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Focus on Politics for 7 October 2016
6:40 PM.A proposal by the Police Minister Judith Collins to boost front-line officers has been given to the Prime Minister and other senior members of Cabinet. The level of police numbers have been in the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 30 September 2016
6:40 PM.The Law Society says the Government has its head in the sand over the state of the legal aid system. The society says over the past five years, there's been a 25 percent drop in the number of lawyers… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 16 September 2016
6:40 PM.Sweeping changes to family violence laws were unveiled this week, lifting the lid on what have been described as devastating and insidious statistics. Cabinet papers say the police attend an average… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 9 September 2016
6:40 PM.The Government is facing continued criticism for not having a plan to deal with the housing crisis. This week it passed legislation allowing special housing areas to be extended for another three… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 2 September 2016
6:38 PM.Much of the debate around national security centres around the threat of a physical terrorist attack in New Zealand, but cyber security is also gaining an increasing amount of attention. The… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 26 August 2016
6:38 PM.The Maori King dealt a blow to the Labour Party this week by backing the Maori party and saying he would not be voting for Labour again. However, Labour have the upper hand heading into the election… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 19 August 2016
6:40 PM.In a law change that had its genesis in the illegal spying operation against Kim Dotcom in 2012, the Government Communications Security Bureau will be given an explicit mandate to spy on New… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 12 August 2016
6:38 PM.Record immigration levels have reignited debate in Parliament over whether it's time to put a cap on numbers. The new arrivals put stresses on the nation, and that can cause dangerous resentments… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 5 August 2016
6:40 PM.While National is the main governing party, it could not do so without support arrangements with other, much smaller, political parties. Since being elected in 2008 National has had agreements with… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 29 July 2016
6:40 PM.Parliament has launched an inquiry into whether registration for social workers should be made mandatory. Currently, a national register for those who work with New Zealand's most vulnerable exists… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 22 July 2016
6:38 PM.The Prime Minister this week took a business delegation up to Indonesia in an attempt to boost trade between the two countries. The trade relationship has been rocky over recent years, because despite… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 July 2016
6:40 PM.A proposed law which is expected to see many more people with severe addictions to alcohol or drugs being detained is almost universally being seen as move in the right direction. But there are fears… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 July 2016
6:40 PM.The government is searching for yet more ways to dampen the rampant housing market, including a billion dollar infrastructure fund and encouraging the Reserve Bank to further limit lending to… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 July 2016
6:40 PM.The world was shocked when the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union last week. The outcome of the referendum caused ructions on global stock markets, and a seismic shift in British… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 June 2016
6:45 PM.The Children's Commissioner has used his last State of Care report to warn that tens of thousands of vulnerable children could be in danger as the Government plans a massive overhaul of Child Youth… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 June 2016
6:42 PM.The numbers of refugees New Zealand will accept was boosted this week to one thousand people, to take effect from 2018 - the first increase in 30 years. The annual quota of 750 has not been raised… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 June 2016
6:45 PM.The long term plan for the Defence Force was unveiled this week. It includes a major infrastructure upgrade, and a new focus on cyber security, in a world political leaders say is increasingly… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 3 June 2016
6:45 PM.Labour and the Greens have made it official, signalling a formal working relationship, 18 months out from next year's general election. The agreement, represented by a memorandum of understanding… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 27 May 2016
6:40 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, has delivered his eight Budget which he says delivers money to sectors under pressure - health, education and housing. But critics say the Budget has failed to… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 20 May 2016
6:40 PM.The Director of the Security Intelligence Service has spoken out this week about her agency's role in the jihadi brides controversy. Rebecca Kitteridge has also addressed a Privacy Act exemption, that… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 13 May 2016
6:40 PM.The depth of New Zealand's involvement in the global network of secretive trusts was laid bare this week by further revelations in the Panama Papers. The new information may have created big waves in… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 6 May 2016
6:38 PM.The fallout from the Panama Papers has continued to dog the Government this week. It's been just over a month now since the millions of documents from a Panamanian law firm showed how the world's rich… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 29 April 2016
6:38 PM.As New Zealanders waistlines continue to expand, the lists of measures politicians say they are taking to combat obesity also grows. But there is fierce resistance to putting in place a tax on fizzy… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 22 April 2016
6:38 PM.New Zealand has made it clear to China during the Prime Minister's visit there this week that dairy access must be improved, as both parties negotiate an upgrade to the existing free trade agreement… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 April 2016
6:38 PM.The controversy over the use of foreign trusts to dodge tax has continued to dominate Parliament this week. The government bowed to pressure and announced a review of the rules governing foreign… Read more Audio