British police have confirmed they're investigating an online claim of responsibility for an arson attack after four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation were set on fire.

Police have released a statement saying the attack is being treated as an 'antisemitic hate crime' and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the incident.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says it's believed the attack was carried out by a group with alleged links to Iran.

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International airlines could be forced to cut flights in and out of New Zealand if fuel shortages lead to a rationing of supply.

Concerns have been raised about airlines needing to make hard choices if fuel deliveries are disrupted by the ongoing Middle East conflict.

Board of Airline Representatives NZ executive director Cath O'Brien says there's still a low risk of planes getting stranded in a shortage, but airlines will need to be prepared.

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The fight is on to run New Zealand's largest farm.

Five contenders have put up their hand to commercially farm in Marlborough's Molesworth Recreation Reserve.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.

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Tonight on The Huddle, Auckland councillor Maurice Williamson and former Auckland mayor Phil Goff joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

The Iran conflict continues for another week - do we think Donald Trump is right that talks are taking place? Or do we think this is an exaggeration?

The Government has announced their fuel relief package. Plenty of people aren't happy with it, what do we think? Is the Government right to make it small-scale?

ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden has revealed she plans to step away from politics. What do we make of this? Has she made the right move?

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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 24 March, 2026, help for families feeling the pinch at the petrol pump - we talk to the Finance Minister about $50 a week relief.

Our youngest female cabinet minister tells us why she's leaving politics.

An increase in prize money for Lotto Powerball - but it'll be harder to win it.

And on The Huddle, Maurice Williamson and Phil Goff are in agreement - on Donald Trump's war in Iran.

Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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If you were listening to the previous show - Tyler’s show - you’ll have heard that not everyone loves the package the Government has just announced to help families pay their fuel bills, because it’s not for everyone.

Pensioners have complained that they should be helped as well because they don’t have enough money. Beneficiaries have complained. Diesel users have complained because their fuel has actually gone up much more than petrol.

Then, there are also wealthy people complaining because they don’t have kids - they’re saying they’re once again getting nothing while the 'breeders' are and that they’re the ones subsidising them.

Now, I understand the sentiment from everyone. All of it is fair. But I think the Government is right to have limited this package the way they have because we are simply too broke as a country to shell out 50 bucks a week for everyone, including millionaires.

Plus, we’ve just spent four years fighting inflation. We know what that feels like, right? We know how hard that is.

The last thing we want to do is pump so much money into the economy that inflation goes up again and we have to start that fight all over.

So if you have to choose who you give the money to, you choose workers because they have to get to work - beneficiaries don’t. You choose parents because their budgets are much less flexible. They have added fixed costs they just can’t escape: childcare, dropping the kids off at school and so on.

I think the Government has actually done a pretty good job here of threading the needle with this package. It’s not inflationary if it’s only reallocating money that would have been spent in the Budget anyway. It’s not taking on any extra debt that wouldn’t already have been taken on because it’s in the Budget.

It also has an off-ramp: the payment ends after a year or when the price of 91 drops below $3 for four consecutive weeks - whichever comes first.
I think part of the reason so many people are complaining today is because Jacinda, Grant and Covid have got us addicted to Government help. If there’s a problem, we now default to expecting the Government to fix it, don’t we?

And often we expect the Government to fix it with money.

We need to get off that. We should have learned what happens next. When you turn on the Government money hose, you get inflation, then you get a recession.

Being more targeted and more disciplined - even if most of us miss out - ultimately does mean less pain for us all.

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The Reserve Bank Governor says the central bank is closely monitoring fuel prices, but won't rush into reacting.

Anna Breman says the Iran war is likely to lead to higher inflation and lower growth in the short term.

Breman says that's unlikely to make them hike the Official Cash Rate - but things could change if higher fuel prices pressure the economy.

Independent economist Cameron Bagrie says it's important to keep an eye on the 'second-round' effects from the conflict in order to determine future OCR changes.

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An international relations expert says Donald Trump's messaging on Iran could be misleading.

The US President says he's holding off on threats to strike Iranian power plants for five days - after earlier promising to attack if Tehran didn't let ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

He's claimed the US and Iran reached agreements in talks over the weekend, which Iran denies.

International relations expert Matthew Schmidt says there may have been talks, but not directly involving Trump or the new ayatollah.

"It's been cut-outs in between, and Trump is exaggerating what's going on and making it sound like it was more direct than it is."

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