Podcast Episodes

Luxon stares down rebel moan squad across 100 white-knuckle hours

On Friday morning a bombshell report revealed a group of unnamed National MPs questioning Christopher Luxon's leadership, with the chief whip, Stuart…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The force majeure election

Donald Trump has gone within hours from genocidal threats against Iran to talking about a joint venture with Tehran tolling the Strait of Hormuz. A f…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Special ep with Anna Fifield on the US, Iran, and Winston in Washington

The NZ foreign minister was in DC to meet Marco Rubio just as Donald Trump raged about destroying Iran's civilisation. Mercifully, within hours the U…

3 months ago

Is NZ getting the fuel crisis right? Here's your timely, targeted and temporary analysis

Covidesque in crisis-mode, but anti-Covid in substance, the government response to the economic shockwaves released from the war on Iran is playing o…

3 months, 1 week ago

We don't know how to be any clearer, guys

It was Christopher Luxon's worst week as prime minister, beginning with flubbed attempts to explain New Zealand's position on the war on Iran and end…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

10th birthday special: Live with Wayne Brown and Andrew Little

The mayors of Wellington and Auckland join Toby, Annabelle and Ben for two very special live events in recent days at the Embassy and Q Theatres. Dis…

4 months ago

Ben Thomas reports from the sh*tstorm

A catastrophic failure at the Moa Point wastewater plant in Wellington has laid bare a short-term crisis and a crisis of short-termism. Fortified by …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Are Peters and Luxon on a collision course?

As Christopher Luxon announced an election date of November 7, a strip of the North Island was under siege from another bout of brutal weather. As th…

5 months, 1 week ago

Summer Reissue: Bonus ep - Thoughts on the Jacinda Ardern film and book

Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025:

Hot on…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer Reissue: Juggernaut 2

Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025:

After …

6 months ago