Gone By Lunchtime

Politics

A New Zealand politics podcast hosted by The Spinoff's Toby Manhire with Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas.

Episodes

Only 64 more days of tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax

Luxon vs Brown, and how the govt fell so violently out of love with localism

Post-coup chat, with guest star Chris Penk

Emergency pod: Do you get déjà coup?

What is Mr Luxon doing?

Someone take away Stuart Nash's phone, please

Are the Oppies unstoppable?

Jamboree season in an election year

Unhappy families

At Large with Toby Manhire: Britain’s great big prime minister problem, continued

Hardcore lobbying and the emotional senior staffer

Budget special with Bernard Hickey

Live at Auckland Writers Festival with Tova O'Brien guest star

Jane Wrightson on Super squabbles, Seymour and the state of the media

The book everyone, politicians especially, should read in 2026

The deepest breach in the Luxon coalition, and a National reboot

Luxon stares down rebel moan squad across 100 white-knuckle hours

The force majeure election

Special ep with Anna Fifield on the US, Iran, and Winston in Washington

Is NZ getting the fuel crisis right? Here's your timely, targeted and temporary analysis