Podcast Episodes

Summer reissue: Live! With special guest Kim Hill, 40 years on from a seismic NZ election

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 2024:

In a sp…

1 year ago

New Year special: the year ahead in NZ politics

In this bonus, snackable festive pod, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire point their goggles at 2025. Which issues will dominate, who …

1 year ago

A plan to have a plan about some ferries

Twelve months after the coalition government torpedoed the new ferry plan it had inherited, along with a wild cost blowout, from the previous governm…

1 year ago

Meet James Meager, the man left holding the treaty principles bill

After an acclaimed maiden speech, the new National MP for Rangitata faces his biggest test in politics yet: chairing the committee hearing Act’s cont…

1 year, 1 month ago

A special edition of The Fold: The future of The Spinoff

Normally on The Fold, we discuss events in the wider media, but today, the subject is us and the future of The Spinoff. Published on site today is an…

1 year, 1 month ago

Chris Luxon's big first birthday boil-up

Today marks the first anniversary of the National-led coalition's swearing in. Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire parse the prime mini…

1 year, 1 month ago

The hīkoi and the bill

As the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti streams through Auckland, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Toby Manhire and Ben Thomas assess its impact, and the state of the Treaty …

1 year, 1 month ago

The American election and everything else

Annabelle Lee-Mather reveals why she doesn't care who wins next week in the US, while she, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire all pick who they think will w…

1 year, 2 months ago

US election special: Todd Muller on why it matters and who will win

The once leader of the National Party these days pays minimum attention to NZ politics and spends as much time as possible watching the American elec…

1 year, 2 months ago

The one-year stocktake

Twelve months after an election that delivered New Zealand its first three-party coalition, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire cast th…

1 year, 2 months ago