Simeon Brown
Govt to crack down on rates increases
The Government is cracking down on rates increases and wants to re-focus local councils on basics like roads and pipes. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 4 December
On today's episode, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared emergency martial law, saying it's needed to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state… Audio
Transport Minister on changes to Auckland Transport
A shake-up of Auckland's transport agency will see it stripped of decision-making powers to focus on delivering public transport services. Transport Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Taranaki region leaders at odds with government plans
There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining.
Seabed mining left out of regional plan for Taranaki
There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining Audio
Transport Minister on NZTA's road cone and traffic management spend
The transport minister has revealed how much NZTA is spending on traffic management. Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 8 November 2024
In today's episode, from December, Aucklanders will not be able to use the train network for nearly 100 days over the next year, as work on the City Rail Link continues, the Military and Maori… Audio
Auckland train network to close for 96 days for CRL work
From December, Aucklanders will not be able to use the train network for nearly 100 days over the next year, as work on the City Rail Link continues. Transport Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Charlotte… Audio
Transport Minister on pratical driving tests wait times
Transport Minister Simeon Brown joined First Up to discuss driving test waiting time which appear to be on the improve. Audio
Govt unveils data collection vans to help eradicate potholes
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has unveiled the "Consistent Condition Data Collection survey vans" which will roam across the country inspecting the roads. Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 3 September
On today's episode, fixing roads and building new ones will recieive the lion's share of a government investment of $32.9 billion dollars on transport over the next three years, more mourners are… Audio
Roads big winner as govt announces transport investment plans
Fixing roads and building new ones will receive the lion's share of a government investment of $32.9 billion dollars on transport over the next three years. Transport Minister Simeon Brown spoke to… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about some missing context in stories on local government spending and "nice to haves" - and he looks at some bad news for… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about some missing context in stories on local government spending and "nice to haves" - and he looks at some bad news for…
AudioNZTA "messy" decisions on driver testing officer recruitment
Driver licence testing officer recruitment continues to frustrate - producer Mahvash Ikram finds out what's behind the issues. Audio
Cutting through the spin - or not
The associate justice minister was put through through a tough examination on TVNZ's Q+A last weekend over past and present statements on guns laws. But not every minister's recent announcements on…
Cutting through the spin - or not
The associate justice minister was put through through a tough examination on TVNZ's Q+A last weekend over past and present statements on guns laws. But not every minister's recent announcements on…
AudioMidday Report Essentials for Wednesday 21 August 2024
On today's episode, water tankers cannot be sent to areas of central Wellington who have no water, because authorities don't know how far the outage will spread, more than 600 political leaders from… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Monday 19 August
On today's episode, the Government's introducing incentive payments for the Police if they meet impairment and speeding enforcement targets on the roads, Transport Minister Simeon Brown joins us, Dr… Audio
Govt to introduce incentive payments for police
The Government's introducing incentive payments for the Police if they meet impairment and speeding enforcement targets on the roads. Transport Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Corin Dann. Audio