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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Nick Mills: Does Prime Minister Luxon show leadership in times of crisis?
Unrest in the Middle East continues. I watched that stand-up from the Prime Minister and I’ve got to be honest with you — I walked away feeling uneasy. Not because I expect a New Zealand Prime Minister to be a Middle East historian. We’re a small country. Our politics is usually about rates,…
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Music Time with James Irwin: Hutt Sounds
For Music Time this week Nick and James talk up the capitals friendliest and best music festival - Hutt Sounds, ponder why some gigs don't come here and run through all the must see events coming this month.
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Wellington Mayor Andrew Little with Nick Mills: March 2nd
Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says the City Council is not looking at compensation for businesses on the wastewater plagued-southern coast. Popular beaches like Lyall Bay and Island Bay closed after the Moa Point treatment plant catastrophically failed last month. Local shops in the area have be…
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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 …
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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.…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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
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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…
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