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Politics Central episodes

  • David Carter: The Maori Party make debating difficult

    Act MP Karen Chhour has raised concerns with Parliament becoming an unsafe working environment following personal attacks surrounding her youth offender boot camp. 

    Former Speaker of the House Sir David Carter joins Tim Beveridge on The Weekend Collective to discuss whether the conversation around race relations will ever cool down. 

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    7 min
  • Erica Stanford: "I'm focused on raising achievement"

    The National Party announced a policy today to improve achievement levels in maths, following their Annual General Meeting this weekend. 

    Education Minister Erica Stanford joins Tim Beveridge on The Weekend Collective to discuss this and more. 

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    11 min
  • Tim Fadgen: Harris and Trump "neck-in-neck"

    Joe Biden and Barack Obama have both given their endorsement for Kamala Harris for Presidency, following Biden announcing he would be stepping down before the next election.

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    9 min
  • Ricardo Menendez-March: Tana decision looms as Greens wrap AGM

    The Green Party has announced they are pushing back their decision on the future of Darleen Tana as they wrap up their AGM today. 

    Ricardo Menendez-March joins Tim Beveridge on The Weekend Collective to discuss the outcome from the AGM. 

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    10 min
  • Dan Mitchinson: Joe Biden likely to step down from leadership

    The Republican National Convention has been and gone with Donald Trump being confirmed as the Republican Presidential nominee, and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate. 

    U.S. Correspondent Dan Mitchinson joins Tim Beveridge on The Weekend Collective to discuss how the convention went. 

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    16 min
  • Housing Minister expects Kainga Ora evictions to rise

    Housing Minister Chris Bishop expects to see Kainga Ora evictions rise before improving. 

    This comes after the Government ordered the housing agency to end the Sustaining Tenancies Framework in March. 

    The Minister joined Tyler Adams on The Weekend Collective to discuss what he hopes will come of this. 

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    17 min
  • Donald Trump injured in assassination attempt

    Former President Donald Trump is injured after what seems to have been an assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania campaign rally.

    The former President says the bullet scraped his ear, while two people have died and one is seriously injured. 

    US Correspondent Mitch McCann spoke with Tyler Adams on The Weekend Collective to give all the latest. 

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    11 min

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Newstalk ZB serves up what you need to know, on all things politics at home, and abroad. The show reviews, previews, analyses and challenges the biggest political issues of the week, with all the big…