Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

Chlöe Swarbrick says she is being cyberbullied by National, but she wants to be our next finance minister. You cannot pitch for the Treasury benches and then cry foul the moment opponents scrutinise your promises. Politics is brutal, the stakes are massive, and tough scrutiny is not bullying; it is democracy in action. Duncan pulls no punches on selective empathy and political double standards.

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National is at war with its own biggest donors. Businessman Harry Mowbray joins Duncan to explain why the Split Your Vote campaign was pulled, why National complained to the Electoral Commission, and how MMP math could either hand the centre-right eight extra seats or cost them the entire election.

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Labour wants 5% of government contracts locked in for Māori businesses. That is nearly a billion dollars of taxpayer money allocated by ethnicity rather than merit. Chris Hipkins refuses to come on the show and front up. Duncan breaks down why picking winners by race divides the country instead of backing every Kiwi business to succeed.

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With days to go before the election, the pressure is on, and the gloves are off. Paul joins Duncan Garner to break down what is really going on behind the campaign slogans. National continues to fight the split vote, but is the party putting its own survival ahead of locking in a center-right government?

Paul and Duncan tackle the realities of MMP, why voters are still confused after thirty years, and how our massive debt interest payments of over a million dollars an hour are holding the country back. They also dive into health sector accountability, the push for a dedicated national cancer centre, and why public service departments need to get out of the way of economic growth.

Then, Duncan runs the rule over the latest rolling poll of polls. With the Opportunity Party sitting right on the 5% threshold, we break down the two critical scenarios that could make Kūlewa Wong kingmaker or leave National stranded on electorate seats.

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One week out from polling day, voters are being asked to hand over their power without seeing the fine print. We dig into whether Chris Hipkins can actually manage a four-party beast, what happens if Nicola Willis is out and David Seymour wants Finance, and why National has only themselves to blame for leaving the door wide open. Ashley Church and Maurice Williamson join Duncan in the studio.

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National just dropped 25 percent in the latest poll, and politicians are spinning flat-out. Duncan sits down with veteran pollster David Farrar to rip past the talking points, break down the rogue numbers, and look at the real coalitions that could govern.

We also hear from a Christchurch parent who says the basics are still slipping through the cracks at school.

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Ten days out from the election, neither major party has moved the dial. Millions have been spent, debates have been endless, and National is flatlining in the high 20s, with some of its biggest names facing political execution. Duncan breaks down our latest rolling poll of polls, why Luxon is struggling to pull away, and whether Chris Hipkins can actually stitch together an untried four-party government.

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Erica Stanford joins Duncan to warn that the hard-won gains in our classrooms could be wiped out if Labour gets the chance to roll back school reforms. Chris Hipkins will not front to debate it, leaving parents in the dark on structured literacy, curriculum rollouts, and regular testing. Plus, Duncan breaks down the Leone gang scandal fallout and the voter enrolment deadline debacle.

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The Mongrel Mob scandal has exploded right into the Labour Party, forcing candidate Kieran Leone to resign after misleading leader Chris Hipkins about her gang ties. With polls opening in 48 hours, this timing couldn't be worse for the left. Duncan Garner, Maurice Williamson, and Ashley Church break down whether this massive political mistake has handed the election to National, and why Hipkins' emotional response is making things even worse.

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The country's top business leaders have delivered a brutal verdict, leaving Christopher Luxon outside the government’s top 10 ministers again. These are his people, and they do not rate him. Plus, if Luxon refuses to pick up the phone to Keeler Wong post-election, will National MPs axe him? We look at the mounting pressure on the Prime Minister.

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