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Focus on Politics for 12 May 2017
6:38 PM.Debate about charter schools and what would happen to them under a Labour government has flared up after comments made by its list candidate and Maori campaign manager Willie Jackson. Labour has a… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 5 May 2017
6:30 PM.Low and middle income families should expect to receive some financial relief in this month's Budget. The finance minister Steven Joyce is putting the final touches on his first budget and as our… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 28 April 2017
6:30 PM.The controversial Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill would make major changes to the way Maori control and develop their land, as well as removing some of the discretion of the Maori Land Court. The… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 21 April 2017
6:38 PM.Global trade now looks very different for New Zealand, with the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, and the imminent departure of Britain from the European Union… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 7 April 2017
6:38 PM.Parliamentary hearings on the thorny topic of voluntary euthanasia wrapped up this week. The select committee is now tasked with distilling the thousands of submissions and coming up with… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 31 March 2017
6:38 PM.Pollsters are rushing to reassure New Zealanders of their credibility ahead of this year's election. The sector's reputation has taking a drubbing globally after several major misses last year - most… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics - Nicky Hager
6:45 PM.A startling new book by the investigative journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson was released this week, raising questions about whether the New Zealand Defence Force committed war crimes in… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 March 2017
6:38 PM.The issue of abortion law raised its head again this week, which in election year is never a welcome topic for political parties. The laws governing abortions in New Zealand are 40 years old and… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 March 2017
6:38 PM.The Prime Minister has taken a political gamble, and laid out a plan to increase the age of entitlement for superannuation - but not for another 20 years. Under John Key the National -led government… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 3 March 2017
6:38 PM.The revelation this week at-risk prisoners have been subject to inhumane treatment, has again raised questions about the country's mental health system. In one case a prisoner was tied down to a bed… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 February 2017
6:45 PM.The Government's been in damage control this week, after Maori leaders spoke out against a planned change to the care and protection system for children. The change, governing the placement of… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 February 2017
6:45 PM.The government has once again found itself on the back foot over housing, during an ongoing debate about how it measures housing shortages, particularly in Auckland. It has also started the formal… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 February 2017
6:43 PM.Time now for Focus on Politics.
The Government announced this week that people who want their doctor to prescribe medicinal cannabis will no longer need to get ministerial approval, but they still… Read more Audio -
Focus on Politics for 3 February 2017
6:45 PM.Donald Trump's sudden and sweeping ban on refugees and people from seven Muslim nations entering the United States has had far reaching consequences. The US President's executive order, referred to by… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 27 January 2017
6:38 PM.A war of words erupted and insults were traded earlier this week as political party leaders made their annual speeches at Ratana. The celebrations mark the official birthday of the church's prophet… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 16 December 2016
6:38 PM.The Parliamentary year has drawn to a close, with the House rising on Wednesday night and most MPs packing up for the Christmas break. But some National Party MPs and Ministers will spend next week… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 9 December 2016
6:38 PM.It's been an extraordinary week in politics, with John Key dropping a bombshell announcing his resignation, and Bill English now preparing to take over as Prime Minister after a swift leadership… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 2 December 2016
6:38 PM.Political deals to help out a certain candidate or party in an electorate seat have been frowned upon in the past, but the practice will become much more widespread in the 2017 election. National has… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 25 November 2016
4:45 PM.Housing, crime and transport are the three most talked about problems in Mt Roskill and are high on the agenda for the candidates vying to be the electorate's first new MP in decades. Phil Goff was… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 18 November 2016
6:45 PM.A massive 7.8 earthquake centred at the top of the South Island has sparked a major government response this week. The damage wrought in Kaikoura and the wider region and in Wellington is estimated to… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 November 2016
6:38 PM.Donald Trump's victory in the United States Presidential elections sent shock waves throughout the halls of Parliament this week. It caught many New Zealand Politicians off guard, and left them… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 November 2016
6:45 PM.The Government's controversial Saudi sheep deal was back in the public spotlight this week after the Auditor General released her long-awaited report into the matter. While Lyn Provost cleared the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 28 October 2016
6:38 PM.One case of a autistic boy being locked in a seclusion room in a Wellington has led to revelations the practice is much more widespread than authorities were aware of. An investigation into the use of… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 21 October 2016
6:38 PM.The sudden increase in the country's prison population means the Government will now have to stump up an extra billion dollars to build more beds. The move means there is less in the pot for other… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 14 October 2016
6:38 PM.The government has acknowledged it has to restrict the numbers of new residents allowed to come to New Zealand, as those numbers show no sign of abating. Changes introduced this week are aimed at… Read more Audio