Friday Faceoff: Justin Lester and Dave Armstrong

This week for Friday Faceoff Nick is joined in the studio by former Wellington mayor Justin Lester and playwright and columnist Dave Armstrong.  They faceoff on the biggest issues of the week, starting with the $40million net loss for Air New Zealand. David Seymour says the government should sell …

Sports Kick-off with Adam Cooper and Jason Pine

Nick is joined in the studio by All Sports Breakfast host Adam Cooper and Weekend Sport host Jason Pine to talk all things sport to end the week.  Chris Greenacre has been appointed interim manager of the Phoenix after Giancarlo Italiano called it quits after the 5-0 loss last week to Auckland FC.…

Politics Thursday with Ginny Andersen and Tim Costley

Things get fiery this week on Politics Thursday with Labour MP Ginny Andersen and National MP for Otaki Tim Costley. They join Nick on the show to talk about the biggest issues in politics this week - including the rough sleeping move on orders announced by the government. Can our police force cop…

Fringe comedians from Silver Tongues join Nick in the studio

Starting tonight 6pm at Fringe Bar, Silver Tongues perform as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival. The group comprising of comedians all over the age of 50 take the stage over 4 nights with their stand up routines "showing that the silver haired are also silver tongued".  Nick is joined in the …

Co-founder of Give A Little JD Trask on Phoenix star's international surgery fund

Phoenix striker and Nepalese football star Sabitra Bhandari, also known as Samba, has raised over $57,000 NZD for a surgery. After tearing her ACL, Samba wants $135,000 NZD treatment in Qatar, where she went to previously.  The Phoenix insurance policy has offered 25,000 surgery and rehab in NZ, a…

Peter Dunne on Labour's State of the Nation address

Nick chats with political commentator Peter Dunne about Labour's State of the Nation speech. What is this year looking like for Labour? Are they playing it safe?  Dunne analyses the address to Labour supporters and what this means for their policy announcements coming up. LISTEN ABOVE

Health NZ gives out 7000 free vapes in two months

Health NZ has handed out 7000 vapes and over 6500 refills for free in two months. This is part of an intitaive to help smokers quit - and includes a $500k contract to NZ vape company Alt. Newstalk ZB political reporter Ethan Griffiths tells Nick what the decision was behind this initiative, what o…

Business Panel with Mark Quinn and Steve Walters

For our business panel this week Nick is joined in studio by Steve Walters and Mark Quinn Walters is the general manager of Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay and Rongotai Business association and helped establish the iconic Wellington Seven. Quinn is a respected commercial property figure with strong insight i…

Former All White David Chote on the Phoenix flop last weekend

Last weekend, the Phoenix were slammed against Auckland FC, losing 5-0 with an own goal. An hour later manager Giancarlo Italiano resigned.  Nick is joined by former All White David Chote to give his insight into the failure of the Phoenix. They chat about heir predictions for a replacement, as we…

Councillor Karl Tiefenbacher on the government granting power to move on rough sleepers

The government has announced they will give more power to police to "move on" rough sleepers for 24 hours to people as young as 14.  Nick speaks to Karl Tiefenbacher who is a Wellington City Councillor and business owner on his perspective from both these lenses.  Tiefenbacher shares what the cou…