Gone By Lunchtime
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A New Zealand politics podcast hosted by The Spinoff's Toby Manhire with Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas.
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Breaking: everything is good now
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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The Luxon conundrum
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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The Police and the bad apple thesis
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Good news: NZ is back on track
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Meltdown in Te Pāti Māori
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Peters delivers Palestine decision in New York
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Te Pāti Māori wrenches defeat from the jaws of victory
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Pulse check, pub quiz & predictions: live from WORD Christchurch
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Bonus ep: Thoughts on the Jacinda Ardern film and book
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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It’s all fine apart from butter, Trump, netball, etc
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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‘The one thing they could blow up the government over’
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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We have issues, many issues
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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New Zealand punches above its tightrope
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Polling, ex-PMs, dickheadery and a goat sacrifice
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Budget special: When The Facts Change x Gone By Lunchtime
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May 22, 2025 |
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House of C****
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May 21, 2025 |
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Really, really urgent
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May 07, 2025 |
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Australian election special with Ben McKay
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Christopher, champion of the free trade world
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Live in Auckland with special guest Rebecca Wright
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Home and away with Christopher Luxon
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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A conversation with David Parker about the world and NZ’s place in it
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The Curious Case of Christopher Luxon's Hosking Equivocations
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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David Seymour and his Prince Hal epoch
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Winston wants a word with Mr Brown
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: The Waitangi special
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Luxon launches reboot for 2025
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Summer reissue: Live! With special guest Kim Hill, 40 years on from a seismic NZ election
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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New Year special: the year ahead in NZ politics
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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A plan to have a plan about some ferries
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Meet James Meager, the man left holding the treaty principles bill
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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A special edition of The Fold: The future of The Spinoff
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Chris Luxon's big first birthday boil-up
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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The hīkoi and the bill
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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The American election and everything else
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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US election special: Todd Muller on why it matters and who will win
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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The one-year stocktake
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The big hill and the tax boulder
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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David Seymour's refettled zombie utopia
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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The King and us
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Luxon, the bus, the wrecking ball and the poll
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Mercury rises in Crown-Māori relations...
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Shining a light on the sorely neglected story: US politics
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Live! With special guest Kim Hill, 40 years on from a seismic NZ election
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Green Darleen fever dream
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Blowout in Britain, boilover in France: Henry Cooke on two big elections
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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The rust-bucket powder keg that could spark a China-US conflict
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Is New Zealand a C-list country?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Listen Now: episode one of Juggernaut – I Love You, Mr Lange
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Disentangling the census data / Te Pāti Māori claims
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Budget day special
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May 30, 2024 |
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Live! The six-month performance review
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May 21, 2024 |
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Introducing Behind the Story: If you love a dog, you must also love disposing of its sh*t
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May 03, 2024 |
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Luxon's mojo machine misfires
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May 02, 2024 |
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Aukus ruckus: the scrap over NZ independence in foreign policy
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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A conversation with Grant Robertson at the cricket
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Numbercrunchawamba
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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An untimely case of entitleditis
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ia manuia lau malaga, Efeso Collins
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Waitangi spiders and the Winston scriptures
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The three-headed taniwha
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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2023: A year in review
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Luxon and the rizz
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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The Weet-Bix coalition
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Big rock energy and coalition talks
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Post-election special: back on one track or other
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Election night special: a debrief
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Panic at the Briscoes
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Chris Hipkins is relentlessly positive
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Winston Peters? I don't know her
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Megapod 22: Can Annabelle, Ben and Toby make it out alive?
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Megapod 21: The Real Pod x Gone By Lunchtime + The Worm
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Megapod 20: Bernard Hickey – the man, the myth, the machine
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Megapod 19: All hail Policy.nz
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Megapod 18: Youth Wings revisited
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 17: Raf Manji says Top is still in the game
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 16: Grant Robertson on Labour’s record and the mood for change
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 15: Andrew Geddis on how to make a government
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 14: David Seymour on why he despises political TV drama
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 13: Ben McKay on the Voice vote in Australia
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 12: Brooke Van Velden on the battle for Tāmaki
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 11: The hot seats in election 2023
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Megapod 10: Chris Hipkins reveals he has read a book
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 9: The foreign affairs debate we’re not having in election 2023
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 8: Erica Stanford on the minister she wants to be
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 7: Lara Greaves on polling, the Māori roll and harassment
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 6: James Shaw on the climate change election
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 5: A conversation with Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 4: A special Auckland Central debate / shock moderator walkout
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Megapod 3: Michael Wood on a hellish year and the campaign ahead
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Megapod 2: Highlights and lowlights of the first leaders’ debate
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Megapod 1: The first TVNZ leaders' debate, assessed
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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A conversation with Act leader David Seymour
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Is Chris Luxon the new Paul Newman?
