A sacred space to dive into the ups and downs of transformation. I’m Chelsea – a World Traveler turned Transformational Life Coach. I love to talk about all things transformation from limiting beliefs to manifesting your deepest desires – I don’t shy away from the hard subjects and nothing is off limits. Spirituality, Sexuality, Manifestations, Mental Health, Travel, and so much more. Everything is unscripted and cussing is allowed. If you're ready to dive in...Let's Chat!
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The always-surprising show covering faith, culture and everything in-between! Each episode, Cameron Strang, Jesse Carey, Derek Minor, Emily Brown and Marty not only discuss the week's buzzworthy news with hilarity and insight, but they're also joined by leaders and artists for thought-provoking conversations you don't want to miss.
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Join Kerre Woodham one of New Zealand’s best loved personalities as she dishes up a bold, sharp and energetic show Monday to Friday 9am-12md on Newstalk ZB. News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your morning listening covered.
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Episode 1208: Gallant
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Today we're joined by alt-R&B artist Gallant, who just released a fantastic new album. He opens up to us about stepping out from his label to become an independent artist, the freedom he finds through his work, and how faith and spirituality have been a source of inspiration for him. Plus, the cast delves into the evolving landscape of fame in the …
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The interim report into the grounding of Interislander’s Aratere ferry has found the bridge crew didn't know how to turn off the autopilot function on a new steering control system. A report by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission was published yesterday, setting out the facts and circumstances established to this point and its inquiry i…
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Cindy Towns: University of Otago lecturer on the new research arguing that single-patient rooms should be the norm in hospitals
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Should single rooms be the norm in hospitals? Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for New Zealand hospitals, with up to five people staying in each room. New research argues that this breaches safety and ethical concerns, saying that single patient rooms should be the most basic standard of care. Researcher and author Dr Cindy Towns told Kerre W…
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Chelsea Daniels: Front Page Host on Philip Polkinghorne's community service sentence for meth charges
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A community service sentence ends the saga of Philip Polkinghorne. The former Auckland eye surgeon has returned to the High Court in Auckland today – more than a month after he was acquitted of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna. He's been sentenced to 150 hours community work after admitting to a meth charge. The Front Page's Chelsea Daniels spoke t…
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When did parents stop wanting more for their kids? The figures out today are absolutely appalling and paint a grim future for thousands of young New Zealanders. People aged 16-24 who are on the main benefit can expect to stay there for 20.4 years. I suppose we'll take the good news where we find it – that's down from 21.3 years. But good Lord, what…
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Nigel Bickle: Hastings District Council CEO on their risk-based approach to building consents, the Government's proposal
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It’s not just the Government who are taking a look at building consents. Hastings District Council has been looking into a more risk-based approach to building consents, aiming to bring the costs down for both building firms and consumers. Council CEO Nigel Bickle told Kerre Woodham that the current system was put in place with the 2004 Building Ac…
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I suppose I should have, but I had no idea that it takes, on average, 569 days for a home to be built and consented right now. Nearly two years for a home to be built and consented! A decent building company could throw up a house in three months, couldn't they? But no, because of the consenting process, 569 days in this country for a home to be bu…
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Pete Wolfkamp: Newstalk ZB's Resident Builder on the Government's potential building consent scheme
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The devil will be in the details when it comes to the Government’s new building consents scheme. The proposal would allow competent tradespeople to self-certify consents on low risk builds, and businesses with a track record on delivering bigger projects would be able to access streamlined consenting. Pete Wolfkamp, ZB’s Resident Builder, told Kerr…
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Episode 1207: Benjamin William Hastings
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Today we're joined by worship artist Benjamin William Hastings! You probably know him from his years with Hillsong United, but now he's releasing some amazing solo music. We talk to him about his new project — and what he means when he says he's a "recovering Deconstructionist." Plus, it's an all-boys episode (we're sorry) and things go predictably…
