Duncan Garner - Editor-In-Chief: Live

In the show today.... Bad news social media is messing with our kids brains, And Covid didn’t help. There’s been a  300% increase in those presenting with mental distress and self harm and suicide is up. We speak to the Cure Kids CEO for their Annual Report. I've got good news as well. The cell phone bans are working and students are getting better results and more engagement and a rugby ball breaking a window for the first time in 9 years is considered success at Mt Albert Grammar. It’s principal Pat Drumm joins me live. Do you have a boss who is a bully. How to beat the bully... We speak to Tom the man from cv.co.nz with a how to guide.   Get in touch with me - duncan@rova.nz and join us on the socials. Website: https://www.rova.nz/home/podcasts/duncan-garner---editor-in-chief.html Instagram: @DuncanGarnerpodcast TikTok: @DuncanGarnerpodcast  

Today on the show... the man and his group promising to bring a better deal on power prices  for all Aucklanders. We are all paying ridiculously high prices and getting poor returns on the power assets we own and the only winners are the corporates. But Patrick Reynolds says vote his group in and that can change And NZ actor Aidee Walker is my team on Celebrity Treasure Island. She appears to be getting impatient with the team play... lets play she says.

Today on the show... Irlene Mokaraka was a manager at Foodtsuffs.. 3 years in the job, loved it,  was the main income earner, mother of 6 who told her immediate boss she felt bullied by her. Now she’s out of a job, after a nine month old issue they dug up saying she wrongly used the fuel card last Xmas. Irlene joins us today. We will also talk sport with Johnny Day. The kiwi women went down to England but his beloved Tasman came home no troubles.

Today on the show... The new cancer drugs that are now available - the game changing investment by this Government into Pharmac that could save your life - the Cancer Society’s new CEO Nicola Coom joins us Johnny Day is here to talk sport. And John Oliver sent last year’s bird of the year - flying - as in it went massive. So what is your bird of the year for 2024… Nicola Toki from Forest and Bird is always fun and she joins us shortly.

Today on the show... The delusional out of touch nincompoops in charge of your city, who want to reduce transport pollution or emissions by 64% within 5 years. Could you halve the use of your car by 2030 and get about your daily lives on E-bikes and E-scooters and buses or by walking? And the captain of her team in Celebrity Treasure Island, Suzanne Paul is proving quite the controversy on the realty tv show. She joins me for a chat.  

Today on the show... 230 people are losing their jobs in small town NZ meanwhile  the government ploughs on with this pointless exercise of tabling a law to define the principles of the treaty. So what’s the damn point? Willie Jackson joins me shortly. And my live show keeps getting banned from Tiktok! What have I done wrong? How can we get this back up?

Today on the show... Why can’t we get tourism back on track post COVID? What do the numbers tell us, and why are we struggling to get the people back? Brad Olsen joins us to tell us what’s going on. Former warrior Wairangi Koopu joins me as Celebrity Treasure Island has kicked off! He’s the captain of one of the teams. We ask each other, why are we doing this? And it’s controversial but do our teenagers just need to harden up?  

Today on the show... 4 homicides in 13 days, 5 in a month. The latest: an 18 year old young shot dead in what appears to be a neighborhood dispute gone wrong. What’s going on in Auckland and is it anything to fear? Lance Burdett will explain what’s going on and how we should react. South Africa is the best rugby side in the world. Is Razor up to it? Is this a blip on the way? We will wrap sport with Johnny Day. And Celebrity Treasure Island starts tonight! What on earth have I exposed myself to here? I think we should cold call Suzanne Paul, another contestant.

Today on the show... Fresh concerns over the rights of academics at NZ universities to speak out and exercise free speech. A leaked Auckland law school survey where more than 30% of academics say they feel like they can’t speak out and one on three say they feel bullied by University leaders. The country’s biggest ever gaming festival is showcased this weekend in Auckland. The future of gaming, the bells and whistles and everything we don't yet know. And do you want to win a brand new $70,000 wild track ford ranger Ute? Stay tuned.

Today on the show... Today the big restructure where you may lose your job. So get ready. How can you design yourself a job and how can you keep your job when the squeeze goes on? What do do you need to do to stay alive in your workplace when the accountants and the grim reaper come demanding change? Also, are we being ripped off when we go on that overseas holiday and change our money or send money overseas. The giant rip off we don’t know about. And rugby versus league who is getting the top talent first

Today on the show... Today interest rates fall and the housing market reacts immediately. Brad Olsen joins us to tells us what's going on with housing. And Rory Birkbeck is a Safe Surfer who is trying to keep your kids safe online. The nasties of the internet - sure technology is wonderful thing but Rory will explain how it can go bad, and why were researchers able to access porn at an Auckland primary school when all the apparent internet safety blocks were put in place.

Today on the show... How old is too old to get a job. How hard is it to get a job after the age of 50? When do you become invisible? And what if you’re entirely competent and want work but your age means they never get back to you. Are we ageist and why? Has this impacted you? Love to hear your story. Ian Fraser from Seniors at Work joins us. And Johnny Day joins us to talk all things sport and why have video refs if the computer says no to knock on. How blatant does it need to be?

Today in the show... It’s the cancer society’s daffodil day, the fundraising drive that might just save your life. One in 3 of us will be affected by cancer in our lifetime. Has it hit your family hard? Do you give generously? And how hard is it to raise money in times like these? Andrew Young, CEO of Cancer Society Auckland & Northland joins us. And John Day is in. All eyes are on South Africa as Razor picks Ian Foster's golden boy to tie up the Springboks. Sam Cane is back, has Razor picked the best guy or has he run out of ideas?

Today on the show... The America's Cup kicks off officially today with the Challenger Series. The only problem is it’s 20 thousand miles away in Barcelona. Are you still interested? Where are the cheap motels and flights Grant Dalton promised when he made his big call to take it to Europe? Are we good enough to defend it? David Blakey, rear commodore with the Royal NZ Yacht squadron discusses this with us. And have you heard of the motherhood penalty? Emma McLean is out to smash it. Stand by for some real life tips as we take the sledge hammer to this giant problem.

Today in the show... In the middle of a doctor shortage dozens of graduate doctors from NZ med schools have been told they will not be hired... incredible. If the Government doesn’t sort this by 6pm tonight, then they really are as useless as I suspect. We’ll also talk to the man who has suspended or frozen the first human body so they can come back to life in 200 years. It’s called cryogenics, if you wish to live forever then don't miss this. And Milan Baird. Comedian, actor, writer huge talent and all round funny guy - said yes to celebrity treasure island. We catch up ahead of the show hitting our screens.