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President Trump wants his Kiwi right-hand man in the White House to be the next head of the OECD, sparking political debate this week about whether New Zealand should endorse him. While parties sought… Audio

A discussion on what the shape of the Labour Government may look like, will there be Green involvement? Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research, which is the polling firm used by… Audio

Fears that foreign political consultants and fringe parties would turn Facebook followers and fake news into votes in the election proved unfounded. The major parties mostly ran a clean game online… Audio

It's less than two weeks until the US election. April Ryan joins us to discuss the latest from Presidential race, and to digest the reaction to the final debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump… Audio

RNZ’s Political Editor Jane Patterson discusses the new landscape since Labour's landslide victory on Saturday night, winning an outright majority - the first time this has been achieved under MMP… Audio

Trish, Neale and Kathryn dissect the election result. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of… Audio

Winston Peters was the wild card of New Zealand politics for most of his long political career - cutting, brusque, combative, rude, funny - a contradiction. Now he's gone, and we look back.  Audio

Political commentator, Scott Campbell, analyses the results for the Maori Party. Audio

Peter Dunne, Sue Bradford, Bryce Edwards and Amy Adams discuss the new Parliament with Guyon Espiner, Lisa Owen and Corin Dann. Video, Audio

We look back on the career of Winston Peters, the fighter. Video, Audio

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's likely replacement on the Supreme Court, has been grilled about her stance on abortion rights during her confirmation hearing this week. Facebook and… Audio

The latest political poll, from Newshub and Reid Research, has been released a day before the final day of voting. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen in the studio with her analysis.

There has been a surge in support for Greens in the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton political poll, which shows Labour needing their support to govern.

The poll shows Labour with 46 percent, National 31… Video, Audio

New Zealand political experts are in demand to explain Aotearoa to a global audience.  Audio

This weekend is New Zealand's ninth election under the MMP voting system and, according to the polls, could be the first to give us one party with a straight majority.

Despite that possibility, the… Audio

It's officially election week and a record numbers of early votes have been cast around the country.

But there's still five days of fierce political campaigning left.

So, what do parties leaders… Audio

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Trish Sherson is from… Audio

The National Party came under fire this year for its lack of diversity after it reshuffled its caucus several times following two leadership changes. But one of its candidates Christopher Luxon, who… Video, Audio

It's just over a week until the General Election and Karyn speaks with Lara Greaves - who's a lecturer in New Zealand Politics and Public Policy at the University of Auckland - about the… Audio

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern's pandemic response has been mocked in a UK satire show. The Panel asks why there is so little television political satire in New Zealand these days. Audio

As election day inches closer, we take a look at the political week that was. Professor Grant Duncan from Massey University joins The Panel to discuss debate formats, polling figures and early voting.