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Focus on Politics: The Green School Fiasco
6:35 PM.What seemed at first to be a minor misjudgement ballooned into a major scandal for the Green Party co-leader James Shaw this week, with each day bringing fresh revelations about the Green School… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Mandatory mass masking
6:35 PM.Cabinet has agreed to make masks mandatory on public transport at any time the country is in level 2 or above. The move was prompted by the transmission of Covid-19 on an Auckland bus, but some… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: False-start to the Campaign
6:35 PM.The election has been postponed by a further four weeks and will now be held on October 17. The decision to change the election ultimately falls on the shoulders of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Into the Campaign
6:45 PM.The parliamentary term is over and the campaign begins. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Polls, Policies and Political spats
6:45 PM.It was a week of poll results - some the Opposition accepted - others they would not. But with the election just seven weeks away there was also policy and as the campaign ramps up, there was some… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Scandals and Sackings
6:45 PM.Focus on politics, looks at another week of scandals, sackings and forced resignations. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Collins takes control
6:45 PM.It was a week of turmoil and tumult for the Opposition with a host of resignations and a reshuffle. And it all ended with an outcome many in the National Party had called an impossibility: Judith… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Leaks, escapees and resignations
6:35 PM.Parliament was in recess this week, but that didn't stop politicians dominating the headlines. The week started with a confession and ended with another one. RNZ political reporter Jo Moir reports. Audio
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Focus on Politics: A World in Lockdown
6:35 PM.Global travel restrictions forced by Covid remain a fact of life. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Bloomfield vs Clark
6:40 PM.It doesn't take long for things to unravel when the public gets a whiff of incompetence. This week the breakdown between Health Minister David Clark and Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Breakdown at the Border
5:00 PM.A border botch-up this week saw two Covid-19 cases slip through the cracks, shattering public confidence in the quarantine scheme. It sent the Government scrambling to patch the holes in the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: An eye on the purse strings
6:40 PM.New Zealand has averted a health crisis, but could be headed for an economic downturn. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson talks to Finance Minister Grant Robertson about what's in New Zealand's… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: A Creaking Coalition
6:40 PM.RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson asks what toll the looming election is taking on the government's creaking coalition. Audio
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First week for new National Party leader
6:40 PM.New National leader Todd Muller talks about the leadership spill, his caucus and the upcoming election. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Unprecedented Times
6:38 PM."In unprecedented times, you make unprecedented decisions" - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern New Zealand has closed its borders. Mass gatherings have been banned. Travelling Kiwis have been told to come… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Covid-19 and economic turmoil
6:38 PM.The global coronavirus outbreak has continued to escalate this week with the World Health Organisation officially declaring Covid-19 a pandemic. But at home, where the number of cases still sits in… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Covid-19 reaches NZ
6:38 PM.New Zealand has moved into a new phase of its coronavirus response with the first cases of Covid-19 being confirmed in the country. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch looks at the… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Alarm over Covid-19
5:30 PM.The world has reacted with alarm as the coronavirus causes increasing disruption to individuals and companies around the globe, and is now putting pressure on international economies. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Serious Fraud Office investigations
6:28 PM.This week Independent MP Jami-Lee Ross was named as one of the four people facing charges in relation to two 100 thousand dollar donations made to the National Party. The Serious Fraud Office also… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: SFO looks at NZ First Foundation
6:38 PM.A political grenade has been lobbed into election year with the secretive NZ First Foundation facing investigation by the Serious Fraud Office over the way it handled donations. RNZ deputy political… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics: Waitangi 2020
6:38 PM.Political parties defend their record on Maori issues at election year Waitangi commemorations. Audio
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Focus on Politics: The Big Infrastructure Spend-Up
6:45 PM.Government splashes the cash on infrastructure to kick off election year. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Māori politics in election year
6:38 PM.The start of the political year begins with a sharp focus on what Government has (or has not) delivered for Maori Audio
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Focus on Politics: Parliament wraps for 2019
6:38 PM.Parliament wraps for 2019 after a year of drama, tragedy and controversy. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Hepatitis Foundation under the spotlight
6:38 PM.Last week a spotlight was well and truly shone on the Hepatitis Foundation after a damning report made its way to RNZ more than a year after it was completed by Charities Services. Political reporter… Read more Audio