Politics

On today's episode, leader of New Zealand First Winston Peters is ramping up his efforts against what he calls "woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector", the… Audio

A former army major says our defence force would scramble to raise a single company to act as peacekepers in Ukraine. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

The Prime Minister has given support to New Zealand First tackling what it describes as a woke agenda within government. Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The third progress update on the government's nine key targets has been released and it shows that more than half the targets are still behind track or at risk of not being met. Data journalist Farah… Audio

Markets are continuing to slide in the US after Tuesday's plunge and an announcement of doubled tariffs on Canadian aluminium and steel. Financial Times' Peter Wells spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Leader of New Zealand First Winston Peters is ramping up his efforts against what he calls "woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector". Peters spoke to Ingrid… Audio

There's been a flurry of diplomacy as world leaders seek to bring a lasting end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

An organisation that lost its school lunch contracts when the government moved to a new, lower-cost model this year, says it had been expecting the new collective to fail, and it and a group of food… Audio

New Zealand is after a trade slice of rapidly growing Vietnam, and a new agreement should strengthen those connections. Audio

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In Australia there's been some extraordinary developments in the investigation into an apparent terror plot centred around a caravan found earlier this year packed with explosives. Australia… Audio

The minister in charge of the country's school lunches programme said he doesn't think the Libelle Group going into liquidation is necessarily a bad thing. Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins took aim… Audio

Libelle Group, which is contracted to deliver 125,000 meals a day, was placed into liquidation this morning. Labour is demanding explanations on what contingencies are in place - but the minister… Audio

Liquidators taking financial control of failed school lunch provider Libelle, say staff will be paid until further notice and there's at least one interested buyer. It's the latest in a string of… Audio

Checkpoint invited a veritable buffet of people on the programme to talk about the school lunch supplier that's in financial strife; Libelle went into liquidation today. RNZ deputy political editor… Audio