Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

New census data shows more Kiwis are moving house than ever and it's raised questions among experts. 45 percent of New Zealanders have moved address over the last five years - a noticeable increase on previous data. Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen explains why this could be the case. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Ben Thomas and Craig Renney joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!  Should kids who are homeschooled be excluded from sports competitions? Does this seem unfair? The Auckland property valuations are out - and many aren't happy with their property values taking a dive. What do we make of all this? New research shows more Kiwis feel reluctant about making online purchases, with many quitting before they check out their digital trollies. Why do we think this is? There's growing corruption in police, customs, immigration - can we do something about this? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 10 June 2025, Police Minister Mark Mitchell responds to a new report warning corrupt police, customs and immigration officers are on the increase. Bloodbath! Auckland home owners are coming to grips with their very disappointing property valuations - and real estate agent Rawdon Christie says it's already having an impact on the housing market. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith explains his big change to the Government's anti-stalking law. Plus, the Huddle debates why we online shop but then abandon the trolley. Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is as expected - if our office is anything to go by, Auckland is a miserable town today because the house valuations are out, and they're bad. Just about everyone has jumped on the computer to have a look by now, I'd say, and just about everyone's house has gone backwards. So my house - it's gone down in value by 8 percent. One of the bosses, not too bad, only gone back by 4 percent. I don't think anyone's house has gone up in the office. Someone's house has dropped by $250,000. One colleague, and this colleague is suffering more than anybody else - her house has gone down by 21 percent. That's $1.15 million down to $900,000. That's another $250,000 shaved right off right there. Someone's feeling agitated. I called a real estate agent today to see if it's wider than just our office. They told me, yep - and people are not happy. Another real estate agent reckons he's already fielding calls from buyers who are mid-negotiation, who are now saying they're not gonna lift their offer anymore. They're just gonna leave it right where it is, because look at the valuation that's out today.  Auckland Council says they normally have about 500 people on their website at any one time. When we called, they said they were watching 12,000 people on their website at any one time. As I said yesterday, spare a thought for Auckland. If you have an Aucklander in your life, spare a thought for them because it's a tough day for Auckland today. Because, I mean, we take the mickey out of Auckland, but there is good reason why Auckland feels like this.  Houses in Auckland mean a lot, don't they? I feel like probably more than anywhere else in the country apart from maybe Queenstown and the surrounding area, because houses are expensive in Auckland. Young Aucklanders obsess about it. They scrimp and they save, and they try so bloody hard to get into their first house. It's totally understandable that absolutely no one in this town wants to watch their house then go down in value. But of course, bear in mind, it is slightly irrational. If you are one of these Aucklanders doing this, you are being irrational, you realize that, because you're not suddenly poorer today than you were yesterday, are you? I mean, the value of the thing has not changed overnight. It's simply just been written down. In fact, it was written down a year ago, it's just taken them a year to put it out there. And if you're buying and selling in the same market, it really doesn't matter at all. It's only if you're cashing up to move out of town or to get rid of an investment property or something like that, that this actually matters. Now, I say that knowing that none of that is gonna sink in - we're gonna continue to be irrational because it is all in our heads, isn't it? We feel wealthier when the house is worth more, and that ain't what happened today. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of lawyers are suing the Climate Minister - suggesting the Government's emissions reduction plan doesn't go far enough. They want a judicial review over the coalition's cancelling of policies from the plan set in place by the previous Government.  Climate consultant Dr Christina Hood says if the group is successful, the court can order the Government to rethink the current scheme. "There was a judicial review about the emissions trading scheme a couple of years ago - the High Court, in that case told the Government to go back and have another think and the Government did that." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 13-year old mountain biker is asking for Government intervention over being denied a medal because she was home-schooled. Amelia Twiss came third at the North Island school champs, but was bumped to fourth because of a rule requiring contestants to attend a school. She is now cycling more than 500km to the Beehive - from Cambridge's NZ cycling HQ - to present her petition. She says the exclusion seems based on the idea being home-schooled gives more time for training. She agrees it doesn't seem fair. "I don't train, I just ride my bike." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New figures from NZ Post’s latest eCommerce Market Sentiments Report show more Kiwis get last-minute jitters before they check out. The data shows 68 percent of shoppers would abandon their cart if the cost of delivery was too high and 57 percent would hit the exit button if free returns weren't available. Murray Crane from Crane Brothers says it's likely people are treating the cart like a 'Pinterest board' and saving things they like before they move to make a purchase. "And then they kind of do a review and realise they don't like it. There's a whole lot of factors contributing to them not going through with that last part of the transaction." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buyers could hold all the cards, based on a plunge in Auckland Council home valuations. Numbers have been released today for 630,000 properties across the region, and will affect how the spread of rates from next month. On average, residential homes dropped nine percent from 2021 CVs. Real estate agent, Rawdon Christie, says buyers could use it to help beat down prices. He explained they're making it clear they think they're making a good offer - given values have dropped. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Police Minister says we must always keep an eye on corruption. An independent advisory panel has urged the Government to act against organised crime networks targeting Pacific borders. The report highlights the risk people working in customs and immigration will be targeted by bribery and corruption, to let groups smuggle in goods. Mark Mitchell says New Zealand's not immune to bad behaviour. "The key to it is acting on it quickly and making sure that it's purged out of our police." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of lawyers are taking the Government's climate policies to court. Lawyers for Climate Action have filed a judicial review, calling for a probe of the coalition cancelling the previous Government's projects - under the emissions reduction plan. They claim the plan fails to uphold the Climate Change Response Act. NZ Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan explains why this is taking place - and what could come of it. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.