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Trish and Neale discuss the the Kiwibuild reset with Kathryn and also take a look at the government's health waterways plan. Audio

We've seen 'post-truth' politics flourish in the US and Britain - are New Zealand politicians also starting to adopt the tactic of 'alternative facts'? Audio

Can rich foreigners buy political influence in New Zealand? And are our rules over donations to political parties too easy to get around?  Audio

The latest on the political front including National's denial that former Trade Minister Todd McClay helped facilitate a donation and the Greens' Julie Anne Genter defends the 'feebate' emissions… Audio

Recent elections overseas were won by narrow margins amid claims voters were influenced by misleading messages injected straight into their social media feeds by political parties.  Is that what we… Video, Audio

A group of high profile opposition MPs have joined Papua New Guinea's coalition government amid political drama in Port Moresby surrounding a major faling out between new prime minister James Marape… Audio

The Police Association is accusing the National Party of playing politics on gun law reform.

President Chris Cahill says the Opposition leader is wrong to say the gun buyback scheme has been a… Video, Audio

New Zealand's spy agencies have warned they know of troubling foreign donations and relationships right across the political spectrum at local and central government. They've told MPs they support… Audio

An electoral law specialist says there's no easy solution to controlling donations to political parties by foreigners. MPs on the Justice Select Committee were told by the head of the Security… Audio

The former Cabinet Minister Clare Curran, who was sacked from cabinet a year ago, is to quit Parliament at the next election.

She has been Labour's MP for Dunedin South since 2008. Ms Curran resigned… Video, Audio

Facebook tool to make political ads on its site more transparent not being used by any NZ political parties except the Greens. Otago University Professor of Law Andrew Geddis talks about how FB ads… Audio

A look at the Government's planned independent policy costing unit and Simon Bridges response to it, petrol pricing and the Prime Minister says she'll visit Ihumatao. Matthew Hooton is an… Audio

The Pacific Conference of Churches has condemned what it calls institutional racism against West Papuans in Indonesia. This comes amid widspread protests in Papua region in response to harassment of… Audio

A rough sleeper in Hawera has been caught up in the whirl of politics after a mayoral candidate promised to get rid of him. Mayoral aspirant Craig Baylis says if he was elected, a man known as 'Derek'… Audio

A community representative in Auckland says she's been sidelined by her peers after posting photos online with Green and Labour party MPs. Sarah Colcord says she no longer receives emails about events… Audio

On Tuesday night in Papua New Guinea there was no EMTV news bulletin for the first time in more than 30 years, as newsroom staff at the television station stopped work in protest at the sacking of a… Audio

The government is proposing a new, independent office to cost the policies of political parties. Eric Crampton, chief economist for the NZ Initiative, joins us with his take. Audio

New Zealand is putting nearly half a million dollars toward human rights monitoring in the Pacific. Audio

Matthew, Neale and Kathryn review the political manoeuvrings at the Pacific Island forum, and the significance of Paula Bennett not standing in Upper Harbour. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland-based… Audio

Kathryn chats to Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones about the political stories making headlines, including abortion law reform and the effect on the economy of the Reserve Bank's OCR cut. Audio