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by Newstalk ZB
With a straight down the middle approach, Larry Williams Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.
Episodes
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Geoff Thomas: China suspend Boeing 737 Max 8 flights after Ethiopian tragedy
China has asked its domestic airlines to temporarily ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, following the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board, Beijing news agency Caijing reports. China Southern Airlines has 16 of the aircraft, with another 34 on order, according to data…
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Megan Goldie: Search for Denver Chance: Police haven't ruled out foul play
Police haven't ruled out foul play as they continue the search for missing Auckland man Denver Chance. Chance has not been seen or heard from in 11 days since he drove south along Auckland's Southern Motorway towards Karaka. It emerged on Wednesday there had reported sightings of his red Nissan...
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Paul Spain: 40,000 households might not get on Rugby World Cup due to broadband issues
Around 40,000 rural householders will need to leave the couch (nay, the house) to watch the full gamut of Rugby World Cup matches this year. That's because their broadband won't be good enough to stream the games. That was the message from the bosses of Crown Infrastructure Partners, the body...
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David Seymour: Opposition outraged as Michael Cullen's government contract extended
National is accusing the Government of wasting taxpayers' money on using Tax Working Group chairman Sir Michael Cullen as a "hired gun," after his contract was extended. But Cullen – who was also once a Labour Party Finance Minister – rubbished the claim and said he was only staying on to "defend...
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Mihi Blair: Philip Morris' offer of removing cigarettes from shelves a stunt
A smoke-free advocate has labelled the latest move by tobacco giant Philip Morris a "joke". The company, which produces the Marlboro cigarettes, has said they will remove cigarettes from New Zealand shelves if the Government lets them more freely sell their "heat-not-burn" tobacco products. Those...
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Felix Geiringer: Westpac admits breaching Nicky Hager's privacy
Nicky Hager has claimed victory over Westpac after the bank settled and apologised in the face of claims it breached the journalist's privacy. The settlement - including a payment to Hager and his lawyers - followed proceedings brought against the bank by the Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT)...
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Clifford Paxton: 44-year-old woman in custody over Tauranga shooting
A 44-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to a firearms callout in Tauranga this morning. Western Bay of Plenty Area Commander Inspector Clifford Paxton told Larry Williams shots were fired before 9am at a property adjacent to Bellevue Primary School. Police are still investigating why…
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Paul Nisbet: Speedway plans to fight to stay at Western Springs
The gloves are off in the war for Western Springs and it could get bloody. Speedway announced today that they will fight to stay at the iconic venue – and may now refuse to move to Colin Dale park in South Auckland. Speedway sent an open letter to Mayor Phil Goff, outlining their intention to…
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Kieran Read confirms he will stand down after 2019 World Cup
Kieran Read will walk away from the All Blacks after this year's World Cup, and take up a short stint in Japan. The All Blacks captain made the announcement today and will front a press conference in Christchurch. Read, 33, has played 118 tests in the black jersey and has captained the team in 49...
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Michael Vredenburg: Maritime New Zealand exposes worker exploitation on Taiwanese ship
Worker exploitation on a foreign ship has been uncovered by Maritime New Zealand. The crown entity stopped a Taiwanese bulk-carrier on its way to Panama in Canterbury's Lyttelton Harbour until operator Wisdom Marine International paid crew four-months worth of wages. Martime New Zealand's…
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Anna Leask: Details of Xi Wang's brutal death revealed as ex pleads guilty to murder
Xi Wang was murdered while holding her 2-year-old son in her arms, court documents reveal. Her ex-husband Ephraim Joseph Beazley, 33, this morning pleaded guilty to murdering Wang in her Flat Bush home in December. The Herald has obtained the police summary of facts which reveals the brutal…
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Matthew Tukaki: Select committee to hold inquiry into how health system treats M?ori
Why M?ori suffer worse health than other New Zealanders will be investigated by Parliament. The M?ori affairs select committee will hold an inquiry into M?ori health inequalities, its chairman and Labour MP Rino Tirikatene confirmed. The Herald understands the inquiry is likely to include a...
