Q+A with Jack Tame
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Q+A with Jack Tame
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Full Show: 2 August 2026
Outspoken former Children's Commissioner cut short in role
Dr Claire Achmad was given around five weeks' notice that she would be exitin...
"Discriminatory" law focus of Green MP's bill
Migrant families can be split apart when family members are denied visas on the basis that their disability would be a burden to New Zealand's health...
Most people want fewer cars, Dutch academic says
Twenty years from now, people will look back on high speed limits we have in cities now and find them just as unbelievable as smoking indoors - a reli...
Outspoken former Children's Commissioner cut short in role
Dr Claire Achmad was given around five weeks' notice that she would be exiting her role of Children's Commissioner. First appointed to a five-year ter...
Spy allegations: NZ's relationship with Russia in focus
Russia's principal security service says a Russian citizen has been detained in the country's far East. The man is accused of spying for New Zealand's...
Full Show: 26 July 2026
Chlöe Swarbrick: Greens want one-year ban on AI data centres
The Greens have announced an election campaign policy to put a one-year moratorium...
Does NZ need move-on orders? "No" says former judge
Anthony FitzGerald served as a judge for 27 years and has seen first-hand the fortunes of Auckland's homeless caught in the justice system. This week...
Up-and-comers talk Stuart Nash, smartphone ban, and their leaders
Labour MP Arena Williams and National MP James Meager join Tova O'Brien to discuss the big stories of the week, including Stuart Nash's election-killi...
Does the deepfake bill go far enough?
First-term ACT MP Laura McClure captured headlines by holding up an image in parliament that appeared to show her naked: the image was a deepfake. She...
Chlöe Swarbrick: Greens want one-year ban on AI data centres
The Greens have announced an election campaign policy to put a one-year moratorium on the consenting and building of AI data centres in New Zealand, c...
Chris Penk: Defence workforce shortages
Former naval officer Chris Penk took over the helm of the defence portfolio from ministerial veteran Judith Collins in April of this year. Since then,...
Why Paul Henry thinks ACT can save New Zealand
Paul Henry has worked in broadcasting for more than forty years, becoming one of the most recognisable names in New Zealand television from his time a...
Alienation in the "ahistoric age": Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
Historian Sarah Irving-Stonebraker joins Q+A to discuss her ideas around increasing societal alienation, and in her view why diminishing knowledge of...
Clark, Ardern senior staffer up-close view of political contest
Mike Munro was one of the most senior behind the scenes figures in both Helen Clark, and Dame Jacinda Ardern’s governments.
In an interv...
Full Show: 28 June 2026
'Perverse incentive': MSD staff metrics include emergency housing grants
Ministry of Social Development (MSD) managers are being told th...
“Social conservatism”: Why Alfred Ngaro joined NZ First
Former National MP and minister Alfred Ngaro joins Q+A to talk about his political journey towards becoming a candidate for NZ First, his socially con...
“Prince of the provinces”: On the road with Shane Jones
Senior NZ First MPs are on a long tour of town halls around the country, with more than 30 dates planned before the election campaign begins.
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Why Labour thinks it can make rapid return to government
Labour strategists are hoping for a return to government just three years after one of their worst-ever election results. Campaign chair Kieran McAnul...
'Perverse incentive': MSD staff metrics include emergency housing grants
Ministry of Social Development (MSD) managers are being told they can face performance management if, among other measures, their staff approve too ma...
Full Show: 21 June 2026
Helen Clark: New Zealand's unsolved problems and fragile peace in Iran
Productivity, sensible taxation and the ballooning cost of superan...
Real estate agents, doctors shouldn't be punished for free speech: ACT policy
The ACT Party has introduced a new campaign policy which it says will stop professional regulatory bodies - like the Medical Council, or Real Estate A...
Live from National's 90th annual party conference
The Prime Minister and National Party faithful are gathering in Wellington for the party's 90th annual conference. With less than five months until th...
Helen Clark: New Zealand's unsolved problems and fragile peace in Iran
Productivity, sensible taxation and the ballooning cost of superannuation are among the uniquely thorny, long-lasting issues that New Zealand hasn't b...
Will newcomer Andy Burnham oust PM Sir Keir Starmer?
Yet another challenge has been made to the embattled UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer's leadership. Former Manchester mayor and newly-elected Labour...
Full Show: 14 June 2026
Does Labour's public transport fare cap policy add up?
The Labour Party - the biggest party in Opposition, maintaining a tight lead in th...
Why prison numbers will surge: Writer Asher Emanuel
New Ministry of Justice projections forecast a 35 percent growth in New Zealand's prison population over the next ten years, with those kept in remand...
"Between one week and five years" to repair Strait of Hormuz
The United States appears poised to sign a deal to end the war in Iran following three and a half months of global disruption from the closed Strait o...
Locals fear "low-probability catastrophic event" if LNG terminal built near city
The Government is pushing ahead with plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in New Zealand as a security buffer for when locally-made, renewa...
Does Labour's public transport fare cap policy add up?
The Labour Party - the biggest party in Opposition, maintaining a tight lead in this year's polls - has decided to open its election year campaign wit...
Full Show: 7 June 2026
Federated Farmers swing big for Election 2026
Agricultural lobby Federated Farmers have a lot to celebrate in the last parliamentary term...
Election deadline rapidly approaching for small parties
Any political parties wanting to contest the 2026 general election in November need to have their registration papers submitted by the end of this wee...
How three AI-linked IPOs could reshape economy
When Elon Musk's Space X is listed on the NASDAQ, it's set to be the biggest IPO in history - valuing the company at $3 trillion New Zealand dollars.<...
Could Christchurch terror attack have been stopped?
He told us what he was going to do: that's the stark conclusion of two extremism researchers who've uncovered previously unreported public communicati...
Federated Farmers swing big for Election 2026
Agricultural lobby Federated Farmers have a lot to celebrate in the last parliamentary term. Their 2023 election policy priority list has almost all b...
Why populist nationalism won't stop immigration
Five months from the election, immigration is being framed by political parties as a critical election issue, with the Prime Minister warning the wron...
Children's Commissioner: The cost of child poverty
In Budget 2026, Treasury published New Zealand's latest child poverty statistics. It's a grim picture, and one that isn't improving much: the number o...
Return to surplus? Nicola Willis charts economic recovery
Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered her third and final Budget Day speech for the parliamentary term this week. A Budget delivering investment in...
Full Show: 31 May 2026
Return to surplus? Nicola Willis charts economic recovery
Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered her third and final Budget Day speech...
Full show: 24 May 2026
Featuring David Seymour, Richard Dawkins, and Whena Owen's story on social investment
Richard Dawkins at 85: Genes, God, and conversations with Claude
World-renowned biologist and writer Richard Dawkins is embarking on a speaking tour to mark the 50th anniversary of his first book, The Selfish Gene,...