Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBudget special: Bernard Hickey and Toby Manhire binge on bread and butter
With the political and economic gravities pulling in various directions, the finance minister was tasked with providing support for the hardest hit b…
2 years, 9 months ago
Coalitions, coronations and chaos
Christopher Luxon has ruled out working with te Pāti Māori, lambasted the “coalition of chaos” and invoked “separatism”. Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Ma…
2 years, 9 months ago
Emergency podcast: Meka Whaitiri defects from Labour
Big news: The MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and government minister, Meka Whaitiri, has jumped from the Labour Party to the Māori Party. Were Toby Manhire, B…
2 years, 10 months ago
Big Tax Energy
Is the report on tax paid by the wealthiest New Zealanders valuable data or political stunt, and does David Parker's campaign for a wealth tax stand …
2 years, 10 months ago
Three Waters? Never heard of it
As Chris Hipkins rebrands water reforms, making four entities into 10, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire ask whether the changes will…
2 years, 10 months ago
Cross Chris makes Stu jump
Stuart Nash is goneburger and Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas are here to file through his laundry list of infractions to decide wh…
2 years, 11 months ago
Cosying up next to the policy bonfire
Fresh from round two of Chris Hipkins’ “reprioritisation” (but pre-Stuart Nash’s resignation as police minister), Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather …
2 years, 11 months ago
We will not be neutered, declare Annabelle, Ben and Toby
After an online excoriation of National's Three Waters policy, Rob Campbell has insisted he will not be "politically neutered" and has been sacked as…
3 years ago
Ben calls in from Wairoa, the town torn apart by Cyclone Gabrielle
A week after the cyclone ravaged swathes of the North Island, the northern Hawke's Bay community of Wairoa is still assessing the damage and slowly, …
3 years ago
Blame it on the Wayne
How has Chris Hipkins performed in his first big tests as prime minister? Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas debate the deluge afterma…
3 years, 1 month ago