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Almost four months to the day, on the 30th of June, headlines were trumpeting a police crackdown on boy racers. In Wellington, police issued 138 infringement notices, 19 vehicles were taken off the streets, five vehicles were seized by bailiffs because of unpaid fines, three were impounded, 11 were either pink or green stickered due to compliance i…
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Mark Mitchell: Police Minister on the move to crack down on boy racers, the record low road toll over Labour Weekend
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The Police Minister is signalling a law change to crack down on boy racers after a violent brawl in Wairarapa on Saturday. Videos of men smashing a car's windows and beating up its driver are circulating on social media. The boy racers also threw bottles, rocks, and fireworks at police, with several people now facing charges. Minister Mark Mitchell…
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If you want to racially abuse hospital staff and demand white only nurses, fine. We will draw a curtain around your bed, and you’ll lie there and wait. You need pain relief, assistance to go to the loo, have your sheets changed, have your blood pressure monitored - make sure it's not getting dangerously high. You lie there and you wait. You wait fo…
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More than 30 staff at Waitākere Hospital refused to care for a racially abusive patient in a bid to get hospital managers to defuse the situation. The male patient had asked for white-only staff, making racist and sexual remarks over a period of six weeks. Their drastic action prompted hospital managers to escalate their response and defuse the sit…
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Yesterday afternoon, a woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition after being seriously injured in an assault on board a bus broad daylight. Shortly before 6pm, police confirmed the person had died in the hospital – they said the victim was a passenger on the bus. They say nobody else is at risk at the moment, they know who the alleged off…
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The Government is set to appoint a Crown Observer to Wellington City Council within weeks. The writing was on the wall really, wasn't it? It was whether they were going to go the whole hog with the Commissioner, a’ la Tauranga, or settle for an Observer, and that is what they've gone with. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown made the announcemen…
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Episode 1206: Malcolm Gladwell
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In this episode we're joined by author Malcolm Gladwell, who talks to us about pro-social contagion and how small groups can drive significant societal change. The cast also announces the podcast's shift to one show a week, and Jesse reveals his harrowing Speed-esque car troubles. The conversation then shifts to Slices — including the impact of soc…
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Several thousands more offenders are likely to be captured under Three Strikes 2.0 following changes by Cabinet to toughen up the act. These changes, announced this morning, include halving the sentencing threshold for a first strike, and making it retrospective (controversial with lawmakers). That would capture several thousands of the 15,000-odd …
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Who doesn't love hosting a good party? Who hasn't enjoyed the buzz that comes from having people from all over the world heading into town intent on having a good time? Even if you can't afford the price of the tickets to the Rugby World Cup, or through fee for Women's World Cup, or you haven't got a gin palace to head out on the water to get up, c…
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Mark Orams: AUT sailing professor on the prospect of New Zealand hosting the next America's Cup
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Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says it's politically viable for New Zealand to host the America's Cup as we've done it before, and if we don't step up, someone else will. She says Kiwis love to see New Zealand doing well and winning – and says we know having the Cup at home comes with economic benefits. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says the hostin…
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The Greens voted last night to swallow a dead rat. Even the vegans had to chew on a dead rat last night. Green Party delegates overwhelmingly decided to use the Waka Jumping law, which they hate, to eject Darleen Tana from Parliament if she decides not to quit first. Darleen Tana, the former Green MP, currently sits, useless as tits on a bull, as a…
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We're going to open the show today with a chat on ACC, given that it's managed to go from a $911 million surplus to a $7.2 billion deficit in the year to June. That’s got to hurt. ACC said, in it's just released annual report, that lower than expected rehabilitation performance contributed towards the deficit, and noted the cost of providing servic…
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I remember about 25 years ago there was an absolute hoo-ha at the Grey Lynn Countdown, because staff there were speaking to one another in their own tongue in the common staff room. And there was a complaint from somebody who spoke English —that was the language they spoke, and they didn't speak any other languages— and they took great offence to p…
