Questions around a coup to roll National leader and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon have been swirling. When a first-term PM is already denying leadership moves, things aren’t exactly humming. Duncan gets into what’s real, what’s noise, and why National insiders are quietly asking when, not if, the pressure really lands.

Then, he sits down with Qiulae Wong, the brand-new leader of The Opportunity Party. She’s a mum of two, comes from the business world, and freely admits she never set out to be a politician. Now, she’s aiming to drag TOP to the 5 per cent threshold with a tax package she calls transformative, including land value tax, a citizens’ income, and a pitch to break the political mud-wrestling that’s turned voters off both Labour and National.

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