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Salvation Army warns lack of housing driving ex-prisoner reoffending

Chelsea Daniels of the New Zealand Herald's The Front Page podcast speaks with Ian Hudson, the Salvation Army's Social Policy Mission Officer,…
6 May 2026 · @nonbureaucrat

Salvation Army warns lack of housing driving ex-prisoner reoffending

Chelsea Daniels speaks with Ian Hudson from the Salvation Army about a new report examining why New Zealand's reintegration system is failing…
6 May 2026 · @commonsensical

The oil shocks just keep coming - how much more can we take?

Chelsea Daniels interviews Bernard Hickey, journalist and publisher of The Kaka, about the deepening fuel crisis facing New Zealand businesses and…
5 May 2026 · @commonsensical

Stagflation warning: Why a flat unemployment rate may still spell trouble ahead

Host Chelsea Daniels speaks with Liam Dann about the upcoming Stats NZ labour market release, which is expected to show unemployment holding around…
4 May 2026 · @commonsensical

Barry Soper on what makes a good PM (and what doesn't)

Chelsea Daniels interviews Barry Soper, one of New Zealand's most experienced political journalists, about his new book chronicling his time covering…
1 May 2026 · @commonsensical

What NZ can learn from the Trump attack

University of Waikato International Law Professor Alexander Gillespie joins host Chelsea Daniels to discuss the attempted assassination of President…
30 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

The rapid shift that could reshape New Zealand’s winter

Chelsea Daniels of the New Zealand Herald's The Front Page podcast speaks with John Tunster, a meteorologist from Earth Sciences New Zealand and…
29 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Demographic time bomb: Report urges cross-party population strategy

A new report from the Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures warns that New Zealand faces an accelerating demographic transformation it is…
28 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

How Iran’s war and oil shock could hit inflation, interest rates and jobs

Host Chelsea Daniels speaks with Liam Dann, Business Editor-at-Large at the NZ Herald, about two converging economic pressures on New Zealand: the…
24 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

NZ house sales keep falling as first-home buyers drive demand

Host Chelsea Daniels speaks with CoreLogic NZ Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson about the state of New Zealand's housing market in early 2026.…
23 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

The new age of car buying: EVs, hybrids and the end of old myths

Chelsea Daniels of the New Zealand Herald's The Front Page podcast interviews Jonathan Sergler, AA Chief Mobility Officer, in response to listener…
22 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Luxon survives confidence vote, but questions remain

Chief Political Reporter Jamie Ensor joins The Front Page to discuss Christopher Luxon's decision to put his leadership to a confidence vote within…
21 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Government quietly moves to cut Treaty principles from some laws

The government's largely unannounced decision to amend or repeal Treaty of Waitangi principles references across multiple pieces of legislation is…
20 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Are we buying the wrong cars in the fuel crisis EV boom?

Chelsea Daniels interviews motoring expert Clive Matthew-Wilson on the New Zealand Herald's The Front Page podcast. Motoring expert Clive…
17 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Is the Red Sea the world's next major trade chokepoint?

University of Otago International Relations Professor Robert Patman joins the New Zealand Herald podcast to examine Iran's threats to disrupt…
16 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

How illicit tobacco quietly grew to a quarter of all cigarettes sold here

Chelsea Daniels of the New Zealand Herald's The Front Page podcast speaks with RetailNZ CEO Carolyn Young about a new report warning that illicit…
15 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Why Trump’s Iran blockade could backfire at sea

Host Chelsea speaks with University of Waikato International Law Professor Al Gillespie about the US blockade of Iranian ports declared by President…
14 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Inside the push to fix Luxon’s media image

Host Chelsea Daniels speaks with NZ Herald editor-at-large Shane Curry about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's ongoing media difficulties, 208 days…
13 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

The New Zealanders sitting in some of the world’s worst prisons

NZ Herald senior journalist Anna Leask joins host Chelsea Daniels to examine the more than 70 New Zealanders currently known to be imprisoned…
10 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Cyclone Vaianu: Why category downgrade could be misleading

Host Richard Martin speaks with Chester Lampkin, meteorologist for Earth Sciences New Zealand (ESNZ), about Cyclone Vaianu, which is tracking toward…
9 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Did the US just prove military power doesn’t work anymore?

Chelsea Daniels speaks with Professor Richard Jackson of the University of Otago about Donald Trump's announcement of a two-week suspension of…
8 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Is New Zealand backing a bully? Concerns over Peters’ visit to Trump’s US

Host Chelsea Daniels speaks with Robert Patman, an international relations expert at the University of Otago, about the escalating US-Iran conflict…
7 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical

Savea's wake-up call to NZ rugby and the All Blacks

Chelsea Daniels speaks with Gregor Paul, rugby analyst for the New Zealand Herald, about the circumstances that led Ardie Savea to tell All Blacks…
2 Apr 2026 · @commonsensical
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