On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 1 May 2024, the unemployment rate has risen to 4.3% - the highest it's been in three years. BNZ's Stephen Toplis tells Heather whether this means we'll see interest rates drop soon.

The Real Estate Institute is disappointed the Government doesn't want to regulate property managers anymore.

Former National MP Simon O'Connor reveals how he found out he was targeted by Chinese hackers - but the Government didn't tell him.

The Huddle gets into a rowdy debate over whether the Hamilton-Auckland train is worth our money, and whether we should keep testing the elderly before reissuing their drivers licences.

Plus the best bits from James Shaw's final speech in Parliament.

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 for Wednesday, 1 May 2024, the unemployment rate has risen to 4.3% - the highest it's been in three years. <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/stephen-toplis-bnz-head-of-research-forecasts-unemployment-will-climb-past-5-percent/">BNZ's Stephen Toplis tells Heather whether this means we'll see interest rates drop soon.</a>
The Real Estate Institute is <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/jen-baird-real-estate-institute-ceo-on-the-government-axing-residential-property-managers-bill/">disappointed the Government doesn't want to regulate property managers anymore.</a>
Former National MP Simon O'Connor <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/simon-oconnor-former-national-mp-on-the-experience-of-being-targeted-by-chinese-state-sponsored-hackers-in-2021/">reveals how he found out he was targeted by Chinese hackers - but the Government didn't tell him.</a>
The <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/the-huddle-should-the-government-keep-funding-the-te-huia-train-service/">Huddle gets into a rowdy debate over whether the Hamilton-Auckland train is worth our money, and whether we should keep testing the elderly before reissuing their drivers licences.</a>
Plus the best bits from <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/former-green-party-co-leader-james-shaw-to-give-valedictory-speech-admits-he-came-really-close-to-quitting-during-career/">James Shaw's final speech in Parliament.</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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