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Summer reissue: The morning...

01.18.2021

Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer, so we're republishing some of our favourite episodes of 2020. This week: the one where everybody was really, really tired. First released October 18, 2020. It's the morning after a very ...

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01.18.2021 Summer reissue: The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer, so we're republishing some of our favourite episodes of 2020. This week: the one where everybody was really, really tired. First released October 18, 2020. It's the morning after a very ...
01.12.2021 Summer reissue: Mervmania Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over the summer holidays. We'll be back in the new year, but until then we're we're republishing some of our favourite episodes of 2020. This week: Mervmania hits the election campaign trail. First ...
01.04.2021 Summer reissue: Politics in Pubs with Simon Bridges Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over the summer holidays. We'll be back in the new year, but until then we're we're republishing some of our favourite episodes of 2020. This week: Simon Bridges opens up on his time ...
12.28.2020 Summer reissue: Emergency Toddcast Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over the summer holidays. We'll be back in the new year, but until then we're we're republishing some of our favourite interviews of 2020. This week: relive the 53-day reign of Todd Muller ...
12.22.2020 The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020 Pour yourself some eggnog and join the hosts of The Spinoff’s podcast network for our annual Superpod round up of the year that was. Representing Gone By Lunchtime, Dietary Requirements, The Real Pod, Papercuts, The Fold and On The Rag ...
12.20.2020 End of year special with Jacinda Ardern When Jacinda Ardern looks back on the year 2020, what one day stands out in her memory? And when she slides open the lid of a dairy freezer this summer, what ice cream will she be reaching for? Find the ...
12.15.2020 The Golden Handbrake Awards 2020 What do Jacinda Ardern, Chlöe Swarbrick, David Seymour, Labour’s Covid-19 response, the Maori Party’s return to parliament, National’s Todd Muller era, that disastrous campaign day on Ponsonby Road, Winston Peters and the Bad Boys of Brexit all have in common? ...
11.24.2020 Lustful frothing at parliament returns On the eve of the opening of the 53rd parliament of New Zealand, Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas dress up as Black Rod. As 120 familiar and fresh faces swarm upon the tropical paradise of Wellington for a ...
11.03.2020 A rummage through Labour's new cabinet It’s been 17 days since the election, and about 24 hours since the Labour announced the composition of its new cabinet. Really wanted to do a Nothing Compares 2 U reference there but just couldn't get it to work. Anyway, ...
10.18.2020 The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick It's the morning after a very successful election night for Labour, and a pretty good one for the Greens too – especially in Auckland Central, where Chlöe Swarbrick looks to have turned the electorate green for the first time. She ...
10.15.2020 Bonus episode: On the road with Alex Braae For 40 days and 40 nights (roughly, who's counting) Alex Braae packed up his Bulletin in his old kit bag, threw it in the back of a Jucy van and toured the country to take the campaign pulse. He joins ...
10.13.2020 The final countdown to Election 2020 After a long, fascinating, long, intriguing and long election campaign, the Gone By Lunchtime triumvirate size up the main parties' campaigns, nominate some of the seats they'll be watching closely on election night, and foolishly issue predictions for the outcome. ...
10.07.2020 Judgement day beckons after the third leaders' debate In 10 short days the skies will clear and for a few blessed hours the only hint of politics will be dogs outside polling stations on The Spinoff. Can Judith Collins close the gap? Has her caucus reverted to its ...
10.01.2020 The second NZ leaders' debate, assessed It’s a four-person episode of Gone By Lunchtime this week as special guest Mihingarangi Forbes (The Hui, RNZ’s political podcast Party People) joins Toby Manhire and Annabelle Lee Mather, both of whom were in the audience at last night’s Newshub ...
09.22.2020 The best and worst of last night’s debates Election debate season is finally upon us, and the Gone By Lunchtime trio are here to talk Tuesday night’s two big debates. The Hui’s livestreamed Waiariki candidate debate between Hannah Tamaki, Rawiri Waititi and Tamati Coffey, and TVNZ’s leaders’ debate ...
09.15.2020 Welcome to Middelburg, Aotearoa Ben Thomas never attends a party without a whakataukī in his pocket, and he does not disappoint in this week's edition of Gone By Lunchtime. Along with Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire, Ben sprinkles the wisdom on everything from the ...
09.08.2020 The Gone By Lunchtime apology special This week: Labour are promising a Matariki holiday, National are promising a health-driven response to meth addiction, and the Greens are trying to put the train back on the rails with the aid of several million apologies from James Shaw ...
