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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 8th of October 2025, Prime Minister Luxon says to get off the dole and go get a job digging kumara in Dargaville.

Liam Dann unpacked the OCR.

And to finish - maybe a new lob for the show - toilet talk after a UK start-up creates a dunny on 13 degree angle to reduce workplace toilet time.

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Today's OCR cut probably won't be the last in the current cycle, according to new claims.

The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee agreed to cut the cash rate 50 basis points to 2.5 percent.

They expect the tough economic conditions to stop inflation getting too high.

NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann says there's definitely scope for at least one more cut.

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 7th of October 2025 - Meta claims Instagram scrolling is not ‘intentionally addictive’ as MPs probe social media harm.

Then, fences and hedges and neighbourhood disputes.

And to finish, our Afternoons duo got stuck into the issue of burnout at work.

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Burnout remains a consistent concern, but experts have observed that it tends to peak as the year winds down.

There's an extra dose of pressure to get everything completed by the new year - leading to a prolonged period of stress as everyone rushes to get everything done.

Wellbeing coach Nikki Silvester joined the Afternoons team to discuss further.

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Social media giant Meta has tried to issue a defence, despite ongoing efforts to regulate the technology in Parliament.

National MP Catherine Wedd recently put forward a member’s bill to ban social media for under-16s - a plan backed by the Prime Minister.

Wedd says this technology is causing harm to young people and it needs to be taken seriously.

"That addiction leads to other places, it leads to cyberbullying, it leads to anxiety, it leads to depression - and we see some of our kids going into deep, dark places on social media."

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Winston Peters supports banning protests outside of people's homes.

Submissions close today on a proposed law change, to prohibit disruptive demonstrations outside private residences.

Pro-Palestine demonstrators last week protested outside the Foreign Minister's Auckland home after Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla headed to Gaza, including three Kiwis.

Peters says this new law aims to provide clarity.

"Everyone is entitled to their peace in their neighbourhood, and if you want to protest, there's places for protesting - but it isn't outside of people's homes."

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