Q+A with Jack Tame

Labour leader Chris Hipkins wants to make history as the first prime minister since Keith Holyoake in the sixties to be returned as prime minister following an electoral defeat. He joins Jack Tame for his last Q+A interview before the general election on November 7 to explain how Labour will free up more than 2 million GP appointments annually through phone triage, his pitch for giving schools the...

Q+A Finance Debate: Nicola Willis vs Barbara Edmonds The National Party's Nicola Willis and Labour Party's Barbara Edmonds join Jack Tame for the Q+A Finance Debate, tackling the big fiscal issues facing New Zealand: superannuation, economic growth, and how to pay for natural disasters. Shane Jones: Mining, oil and gas ban, and NZ First immigration policy NZ First deputy leader - and the minister...

From behind the scenes, Andrew Campbell ran government communications during one of the most turbulent periods of New Zealand history. His new book, In The Room, charts his time as chief press secretary to then-prime minister Jacinda Ardern: through the eruption at Whakaari/White Island, the March 15 attacks, and the government's Covid-19 response. Now based in the UK, Campbell sat down with Jack...

The National Party's Nicola Willis and Labour Party's Barbara Edmonds join Jack Tame for the Q+A Finance Debate, tackling the big fiscal issues facing New Zealand: superannuation, economic growth, and how to pay for natural disasters. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

NZ First deputy leader - and the minister for resources, fisheries, and regional development - Shane Jones joins Jack Tame to outline his party's record in government and policies for the election. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Supermarket boss hits back at 'populist' grocery break-up policies Every political party - except ACT - is campaigning on a policy to intervene in the supermarket sector to bring down the cost of living. It's a move that's prompted 51 of New Zealand's business leaders to sign an open letter calling on politicians to respect property rights. Chris Quin is one of them. The Foodstuffs North Island CE...

Legal scholar and Auckland University professor Claire Charters joins Q+A to discuss her new book Sovereignty: The Case for Constitutional Transformation, which argues that the legitimacy of the New Zealand state rests on illegal foundations. It comes after heated debates over the role of iwi co-governance and Māori decision making. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the quest...

The Chatham Islands is home to just 620 people - but in a tight electorate race, every vote counts. Reporter Whena Owen followed candidates for the Wellington Bays electorate when they flew over to the island for an historic debate. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

What local councils can and can't do has chopped and changed in recent years. As this parliamentary term comes to a close, local government leaders have grappled with new fast-track legislation, a rates cap of two to four percent on the horizon, and after rushing to put together amalgamation proposals, the work has abruptly stopped, with the future uncertain. Local Government New Zealand president...

Every political party - except ACT - is campaigning on a policy to intervene in the supermarket sector to bring down the cost of living. It's a move that's prompted 51 of New Zealand's business leaders to sign an open letter calling on politicians to respect property rights. Chris Quin is one of them. The Foodstuffs North Island CEO has also commissioned research which casts doubt on whether the h...

Marama Davidson on Greens' super-rich tax, KiwiMart, and working with National After scandal and tragedy saw five Green MPs leave parliament before the end of the term, the Green Party 'reset' in late 2025. Now, the Greens are polling higher than their 2023 general election result and are campaigning to keep their historic three electorate seats. Their KiwiMart policy - a government owned supermar...

Auckland alone provides $172 billion of GDP and accounts for 37 percent of New Zealand's economy. It's little wonder then that political parties of all stripes will be wanting to convince the city's 1.1 million voters that they have the best vision for the future of the country. 1News business correspondent Jason Walls reports. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions...

A Commerce Commission investigation into government procurement has indicated nearly one million dollars a day in public spending is lost through bid-rigging practices. Chair John Small says these contracts can go unnoticed, and it takes whistle-blowers inside the offending firms calling out anti-competitive behaviour in order for any action to be taken. John Small joins Jack Tame to explain the C...

After a dramatic year of internal party turmoil, voters in New Zealand's northern-most Māori seat will have the choice of four high-profile candidates come November: incumbent and former Te Pāti Māori candidate Mariameno Kapa-Kingi of the newly-formed Te Tai Tokerau Party, Te Pāti Māori's new candidate Aperahama Edwards, Labour's Willow-Jean Prime, and the Green Party's Huhana Lyndon. Reporter Whe...

After scandal and tragedy saw five Green MPs leave parliament before the end of the term, the Green Party 'reset' in late 2025. Now, the Greens are polling higher than their 2023 general election result and are campaigning to keep their historic three electorate seats. Their KiwiMart policy - a government owned supermarket chain introduced to break up the Foodstuffs and Woolworths duopoly - promis...

Why the Taxpayers' Union wants government spending slashed The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is the largest taxpayer advocacy group, per capita, in the English-speaking world. They're known for high-profile stunts over public spending, like Porky the Waste-Hating Pig in 2017, Nicola's Fudge in 2025, and for the 2026 general election, the group have launched a Bribe-O-Meter tracking the projected fi...

Mike Turner's Freshwater Strategy public polling firm has run the numbers in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. He joins Jack Tame to explain why he thinks the two big parties in this year's general election, National and Labour, aren't quite spent yet - and whether New Zealand has anything to learn from the rise of Reform in the UK and One Nation in Australia. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and...

Labour's Rachel Boyack held the electorate seat of Nelson by just 26 votes in 2023 - and that's after a recount. Reporter Whena Owen meets the candidates vying to take New Zealand's oldest-continuous seat. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is the largest taxpayer advocacy group, per capita, in the English-speaking world. They're known for high-profile stunts over public spending, like Porky the Waste-Hating Pig in 2017, Nicola's Fudge in 2025, and for the 2026 general election, the group have launched a Bribe-O-Meter tracking the projected fiscal footprint of political parties' campaign promises. Exe...

All aboard: Live from Day 1 of the CRL A journey a decade in the making, 1News business correspondent Jason Walls joins Q+A live from on board one of the brand-new train services opening up to Aucklanders on the first day of the City Rail Link. Unions prepare campaign against government policies Council of Trade Unions president Sandra Grey says there are no regrets about the union's all-out campa...

In the historic homeland of the Labour Party, the West Coast-Tasman electorate could be anyone's game this election year. Reporter Whena Owen reports. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

After 17 years at ANZ, CEO Antonia Watson is handing over the reins of power to the bank's Chief Risk Officer - but don't read too much into that appointment, she says. Consumer confidence is up and Watson says New Zealand's economic recovery is finally arriving. She joins Jack Tame to reflect on a unique period of disruption in the economy - Covid, the Iran war, natural disasters - and share her...

Council of Trade Unions president Sandra Grey says there are no regrets about the union's all-out campaign against Christopher Luxon at the 2023 general election, and this year the union will be making it clear to voters where parties stand on the CTU's biggest policy asks: pay equity, Fair Pay Agreements, and scrapping 90 day trials. She joins Jack Tame to launch the CTU's election campaign. Join...

A journey a decade in the making, 1News business correspondent Jason Walls joins Q+A live from on board one of the brand-new train services opening up to Aucklanders on the first day of the City Rail Link. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

In this special Election 2026 debate, hosted at the Morrinsville Rugby and Sports Club, Jack Tame is joined by NZ First's Mark Patterson, Greens' Steve Abel, National's Todd McClay, Labour's Jo Luxton, ACT's Andrew Hoggard, and Opportunity's Daniel Eb, in front of a live audience of Morrinsville locals, to tackle the biggest issues facing rural and regional New Zealanders today. Candidates share t...