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A 21-year-old man has been arrested over a series of arson attacks after a fire at a house owned by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Police arrested the suspect in the early hours of Tuesday. He remains in custody.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says reports reveal there were three similar fire-related incidents over a four days last week.
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Carpet maker Bremworth has reversed its wool only policy - and will soon start making synthetic carpets again.
The NZX-listed company, which stopped producing synthetic carpets in 2020 in favour of a wool-only policy, will restart production of synthetic carpets at its Auckland facility in the next financial year.
The Country's Jamie Mackay unpacked the market reactions to this.
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Tonight on The Huddle, CTU economist Craig Renney and Tim Wilson from the Maxim Institute joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Why has the CTU been excluded from the Budget lock-up?
The green bins debate- do they need to go? Simeon Brown suggested Aucklanders could shave 2 percent off their rates bills if they went away. What do we make of this?
The IRD is cracking down on chasing up people overseas who haven't paid back their student loans. Why have they taken so long to do this?
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The Finance Minister has revealed the Government will will make its first withdrawal from the Super in 2028 - five years earlier than initially planned.
In the first year, $32 million will be withdrawn - but from 2031, withdrawals are expected annually.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen explains why this is happening.
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Inland Revenue has collected more than $207 million in repayments since July last year from student loan borrowers living overseas in the past 9 months.
This is a 43 percent increase on the same period from the previous year.
Currently, 71 percent of overseas student loan borrowers are in default - and together, they owe about $2.3 billion in loans, penalties and interest.
Deloitte tax partner Robyn Walker explains why the IRD is so invested in getting these repayments back.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 13 May 2025, even more details have come to light about the kind of pornographic material that Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming allegedly had on his work device. NZ Herald investigative reporter Jared Savage tells Heather the details.
Auckland Council's Justine Haves defends the little food rubbish bins, after Minister for Auckland Simeon Brown claimed the council could shave 2% of our rates bill by getting rid of them.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls gets into a heated debate with Heather about who is allowed into the Budget lockup.
Plus, Public Service Minister Judith Collins on why she is thinking about getting rid of DEI hiring policies for the public service.
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Why has it taken us so long to get serious about forcing people to pay back their student loans?
Last month, IRD had someone arrested at the border. They have now paid back their loan.
Isn't that amazing?
They had been chased and chased and chased and chased - and you know that they had, because the IRD only arrest you at the border as an absolute last resort, but suddenly they were arrested at the border and despite presumably years of not paying back their loan - they pay it back.
Isn't it incredible what a little bit of pressure can do?
We've got more on this, by the way. The IRD has got in contact with more than 12,000 people who are living overseas who owe money on their student loans.
960 of them have paid back everything that was overdue, 1300 of them have started repayment plans, and 89 people have been warned they will also be arrested at the border if they don't start paying up.
11 of them, as a result of that warning, have started dealing with their debt - either by paying it back or by applying for hardship provisions.
Now, why I'm telling you this is because it's nearly a year since the Government threw extra money at the IRD to chase down these bludgers.
And the IRD has put out a press release with the latest figures to show that actually, yeah, putting that extra money in for the enforcement is bearing fruit.
The only question we now have is - why didn't we do this earlier?
I mean, it is not like this is a new problem, is it? We have complained about this for years, about these people freeloading on the ever-generous New Zealand taxpayer and then getting a free education over here, going off overseas to live their best lives, paying taxes somewhere else, helping out some other country, and then leaving us holding the baby in their debt.
Now, I suspect our lack of action in the past - but I probably can't answer the question on this - comes down to a general attitude towards taxpayers, which is a lack of respect for our money.
It's been treated like it's never-ending for too long. We've simply handed out to all without actually really requiring them to pay it back.
We say you've got to pay it back, but we don't actually mean it.
And this is not a historic problem - it's a current problem. A recent case in point is the small business COVID loans that were handed out by Grant Robertson in 2020. Unsecured, right?
They are now due to be repaid. At least $800 million is outstanding and a lot of that will never be repaid. We have to get used to that idea. We handed it out and we're not gonna get it back.
It is probably too much to wish for - but wouldn't it be great if we could carry on getting money back like the IRD are with student loans at the moment?
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The Public Service Minister has confirmed she's committed to cutting public service diversity requirements.
Minister Judith Collins is looking to bring a draft bill to Cabinet in July, to remove diversity requirements when hiring chief executives.
It would also remove their responsibilities to promote diversity.
