Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills
Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills
Wellingtonians now have the chance to discuss the issues of the day one-on-one with proud local Nick Mills and have a forum to share their ideas, passions and outrages on a daily basis. You don't find many people more passionate about the capital than Nick, and he comes to Wellington Mornings after decades of success as the man behind some of the city's leading hospitality and entertainment offer…Social links:
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Friday Faceoff: Tim Brown and Simon Woolf for a council special
Nick Mills wraps the week with former WCC Councillor and Infratil chairman Tim Brown and Regional Councillor, photographer and former WCC Councillor Simon Woolf. Is hey an okay introduction over email? What do they think of the RMA reform changes for local government? How’s Matt Prosser doing as …
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Friday Sport kickoff with Adam Cooper and Jason Pine
For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, Newstalk ZB’s sport gurus Adam Cooper and Jason Pine join Nick to discuss the latest in sport this week. With excitement building for Phoenix and Auckland FC Derby game, they talk about their predictions for tomorrow, plus chat about the next T20 They also …
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Politics Thursday: Simon Watts and Kieran McAnulty on council rates cap
On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Local Government Minister Simon Watts and Labour MP Kieran McAnulty. They discussed Minister Watts’ announcement that councils' rates rise will be limited to 2% - 4%. Watts and McAnulty then hit the other big political news of the week inclu…
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WCC CEO Matt Prosser joins Nick in the studio
Nick is joined by Wellington City Council CEO Matt Prosser for the first time in the studio. After 7 months in the job we hear how it’s going for Prosser, particularly after the Deloitte report. How will he change the city, and make it a better place to be? We find out, as Nick asks him about th…
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Labour Leader Chris Hipkins in the studio on rates caps and regional councils
Labour Leader and MP for Rimutaka, Chris Hipkins joins Nick Mills in the studio for their final monthly catch up for 2025. Hipkins discusses the mood in Labour before the end of the year and after the Labour conference in Auckland. He explains the new GP clinic loan scheme and discusses his though…
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Mayor Andrew Little joins Nick Mills for his monthly catch up
Mayor Andrew Little is in studio for his last of the monthly catch ups for 2025 with Nick Mills. He answers questions from Nick and listeners on the state of the city and the latest in council news. They discuss regional council changes, the Golden Mile review, the Deloitte report plus the $48 b…
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Tiaki Wai Metro Water Chairman Will Peet on the Government new water reform
Local councils will have to foot the $48 billion bill for the Government’s new water reform ‘Local Water Done Well’. Nick Mills talks with Chairman of Tiaki Wai Metro Water Will Peets on how the reforms will work. They discuss the effects on ratepayers, how the bills will work, the change from We…
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Friday Faceoff: Wayne Guppy and Stephen Franks
Nick Mills wraps the week with former Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy and lawyer and former MP Stephen Franks. They get into the hot topics of the week starting with the latest OCR cut then into the proposed reform of regional councils. Guppy and Franks also discuss the Tom Phillips inquiry, Luxon’…
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Friday Sport Kick off with Adam Cooper
For this week's Friday Sport Kick-off, All Sports Breakfast host Adam Cooper joins Nick Mills to discuss the latest in sport – including the Phoenix. They dissect what is going wrong with the Phoenix and the crowd sand discuss their game this weekend. They also chat about The Tall Blacks upcomi…
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Politics Thursday: Ginny Andersen and Tim Costley on the latest OCR cut
On Politics Thursday this week Nick Mills was joined by Labour MP Ginny Andersen and National's Ōtaki MP Tim Costley. They discussed the latest cut in the Official Cash Rate, how this will impact Kiwis and if we are beginning to see changes in the economy. Costley and Andersen also hit the big p…
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