Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLuxon's mojo machine misfires
Six months in, and it's hardly been a honeymoon. A new poll would put National out of power and sees its leader, Chris Luxon, sliding in popularity. …
1 year, 10 months ago
Aukus ruckus: the scrap over NZ independence in foreign policy
Winston Peters and Helen Clark are at loggerheads over New Zealand inching towards "pillar two" status in a pact geared against China. Is cross-party…
1 year, 10 months ago
A conversation with Grant Robertson at the cricket
In this special edition of GBL, the former finance minister and soon-to-be vice-chancellor at the University of Otago chats with Toby Manhire from th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Numbercrunchawamba
Despite a deteriorating economic outlook and inconvenient calculations, Nicola Willis and Chris Luxon insist that they can deliver promised tax cuts …
1 year, 11 months ago
An untimely case of entitleditis
Christopher Luxon can’t catch a break. His prime ministerial house is shabby. His prime ministerial plane is borked. But, ask Toby Manhire, Annabelle…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ia manuia lau malaga, Efeso Collins
Fa'anānā Efeso Collins, Green MP and former Auckland councillor, has died after collapsing while taking part in a charity run in central Auckland. He…
2 years ago
Waitangi spiders and the Winston scriptures
Annabelle Lee-Mather returns from the cauldron of Waitangi to discuss with Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire the rhetorical flames and gently roasted marsh…
2 years ago
The three-headed taniwha
The political year has begun with a sharp focus on the new coalition government and te ao Māori. In the first pod back for 2024, Annabelle Lee-Mather…
2 years, 1 month ago
2023: A year in review
At the end of a long year and a hectic few weeks for the new government, Toby Manhire, Ben Thomas and Annabelle Lee-Mather ask: What is the story of …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023
SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Go…
2 years, 2 months ago