min
New Zealand ranks third globally in Google searches for ADHD. Why are we so interested in the condition? Newsable chats to a specialist counsellor. At least 5000 young people in Auckland alone are in need of housing help, Lifewise supports many of them and is now providing assistance with life skills as well. We explain the latest stand off over how New Zealand Rugby should be structured as the Players Association, which represents professional players such as the All Blacks, threatens to go it ...
May 22, 2024•21 min
Complaints about banks are rising, so could consumers benefit from a new system called open banking? With Parliament poised to hear a proposed law to get things rolling, financial expert Sam Stubbs explains the benefits. Plus: The new podcast from Stuff and The Press that takes you inside one of the most harrowing unsolved mysteries in New Zealand’s modern history, the return of bird flu - and forget smartphones… a dumbphone is the new tech craze in town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
May 21, 2024•22 min
The My Food Bag founder and former Telecom CEO explains why she's bemused by complaints from customers still waiting for their dream match and says the expanding enterprise - "an antidote to dating apps" - is off to a great start. Plus, the stigma around migraines and is coffee really on the way out? Why some people are giving up caffeine for good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 2024•22 min
Kiwis stranded in New Caledonia are in limbo waiting for the Air Force to be allowed to take them home. What needs to happen before they can leave? Generation AI - they’re more productive and better at managing their workload. We find out their secret. Plus is handwriting even worth learning anymore and the most expensive sheep dog in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2024•22 min
It’s all or nothing Saturday at Sky Stadium for the Wellington Phoenix. Will they make the final? We talk to Phoenix coach, Giancarlo Italiano. A new report just out says workplace bullying and harassment in New Zealand is costing employers $1.5b a year. The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner shares her thoughts. A free music streaming app could be about to face legal action and Marvel has to apologise about influencing influencers over its new video game. Learn more about your ad choic...
May 16, 2024•20 min
Recently on Newsable we talked to Rugby league legend Adam Blair about his new Rugby League podcast, with Goran Paladin. We're excited to let you know that this new Stuff podcast, League Of Our Own, is now available! Take a listen to this first episode right here in the Newsable feed and if you like what you hear make sure you follow League Of Our Own, so you don't miss the next episode! In this episode Blairy and Goran chat with former Warrior now high-flying Dolphin Kodi Nikorima. Learn more a...
May 16, 2024•57 min
Winter illnesses are beginning to creep into our consciousness and children can be some of the worse hit. This year there are also real worries about the possbility of a measles outbreak. So what can we do to stay well. We talk to the Medical Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre, Nikki Turner. Peter Hook, the co founder of Joy Division and New Order, is touring New Zealand and he talks about making a life out of music. Plus a great problem - too many kiwi. Learn more about your ad choice...
May 15, 2024•22 min
Peter Hook is the co-founder of Manchester bands Joy Division and New Order. He is currently touring New Zealand with his band Peter Hook and the Light, starting off in Wellington on Thursday. He spoke to Newsable about making the music he started as a teenager last his entire life and why the tributes to the lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis - such as the graffiti wall in Wellington - still mean so much, so many years after he died. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
May 15, 2024•12 min
A Black Power life member gives us his take on the government’s latest moves to crackdown on gangs Can a worm actually get in your brain and eat part of it as Robert F Kennedy Jnr claimed happened to him? We talk to expert. Graham Le Gros from the Malaghan Institute. A Kiwi designer finds a photo of himself in his own design on the online shopping market Temu, without his permission, plus how the way you sleep can affect your face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2024•19 min
A new National Gang Unit has been announced by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. Gang disruption units will also be set up around the country , designed to disrupt and target offenders. The news was announced at a media conference in Auckland also attended by the Police Minister, Mark Mitchell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2024•5 min
How to protect yourself from the most common causes of house fires. We talk to insurance company AMI. There's been a surge in job applications in Auckland according to recruitment agency Walter Rogers - could the public service cuts be to blame? Researchers at Clarkson University in New York have made a break though in splitting the parts of the so-called forever chemical, PFAS And after the proposed legal cap on the price of kebabs in Germany, we track down some of the wackiest laws from around...
May 13, 2024•16 min
Some 100,000 people - the same as the population of Dunedin - fled their homes in Rafah over the weekend as the humanitarian crisis deepens. We hear from the UN as Palestinians and aid workers alike face "sand, rubble, destruction and no safety". Plus: Pink sky at night ... power company fright - the dark side of the aurora explained. And why Germany's top politician is being skewered over kebab prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2024•24 min
The Finance Minister, Nicola Willis, plans to return to a policy of the past and bring back social investment.. But how does it work? Netflix's Baby Reindeer is heading towards becoming one of its all time hits - why do we love it so much? Plus Jeff Wilson on top of the table clash between the Hurricanes and the Blues and it's the finals of Eurovision this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 09, 2024•23 min
It is 6 month's since the death of baby Ru in Wellington and there have been no arrests. His mother, Storm Wall, talks to Stuff about her son and what she says is her desire for justice. Forget working from home, the latest is working from holiday. Do pigs really play a role in the fungal disease Kauri Dieback? And the latest from cicada-geddon in the US. We've had noise complaints, now the massive emergence of periodic cicadas is disrupting the food chain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
May 08, 2024•19 min
Erin Patterson - the Australian woman accused of three counts of murder over the poison mushroom beef Wellington lunch has opted to have her case "fast tracked." But what does that mean and why is she also facing five charges of attempted murder? We hear from a court reporter with the Guardian Australia. First-home buyers made up just over a quarter of the buyers in the first three months of this year. What's going their way? Arthritis can hit young and old and the cost to society of lost work h...
