On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Monday, 11 May, 2026, we ask a Māori political commentator if others will join Mariameno Kapa-Kingi in leaving Te Pati Māori to start their own party.

A school principal tells us why he'll defy an order to not let children take home leftover lunches.

Don Mackinnon on how much of a blow it is in delaying NZ20 for a year.

And on The Huddle, Josie Pagani and Trish Sherson discuss whether it's the beginning of the end for Te Pati Maori. One of them says we wouldn't have Te Pati Pakeha.

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 Monday, 11 May, 2026, <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/dr-lara-greaves-victoria-university-associate-professor-in-politics-on-what-mariameno-kapa-kingis-departure-means-for-te-pati-m%C4%81ori/">we ask a Māori political commentator if others will join Mariameno Kapa-Kingi in leaving Te Pati Māori to start their own party.</a>
A school principal <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/pat-newman-hora-hora-school-principal-on-the-education-ministry-telling-schools-not-to-let-students-take-leftover-lunches-home/">tells us why he'll defy an order to not let children take home leftover lunches.</a>
Don Mackinnon <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/don-mackinnon-nz20-establishment-committee-chair-on-the-competition-being-delayed-until-2028/">on how much of a blow it is in delaying NZ20 for a year.</a>
And on The Huddle, Josie Pagani and Trish Sherson <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/the-huddle-is-this-the-end-of-te-p%C4%81ti-m%C4%81ori/">discuss whether it's the beginning of the end for Te Pati Maori. One of them says we wouldn't have Te Pati Pakeha.</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: 11 May 2026 

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