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    Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the High Court banning return of seized gang patches

    11/06/2026 | 5 mins.
    The High Court is quashing earlier court directions to return gang patches to some members.
    Open Justice reports two men caught wearing patches in separate incidents were prosecuted, and in each the presiding judge ruled they could get back their insignia.
    The Solicitor-General appealed those directions.
    Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper outlined the terms of the ruling.
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    Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on the new reports uncovering bullying in NSW police force

    11/06/2026 | 5 mins.
    A new report into the NSW police force has revealed bullying, incivility, and discrimination are at 'unacceptable levels' within the force.
    More than 5,000 current and former staff engaged with the review, which was undertaken by former Victorian equal opportunity and human rights commissioner Kristen Hilton.
    Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the inquiry ran for 18 months, and uncovered high rates of victimisation, with many impacted staff feeling afraid to speak up.
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    Casey Costello: Customs Minister on the Government seizing illicit tobacco

    11/06/2026 | 4 mins.
    The Customs Minister insists the Government's had success seizing illicit tobacco, as a report outlines the reality of the black market.
    FTI Consulting's study - commissioned by tobacco companies - found more than a third consumed last year was illegal.
    It estimates the Government lost $817-million in excise and GST revenue last year.
    Casey Costello says despite more seizures than ever, smuggled amounts are getting through.
    She's advising customers to be cautious.
    "When you've buying that cheap packet of cigarettes, you're lining the pockets of some pretty bad people."
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    Perspective with Andrew Dickens: Anyone else feeling sorry for Chris Hipkins?

    11/06/2026 | 2 mins.
    Is anyone else feeling for Chris Hipkins right now?
    He's having a terrible week, and it just looks bad. A large part of the blame has to rest with the people below him just not doing their job.
    First, the Superintendent Naidoo schemozzle. Notification of his intent to run for political office on a Thursday, just before it's announced the next Monday, was an organisational failure.
    The superintendent should've known the police manual better, and so should the backroom administrators of the Labour Party.
    Then, they released their public transport policy that everyone says is low on its costing. And then the spokesman, Tangi Utikere, was unable to name the projects in the National Land Transport Fund that would be defunded to make room for it.
    Making it seem like a good enough idea drawn up on the back of an envelope. Making it seem like no one has really done the backroom grunt work on the numbers.
    And it is a good idea for young people in towns and cities, but why on earth would you release it when the nation's attention is on Fieldays and the rural sector?
    It was plainly evident last night that the country folk have no desire to subsidise the city folks' transport. This was the week for a rural sector announcement, not an urban one. Labour's political management seems amateur.
    And then there's the festering accusation that Labour simply didn't set up a site at Fieldays. Which, if true, lies at the head of the organisational staff.
    That has been Labour's perennial problem. A handful of somewhat competent politicians without the backup of a competent party mechanism.
    It leads us all to the feeling that if they can't manage day-to-day business, how on earth could they run a country?
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    Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on the latest with the Belfast knife attack

    10/06/2026 | 5 mins.
    A man believed to be Sudanese is set to appear in court charged with attempted murder after a 'brutal' knife attack in Belfast.
    Video circulating online shows a number of people, including one wielding a hurling stick, confronting the apparent attacker until the police arrived.
    The victim is in a serious condition in hospital.
    UK correspondent Gavin Grey explained the case further.
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About Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive
With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.
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