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Green MP Kahurangi Carter has a two bills including a 'Meme' (Parody and Satire) Bill, passing through the house at the moment. We look at the impact it would have on freedom of speech and the media landscape. Maiki Sherman has announced she is resigning as Senior Political Editor at TVNZ after weeks of 'unprecedented' scrutiny, most recently when an incident from a year ago involv...

The announcement on the cancellation of the BSA has been picked over for the last 24 hours so we thoughts we'd bring a friend of the show, who also happens to be a media academic, on tonight to chat over the cancellation of the BSA, why and where to from hereMike Hosking glazed PM Christopher Luxon this morning where they both agreed that the only reason the PM had poor polling on managing the...

The Broadcasting Standards Authority is set to be scrapped, less than a year after Sean Plunket lost a case with the BSA for breaching the standards. What does this mean for the integrity of media standards going forward? Wayne Brown joined Jack Tame on Q+A over the weekend, addressing his latest controversy, jabs at the current govt, and an insight to the challenges Auckland council are facing. T...

A fascinating interview by Moana Maniapoto who spoke to Winston Peters on a range of issues including tensions in the coalition, pay equity, "butter chicken tsunamis" and more and Moana highlighted several times the tactic that Mr Peters is using by constantly telling the media that "you guys" are all wrong but never identifies who are these "you guys" groups. ACT lea...

David Seymour says ACT's immigration policy is a long-held approach aimed at tackling real challenges, and those claiming he's competing with New Zealand First should be more constructive. Despite the Prime Minister accusing his coalition partner of "playing politics" last week, a senior National MP says the coalition is "working very well". National Party campaign chai...

Hana Pilkinton-Ching from Action Station and the Dental for All campaign joins us live to give an update on the latest policy paper they have released. The Treaty is under threat once again with a new bill to be introduced before the election that is to the same extend is not more harmful than the govt's Treaty Principles Bill. Luxon says he was "mischaracterised" in the emails leake...

In an NZ Herald exclusive, we learn that Christopher Luxon was very keen to whole heartedly support the US in their war in Iran and it took Winston Peters to step in and not allow the coalition to do so in his position as Foreign Minister. Helen Clark spoke with Ryan Bridge about that this morningThe other part of the story about the warhawkish nature of the PM is the source of this information be...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis appeared on the Bradbury Group talking the free market, net core crown debt and when will the government denounce the US and Israel for this illegal war in IranChris Hipkins appeared on Wellington's Newstalk ZB in one of the strangest interviews we've seen in a while. Nick Mills wanted the leader of the opposition to agree that the Luxon led government was st...

Christopher Luxon announced on Friday he would ditch TVNZ Breakfast and the newly hired Tova O'Brien. We'll take a look tonight at what everyone said when Jacinda Ardern ditched Mike Hosking and what National, NZ First and ACT had to say about her decisionDonald Trump was in another assassin plot when a wood be gunman just ran past all Trumps security but was stopped short of getting close...

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Comedian Evie Orpe, host of the YouTube channel Dangerously Informed, joins us LIVE to discuss the state of the world and what it means to be a dangerously informed citizen. Luxon pulls out of his weekly interview with TVNZ's breakfast and launched a complaint against TVNZ for attempting to interview Stuart Smith and questioning his disappearance from parliament during Luxon's leadership c...

NZ has had our ratings downgraded for the first time since 2011 which was post the GFC and Christchurch earthquakes, NZ actually improved our ratings through COVID which can only lead to one conclusion, that Nicola Willis is worse for our economy that the whole world's economy crashing and 10,000 earthquakes in CanterburyLabour to support the Indian FTA with the expected cries from Winston and...

Marama Davidson joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the release of the Green party list and maybe get her reaction to the soap opera that is happening within the government at the moment. Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters have officially started the separation of National and NZ First both taking pot shots at each other today with Winston making clear he thinks the calling of a vote of confidenc...

