Chris Trotter
Jacinda and Labour take a hit in polls
With just about a year out from the country's next election, the Labour Party and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have taken quite a hit in the polls. Labour was the only party to lose support in the… Audio
Chris Trotter expects Labour to take hit in polls
It's one of the oldest cliches at Parliament - that "a week is a long time in politics" - but it's rarely as true as it was this week. The Labour Party has been subject to a firestorm of intense… Audio
Labour on 43%, National on 39% in latest poll
One News/Colmar Brunton poll has Labour on 43 percent and National on 39 percent. Jacinda Ardern is preferred PM on 35 percent. Chris Trotter joins us live. Audio
Why Jacinda, why now? Our panel weighs in
Political commentators assess how much impact Jacinda Ardern's seemingly certain elevation to Labour's deputy leadership will make. Audio
Dylan Taylor: the ESRA think tank
Kim Hill talks to Dr Dylan Taylor, lecturer in Sociology at Victoria University of Wellington, editor of Counterfutures, and member of the board of trustees and a researcher for new think-tank… Audio
Trans Pacific Partnership - Chris Trotter
It seems there are deep divisions within the Labour caucus whether to support the trade deal. Audio
The first western journalist embedded with IS
Jurgen Todenhofer is a prominent German author, politician, and journalist. He's 75 now. He's also a very brave man. Audio
The wish for Pandas
Defence Minister Gerry Brownleee hand-delivering to China a request to have Pandas. Labour called him a courier. Audio
The Rugby World Cup matches
Mark Reason the international sports columnist joins us again. Audio
Panel says
What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Chris Trotter have been thinking about. Audio
Perspectives from millennials
Bloomberg poll of Americans aged 18 to 35 has found nearly 50% do not expect to live better than their parents. 15 percent of the 25 to 34-year olds are living with their parents, up from 10 percent… Audio
Chris Brown visit
Interesting that Nanaia Mahuta's sceptical of the Brown visit but Tuku Morgan wants to host him at Turangawaewae. Division even within the one iwi over this one. Stop Demand works to combat the sexual… Audio
The world economy
From the Financial Post; why the world economy as we know it is about to be turned on its head. Audio
The TPPA could be signed this week
Helen Clark's come out saying it'd be unthinkable if NZ were left out of this deal. Audio
John Key's speech to UN
The Prime Minister's speech at the U.N. feisty... not to a full house, admittedly. Audio
Latest US shooting rampage
The lone shooter, the 10 people dead at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. Audio
The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Chris Trotter (Part 2)
Bloomberg poll of Americans aged 18 to 35 has found nearly 50% do not expect to live better than their parents. 15 percent of the 25 to 34-year olds are living with their parents, up from 10 percent… Audio
The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Chris Trotter (Part 1)
What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Chris Trotter have been up to. The lone shooter, the 10 people dead at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. The Prime Minister's speech at the U.N. feisty… Audio
Chris Trotter - Discussing British Labour Party's new leader
Chris Trotter gives us his point of view on what the New Zealand Labour Party can learn from the UK campaign. Audio