Audio Search
You were trying to access an older item called us politics.
Here is what we found via search:
Displaying items 121 - 150 of 5493 in total
-
Robertson's valedictory speech 'best I've heard' - Jan Tinetti
Time now for our weekly catch up with the Labour Party, and MP Jan Tinetti is with us bright and early. Audio
-
Grant Robertson bows out of Parliament with valedictory speech
Audio 20 Mar 2024Former National MP and attorney-general Chris Finlayson joins Nights to share his thoughts on the speech and Grant Robertson's time in Parliament. Audio
-
Waiting weeks for urgent debates
Urgent Debates are granted or denied by Speakers. Most are denied. This week a Speaker's ruling moved the goal posts for that allowance, a lot. Audio
-
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at how conservative politicians are pushing for similar moves to those in the US over TikTok. Audio
-
NZ's confusing and complicated holiday laws
The Holidays Act is complex and has led to years of problems. But fixing it seems just as challenging. Audio
-
Australian trade minister causes stir by declaring NZ to be more trusted than US
Australia's trade minister Don Farrell caused a stir in Canberra on Monday when he declared New Zealand to be more trusted than the United States.
The ABC's defence correspondent Andrew Greene spoke… Audio
-
Senators vote down President Javier Milei's decree
To South America, where Senators in Argentina have voted down President Javier Milei's 'mega-decree', resulting in tension between Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel; There's also some… Audio
-
Obama visits PM Sunak amid rumors of leadership challenge
To the United Kingdom, where Former President Barack Obama has visited Rishi Sunak at Number 10 despite rumours milling around on the future of Sunak's leadership of the Conservative Party; The UK's… Audio
-
Seymour is the grand ruler of cutting red tape
A sector that's had rules piled upon it is welcoming moves to cut the red tape
Audio -
TV news meltdown: what will government do?
The future of TV news and current affairs is in the balance at our two biggest TV broadcasters - both desperate to cut costs as their revenue falls. The government says it’s now preparing policy to… Video
Coming up
-
Labour prepares to be prepared for power
Audio 15 Mar 2024Humiliated and humbled in last year's election, Labour has spent its first months back in opposition licking its wounds.
At the party's caucus retreat this week - a gathering of its MPs at a remote… Audio
-
Samoa's plan to allow overseas voting
Critics of a new electoral law in Samoa say it could allow overseas voters to decide elections.
Audio -
First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 14 March
Audio 14 Mar 2024On today's First Up pod: we head around the world touching down in the UK, Sweden and Pakistan; we cross to Ohakune to hear what the latest Ruapehu Alpine Lifts bailout means for the ski-town; Labour… Audio
-
Labour caucus in good space as it rebuilds from 2023
Time now for our weekly catch up with His Majesty's Loyal 0pposition - and Labour MP Jan Tinetti joins us again this week. Audio
-
Midweek Mediawatch - manic Monday for news & fake photo frenzy
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a manic Monday afternoon of news - cricket, Oscars, terror in the skies . . . and the… Audio
-
Labour caucus retreat this week
The Labour Party's annual caucus retreat is this Thursday.
Last year's retreat was one that most of us will remember, with former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing her resignation.
While… Audio
-
Special Counsel behind Biden report speaks at hearing
The US special counsel who released a scathing report last month suggesting President Biden had a "poor memory" has spoken at a congressional hearing.
Robert Hur - originally a Republican appointee -… Audio
-
US passes compact agreement following months of delay
US passes compact agreement following months of delay. Audio
-
Hurricanes Poua's controversial haka
A haka incorporating barbs aimed at the Government has rekindled a decades old debate over sport and politics. Audio
-
Power and money lending rules
The laws that govern our money-lending landscape are in for another shakeup. Audio
-
Apocalypse now for news - part 2?
TVNZ’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes mean New Zealanders could end up with almost no national current affairs on TV within weeks. It’s a…
Coming up
-
Chris Bishop: On keeping a tidy parliament
New goverment, new parliament, new Leader of the House. Chris Bishop is now the Minister responsible for shepherding the Government's legislative agenda. He explains how. Audio
-
Rolling out big ideas: Sir Geoff Mulgan and James Plunkett
Why is the idea of a four-day working week seen as radical? What did the pandemic teach us about the role of science in politics and the reality of human interdependence?
English thinkers Geoff… Audio
-
US President Joe Biden delivers final speech to congress
US President Joe Biden has just finished delivering a one hour state of the union address, his final speech to congress before the election later this year. Washington DC is CNN's Julia Benbow speaks… Audio
-
Biden to make State of the Union address
US President Joe Biden will make his final State of the Union address of this term on Friday (NZ time).
Biden will have the opportunity to tout his accomplishments and pitch his re-election campaign… Audio
-
Reasoning behind cutting free lunches - Jan Tinetti
To politics now and the coalition government is looking at cutting the free lunches in schools programme by up to 50 percent. The government said Labour did not set aside enough money to fund the… Audio
-
Super Tuesday underway in the US
It's one of the most significant dates in the US political calendar, Super Tuesday, when voters in more than a dozen states pick their Democratic and Republican candidates for the Presidential… Audio
-
Secretary of State Blinken to meet Israel war cabinet member
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the situation in the Gaza Strip is "simply unacceptable" and Israel must "maximise every possible means and every possible method to get aid to those who need… Audio
-
The special school that's being starved
An Auckland school for some of our most vulnerable children is crumbling, and any hopes for a rebuild have just been dashed by the government's moves to halt school property developments. Audio
-
Parliament agencies face increased demands and tight funds
Due to the increasing demands on the work of the Office of the Clerk in an environment of funding constraints, the efficiency of some key Parliament functions could suffer. Audio