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Stuart Nash is out of politics for good after another massive, self-inflicted wound. After falling out of Cabinet under Labour and trying to rebuild his career with Winston Peters and New Zealand First, Nash lasted just one week before sending a text to former National minister Chris Finlayson criticizing a local Napier candidate.
We look at how Winston Peters acted quickly to force him out, why Christopher Luxon ruled him out of Cabinet, and how Nash repeatedly ruined his own political comebacks through a lack of discipline and poor judgment.
Plus, we speak with Mark Hooper, a Taranaki farmer with Federated Farmers, about the government stepping in to halt iwi co-governance agreements with local councils. We discuss what needs to replace these agreements under the new planning rules, the high costs and delays of cultural impact assessments for regular landowners, and why New Zealand needs a transparent, high-trust planning system that works for all farmers and ratepayers.
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We just handed $60 million in taxpayer money to Golden Bay Cement because our own Emissions Trading Scheme made it cheaper to import cement from overseas than to make it here. Why are we forcing New Zealand businesses to pay heavy carbon costs when our international competitors do not? Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers Union joins us to break down why the ETS needs an immediate freeze.
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We told you co-governance was alive and kicking in local councils, and now the government has finally stepped in to stop it. While mainstream newsrooms looked the other way, local communities were left in the dark about major agreements affecting their rates and properties. Duncan is joined by Far North councillor Davina Smolders to break down what went wrong and how we fix local government.
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New Zealand First wants to spend one billion dollars surveying what lies beneath our oceans to find oil and gas. Is this total madness during a cost-of-living crisis, or is it common sense to audit our resources?
Duncan gets the hard answers from Resources Minister Shane Jones on how we fund it and if the big rigs are coming back
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Forget what the pundits are saying about who is packing boxes for the ninth floor of the Beehive. The rolling poll of polls shows New Zealand is heading into one of the closest elections in modern political history, and the country is split straight down the middle.
We break down the razor-thin margins alongside Ashley Church and Maurice Williamson. From the National Party strategy friction to the minor party wild cards, it all comes down to coalition mathematics.
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Nearly one in five young Aucklanders has completely pressed pause on life. Shane Jones says New Zealand First has a radical plan to deploy unemployed youth into the military to learn basic discipline and routine.
Critics will scream conscription, but doing nothing is a complete surrender. We ask if structured national service is exactly what our drifting generation needs.
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The uncomfortable truth National MPs won’t say out loud is that nothing is moving the dial. With eight consecutive polls putting the party under 30%, Christopher Luxon has a massive messenger problem.
Plus, the man himself, Paul Henry, joins the podcast. He reveals why he’s trading his runway for a run at Parliament with Act, and whether he can actually survive the mundane reality of Wellington.
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Christopher Luxon just delivered one of the most animated speeches of his prime ministership to 10,000 Kiwi Indians at Spark Arena. He went all out, laying down massive praise for the community.
But not everyone is happy. Coalition partner Shane Jones is calling out immigration overreach, and some viewers feel regular Kiwis were completely thrown under the bus. We look at the tight politics behind it all.
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A new Conservation Amendment Bill is moving through Parliament, and it is ringing alarm bells. Elected member Luka Jansen joins us to blow the whistle on a hidden clause that completely removes civil and criminal liability for board members.
We look at the reality of co-governance on the ground, from burnt-down huts in the Urewera to wild dogs and blocked public access. Is this bill just a stalking horse for development and bureaucracy?
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Another generation of kids is disappearing down the digital rabbit hole while politicians tie themselves in knots over complicated online bans. We talk to political commentator Ani O’Brien about a brilliant, simple solution: stop overcomplicating the technology and just ban the smartphone hardware for under-16s.
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The Reserve Bank just delivered an interest rate hike that the National Party desperately wanted to avoid. This completely shatters their script, yet Nicola Willis is trying to spin this as a sign of a strengthening economic recovery.
We check in with Ani O'Brien and Ashley Church to see if this economic turnaround is actually real or just more Wellington spin.
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We are focusing on victims today as we look at Act's three strikes proposal for repeat burglars. Burglary is a home invasion, not a property crime, so why does our system treat it so lightly? Plus, Minister Shane Jones is in the studio. He is fired up about West Coast mining, the India trade deal, and why co-governance is growing like a tapeworm.
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Labour is promising three free GP visits for everyone. It sounds great, but we are hundreds of doctors short right now. Outgoing GP boss Dr Brian Betty joins us to look past the political slogans at the reality of our healthcare system.
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We have finally seen common sense win after Parliament ditched an absurd rule that banned real estate agents from working for five years over a missed 90-minute course. Plus, we dive into the multi-million-dollar road cone madness. A traffic boss fronts up on why Auckland is dragging its feet on new rules and why worker abuse is spiking.
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The 40-year-old conservation system is broken, and bureaucratic delays are letting pests ruin our land. We talk to South Island farmers Richard and Simon, who are fighting for common-sense updates to the law. They are on the frontline while Wellington insiders argue over ideology. Plus, we look at your feedback on the political circus in the Beehive.
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We look at the massive shakeup to New Zealand's road cone madness as new deregulation rules kick in. David Seymour has already saved taxpayers millions of dollars, but the Wellington media bubble completely ignored the announcement. Plus, we expose the truth about The Opportunity Party and their actual political agenda.
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The old political duopoly is cracking. The latest polling shows voters are walking away from National and Labour in droves while smaller parties surge. We sit down with pollster David Farrar to break down the rise of The Opportunities Party, their surprisingly left-wing policies, and why the mainstream media is completely ignoring the real story.
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The Opportunities Party has climbed to 6.5% in the latest Roy Morgan poll as Labour falls to a new low of 25.5%.
Duncan examines TOP’s policies and leadership and asks whether voters are being sold a centrist alternative that is, in reality, firmly aligned with Labour and the Greens.
He also follows up on the controversy at Horizons Regional Council, the agreements being negotiated with 14 iwi and the pressure facing councillors who raise concerns publicly.
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Another day, another massive bill dropped on Kiwi ratepayers with absolutely zero transparency. This week, Horizons Regional Council is quietly rushing through 14 separate co-governance agreements under the Resource Management Act. We speak to whistleblower councillor Luka Jensen about the information overload, the ballooning costs, and why local democracy is being compromised behind closed doors.
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We pull back the curtain on The Opportunities Party and look at whether it is quietly becoming part of Labour's broader coalition architecture. Plus Shane Jones joins us to front up after the government backed down on the conservation land battle. We look at why National got nervous and why New Zealand First refuses to give up targeting the estate for economic growth.
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