Sean Plunket continues to make accusations against David Farrier and cites a court order to back up his claims. David Farrier responds and we look at that tonight  

The National Party is not happy the PM is not attending COP27 to talk Climate Change with world leaders. The National Party, who have been famous for their concern around climate issues, think that the PM is not attending because she;s got 'nothing big' to talk about.   

Beto O'Rourke is converting Trump voters to vote Democrat but will it be enough to allow the left to keep control of Congress in the mid-terms

From the University of Auckland, Dr Anna Brooks is LIVE with us talking COVID and where the country is at right now, is there a surge? What about BQ 1.1? What do we know today?  

Sean Plunket and David Farrier are still toing and froing about court orders and violence and it's all a bit confusing, so we'll delve into it again tonight to try to figure out what's happening

Hate Speech v Free Speech with comedy writer and producer Dane Giraud who is part of the Free Speech Union. If you agree on one issue with your political counterpart, but in doing so advance their revolting agenda, should you be involved with them even if it furthers your agenda?  

The world no longer lives in a political left and right, but more of a compass where we need to understand authoritarianism and libertarianism. Pat and Chewie look at where the political parties are on the compass and reveal where they sit after doing the test on www.politicalcompass.org

Auckland University's Dr David Welch joins us to talk about the current COVID surge and if previous infections give good protection against variant BQ1 and BQ 1.1  

TV3's The Project did a really good piece on Three Waters tonight and we thought we'd share it with you to give you more information and to hopefully give all of us the chance to sort out the wheat from the chaff when it comes to accurate data  

Comedian and Suicide prevention crusader Mike King was on The Rock this morning and broke down talking about what appears to be systemic issues leading Mike to encourage parents to not rely on Government institutions to help and save their kids.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has responded to the constant rumours that she is on the verge or resigning...and moving to New Plymouth...on the AM Show this morning. We also have a look at the claim that no one wants to move to NZ made by one international recruiter  

COVID numbers are on the increase, and modellers are worried that with under reporting and testing the actual numbers could be much worse. The numbers have increased officially about 4 fold since the mask mandates were removed. We'll look at what the actual numbers might be  

The Auckland and Christchurch Mayors have come up with a new plan for Three Waters incorporating some of the old, and adding some new ideas to make a more tenable outcome for all parties. The Government says it's an option but it'll cost rate payers a lot more

Elon wants to buy Twitter, Twitter agree. Elon backs out of buying Twitter, Twitter sues. Elon buys Twitter and senior management heads roll and Musk promises to cut another 75% of the Twitter work force.  

New Zealand's approach to dyslexia is ignorant, according to author and dyslexia specialist Mike Styles. Today, Styles presented a petition to Parliament, calling for inquiries into dyslexia and neurodiversity in New Zealand.  

Jon Stewart sat down with Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich and grilled him about continuing to prop up Trump’s baseless claims that millions of votes were stolen from him. It did not go well for the attorney general.

Christopher Luxon has spent some camera time in the McDonalds where he had his first job, this stunt is meant to be to demonstrate the importance of young people having a job and the meaning that comes with that job, critics are saying it demonstrates again how out of touch Luxon is as National's tax cuts and financial promises are going to hit these low earners harder than any sector.  

The Māori Party's petition to make Aotearoa the official name of NZ has been accepted by Select Committee and now goes through the process of seeing if it can go to parliament for a vote. Māori Party co-leader, Debbie Ngawera-Packer joins us to talk about where the process is at, where to from here, and some background as to why the name change is important to Māori.  

The National Party challenged Grant Robertson to "stand by all his governments statements and actions" to which Grant Robertson lowered the boom and spent minutes listing the achievements of the Labour Party since becoming Government. If you've never understood the saying "hoisted by your own petard" tonight, you'll see a real time example of this as National set's up Labour to allow them to brag about their wins over the last 5 years.

Professor Robert Patman joins us tonight to talk about what is happening with Tory politics in the UK as the country has its third PM in two months. We wonder if the 'stink' of the conservative movement in the UK may rub off on the National Party in NZ...we also touch base on the mid-terms in the US and again wonder if the upheaval in the UK says anything when comparing to what's happening for the Republicans in the US  

Master Plumbers are calling for councils to sort out residents drinking water pipes with concerns around the amount of lead still in the infrastructure. Of course, this leads to a conversation around Three Waters legislation, and we wonder if the lead in our pipes should be treated as a national emergency much like a natural disaster is.  

Newshub ran an unscientific pole where over 50,000 people responded and of those responding, more than 80% of people did not want a tax cut. Does this tie into the UK conversation? What about what that means for the proposed National Party tax cuts...will they recant them if it's shown that NZ doesn't want tax cuts over money in the centralised pot?

Newstalk ZB has responded to a complaint made against Heather du Plessis-Allan's treatment of 16-year-old climate activist Izzy Cook. We will go through the response tonight  

There are constant calls in the media at the moment that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will likely step aside before the next election, where are these calls coming from and do they have merit? We'll take a look at that.  

A landmark court ruling has decided that Uber Drivers are now employees and not contractors. This has set a president that may cause a change in the industry

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