On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 17 December 2025, disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has been sentenced to home detention for possession of objectionable material including child sex abuse and bestiality images.

Conservation Minister Tama Potaka won't say how much more users of the Abel Tasman Great Walk might have to pay as a result of a historic settlement with Maori.

Was the road cone tipline a total waste of money? It's being shut down after just six months.

Plus, the Huddle debates whether Jevon McSkimming's sentence is too light and whether we should believe Vanity Fair or Donald Trump's chief of staff who says she was misquoted.

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, 17 December 2025, <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/melissa-nightingale-nz-herald-reporter-on-jevon-mcskimming-being-given-nine-months-home-detention/">disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has been sentenced to home detention for possession of objectionable material including child sex abuse and bestiality images.</a>
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/tama-potaka-conservation-minister-on-abel-tasman-land-being-returned-to-m%C4%81ori-after-historic-nelson-tenths-case-settlement/">won't say how much more users of the Abel Tasman Great Walk might have to pay as a result of a historic settlement with Maori.</a>
Was the road cone tipline a total waste of money? <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/tangi-utikere-labour-transport-spokesperson-on-the-government-scrapping-the-road-cone-hotline/">It's being shut down after just six months.</a>
Plus, the Huddle <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/the-huddle-did-we-expect-more-from-the-mcskimming-sentencing/">debates whether Jevon McSkimming's sentence is too light and whether we should believe Vanity Fair or Donald Trump's chief of staff who says she was misquoted.</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.

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Full Show Podcast: 17 December 2025 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/7b8b459d-1b6e-4979-9ca3-b3b600662c68/transcript

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