Kerre Woodham: Three women killed by repeat offenders, when will courts learn?

It was a glorious weekend. Somewhat marred when I read this story from Anna Leask in yesterday's New Zealand Herald. I really had to I really had to reset myself after reading this. Anna writes, urgent calls for change are mounting after a third Christchurch woman was murdered by a violent repeat o…

Greg Newbold: Criminologist and Author discusses Christchurch woman's murder by a repeat offenders

Over the weekend, a third Christchurch woman was murdered by a violent repeat offender who was subject to monitoring and prison release conditions designed to keep the community safe. Nicole Tuxford, Juliana Herrera, and Shantelle McDonald, three Christchurch women murdered in the place they shoul…

Trish Sherson: Sherson Willis Director on the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll results

An explosive poll shows National has reached its lowest result since forming a Government, as Labour climbs ahead. The Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll has Labour on 34.4% as National drops six points behind to 28.4%.  The Greens are on 10.5%, with NZ First trailing slightly on 9.7%, ACT on 7.5%, and …

Mark Dye: NUBU Pharmaceuticals Co-Founder on David Seymour's push to reduce medicinal cannabis export regulations

The medicinal cannabis industry could be worth billions of dollars to the country in the not-so-distant future, if regulation's improved.   ACT leader David Seymour says he's looking at further improvements to speed up processing for exports of the plant.  He's open to improving regulation domest…

Kerre Woodham: A golden, or green-golden, future

When I heard David Seymour talking up the potential of New Zealand's medicinal cannabis industry, I was immediately transported to a world where the Far North was once again a thriving powerhouse of the New Zealand economy, as it used to be. Where bright young people could get meaningful jobs witho…

Kerre Woodham: Is the primary teachers' union acting in its members' best interests?

I'd be getting seriously brassed off if I was a primary school teacher, especially if I was a non-union primary school teacher. The NZEI has been in protracted negotiations with the Public Service Commissioner and the Government over pay and conditions. Every other teaching union has negotiated its…

Kerre Woodham: Is it the Government's responsibility to get you home?

I just want to get your opinion. This follows a, shall we say, spirited discussion in the office around people who are trapped overseas and how they get home. I'd love to hear from people who might have been in this position before, trapped overseas because of acts of war or closed borders or force…

Kerre Woodham: Mutually assured destruction - will it work again?

I was listening to the podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’ last night. The speakers were saying that Trump's inclination to invade countries at will, will almost certainly result in nuclear proliferation and will drive countries to find protection in the shadow of Russia and China. The thinking being, w…

Daniel Hillier: Kiwi golfer wins the NZ Open days after getting married

Golfer Daniel Hillier's won the New Zealand Open by two strokes at Millbrook, eight days after getting married. The 27-year-old finished at  22-under overall after a final round four-under par 67, marking the first time a Kiwi has won the tournament since 2017. Hillier told Kerre Woodham that the…

Kerre Woodham: The world is in an uneasy place

When it comes to telling stories about what I did in my weekend, I thought I had a pretty good one, but Donald Trump takes the cake. Bombing the hell out of Iran and taking out the Ayatollah Khamenei and other key members of the ruling theocracy surely trumps what most of us did. As you will know …