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Sam Rubin: Michael Jackson songs banned from New Zealand radio stations
Disgraced pop star Michael Jackson will no longer be played on New Zealand radio stations. NZME, which owns ZM, The Hits, Flava and more - including Newstalk ZB - will no longer play Jackson's songs on air. Dean Buchanan, group director of entertainment at NZME says: "NZME station playlists…
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Mustafa Farouk and Robert Patman on the Mark Taylor Jihadist case
A local Islamist thinks the Government should do all they can to bring Mark Taylor home as he is not in the right mental state. The 33-year-old New Zealander is currently being held in a Kurdish prison, after been caught as he fled the growing conflict in the Middle East as the Islamic State...
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Miles Hurrell confirmed as Fonterra CEO
Fonterra's new boss says reducing the company's debt by $800 million is achievable. Miles Hurrell has been officially installed as CEO today, having been interim boss since last August. It comes after Fonterra last year posted a historic net annual loss of $196m. Fonterra's gearing ratio bumped…
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Chris Hipkins: MPs split on students protesting climate change
The Education Minister says kids who skip school next Friday need to be doing it for the right reasons. Thousands of New Zealand school students plan to go take part in the worldwide day of action over global warming on March 15. The issue has divided politicians across the spectrum. Chris…
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Michael Baker: New study further discredits autism and vaccine link
A new study of more than half a million children has found no link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination and autism. The Danish study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal today, looked at all children born in the country between 1999 and 2010. The children were...
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Sandra Hazlehurst: Cape Kidnappers' cliff to re-open despite risks
The beach under Cape Kidnappers will be reopened by the Hastings District Council, despite a report saying it will put lives at risk. It's a decision that now leaves the council opened to being prosecuted and fined by WorkSafe were a slip on one of NZ's most iconic day walks to kill or injure...
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Murray Olds: Australian fast food chains criticised over amount of salt
New research has found Australian kids are often consuming an entire day's salt intake in just one meal. Heart Foundation analysis of kids' meals at four major fast-food chains has found some contain more than the entire daily recommended amount of salt, while chicken nuggets can have two times…
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Scott Waghorn: Dentist calls for sugar tax alongside free dental care
A dentist says there needs to be a sugar tax alongside free dental care. Waitemat? DHB has revealed it wants a comprehensive dental service for all New Zealanders and is urging other DHBs to support the idea. It comes as a growing number of people are presenting at hospitals for emergency dental...
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Hannah McQueen: More people going into retirement with mortgages hanging over them
More Kiwis are expected to be paying off a mortgage in their retirement in the environment of continued record house prices. Research from OneRoof shows only 33 percent of New Zealand homes are mortgage-free, which is fewer than five years ago. At the same time, interest rates have been at or…
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Adam Harvey: Journalist who spoke to Mark Taylor shares his story
Kurdish authorities are lax when it comes to interviewing Islamic State prisoners because they want them take off their hands, according to one reporter on the scene. As the US-led coalition closes in on IS strongholds across Iraq and Syria, sympathisers are turning up in prisons and refugee…
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Petrina Hargrave: Surveys reveal lack of trust by victims in the criminal justice system
A majority of crime victims feel they are failed by the criminal justice system, with some describing the process as worse than the crime they have suffered, a criminal justice workshop has heard. And the Government's chief victim’s advisor Dr Kim McGregor says that the system is so "brutal" that...
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OIiver Peterson: Bush fire wipes out town in Victoria
An entire township has been all but "wiped out" by devastating bushfires in Victoria's southeast. Tonimbuk, which borders Bunyip State Park, was in the direct path of a massive fire that swept through over the weekend. A map of the area from the Country Fire Authority shows a large section of…
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Kris Faafoi: Government takes aim at ticketing scalpers
The Government has announced they will be banning ticket scalping, and the Commerce Minister says they are looking especially closely at Viagogo. Minister Kris Faafoi and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement today. "Measures planned include a price cap on resale tickets, enforcing...
