Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBonus episode: Chris Hipkins and the China Challenge
As PM Hipkins leads a big delegation for a big week in China, Toby Manhire is joined by Newsroom's national affairs editor Sam Sachdeva (author of Th…
3 years ago
Wet, Whiny and Gangward-looking
Nothing says election year quite like writ day, rosettes and pledges to crack down on gangs. Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire look a…
3 years ago
Bonus episode: Electoral review chair on the recs and the wreckers
The review of electoral laws calls for wide-ranging changes, across the voting age, thresholds and donations. It also prompted derision from the like…
3 years ago
Wood's stock: a very sloppy festival
Teenager Michael Wood's purchase of Auckland airport shares, and his failure to get rid of them as transport minister, have left Chris Hipkins with a…
3 years, 1 month ago
ChatGBL and the blowback budget
Toby Manhire crosses live to our correspondents in Wairoa and Ponsonby, Ben Thomas and Annabelle Lee-Mather, for an assessment of Grant Robertson’s a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Budget 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 2 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 …
3 years, 2 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…
3 years, 2 months ago