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Family Court frustrations stoke calls for deeper change
13 Nov 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Anneke Smith looks into the Family Court system as it nears its 40-year anniversary.
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Will traffic lights see Covid hitting the gas?
6 Nov 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson hits the brakes and looks ahead to the traffic light system, and what it means for Covid-19 in New Zealand.
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New Zealand's UK and EU free trade ambitions
31 Oct 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Katie Scotcher takes a deeper look at New Zealand's free trade ambitions with the UK and Europe.
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Focus on Politics: The road ahead for transport
16 Oct 2021In Focus on politics, Katie Scotcher explores the challenges and priorities in the inherently political transport sector.
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Viral inequality and ganging up on Covid-19
9 Oct 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson takes politicians' temperature on Covid-19 and the economic response, and how that impacts efforts to combat inequality.
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Three waters: Councils tapping out as minister steams ahead
2 Oct 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson dives into the three waters debate, plumbing the depths of local governments' opposition to the centralisation of water…
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Lockdown: Delta outbreak raises the stakes
21 Aug 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch details the latest Covid-19 outbreak, the government's response, and how that's been received by the public and…
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Aotearoa referendum debate fuels racist abuse
14 Aug 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Long Form Journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui explores the harm caused when politicians question Māori values and language.
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Focus on Politics: Conversion therapy
6 Aug 2021Legislation banning gay conversion therapy, a practice described as monstrous and traumatising, is making its way through Parliament but not everyone is on board.
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Education system grapples with te reo Māori, tikanga and systemic racism
31 Jul 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Māori News Journalist Jamie Tahana and Education Correspondent John Gerritsen look at a suite of new initiatives being brought in to improve Māori achievement…
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Hate speech debate gets mired in politics
In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Anneke Smith explores how the conversation on hate speech shifted - from an effort to curb terrorism to a political bunfight - and what the…
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Focus on Politics: 2018 in review
24 Dec 2018Political reporter Craig McCulloch takes an irreverent (by RNZ standards) look back at the biggest stories of a year which included a Prime Ministerial baby, the collapse of two Ministerial careers…
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Focus on Politics: Electric car revolution
13 Jul 2018The government is being accused of dragging its feet over its pledge to convert its massive vehicle fleet to electric. Following the election, the coalition parties committed to rolling over the…
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Focus on Politics: ACT's identity crisis
15 Jun 2018More from Jane Patterson and the focus team...
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