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Focus on Politics: Māori expectations
6:38 PM.If the government doesn't deliver specifically for Māori in next year's wellbeing Budget the 13-strong Labour Māori caucus is going to have a lot of questions to answer. That's the reality according… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Moral minefield
6:38 PM.Abortion, adoption and cannabis law are all political hot potatoes but the coalition government is in the midst of dealing with all three, starting with abortion, which the Law Commission reported… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Government's first birthday
6:38 PM.The coalition Government is now a year old - a year which has seen intense activity for the new administration, but one which has also had its share of turmoil. RNZ's Political Editor, Jane Patterson… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Bombshells and blowback
6:30 PM.There was only one story in town this week and that was the exposure of the National Party and its leadership to a range of hugely damaging accusations by its former MP Jami-Lee Ross. He has unleashed… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Surplus
6:45 PM.The Finance Minister has unveiled an unexpectedly large surplus and while that's good news economically, it brings with it other political pressures. Alongside the five and half billon dollars surplus… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Kiwi values contract
6:38 PM.New Zealand First this week floated the notion of a "Kiwi Values" contract which immigrants would be required to sign up to on arriving in the country. The proposal was raised at the party's annual… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Waka jumping
6:40 PM.Amid the flurry of stories about leaks, document dumps and the PM in New York, the government made the last push to pass the contentious Electoral Integrity Amendment Bill - better known as the waka… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Clearing the decks
6:38 PM.With a major visit to the United Nations on the horizon, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spent the past week clearing the decks before her departure. She's sacked a Minister and publicly squashed… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Industrial relations
6:45 PM.While differences between Labour and New Zealand First on policies like the refugee quota and three strikes have been aired publicly, there may more trouble on the horizon over industrial relations… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Refugee quota scuffle
6:40 PM.The New Zealand First leader blindsided the Prime Minister this week when he scuppered Labour's plans to lift the refugee quota to 1500. Winston Peters had just landed in Nauru for the Pacific Islands… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Business charm offensive
6:40 PM.Focus on Politics for 31 August 2018 Audio
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Focus on Politics: Bridges' leak inquiry
6:30 PM.The controversy over the leak of National leader Simon Bridges' travel expenses took on a life of its own as the week drew to an end, with the Speaker pulling the pin on the QC inquiry he originally… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Bridges' travel bill
6:38 PM.Political intrigue abounds with the launch of an inquiry into the leak to media of information about the National leader Simon Bridges' travel bill. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Free speech
6:45 PM.The furore around "free speech on campuses" reached New Zealand this week after Massey University cancelled a speaking engagement by former National leader Don Brash. The move drew widespread… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Synthetic cannabis battle
6:38 PM.In one of his final actions as acting Prime Minister, Winston Peters, ordered top ministers to put their heads together to find a way to deal with the recent spike in deaths from synthetic cannabis… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Post election reflections
6:38 PM.This time last year Bill English was Prime Minister, Andrew Little was Labour leader with Jacinda Ardern as his deputy. Metiria Turei and James Shaw led the Greens. Three other parties supported the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Mental health
6:38 PM.The Government has flagged big plans for New Zealand's mental health and addiction workforce. But is it doing anything to ensure there are the right people - and enough of them - to fill the gaps in… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Electric car revolution
6:38 PM.The government is being accused of dragging its feet over its pledge to convert its massive vehicle fleet to electric. Following the election, the coalition parties committed to rolling over the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Business blues
6:40 PM.Business confidence has slumped, and the finger of blame is being pointed at the Government. National's finance spokesperson Amy Adams accused the Finance Minister of being anti-business, and running… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: New financial year
6:45 PM.July the first marks the beginning of the new financial year - and with it comes a raft of changes heralded by the new Government. Its flagship families policy will deliver a boost for low and… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: EU FTA
6:38 PM.New Zealand is now in formal negotiations with the European Union to nail down a Free Trade Agreement, with negotiators to meet in Brussels in about three weeks time. The EU is New Zealand's third… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: ACT's identity crisis
6:38 PM.More from Jane Patterson and the focus team... Read more Video, Audio
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Focus on Politics: Meth meltdown
6:38 PM.The apologies have been coming in thick and fast over the last week after the Prime Minister's chief scientific advisor delivered a king hit to the country's meth testing industry. It's now clear… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Prisons
6:38 PM.New Zealand's prison population has been increasing quite rapidly over the past few years. In 2013 there were just over 8200 people incarcerated in New Zealand, the prison muster as of now is 10,481… Read more Audio