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: Everybody was Prefu Fighting
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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A conversation with Green leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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From the gelateria to the murder house
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Live from Word Christchurch with special guest Lianne Dalziel
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Man bites underdog
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Live from Boondogglepalooza
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: Steven Joyce on how to win elections
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: A conversation with the prime minister
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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The giant hole election
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: Kiri Allan resigns
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Hipkins scratches the switch
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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One hundred days to go. Or is it?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: Direct from the Great Hall of the People
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: Chris Hipkins and the China Challenge
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Wet, Whiny and Gangward-looking
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: Electoral review chair on the recs and the wreckers
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Wood's stock: a very sloppy festival
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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ChatGBL and the blowback budget
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May 24, 2023 |
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Budget special: Bernard Hickey and Toby Manhire binge on bread and butter
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May 18, 2023 |
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Coalitions, coronations and chaos
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May 11, 2023 |
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Emergency podcast: Meka Whaitiri defects from Labour
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May 03, 2023 |
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Big Tax Energy
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Three Waters? Never heard of it
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Cross Chris'll make Stu jump
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Cosying up next to the policy bonfire
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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We will not be neutered, declare Annabelle, Ben and Toby
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Ben calls in from Wairoa, the town torn apart by Cyclone Gabrielle
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Blame it on the Wayne
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Bread, butter, Coke, Pepsi: on PM Hipkins
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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EMERGENCY PODCAST: Jacinda Ardern resigns
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Predicting the 2023 election date
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: The days that defined NZ politics in 2022
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2022
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Performing a check-up on NZ's political parties
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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The fog of Orr
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Kiri Allan, Erica Stanford and Chlöe Swarbrick on five terrible, glorious years
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Good cop, bad cop, dark cop, anxious cop
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Labour girds its loins
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Raf Manji on TOP 3.0
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Star-studded live Tauranga special
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Local election super-wrap special
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Phil Goff special: on a life in politics and idealism v pragmatism
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Around the poll campfire
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Charles III, king of Aotearoa
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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King Charles III special
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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The cost of living cudgel and political chocolate
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Chris Finlayson on the rule of law and the fear of winning
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Gaurav Sharma and Sam Uffindell, suspended
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Auckland mayoral election special, with the doyen of Super City journalism Todd Niall
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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James versus Ron for Greens co-leader
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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UK politics special: The Boris Johnson implosion
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Andrea Vance on Blue Blood: The Inside Story of the National Party in Crisis
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Relentlessly negative and around the world
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Strike raptor Gib board taskforce
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Gareth Hughes on Jeanette Fitzsimons and the future of the Greens
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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The president, the Pacific and a platinum jubilee
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The squeezed muddle
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May 25, 2022 |
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Budget 2022: Reaction special
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May 19, 2022 |
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Chewing the budget pastry
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May 11, 2022 |
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Australian election special: Albo v Scomo
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May 04, 2022 |
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Christopher Luxon and the giant melancholy kiwifruit
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Aotearoa joins the war in Europe
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Is it the beginning of the end of the Covid response?
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Simon Bridges on his shock exit from politics
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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What next for the parliament occupation?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The parliament protest and Trevor's iPod
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Opening up
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Summer reissue: The end of the Collins era
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Summer reissue: Podathon 2021
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Summer reissue: The stuck ship era
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2021
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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The great 2021 Gone By Lunchtime Christmas quiz
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Luxonmania
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Who wants to lead the National Party next?
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ordinary Kiwi Christmas
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Traffic lights
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Podathon 2021
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Every Covid plan reviewed
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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The unofficial epidemic response committee
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Judith's Wednesday wobbly and David's terrible tweet
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Another late night lockdown extravaganza
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Lullabies for the team of five million
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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High-level political vibe discourse
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Howl of a podcast
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Vaccines, Karens and the UNDrip
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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New Winston Peters dropped
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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The Phantom Menace of political summits
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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The first and only pundits to weigh in on Budget 2021
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May 25, 2021 |
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He Puapua, Te Tiriti and Judith Collins
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May 13, 2021 |
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The end of DHBs, local government and Selena Gomez
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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45 minutes of silence
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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The housing package and the stuck ship
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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In loving memory of landline polling
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Rethinking MIQ, Australia and businesswear
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Welcome to 2021, the tribute year to 2020
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Summer reissue: The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Summer reissue: Mervmania
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Summer reissue: Politics in Pubs with Simon Bridges
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Summer reissue: Emergency Toddcast
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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End of year special with Jacinda Ardern
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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The Golden Handbrake Awards 2020
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Lustful frothing as parliament returns
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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A rummage through Labour's new cabinet
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Bonus episode: On the road with Alex Braae
