On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 17 July 2025, shocker price hike. Food prices have gone up by 4.6 percent. Economist Brad Olsen says the cost of some food groups including mince makes for grim shopping.

Scientists are warning of the huge rise of people getting hospitalised for campylobacter. But Food Safety's Vincent Arbuckle says the researchers are scaremongering and people are well aware of the dangers of raw chicken.

Green MP Tamatha Paul makes her debut on Drive, saying Oranga Tamariki is refusing to publish reoffending rates for boot camp participants to hide its failure.

Plus, with all the talk about rates caps - the Huddle debates whether we should also have a cap for tax rises.

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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 17 July 2025, shocker price hike. Food prices have gone up by 4.6 percent. <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/brad-olsen-infometrics-principal-economist-on-food-prices-continuing-to-soar-in-june/">Economist Brad Olsen says the cost of some food groups including mince makes for grim shopping.</a>
Scientists are warning of the huge rise of people getting hospitalised for campylobacter. <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/vincent-arbuckle-food-safety-nz-deputy-director-general-responds-to-study-of-campylobacter-infection-rates/">But Food Safety's Vincent Arbuckle says the researchers are scaremongering and people are well aware of the dangers of raw chicken.</a>
Green MP Tamatha Paul makes her debut on Drive,<a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/tamatha-paul-green-mp-on-oranga-tamariki-refusing-to-release-details-around-bootcamp-reoffending/"> saying Oranga Tamariki is refusing to publish reoffending rates for boot camp participants to hide its failure.</a>
Plus, with all the talk about rates caps - <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/the-huddle-do-we-need-a-cap-for-tax-rises-too/">the Huddle debates whether we should also have a cap for tax rises.</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: 17 July 2025 

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