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Focus on Politics: Budget 2018
6:38 PM.The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, delivered the coalition Government's first budget this week, spreading the spending widely, but also keeping three-billion dollars in the kitty. Our Deputy… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Family violence
6:38 PM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has promised her Government will bring down the rates of child poverty, and wants to address one of the key drivers of that - family violence. New Zealand's domestic… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Budget preview 2018
6:40 PM.While the Finance Minister Grant Robertson puts the final touches on his first Budget, the blame game has already begun. The government's been dampening down expectations as it comes under scrutiny… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Education
6:38 PM.Budget day is looming and political parties are starting to position themselves. Coalition government ministers are claiming big funding holes in several portfolios - one of those is education. Our… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Meet Marama Davidson
6:38 PM.The Green Party finally has a new female co-leader after several months, but Marama Davidson has her work cut out for her. Since the election there has been fierce debate within the party's membership… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Oil and gas ban
6:38 PM.From the moment she became leader, Jacinda Ardern, has made it clear that tackling climate change is one of her primary focuses. So it should have been no surprise this week that she announced her… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Jones v. Air NZ
6:38 PM.The blow up between New Zealand First Cabinet minister Shane Jones and Air New Zealand led to extraordinary exchanges between politicians and business leaders this week. Mr Jones' call for a cull of… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: International affairs
6:38 PM.The world has been watching as the UK and Russia face off over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent. The leaders of France, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom have issued a… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Pacific Mission 2018
6:38 PM.Jacinda Ardern has spent the week island-hopping in the Pacific - a whirlwind trip, meeting four nations' leaders and dishing out millions in aid. It was Ms Ardern's first trip to the region as Prime… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Meet Simon Bridges
6:38 PM.The National Party has a new leader - Simon Bridges. He's 41, married with three young children and while brought up in West Auckland, is currently the MP for Tauranga. Mr Bridges was a senior… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Tropical Cyclone Gita
6:38 PM.The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Gita ripped through central New Zealand this week, cutting off communities, closing roads and wreaking havoc for the upper south island. It's not the first bad storm… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: National's leadership race
6:38 PM.For the second time in less than 18 months, the National Party is in the throes of a leadership contest. The party's leader, Bill English, announced on Tuesday that he would resign at the end of this… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Waitangi 2018
6:38 PM.This year's commemorations at Waitangi have been widely heralded as a huge success - there were record crowds enjoying the music, food and korero. Politicians are formally welcomed to Waitangi on… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Medicinal cannabis
6:38 PM.Two pieces of legislation on medicinal cannabis have been before Parliament this week, raising questions about who should be allowed to grow and access the drug. A Government bill, which lays the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Out the starting blocks
5:30 PM.The Government is wasting no time as the political year begins, rolling out announcements as its self-imposed 100-day deadline looms. The week also included the annual pilgrimage to Ratana Pa - the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 22 December 2017
6:40 PM.It's been a whirlwind year for the Labour party leader and now Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 December 2017
6:38 PM.The National Party is finding its feet in opposition after nine years in Government. After winning 44 percent of the party vote at September's election, seven percentage points more than Labour -… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 December 2017
6:38 PM.While different parties have flagged work schemes for the young unemployed in the past, talk about a 'work for the dole' programme from the New Zealand First minister Shane Jones has put the cat among… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 December 2017
6:38 PM.The Government came under fire this week for refusing to release documents put together during the coalition talks. The 33-pages of notes are locked in a safe in the New Zealand First offices, and the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 November 2017
6:38 PM.Tax was front and centre during the election campaign, particularly as it was the main focus of National's attack-ads on Labour. At the heart of this was Labour's policy to put together a Working… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 November 2017
6:45 PM.Much of the political focus has been at the high powered economic APEC and East Asia Summits this week, with the Prime Minister Jacinda Adern's first major foray onto the world stage. Back home… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 November 2017
6:30 PM.The 52nd Parliament is now under way and the Government's first law change is making its way through the house, but the coalition's start has not been without a few teething pains. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 3 November 2017
6:30 PM.Ministers in the new Government are getting their feet under their desks, reading briefings and preparing for what will be a busy Parliamentary term. The house will begin sitting this week as the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 27 October 2017
6:38 PM.The new government is now in place, after party deals have been revealed, portfolios allocated and new ministers sworn-in. There's been a flurry of activity at Parliament this past week as the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 20 October 2017
6:50 PM.The wait, at last, is over - after 26 days, the public has finally learned who will lead the next government - the Labour Party's leader Jacinda Ardern. On Thursday evening, Winston Peters announced… Read more Audio