Nine To Noon Politics

Brigitte Morten and Shane Te Pou talk to Kathryn about the pressure mounting on the Government over the Covid vaccine rollout and the latest border workers infected with the virus. Also the reaction… Read more Audio

Political commentators Neale Jones and Trish Sherson talk to Kathryn about what is likely up for consideration in the upcoming budget, all eyes are on today's travel bubble announcement,and is… Read more Audio

Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten discuss the Government's housing announcement and its implications. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff… Read more Audio

Louder calls for a Trans Tasman travel bubble amid increasingly frosting Australasian political relations and Stephen, Brigitte and Kathryn look at a lower than expected GDP quarter figure. Stephen… Read more Audio

Stephen and Trish talk to Kathryn about the way the government has been announcing Covid 19 alert level changes and the reaction to the process, particularly from businesses. Was anything learnt by… Read more Audio

Parliament's back after a recess dominated by the Valentine's Day Covid cluster. We'll talk about the most recent lockdown, the communications around it and how the vaccine will roll out. Stephen… Read more Audio

The new seven day level 3 lockdown in Auckland, Kathryn, Neale and Brigitte look at the questions it raises about management of this latest phase, public tolerance and cohesion and the vaccination… Read more Audio

The politics of lockdown, and the trans Tasman tensions over the citizenship row of a woman accused of terrorism. Also a look at the Priveleges Committee and the National facebook video case. Audio

Stephen Mills and Trish Sherson join Kathryn to look at this year's Waitangi events and National's intentions to stand candidates in Maori seats. Read more Audio

A new year in politics with pressure ramping up to roll out Covid vaccinations. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little… Read more Audio

A look back on the political landscape and a look forward and also a busy few days in politics including the Simpson/Roche review and three billion dollars in new spending. Read more Audio

Stephen, Trish and Kathryn discuss the first post-election poll which is bad news for National, the challenges for ACT working out its strategy and the Trans Tasman bubble not happening before… Read more Audio

Neale and Trish look at the Government's expression of concern about China's promotion of a doctored image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child's throat. The statement has… Read more Audio

Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss Grant Robertson's letter to the Reserve Bank, and the furore surrounding Oranga Tamariki. Read more Audio

Stephen, Brigitte and Kathryn on what came out of National's AGM at the weekend, and increased pressure for the Government in the housing sector. Read more Audio

Neale, Trish and Kathryn take a look at the make-up of the new cabinet, what the special votes have yielded, National's reshuffle and they examine implications the US election result has for New… Read more Audio

More on Cabinet's new lineup and the Green Party's place in the new government. And with the preliminary results out, has the result in the cannabis referendum drawn a line under any future reform of… Read more Audio

A discussion on what the shape of the Labour Government may look like, will there be Green involvement? Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research, which is the polling firm used by… Read more Audio

RNZ’s Political Editor Jane Patterson discusses the new landscape since Labour's landslide victory on Saturday night, winning an outright majority - the first time this has been achieved under MMP… Read more Audio

Trish, Neale and Kathryn dissect the election result. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of… Read more Audio

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Trish Sherson is from… Read more Audio

Early voting is underway, Trish and Neale talk to Kathryn about how they think the campaign is going and whether the second debate shifted any ground. Also, Judith Collins' moment of prayer has raised… Read more Audio

Neale and Trish talk to Kathryn about the latest two political polls, the strategies being used by Labour and National's leaders in their TV debates and the scrutiny being applied to National's… Read more Audio

Neale, Trish and Kathryn talk about National's alternative budget, and tax cuts, as well as the $4 billion dollar mistake in its economic plan. Also a look at Covid's impact on widening inequality. Read more Audio

Political commentators Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten join Kathryn to discuss the 'innovative' policies coming from National, including the 'first 1000 days' policy for new parents. As Greens'… Read more Audio

Stephen, Trish and Kathryn discuss the focus of the election campaign, with pandemic management and the economic consequences at the forefront. Also how do you safely campaign in level 2? Read more Audio

Is there a disconnect between the Government's covid response plan and the Ministry of Health's execution of it? Read more Audio