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From the Tick Tick back-catalogue: Come join us on a whistle-stop tour of NZ’s voting system, featuring dogs in polling places, babies in perambulators, and a trip deep into the Indian jungle. Seriously! Plus Adam and...

Two ticks good – four ticks better. Alongside the general election this year, New Zealanders get to vote on two referendum questions - one about euthanasia and the other about cannabis. A week out from polling day, Adam...

From the side of the stage minutes before the leaders went head-to-head, to the corridors swarming with diplomatic protection squad police, Adam and Eugene had back stage passes at The Press Leaders Debate. In this...

Tick. Tick flies south for round three of the Ardern-vs-Collins clashes: the infamous Press Leaders Debate. A full-length behind-the-scenes episode is coming very, very soon – but while you’re waiting, here’s a...

Polls are like drugs to political junkies, providing ever-higher highs the closer the election gets. But are they as reliable as some people think – or should they be banned, like others say? Pollster David Farrar, who...

They're back – and this time they've drunk more coffee. Stuff senior journalist Andrea Vance joins us to break down the Newshub leaders debate. And National’s finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith gives us a frank interview...

As the campaign heats up, the heat rises online and, well, the trolls come out. Ugh. And the most-impacted are the women running for office. We talk to Kasey Machin and Jacqueline Comer, two of the people behind...

In the aftermath of the first leaders' debate, Stuff political editor Luke Malpass chats with Adam and Eugene about what we learned. ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner joins the show to explain the size of the economic...

Covid has messed up the campaign season, so this year the big election debates matter more than ever before. Labour insider Stephen Mills takes us backstage. Mihingarangi Forbes, host of the Hui Pōti 2020 debates...

Speaker Trevor Mallard joins the show to discuss what it’s like to referee MPs, Parliament’s reputation as a toxic workplace, and what his own future holds. Adam dissects the new party campaign ads, and Eugene dusts off...

In the fourth of our political party leader interviews, Stuff senior journalist Andrea Vance and Political Editor Luke Malpass sit down with Greens co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw. Links: Click here for every...

When there's a serial liar in the White House, a New Zealand prime minister who is difficult to confront, and an Opposition that’s accused of stoking conspiracy theories, how do voters figure out the truth? Journalist...

Associated Press correspondent Nick Perry joins the show to give his unique insight into New Zealand’s obsession with what the world thinks of us and our politics – and how Jacindamania has affected that. And Adam gives...

As the election season cranks up again, politicians’ sales pitches to voters are being carefully crafted. And political leaders are busy trying to convince you of their leadership qualities through subtle and...

So, there was a false start because of the pandemic delay, but the New Zealand election is coming! In the build-up to the October 17 vote, an army of people are preparing as best they can – coronavirus permitting. Adam...