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Focus on Politics: A housing market aflame
6:50 PM.The housing market continues to defy predictions of a post-Covid slump, with prices hitting new records around the country and RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson asks: what is the Government going to… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Leaving behind Oranga Tamariki
6:38 PM.Footage of the attempted removal of a Maori newborn propelled Oranga Tamariki into the spotlight, making it one of the most fraught and challenging areas for Tracey Martin as the Minister for… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: A Full Cabinet
6:38 PM.While all eyes may be on the volatile US election fallout, the NZ Prime Minister has spent the week quietly assembling her second term government. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch takes a… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Referenda Madness
6:41 PM.The people have spoken. The provisional referendum results are in. And it's two very different tales on euthanasia and cannabis. RNZ Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch breaks down the numbers and… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: The Campaign Mop Up
6:30 PM.A thumping Labour win and a National humiliation. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch checks in with the rest of the gallery team to dissect the 2020 election result and what it means for the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Campaign Week Five
6:35 PM.RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson catches up with the rest of the political team as the election creeps closer. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Campaign Week Four
6:38 PM.A poll, policy, debates and Serious Fraud Office charges - it was a big week on the campaign trail. RNZ senior political reporter Jo Moir catches up with the rest of the gallery team who've been… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Campaign Chat
6:38 PM.RNZ's political team gets together for a wrap-up of the week on the campaign trail. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Grim reading
6:38 PM.It was a horror week of economic news as the Government opened the books ahead of the election. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson breaks down the numbers. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Campaign Week One
6:40 PM.The Covid campaign kicked off proper this week and it was Labour's tax plan front and centre. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch talks to the rest of the gallery team who've been following… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: The Green School Fiasco
6:35 PM.What seemed at first to be a minor misjudgement ballooned into a major scandal for the Green Party co-leader James Shaw this week, with each day bringing fresh revelations about the Green School… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Mandatory mass masking
6:35 PM.Cabinet has agreed to make masks mandatory on public transport at any time the country is in level 2 or above. The move was prompted by the transmission of Covid-19 on an Auckland bus, but some… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: False-start to the Campaign
6:35 PM.The election has been postponed by a further four weeks and will now be held on October 17. The decision to change the election ultimately falls on the shoulders of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Into the Campaign
6:45 PM.The parliamentary term is over and the campaign begins. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Polls, Policies and Political spats
6:45 PM.It was a week of poll results - some the Opposition accepted - others they would not. But with the election just seven weeks away there was also policy and as the campaign ramps up, there was some… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Scandals and Sackings
6:45 PM.Focus on politics, looks at another week of scandals, sackings and forced resignations. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Collins takes control
6:45 PM.It was a week of turmoil and tumult for the Opposition with a host of resignations and a reshuffle. And it all ended with an outcome many in the National Party had called an impossibility: Judith… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Leaks, escapees and resignations
6:35 PM.Parliament was in recess this week, but that didn't stop politicians dominating the headlines. The week started with a confession and ended with another one. RNZ political reporter Jo Moir reports. Audio
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Focus on Politics: A World in Lockdown
6:35 PM.Global travel restrictions forced by Covid remain a fact of life. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Bloomfield vs Clark
6:40 PM.It doesn't take long for things to unravel when the public gets a whiff of incompetence. This week the breakdown between Health Minister David Clark and Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Breakdown at the Border
5:00 PM.A border botch-up this week saw two Covid-19 cases slip through the cracks, shattering public confidence in the quarantine scheme. It sent the Government scrambling to patch the holes in the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: An eye on the purse strings
6:40 PM.New Zealand has averted a health crisis, but could be headed for an economic downturn. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson talks to Finance Minister Grant Robertson about what's in New Zealand's… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: A Creaking Coalition
6:40 PM.RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson asks what toll the looming election is taking on the government's creaking coalition. Audio
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First week for new National Party leader
6:40 PM.New National leader Todd Muller talks about the leadership spill, his caucus and the upcoming election. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Unprecedented Times
6:38 PM."In unprecedented times, you make unprecedented decisions" - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern New Zealand has closed its borders. Mass gatherings have been banned. Travelling Kiwis have been told to come… Read more Audio