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Cabinet meets today to decide whether to move the two regions out of alert level 3, step 1, as retailers plead with the government to ease alert level restrictions in Auckland and Waikato, to allow… Audio

Stephen, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss the Goverment's re-opening plan, the traffic light system for living with the Covid-19 pandemic and a road-map for getting back to business. Also, National and… Audio

Joining us on the Weekend Panel this morning are Brigitte Morten, a lawyer for Franks Ogilvie, and Radio New Zealand's Executive Director Podcasts & Series, Tim Watkin. Among other topics, they'll be… Audio

A growing Right to Repair movement is pushing for changes to our waste minimisation legislation to require the repairability of household items like whiteware appliances and electrical devices… Audio

Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten talk to Kathryn about the Govenment's ongoing plans to deal with the Covid delta outbreak as two positive cases in Hamilton and Raglan see parts of Waikato move to… Audio

Stephen, Brigitte and Kathryn talk about Covid vaccination targets and the rights of those who are unvaccinated, and former Prime Minister Sir John Key's op-ed piece about opening up the country. Also… Audio

Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss the call to urgently pass the counter-terrorism law and the government's actions on deportation following the LynnMall Countdown supermarket terror attack. Prior… Audio

Among other topics this morning, our Weekend panellists will be looking at the tough Covid-19 decisions, the disappearance of cash in society, the Winston Churchill painting from Parliament and the… Audio

Neale and Brigitte join Kathryn to look at the National Party's annual conference at the weekend, with Peter Goodfellow retaining his job as president and the Young Nats turning on the party over its… Audio

Brigitte, Shane and Kathryn look at the latest Reid Research poll which has seen a near 10 percentage point drop in support for Labour and the highest-ever rating for ACT. Also, the expectations over… Audio

Kathryn talks to Neale and Brigitte about the pace of the Covid vaccine rollout and the worsening infection rates in Australia, particularly in New South Wales. What might this mean for the Trans… Audio

Brigitte Morten and Neale Jones join Kathryn to look at whether the PM has made a misstep over hate speech, is it part of a desire to speed up action on some changes - and what are the risks in that?

Joining us on the Weekend Panel are Brigitte Morten and Chris Wikaira. Among other topics, they discuss how Covid-conscious the capital is, the Dawn Raids apology, the proposed new hate speech laws… Audio

Kathryn, Neale and Brigitte discuss the Government's electric vehicle rebate scheme which will be funded through levies on high emission new cars and imports. Also the Immigration Minister's visa… Audio

Stephen and Brigitte talk to Kathryn about when hard calls might get made not the Climate Change Commission's final report is with the Government, and reflections on National MP's three decade long… Audio

It's been one scandal after the other for the National Party this week.

Nick Smith's shock resignation from Parliament came on Monday.

He said he was resigning in part because he had been told… Audio

The trans Tasman Prime Ministers meet, Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison hold talks. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew… Audio

Joining us on the Panel this morning are Brigitte Morten and Sam Stubbs. They'll be discussing the Budget, how safe we feel in New Zealand, what Martin Bashir did, how much we pay our nurses, and the… Audio

Joining us on this special Mother's Day edition of the Weekend Panel today are Ali Jones and Brigitte Morten. Among other issues, they'll be discussing Speaker Trevor Mallard's conduct and calls for… Audio

It's been an intense week for the government, which has dismayed public servants by putting their pay on ice for another three years.

Added to that, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she has… Audio