Bombs, budgets, and bulldust - it’s a big one this week on The Bradbury Group. Host Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury welcomes on Dr Yousef Aljamal, who drops some truth bombs about Gaza the mainstream media won’t touch, while Trump and Netanyahu turn the apocalypse into a pool party ad. Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan unpack the US/Israel strikes on Iran and wonder who’s really driving the clown car. Then, it’s over to our political panel of legends - John Tamihere, Simon Wilson, and Craig Renney - to tackle Tarsh Kemp’s legacy, tough-on-crime cosplay, and the economy doing its best Titanic impression.

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Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury goes full throttle this week, torching US President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran, New Zealand's foreign policy flip-flops, and NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon’s “China’s not a threat” eyebrow-raiser. The panel takes aim at seabed mining madness, with Iwi told to play nice - or else - and Shane Jones’ “drill baby drill” cosplay. With economic storm clouds gathering and food bank queues growing, Bomber asks - is this pro-growth or just pro-greed?

As well as that, Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick dials in, and we have our War on News.

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This week’s Bradbury Group is a powerhouse panel episode. Former PM Helen Clark joins Teanau Tuiono to unpack the Iran–Israel war and what it means for New Zealand’s foreign policy. Then, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Simon Wilson and Matthew Tukaki debate major issues: sick leave cuts, WorkSafe rollbacks, and Budget 2025. Don’t miss NZ’s boldest political debate — only on The Bradbury Group. Powered by Waatea News.

Welcome to The Bradbury Group, where Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury slings political zingers sharper than Treasury's red pens! This post-budget special features a feisty panel: Labour’s Barbara Edmonds, corporate queen Fran O’Sullivan, and ex-National MP-turned-journo Claudette Hauiti. Māori Party’s Takuta Ferris joins for a sizzling 1-on-1, roasting seabed mining, racist double standards, and the budget’s Māori funding flop. The “War on News” blasts Paul Goldsmith’s tone-deaf tweets, trickle-up economics, and Chris Bishop’s 1950s cosplay. Expect fierce debate, fiscal despair, and butter existentialism - because in Aotearoa, even dairy prices are weaponised.

Welcome to The Bradbury Group, an independent political podcast where sharp wit meets sharper hooks! This is episode one - a pre-Budget special for 2025 - and its power panel features John Tamihere, the Māori Party’s kingpin; Matthew Hooton, right-wing Slytherin-turned-columnist saboteur; and Craig Renney, Jedi economist for the working class. They tackle the week’s chaos - Māori MPs getting banished like it’s Hogwarts detention, a budget that may or may not bleed Milton Friedman’s ghost, and pay parity slashed with Thatcherite flair. Throw in a 10 minute catch-up with leader of the Opposition Chris Hipkins, and Bomber's War on News (which should be pretty self explanatory).

It’s politics, but with punchlines and purpose.

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism
• Matthew Hooton - NZ Herald Columnist

And all of our SPECIAL GUESTS:

• David Seymour
• Willie Jackson
• Gerry Brownlee
• John Tamihere
• Moana Maniapoto
• Brad Olsen
• Chris Hipkins

Tonight each of our guests will be asked:

1. What was your political highlight of 2024?
2. What was your political lowlight of 2024?
3. What is your final word for 2024?
4. What is your prediction for 2025?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Simon Wilson - Militant cyclist, recreational Jedi and NZ Herald columnist
• Jordan Williams - Pope of the Taxpayers Union and here tonight on loan from the Atlas Network
• Shane Te Pou - Māori Broadcasting legend, political provocateur and NZ Herald columnist

Tonight's Issues:

1. The Economy in 2024 and how it impacts 2025
2. Race Relations in 2024 and the Treaty Referendum Bill in 2025 
3. The Environment in 2024 and what 2025 might bring
4. Where will Geopolitics in 2024 lead in 2025?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism
• Gareth Hughes - Labour Party MP for the mighty South Auckland
• Arena Williams - Assistant Whip and Manurewa representative

Tonight's Issues:

1. 15 Economists vs Finance Minister
2. 84 000 Hikoi to Parliament vs Heather Du Plisse Allan
3. Matthew Hooton vs Chris Luxon
4. Politics and the All Blacks vs right wing backlash

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Duncan Garner - New Zealand broadcaster and journalist
• Willie Jackson - Politician, former unionist, broadcaster and Urban Māori leader

Tonight's Issues:

1. Hikoi and protest in Parliament - End of Western Civilization or real Democracy?
2. David Seymour's response to Treaty Principles Referendum Critics seemed a tad churlish.
3. Accusations of bias in TVNZ covering Hīkoi - fair criticism or the Political right strangling free speech again?
4. What now for Treaty Principles Referendum Bill?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• David Parker - Former Minister of just about everything and Labour MP
• Peter Williams - Taxpayers Union Sergeant-at-arms and sometimes Reality Check Radio Host

Tonight's Issues:

1. Hīkoi Politics, the Treaty Principles Bill and the latest foreshore and seabed confiscation legislation
2. Should Gerry Brownlee be sacked as Speaker for barring Investigative journalist Aaron Smale? 
3. US Election result -Trump uses the UNDERmensch to empower the UBERmensch.

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