Simon Wilson

Chlöe Swarbrick's Auckland Central electorate victory was one of the bigger unpredicted wins in the general election. Jesse talks to New Zealand Herald writer, Simon Wilson, about how she did it.  Audio

Simon Wilson. senior writer for the NZ Herald looks at the reality of a wealth tax and finds it may not be the key to solving the inequality problem. Audio

Auckland writer Simon Wilson has looked at the rush by politicians to make promises about another crossing after Friday's freak accident. Audio

Last week we faced the reality that Covid was in our community the team of five million began questioning the pandemic strategy of elimination. Senior writer for the NZ Herald Simon Wilson shares his… Audio

In this week's Made in NZ series, Wallace speaks to Lucan Battison who's started a boutique milk delivery service using glass bottles in Hawkes Bay. Audio

One of super rugby's biggest fans, Julian Wilcox, joins the Panel to talk about the results from the weekend matches and how much more exciting it makes the competition. Audio

New survey shows that teachers are facing more physical and verbal attacks at Otago primary schools. President of the Otago Primary Principals Association, Shelley Wilde talks about what teachers are… Audio

The legality of the alert level four lockdown is to be debated in the coming days. Law Professor Al Gillespie joins the show to talk about the arguments he's expecting to be made both for and against… Audio

Green Party calls for lowering of voting age to 16 at their weekend AGM. Campaigner for the change, Sophie Crozier, speaks to the Panel about why 16 year olds should be allowed to vote. Audio

Political science professor, Richard Shaw, joins the Panel to discuss the latest political polls as well as his earlier prediction that Judith Collins is a caretaker National Party leader. Audio

Panellists Golnaz Bassam-Tabar and Simon Wilson share what they have been thinking about. Audio

Children's TV hit show Paw Patrol made headlines over the weekend as White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said it had stopped producton as an example of "cancel culture". That turned out to be… Audio

The competition for the Auckland Central electorate has been blown wide open with incumbent, National's Nikki Kaye's resignation. Journalist Simon Wilson talks about how tactical voting could work for… Audio

The inner-city Auckland Central seat will be a fierce battleground this election, after the departure of the National Party's former deputy leader, Nikki Kaye.

Kaye announced her decision to leave… Audio

A new report on the Port of Auckland relocation has ranked Manukau Harbour as the best option. Audio

How can New Zealand hang on to the silver linings of lockdown? The quiet, the lack of air pollution, the family bike rides, working from home, the kinder politics. Or will we quickly return to… Audio