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Focus on Politics for 1 April 2011
6:38 PM.Darren Hughes has now formally resigned as an MP, effective from next Tuesday. And while the police investigation into the sexual assualt complaint against him is ongoing, the Labour Party will be… Read more Audio
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Focus On Politics for 25 March 2011
6:37 PM.The country faces its most austere budget in twenty years, with the Prime Minister announcing there will be no new spending next financial year. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 18 March 2011
6:37 PM.The replacement for the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act is making its way through Parliament and is set to become law in the coming weeks. Our political reporter Chris Bramwell has been… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 March 2011
6:35 PM.The ACT party heads into its annual conference this weekend hoping to put the scandals of the past year behind it. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 March 2011
6:15 PM.The ACT Party heads into its annual conference this weekend hoping to put the scandals of the past year behind it. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 March 2011
6:35 PM.In the wake of last week's devastating earthquake in Christchurch, political parties put aside partisan differences as they offered support to the city. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 18 February 2011
6:35 PM.This week the Focus team examines the visit of the Australian Prime Minister and looks at what it means for the 'family' on this side of the Tasman. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 February 2011
6:36 PM.The ongoing Hone Harawira saga has once again thrown the spotlight on the Maori Party's relationship with the National Party. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 February 2011
6:35 PM.This week in Focus on Politics, Julian Robins looks at the early exchanges of what is shaping up to be a long year in politics. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 28 January 2011
6:38 PM.In National's first two years in government business interests complained its economic policies didn't go far enough. And the Prime Minister, John Key, didn't entirely shake off the accusation he… Read more Audio
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Focus On Politics for 24 December 2010
6:30 PM.The Labour Party will begin the New Year with a big task ahead of it, if it's to put a dent in National's lead in the opinion polls. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 December 2010
6:46 PM.The National Party ends the year with its lead in the opinion polls looking as strong as ever. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 10 December 2010
6:38 PM.Winston Peters is vowing to make his brief return to Parliament this week, permanent. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 3 December 2010
6:37 PM.The ACT Party's economic spokesperson Sir Roger Douglas returned to Parliament in 2008 after an 18-year absence. His commitment to liberal economic policies remains undiminished, but his voice in… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 26 November 2010
6:38 PM.Jane Patterson takes us through the week of the Pike River Mining tragedy. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 19 November 2010
6:38 PM.Brent Edwards looks at the travel perk which this week has been scrapped by Parliament's Speaker. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 12 November 2010
6:36 PM.Government accounts out this week reveal that tax income slumped one-point-one billion dollars below forecast in the first three months of the financial year. That helped put a big hole in the public… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 5 November 2010
6:38 PM.With just two weeks until the Mana by-election, candidates vying for the north Wellington seat have been busy pounding the streets and talking to voters. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 29 October 2010
6:38 PM.Julian Robins looks at JRR Tolkein's Hobbit tale from a distinctly New Zealand political perspective. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 22 October 2010
6:34 PM.This week our political reporter, Chris Bramwell, takes a closer look at Labour's plans to change the rules around foreign investment. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 October 2010
6:38 PM.Just days after ejecting long serving MP Chris Carter from the party, Labour holds its annual conference in Auckland over the weekend. It's meant to be an opportunity to signal new policy directions… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 October 2010
6:36 PM.Name suppression laws have recently been under the legal and political microscope, and this week the Government released its plans to make it harder to get names and evidence suppressed. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 October 2010
6:36 PM.Law experts have criticised the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act for creating a dangerous precedent. Our political editor Brent Edwards weighs up the arguments for and against the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 24 September 2010
6:40 PM.ACT is in further turmoil with the resignation of David Garrett from Parliament. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 September 2010
6:38 PM.In what should have been a watershed moment for the Maori Party this week - legislation repealing the contentious Foreshore and Seabed Act passed its first reading in Parliament. Audio