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A private eye says he was running on pure instinct when he helped apprehend a teen accused of stabbing a shop worker over Pokémon cards in a hobby store in Auckland's Newmarket.  A Hamilton 16-year-old will appear in Youth Court. Thomas James says such incidents and lower level crimes are fairly common in the area.  He says it was a dangerous situation.  "He made a decision when he left the house that morning, or wherever he left, to carry a knife on him. You only carry a knife if you're prepared to use it." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump says European leaders should focus on Ukraine, as he promises to follow through with Greenland tariff threats. The US President's warning he'll hit eight European countries with increasing tariffs from next month if he can't buy the arctic island.  UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says tariffs are completely wrong.  UK correspondent Enda Brady says Starmer has a clear interest in maintaining a good relationship with Trump and this development will complicate things.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new year is well and truly under way, and there's growing hopeful predictions about the state of the economy. GDP is projected to grow by 2.5 percent, according to new reports from HSBC. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The next GDT auction is due to take place tonight, and farmers are speculating about the tone this could set for the new year.  The last GDT auction, held on January 7th, saw a 6.3 percent bounce back in the Index, but farmers are unsure of what this could mean. The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Tim Wilson from the Maxim Institute and Ali Jones from Red PR joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!  Brooklyn Beckham, the eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham, took to social media to discuss the feud impacting the family, and reveal why he doesn't want to reconcile. What do we make of all this?  US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap escalating tariffs on European countries opposing his bid to take over Greenland. Why is he so keen on this? Does it go deeper than just wanting minerals? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New reports show China's 2025 birth rate was lower than expected, and that's impacted A2 Milk's shares. Data out of China revealed there were 5.63 live births per 1000 people in 2025 - the country’s lowest reading since 1939 and the fourth straight year of declines. Forsyth Barr analyst Matt Montgomerie says A2 Milk was halted on the Australian stock exchange, prompting further concerns.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brooklyn Beckham, the eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham, recently took to social media to reveal the details of a feud in the family. The 26-year-old claimed his parents tried to ruin his relationship with his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and said he doesn't wish to reconcile with his famous parents. TV producer and host of the Beefing podcast, Alexandria Funnell, says Victoria was reportedly bringing Brooklyn's exes around the family in a bid to stir up drama. "One of the younger Beckham brothers was dating one of Brooklyn's exes - bringing them into the fold, inviting them to family events, which made Brooklyn and his partner very uncomfortable."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 20 January, 2026, US correspondent Jonathan Kearsley on the remarkable reason Donald Trump is pushing to seize Greenland. We talk to a school principal about the teacher shortage just days from schools starting again. Brooklyn Beckham's shock comments about his parents - who's side should we be on? Plus on The Huddle we debate family dynamics and Trump's moves on Greenland. 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.

I was at the movies recently and the first three ads that came up in the shorts beforehand were pretty interesting. We had a fast food ad... I think it was KFC... some new chicken thing you can eat, then we had a Burger Fuel ad, and for dessert, to top things off, we had a Wegovy ad. There was a woman climbing stairs, out of breath, and a chubby guy struggling to get into a wetsuit. The message was simple: take this drug and get you life back. If you look at the fattest countries in the world, we're a podium finish. We're the third biggest developed country on earth. The Americans are, unsurprisingly, ahead of us. If you go to the movies, you see cause and affect in the space of three minutes of ads. Too much processed food + lack of exercise = obesity. Divided now by Wegovy, of course. Now the debate is - who should pay. I heard an argument yesterday which was interesting, because you hear about people putting all the weight back on once the drugs wear off. If the state pays for the drugs, the argument goes that you'd be less likely to keep the weight off because you're not as financially invested in the outcome as you would be if you paid out of your own pocket. Is it more effective if paid for by an individual? I don't know the answer to that question, but the problem we have in New Zealand - which they don't have so much in America, is a public health system - where the costs of being overweight, heart disease, diabetes etc. is worn by all of us. The indirect costs are between $7 billion and $9 billion per year. The cost of handing out free Wegovy could be as high as $3 billion a year. Pharmac's budget is $1.7 billion a year. So the question for Pharmac is simple - do the costs outweigh the benefits? And if you fund the drug, will people stay on it and actually keep the weight off? In the USA, RFK's just flipped the food pyramid and put protein at the top. There's an 'eat real food' campaign kicking off. Given the amount of fast food and Wegovy ads we're being bombarded with, would it not be sensible to also have some ads telling people about all the fresh NZ meat, dairy and veges they should be eating everyday? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US President is ramping up pressure on European nations in order to seize Greenland - an autonomous Danish territory. Donald Trump's threatening escalating tariffs for European nations opposing a US takeover of the Arctic Island, which says it has no interest in being bought. US correspondent Jonathan Kearsley says Trump wants minerals and resources from Greenland. "Some of these resources are critical for the construction of missiles and the bolstering of defence resources, so it's critical on that front."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.