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Focus on Politics for 18 September 2015
6:35 PM.In just two months time New Zealanders will be voting on four alternative flag designs which could possibly replace the country's current flag. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 September 2015
6:36 PM.After weeks of public and political pressure, the Government on Monday announced it would take an emergency quota of Syrian refugees. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 September 2015
6:38 PM.Numerous petitions, canvassing such diverse topics as banning shark cage diving to cannabis reform, are presented to Parliament every year for MPs to consider, but very few lead to law changes. So… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 28 August 2015
6:34 PM.Turmoil on the international stock markets this past week, with underlying fears of slowing growth in China, has raised questions about the resilience of the New Zealand economy. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 21 August 2015
6:35 PM.The workplace safety legislation that was supposed to be a response to the Pike River deaths has ended up the subject of ridicule, mainly because of how various industries have been categorised… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 14 August 2015
6:44 PM.This week the Government finally pulled the plug on its ailing coal company Solid Energy. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 7 August 2015
6:35 PM.New Zealand First has held its first annual conference since last year's general election, and its leader Winston Peter's win in the Northland by-election in March. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 31 July 2015
6:35 PM.Time now for Focus on Politics, where our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, looks at how the political debate in New Zealand unfolded, during the week as the Trans Pacific Partnership… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 July 2015
6:35 PM.The National Party is holding its annual conference in Auckland this weekend as it nears the end of the first year of its third term in government. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 July 2015
6:35 PM.Dairy prices plunged again this week piling more pressure on the country's dairy farmers and New Zealand's biggest industry. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 July 2015
6:37 PM.This week the Government announced it aimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions eleven percent by 2030 from 1990 levels. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 3 July 2015
6:30 PM.New Zealand has the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, for the month of July. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 26 June 2015
6:36 PM.The Government is coming under increasing pressure to accept more refugees, particularly after the Prime Minister wrongly claimed thousands and thousands were getting into the country under the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 19 June 2015
6:36 PM.It's been a tumultuous week for the Housing Minister, Nick Smith, as he tries to keep the Government's grand plans for Auckland housing on track. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 12 June 2015
6:35 PM.Not long after Labour elected Andrew Little as leader he announced the party would confront what he said was one of the biggest challenges facing New Zealand: the future of work. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 5 June 2015
6:38 PM.The new Green Party male co-leader James Shaw has big, ambitious plans for the party. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 29 May 2015
6:36 PM.The Government has run into a roadblock, in the form of caucus resistance, over its workplace health and safety legislation. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 22 May 2015
6:35 PM.This week the Finance Minister, Bill English, delivered his seventh Budget and it included a surprise pay increase for beneficiaries with children. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 May 2015
6:35 PM.Six months after becoming the leader of the Labour Party, Andrew Little is forging new links with the business community as he makes economic growth his top priority. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 May 2015
6:35 PM.The challenge of solving the Auckland housing crisis continues to dog the Government, with it now publicly butting heads with the Auckland Council. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 May 2015
6:33 PM.The past week should have been a good one for the Prime Minister John Key. He attended a peace conference in Istanbul, the Anzac centennary ceremonies at Gallipoli and then visited the Gulf states to… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 April 2015
6:36 PM.Alarm, strong rolling earthquake has hit central New Zealand. Seismologist on quake. Top police commander says Livingstone case will cause great change. Auckland Council responds to Port chairman's… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 April 2015
6:33 PM.Since 2012 when the then Mana Party leader Hone Harawira had his Feed the Kids bill drawn from the ballot, the debate on children going to school hungry has been heated. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 April 2015
6:35 PM.Dentists say they're sick and tired of taking out teeth from young children and are calling on the Government to take action to improve the state of the nation's teeth. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 27 March 2015
6:37 PM.The conduct of the Government's electronic spy agency has again come under scrutiny this week with allegations that in 2013 it spied on those competing for the job as the director-general of the World… Read more Audio