A pioneering day for professional women's basketball in this country.

Player wages in the five-team Tauihi league will double this season - meaning female players will earn more than their male counterparts.

The season is also shifting from a July to an October start, with international expansion likely next year.

Sky Sport head of commercialisation Justin Nelson says the league has attracted a good range of corporate partners to fund this pay increase.

"This is a competition that started a couple of years ago, with some fantastic corporate partners coming on board- G.J. Gardner Homes, a few others through that growth period - they're coming back."

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A pioneering day for professional women's basketball in this country.
Player wages in the five-team Tauihi league will double this season - meaning female players will earn more than their male counterparts.
The season is also shifting from a July to an October start, with international expansion likely next year.
Sky Sport head of commercialisation Justin Nelson says the league has attracted a good range of corporate partners to fund this pay increase.
"This is a competition that started a couple of years ago, with some fantastic corporate partners coming on board- G.J. Gardner Homes, a few others through that growth period - they're coming back."
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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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Justin Nelson: Sky Sport head of commercialisation on Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa women out-earning male counterparts

Synlait chief executive Richard Wyeth is leaving - after one year in the job. 

The South Island dairy processor's released an NZX market update, saying Leon Fung will be acting CEO, effective immediately. 

Wyeth will remain supporting the transition, until the end of June. 

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.

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Synlait chief executive Richard Wyeth is leaving - after one year in the job.&nbsp;
The South Island dairy processor's released an NZX market update, saying Leon Fung will be acting CEO, effective immediately.&nbsp;
Wyeth will remain supporting the transition, until the end of June.&nbsp;
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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Jamie Mackay: The Country host on the CEO of Synlait resigning

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Hotel developments are quietly disappearing and 'ghost communities' are on the rise as Christchurch's council has raised concerns over Airbnbs.

Four motel and hotel operators urged elected members at a policy and planning committee meeting to support a mandatory registration system for short term accommodation providers.

Councillor Nathaniel Herz Jardine wants Christchurch to take charge in rallying other councils to demand change. 

"All we ask for is...we need the data. It's not saying we want to ban them, it's not saying anything like that. It's just saying, at the moment, we're in this crazy situation where we're hiring compliance officers - they have to do stake outs and surfing online and fielding complaints about who's renting out what."  

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Hotel developments are quietly disappearing and 'ghost communities' are on the rise as Christchurch's council has raised concerns over Airbnbs.
Four motel and hotel operators urged elected members at a policy and planning committee meeting to support a mandatory registration system for short term accommodation providers.
Councillor Nathaniel Herz Jardine wants Christchurch to take charge in rallying other councils to demand change.&nbsp;
"All we ask for is...we need the data. It's not saying we want to ban them, it's not saying anything like that. It's just saying, at the moment, we're in this crazy situation where we're hiring compliance officers - they have to do stake outs and surfing online and fielding complaints about who's renting out what."&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Nathaniel Herz Jardine: Christchurch city councillor on the council calling for a pushback on Airbnb

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/09621644-3440-435c-8b69-b44a0081d6e8/transcript

Listen to the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday 14 May.

Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday 14 May. 
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Full Show Podcast: 14 May 2026 

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Justin Nelson: Sky Sport head of commercialisation on Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa women out-earning male counterparts

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