The Medals Keep Coming!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 09, 2024•3 min
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Episodes
Two GOLDS and a BRONZE!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day thirteen of the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 08, 2024•4 min
Local Water Done Well: Three Waters replacement revealed
The Government has outlined its plans for new council-owned water services to replace the controversial Three Waters scheme. We catch up with double-Olympic gold medal winning Black Fern Tyla King. She is retiring from international sevens, what's next? Could an increase in severe weather events make it too expensive to insure our homes? And Imogen Wells hits us with some fun Olympic facts. Did someone say condoms? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 08, 2024•23 min
NZ has another medal to its name!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day eleven of the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 07, 2024•4 min
Unemployment is up. What effect will this have on interest rates?
The unemployment figures for the June quarter are in and show a rise to 4.6%, up from 4.4% in the last quarter and 3.6% at the same time last year. This is broadly in line with economists' and the Reserve Bank's expectations, so what does it mean for interest rates? Kamala Harris has picked a running mate with 'Midwestern Dad' energy. What do we know about Tim Walz? We take a look at the River Seine. Is the water making Olympic athletes sick? And still at the Olympics, Imogen Wells meets a self-...
Aug 07, 2024•23 min
The overnight action from day 11 of the Olympics
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day 11 of the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 06, 2024•3 min
Health NZ's u-turn on cancer drug Keytruda
A backtrack from Health NZ means some Kiwis will get access to the cancer drug Keytruda before Pharmac begins funding it later this year. Richard Sullivan is the Chief Clinical Officer at Health NZ and joins us to explain their decision. Global sharemarkets have been all over the place recently, with concerns around the state of the US economy seeing some big falls, particularly in the tech sector. And nearly a third of Americans could lose access to one of the most visited websites in the world...
Aug 06, 2024•23 min
Two more medals for NZ!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day ten of the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 05, 2024•4 min
How misinformation turned into violent riots in the UK
Misinformation around the identity of the attacker behind the fatal stabbings of three children at a dance class in Southport last week has lead to the worst riots the UK has seen in more than a decade. What has been fuelling the unrest and what could the consequences be? Gore toddler Lachie Jones was found dead in January 2019. An inquest into the death resumes today. Imogen Wells catches up with New Zealand golfing royalty Lydia Ko ahead of her quest for Olympic gold in Paris. And just when yo...
Aug 05, 2024•20 min
Overnight action from day 9 of the Olympics
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day nine of the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 04, 2024•3 min
The Paris Olympics promised to be the greenest in history. Can they deliver?
Organisers promised that the Paris Olympic Games would be the greenest in modern history, saying they would halve the carbon footprints of the London and Rio editions. Can sporting events of this size be environmentally sustainable? If not, what might an alternative look like? Sticking with the Olympics, the women's boxing has been generating plenty of discussion. Algerian fighter Imane Khelif has guaranteed herself a medal but why is it her gender that everyone wants to talk about? And the Nati...
Aug 04, 2024•22 min
Silver for Twigg!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 03, 2024•2 min
Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne
On Easter Monday 2021, police were called to the home of a successful professional couple in the affluent Auckland suburb of Remuera. They found the body of Pauline Hanna. In his emergency call, her husband, Philip Polkinghorne, said she killed herself. Sixteen months later he was charged with her murder. As this podcast is released, he's currently on trial at the High Court in Auckland. Stuff's groundbreaking series returns to take you inside the Polkinghorne trial: Hear the witnesses, follow t...
Aug 03, 2024•29 min
Silver on the water!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 02, 2024•3 min
It's raining medals in Paris!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key action from day six of the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 01, 2024•3 min
Tensions ramp up in the Middle East after Hamas killing
Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh who died in an overnight air strike in Tehran. Israel hasn’t commented publicly on the strike but it has previously vowed to eliminate the group’s leaders. What does this mean for the already volatile situation in the Middle East? Stuff's Catrin Owen has been covering the murder trial of eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne. She brings us up to speed with the latest developments. New research has found nearly half of deme...
