Focus on Politics

RNZ New Zealand

Weekly insight into the political issues that matter from RNZ's gallery team.

Episodes

National's olive branch: bed tax out, council cash in

Coalition in clean up mode

National and Labour dance around areas of agreement

An urgent call to fix the aged care crisis

National's nightmare: come again, coup again

Sorry, not sorry: Luxon's shocker week

National bolts the door as Opportunity knocks

Stuart Nash's swan song

Three Wise Pol Eds and a Poll

Outrage over emergency housing targets

National converts to KiwiSaver

Officials in firing line over $30m immigration failure

Labour joins election race with fare cap promise

Penk's verbal nuclear bomb inflames defence debates

The deliberately boring election-year Budget

Public service cuts spur debates on AI, shorts and flying

Te Pāti Māori's shrinking caucus: "No story here"

The GP crisis politicians can't ignore

Coalition parties trade blows over India agreement

Confidence call: Luxon's uneasy victory