On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 22 November 2024, a nationwide whooping cough epidemic has been declared, and Director of Public Health Dr Nicholas Jones tells Heather it's a big worry especially for babies and the elderly.

More than 12 gang members have been charged so far for flouting the gang patch ban, and Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham says police are following up reports of patch sightings and visiting gang members at home.

Plus, All Blacks assistant coach Scott Hansen on a surprisingly strong team line-up for the game against Italy - and what did Ethan de Groot do???

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The UK has expressed hesitancy at following through with the ICC’s arrest warrant for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, despite strong support to oblige from the majority of the European Union.

Former British Health Minister Matt Hancock has revealed the country came extremely close to running out of PPE during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, as he gave evidence during its inquiry.

The mayor-elect of Canadian town Dawson City, in Yukon Territory, has voiced his hesitancy at pledging allegiance to King Charles III.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison.

They were prosecuted under its 2020 national security law for their roles in an unofficial primary election, which prosecutors said their aim was to paralyse the city’s government and force its leader to resign by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block government budget.

Meanwhile, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping has been travelling South America talking up free trade and globalisation in the region.

Asia business correspondent Peter Lewis joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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Questions whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he left the country.

The International Criminal Court's been served with an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.

124 countries are obligated to carry out warrants.

Auckland University Associate Law Professor Treasa Dunworth told Heather du Plessis-Allan countries like the UK and France have been cagey about whether they'd follow through.

“When it was specifically asked what would they do if Netanyahu was in their country, they fudged the answer, so we just don’t know.”

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Oceania Football Confederation media manager Matt Brown and Newstalk ZB Canterbury Sport reader joined Heather du Plessis-Allan on the Sports Huddle.

The All Blacks have named a strong side to face Italy in their final test of the year, in what will be Sam Cane’s and TJ Perenara’s test rugby swansongs.

The lads also discuss Doug Bracewell’s drug ban, after it was announced the all-rounder has received a one game ban after testing positive for cocaine.

Rafael Nadal has officially retired from tennis, after Spain’s elimination from the Davis Cup this week.

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The All Blacks have named a surprisingly strong side for their final test of the year against Italy in Turin.

There are five changes from the 30-29 loss to France, with Sam Cane, Mark Tele’a, Ethan de Groot, Patrick Tuipulotu and Anton Lienert-Brown returning to the starting XV.

It’s also the test rugby swansongs for Cane and TJ Perenara – who head to Japan for 2025.

All Blacks assistant coach Scott Hansen joined Heather du-Plessis Allan.

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Twitter/X alternative Bluesky has emerged as the next big trend in social media.

Around 21 million people have signed up for the app, which has seen a large spike in users signing up for it since the US election.

Tech commentator Bill Bennett joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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The public are already reporting gang patch sightings a day after the ban began.

New Police powers let officers disperse gatherings, and gang insignia is banned in public.

More than a dozen gang members have already been arrested under the new law - including an Auckland Head Hunters leader.

Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham told Heather du Plessis-Allan they're being informed about breaches in multiple ways.

“We’ve said that when this sort of stuff comes through, we’ll follow it up as quickly as we can, and today’s search warrant is a case in point where something was reported in the early hours after the law came into affect.”

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