08.25.2020 Late night lockdown politics with the Alert Level Three Covid-19 continues to dominate the political agenda, with Jacinda Ardern and cabinet having extended level three for the Auckland region until the end of the weekend. Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire discuss the risks of lockdown fatigue, the ...
08.17.2020 The Gone By Lunchtime guide to political edging Most elements of life under lockdown feel a little bit easier the second time around, but not recording an episode of Gone By Lunchtime. After being held up for over an hour by a confusing tech issue (Ben’s new phone ...
08.11.2020 Mervmania hits the 2020 election campaign With 39 days to go until New Zealand goes to the polls, talkback caller 'Merv' has lit up the election campaign, delivering a deeply unmellow curtain-raiser to the National Party's Auckland Central candidate selection. Plus: the Labour launch, NZ First's ...
08.05.2020 Why Auckland Central is 2020's most exciting electorate The scale of the summit for the National Party? A poll came out last week with Labour at 53%, and that was considered good news for Judith Collins and the Strong Team. With a month before advanced voting begins, Annabelle, ...
07.30.2020 Politics in Pubs 3: Simon Bridges on National Party upheavals, politics, and post-yak life For the third Politics in Pubs event, recorded live at Meow in Wellington, former National Party leader Simon Bridges joins Danyl Mclauchlan to talk the events of 2020, what the role of the opposition leader is in a time of ...
07.28.2020 Politics roguecast: A bombshell poll for Judith Collins and National Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas dust off the bazookas scattered around New Zealand politics in this week's Gone By Lunchtime. A new Newshub poll has put Judith Collins' National Party on 25.1%, Jacinda Ardern's Labour on 60.9%, and ...
07.21.2020 Politics podcast: Judith Collins and the hot air Falloon Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas on the Andrew Falloon scandal and its implications for a beleaguered National Party, a big weekend for Winston Peters and NZ First, and the chorus calling to charge arriving New Zealanders for their ...
07.13.2020 Emergency politics Toddcast: The National Party after Muller Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas reel at the announcement that Todd Muller has resigned as leader of the opposition. At 7.30am, just 53 days after he replaced Simon Bridges as leader of the National Party, Todd Muller announced ...
07.07.2020 Politics podcast: The slogans have landed. Plus: a formal apology Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas on ministerial resignations in the recent and middle-distant past, a new book from Judith Collins, and the reinvention of Simon Bridges The Gone By Lunchtime triumvirate convenes to chew on all the issues, ...
06.23.2020 Politics in pubs podcast: Chlöe Swarbrick and Danyl Mclauchlan In the second of our pre-election events, a collaboration between Spinoff Members and Verb Wellington, Danyl Mclauchlan talks to Chlöe Swarbrick, the MP seeking to tip the table of politics from inside parliament. The third Politics on Pubs, featuring Danyl ...
06.19.2020 Politics podcast: The week the Covid-19 response went downhill Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire on efforts to resolve the failures exposed in the self-isolation system. As the saying goes, a week is a long time in the response to an unprecedented global pandemic, and so it has ...
05.21.2020 Politics podcast: The bloody battle for the National Party leadership Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire on Simon Bridges' fight to hang on to the top job in National. On Friday National MPs gather in Wellington to vote on the future of Simon Bridges and Paula Bennett. After miserable ...
04.28.2020 Politics in pubs podcast: Danyl Mclauchlan, Andrea Vance and Neale Jones In the first of a series of now-virtual events, Danyl is joined by a journalist and a former political staffer to discuss politics and the media. Two months ago today, Spinoff Members and Verb Wellington cheerfully unveiled a new collaboration: ...
04.23.2020 Politics podcast: Gone by lockdowntime In the world's first ever podcast undertaken by people in remote locations, it's New Zealand's leading epidemiologists and economists, Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas. An exclusive reading by the velvet voiced Jacinda Ardern biographer Madeleine Chapman kicks off ...
03.05.2020 Politics podcast: Covid-19 and its political dimension Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire are not medical doctors, or in fact doctors of any kind, but here they overcome this minor impediment and solve coronavirus. The Gone By Lunchtime trio look at the political and economic implications ...
