Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast with Andrew Dickens for Friday, 5 June, 2026, a constitutional law expert questions the soaring cost of government agencies dealing with Official Information Act requests.
We hear from School Board Association president Meredith Kennett about ACT's vow to lower the cost of school uniforms.
Air Chathams chief executive Duane Emeny talks about how hard it was to ring customers to let them know flights between Kapiti and Auckland were ending.
And on the Sports Huddle, Andrew Gourdie and Hamish McKay discuss whether it's a good move to ban the vuvuzela from the football World Cup.
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Newstalk ZB Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper joined Andrew Dickens to chat about the political week that was.
They discussed the MPs banned from China following a Taiwan visit last year, the Government moving to ban unelected members from voting in local councils, and the rise of the fringe parties.
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On Sunday (NZT) the All Whites will face off against England in a warmup game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Journalist Michael Burgess is on the ground in Florida and gives us updates on the teams, ticket sales, and Tim Payne's newfound fame.
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Regional airline Air Chathams has made the decision to cancel their Auckland to Kapiti route with CEO Duane Emeny contributing the axing to major fuel costs.
Emeny sad it is costing the company an additional $1500 per return flight from Auckland to Paraparaumu just for fuel, on average an extra seven paying passengers.
"That's definitely caused the tipping point," he told Andrew Dickens.
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Government agencies are being urged to proactively release more information and use artificial intelligence to respond to information requests, including OIA's.
This comes after it was revealed that Government agencies spent $183.6 million answering requests in the 2024/25 financial year.
Although, constitutional law expert Graeme Edgeler doesn't believe this number is necessarily accurate.
He also told Andrew Dickens that the rise in OIA requests is not a bad thing.
"A lot of which, I'm going to be honest, is really useful and helpful information for people to know, money that is being spent on things which seem like an awful lot of waste of money."
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