Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons

The Government has introduced changes to help ease the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on both commercial and residential tenancies.As part of the COVID-19 Response Legislation Bill, measures are being taken to help businesses resolve disputes over commercial rent, as well as provide greater certainty for landlords and tenants by protecting residential tenancies from being terminated during COVID-19 Alert Level 4.Arbitration will be required where landlords and tenants are unable to come to agreement about a fair rent proportion, unless they agree to an alternative dispute resolution process such as mediation.The Residential Tenancies Act changes will enable restrictions against residential tenancy terminations to be switched on and off by Ministerial order.Property Investors Federations executive officer Sharon Cullwick feels some of the measures are excessive.She spoke to James Daniels and Tyler Adams.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a past life, Mike King was one of New Zealand's most well-known entertainers, but that role changed dramatically with the inception of the radio show The Nutters Club Newstalk ZB. That’s evolved to see Mike become a prominent mental health educator and Ambassador for both I Am Hope, the Key to Life Charitable Trust.Add to that Gumboot Friday which is raising money to provide free and timely counselling for any young person in need. Gumboot Friday is tomorrow and will go virtual this year. A great pleasure to welcome Mike King for Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the outside, weight loss surgery appears to be a cure-all for obesity and related diseases - the easy way to drop a lot of weight and keep it off for good.A great article from Rebecca Blithe about the varying successes of this purported marvel of modern medicine appeared in the NZ Herald today and it got us talking about weight loss.A man known to most New Zealanders called in to tell his weight loss story.Take a listen to Simon Gault speaking to James Daniels and Tyler AdamsLISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine. She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing. Every second Wednesday Niki takes your questions and calls on everything nutrition, food, and health.This week we had some great questions on weight loss, MSG, frozen vegetables, exercise habits and living without a microwave. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Revelations today that former All Blacks prop Hayman has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and probable CTE, aged just 41.In a statement, New Zealand Rugby CEO Mark Robinson has offered his thoughts saying Hayman wore the black jersey with distinction.Robinson stressed the importance of player safety and wellbeing as NZR's number one priority, and their desire to continue contributing to world-leading policies and research on concussion.Robinson and Hayman played together in the All Blacks set-up in the early 2000's.Newstalk ZB Sportstalk Host D'Arcy Waldegrave has had his own journey with concussion and he joined James Daniels and Tyler Adams to discuss the issue.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Westpac New Zealand's cash earnings shot up by 56 per cent to $1.01 billion in the year to September, boosted by a $404 million turnaround in asset impairment charges. Net interest income benefitted from a 3 basis point increase in margins and lending growth of 5 per cent driven by $5.7b in mortgage growth. Deposits increased by 7 per cent, or $4.9b, which fully funded the bank's loan growth and lifted its deposit-to-loan ratio to 82 per cent, the bank said. Westpac said strong momentum in the economy has contributed to a "solid" full year result. Acting chief executive Simon Power said Covid-19 was causing significant strain and uncertainty for parts of the community but economic activity in the year leading up to the latest outbreak had been very strong. The Delta variant of Covid-19 posed serious health and financial challenges. "Looking to the horizon, we're optimistic increasing vaccination rates will reduce the impact of the virus on New Zealanders' health and the economy," Power said. The bank last year increased our lending provisions to $657m to reflect the economic outlook from expected Covid-19 impacts. "The economy has performed better than expected and, as such, our lending provision levels have reduced to $525m, representing 0.6 per cent of our total lending portfolio," he said. There was a 9 per cent lift in core earnings on the prior comparative period, arising from growth in lending and deposit volumes and a 3bps increase in net interest margin to 2.00 per cent, partially offset by increased spending on risk and regulatory compliance activities. Power said first home buyers were very active in a buoyant housing market. Westpac helped first home buyers to purchase 6,598 homes during the reporting period – up 24 per cent on the prior comparable period.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Climate scientist Dave Frame joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to discuss the All Blacks' deal with petrochemical company Ineos and why he was one of the 100 people that signed the open letter denouncing the deal.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Anthony Jordan is the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre’s clinical director and one of only two Maori immunologists in Aotearoa. His motivation working with the vaccination programme is ensuring equal access for all Māori to both the vaccine and to informed korero about why getting vaccinated is the best way to protect whanau and the community from COVID-19.He joined Tyler Adams (in for Simon Barnett today) and James Daniels to answer listeners questions about the COVID-19 Vaccine as Delta cases spread to Christchurch.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment Lawyer and Partner with Malley & Co solicitors.He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer listeners' employment related questions.Tyler Adam's was in for Si today as they discussed Kiwisaver contributions, company cars and the wage subsidy among other things.