Episodes

  • Coalition building and bashing

    Coalition building and bashing
    Jul 6 2017
    The team discuss who's making nice with whom, the return of Shane Jones, a Greens apology, Todd Barclay implications and Māori Party-Labour fisticuffs.
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    32 mins
  • Fighting for families and the Greens' secondary explosive device

    Fighting for families and the Greens' secondary explosive device
    Jul 12 2017
    We talk about Barry Coates being "nuanced when he should have been unequivocal" on coalition agreements, as well as the battle over National and Labour's families packages.
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    27 mins
  • Tax & spend, Māori seats and the confessions of a co-leader

    Tax & spend, Māori seats and the confessions of a co-leader
    Jul 19 2017
    Labour's fiscals, Winston's growing spending tab, who wants the Māori seats, what a Green Party voter looks like and whether it's OK for Metiria Turei to have deceived WINZ (oh, and the Greens' actual family policy!).
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    29 mins
  • Dirty(ish) deals, the nerdy truth about immigration & poverty… & more Metiria

    Dirty(ish) deals, the nerdy truth about immigration & poverty… & more Metiria
    Jul 27 2017
    Guyon Espiner, Lisa Owen and Tim Watkin discuss Bill English's Epsom and Ohariu urges, whether the Greens are losing control, the link between New Zealand First's vote and immigration, plus the Perry incomes report.
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    25 mins
  • The Jacinda Effect: What’s really changed?

    The Jacinda Effect: What’s really changed?
    Aug 2 2017
    It's all about Jacinda. Labour's late leadership change has turned Election 17 on its head. But can Labour seize the moment and how will other parties respond?
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    28 mins
  • How Metiria Turei saved the Labour Party

    How Metiria Turei saved the Labour Party
    Aug 9 2017
    In this week's Caucus, the team discuss the Green Party strategy that may have (inadvertently) saved Labour. Was it OK to put Metiria Turei under such scrutiny? What next for the Greens?
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    28 mins
  • Aus Wars, The Empire Taxes Back & The Return of the Parker

    Aus Wars, The Empire Taxes Back & The Return of the Parker
    Aug 17 2017
    National starts its fight back as Bill English goes to boot camp, Jacinda Ardern negotiates her first international stoush and Grant Robertson opens the door to a Capital Gains Tax.
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    31 mins
  • Everybody was PREFU fighting...

    Everybody was PREFU fighting...
    Aug 24 2017
    Lisa, Tim and Guyon discuss how PREFU has changed the campaign, how Dunne's departure may signal a changing of the generations, and how the minor parties want to change the conversation.
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    25 mins