Finance Minister Grant Robertson has just unveiled the 'no-frills' 2023 Budget- Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls and Infometrics Economist Brad Olsen joined the show to discuss the highlights.

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Nathan Wallis is New Zealand's leading Neuroscience Educator, focusing on child development and how the brain works.

Nathan explores how the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform our day to day interactions with children and young people.

He joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels every second Tuesday – taking your calls and questions on everything to do with child behaviour, development, how to get through to teenagers.

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The transport watchdog wants regulation of all recreational boats and skippers in the wake of its probe into a fatal boat capsizing.

In October 2021, the boat capsized on Auckland's Manukau Harbour bar, killing three of the four people on board.

The report recommends the Ministry of Transport consider compulsory licensing and education of skippers.

Chief Commissioner Jane Meares says that could look similar to the car licensing process.

CEO of Water Safety NZ Daniel Gerrard joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels.

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Rob Campbell has been in the headlines a lot this year after his very public removal as chair of Te Whatu Ora.  

He has been described as a 'colossus of corporate New Zealand', but it was as a committed trade unionist that he first came to public prominence, frequently incurring the wrath of then Prime Minister Rob Muldoon. 

In the late 1980s, Rob Campbell resigned from his union roles and took on business directorships & consultancies; with virtually every company he has chaired seeing substantial growth in performance, shareholder returns and employee engagement levels. 

He holds a Masters in Economics, was named as Chairperson of the Year in the Deloitte Top 200 awards, and in 2019 was awarded a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business.  

Rob Campbell joined Simon Barnett & James Daniels for this week's Six And A Song.

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Gareth Abdinor is an Employment, Workplace & Information Expert with Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors.

He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer all listeners' employment related questions.

Today, he joined the show to answer questions about changing employment agreements, restraints of trade and on-call rates - among other things.

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New Zealand Professional Boxer Mea Motu's name has grabbed the headlines in recent weeks as she prepared to claim the IBO super bantamweight world title on the Fight For Life card.

She's won amateur bouts, professional bouts and more New Zealand titles then any other female boxer.

It was a great pleasure to welcome World Champion Mea Motu onto the show for this week's Six And A Song.

 

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Nathan Wallis is New Zealand's leading Neuroscience Educator, focusing on child development and how the brain works.

Nathan explores how the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform our day to day interactions with children and young people.

He joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels every second Tuesday – taking your calls and questions on everything to do with child behaviour, development, how to get through to teenagers.

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As we are heading into the winter flu season it was timely to invite Dr Anthony Jordan, the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre’s clinical director to join us on the show again.

Dr Jordan is one of our leading immunologists and he joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer listeners questions.

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People have just a few more days to get help from census collectors - before final notices are sent out.

It applies to all areas except the Far North, Te Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay where the collection period was extended to June 1 because of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Census collectors will be in the community until Wednesday.

They'll also be at the Warriors game at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland this weekend where if you do your census at the game you'll get a ticket to the match and $25 food and beverage voucher to spend at the game. If you’ve done the census and bring a friend to do it you'll both get tickets to the game.

People who take part will also go in the draw to win a trip for four to Australia to watch the Eels vs. Warriors game on July 8, 2023.

From May 9, people who still haven't completed their forms will receive a final notice and risk being fined two-thousand-dollars if they don't complete the census.

Stats NZ says 8.5 of 10 people have completed their forms.

Census Deputy Census Chief Executive Simon Mason joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels on the show to discuss the tactic.

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Broadcasting and Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson has had a colourful career in and outside of politics.  

Aged 21, Willie Jackson became the youngest ever freezing works union president. He was a union organiser, and a club bouncer in South Auckland, before becoming a record label executive and a band manager of Moana and the Moa Hunters, he was also a successful broadcaster, covering everything from politics to sports, along with a stint as a talkback host.  

As a politician, he was first elected to Parliament in 1999 with the Alliance. He returned to Parliament in 2017 with Labour, holding portfolios in employment, Maori development and now broadcasting. 

He was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this weeks Six and a Song.

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