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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The final countdown to Election 2020
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Judgement day beckons after the third leaders' debate
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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The second NZ leaders' debate, assessed
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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The best and worst of last night’s debates
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Welcome to Middelburg, Aotearoa
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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The Gone By Lunchtime apology special
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Late night lockdown politics with the Alert Level Three
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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The Gone By Lunchtime guide to political edging
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Mervmania hits the 2020 election campaign
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Why Auckland Central is 2020's most exciting electorate
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Politics in Pubs 3: Simon Bridges on National Party upheavals, politics, and post-yak life
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Politics roguecast: A bombshell poll for Judith Collins and National
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: Judith Collins and the hot air Falloon
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Emergency politics Toddcast: The National Party after Muller
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: The slogans have landed. Plus: a formal apology
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Politics in pubs podcast: Chlöe Swarbrick and Danyl Mclauchlan
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: The week the Covid-19 response went downhill
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: The bloody battle for the National Party leadership
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May 21, 2020 |
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Politics in pubs podcast: Danyl Mclauchlan, Andrea Vance and Neale Jones
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: Gone by lockdowntime
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: Covid-19 and its political dimension
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Politics podcast: The many circles of donation hell
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Gone By Lunchtime: positive, factual, robust, stable, genius
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2019
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: live from the Gone by Lunchtime Christmas party
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: Peter Jackson is not the mayor of Wellington
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Politics podcast special: Livin’ la vida local
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Politics podcast special: On Sarah, the Labour staffer, and the botched party inquiry
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: Simon Bridges, you, and the Ihumātao groundswell
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: We shall reshuffle you
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Politics Podcast: The Wellbeing Hack
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: Reliving the 2017 election with Jacinda Ardern
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May 24, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: Gone by Slushy Time
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May 01, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: the aftermath
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: Good-time tax chats with your pals
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Politics podcast: Ardern promises delivery, Bridges prays for deliverance
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Politics pod: Unchained Mallardry, MAGA Barry, ILG damned and the stars of 2018
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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Politics podcast: Will the Jami-Lee Ross saga leave lasting damage?
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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Emergency podcast: Jami-Lee Ross declares war on Simon Bridges
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Gone By Lunch Time Special: Jacinda in the studio
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Oct 14, 2018 |
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Politics podcast: Jacindamania, one year on
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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Politics podcast: did Bridges' spadework turn a little leak into a big hole?
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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Politics podcast: Breaking news, the prime minister had a baby
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Politics podcast: waka jumping, fuel taxing and rumour mongering
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May 11, 2018 |
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Breaking Astoria in Curran affairs
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Mar 28, 2018 |
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Dawn of the age of Simon Bridges, king of the National Party
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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Emergency podcast: Bill English is gone by morning tea time
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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We're back for the New Year with new takes on the week in Politics.
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2017
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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A completely comprehensive dissection of 2017
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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The first day back at the office blues (feat Paddles content)
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Nov 08, 2017 |
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Politics podcast: A whole new government edition
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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A post-election special feat. some more predictions
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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Our 100% correct predictions for election 2017
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: The 1st Spinoff Great Election Debate
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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A dramatic and devastating podcast with 10 days to go
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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Fire in the debate disco, fiscal holes and child poverty surprises
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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Winston Peters latest to be engulfed in election perma-scandal
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Aug 29, 2017 |
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A classic hits election with one month to go
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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Politics podcast: Greens post-Metiria, return of the bootcamp and war with Australia
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Labour so blissy, Greens so messy, English so texty
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Aug 08, 2017 |
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Emergency politics podcast: Andrew Little gone by brunchtime, cometh the hour of Ardern
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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Metiria Turei's Winz confession, Labour's alt-budget and the Māori seats
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Jul 26, 2017 |
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Winston the racist rock star, Gareth Morgan's own goal, and Guy likes the Greens
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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The Gory saga of Todd Barclay, Labour's intern storm, and Hone Duterte
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Jun 28, 2017 |
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Blighty ripples, immigration debate, and Sir Knight Sir John Sir Key
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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Eminem, Winston, Willie Jackson, Winston, Brownlee boosting and Winston
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May 10, 2017 |
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W-Town: an important new podcast about a troubled man stuck in the south
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Bill's big super bang-bang, the rise of Jacinda and timeless Winstonian truths
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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Episode 12: How Donald Trump saved Waitangi Day for all New Zealand
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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Emergency politics podcast: in DC, Ben Thomas watches Donald Trump become actual president
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Jan 22, 2017 |
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Episode 10: The Gone By Lunchtime Christmas Party 2016
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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Emergency podcast! John Key is gone at lunchtime!
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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Episode 8 Farewell to Parata and Cunliffe, hello to PM-for-a-day Bennett
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Nov 02, 2016 |
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Episode 7: mayoral thrills, byelection spills and Aaron Smith’s cublicles
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Oct 11, 2016 |
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Episode 6: Andrew Little naked, the immortal Winston, the Māori King & more
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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Episode 5: Auckland, Māori Party vs Helen Clark, kiwifruit and sheep
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Aug 03, 2016 |
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Episode 4: the Brexit effect, Paula Bennett's bad month and Hone Harawira's return
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Jun 28, 2016 |
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Episode 3: Key and NZ as tax haven, Labour’s woes, and Helen Clark UN bid
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May 27, 2016 |
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Episode 2: Pharmac, the flag and the Auckland shambles
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May 27, 2016 |
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Episode 1: the Key at Waitangi will-he-won’t-he, TPP and leader speeches
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May 27, 2016 |