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Budgeting during a cost-of-living crisis
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson sits down with the Finance Minister Grant Robertson and National's Nicola Willis to preview this month's Budget. Read more Audio
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Covid-19 variants: Government resurgence plan
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Katie Scotcher assesses where the government's planning is for new and potentially more deadly variants. Read more Audio
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Regional security weighs on Ardern's Asia trade trip
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson looks past the spectacle of Ardern's first official trip since Covid-19 to the geopolitical tensions beneath. Read more Audio
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Finding solutions to Russia's Putin in diplomacy and law
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson examines the state of play in Ukraine, and the legal and political instruments being brought to bear against Russia. Read more Audio
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IPCA constrained: How independent is NZ's police watchdog?
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, investigative journalist Guyon Espiner talks to a leading defence lawyer, the chair of the IPCA and the commissioner of police about whether the police watchdog… Read more Video, Audio
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Media merger raises stakes for NZ journalism
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, the government is pressing ahead with its planned mega media merger. Political reporter Katie Scotcher explores what it will mean for RNZ and TVNZ, as well the… Read more Audio
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Russia's war, New Zealand's sanctions, and the question of China
12:26 PM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson interrogates the ramifications for New Zealand of Russia's war against Ukraine. Read more Audio
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Cost of living crisis: Luxon's cuts put Labour on guard
10:00 AM.National's tax plan, and the highest inflation in decades has the government feeling the pinch. Political Editor Jane Patterson counts the costs for both parties. Read more Audio
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Border breakthrough: Ending the siege of Fortress New Zealand
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch recounts the siege of Fortress New Zealand and reckons with its reconnection to the world. Read more Audio
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Red light and rapid antigen requisition
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson assesses the government's readiness for the Omicron variant. Read more Audio
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An end-of-year chat with the minor party leaders
10:00 AM.In Focus on politics, RNZ's political team catch up with the minor party leaders to discuss 2021, potential allies, and Covid-19. Read more Audio
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A sit-down with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
11:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch talks with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about the year that's been. Read more Video, Audio
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A sit-down with National leader Christopher Luxon
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson talks to National's leader Chris Luxon in his new office to assess what his leadership will look like. Read more Video, Audio
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Collins, National's nuclear option, self destructs
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch delineates the nuclear destruction of Judith Collins' leadership and assesses the fallout. Read more Audio
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Intensive care: Can New Zealand weather the surge?
10:03 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson and Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn examine New Zealand's ICU and health capacity as Covid-19 spreads, and elimination shifts to… Read more Audio
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Family Court frustrations stoke calls for deeper change
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Anneke Smith looks into the Family Court system as it nears its 40-year anniversary. Read more Audio
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Will traffic lights see Covid hitting the gas?
4:00 PM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson hits the brakes and looks ahead to the traffic light system, and what it means for Covid-19 in New Zealand. Read more Audio
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New Zealand's UK and EU free trade ambitions
4:00 PM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Katie Scotcher takes a deeper look at New Zealand's free trade ambitions with the UK and Europe. Read more Audio
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Leaving lockdown at the traffic lights: Is New Zealand ready?
10:00 AM.In Focus on politics, Is New Zealand ready to move to the new Covid future? Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: The road ahead for transport
10:00 AM.In Focus on politics, Katie Scotcher explores the challenges and priorities in the inherently political transport sector. Read more Audio
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Viral inequality and ganging up on Covid-19
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson takes politicians' temperature on Covid-19 and the economic response, and how that impacts efforts to combat inequality. Read more Audio
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Three waters: Councils tapping out as minister steams ahead
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson dives into the three waters debate, plumbing the depths of local governments' opposition to the centralisation of water… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Is New Zealand moving away from elimination?
5:10 PM.Focus on Politics, is New Zealand moving away from elimination? Audio
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Lockdown: Delta outbreak raises the stakes
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch details the latest Covid-19 outbreak, the government's response, and how that's been received by the public and… Read more Audio
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Aotearoa referendum debate fuels racist abuse
10:00 AM.In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Long Form Journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui explores the harm caused when politicians question Māori values and language. Read more Audio