Q+A with Jack Tame

All the numbers: Reporters react to election night result After a dramatic election night, 1News senior political reporter Benedict Collins and 1News political reporter Sophie Trigger join Jack Tame. National Party wary of hung parliament leading to snap election National's campaign chair Simeon Brown joins Jack Tame for a Q+A special the morning after the election. Shane Jones on election result:...

After a close and dramatic election night, Jack Tame is joined by former National campaign strategist Tim Hurdle, and former Labour MP Sue Moroney, to chew over the most significant issues arising from the vote. Will either major party leader face questions over their future? Which way will Opportunity go? And will the provisional results match up with the final totals? Join Jack Tame and the Q+A...

After a dramatic election night, 1News senior political reporter Benedict Collins and 1News political reporter Sophie Trigger join Jack Tame. 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.

Record high enrolment and dramatically different party vote results - Aukaha News reporter Roihana Nuri joins Jack Tame to digest the results in the seven Māori electorate seats. 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.

University of Otago electoral law expert Andrew Geddis joins Jack Tame to talk through the unprecedented overhang created by National's strong electorate performances. 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.

While the ACT Party will be celebrating an expanded caucus off the back of last night's election results, growing from 11 to 13, leader David Seymour has seen enough elections to know not to count chickens until the special votes are counted. He spoke to Mei Heron on election night. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Ai...

Former National Party leader Don Brash led the Split the Vote campaign, encouraging right-wing voters to candidate vote National and then party vote either ACT or NZ First to engineer an 'overhang' in parliament. On preliminary results, the National Party has won six more seats than it would be entitled to on party vote alone, and Parliament will be fitted out with an historic 131 seats. Join Jack...

The Green Party look set to welcome a refreshed caucus of 16 MPs after polling at 13.3 percent on preliminary results - and that's before the special votes are counted, which historically give the left bloc an extra seat or two. Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was also returned to her seat of Auckland Central, making it three consecutive elections in the heart of New Zealand's biggest city. Two electora...

New Zealand First looks set to enjoy even more power at the negotiating table when it comes time for coalition talk. 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.

National's campaign chair Simeon Brown joins Jack Tame for a Q+A special the morning after 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. He joins Jack Tame for a Q+A special the morning after the election. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of...

Erica Stanford: National's 'value for money' turnaround in education Erica Stanford was named as the top-performing government minister in the 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey. As well as juggling immigration and the Abuse in State Care Inquiry portfolios, in education Stanford has led one of the biggest state reforms this term: a new curriculum, a new qualification, and the standardisation of te...

For decades, National and Labour have mostly left foreign affairs out of politics. Now they appear to be veering in different directions, with Labour calling out the National-led government for following the US too closely. Foreign affairs correspondent and author of Between Giants Anna Fifield joins Jack Tame to preview what New Zealand's foreign policy could look like after November 7. Join Jack...

Fake podcasts, AI-generated smash-and-grabs, and trotting out some well-known faces - with one week until voting closes, political parties are throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks in the competition for eyeballs. Whena Owen sits down with political scientist and author Claire Robinson to sift through some of the campaign materials from Election 2026. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A te...

The cost of living has been central to Labour's campaign for the 2026 general election. Alongside one of their headline policies of splitting up big supermarket players operationally to bring down prices, Labour also wants to immediately draft new legislation to ban the practice price gouging: large players using their market power to artificially raise prices of essential goods. Labour's commerce...

Erica Stanford was named as the top-performing government minister in the 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey. As well as juggling immigration and the Abuse in State Care Inquiry portfolios, in education Stanford has led one of the biggest state reforms this term: a new curriculum, a new qualification, and the standardisation of teaching practices across the country. She joins Jack Tame the week bef...

Qiulae Wong's plan for future political decision-making In under a year, Qiulae Wong has turned around the prospects of the Opportunity Party. Current polling - ranging from 4.8 to 8 percent support - points to the party making history on November 7 as the first genuinely new entrant into New Zealand's Parliament since the MMP electoral system was first used in 1996. Qiulae Wong joins Jack Tame to...

Waitaki is known to be one of the National Party's strongholds, but with political veterans Damien O'Connor from Labour and Michael Laws from New Zealand First challenging incumbent Miles Anderson, the race is heating up. Sam Olley 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.

Political parties rely on having direct access to voters through social media. And thanks to the power of social media algorithms, it's not just their dyed-in-the-wool supporters they can reach with their messages. Mona Krewel, the director of Victoria University of Wellington's Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab and leader of the New Zealand Social Media Study, joins Jack Tame. Join...

With enrolment closing at midnight tonight, New Zealand voters are being urged to update their details online or find one of the enrolment hubs popping up across the country. At last count, youth enrolment is lagging behind the 2023 rates, with more than 100,000 eligible 18-24 year-olds set to be unable to vote. Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne joins Jack Tame. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A tea...

In under a year, Qiulae Wong has turned around the prospects of the Opportunity Party. Current polling - ranging from 4.8 to 8 percent support - points to the party making history on November 7 as the first genuinely new entrant into New Zealand's Parliament since the MMP electoral system was first used in 1996. Qiulae Wong joins Jack Tame to launch Opportunity's final policy of the election perio...

Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Sir Howard Kippengerger Chair at Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Studies. He joins Jack Tame in the lead-up to the US' midterm elections, which polling suggests will see the Republic Party seriously dented. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support o...

Chris Hipkins: The issues that will decide this election 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 annual...

With incumbent Labour MP Duncan Webb retiring, Christchurch Central is up for grabs. New Labour candidate George Hampton, long-standing National candidate Dale Stephens, and Green MP Kahurangi Carter are all on a mission to convince voters that they're up for the job. Ryan Boswell reports. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of N...

The last time an independent was elected as an MP was 1993. After a public split from Te Pāti Māori in 2025, MP for Te Tai Tonga Tākuta Ferris is looking to make history by defending his seat as an independent. 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.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard held the seat for more than 20 years - but since 2017, Hutt South has flipped between National's Chris Bishop and Labour's Ginny Andersen. It's a fierce contest with high stakes: if Bishop loses the seat, currently held with a slim 1,332-vote margin, the front-bench government minister will have to rely on getting in on the National list - and that's no sure bet. Whena Owe...