Collins says these requirements are holding the public service back - and she's looking to ensure the right people are hired for the job.
"We're also hearing from public servants that they like to think that they are employed on merit, not based on little boxes that have been ticked."
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An Auckland Councillor is apologising for voting to progress a joint-management approach for the Waitākere Ranges.
The proposal allows Te Kawerau a Maki to be represented on the joint iwi, Crown and Council board.
Waitākere Ward Councillor Ken Turner says he doesn't support it - but voted for it so it would go to public consultation.
He says he was under the false impression more diverse options would be included.
"They were in the executive summary, they were in the analysis and advice - and I did not realise they were not in the resolution until two months later."
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A Hollywood-backed football club is coming to play in Wellington.
Welsh side Wrexham AFC's taking on Wellington Phoenix FC at Sky Stadium in July - one of three Australasian matches set to take place.
It's owned by movie stars Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.
WellingtonNZ's Heidi Morton says she expects the game will sell out.
"Not only because this is going to be a fantastic, friendly football match, but also the entertainment draw with the Welcome to Wrexham show."
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There's belief that injecting taxpayer dollars into venture capital comes with high risks.
The Government's putting $100 million into the Elevate fund - which supports small business start-ups.
It's diverting $61 million from its yearly Super Fund contribution, topped up with $39 million from the Budget.
The Taxpayers Union's James Ross says commercially viable businesses wouldn't need propping up by the Government.
"The fact that the Government is having to do that just proves how high-risk these investments are - and it proves the risks that the taxpayers are being exposed to."
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Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming could face charges if pornography allegedly found on his work computer is deemed objectionable.
He'd been suspended on full pay since December during a separate criminal investigation, during which it's understood porn was allegedly discovered on a device.
McSkimming has now resigned.
NZ Herald investigative reporter Jared Savage says the term 'objectionable material' is subject to interpretation.
He explained it generally refers to content involving sexual violence, horror, and cruelty.
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Chris Luxon says Labour is spreading lies about Government pay equity changes.
Legislation rushed through under urgency last week cancels ongoing claims of gender-inequity in pay - and raised the bar for applying.
Opposition leader Chris Hipkins spoke on social media saying the Prime Minister's taking money out of women's pay packets.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls says Chris Hipkins has dug his heels in over his position - but it feels like a leap.
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Sussan Ley has been appointed the new leader of Australia's Liberal Party - making her the first woman to take on the role.
She beat out rival Angus Taylor 29 votes to 25 in a tight contest.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says she's got decades of political experience to her name, but certain sections of the voting bloc might not be too enthusiastic.
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A pair of key Warriors are in line to return for Saturday's NRL clash against the Dolphins in Brisbane.
Co-captain James Fisher-Harris is set to come back from a pectoral injury, while Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's recovered from a hamstring issue.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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Auckland won't be scrapping its green food scrap bins any time soon.
Whanganui District Council is dropping its kerbside service to save a 1.5 percent rate increase.
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown believes Auckland could do the same.
It costs much more to offset carbon with food waste bins - than the carbon credits system.
Auckland Council Waste Solutions general manager Justine Haves says the service reduces landfill waste.
"We regularly hear from communities that they don't want more landfills, so in order to achieve that, we need to achieve waste minimisation."
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ready to personally meet with Vladimir Putin on Thursday to discuss ending the war.
This comes after Donald Trump demanded Ukraine agree to Putin's offer of direct talks between the two countries in Turkey.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey explains further.
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The US and China have agreed to slash their reciprocal tariffs by 115 percent for 90 days.
Washington imposed a 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports at the start of the year - and Beijing responded with a 125 percent levy on some US goods.
But this weekend's trade negotiations between US and Chinese officials in Switzerland appear to have gone well.
Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly explains further.
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Time is running out for businesses who took out a Covid Small Business Cashflow Scheme.
It's five years today since Inland Revenue introduced the loans.
They were issued to more than 129,000 businesses and totalled $2.4 billion.
The IRD says they're now reaching their cut-off point, and default loans not paid in full will be enforced.
ABC Business Sales managing director unveils how many businesses are still owing - and by how much.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and Josie Pagani from Child Fund joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Andrea Vance's piece in the Sunday Star Times calling female Government MPs the c-word and accusing Nicola Willis of 'girl math' has copped some backlash. What did we think when we read that?
Erica Stanford has been brought on board to figure out how to ban under-16s from social media - what do we make of this?
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