Focus on Politics

Focus on Politics

Weekly insight into the political issues that matter from RNZ's gallery team.

Latest Episode

Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut (22.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • The state of the opposition 15.08.2025
  • NCEA gets failing grade from government, but has it done its homework? 08.08.2025
  • NZ resists global push to recognise Palestinian state 01.08.2025
  • Butter battle fizzles as cost of living war drags on  25.07.2025
  • ACT’s rallying cry meets reality check 18.07.2025
  • Regulatory Standards Bill gets its week of scrutiny 11.07.2025
  • Moe mai rā: Takutai Tarsh Kemp laid to rest 04.07.2025
  • The United States strikes Iran 27.06.2025
  • Meth use and organised crime in New Zealand 13.06.2025
  • Coalition turfed out in latest RNZ Reid-Research poll 06.06.2025
  • Trading places: Seymour steps up, Peters gears up 30.05.2025
  • A Budget of give and take, cuts and credits 23.05.2025
  • From urgency to uproar: a House of Chaos? 16.05.2025
  • Pay equity shake-up: billions saved, trust lost 09.05.2025
  • The pros and cons of public-private partnerships 02.05.2025
  • Defence Capability Plan spend-up shows the new strategic normal 11.04.2025
  • Razor-sharp race in first RNZ-Reid Research poll 04.04.2025
  • Politics and the police 28.03.2025
  • Government ups engagement with India, United States during global volatility 21.03.2025
  • The beleaguered school lunches programme battles through another week 14.03.2025

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