Focus on Politics

Focus on Politics

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

Latest Episode

Questions linger after Te Pāti Māori reset (10.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Energy tweaks expose electoral live wire for National 03.10.2025
  • Promises of transparency from new Reserve Bank governor 26.09.2025
  • Poll paints picture of discontent 19.09.2025
  • Coalition partners jostle for votes as polls predict tight race 12.09.2025
  • Coalition cracks door open to foreign buyers 05.09.2025
  • Tāmaki Makaurau by-election 29.08.2025
  • Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut 22.08.2025
  • 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

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