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March 20, 2024 Is the cold weather here to stay? How is our economy going? Welcoming a neurodiverse workforce and the Easter egg nearly 100 years old
March has been pretty chilly in many parts, so are the frosty temperatures due to hang around? Newsable speaks to a weather expert.
GDP figures are out today so we check out how the economy is faring. Also on the pod: the special skills in a neurodiverse workforce and the special Easter egg saved, uneaten, throughout one person's life.

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20 min
March 19, 2024 Hollywood's skinny jab and the sister product used here. Who is giving the big political donations? Donald Trump Jnr and the tour downunder plus A.I. says Biden is OK
It seems everyone is still talking about the weight loss drug, Ozempic, but what’s happening with it here in New Zealand. We speak to the Medical Director of New Zealand’s Royal College of GPs.
Plus who is donating to our political parties? What is going on with Donald Trump Jnr's planned tour downunder?... and A.I tests Joe Biden's cognitive abilities.

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21 min
March 18, 2024 Negative political talk and coalition tensions, Kategate, selling a new house for charity, working with postcards and penguins
Why are politicians seemingly so stuck in negative mode? We speak to a political expert to find out more.
Plus as Kategate rumbles on, we get details of how the Royal PR teams operate, the Queenstown house being sold to raise funds for Mike King's mental health charity plus the job on the ice involving post cards and penguin counting.

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21 min
March 17, 2024 "It's democracy, Russia's way" - Putin's election, gravity-defying NRL skills, and why joggling could be the sport for you
Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to embark on a fifth term in power. We're asking what is the point of holding presidential elections there when the result is already known?
It's the freakish try we simply cannot stop watching - what the Storm’s weekend win over the Wahs reveals about the level of skill in the NRL.
Plus, why joggling could be the new sport for you.

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20 min
March 14, 2024 "Distress and discomfort" - a former government vet petitions against re-starting live animal exports, what's going wrong for the Crusaders? Black Grace dance group tackles colonisation, plus animal pics and library fines
An animal welfare expert is opposing the proposed re-starting of live animal exports of breeding stock. A former Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries vet tells Newsable nothing could ever convince him live animal exporting can be safe.
The Crusaders are struggling. We hear from Sky commentator Jeff Wilson about what's going wrong for them in Super Pacific Rugby plus contemporary dance troupe, Black Grace are tackling colonisation in the Pacific and a US library is writing off book fines in return for cat pictures.

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22 min
March 13, 2024"I've never wanted to do that" - Dave Brown Buttabean Letele on cutting food parcel supplies. Snow for skiing? Working as a surgeon in New Zealand's health system, too many starlings
Financial pressure on funders means Dave Brown Buttabean Letele is having to cut support to 500 families using his food parcel service, but he is now turning to helping people get into work.
This interview does cover issues of mental health and suicide. Here are some contact numbers for assistance if you or anyone you know needs help
Where to get help
1737, Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 to talk to a trained counsellor.
Anxiety New Zealand 0800 ANXIETY (0800 269 4389)
Depression.org.nz 0800 111 757 or text 4202
Lifeline 0800 543 354
Rural Support Trust 0800 787 254
Samaritans 0800 726 666
Suicide Crisis Helpline 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
Yellow Brick Road 0800 732 825
thelowdown.co.nz Web chat, email chat or free text 5626
What's Up 0800 942 8787 (for 5 to 18-year-olds). Phone counselling available Monday-Friday, noon-11pm and weekends, 3pm-11pm. Online chat is available 3pm-10pm daily.
Youthline 0800 376 633, free text 234, email [email protected], or find online chat and other support options here.
If it is an emergency, click here to find the number for your local crisis assessment team.
In a life-threatening situation, call 111.

New research out this morning suggests the snow cover on our skifields could be cut in half in decades to come, the memoirs of a surgeon on working in New Zealand's health system and the plague of starlings affecting an English village.

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22 min
March 12, 2024 How to win at grocery shopping, Lee Tamahori is back, the Princess Kate mystery
Could you survive on an annual grocery bill of just $5000? We meet the woman who’s set herself that challenge.
Kiwi film royalty Lee Tamahori explains why his new movie is so timely.
Plus.. it’s the series of events that’s sent the internet into a frenzy - we catch up on all things Princess Kate Middleton.

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20 min
March 11, 2024 Five years on from the Christchurch terror attacks
This week marks five years since the devastating terror attacks in Christchurch. In a special episode, community leaders discuss the ongoing - now inter-generational - trauma and whether security services are doing enough to tackle the sharp rise in hate offences against Muslims. Plus, analysis of the Government's stance towards the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

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22 min
March 10, 2024 "It shouldn't happen when aid is just kilometres away," - children starving in Gaza, how to stop overthinking, commentating on The Warriors plus the Oscars
We hear from a Unicef spokesperson in the Middle East about the struggles to get aid to families to prevent children dying from malnutrition.
A clinical psychologist and Massy academic has some solutions to overthinking, how to prepare for a play by play match commentary of The Warriors plus we preview the Oscars.

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23 min
March 10, 2024 Breaking: Investment properties and tax breaks
The Government has confirmed landlords will again receive a tax-break on interest paid for rental properties, from April.
The move will reverse the prior Labour Government’s phasing out of interest deductibility for rentals.
Stuff's Money Editor, Susan Edmonds, explains what's involved.

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4 min

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