Thomas Coughlan
Reforming the reforms - the RMA is up for debate, again
Legislation designed to simplify the country's resource management laws has now become more complex than the multitude of statutes it originally replaced. So it's up for debate, again. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 7 March 2025
On today's episode, Health Minister Simeon Brown has come under criticism for ditching a bowel screening programme for Maori and Pasifika that started at age 50, a school lunch so hot it gave a… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 6 December 2024
On today's episode, 45 percent of NCEA students failed this year's online numeracy tests, Police leadership says hitting the target of 500 more officers by November is "very, very challenging" and may… Audio
Nights Politics with Thomas Coughlan
The New Zealand Herald's deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week. Audio
A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours
A look at how US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and we look back at how our media fared covering the election here one year ago. Audio
Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
Thomas Coughlan looks at the fallout from Andrew Bayly calling a worker a loser and the Local Government minister Simeon Brown's decision appoint a crown observer to Wellington City Council. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 18 October 2024
On today's episode, the Green Party's membership has voted unanimously to kick Darleen Tana out of Parliament, there are reports that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed. Sinwar had been leader… Audio
Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
The deputy political editor of the New Zealand Herald looks at the government's renewed focus on infrastructure, the fallout from the decision to pause the new hospital build in Dunedin and Prime… Audio
Nights Politics
Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week. Audio
Politics by Night with Thomas Coughlan
Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week. Audio
More economic pain ahead
Is New Zealand going through a bout of austerity ... or are we just in a funk after being battered by a parade of bad economic numbers? Audio
More economic pain ahead
Is New Zealand going through a bout of austerity ... or are we just in a funk after being battered by a parade of bad economic numbers?
AudioMorning Report Essentials for Friday 16th August
On today's episode, Kiwis may be losing tens of millions of dollars a year due to supermarket pricing errors according to the Grocery Commission, Te Papa has decided to start charging international… Audio
Nights Politics with Thomas Coughlan
Deputy Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald Thomas Coughlan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the big political stories of the week. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 19 July
On today's episode, we hear from Mackenzie District mayor Anne Munro about the conditions that led to two bus crashes in the district yesterday, it looks like the end-game for Joe Biden's re-election… Audio