On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 5 February, 2026, our political reporter at Waitangi tells us the prime minister got a harder time this year than ACT leader David Seymour.

We ask why the wastewater plant pumping poo into Wellington's water wasn't fixed earlier.

Is Invercargill not up with the times? The council's plan to spend $2 million on a clock tower.

And on The Huddle, Maurice Williamson and Mark Sainsbury discuss how councils need to lift their game.

Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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