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Bill Hodge: ISIS fight Mark Taylor is still New Zealand's responsibility
A lawyer says a former Kiwi soldier who joined Islamic State and is detained in a Syrian prison is still New Zealand's responsibility. Mark Taylor, also known as Mohammad Daniel and Abu Abdul Rahman, burnt his New Zealand passport after going to Syria to fight for Isis. In 2014, Taylor, declared…
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Dozens of journalists accused of breaching gag order on Pell
An Australian state prosecutor has sent letters threatening to charge media organizations and dozens of journalists with breaching a gag order that banned reporting of Cardinal George Pell's convictions on charges of sexually molesting two choirboys, lawyers said Thursday. Reporting in any format...
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Andrew Jeong: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un open summit with one-on-one meeting
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dove into the details of nuclear negotiations Thursday against a backdrop of swirling questions about what Kim was willing to give up and what Trump may demand in the face of rising domestic turmoil. Tempering expectations, Trump opened…
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Paul Goldsmith: Government was warned not to loan money to Westland Milk Products
National says it's not surprised Treasury advised deferring granting Westland Milk Products a loan. The private company was given a $9.9 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund last year. Political editor Barry Soper says the money came from the Provincial Growth Fund late last year, but...
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Michael Rothfeld: The key takeaways from Michael Cohen's Congress testimony
1. Cohen provides plenty of smoke - if not a gun Cohen gave key claims and documents that will birth all kinds of new targets for reporters and, potentially, investigators. But most of his most important contentions require explanation and inquiry. His statement that he heard a phone conversation...
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Cathy Casey: Aucklanders don't want private firework displays
Aucklanders are fed up with fireworks, according to one local councillor. Auckland Council's calling on the government to ban the public sale of fireworks, after only two councillors voted against the proposal. If successful, it'll see the end of private displays in people’s backyards. Councillor...
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Dan Mitchison: Ivanka Trump says most Americans don't want guaranteed minimum wage
White House adviser and presidential daughter Ivanka Trump is taking aim at Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's idea of guaranteed jobs with "family-sustaining" wages, saying that such a notion is at odds with what most Americans want. In an interview scheduled to air in full Sunday, Trump...
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Jane Stevens: Mother of Nicky Stevens meets with Waikato DHB over her son's death
The mother of Nicky Stevens has told members of a health board about the impact of its request to reopen a coroner's inquest into the death of her son. Jane Stevens said at today's Waikato District Health Board meeting her family was "gutted" by the DHB's actions, which she believed were "an...
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Justin Lester: Wellington City Council signs off extra $19.3 million for town hall upgrade
Wellington city councillors have unanimously signed off on an extra $19.3m to strengthen and refurbish the Town Hall. The budget is now set at $112.4m from an initial estimate of $43m after it was closed in 2013, and costs have ballooned ever since. But that price could increase even further…
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Catherine Beard: New Zealand trade deficit for January hits record $791m
New Zealand recorded its highest January deficit on record and the seasonally adjusted deficit was also more than double what economists had been expecting as a fall in exports outstripped their forecasts. The January trade deficit was a seasonally adjusted $791 million, as exports fell 7.8 per...
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Tessa Akerman: George Pell returns to court in last bid for freedom
George Pell's defence lawyer has tried to persuade a judge that the disgraced cardinal's sex attack on two children was at the lower end of offending because it "lasted less than six minutes". At a pre-sentence hearing in Victorian County Court this morning, Pell's defence lawyer Robert Richter...
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Robert Kelly: What to expect from President Trump and Kim Jong Un meeting
President Donald Trump's message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been simple and clear: give up your nuclear weapons and a flood of wealth will soon be yours for the taking. But here's a nagging question: Is that really what Kim wants? With Trump and Kim descending on Hanoi for their…
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Holly Carrington: Businesses urged to prepare for domestic violence leave
A national domestic abuse charity says small businesses need to get ready for domestic violence leave coming into effect in a couple of months. From the 1st of April, employees will be entitled to two weeks domestic violence leave a year. Shine, which is a domestic abuse charity, say they are...
