Holiday Breakfast

Manage My Health expects to start working in coming days through notifying people caught up by last week's data breach. 

The privately-owned health platform has now identified who's affected. 

Health Minister Simeon Brown says it needs to do better at informing the public what's happening. 

But he told Andrew Dickens the notification process will be complex and needs to be quick but accurate. 

Brown says he's spoken with the Privacy Commissioner about how they'll support that. 

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After months of strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats the USA conducted air strikes on multiple military targets in Venezuela's capital Caracas and captured President Nicolas Maduro.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters made the government's first statement following the invasion, saying in a post on X: "New Zealand is concerned by and actively monitoring developments in Venezuela and expects all parties to act in accordance with international law."

As an ally of the United States, eyes are on how New Zealand will react to the strikes. 

Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp spoke to Andrew Dickens about how New Zealand should respond to the developing situation. 

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Two major data breaches rattled New Zealand's online privacy last week with both Neighbourly and Manage My Health becoming victims of a cyber attack. 

Personal information and sensitive medical records are now on the dark web after the hackers, who call themselves 'Kazu', issued a low-ball ransom demand of $60,000.

Liz MacPherson spoke to Andrew Dickens about how people and companies can protect their data. 

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Ahmed Al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the shooters in the Bondi Beach attack, along with other first responders and community members, were honoured in a special ceremony before the first day of the final Ashes test in Sydney.

"There was this rolling applause, standing ovations. It was tremendous, it really, it gave you goosebumps," Australian correspondent Murray Olds said.

Olds spoke to Andrew Dickens about the response, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's response to Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela. 

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On December 22 New Zealand reported that 70 people had lost their lives from drowning, in the nine final days of 2025 eight more died. 

Water Safety NZ's CEO Greg Scanlon joined Andrew Dickens to analyse how we fared in the water last year, and how to stay safe for the remainder of the summer. 

"Look at the common sense things you can do to keep yourself and your friends and your family safe," Scanlon said.

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At around 2am local time on January 3 the USA conducted strikes on Venezuela's capital city of Caracas in an alleged effort to remove sitting President Nicolás Maduro. 

The US has accused Maduro of leading a criminal drug-trafficking organisation.

A mix of celebration and protest have spread through Venezuelan communities, but the question remains on whether the US is breaking international law by intervening.

International relations expert at the University of New Haven Dr Matthew Schmidt joined Andrew Dickens to discuss. 

"In the end there are some things that would give a third party military the right under international law to intervene - this isn't one of them," Schmidt said.

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The Hoodoo Gurus are returning to New Zealand to perform at the Greenstone Summer Concert series, alongside Iggy Pop and Joan Jett, and New Zealand's very own Zed. 

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A study by Strava found that only 8-9% of people stick to their New Year's resolution until the end of the year, and over half give it up by the second Friday of the month. 

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If your house catches fire today, you better hope it happens after 1pm. 

The Professional Firefighters Union is set to strike again today at 12pm - but only for one hour. 

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A major breach of the country's largest collection of health data has privacy experts concerned. 

Manage My Health is an app which allows patients and their GPs to privately communicate, send prescription information and share test results. 

Due to a cyber attack, 120,000 of the app's 1.8 million kiwi user's data has been compromised. 

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