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Radius Care founder and chairman Brien Cree joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels on why he's decided to go against Ministry of Health guidelines and allow visitors into rest homes for residents' mental health.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Otago University epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to discuss the Government's press conference from this morning and the traffic light system.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Gower is one of our most recognised and popular TV personalities. After writing for the NZ Herald, he began a five year run as TV3's political editor in 2012, forging a reputation for his hard-nosed style. Along the way he covered many high profile stories from Parliament. He also achieved web fame when a 16-second long ‘thug life’ musical parody went viral in 2014. After returning to Three as 'National Correspondent', he has presented many high profile specials on Weed, P, Hate and the 2020 Lockdown. He was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this week's Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine. She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing. Every second Wednesday Niki will be taking your questions and calls on everything nutrition, food, and health.This week we had some great questions on coconut oil, sports training and the One Meal A Day Diet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Property commentator Ashley Church joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels on National and Labour joining forces on the Housing Supply Bill, which will see as many as 105,500 homes built in a decade.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland University vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to discuss Super Saturday, where the Prime Minister is hoping that 100,000 people will get vaccinated.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir Ian Taylor became a household name as a television presenter in the 1980’s notably for TV series 'Spot On'He founded Taylormade Media in 1989 as a television production company, before establishing Animation Research Limited the following year. Animation Research quickly became one of the top computer animation companies in New Zealand and known internationally for its work, particularly in television advertising and sports graphics. He was inducted into the New Zealand Technology Hall of Fame in 2009, has been awarded New Zealander of the Year, and in January this year was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order or Merit for services to broadcasting, business and the community. He was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this weeks Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVEAnd if you want to hear more of Sir Ian Taylor he appeared in Episode 1, Season 2 of Newstalk ZB's HP Business Class podcast series talking about how he and his business continued to thrive during the bleak, early days of COVID. The episode is available at iHeart Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Anthony Jordan is the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre’s clinical director and one of only two Maori immunologists in Aotearoa. His motivation working with the vaccination programme is ensuring equal access for all Māori to both the vaccine and to informed korero about why getting vaccinated is the best way to protect whanau and the community from COVID-19.He joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer listeners questions about the COVID-19 Vaccine and Super Saturday.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Health Minister Andrew Little joined Simon Barnett & James Daniels to discuss the health system's ability to cope with Covid and home isolation for positive cases as cases are expected to double in the next fortnight.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gull general manager Dave Bodger joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to discuss why New Zealand fuel prices are now at a record high, with fuel price tracking app Gaspy noting the national average price for 91 octane petrol currently sits at $2.39.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment Lawyer and Partner with Malley & Co solicitors.He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer all listeners' employment related questions.Today, he joined the show to answer questions about being split into seperate work bubbles, mandatory vaccinations and medicinal cannabis at work, among other things.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A curious case before the Court Of Appeal has seen a Christchurch engineer fail to get half the sale proceeds of his ex-wife’s veterinary clinic.Kirsten and Shaune​ Wylie started living together in 2005 and married in March 2008. Their marrage lasted seven years.They both had assets and business interests of their own and had signed an agreement contracting out of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976.Divorce Lawyer Jeremy Sutton of Bastion Chambers joined Simon Barnett & James Daniels to explain "pre-nups"LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professional golfer Michael Hendry rang Simon Barnett and James Daniels to offer some of his suggestions for MIQ after Sir Ian Taylor's plan for MIQ was approved by the Government.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiwi William Trubridge is one of the world’s greatest free diving talents and certainly one of this country’s finest international athletes. He has 18 world records to his name, as well as being a five-time world free diving champion. He was the first person to dive unaided, that’s without fins, to 100m. In January, he became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to free diving. He was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this weeks Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Otago University Associate Professor of Immunology James Usher joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to explain how rapid antigen testing works compared to other methods of testing like PCR and saliva testing.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine. She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing. Every second Wednesday Niki will be taking your questions and calls on everything nutrition, food, and health.This week we had some great questions on getting back into fitness after a back injury, sugars, fruit and alcohol consumption.