The Highlight Reel Episode 28: Should we make all drugs legal?

This week on The Highlight Reel a couple of topics that got the audience talking - should be we make all drugs legal and what are you making of Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump? Is enrolling to vote on Election Day a reasonable ask? This as it is revealed how much it slows the process down and lead…

Six and a Song with Matt Heath

Matt Heath has lead a very colourful life. He first gained infamy as guitarist and singer for band Deja Voodoo, and was one of the creators and stars of Back of the Y Masterpiece TV and the film The Devil Made me Do It. He's also a producer, director of an animation studio, columnist, sports comm…

Simon Barnett and James Daniels on the road in a campervan

Pukekohe firm TrailLite Campers is turning 70. They sell $57 million of campervans (and some caravans) a year and its origins trace back to two cabinetmakers, Brian Penman and Jim Crotty who made furniture and caskets. In the mid-1950s they made their first caravan which carried the TrailLite nam…

Employment Lawyer Gareth Abdinor 07.05.24

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment, Workplace & Information Expert with Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors. He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer listeners' employment related questions. Today, being put 'on-call' at the weekends, tax anomalies, and being given successive tem…

The Highlight Reel Episode 27: James brings a gift

This week on The Highlight Reel James starts the week by bringing a gift for Simon and producer Tyler. Si and James ask which domestic airline is better these days - Air New Zealand or Jetstar? Staggering figures emerge about the value of the petcare industry and how much dog owners are spending …

Simon Barnett questions how much skill is involved in duck hunting

On the eve of the start of the duck hunting season brave Simon Barnett popped his head above the maimai and asked if there is really any skill in shooting a duck? Simon reckons there isn't as you have a big gun and you splatter your shot around. How hard, he asks, is it to bag one? A couple of k…

Six and a Song with ultra marathon runner Sam Harvey

Ultra marathon legend Sam Harvey pushes the limit of what the human body can do. He's a world record holder for the New Zealand Backyard Ultra, a 677 kilometre race which he finished in 101 hours, and has champion titles in utltra races all over the world. He's now set his sights on breaking the …

Alexander Terblanche: Negotiating relationships, dating and love

Alexander Terblanche is the real deal when it comes to relationships. He has qualifications in psychotherapy, counselling, and human sexuality. He runs his own practice On Point Therapy, and is the relationship expert for Compatico.  He is a wealth of knowledge and joined Simon Barnett & James Da…

The Highlight Reel Episode 26: The challenges of grandparenting

This week on The Highlight Reel you'll hear a call to Simon Barnett & James Daniels from a drink-driver who, even after hitting a pedestrian, still drives after drinking. Sextortion is on the rise with 200 reports to police every month, the pair talk to a parent, a digital forensic investigator an…

Jason Walls: Political Editor on Melissa Lee's demotion from Cabinet and loss of portfolios

Embattled Broadcasting Minister Melissa Lee has been stripped of the portfolio and booted from Cabinet. The Prime Minister has revealed the change after weeks of Lee struggling to front on the collapse of Newshub and cuts at TVNZ. Chris Luxon says Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith will pick up th…