Heather du Plessis-Allan DriveOn the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 19 June 2025, New Zealand has pulled almost $20 million of funding to the Cook Islands. Cook Islands News journalist Rashneel Kumar broke the story, he tells Heather how he found out and how terrible our relationship is right now.
Kiwibank's Jarrod Kerr is celebrating a surprisingly good GDP number for the first three months of the year - but still thinks more cuts to the OCR are desperately needed to boost the economy.
Another talkback-walkback! The Government u-turns on proposed changes to Fringe Benefit Taxes for utes.
Plus, the Huddle debates whether it was a mistake to pull funding from the Cook Islands.
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