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Focus on the Government Books
6:36 PM.After talking it up for years, the National-led Government was finally able to announce this week that it had got the books back into surplus. Our political reporter, Chris Bramwell, looks at the… Read more Audio
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A closer look at the TPP
6:35 PM.After years of wrangling the largest regional trade deal in the world, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was finally settled this week. Our political reporter, Chris Bramwell, takes a look what the deal… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 2 October 2015
6:36 PM.Since late last year there has been a huge increase in the number of New Zealanders being held in Australian detention centres, and this week it was revealed that one prisoner died while awaiting… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 25 September 2015
6:34 PM.The father of a family who failed to claim refugee status based on climate change, was this week deported from New Zealand. But his case raised the broader question of, as the changing climate takes… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 18 September 2015
6:35 PM.In just two months time New Zealanders will be voting on four alternative flag designs which could possibly replace the country's current flag. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 September 2015
6:36 PM.After weeks of public and political pressure, the Government on Monday announced it would take an emergency quota of Syrian refugees. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 September 2015
6:38 PM.Numerous petitions, canvassing such diverse topics as banning shark cage diving to cannabis reform, are presented to Parliament every year for MPs to consider, but very few lead to law changes. So… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 28 August 2015
6:34 PM.Turmoil on the international stock markets this past week, with underlying fears of slowing growth in China, has raised questions about the resilience of the New Zealand economy. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 21 August 2015
6:35 PM.The workplace safety legislation that was supposed to be a response to the Pike River deaths has ended up the subject of ridicule, mainly because of how various industries have been categorised… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 14 August 2015
6:44 PM.This week the Government finally pulled the plug on its ailing coal company Solid Energy. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 7 August 2015
6:35 PM.New Zealand First has held its first annual conference since last year's general election, and its leader Winston Peter's win in the Northland by-election in March. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 31 July 2015
6:35 PM.Time now for Focus on Politics, where our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, looks at how the political debate in New Zealand unfolded, during the week as the Trans Pacific Partnership… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 July 2015
6:35 PM.The National Party is holding its annual conference in Auckland this weekend as it nears the end of the first year of its third term in government. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 July 2015
6:35 PM.Dairy prices plunged again this week piling more pressure on the country's dairy farmers and New Zealand's biggest industry. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 July 2015
6:37 PM.This week the Government announced it aimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions eleven percent by 2030 from 1990 levels. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 3 July 2015
6:30 PM.New Zealand has the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, for the month of July. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 26 June 2015
6:36 PM.The Government is coming under increasing pressure to accept more refugees, particularly after the Prime Minister wrongly claimed thousands and thousands were getting into the country under the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 19 June 2015
6:36 PM.It's been a tumultuous week for the Housing Minister, Nick Smith, as he tries to keep the Government's grand plans for Auckland housing on track. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 12 June 2015
6:35 PM.Not long after Labour elected Andrew Little as leader he announced the party would confront what he said was one of the biggest challenges facing New Zealand: the future of work. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 5 June 2015
6:38 PM.The new Green Party male co-leader James Shaw has big, ambitious plans for the party. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 29 May 2015
6:36 PM.The Government has run into a roadblock, in the form of caucus resistance, over its workplace health and safety legislation. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 22 May 2015
6:35 PM.This week the Finance Minister, Bill English, delivered his seventh Budget and it included a surprise pay increase for beneficiaries with children. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 May 2015
6:35 PM.Six months after becoming the leader of the Labour Party, Andrew Little is forging new links with the business community as he makes economic growth his top priority. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 May 2015
6:35 PM.The challenge of solving the Auckland housing crisis continues to dog the Government, with it now publicly butting heads with the Auckland Council. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 May 2015
6:33 PM.The past week should have been a good one for the Prime Minister John Key. He attended a peace conference in Istanbul, the Anzac centennary ceremonies at Gallipoli and then visited the Gulf states to… Read more Audio