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Listen to the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday 5 December. 
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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 December 2025 

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The Public Service Minister says decisions on cutting the amount of Government departments are expected after the election.

Newstalk ZB has recently revealed Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche last year recommended the Government reduce the 42 agencies to between 15 and 20.

Minister Paul Goldsmith says there's plenty of countries the same size as New Zealand that can get by with less. 

"There's no magic number, and we certainly haven't made any final decisions - but it's something that we've given some thought to."

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The Public Service Minister says decisions on cutting the amount of Government departments are expected after the election.
Newstalk ZB has recently revealed Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche last year recommended the Government reduce the 42 agencies to between 15 and 20.
Minister Paul Goldsmith says there's plenty of countries the same size as New Zealand that can get by with less.&nbsp;
"There's no magic number, and we certainly haven't made any final decisions - but it's something that we've given some thought to."
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Paul Goldsmith: Public Service Minister voices support for reducing the number of Government departments

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/c12955a6-e952-4a70-800f-b4b80074f238/transcript

Labour has outlined their stance on the recent Biometric Capability Upgrade project saga - and claimed MBIE's Nic Blakely should have resigned from the role.

Last week, Parliament’s Privileges Committee found Blakeley was among officials who deliberately misled MPs by not revealing the project had been scrapped.

Labour MP Phil Twyford says the report was debated in Parliament today - so it felt appropriate to showcase the party's stance on the matter. 

"This is such an important issue... these very senior public servants came to Parliament specifically to answer questions from MPs about the public money being spent by these ministries. This is Parliament's role - holding the executive or the Government of the day to account." 

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Labour has outlined their stance on the recent Biometric Capability Upgrade project saga - and claimed MBIE's Nic Blakely should have resigned from the role.
Last week, Parliament’s Privileges Committee found Blakeley was among officials who deliberately misled MPs by not revealing the project had been scrapped.
Labour MP Phil Twyford says the report was debated in Parliament today - so it felt appropriate to showcase the party's stance on the matter.&nbsp;
"This is such an important issue... these very senior public servants came to Parliament specifically to answer questions from MPs about the public money being spent by these ministries. This is Parliament's role - holding the executive or the Government of the day to account."&nbsp;
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Phil Twyford: Labour MP explains why he believes Nic Blakely should lose CEO role at MBIE

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/c1b5452a-ddae-42e0-a05a-b4b8006dcc77/transcript

Nearly 30 years after the death of rapper Tupac Shakur, a guilty verdict for the killer has been delivered.

Former gang boss Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the crime back in 1996, and recounted the shooting in a 2019 memoir. 

True crime documentarian Mike Dorsey says Davis didn't pull the trigger, but he supplied the gun that his nephew Orlando Anderson used in the crime. 

"Tupac basically punched the wrong guy that night, and that guy came back and got him."

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Nearly 30 years after the death of rapper Tupac Shakur, a guilty verdict for the killer has been delivered.
Former gang boss Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the crime back in 1996, and recounted the shooting in a 2019 memoir.&nbsp;
True crime documentarian Mike Dorsey says Davis didn't pull the trigger, but he supplied the gun that his nephew Orlando Anderson used in the crime.&nbsp;
"Tupac basically punched the wrong guy that night, and that guy came back and got him."
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Mike Dorsey: true crime documentarian on the reveal of who murdered rapper Tupac Shakur

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/fc832260-1925-42e2-af52-b4b80068aae0/transcript

Full Show Podcast: 05 December 2025

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