On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 5 August 2025, the Education Minister wants AI to mark most school exams by 2028. Heather asks the teachers union's Chris Abercrombie whether that's a good idea.

The software retailers use to report theft is so good, it's overwhelming police with 8000 reports just last month. Police Assistant Commissioner Mike Johnson says it's actually a good news story.

New World is yet again running out of its promotion products, meaning shoppers are being left empty handed after collecting stickers for weeks.

Is this the weirdest story of the week? The man who is running for mayor in two different towns on opposite ends of the South Island - and why he's running under two different names. Andrew Maxwell Clarke speaks to Heather.

Plus, the Huddle debates why we speak so little about kids getting hurt by their parents and whether a law change could help.

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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 5 August 2025, <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/chris-abercrombie-ppta-president-expresses-doubts-about-ai-being-used-for-marking/">the Education Minister wants AI to mark most school exams by 2028. Heather asks the teachers union's Chris Abercrombie whether that's a good idea.</a>
The software retailers use to report theft is so good, it's overwhelming police with 8000 reports just last month. <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/mike-johnson-police-assistant-commissioner-on-auror-flooding-police-with-crime-reports/">Police Assistant Commissioner Mike Johnson says it's actually a good news story.</a>
New World is yet again running out of its promotion products, <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/jon-duffy-consumer-nz-ceo-on-new-worlds-smeg-kitchenware-promotion-leaving-customers-unhappy/">meaning shoppers are being left empty handed after collecting stickers for weeks.</a>
Is this the weirdest story of the week? <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/andrew-maxwell-clark-mayoral-candidate-on-his-bid-to-run-in-two-places-under-two-different-names/">The man who is running for mayor in two different towns on opposite ends of the South Island - and why he's running under two different names. Andrew Maxwell Clarke speaks to Heather.</a>
Plus, the Huddle<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/the-huddle-how-do-we-feel-about-ai-marking-our-kids-exams/"> debates why we speak so little about kids getting hurt by their parents and whether a law change could help.</a>
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: 05 August 2025 

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