The PM called for a confidence vote which he got through but Winston says it was a 'very bad move' and suggests it won't be the last which is maybe wh he wouldn't take any questions after the statement but gapped super-fast. New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones is facing some heat at the moment over allegedly racist comments where he said they would be a "buttered chick...

The PM spent much of his Monday morning talking about the TVNZ poll and his leadership. There was one change in this weeks conversations and that is that both Chris Bishop and the PM have confirmed that there 1s a faction in National who are speaking to the media about Luxon's leadership, what that means though is anybody's guess. Chris Bishop joined Jack Tame on the weekend to talk about...

Another day, another rumbling from inside of the National Party that Luxon's leadership is in question, prompting Luxon's newly rehearsed line to get stuck on repeat. James Meager has a chat with Mihingarangi Forbes on MATA, with an interview that was surprising yet unoffensive. The fuel crisis, created by Trump and BB's attack on Iran, has put energy and fuel resilience under a micros...

Shane Jones, ass. Energy Minister, has gone off script calling for Fuel companies to be transparent with their supply chain numbers, despite Luxon saying all is well (despite the falling supply). Major sustainable footwear company Allbirds have made dramatic turns to sell AI chips instead of shoes, sending the stock market ballistic. David Seymour faces questions around the number of chronic schoo...

Finance Ministers the world over are sad because of the latest escalation in the Middle East where the IMF is stating that inflation could top 6% unless something changes very quicklyMSD has said today that there is no evidence of mass homelessness, then quickly backtracked saying that data set shouldn't have been in the release, but now it's out there people like David Seymour are using i...

Chris Hipkins appeared on Herald NOW this morning with a volatile interview with Ryan Bridge posing the question where is the line between hard-nosed journalism and partisan commentaryDonald Trump is not the Messiah, neither is he a doctor, he is a very naughty boy who likes war crimes and dislikes the pope...because he's a think skinned narcissist. The Front Page podcast pondered the issues C...

With the ousting of Victor Orban, and Trump's endorsement seemingly to now be more of a hinderance than a help, we wonder what it means for NZ's election, who would be the MAGA party in NZ and is NZ in that same cycle that seems to be views echoing Trump seem to be on the outer right now. Mike Hosking has a theory, and that is that maybe Luxon is doing really, really well and that's wh...

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to hit the top of the North Island in the next 24-48hours with unprecedented Red Weather warnings issued in places. Chris Penk, as newly appointed Minister of Defence, gives an impressive interview on tonight's news re: the govt's response. Willie Jackson and Paul Goldsmith square-off on Herald Now over what's best for the nation going forward, and what Labou...

Nicola WIllis was on Breakfast talking about the fuel crisis, she had a particularly bad moment when Tova O'Brien challenged her about NZ families spending $100m more per week on petrol without help for most from the government. Carmel Sepuloni and Christopher Bishop went head-to-head this morning on Winston's surge and the placement poverty that students are facing at the moment. Chloe Sw...

There has been a 2 week cease fire announced in the war in Iran, Trump is selling it as his master stroke, it doesn't seem likely this will stick but here we areArtemis 2 has sent back some amazing images from the dark side of the moon setting records for many things including distance travelled from earth. Oil prices have had a dramatic drop today by as much as 15% but there is still no relie...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been quizzed on Breakfast this morning about last week's Cabinet changes, which saw a reshuffling of responsibilities for some National Party MPs and spent a lot of time not answer direct questions Tova O'Brien posed to him...then he forgot that Tama Potaka was in Cabinet. The finance minister says she has "never felt so dependent on the actions an...

Tonight we look at the reshuffle Christopher has had to do due to Judith Collins and Shane Reti leaving. Including a shocking re-entry + a lesser known MP Mike Butterick makes a huge rise in the National party. The national Māori radio collective, Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori o Aotearoa, is weighing legal action in response to potential government funding cuts it says could jeopardise...