Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

The Black Caps saved their best performance for last and cruised to a T20 International series victory over the West Indies, courtesy of an eight-wicket victory in Dunedin. For the first time on tour, the result didn’t come down to the final over, as New Zealand completed their win with 26 balls up their sleeve, and kept their perfect record at University Oval in the shortest format intact. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One NZ-based think tank is floating the idea of KiwiSaver schemes for kids, claiming it could set them up with $10,000-$20,000 in savings by the time they reach adulthood. The Institute for Democratic and Economic Analysis has put out a report proposing different models, including a kickstart Government payment and matching parental contributions. Max Rashbrooke, co-founder of the Institute for Democratic and Economic Engagement Analysis, says it could make a significant difference. "Obviously, the Government's moving to make financial literacy a compulsory part of the curriculum, we think that's an excellent idea - but how much more meaningful would that financial literacy education be in high school classes if every child in that class knows they've got a KiwiSaver account that's accumulating?"  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is closing down some of his last remaining known business interests, including Pitch@Palace Global Ltd. Pitch@Palace was a start-up project where aspiring entrepreneurs could present their ideas to potential investors - and was once seen as a possible income source for Andrew after the King stopped supporting him financially. UK correspondent Gavin Grey says it's a final nail in the coffin of the disgraced former prince. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The long-running US Government shut-down has come with plenty of economic ripple effects, but there's hopes it could come to an end. The 41-day shutdown could last a few more days, but the the Senate passed legislation to attempt to reopen things. Milford Asset Management expert Jeremy Hutton explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The country's overdue tax debt has hit $9.3 billion for the year to June, according to new reports. It's growing faster than the Government's tax take and New Zealand's overall economy, prompting concern from experts. NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shares in Transport and logistics company Mainfreight have rallied today, despite the company posting an 18.5 percent drop in first-half profit. The result's better than expected, with performance improving and expected to rise more. Mainfreight CEO Don Braid says they've had a tough start to the year, but he feels things are improving ahead of the new year. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 12 November 2025, the Police Minister has accused former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of a cover up following an explosive IPCA report. Former police negotiator Lance Burdett doesn't think Coster is a bad guy - but lawyer Matthew Hague says charges could still be possible. Congestion charges are one step closer for cities around the country. Heather asks Auckland councillor Maurice Williamson how soon drivers could be hit with these charges. A second Costco is coming to Auckland, but will it really help to bring supermarket prices down across the board? Sue Chetwin from the Grocery Action Group is not so sure. Plus, the Huddle debates a new poll that sees support for Labour on the rise. Does that mean voters like the idea of a capital gains tax? 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.

Tonight on The Huddle, Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A and Kiwiblog's David Farrar joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! It's day two of the Jevon McSkimming IPCA report. Is another investigation needed to get the public's trust back? What questions need to be answered? New polling shows Labour has gotten a boost since introducing the capital gains tax. Is this strictly a win for Labour - or do the Greens deserve some credit here too?  Would you rather the council reseal your road with chip seal than asphalt if it saves lots of money? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well, I think we can all see how this is going to end for Andrew Coster, and we could see that last night - he's gonna lose his job running a Government agency. No one in charge can say that yet because of employment law, but it is absolutely going to happen - because there is no way that a man can do what he has done at the highest levels of police and then possibly continue to earn an income from the taxpayer. Him losing his job is the right outcome here. But here's the question that I think is up for debate - is Andrew Coster a bad man? Or was he just bad at his job, showing poor judgment, incompetence, naivety, whatever? And I'm going to suggest that it was actually the latter. He's not a bad man, he was just bad at his job. It doesn't seem like he did what he did because he wanted to hide what Jevon McSkimming had done, it sounded more like he tried to make it go away because he didn't believe that it was true. It sounds like he believed McSkimming was just the victim of a really bad breakup - he'd ended an affair, she hadn't taken it well and now she was trying to destroy his reputation online, and so Andrew Coster seemed to have thought, maybe what he needed to do was try to prevent these horrible lies from destroying the career of a good man. So he tried to hurry things up and shut things down and hide emails from ministers and not tell the people appointing the next Police Commissioner that there were complaints against McSkimming, and he got angry at police officers who tried to raise concerns. Except, as it turns out, Andrew Coster was wrong. Jevon McSkimming was not a good man, he was a creep. And that woman's allegations should have been listened to. She wasn't destroying the career of a good man, she was alerting authorities to a bad man.  But Andrew Coster was a police officer, and it is 101 of policing to investigate allegations and listen to complaints, not shut them down, so he failed at the very basics of his job. And unfortunately for him, while he may not be a bad man, he ended up doing things that I think we can agree are bad things - misleading, shutting down good police wanting to raise concerns, protecting a creep. Now I don't know, is there really that much difference in the end between being a bad man and being someone who thinks they're doing the right thing - but doing bad things? For him, the outcome is actually pretty much the same, whether he was bad or bad at his job. He has lost his job and he's lost his reputation. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bemusement at the actions of past senior police executives and their handling of serious complaints against the former Deputy Commissioner.  A damming Independent Police Conduct Authority report's found a the allegations against Jevon McSkimming - who was gunning for the top job - were not immediately investigated. The complainant was then charged with harassment. Lawyer and former police officer Matthew Hague says it's possible those at the top thought they were doing the wrong thing for the right reasons. "I can't understand how these senior, experienced, trusted leaders thought this would withstand scrutiny."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.