02.19.2020 Politics podcast: The many circles of donation hell Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire inhale the unsweet aromas of donation scandal enveloping NZ First, National, and by association the prime minister herself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.31.2020 Gone By Lunchtime: positive, factual, robust, stable, genius Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee and Ben Thomas are back to kick off the election year with Winston, roads, and serious fraud charges. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.19.2019 The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019 Join various hosts of The Spinoff podcasts Gone by Lunchtime, On The Rag, The Real Pod, Paper Cuts, The Offspin, and Dietary Requirements as we look back at the car crash that was 2019. In this special end of year ...
12.06.2019 Politics podcast: live from the Gone by Lunchtime Christmas party This month on the politics podcast it's the Gone by Lunchtime Christmas Party and Toby's brought a baggie of oregano. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.14.2019 Politics podcast: Peter Jackson is not the mayor of Wellington But he did play a crucial role in helping Andy Foster knock over Justin Lester. Team Gone By Lunchtime size up the local elections, gaze plaintively at the dramas in the NZ First Party, and ask how bad the new ...
10.07.2019 Politics podcast special: Livin’ la vida local Area man Hayden Donnell joins Toby Manhire for a bonus edition of Gone By Lunchtime, leading a whistlestop tour of the local elections. Fresh from an assignment in the Far North, the mayor of the Spinoff’s local elections pop-up section, ...
09.12.2019 Politics podcast special: On Sarah, the Labour staffer, and the botched party inquiry Revelations around alleged sexual assault by a Labour staffer and the party inquiry into his behaviour have dominated the week. Alex Casey and Mihi Forbes join Gone By Lunchtime to survey the damage. Alex Casey, author of the Spinoff feature ...
07.31.2019 Politics podcast: Simon Bridges, you, and the Ihumātao groundswell Annabelle Lee-Mather, Toby Manhire and Ben Thomas feast on the political morsels of the month. including the National Party conference and a challenge to Jacinda Ardern over Ihumātao. Plus: a new jingle. The Gone By Lunchtime team look at Simon ...
07.03.2019 Politics podcast: We shall reshuffle you In this new edition of Gone By Lunchtime, Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas weigh reshuffles in senior ranks of both the big parties as well as Oranga Tamariki and David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill. Plus: a ...
06.07.2019 Politics Podcast: The Wellbeing Hack Was the wellbeing budget truly transformational? Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee and Ben Thomas size it up, along with the high drama prelude of the so-called Treasury hack. Plus: Is the time ripe for a new Christian Conservative political party? See ...
05.24.2019 Politics podcast: Reliving the 2017 election with Jacinda Ardern In this bonus edition of Gone By Lunchtime, the prime minister talks to Toby Manhire at the Auckland Writers Festival Last weekend at the Auckland Writers Festival, Jacinda Ardern spoke with Spinoff editor Toby Manhire about the extraordinary election campaign ...
05.01.2019 Politics podcast: Gone by Slushy Time Is the bond of trust and confidence between Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee-Mather as strong as that between Judith Collins and Simon Bridges? In the latest Gone By Lunchtime, also featuring Toby Manhire and Ben Thomas, we investigate over a ...
03.29.2019 Politics podcast: the aftermath In the wake of the appalling act of terror in Christchurch, the Gone by Lunchtime team assemble to asses the event and its political implications. Topics discussed include the impact on an often-marginalised community, the move to change our gun ...
03.07.2019 Politics podcast: Good-time tax chats with your pals Annabelle Lee, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire send their lifeboats into the great capital gains tax minestrone ocean. Michael Cullen's Tax Working Group report has been published, sending the nation into untold capital gains tax convulsions. The Gone By Lunchtime ...
02.13.2019 Politics podcast: Ardern promises delivery, Bridges prays for deliverance The Gone By Lunchtime peloton roars into 2019. Just as you’re wondering whether it’s too late to say Happy new year to people, Annabelle Lee, Toby Manhire and Ben Thomas wish you a happy new year with a return to ...
12.07.2018 Politics pod: Unchained Mallardry, MAGA Barry, ILG damned and the stars of 2018 In the last politics podcast of the year, Annabelle Lee, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire rub their weary eyes and stick out their stockings. Trevor Mallard has hogged headlines in recent days: first after his commissioning of an inquiry into ...
11.08.2018 Politics podcast: Will the Jami-Lee Ross saga leave lasting damage? Toby Manhire is joined by iconic duo Annabelle Lee and Ben Thomas to rake the leaves of the JLR saga – and the mini-crises confronting the government, too. The overlord of all successful television in New Zealand, Annabelle Lee, restores ...
10.16.2018 Emergency podcast: Jami-Lee Ross declares war on Simon Bridges Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire assess an extraordinary 24 hours in NZ politics, as a relatively unspectacular expenses leak transmogrifies into the biggest Jami-Lee-based farce since A Fish Called Wanda. Guest starring Sam Brooks with a critique of Ross's incredible ...

