Election 2023

In today’s Election Fix, Political Editor Jason Walls tells us how Chris Hipkins is trying to bring back memories of the 2005 election campaign. He also tells us how Christopher Luxon is feeling after last night’s polls. Newstalk ZB’s Political Reporter Sophie Trigger spells out what Labour and the Greens have told a major union meeting today. And the Election 2023 headlines you need to know – inc...

National Leader Christopher Luxon joined Kerre Woodham live in studio to take calls and answer questions from listeners. WATCH ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A tale of two polls - but there's just one answer.   Newshub-Reid Research and 1News-Verian have released their last opinion surveys before election night on Saturday.   Both suggest the only viable coalition is National, paired with New Zealand First and ACT - but the margins are narrowing.   Political Commentator Brigette Morton told Kate Hawkesby that the election is shaping up to be about gett...

ACT's leader is pitching his party as the way to create a government that can put New Zealand on the right track.   Herald poll of polls shows National and Act have only a 28.5% chance of getting into Government without New Zealand First.   David Seymour told Mike Hosking why people should vote for him.   He said that those who want real change and stability should party vote ACT.   LISTEN ABOVE  ...

National's leader has weighed in on the latest poll numbers.   The Herald's final Poll of Polls shows National and Act have only a 28.5% chance of getting into government without New Zealand First.   Chris Luxon told Mike Hosking that they're now getting down to the business end of the election.   He says public polls are showing it's going to be close but there's a very strong mood for change.  ...

The most recent polls continue to point towards a change in government.   Surveys by Newshub-Reid Research and 1News-Verian both pick a National-New Zealand First-ACT coalition as the likely winners on Saturday.   Former MP and political commentator Peter Dunne told Mike Hosking that there's no clear path to power for the centre left, and National's path increasingly relies on Winston Peters' part...

Two Ws are potentially going to ruin our weekend: Winston and Wayne.   Winston could kill all the fun Saturday night by holding the whole country to ransom and not forming a government. Wayne Barnes could ruin Sunday morning with his calls against the AB’s... we are potentially in for a rocky weekend of woe and misery leaving us all with a collective hangover Monday. The country could sink into a...

Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! Recent polls indicate National's popularity may have peaked and the gap between left and right blocs is narrowing. Both the new Newshub-Reid Research and One News Verian polls show National and ACT will nee...

Taxes - and tax cuts - have turned into a political football this election. Changing income tax rates is high on the agendas of most political parties, with National and ACT promising adjustments and the Greens, Te Pāti Māori and TOP calling for progress. What would this mean for voters? NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny breaks down these proposed policies. LISTEN ABOVE   See o...

The election is on a knife-edge, with the gap between the left and right blocs narrowing in tonight's latest political polls. Both the Newshub-Reid Research One News Verian polls show National and ACT need New Zealand First to govern. National has fallen more than four points according to Newshub - down to 34.5 percent - while Labour gains in both surveys, but remains in the 20s. National's financ...

Dame Jacinda Ardern endorsed Labour in a Facebook livestream this morning. The former Prime Minister claimed a vote for Labour was the best way to guarantee further action on issues like climate change and child poverty. ZB political editor Jason Walls isn't convinced this move will sway all international voters over to Labour's side- as many haven't forgotten the party's Covid and MIQ debacle. LI...

In today’s Election Fix, Political Editor Jason Walls tells us how Winston Peters and David Seymour might finally get getting along. He also previews not one, but two political polls tonight. Newstalk ZB’s Political Reporter Sophie Trigger is on National’s big blue campaign bus and reports on how Chris Luxon is feeling with only a few days until October 14. And the Election 2023 headlines you need...

If you listen to Labour's ads, and you can't really avoid them right now as we lead up to final days of the election. If you listen to Labour's ads, you'll be able to go in and make an appointment to get all that dental work you can't afford right now done, once the dentists open up at 7am next Monday. If Labour become the next Government.   Wrong.   Taxpayer-funded dental work is going to only go...

There is an ad on the radio at the moment featuring a brilliant impersonation of Labour’s Finance spokesperson and current Finance Minister Grant Robertson. The Taxpayers Union is behind it. They’ve also got a website that goes with it and even have vehicles painted up, as if they are a legitimate business. They're calling it "Robbo’s Removal Company” and the gist of the whole thing is that Grant...

The 2023 election campaign is entering its final days.   With just three days left Labour and National have both descended into negative campaigning as they scrap for every last vote.   NZ Herald’s Deputy Political Editor, Thomas Coughlan, told Kerre Woodham that at the end of the campaign, they’ll tally the time they spent talking about each other versus the time they spent discussing their own p...

Now in the final week of the election campaign, Labour leader Chris Hipkins joined John MacDonald live in studio to discuss the issues that matter the most to Canterbury.   They discussed the state of the region’s afterhours care, whether there’s any fat in the public sector spending, and what will have to go in order to fund their GST policy.   Plus, does he think Jacinda Ardern’s support will he...

I'm not sure that MMP needed another reason to be hailed as a deeply flawed mechanism we voted for, not once, but twice.   I still argue we did it because we were too lazy to have a decent look at alternative systems way back when we were deciding we hated First Past the Post.   One of the more interesting factoids of the campaign was when James Shaw told us last week he had seen research that sho...

MPs Megan Woods and Mark Mitchell joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast to wrap the week's political news and look ahead to the final days of the campaign period. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, broadcaster Paddy Gower and current affairs commentator Josie Pagani joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! The Israel Institute of NZ and Jewish Council are calling on the Government here to deem Hamas a terrorist organisation, and follow other Western countries in their condemnation. Should our Government do more in support of Israel? Ch...

National's Chris Luxon has promised to double the value of exports in 10 years, if elected. The party also vowed to pursue Free Trade Agreements, pump up our trade missions, and prioritise increasing trade with India. BusinessDesk managing editor Pattrick Smellie isn't too confident about National's proposal. "The fact is, New Zealand's export performance unfortunately hasn't changed very much in...

Chris Hipkins has locked in Saturday, November 25 as the date for the Port Waikato by-election. It's been triggered by the death of ACT candidate Neil Christensen - and is required by the Electoral Act. However, locals can still help choose the next Government before October 14. ZB political editor Jason Walls says there will be 121 MPs in Parliament by the end of the by-election, bucking the tren...

Chris Luxon is promising to double the value of New Zealand's exports in 10 years, if elected. National's also vowing to pursue Free Trade Agreements, pump up our trade missions and prioritise increasing trade with India. National trade and export spokesperson Todd McClay says the UAE is interested in doing an exclusive trade deal with New Zealand. "For the first time in a long time, they want the...

In today’s Election Fix, Political Editor Jason Walls talks through what he thinks may be the worst media stand up he’s attended in his career. He also previews The Press debate tonight. Newstalk ZB’s Political Reporter Sophie Trigger tells us about Christopher Luxon’s day of campaigning in Nelson – and the party’s latest policy announcement. And the Election 2023 headlines you need to know – incl...

Still more election news. It just gets weirder every day really.   The death of a respected and much loved community member in Port Waikato means a quirk of our election process will be triggered. The ACT party's Neil Christensen has died just a week before the election. And that means the electorate vote in Port Waikato will not count on Election Day, however, the party vote will still count.   N...

I think what stood out for me yesterday when Chris Hipkins was in the studio with Mike for a couple of hours, was how relaxed Hipkins was.   As the two hours slipped by, he seemed to get more relaxed, leaning back in his chair more and more, taking it easy. I wondered if the Coke Zero hadn’t kicked in, or maybe he was just tired, or maybe he’s just given up.   I mean don’t get me wrong, I thought...