On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 19 May, 2026, we talk to the New Zealand Initiative's Roger Partridge about whether Nicola Willis' plan to cut nearly 9000 public servants has gone far enough.

We ask paediatrics professor Barry Taylor if soft sleeping pods for babies should be banned.

Religious studies expert Peter Lineham tells us if Exclusive Brethren are likely to follow orders to get rid of their pets.

And on The Huddle with Phil O'Reilly and Katie Bradford discuss the case of a chief executive slapping a contractor.

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