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Gone By Lunchtime episodes:

Summer reissue: The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick

Summer reissue: Mervmania

Summer reissue: Politics in Pubs with Simon Bridges

Summer reissue: Emergency Toddcast

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020

End of year special with Jacinda Ardern

The Golden Handbrake Awards 2020

Lustful frothing at parliament returns

A rummage through Labour's new cabinet

The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick

Bonus episode: On the road with Alex Braae

The final countdown to Election 2020

Judgement day beckons after the third leaders' debate

The second NZ leaders' debate, assessed

The best and worst of last night’s debates

Welcome to Middelburg, Aotearoa

The Gone By Lunchtime apology special

Late night lockdown politics with the Alert Level Three

The Gone By Lunchtime guide to political edging

Mervmania hits the 2020 election campaign

Why Auckland Central is 2020's most exciting electorate

Politics in Pubs 3: Simon Bridges on National Party upheavals, politics, and post-yak life

Politics roguecast: A bombshell poll for Judith Collins and National

Politics podcast: Judith Collins and the hot air Falloon

Emergency politics Toddcast: The National Party after Muller

Politics podcast: The slogans have landed. Plus: a formal apology

Politics in pubs podcast: Chlöe Swarbrick and Danyl Mclauchlan

Politics podcast: The week the Covid-19 response went downhill

Politics podcast: The bloody battle for the National Party leadership

Politics in pubs podcast: Danyl Mclauchlan, Andrea Vance and Neale Jones

Politics podcast: Gone by lockdowntime

Politics podcast: Covid-19 and its political dimension

Politics podcast: The many circles of donation hell

Gone By Lunchtime: positive, factual, robust, stable, genius

The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019

Politics podcast: live from the Gone by Lunchtime Christmas party

Politics podcast: Peter Jackson is not the mayor of Wellington

Politics podcast special: Livin’ la vida local

Politics podcast special: On Sarah, the Labour staffer, and the botched party inquiry

Politics podcast: Simon Bridges, you, and the Ihumātao groundswell

Politics podcast: We shall reshuffle you

Politics Podcast: The Wellbeing Hack

Politics podcast: Reliving the 2017 election with Jacinda Ardern

Politics podcast: Gone by Slushy Time

Politics podcast: the aftermath

Politics podcast: Good-time tax chats with your pals

Politics podcast: Ardern promises delivery, Bridges prays for deliverance

Politics pod: Unchained Mallardry, MAGA Barry, ILG damned and the stars of 2018

Politics podcast: Will the Jami-Lee Ross saga leave lasting damage?

Emergency podcast: Jami-Lee Ross declares war on Simon Bridges

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