Aug 01, 2024•24 min
Another medal for NZ in Paris!
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day five at the Olympics including another medal for New Zealand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 31, 2024•2 min
"Overly prescriptive" loan regulations have been scrapped
If you are looking for a loan, be it for a home or a credit card, there should be less hoops to jump through after the government has scrapped what it describes as "overly-prescriptive" regulations from the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. A more streamlined process to borrowing money may sound pretty good, but not everyone is convinced. 12-year-old Kiwi Nell Fisher is not only a great actress, she is also a bit lovely. We chat to the star of the upcoming film Bookworm, and Stranger Th...
Jul 31, 2024•22 min
GOLD! NZ's first medal in Paris
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 30, 2024•3 min
“They are in shock": A grim discovery in the Yanfei Bao case
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Christchurch mum Yanfei Bao just over a year ago believe they've found her remains in a shallow grave. Why did it take so long? Imogen's adventures in Paris continue as she shares a pastry with Kiwi medal hope Dylan Schmidt and discovers what daily life is really like for an Olympics athlete. Talking of pastry, we've got the big winners in the national pie awards. And we'll tell you how you can see not one, but two meteor showers this week. Learn mor...
Jul 30, 2024•21 min
Breaking: Remains found in Yanfei Bao investigation
Newsable brings you the latest from the media conference where police revealed details of a grim discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 30, 2024•2 min
It's been a tough day at the Olympics for our Kiwi athletes
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from Paris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 29, 2024•3 min
Tax cuts kick in - how much better off will you be?
National campaigned on them, Nicola Willis said she’d quit if she didn’t deliver them, and in the May Budget we finally got the details on the Government’s tax cuts. Tomorrow they finally kick in. Who better to talk us through the implications than Infometrics principal economist and friend of Newsable Brad Olsen. How much better off will you be? Plus, drama on day one of the Polkinghorne trial, why vegans are on the right side of new research about life expectancy and hard news on the beds in t...
Jul 29, 2024•23 min
The overnight results from Paris and concerns with water quality in the River Seine
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 28, 2024•4 min
The Harris effect: What the polls make of Trump's likely new opponent.
The US election continues to provide plenty of twists and turns, with Vice President Kamala Harris now all but assured of the Democratic presidential nomination. A week after President Joe Biden stepped aside, Harris seems to have the numbers - and the high-profile endorsements - she was looking for. What do the polls say now and will this change Donald Trump's approach? We preview what's sure to be a high-profile trial getting underway at the High Court in Auckland today, with eye surgeon Phili...
Jul 28, 2024•22 min
Newsable brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day one at the Olympics
Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you up to date with all the key overnight happenings from day one at the Olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2024•3 min
Coordinated arson attacks paralyse French trains ahead of Olympics
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you the latest from Paris including details on the arson attacks disrupting train services ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2024•3 min
The Kiwi flag bearers for the Olympic opening ceremony have been named
Direct from France, Newsable's very own Imogen Wells brings you the latest from Paris including the announcement of the New Zealand bearers and overnight results for our New Zealand Football and Rugby Sevens teams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2024•3 min
Nobby Clark vs the Council: Will Invercargill be looking for a new mayor today?
An independent investigation into Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark's "insulting, degrading" behaviour during a television interview has resulted in the council calling an extraordinary meeting today. They will convene to decide possible next steps, which could include renewed calls for him to resign. Newsable's Imogen Wells checks in from Paris as the games officially begin. And it's been described as "lumpy vaseline". Should we be cheery or wary when it comes to sea moss? Learn more about your ad...
Jul 25, 2024•19 min
Canada duo sent home for spying on New Zealand women’s football team
Newsable's Imogen Wells reports from the 2024 Olympic Games - with the first results from the Kiwi campaign and the latest on a spying scandal that's rocked the New Zealand women’s football team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 24, 2024•3 min
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