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senior Mongrel Mob spokesperson Louise Hutchinson spoke to Simon Barnett and James Daniels about Sonny Fatupaitu, the head of the Mongrel Mob's Waikato chapter, being granted a border exemption to cross into Auckland.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Reserve Bank's throwing a bit of cold water on the economy.It's increased the Official Cash Rate to 0.5 per cent, the first change in more than 18 months.Cameron Bagrie from Bagrie Economics told Simon Barnett and James Daniels it's made the change because we're at near full employment, inflation's heading towards four per cent, and there's a booming property market.“What the Reserve Bank is saying at the moment: time to turn down the heat. They're not tightening the screws on the economy because the Official Cash Rate at 0.5 per cent is still incredibly low.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One high profile Auckland restauranteur is preparing for a life with vaccine certificates.Leo Molloy told Simon Barnett and James Daniels there seems to be a certain consensus that this is inevitable.He says this is inevitable in transport here and around the globe, and questions why New Zealanders wouldn't prepare for this as the country vaccinates.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government has laid out its plans for Covid vaccine certificates in New Zealand.The Prime Minister has said that they will be used to lessen the risk in high-risk settings like hospitality and larger gatherings like music festivals.NZ Herald Wellington Business Editor Hamish Rutherford told Simon Barnett and James Daniels businesses will welcome the certificates.He says this is the carrot on the other side that businesses will get a framework around the circumstances in which they can restrict entry to vaccinated people.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newstalk ZB's Political Editor, Barry Soper, joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons to take us through all the details from todays 1pm Covid-19 update.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senior New Zealand Herald reporter Anna Leask was at the press conference held by Detective Inspector Scott Anderson earlier to provide more detail on the triple homicide that has been reported today.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Barnes is a true rock and roll legend. His nickname, “Barnesy”, conjures up thoughts of rock music at an ear-splitting volume, with hits like Good Times, Drivin’ Wheels, and Working Class Man . Jimmy has been through it all, and literally lived to tell the tales. He has sold more records in Australia than any other local rock & roll artist, has enjoyed seventeen #1 albums, is a best-selling author, and for over 40 years has delivered some of the most intense and iconic live performances. He’s coming to our shores headlining the superb Selwyn Sounds concert in Christchurch in March next year, and has recently released his new album Flesh and Blood. He joined Simon Barnett and James for this week' Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVEGet your tickets from www.selwynsounds.co.nzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the country's largest steel building product providers is reinforcing its own Covid-19 defences by paying a bonus to workers if they get fully vaccinated.Workers will get $150 in cash, KiwiSaver contributions or company shares if they get both doses of the vaccine by mid-November.Steel and Tube GM of People and Culture Anna Morris told Simon Barnett and James Daniels it was both an incentive to encourage staff but also a thank you for getting on board and playing their part in the vaccine rollout. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland Airport's leading an initiative aimed at incentivising more people to get vaccinated.The drive thru at its park and ride site, has administered more than 70-thousand jabs since last month, but is still only jabbing about half the rate possible.It's now launched a new campaign, which involves every one who scans in at the site going in a draw for tens of thousands of dollars in prizes.Simon Barnett & James Daniels discussed the idea of incentives on the show today and the response was mixed.Julie called the show and told Si & James about her experience as one who had contracted the delta variant.She reckons the biggest incentive for vaccination should be not getting COVID.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment Lawyer and Partner with Malley & Co solicitors. He regularly joins Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford to answer listeners' employment-related questions. Today he answered questions about covid wage subsidies, working from home and compulsion to vaccinate. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A friend of the Wanaka absconders called in to Si and James. He said the couple are “very remorseful” and that they know they've made “a huge stuff up.” But the friend says online backlash has gone way too far, with the couple even receiving death threats. The friend said he spoke to the male absconder last night and he was “a broken man.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rising property prices are making it crazily hard for first home buyers.The only way many young people have got themselves into a house in recent times is with finance from the "Bank Of Mum and Dad".But are prices now getting to the point that even that line of credit is drying up?Economist Tony Alexander joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels' on the show.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wet & Forget founder Rod Jenden has gone from doing an early-morning bread run in an old van to establishing an iconic multimillion-dollar New Zealand company. He grew up in a state house in Ōnehunga, left High School at 15, finished a five-year boat-building apprenticeship, before a long journey in creating a business which now ships millions of litres of product to numerous countries around the world. He was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this weeks' Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine. She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing. Every second Wednesday Niki will be taking your questions and calls on everything nutrition, food, and health.This week we had some great questions on the gastric bypasses, organics and how to gain weight. