Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes

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The podcast currently has 101 episodes available.

Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes episodes:

June 26, 2025 Can She Win the Super City? Mayoral Candidate Kerrin Leoni on the Fight for Tāmaki Makaurau
Mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni lays out her vision for Tāmaki Makaurau, the challenges facing the Super City, and makes her case to voters in a race that could reshape Auckland's future.
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25min
June 12, 2025 Tania Waikato on the Haka That Shook the World, the Political Fall, and Why She Opposes the Regulatory Standards Bill
In the wake of an unprecedented punishment for the haka that drew global attention to the Treaty Principles Bill, Te Pāti Māori legal representative Tania Waikato reflects on the fallout, the opposition to the Regulatory Standards Bill, and what this moment reveals about Māori political power.
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27min
May 29, 2025 Chris Hipkins - A Blue Budget That's Firmly in the Red for Women and Māori
Chris Hipkins discusses the impact of the budget on Māori and how Labour plans to win back voters.
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25min
May 23, 2025 Mata Reports: ACT - The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda, and What It Means for Aotearoa
With ACT’s record 2023 election result and David Seymour’s rise to Deputy Prime Minister, the party is reshaping Aotearoa’s political landscape. But behind its growing power is a network of ideas—some homegrown, some imported—that raise questions about its stance on Te Tiriti and indigenous rights. Mata explores the forces shaping David Seymour’s ideologies, through the eyes of a former party insider.
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39min
May 15, 2025 A Woman's Worth: How the Fight for Pay Equity Just Got Harder
E tū Union National Secretary Rachel Mackintosh discusses the government’s controversial Equal Pay Amendment Act that makes it harder for women-dominated workforces to achieve pay equity.
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27min
May 01, 2025 It's a (Biological) Man's World. Shane Jones: Minister, Hitman, Culture Warrior.
Shane Jones is back on the frontlines, taking the war on woke to the Waitākere Ranges and backing a bill that would define womanhood and manhood by biology. The NZ First senior minister on co-governance, culture wars, and the politics of identity.
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25min
April 17, 2025 Erica Stanford on the future of Māori education
Minister of Education Erica Standford speaks to Mihingarangi about lifting Māori achievement in education and the delivery of the school lunch programme.
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25min
April 03, 2025 Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act
Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act.
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26min
March 20, 2025 Whānau Ora, foreign policy, frozen school lunches; Nanaia Mahuta and Tau Henare discuss
From Whānau Ora and foreign policy to frozen (or scalding) school lunches, political veterans Nanaia Mahuta and Tau Henare unpack the political stories of the week.
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28min
March 06, 2025 State of the Māori Nation - An extended interview with Willie Jackson
In an extended interview, Willie Jackson discusses the state of the Māori nation, including the controversial resignation of Richard Prebble from the Waitangi Tribunal.
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27min

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