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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.
Newstalk ZB hosts Politics Central, a news show with 818 episodes published.
Nicole McKee will be the new ACT Party Deputy Leader, replacing Brooke Van Velden who's leaving politics this year. Nicole only stood for Parliament six years ago, coming with a background as a small-business owner, volu
ACT has announced its plans to radically downsize Government departments, and bring fairness back into our benefit-system. Firstly: They're making medical certification for health-related benefits mandatory, and only iss
GP fees could be frozen for 12 months from July under a proposed Health NZ shake-up of the funding system. Under the proposals, around 60 percent of practices would receive increased funding through capitation re-weighti
Christopher Luxon has returned from Queensland, after meeting with Anthony Albanese with a group of New Zealand businesses. No announcements have been unveiled, but the leaders discussed defence options and Luxon h
The Government says this year's budget especially strengthens Auckland's role as New Zealand's economic engine room. They point out that they're investing in health, including funding to purchase land for a future South
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says New Zealand is "freeloading" from the American military because of our low military spend. The remarks were made at an Asia-Pacific security conference in Singapore, attended by Defe
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will be presenting the 2026 budget on this coming Thursday. A number of pre-budget announcements have already been made including money directed to maths and literary in schools and m
Today Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard, along with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour, announced a $79 million boost over three years for tourism and farming by stopping the sprea
Russian president Vladimir Putin says the war in Ukraine is coming to an end. The conflict has been ongoing since Russia's initial invasion in 2022, and Putin had been speaking in the Kremlin following a very scale
Winston Peters has leaked, and the Government has confirmed, that this will be the final year of fees-free support for tertiary students. The support was first introduced as a first year free incentive to help get
New Zealand has received a preliminary proposal from the United States requesting help in opening the Strait of Hormuz - possibly as part of a coalition that would restore access to the strait. So yes we're apparen
SailGP won't be going ahead in the city of sails next year as the Government has pulled funding. Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston wrote in a letter to mayor Wayne Brown that the event did not meet fun
After much deliberation, the Labour Party has announced they'll back the India free trade agreement. We do see cross party agreements, but just how important will bipartisanship be for this year's election? L
The Green Party have just had their annual State of the Planet Address, and this year they're calling for a National Electrification Plan. They say it's in response to the current fossil fuels crisis, and would add
New Zealand First has announced they will be campaigning on a new policy to end the supermarket duopoly. The policy would give the Commerce Commission powers to enforce increased penalties for breaches and reform t
The National Party have called in former broadcaster Rachel Smalley to help Auckland based MPs, including the prime minister, with their communications and media work ahead of the election this year. It's come afte
Cyclone Vaianu has hit our shores and some regions are being hit particularly hard. The East Coast has seen gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour, thousands of homes in Northland and the Bay of Plenty are without p
It's election year again in New Zealand, and it's a process that we're all familiar with. But few are more familiar than Former PM Helen Clark and Former National MP Maurice Williamson, who joined Tim Beverige to l
The latest numbers, as at one week ago, there were 24 days of petrol and 18 days of diesel in the country. Things are looking to worsen for the foreseeable future, although an uptick in public transport use and EV
New Zealand First will be campaigning on a policy that would see half of all mining royalties go to the region from which it came, rather than Wellington. The party says it would build up wealth and infrastructure
Cameron Bagrie
independent economist
2 appearances on this show
Andrew Hoggard
Biosecurity Minister
1 appearance on this show
Geoffrey Miller
Evolutionary Psychology, Mating, and Academic Life
5 appearances on this show
Chloe Swarbrick
Green Party co-leader · Green Party
1 appearance on this show
Peter Dunne
former United Future leader and political commentator · Petrified Podcasts
7 appearances on this show
Mark Mitchell
Vice President of Access and Affordability · National Association of Independent Schools
3 appearances on this show
Helen Clark
Former Minister of New Zealand and former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme · Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
6 appearances on this show
Winston Peters
Minister for Rail and Foreign Affairs · New Zealand Parliament
8 appearances on this show
Shane Jones
Associate Energy Minister · New Zealand First
5 appearances on this show
Clint Smith
staff writer at The Atlantic · Draper City Fire Department
1 appearance on this show
Nicola Willis
Incoming Social Investment Minister · New Zealand Government
12 appearances on this show
Paul Goldsmith
neuroscientist and practising neurologist
1 appearance on this show
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