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Football fever is about to hit Auckland like we’ve never seen before.
Auckland FC is hosting the Grand Final at Go Media Stadium against Sydney FC on Saturday.
It’s the first time New Zealand has hosted an A‑League decider, and the city is on the brink of a huge sporting moment.
Today on The Front Page, Newstalk ZB’s Weekend Sport host Jason Pine is with us to talk about how Auckland FC has reached meteoric heights, and what this final could mean for football in New Zealand.
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It started with a young Māori man trying to help a stranger on the street.
He ended up being pinned to the ground, handcuffed, locked in a cell, and a four-year court battle.
Jamie Lawry ended up being found not guilty, but the case raises harder questions about racism and systemic bias in the north.
Many Māori parents up north have to have what is called “the talk” - where they have to teach their kids how to act around police in order to be safe.
Today on The Front Page, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon – who is based in Te Tai Tokerau – tells us about what “the talk” means in her whanau and in communities across the region – and why so many Māori families have no choice but to have these conversations.
But first, NZ Herald senior writer David Fisher is with us to take us through what happened to Lawry.
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A Mongrel Mob-run meth rehab programme ended up at the centre of a fierce political fight.
After being funded by Jacinda Ardern’s government, the Coalition government turned off the tap for drug rehabilitation programme Kahukura.
But behind the politics, did Kahukura actually help people get off meth? And what does it tell us about who is best placed to deliver addiction treatment?
Today on The Front Page, NZ Herald senior writer Derek Cheng has gone through the reports on the programme’s intakes, and he joins us now to talk through what really happened – and the role of gangs in frontline services.
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If you’ve spent any time on Auckland’s motorways, you’ll know the city’s traffic problem is no joke – and one of the big fixes being talked about is charging people to sit in it.
The AA has surveyed its Auckland members on time-of-use charging, and while the results show plenty of scepticism, a lot of people back the principle.
But only if the scheme is designed fairly and the details are smart enough to actually work.
Today on The Front Page, AA policy director Martin Glynn is with us to take us through what congestion charging might look like in future and whether it could finally get Auckland moving.
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New Zealand First will campaign on buying back the BNZ bank and making KiwiSaver enrolment compulsory at birth.
Winston Peters’ appearance at Trusts Arena in West Auckland at the weekend comes at a time when his party is surging in the polls...
He’s also closing in on National leader Christopher Luxon in the preferred Prime Minister ranking, months out from the election.
Today on The Front Page, NZ Herald chief political reporter, Jamie Ensor, is with us.
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