May 07, 2024•21 min
With the Warriors struggling - for now - to meet their pre-season billing as one of the NRL favourites, league legend Adam Blair explains why fans should keep the faith. Plus, why Xi Jinping's trip to Europe matters for New Zealand; Kiwi cocaine cowboys - the drug syndicate that used Canterbury farms as cover; and, possibly, the most boring man in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 06, 2024•20 min
Across the ditch, the Australian government has pledged more than a billion dollars to tackle its own gendered and family violence problem. So should New Zealand look to do the same? If you or anyone you know is the victim of family violence, there is a range of community organisations you can reach out to - see the full list here. If you are in immediate danger, call the Police on 111. Plus - inside the inquest into the death of toddler Lachie Jones, and have you ever had a horror job interview...
May 05, 2024•17 min
Cabinet Minister Shane Jones tells Newsable he’s provocative to push the need for development, but what about the environment ? A new report in the New Zealand Medical Journal shows the use of ADHAD drugs is soaring, but the majority of those who need help are still not getting any. Established dog walkers are crying foul over cowboy recent arrivals and why it's a good idea to keep searching for a precious item even after 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 02, 2024•22 min
More people are spending their days worrying about money according to the Financial Services Council. We talk to the FSC's Chief Executive about who is struggling most. Samoa is tackling an outbreak of dengue fever, nut butters from a.Wellington maker are heading into space plus the biggest Harry Potter collector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 01, 2024•20 min
The clock is ticking for Tiktok in the US with the government giving the social media giant a deadline to sell its US operations . The property market is stagnating along with the rest of the economy. We talk to a property expert about how long things will be on hold. What is worse for getting your brain performing, no breakfast or an unhealthy breakfast ? Plus we told you last month about the cicada-geddon about to hit the US, with trillions of insects set to emerge from underground - Now the n...
Apr 30, 2024•20 min
Winston Peters is expected to clarify New Zealand’s position on the defence pact, AUKUS, tomorrow, but what is it all about? A Coroner’s inquest has opened into the death of a Gore toddler who drowned in oxidation ponds, we have the background to this confusing tragedy. Could you live longer if you had a female doctor and how it's getting harder to pass the picture verification test in an effort to stave off AI guesses. E kawatau ana ka whakamahuki te pirimia tuarua a Winston Peters i tā Aotearo...
Apr 29, 2024•19 min
It is all but a year since King Charles and Queen Camilla were crowned. How have the first 12 months gone? We talk to a US podcaster. Researchers in Australia have called the medicinal cannabis industry there the Wild West, but is it the same here? Plus we get the details on the student protests growing in the US and the problems being caused by the oh so snappable Mount Fuji in Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 28, 2024•22 min
New Zealand citizens are jumping ship and moving overseas at record rates. We meet one Kiwi who’s recently left for Australia and ask an expert, sociologist, Distinguised Professor Paul Spoonley what the impacts could be. Can the Wellington Phoenix regain their top of the table spot before heading into the playoffs? We talk to one of the founders of the Yellow Fever supporters about how he is feeling about Saturday night's match. Plus taste testing K Pop cola. Kei te peke ngā kirirarau o Aotearo...
Apr 25, 2024•18 min
In a surprise move, Melissa Lee has been booted from Cabinet and stripped of the Media portfolio, and Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues portfolio in a reshuffle. Simmonds was a minister outside of Cabinet. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith would take over the Media and Broadcasting role, while Social Development Minister Louise Upston would pick up Disability Issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 24, 2024•2 min
Record numbers are turning up at our Emergency Departments. But can they cope? Newsable talks to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine New Zealand Chair Dr Kate Allan. Thousands will turn out for dawn services on Anzac Day, but how well are we recognising veterans from more recent conflicts? Plus Melanie Bracewell joins us to talk about being funny and the New Zealand Comedy Festival and the bizarre things left behind in Ubers. Kei te haramai ngā tūroro maha rawa atu ki ō tātou taiwhan...
Apr 23, 2024•21 min
The cost of living is pushing some people to halt their KiwiSaver payments - is this a growing trend? The latest in a cold case of a Kiwi woman missing in Miami for 20 years, Crown lawyers and the Waitangi Tribunal are battling it out in the High Court in what's been described as an all out legal spectacle. Plus, how to make your slow afternoon go faster. Kei te pā taumaha mai te utu noho i ētahi tāngata kia whakatārewa rātou i tā rātou utu Kiwisaver - he ia tipu tēnei? Ko ngā rongo kōrero hou m...
Apr 22, 2024•19 min
