2024 was a bit of a rough year, with job losses, hard economic times, and low business confidence. The new year offers a chance to reset. 

Dr Dougal Sutherland offers his top tips for starting 2025 off with some oomph: 
If you have a job, count your blessings! Lots of people lost theirs last year and so it’s important to remember that even though it may not be the best job in the world, at least you’re in paid employment!  
Plan out your holidays for the year as best you can. Have a look for the public holidays that are happening in 2025, can you make any of these into longer weekends (e.g. four days instead of three) and give yourself that extra time to rest and recover? Looking ahead I can see there is quite a gap of public holidays between Matariki and Labour Day – can you plan for some leave then? Four months is a long time to go without a break, especially in winter. 
Make a daily ‘Have to, Hope to, Love to list’ – “Have to” are things you must do today; “Hope to” are things that you can do if you have time; “Love to” is at least 1 thing per day that fills your cup – make sure to give this as much priority as “Have to”. 
Take some time to reflect on 2024 – what did you learn from the year? What went well and you would like to keep doing? Anything that you would like to avoid doing again that you did last year?  
Think about the people in your life – are there some who you would like to see more of? Can you plan ahead to make time for them? On the other hand, is there anyone who it may be better off not to have in your life? Are there some (polite) ways that you ease off these relationships? 

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2024 was a bit of a rough year, with job losses, hard economic times, and low business confidence. The new year offers a chance to reset.&nbsp;
Dr Dougal Sutherland offers his top tips for starting 2025 off with some oomph:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>If you have a job, count your blessings! Lots of people lost theirs last year and so it’s important to remember that even though it may not be the best job in the world, at least you’re in paid employment! &nbsp;</li>
<li>Plan out your holidays for the year as best you can. Have a look for the public holidays that are happening in 2025, can you make any of these into longer weekends (e.g. four days instead of three) and give yourself that extra time to rest and recover? Looking ahead I can see there is quite a gap of public holidays between Matariki and Labour Day – can you plan for some leave then? Four months is a long time to go without a break, especially in winter.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Make a daily ‘Have to, Hope to, Love to list’ – “Have to” are things you must do today; “Hope to” are things that you can do if you have time; “Love to” is at least 1 thing per day that fills your cup – make sure to give this as much priority as “Have to”.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Take some time to reflect on 2024 – what did you learn from the year? What went well and you would like to keep doing? Anything that you would like to avoid doing again that you did last year? &nbsp;</li>
<li>Think about the people in your life – are there some who you would like to see more of? Can you plan ahead to make time for them? On the other hand, is there anyone who it may be better off not to have in your life? Are there some (polite) ways that you ease off these relationships?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB. News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

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Dr Dougal Sutherland: Starting 2025 with some oomph

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The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are just one week away.  

New Zealand’s presence at the Games is growing, with 17 athletes set to compete this year. 

And though he won’t be competing this year, two-time Winter Olympic medallist Nico Porteous knows how they’ll be feeling. 

At age 16, he won the Bronze at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, and four years later, took the Gold in Beijing.  

But last year he decided to shift focus, stepping away from the Olympic-level competition. 

Porteous had been in high performance and competitive environments since he was ten years old, and felt it was time for something new. 

“We’re lucky that in our sport, competition isn’t everything,” he told Jack Tame. 

“With the support of sponsors, we can move into different areas such as, y’know, making films and doing one off projects, so that areas has always really excited me and inspired me.” 

And with two Olympic medals under his belt, a raft of other titles, and even a New Zealand Order of Merit to his name, he felt he had achieved what he wanted to on the competition side of things.  

“I felt like it was the right time to step aside.”  

But for those heading to the Olympics this year, Porteous does have some advice. 

“Just worry about yourself and worry about your own performance,” he said. 

“There’s a lot of external stuff that can sort of come into play, so I think the biggest skill that I took out of it and learned in the whole process was to just worry about what you’re doing and your process.” 

“Be driven by your own process, rather than someone else’s ambitions or goals for you.” 

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The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are just one week away. &nbsp;
New Zealand’s presence at the Games is growing, with 17 athletes set to compete this year.&nbsp;
And though he won’t be competing this year, two-time Winter Olympic medallist Nico Porteous knows how they’ll be feeling.&nbsp;
At age 16, he won the Bronze at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, and four years later, took the Gold in Beijing. &nbsp;
But last year he decided to shift focus, stepping away from the Olympic-level competition.&nbsp;
Porteous had been in high performance and competitive environments since he was ten years old, and felt it was time for something new.&nbsp;
“We’re lucky that in our sport, competition isn’t everything,” he told Jack Tame.&nbsp;
“With the support of sponsors, we can move into different areas such as, y’know, making films and doing one off projects, so that areas has always really excited me and inspired me.”&nbsp;
And with two Olympic medals under his belt, a raft of other titles, and even a New Zealand Order of Merit to his name, he felt he had achieved what he wanted to on the competition side of things. &nbsp;
“I felt like it was the right time to step aside.” &nbsp;
But for those heading to the Olympics this year, Porteous does have some advice.&nbsp;
“Just worry about yourself and worry about your own performance,” he said.&nbsp;
“There’s a lot of external stuff that can sort of come into play, so I think the biggest skill that I took out of it and learned in the whole process was to just worry about what you’re doing and your process.”&nbsp;
“Be driven by your own process, rather than someone else’s ambitions or goals for you.”&nbsp;
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Nico Porteous: Kiwi Winter Olympic medallist on his decision to step away from high level competitions, the upcoming Winter Olympics

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Privacy has been a big topic of discussion this week, and it got Kevin Milne and his wife Linda thinking about the old Yellow and White Pages. 

There was a time where every household had their own copy, and while they haven’t been discontinued entirely, they are a lot less common nowadays. 

But one notable year, some workers at Yellow Pages pulled a Banksy, and the doodle wasn’t noticed until much too late. 

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Privacy has been a big topic of discussion this week, and it got Kevin Milne and his wife Linda thinking about the old Yellow and White Pages.&nbsp;
There was a time where every household had their own copy, and while they haven’t been discontinued entirely, they are a lot less common nowadays.&nbsp;
But one notable year, some workers at Yellow Pages pulled a Banksy, and the doodle wasn’t noticed until much too late.&nbsp;
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Kevin Milne: A Banksy moment in the old Yellow Pages

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The fifth studio album from NZ indie-rock quartet Yumi Zouma, ‘No Love Lost To Kindness’ is a turning point for the band. 

In this album they made a deliberate effort to shed the soft-focus production of their previous works in favour of a heavy and more emotionally exposed feeling 

‘No Love Lost To Kindness’ was recorded in Mexico City, and tackles themes of confrontation, diagnosis, disillusionment, risk, and honesty.  

Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album. 

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The fifth studio album from NZ indie-rock quartet Yumi Zouma, ‘No Love Lost To Kindness’ is a turning point for the band.&nbsp;
In this album they made a deliberate effort to shed the soft-focus production of their previous works in favour of a heavy and more emotionally exposed feeling&nbsp;
‘No Love Lost To Kindness’ was recorded in Mexico City, and tackles themes of confrontation, diagnosis, disillusionment, risk, and honesty. &nbsp;
Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.&nbsp;
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Chris Schulz: Yumi Zouma - No Love Lost to Kindness

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Dr Dougal Sutherland: Starting 2025 with some oomph

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