• Heather du Plessis-Allan: Stop letting tech disrupt sport
    Jul 9 2025

    Hasn’t the AI and Wimbledon drama taught us exactly the same lesson we keep learning with technology and sport: it’s great - if it doesn’t disrupt the game.

    And if that is the lesson, why don’t we learn it already?

    Wimbledon has not used AI properly.

    First problem was it missed a ball out. By a foot. The match got stopped and everyone waited four minutes. Yes, it was confirmed the AI got it wrong, so the match resumed.

    It turned out someone turned the AI off.

    Then we’re at the quarter finals. AI calls a ball out. It's not. It’s a metre inside the baseline.

    The match is stopped, the umpire calls the tech people, or whoever, and everyone waits. Yes, it's confirmed it was in and the match resumes.

    It turns out a ball boy was crossing the net at exactly the moment the ball was moving and the AI can’t handle that.

    Players are cross. The waiting has broken the game’s momentum.

    The crowd is cross. They’ve paid to watch the play, not sit around waiting for tech to be checked.

    On the other side of the world, here, we are again complaining about the TMO in last weekend’s test involving itself too much.

    Even Wayne Barnes is complaining that the TMO is ruining the continuity of the game.

    Other sports have already learned this lesson.

    League has limited what the bunker can look at, football is thinking about limiting the VAR, ice hockey has limited video review and it's the same with volleyball.

    They all know what Wimbledon hasn’t quite managed to do and rugby can’t quite seem to accept, which is that technology is great.

    But don’t let it disrupt the game. Don’t let it keep fans waiting.

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  • Antonia Prebble: Kiwi Actress and Podcast host talks Outrageous Fortune and What Matters Most
    Jul 9 2025

    Antonia Prebble is a mainstay of New Zealand’s evening TV viewing.

    She had just hit her 20’s when she was cast in 'Outrageous Fortune', becoming a household name.

    They’re now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic comedy-drama show, plus the 10th anniversary of the prequel series 'Westside'.

    Prebble has expanded since then, and while she still partakes in international productions, she also runs a successful podcast ‘What Matters Most’, which is now on its 4th season.

    She told Heather du Plessis-Allan it’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since 'Outrageous Fortune'.

    “I just turned 41, so I started Outrageous when I was twenty and a half – literally half my life ago.”

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  • Full Show Podcast: 10 July 2025
    Jul 9 2025

    On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 10th of July, Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks the Reserve Bank decision to hold the OCR steady and what that says about our economy.

    Shane Jones has had enough of lizards, DOC, and progress being stalled on a mine that would provide 700 jobs for the Otago region.

    Kiwi actress Antonia Prebble joins to talk the 20th anniversary of Outrageous Fortune and the latest season of her podcast What Matters Most.

    Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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  • Chris Medland: Formula 1 Journalist on the sacking of Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner
    Jul 9 2025

    Red Bull have waved the chequered flag to team principal Christian Horner.

    The 51-year-old had been in the role since 2005, overseeing eight drivers' world championships and six constructors' titles.

    The syndicate sits fourth on the teams' ladder this season, and four-time defending world champion Max Verstappen has won two of 12 races with reports suggesting he is considering a shift to Mercedes.

    F1 Journalist Chris Medland told Heather du Plessis-Allan that while no definitive reasons have been given yet, there are multiple possibilities.

    He says that the team’s form on the track has been in decline over the last 18 months, and Horner also faced controversy off the track during that time.

    Verstappen’s future could have also been central to the decision, Medland says, with Verstappen also wanting to see change and not getting it under Horner’s leadership.

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  • Stephen Knightly: RocketWerks Games CEO on the impact of the $160 million rebate for the industry
    Jul 9 2025

    The video game industry's going gangbusters, with the number of people employed up by more than 20%.

    This is due to a four-year, $160 million sector rebate, offering 20 cents back for every dollar eligible studios spend.

    Forty studios will receive a share of $22.4 million this year, including RocketWerks Games.

    Its CEO, Stephen Knightly, told Heather du Plessis-Allan $40 million is available yearly, but the Government's put a cap on it.

    He says any one studio can only get up to $3 million, but thinks it should be increased as there's obviously money there.

    Knightly says the scheme has delivered on what it was intended for, keeping studios from moving overseas.

    He says he looked at starting a team up in Australia, but instead they're now staying in Auckland, and hiring more people.

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  • Louise Upston: Social Development Minister on the beneficiary task force to deal with flood clean up
    Jul 9 2025

    The Government's reluctant to give work opportunities to beneficiaries outside of emergencies.

    It's activated a beneficiary task force in Tasman and Marlborough, with beneficiaries able to get paid for helping clean up debris and slush.

    Social Development Minister Louise Upston says the initiative is just for Civil Defence emergencies at this stage.

    But Upston told Heather du Plessis-Allan she's open to suggestions about how to reduce the number of people on the Jobseeker benefit.

    She says this takes a significant amount of funding, and the Government's coffers aren't a bottomless pit.

    Upston told du Plessis-Allan it's estimated 30 people are needed for the work.

    She says there'll be three clean-up crews, and understands there were 10 people interested within a few hours of putting the message out.

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  • Matt Whineray: Ministry for the Environment Independent Reference Group Chair on the need for the Govt to move away from natural hazard buyouts
    Jul 9 2025

    There are expectations the Government continuing to step in to cover natural hazard costs for homeowners could create a moral hazard.

    An independent climate adaptation report reveals annual losses from weather-related events over the next 25 years could increase by a quarter.

    It warns the later we respond, the more disruptive the adjustment will be.

    Chair Matt Whineray told Heather du Plessis-Allan the best way forward is for people to understand what they can get and for the Government to move away from buyouts.

    He says this needs to be done over a period of time so the market has time to adjust and so people have fair warning and an opportunity to respond.

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  • Shane Jones: Resources Minister on the lizards blocking the expansion of Central Otago's Macraes gold mine
    Jul 9 2025

    The Resources Minister says a setback for expansion of the country's largest gold mine could result in the loss of up to a thousand jobs.

    Central Otago's Macraes gold mine applied for a permit under the Wildlife Act to clear vegetation on its site in a bid to expand its operation.

    Last month the Department of Conservation declined it, stating the company hadn't made clear how it would relocate more than 10 thousand lizards.

    Shane Jones told Heather du Plessis-Allan the lizards are as common as acne on a teenager.

    He says they're scattered throughout Otago, and farmers don't need special permits when carrying out work on their land.

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    4 mins