Politics NZ

By RNZ

If you follow New Zealand politics, you'll want to follow Politics NZ. Get Nine to Noon Politics, The Whip, Morning Report's politicians panel, Focus on Politics, The House, & Context all in one f... more

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The podcast currently has 164 episodes available.

Politics NZ episodes:

July 14, 2026 Morning Report Weekly Political Panel: Simon Watts and Carmel Sepuloni
Simon Watts and Carmel Sepuloni joined Morning Report this morning for the Weekly Political Panel.
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13min
July 13, 2026 Political commentators Brigitte Morten and Dale Husband
Brigitte, Dale and Kathryn discuss recent events in politics including the visit from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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27min
July 12, 2026 Leader of the House: Juggling a jigsaw puzzle
Louise Upston gives her take on her new part-time full-time job: managing the Government’s entire legislative programme as Leader of the House.
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16min
July 08, 2026 The Whip for 8 July 2026
Join Wallace for an action-packed half hour of politics. He is joined by panellists Corin Dann, Jenna Lynch and Sue Bradford.
First, how should we be reading into China's missile test in the South Pacific? Then, as coalition partners opt out of backing a proposed social media ban, could National and Labour join forces to get it through? And what does that say about the state of the coalition? Finally, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is decrying the India Free Trade Agreement, even as Prime Minister Modi visits New Zealand for the first time in 40 years.
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28min
July 07, 2026 Political commentators Neale Jones and Tracey Martin
Neale, Tracey and Kathryn discuss recent events in politics.
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29min
July 07, 2026 Morning Report Weekly Political Panel: Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni
Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni joined Morning Report this morning for the Weekly Political Panel.
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17min
July 05, 2026 House on Sunday: Ministerial responsibility & key bills from a big week
We ask whether ministers can evade questions by claiming operational independence, and note some key bills from a huge week.
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13min
July 03, 2026 Outrage over emergency housing targets
Following revelations the Ministry of Social Development had implemented performance measures related to cutting the number of people in emergency housing, political reporter Lauren Crimp takes a look at the reaction and asks the top boss whether they've left more people sleeping on the streets.
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17min
July 01, 2026 The Whip for 1 July
Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Jonathan Milne, Annabelle Lee-Mather and John Boscawen. First, they look at a scathing report on the stripped back school lunch programme, and then, National's new Kiwisaver policy. Did they rob Labour's glory? And, are MPs domestic travel bills getting out of hand?
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27min
June 30, 2026 Morning Report Weekly Political Panel: Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni
Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni joined Morning Report this morning for the Weekly Political Panel.
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14min

FAQs about Politics NZ:

How many episodes does Politics NZ have?

The podcast currently has 164 episodes available.