Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

The Australian women's football team's world cup campaign ended last night following a 3-1 loss to England. 

However, the tournament has inspired the country to watch and get involved with football.\

Australian correspondent Murray Olds talked to Heather du Plessis-Allan about the tournament's legacy.

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The role of the jurors in Lauren Dickason's four week trial was crucial - and fundamental.

The ruled the 42-year-old guilty of murdering her three daughters in Timaru in 2021, in a majority verdict yesterday.

Dickason had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, caused by postpartum depression.

Former judge Rosemary Riddell told Heather du Plessis-Allan the trial ran as you would expect.

She says it was hard but not too difficult for a jury to handle - and people have a responsibility to perform their civic duty.

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The South African cricket team looks like they are sending a b-team to face the Black Caps.

SportsTalk host D'Arcy Waldergrave joins Heather du Plessis-Allan to talk about it.

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I think it’s time to the end the freeloading of the EV owners, don’t you? 

The big news from the Chris Hipkins government is that they’re raising petrol tax again.

That's right... they were just giving us a discount on the tax 2 months ago and now they are going in the opposite direction.

From next year they’ll start hiking phasing in 12 cents a litre hike 

Why? 

Well because we’ve got to pay to fix the potholes 

That’s what that petrol tax pays for.

So do the road user charges that the drivers of diesel cars pay.

But the EV owners pay nothing 

They are driving on our roads for free and have been since the first EV hit New Zealand.

Their exception period is due to run out April next year so you would think they are going start paying in about eight months.

But no... don’t be so sure 

More news out today is that officials are concerned about doing it 

They are worried about noncompliance and the system not coping 

I’ve had enough of this, haven’t you? 

This might have made back when there were about 100 EVs and the government was hell bent on convincing people to buy them 

But there are 85,000 on the road.

They create more potholes that your average petrol or diesel vehicle because they are heavier.

They are more likely to be owned by wealthy people than poor people 

And it is just obscene to allow wealthier people to drive for free while charging poorer people more to fix potholes 

And we already give these guys a subsidy to buy the cars 

We are short nearly a billion dollars that we need to get the roads up to scratch and the day that most of us being told we’re going to pay more in petrol tax.

It is insulting not be told the EV owners will pay too.

Make the EV owners pay like the rest of us.

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Inflation in the UK dropped sharply to 6.8 percent in the year to July from 7.9 percent in June.

The region's Office for National Statistics claim falling energy prices have helped ease the economic pressure. 

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says this is good news, as wages have gone up by 7.8 percent between April and June, exceeding inflation.

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Tonight on The Huddle, Curia pollster and Kiwiblog contributor David Farrar and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

Reports suggest National are set to allow foreign buyers to outbid New Zealanders for homes, reversing the 2018 ban implemented by Labour. If true- is this a good move?

Lauren Dickason has been found guilty of murdering her three daughters in Timaru in 2021. She now faces a life sentence for the murder of each child. What do we make of the verdict?

A Waste Management chemical engineer says recycling in NZ is "essentially fraud". What do we think of this?

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Global dairy prices plunged by 7.4 percent overnight at the Global Dairy Trade auction.

Whole Milk Powder - a key driver for Fonterra's prices - dropped 10.9 percent, the lowest level in nearly 5 years.

Dairy NZ director Jacqueline Rowarth says this decline is partially led by softening demand from China amid Covid-19 restrictions. 

"This has been a game that has been played before, it's very difficult to tell what's going on in China. We love them as a market, but in terms of customers, it can be very challenging."

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The Reserve Bank has kept the Official Cash Rate at 5.5 percent, in line with predictions from banks and economists.

Many experts believe the OCR may shift later in the year to get the CPI down to target range.

Milford Asset Management analyst Katlyn Parker says there was limited market reaction to the announcement, but it's hard to think of more positives for the economy in the coming months.

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Full speed ahead as Three Waters passes its third reading in the House.

The reform transforms water providers into 10 regional entities but some councils are against it- they're scared they'll lose control.

National and ACT have pledged to repeal it if elected.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says the most controversial aspect of the reform, co-governance, is still a contested issue.

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Tough times for one of New Zealand's largest listed construction companies.

Fletcher Building's annual net profit fell 46 percent to $235 million, according to a statement released to the NZX today.

CEO Ross Taylor says the extra costs incurred by the troubled international convention centre in Auckland are causing the company some grief.

"We're committed to getting the convention centre delivered and open, it'll be a world-class facility. But it's fair to say it's causing us some grief on the way through."

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