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Unruly tourist: NZ Police working with Interpol to track down James Nolan
New Zealand Police and Interpol are now working together to track down one of the unruly tourists who failed to appear in court and left the country on another person's passport. James Anthony Nolan, 26 has a warrant out for his arrest after failing to appear in court over the past few weeks. He...
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Australian cardinal - third most powerful man in Vatican - convicted of child abuse
LISTEN ABOVE AS AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT MURRAY OLDS SPEAKS TO LARRY WILLIAMS The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of...
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$36m Mainzeal ruling: Can Jenny Shipley and co-directors pay up?
Mainzeal creditors can find some satisfaction in a $36 million award, but the building company's collapse six year's ago still highlights "deep flaws" in the system, a construction lawyer says. The High Court has ruled that Mainzeal traded while insolvent for nine years and upheld claims of...
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Phil Goff takes strong stance against Lime e-scooters
The Lime scooter suspension will be extended for another 48-hours. The e-scooters have been temporarily banned in Auckland and Dunedin because of a fault causing the wheels to lock up and injuring riders. The council has spoken to Lime today but says it's still yet to receive the information…
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Sickening attack': Cop 'rag-dolled' on Melbourne street
Victoria Police have charged three men and a woman over a sickening attack that was filmed by a bystander at St Kilda on Sunday morning. Footage from the bayside suburb 7km from the Melbourne CBD showed two officers attempt to make an arrest shortly after 3am. The officers were surrounded by six...
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Owen Glenn: Hockey New Zealand release shock findings into bullying claims
A review into a negative culture and claims of bullying within the Black Sticks women's hockey team has revealed some alarming findings. In late August 2018, the Hockey Players Assocation presented Hockey New Zealand with confidential and anonymised concerns raised on behalf of the Black Sticks'...
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Ryan Fox speaks with Larry Williams after World Golf Championship
Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox is taking plenty of positives away from his late dash to Mexico for the World Golf Championship event. Fox finished well down the field on 11 over par, 32 shots off the winner Dustin Johnson. But he did get to play alongside Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth over the past…
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DAN MITCHINSON: Prosecutors: Smollett paid brothers $3,500 for staged attack
Two brothers who told police that Jussie Smollett paid them $3,500 to help stage an attack on himself were linked to the actor through the "Empire" television series, and court documents filed Thursday allege one of the men provided Smollett with designer drugs. Smollett appeared in court for a...
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Sam Hurley: Malcolm Rewa trial concludes with dramatic closing statements
"You can be sure he's guilty of murder." Those are the words of Crown prosecutor Gareth Kayes as he addresses the jury considering the third trial of Malcolm Rewa for the final time this morning. "The accused, Malcolm Rewa, entered Susan Burdett's home uninvited … he raped her, he murdered her,"...
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Liam Dann: The Government's Capital Gains Tax masterstroke
COMMENT: Is this Government going to bet it all on a comprehensive, once in a generation, tax revolution - one that affects nearly every New Zealander via KiwiSaver, small business and the family bach. Or has it, in a political masterstroke, reset the dial on Capital Gains Tax to the extent that...
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Murray Olds: Westpac faces first lawsuit after Australian Royal Banking Commission
Westpac has been hit with the first class action against one of the big four since the banking royal commission’s final report earlier this month. The claim filed by law firm Maurice Blackburn in the Federal Court alleges Westpac breached responsible lending laws by providing unaffordable loans,...
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Spark Sport pricing, launch date revealed
Spark will launch its Spark Sport app in early March, in time for the Melbourne Grand Prix on the 14th to 17th of that month. You won't have to belong to Spark to use the app. Speaking exclusively to the Herald, Spark Sport head Jeff Latch said the app would cost $19.99 per month and be an...
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