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1 week ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
You know what I’m not going to miss? The census. If there anything that showed how bad Governments can be at embracing technology, it was the census. At a time when Governments collect huge amounts of electronic data about us, it seemed ridiculous that they were also asking us to fill out a paper form and send it in. They already know what we’re earning, the IRD has that.
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2 weeks ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
Let me tell you about my colleague Kylie's reaction to that Air India plane crash last night. She was in bed. She was playing on her phone as you do, and the news came in at about 9 o'clock. Immediately, she looked, she suspected it, looked up what kind of plane it was, exactly as she thought: a Boeing. Then she immediately looked up what plane her 12-year-old daughter is on to Samoa this Sunday —exactly as she expected, a Boeing— and she freaked out.
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3 weeks ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
I've been thinking overnight about the news yesterday that a second Christchurch school has decided to put the walls back up in their classrooms and abandon those modern learning barn style spaces that we were doing in favour of going back to the traditional single class. The school is Shirley Boys High. And then last year, Rangiora High School did the same thing. Something that Rangiora High School's principal said struck me.
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3 weeks ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
We've had a case of conflicting polls over the last twenty-four hours, with two completely different Governments predicted. But if there's one thing you can take from these polls, which they both agree on, it's that the pay equity revamp hasn’t turned into the circuit breaker that the left clearly thought it was going to be. The polls are almost identical in the proportion of people who oppose the revamp. The One News poll had 45 percent, the RNZ poll had 43 percent. That is not big.
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3 weeks ago | 
nzinitiative.org.nz | Oliver Hartwich |Heather du Plessis-Allan
Reports & Media > Media > Newstalk ZB: Dr Oliver Hartwich warns of Trump's trade turmoil Newstalk ZB: Dr Oliver Hartwich warns of Trump's trade turmoil Dr Oliver Hartwich talked to Heather Du Plessis-Allan on Newstalk ZB about the potential global economic impact of Donald Trump's tariffs.
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4 weeks ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
This weekend marks the last day of Winnie and the first day of David Seymour as the Deputy Prime Minister. Now, mostly I don't actually care. I mean, I largely agree with Jim Bolger's assessment and, and obviously, happy 90th birthday to Jim for tomorrow. The role doesn't actually mean very much. It's symbolic. It doesn't carry any particular power other than really just letting you know who's second in command.
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1 month ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
Let's talk about this business with the pension age. Chris Luxon has said today twice that he wants the pension age to go up to 67. He said it once on Kerreās show this morning, and then at a post-budget lunch speaking to business leaders, he repeated it and he told them that this is basically going to be election policy for National next year.
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1 month ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
Was Tonkin + Taylor right to apologise to Winston Peters for the employee heckling him? Of course they were! They don't want to be associated with this kind of behaviour. The guy was wearing their work lanyard, it clearly identified him as a staffer and I had his name and photo land in my inbox at 4:41 yesterday afternoon. Which is to say - people had already figured out who he is and who he works for.
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1 month ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
I've got a life tip for you - Grownups should not post their opinions on social media. Case in point, Gary Lineker. Now, Gary is about to announce that he's leaving his job at the BBC because of a social media post. This, in the UK, is very big news. Gary's a very popular host. He's the highest earner at the BBC because of how popular he is.
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1 month ago | 
newstalkzb.co.nz | Heather du Plessis-Allan
I just want to be clear, I don't want to start a disagreement between shows here on Newstalk ZB, but I did listen to Mike Hosking this morning talking some smack, and listening to it, I felt, no, I'm gonna have to say something about this just to restore a bit of balance to this debate. In defence of instant coffee, the stuff is great. I love it. I drink it nearly every day, little flat white in the morning, little old school instant in the afternoon.
