Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Newstalk ZB

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 7 June 2024, Australia has gone back on its word and will re-start deporting Kiwi criminals who spent the majority of their lives in Australia.   

Doctors are warning they're seeing more cases of nitrous oxide induced health problems as people use the gas as a cheap high - available from the dairy. 

Real life Martha is taking the Baby Reindeer maker Netflix to court. Californian lawyer Joseph Tully tells Heather whether she has a shot. 

Plus Heather's very own experience with the nangs - don't try this at home kids! 

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The woman who claims to be the inspiration behind Netflix’s Baby Reindeer is suing them for at least NZ$274m. 

Scottish woman Fiona Harvey first announced she was the inspiration behind Martha, the main character’s stalker, in May. 

Criminal lawyer Joseph Tully told Heather du Plessis-Allan “The defence by Netflix will be that they told the truth.” 

Tully said “We’re going to have a real-life drama play out before our eyes.” 

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The European Union Election runs Thursday to Sunday. They're held every five years across the 27-member bloc. This year marks the 10th parliamentary election since the first polls in 1979, and the first after Brexit. 

The vote takes place from 6-9 June. Initial results can only be revealed on the evening of 9 June, once polling stations have closed in all member states. 

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Heathe du Plessis-Allan “It’s the second-biggest democratic election in the world, after India.” 

Grey said “We are expecting this result to come in favour of potentially far-right partes – in France Belgium and Italy.” 

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Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 seats in the 543-member lower house of parliament – not enough to form a government.  

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners won a further 53 seats to drag the coalition over the line. 

Modi has kept a dominant presence in Indian politics for the past decade - with outright majorities in previous elections. 

Asia Business Correspondent Peter Lewis told Heather du Plessis-Allan “This is not a bad thing at all – despite the panic we saw in the Indian financial markets.” 

Lewis said “The government we’re getting now, is not going to look that much different from what we saw before the election.” 

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Te Pāti Māori is asking Police to lead an urgent investigation of allegations made against the Party.  

It denies claims Census information collected at Manurewa Marae was used in electioneering. 

The Electoral Commission, Stats NZ and Police are investigating - and the Privacy Commissioner is looking into the claims. 

Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper told Heather du Plessis-Allan “Te Pāti Māori have come out, fists flailing, to say we’ve got nothing to hide” 

Soper said the only way to clear this matter up, is by looking into it.  

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The ANZ Bank has changed its official cash rate (OCR) forecast, now expecting the first cut to arrive in February, rather than May 2025. 

Meanwhile, The European Central Bank has cut interest rates for the first time in five years, and the Bank of Canada has become the first G7 nation to cut rates. 

ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner told Heather du Plessis-Allan “Essentially the Reserve bank’s mandate is to get inflation under control.” 

Zollner said “It’s the mix of inflation that matters – oil price is the biggie, which they can’t influence. But homegrown inflation is very slow to fall.” 

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