Heather du Plessis-Allan

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1,719 appearances 58 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 19 Sep

Heather du Plessis-Allan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 58 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 57.

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Who was telling me I was rubbish?

All my two bosses telling me I was rubbish.

sharp desk.

Mike.

You are

So just that the audience is still the centre of what we do and all those

That's a very good question, actually.

I think that

oh, geez, you're quite good at this, Mike.

I don't know if anybody's ever told you this.

You've got a career in it.

I had thought, actually, as a young person, I thought it was a bit fuddy-dud with the talkback.

And then Jason Winstanley called me up and he said, I want you to do talkback in Wellington.

And I agonised over it.

And I thought, I don't think this is what I want to do with my life.

Nothing.

like, I'm not sure that I want that job in Talkback, although I don't have many options.

So I took it and it was the best decision I ever made.

I loved being challenged.

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