Newstalk ZB serves up what you need to know, on all things politics at home, and abroad. The show reviews, previews, analyses and challenges the biggest political issues of the week, with all the big players.
Politics Central
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Newstalk ZB serves up what you need to know, on all things politics at home, and abroad. The show reviews, previews, analyses and challenges the biggest political issues of the week, with all the big players.
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Publishing Since
11/5/2018
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Recent Episodes
August 16, 2026
Qiulae Wong: Opportunity leader on the party's plan to regulate political donations
<p>The Opportunity Party's launched a policy to regulate lobbying and cap political donations.</p> <p>The party, which is not in Parliament, is campaigning on imposing a $30,000 per donor per party - for each electoral cycle and having only registered voters allowed to donate.</p> <p>Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong joined the Weekend Collective to explain further.</p> <p><strong>LISTEN ABOVE</strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
August 16, 2026
David Seymour: ACT Party leader on the party's plan to 'good employer' requirements from public service legislation
<p>The ACT Party's promising a reset in government agencies, ending what it call 'race-based hiring' if re-elected.</p> <p>It includes removing 'good employer' requirements from public service legislation, while also prohibiting agencies from resourcing any cultural or spiritual practices in the workplace.</p> <p>Seymour joined the Weekend Collective to explain further.</p> <p><strong>LISTEN ABOVE</strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
August 9, 2026
Barbara Edmonds: Labour's finance spokesperson responds to National's budget responsibility rules
<p>Labour says there's nothing new in National's budget responsibility rules.</p> <p>National's Nicola Willis unveiled the details today - promising a surplus by 2028/29 and reducing Government spending to 30 percent of GDP. </p> <p>Labour's finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says this is part of their current fiscal strategy.</p> <p><strong>LISTEN ABOVE </strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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