The Iron Duke Podcast

And just like that, we're just three weeks out from the 2026 Election! Jesse and Henry bring you up to speed on the latest developments in what remains an incredibly tight race.

Have a burning question about politics, policy or anything election related? Get in touch with one of the Iron Duke team and we'll tackle your questions on next week's episode.

Who knows... you might even score yourself a free ticket to our live podcast in Wellington next month!

Debate season is in full swing as we hit the home straight of the election race. Henry, Ben and Jesse take you through what's been gracing our screens and the week in politics. 

Everyone's favourite political musers are back for another week! Taking you through our first leaders debate, who was their winner and who perhaps needs a little more rehearsal before they're allowed back into our living room...

With just over one month to go until Kiwis cast their ballots, Jesse and Ben sit down to unpick the discussion about strategic voting on both the left and right, the newly announced bottom lines from Opportunity, and the latest policy announcements as the campaign heats up. 

This week on the podcast Jesse, Ben & Henry cover all things new policy from the political parties as we close close into election - with less than two months on the clock. We discuss the Nat's first home buyer policy, NZF's big citizenship tranche, ACT's promise to scrap climate policies, Labour's AI "policy", the Greens big supermarket nationalisation, TPM's promise to make the Waitangi Tribunal decisions binding, and Opportunity's green industrial transition regime. 

Happy two months until the 2026 General Election! This week Jesse, Ben and Henry talk all things election policy - in other words; tax, tax, tax. 

Only four months after the previous caucus vote, National MPs were urgently called back to the capital amid fresh leadership murmurings in the media.

Once again, Christopher Luxon emerged from the caucus room as leader of the National Party and Prime Minister.

But what will this latest bout of instability mean for the campaign? Who benefits — and who is best placed to capitalise?

With fewer than 90 days until the election, Jesse and Ben sit down to unpack what it all means as Kiwis weigh up who will get their vote.

This week Ben and Henry take you through a series of topics in what has been a feisty start to this year's pre-election period. Enjoy this episode as we bring you up to speed on all things policy and politics. 

Welcome back listeners! This week on the show, Jesse, Ben and Henry have a take or two on the following topics: might our domestic economy be finally turning (again); the philosophical policy debate challenging whether only New Zealand citizens should be granted voting rights; and one of us takes issue with this whole KiwiSaver thing... 

Have a good long weekend.  

This week the team at Iron Duke Studios takes you through their peaks and pits on a local, domestic and international level. We talk about the democratic challenges arising from Wellington's Golden Mile project, whether this election will be when TOP finally slip into Parliament, and is Trump's Iran deal a flop?