Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThree 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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…
2 years, 10 months 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, …
2 years, 10 months 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…
2 years, 11 months ago
Bread, butter, Coke, Pepsi: on PM Hipkins
In the blink of an eye we'll have a new NZ prime minister. Annabelle, Ben and Toby assess the coronation, the reset and what it all means for electio…
2 years, 11 months ago
EMERGENCY PODCAST: Jacinda Ardern resigns
An out-of-gas Jacinda Ardern is standing down as prime minister. What prompted the decision, what legacy will she leave, who is in the running to suc…
2 years, 11 months ago
Bonus Episode: Predicting the 2023 election date
It's election year! In the coming weeks Jacinda Ardern will reveal the date of the upcoming general election. Toby Manhire uses his superior deductio…
3 years ago
Bonus Episode: The days that defined NZ politics in 2022
From the occupation at parliament to disruption within the National party, Toby Manhire flips through the calendar, circling key dates as he waves go…
3 years ago