On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast with Andrew Dickens for Thursday, 4 June, 2026, Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee is bemused by a ban on four MPs from entering China for a year because they visited Taiwan.

A former police detective tells us about Spark's new way to detect spammers on your phone.

We hear about plans to almost double the size of the Remarkables skifield in Queenstown.

And on The Huddle, Oscar Kightley and David Farrar on how our voice of rugby is changing.

Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast with Andrew Dickens for Thursday, 4 June, 2026, Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee is bemused by a ban on four MPs from entering China for a year because they visited Taiwan.
A former police detective tells us about Spark's new way to detect spammers on your phone.
We hear about plans to almost double the size of the Remarkables skifield in Queenstown.
And on The Huddle, Oscar Kightley and David Farrar on how our voice of rugby is changing.
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Full Show Podcast: 04 June 2026 

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