Gaurav Sharma

Unbeaten in all nine games of the Cricket World Cup so far India go into tonight's semi-final against the Black Caps. Here in the RNZ office Black Caps fan, Jesse discusses the match with colleague… Audio

Today marks the start of the five day Hindu festival Diwali. Jesse speaks to his RNZ collegue, journalist Gaurav Sharma to tell us more about the celebration and its meaning. Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

After India's successful landing on the south pole of the moon, there's hope the West will stop seeing the country as a land of "snake charmers and elephants".  Audio

Hamilton West voters will head to the polls this Saturday for the by-election triggered by former Labour MP Gaurav Sharma, when he resigned from Parliament in October.

People aren't rushing out to… Audio

The Hamilton West by-election is fast-approaching but voters aren't rushing to the polls despite heightened concern about crime and the cost of living. 

Candidates have been campaigning for weeks now… Audio

Former Labour MP Gaurav Sharma announced his resignation from Parliament yesterday in a move that will trigger a by-election in his former electorate, Hamilton West.

Dr Sharma spoke with Checkpoint… Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma was expelled from the Labour caucus yesterday, having spent the past fortnight making allegations of bullying and gaslighting by party whips, fellow MPs and staff from… Audio

Will the Labour caucus kick Gaurav Sharma out this week - and have his accusations caused lasting damage to the party? Should National's leader Christopher Luxon release the detail of an inquiry into… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

He's said plenty in the media, they've said as little as possible (on the record, at least). That's left media weighing up whether MP-gone-rogue Dr Sharma has really lifted the lid on serous bullying… Audio

Political party presidents tend to stay out of the spotlight - but just how influential is their role? Audio

One MP’s past misbehaviour put pressure on National - then another claimed bullying was rife in Labour during what turned into an expectedly turbulent week in party politics for the media. But even… Video, Audio

With 40 new MPs making their way to Wellington this week, we thought we'd get to know a few of our new representatives in Parliament and will be running a series of interviews over the coming weeks… Audio

Hamilton East and Hamilton West are two electorates that predicted the election result, without fail, in the years before MMP was introduced.

This weekend that historic trend returned with both… Audio