Holiday Breakfast

Warbirds over Wānaka is promising to be back with vengeance after being cancelled last year due to Covid restrictions.  
All going well, he show will take place at Easter.  
Warbirds over Wānaka general manager, Ed Taylor joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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On the road with mayors in various parts of the country, we roll into Eastern Bay of Plenty. 
Great beaches and consistently solid sunshine hours. 
And nice towns; Whakatane, Kawerau and Ōpōtiki to name just a few. 
Ōpōtiki mayor Lyn Riesterer joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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Time to continue our catch up with the leading politicians of 2021.  
And it's fair to say Christopher Luxon has had a pretty big year.  
Less than a year into being a MP - he thrust himself to be the Leader of the Opposition after Judith Collins imploded.  
So how is the new National Party leader feeling a few weeks in? And what does 2022 bring? 
Christopher Luxon joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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It has turned from a questionable novelty just a few years ago to a regular part of the Christmas cycle. 
Thousands of unwanted gifts are already up for sale on trade me. 
Ruby Topzand from Trade Me joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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There are sales galore right now, with retailers desperate to make up ground lost during lockdowns. 
And the prospect of a bargain has upwards of 500,000 New Zealanders turning to buy now, pay later schemes. 
It's doubled in the past two years. 
But there's concern over the potential consequences down the track. 
Chartered Accountants financial services leader, John Cuthbertson joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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It's been a very bad spell on the roads, with 17 deaths in the past 10 days.  
Five of those have been in the holiday road toll period, which runs until the fifth of January.  
Police assistant commissioner Bruce O'Brien joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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Nadia Lim has become a household name in perhaps record time 
She graduated from Otago University in 2008 in human nutrition and worked as a clinical dietitian, specialising in diabetes.  
She won the second series of MasterChef in 2011 and it's been up, up and up since then. 
A lot more TV, business ventures and now based in Central Otago running a big farm with husband Carlos 
Books including on about Marvin, her idiosyncratic and quite ballsy chook. 
And the pinnacle of it all: Summer Breakfast on Newstalk ZB. 
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A new technological development is creating a bit of a stir in the farming industry; Fitbits for cows. 
Cow-manager have come up with an ear sensor, which tracks everything each cow does and stores it all. 
It monitors when she's standing still, staring at something, having a little run, chewing grass and importantly for farmers, it detects when she's in heat. 
Manawatu dairy farmer, Jared Whittfield joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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Slight detour as we travel around the country for summer with the mayors.  
A good summer is certainly what Kaipara mayor Jason Smith wants; tourism, business travel, the lot - as well as families coming together again after a long time apart.  
Jason Smith joined the Summer Breakfast. 
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The New Zealand Defence Force is celebrating Christmas in many places around the world - including Antarctica. 
While most New Zealanders relax and enjoy some sunshine on Christmas Day, the festive season looks a bit different for those with the Royal New Zealand Navy at Scott Base. 
Briar Miller is one of those serving there and told Tim Dower this will be her first white Christmas. 
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