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Inflation is continuing to fall and interest rates are likely to follow suit. The inflation rate has dropped to 2.2 percent. It's the first time in more than three years it's returned to the Reserve Bank's 1-3% target range. The Herald's Liam Dann told Kerre Woodham the markets are now pricing in a 100% chance the Reserve Bank will cut the OCR at l…
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Episode 1205: Bethel Music's David Funk
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In this episode, we're joined by David Funk from Bethel Music! Plus, Cameron apologizes for us missing the last episode — a hurricane prevented it unfortunately — and you hear his inspiring tale of surviving on Brioche bread. Derek joins late because of Emily, and then we have Slices — covering Netflix's new live talk show, Tesla's innovations in r…
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What’s the Government’s obsession with speeding things up? Today, it’s the queues at airport security that it wants to go faster - with Transport Minister Simeon Brown looking at bringing-in private operators to run airport security instead of the Civil Aviation Authority. As far as I’m concerned, if you don’t get through security on time and miss …
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How’s that miserly $20-a-week tax cut looking now that we know the country’s budget deficit is $1.8 billion worse than expected? You might be one of the few people who are actually better-off by more than 20 bucks a week, but you’re in the minority. And there’s no doubt that there is egg all over the Government’s face on this one. But I told you so…
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How many reviews and reports do we need before we accept that we are nowhere near as good at emergency and disaster management as we think we are here in New Zealand? I reckon we’ll never admit it. But we should. In fact, we shouldn’t just admit that we’re not as good as we think - we should also be looking at some major structural change. Not just…
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Penalties could be on the cards for careless builders as the Government looks to strengthen professional requirements. It's eyeing key changes to the registration and licensing regimes, with a focus on lifting competence and accountability requirements; as well as improving Building Act consumer protections. Building and Construction Minister Chris…
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There's been a lot of good news on the home building front, you know, just for your average homeowner. The Government's plans to reform the building consent system to make it more affordable to build a new home – or a home. Jolly good news. The review of the building code to bring in a streamlined, risk-based consenting regime, as well as increasin…
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Episode 1204: Dr. Francis Collins
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This episode, we're joined by Dr. Francis Collins, a prominent scientist and Christian leader. We talk about the intersection of science and faith, exploring whether they can coexist and complement each other. He discusses the societal division regarding truth, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and calls for Christians to take a…
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There is a common trope that if prisons worked, we wouldn't need them. And that if prison was a deterrent, people wouldn't commit crime. If prison was about rehabilitation then people would serve their term and then they would not reoffend. There's something incredibly depressing about prisons and the waste of human potential they represent – even …
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We’ve got roads, we’ve got mines, we’ve got housing developments, we’ve got 22 renewable energy projects, we’ve got aquaculture farms, we’ve got a roof for Eden Park, you name it, it’s there and it's happening in a town near you, because projects are spread right across the country. And these are the first 149 projects selected by the government to…
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Peter Thompson: Barfoot & Thompson Managing Director on the growing confidence and optimism of the sector
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Real estate agents are among the businesses feeling more upbeat. The Herald's latest Mood of the Boardroom survey shows that business owners are more optimistic than pessimistic about their industries, as well as the local and global economy. Optimism varies across the different sectors, with the real estate industry topped the list with an average…
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There was a headline in The Post: ‘Scathing survey results from teachers on NCEA level 1 roll out’. That was the headline. The story goes on: “A survey of teachers saw the vast majority indicate that the NCEA standards are poorly designed, changes have increased workloads, there's insufficient support from NZQA NCEA, and the provided exemplars ofte…
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Teachers say they are shocked with how new curriculum material is being rolled out. Changes to NCEA Level One are being put in place before changes to Level Two and Three come into force in four years. However, a scathing survey by the Post Primary Teachers Association shows the vast majority are dissatisfied with the new material. Union President …
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