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Auckland Councillor thinks hospitality businesses should be able to use footpaths and carparks for dining in lockdown.Councillor Richard Hills says it could be a new way to add revenue and keep hospitality alive through a challenging time.He says the idea's been rolled out across the world with a lot of success.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paralympian William Stedman is only just back in NZ after a phenomenal medal haul at the Tokyo Olympics. After winning silver in dramatic fashion in the long jump, he backed it up to finish third in the 400m. It comes on top of bronze in the 400 and 800m in Rio in 2016. He joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels to discuss his Tokyo experience. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newstalk ZB's voice of Canterbury sport Brian Ashby has decided it is time to switch off the 4am alarm clock.‘Gash’ has been a sports reporter, reader, commentator, fill-in host and all round good guy.Brian has covered every Olympic Games since Sydney 2000 both on the ground (2000, 2004, 2008) or as a member of our Games commentary team (2012, 2016), this alongside the Commonwealth Games.He is a proud Cantab and is probably the most successful commentator in radio history seeing both the Crusaders and Canterbury NPC sides win more championship titles than the rest of the country combined!Alongside covering rugby and the Olympics, Brian has been a champion of multisport covering the Coast-to-Coast, Ironman, cycling plus many other sporting events.Simon Barnett and James Daniels took the opportunity to wish him all the best today.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ruby Tui is an Olympic gold and silver medallist, having won gold with the New Zealand women's sevens team at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Rio 2016. She was a member of the team which won a Rugby World Cup Sevens title in 2018. She was named New Zealand women's sevens Player of the Year in 2017 and World Rugby Sevens player of the Year in 2019.Off the field Tui is a regular contributor in the SKY TV commentary booth and is a passionate advocate for mental health, as an ambassador for the New Zealand Rugby HeadFirst initiative. Ruby Tui was Simon Barnett and James Daniels’ guest for this weeks’ Six and a Song. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gareth Abdinor is an Employment Lawyer and Partner with Malley & Co solicitors. He regularly joins Simon Barnett and James Daniels to answer listeners' employment-related questions. Today he answered questions about Covid Lockdown wage subsidies and getting caught vaping at work among other things. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Olympian Emma Twigg's gold medal in the women’s single sculls at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a true story of perseverance having gone through four Olympics and two fourth place finishes before her moment of Olympic glory. Alongside her Olympic gold, she is a 2-time bronze, 2-time silver and gold medallist in the same discipline at the World Championships. She has also somehow found time to achieve a number of qualifications, including a Bachelor of Communication and a Master's degree in international sports management, being a cycle mechanic, a marriage celebrant and has completed her boat master's qualification. Emma Twigg was Simon Barnett & and James Daniels' guest for this weeks’ Six and a Song.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

68 more cases of Covid-19 were announced in the community today, bringing the total outbreak to 277. Professor of Public Health Nick Wilson from the University of Otago says he and other experts still believe elimination strategy is the way to go, at least until we get high vaccination levels. However, when asked about places like New South Wales where elimination doesn’t appear to be working, he says they may have to “accept a suppression strategy where they just hope to control the virus to the point where the health system isn't overwhelmed.” He also says that “we have the tools” to eradicate Covid-19, but it is “a big ask.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since the beginning of the Delta outbreak there have been long queues in various areas for covid tests and yesterday a record 50,000 Covid-19 tests were processed. Richard Prebble in the New Zealand Herald suggested the alternative of rapid DIY Covid tests being brought into New Zealand to get people self-testing. But Vaccinologist Helen Petousis Harris is sceptical of whether this solution would work, saying they will likely have a place in the future but not right now. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Niki Bezzant is an award-winning writer, speaker, commentator, and Health Editor for Woman Magazine. She’s made a successful career from her passion for food, health, nutrition, and wellbeing. Every second Wednesday Niki takes listeners' questions and calls on everything nutrition, food, and health.This week we had some great questions on staying healthy during Lockdown, the best nut to eat and how to avoid losing the goodness when cooking veges. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Covid-19 has slammed a huge dent in the number of New Zealand businesses.About 35,000 have closed in the past year.Business New Zealand CEO Kirk Hope says that number is double the norm for annual business closures.However Hope says about 30,000 businesses have formed in the same period the 35,000 closed.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Confirmation Delta has jumped from Auckland to Wellington .The Ministry of Health's confirmed our Covid-19 outbreak's grown by 11 casesOf those new cases -- eight are in Auckland and three are in the capital.Those three had recently travelled to Auckland and visited a location of interest.We now have a total of 31 community cases.Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker told Simon Barnett and James Daniels the Government has to extend the current Level 4 lockdown.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.