An exclusive poll reveals the state of the race in the Tauranga by-election. Can Labour cement its gains from 2020 and what will it foretell about election 2023? 

Senior Reporter Conor Whitten is on the ground in the battleground electorate, bringing behind the scenes access to each of the major campaigns. 

Māori Ministers have been on a roadshow selling this year's big budget spend up.. Kelvin Davis, Willie Jackson and Meka Whaitiri join us to justify their decisions and how they fit into the roadmap to co-governance.
National says New Zealand has dropped the ball in the Pacific, Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee on what he’d do differently as Minister.  

And dissecting the news of the week on our panel: Scott Campbell from Campbell Squared communications, Hayden Munro from Capital Government Relations and National Māori Authority’s Mathew Tukaki.

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