Reuben Davidson is the new kid on the block, in his first time and at the time of recording, just 3 days into his new portfolio as Labour's spokesperson for Broadcasting, Media and the Creative Economy, his years of experience as a producer of one of New Zealand's longest running shows is helping him navigate his new role in Parliament.

“Heartless” procurement changes for government, FAFO time for Destiny “Church”, school yard taunts from the PM and more in This Week’s The News.

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Police have announced the first 4 arrests and first round of charges against Destiny Church connected thugs who were involved at an incident at Te Atatu during Pride week, and it may impact Brian Tamaki himself, with some pretty solid looking issues around incitement that could also help Haus of Flash in their case against Tamaki - all while providing a chance for law makers to consider changing intimidation laws.

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Christopher Luxon was stuck in an awkward position yesterday - he had to find an MP to look at how woke the public service had gotten after Winston’s imported culture war ramblings, claiming he wants a meritocracy like his own government. He settled on Judith Collins, and I get it - it’s not easy to find an MP who is there based on merit and not woke to do the job…

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Full disclosure here, I actually recorded this yesterday before the latest TPU Curia Poll - but that confirmed the same poll results for Winston and NZ First, which is part of the reason why we see Winston digging out his Culture War appropriation notes recently.

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This week we look at how media can try and make excess seem palatable - with society insiders, nice Millionaires and the difference between all and some!

The NZ Herald still run society Pages and often they’re filled with the social movements of the children of the rich and powerful - in ways you might not realise.

The Herald is also running a bit of a PR Campaign to humanise Millionaires - like this week’s edition with Sir Russell Couts.

And one word can make a difference - with the use of All or Some in a headline about job applications for Ikea.

Former Detective Inspector Lance Burdett joins us for this week's Interview Series.

An expert in Terrorism and safety, having trained with the US Secret Service and FBI, he was in charge of security for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, the London Olympics and worked ere in Aotearoa on a range of areas, including security details for Prime Ministers.

In this week's episode we talk to Lance about the risks built in to the new Citizens Arrest laws being proposed, the dangers of radicalisation and the science behind how lockdowns impact those risks and the needs for limits on free speech, along with a huge range of other topics.

In This Week’s The News - Ferry Deals, changing usage on public transport, speed limit changes, Bogan celebrations and more.

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The week has been weird - full of more twists and turns than a daily soap opera…

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Let them eat Marmite when it comes to school lunches, is a bit rich from a government who claims to want to base decisions on facts and evidence, driven to improve outcomes in the basics done brilliantly.

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