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Gulliver's Election... and is Labour angling to govern alone?
Welcome to the recession, with giant debt, spending and unemployment that make previous campaigns look like Lilliput. How are New Zealand First are trying to recover & does Labour really want to… Video, Audio
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Little love lost as Jami-Lee Ross abandons Botany electorate
Jami-Lee Ross is pinning his hopes of getting back into Parliament on the fortunes of Billy Te Kahika in the Te Tai Tokerau seat.
The disgraced former National MP announced that he won't be standing… Video, Audio
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The urgent need for mass climate change action: Jane Fonda
Actor, model, producer, activist and former fitness guru Jane Fonda reflects on her relationship with climate change activism in a new book:What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action. Fonda… Audio
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Focus on Politics: Campaign Week One
The Covid campaign kicked off proper this week and it was Labour's tax plan front and centre. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch talks to the rest of the gallery team who've been following… Audio
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Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith. A memoir by Keith Ovenden
In 'Bill & Shirley', Keith Ovenden, takes an intimate and candid look at the lives of his parents-in-law, the Wellington power couple, Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith. Each led their lives in the… Audio
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Focus on Politics: The Green School Fiasco
What seemed at first to be a minor misjudgement ballooned into a major scandal for the Green Party co-leader James Shaw this week, with each day bringing fresh revelations about the Green School… Audio
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The naughty prefect and the 'single source of truth'
Greens leader James Shaw has been under the cosh for his Green School decision, but what's going on behind the scenes and will it cost votes? Social media rears it's sulky head, vaccination lies and… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: A nation united
On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a couple of slip-ups at the Herald, a run-in between Magic Talk and the WHO and another 1pm press conference question that… Audio
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$11.7m for green school a travesty - Massey High School principal
What do state schools think of the proposed $11.7 million funding for a private green school in Taranaki?
RNZ reporter Louise Ternouth and cameraman Dan Cook talked to secondary school principals. Video, Audio
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Political commentators Mills and Sherson
Stephen, Trish and Kathryn discuss the focus of the election campaign, with pandemic management and the economic consequences at the forefront. Also how do you safely campaign in level 2? Audio
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Lockdown let-downs, leg-ups & two swing seats
As Auckland struggles through a "tricky" extended lockdown, who are the political winners & losers? We debate covid fatigue, who's won from the wage subsidies (hint: not women) and two up-for-grabs… Audio
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National Party promises changes to freshwater rules
Water reform and farming are yet again the focus of political warfare. New freshwater standards are coming into force next week.
The legislation, only passed earlier this month, puts new controls on… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Justice seen to be done
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn about the tricky task of keeping the focus on the victims - and not the killer or the crimes - during… Audio
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Why We Drive: Matt Crawford on car culture's essential survival
Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio
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Focus on Politics: False-start to the Campaign
The election has been postponed by a further four weeks and will now be held on October 17. The decision to change the election ultimately falls on the shoulders of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but… Audio
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'Hit and Run' runs its course
It’s three years since ‘Hit and Run’ first put Operation Burnham in the headlines, throwing light on a situation that unfolded far from the public gaze. The official report is out after a long and… Audio
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MPs on the way out strike back at media
Politicians’ conduct has sparked stacks of media condemnation lately amid a surge of scandals and sudden resignations. But two MPs quitting politics this past week took a swipe at the media on the way… Video, Audio
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This election is brought to you by the letter C
Caucus returns for Election 2020 talking about the state of the parties, Covid debt and problems with our political culture. Audio
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Jakarta 'welfare' approach to Papua questioned
Audio 5 Aug 2020As Indonesia's government considers the successor arrangement to the Special Autonomy Law in Papua, an academic from the region has questioned Jakarta's approach. Audio
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Sir Jonathon Porritt: A decade to confront the climate emergency
Sir Jonathon Porritt lays out the science that has led to a new sense of exasperation in his book, Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency. Audio
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Should we be worried about the rise of QAnon?
QAnon, an intricate conspiracy theory which suggests US President Donald Trump is secretly waging war on a well-connected Satanic paedophile ring, should not be dismissed as a harmless oddity… Audio
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Focus on Politics: Polls, Policies and Political spats
Audio 31 Jul 2020It was a week of poll results - some the Opposition accepted - others they would not. But with the election just seven weeks away there was also policy and as the campaign ramps up, there was some… Audio
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David Shimer: Russian interference in US elections not new
Russian interference in 2016 US elections is old news, says foreign policy analyst David Shimer. Audio
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Samantha Power: top US diplomat's life and career
Former US President Barack Obama declared Samantha Power to be one of his country's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy". She was human rights adviser to the Obama White House before becoming the… Audio, Gallery
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‘Racism has been found throughout NZ history, and it must be confronted for change to occur’
12 months after the Christchurch terror attacks, Guled Mire chairs an NZ Festival discussion with Alison Whittaker and Nyadol Nyuon from Australia, and Anahera Gildea and Jack McDonald from Aotearoa.
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Focus on Politics: Collins takes control
It was a week of turmoil and tumult for the Opposition with a host of resignations and a reshuffle. And it all ended with an outcome many in the National Party had called an impossibility: Judith… Audio
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Judith Collins on her plans for National
Judith Collins emerged from last night's National Party emergency caucus meeting as the victor, taking over the mantle of leadership with just 66 days to go until the election. Audio
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Muller resignation: NZ First releases statement
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has also acknowledged today the heavy price of trying to lead the National Party today.
"One's sympathy goes out to Todd Muller and his family.
Todd is a good… Audio
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Focus on Politics: Leaks, escapees and resignations
Parliament was in recess this week, but that didn't stop politicians dominating the headlines. The week started with a confession and ended with another one. RNZ political reporter Jo Moir reports. Audio
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Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy discovers a classic tramping book from the 1920s and discusses the political ripples of the Black Lives Matter movement and the renewed focus in this country on racially problematic monuments… Audio