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Unhappy families
Jun 24, 2026
53m 16s
At Large with Toby Manhire: Britain’s great big prime minister problem, continued
Jun 23, 2026
29m 06s
Hardcore lobbying and the emotional senior staffer
Jun 5, 2026
48m 41s
Budget special with Bernard Hickey
May 28, 2026
34m 31s
Live at Auckland Writers Festival with Tova O'Brien guest star
May 21, 2026
1h 05m 45s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 | ![]() Unhappy families | The gun for election 2026 was fired with great fury and much shrapnel on Sunday, with National campaign manager Simeon Brown sparing almost no one. Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire huddle together to revisit those dramatic scenes and seek to understand why Brown thought it was a good idea to say that Winston Peters and David Seymour are his squabbling children and to declare NZ First irredeemably untrustworthy. A KiwiSaver policy staked out territory for the months to come, while the Greens were also in bold policy mode, laying out their plans on tax. And the dam has burst on the policy front for Labour, too. Did the public transport cap hit the mark?Plus: Erica Stanford turns the scrutiny spotlight squarely on MBIE officials over their questionable persistence on a multimillion-dollar biometric tech project. And is Tama Potaka just tweaking Conservation policy for the sale of "bits and bobs" or does the new act entail something more troubling? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 53m 16s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() At Large with Toby Manhire: Britain’s great big prime minister problem, continued | Keir Starmer has walked out from Downing Street and said it’s all over, meaning Andy Burnham is almost certain to be the next UK PM, the seventh since 2016. Why did Starmer fail, who is Burnham, and is this all really about Nigel Farage and Reform? Toby talks to UK-based NZ journalist Richard Adams about the latest drama, and asks whether Christopher Luxon could learn anything. Plus: In How Good, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith reveals what she has learned about British romance from two powerful texts: Jane Austen’s Persuasion and Love Island UK. Follow At Large with Toby Manhire now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 29m 06s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Hardcore lobbying and the emotional senior staffer✨ | climate actionlobbying+4 | — | Labour Party | — | climate courtlobbying+5 | — | 48m 41s | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Budget special with Bernard Hickey✨ | budgeteconomic forecasts+3 | Bernard Hickey | The Spinoff | — | budgeteconomic forecasts+3 | — | 34m 31s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() Live at Auckland Writers Festival with Tova O'Brien guest star✨ | electionpolitics+3 | Tova O'Brien | TVNZ | Auckland | electionpolitics+3 | — | 1h 05m 45s | |
| 5/18/26 | ![]() Jane Wrightson on Super squabbles, Seymour and the state of the media✨ | SuperannuationKiwiSaver+3 | Jane Wrightson | NZ on AirBSA+2 | — | SuperannuationKiwiSaver+6 | — | 43m 04s | |
| 5/12/26 | ![]() The book everyone, politicians especially, should read in 2026✨ | criminal justiceNew Zealand+3 | Asher Emanuel | The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City | New ZealandHutt Valley District Court | New Zealandcriminal justice+5 | — | 39m 16s | |
| 5/6/26 | ![]() The deepest breach in the Luxon coalition, and a National reboot✨ | political coalitionforeign policy+3 | Annabelle Lee-MatherBen Thomas+1 | National PartyUS-Israel | IranIndia | Luxoncoalition breach+7 | — | 56m 15s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() Luxon stares down rebel moan squad across 100 white-knuckle hours✨ | political leadershipconfidence motion+3 | Ben ThomasToby Manhire | LabourNational | — | Christopher LuxonStuart Smith+3 | — | 47m 48s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() The force majeure election✨ | politicselections+4 | — | State Department | New ZealandIran+2 | Donald TrumpIran+6 | — | 40m 32s | |
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| 4/8/26 | ![]() Special ep with Anna Fifield on the US, Iran, and Winston in Washington✨ | US foreign policyIran conflict+3 | Anna Fifield | Marco RubioFinancial Times+1 | NZDC+3 | US foreign ministerWinston Peters+5 | — | 29m 26s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() Is NZ getting the fuel crisis right? Here's your timely, targeted and temporary analysis✨ | fuel crisisgovernment response+5 | — | Labour PartyTāmaki | New ZealandIran+1 | fuel crisiseconomic response+8 | — | 1h 09m 00s | |
| 3/11/26 | ![]() We don't know how to be any clearer, guys✨ | New Zealand politicsChristopher Luxon+4 | — | NationalTe Pāti Māori | New Zealand | Christopher LuxonNew Zealand+6 | — | 59m 08s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() 10th birthday special: Live with Wayne Brown and Andrew Little✨ | local governmentpolitics+3 | Wayne BrownAndrew Little | Luxon government | WellingtonAuckland | WellingtonAuckland+5 | — | 55m 03s | |
| 2/10/26 | ![]() Ben Thomas reports from the shitstorm✨ | wastewater crisispolitical analysis+4 | Ben Thomas | Te Pāti MāoriLabour+2 | WellingtonNew Zealand+1 | Moa Pointwastewater+5 | — | 58m 38s | |
| 1/27/26 | ![]() Are Peters and Luxon on a collision course?✨ | electionclimate adaptation+4 | — | New Zealand First PartyWorld Health Organisation | New ZealandAustralia+1 | Christopher LuxonWinston Peters+5 | — | 47m 57s | |
| 1/13/26 | ![]() Summer Reissue: Bonus ep - Thoughts on the Jacinda Ardern film and book✨ | Jacinda Ardernfilm analysis+3 | Madeleine Chapman | A Different Kind of PowerPrime Minister | — | Jacinda Ardernfilm+5 | — | 45m 40s | |
| 1/6/26 | ![]() Summer Reissue: Juggernaut 2✨ | New Zealand politicseconomic reforms+5 | Jim BolgerRuth Richardson+6 | NZ On Air | — | New Zealandpolitics+7 | — | 51m 02s | |
| 12/30/25 | ![]() New Year special: 2026 in NZ politics | Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire take a quick break from partying atop the Sky Tower to discuss the highlights from the political year that was, before sharing their predictions for 2026. Happy new year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 22m 50s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 | ![]() Summer Reissue: Emergency politics Toddcast - The National Party after Muller | Gone By Lunchtime is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from the vault: At 7.30am, just 53 days after he replaced Simon Bridges as leader of the National Party, Todd Muller announced his immediate resignation from the job. How did it come to this, and who is likely to emerge as the new leader, with less than 10 weeks to an election? Will deputy Nikki Kaye be promoted by caucus tonight? Is it Judith Collins' time? Can Simon Bridges complete the great arc of redemption? What about Gerry Brownlee or Mark Mitchell? Or maybe just chuck a baby yak in charge. This episode was originally published on July 14 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 39m 22s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | ![]() Breaking: everything is good now | His summer break may only be 20 minutes long, but Christopher Luxon goes into it grinning, on the back of a poll that saw a swing to the right, boosted economic confidence data, maybe staring down a maybe-coup, and most crucially, snipping the ribbon on the big green, yellow and blue shoot: Ikea. Just how confident must he feel going into Christmas? Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas chew it over, plus: poor poll numbers for the Greens and Te Pāti Māori, as TPM limp through an AGM with their future in the balance. Another big reforming swing from Chris Bishop with two new bumper bills to replace the Resource Management Act; how will this look and what does it mean for iwi Māori? And how did former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster fare in his feature-length interview for Q+A? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 52m 26s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | ![]() The Luxon conundrum | There’s a lot of talk about challenges to Christopher Luxon’s leadership. Toby, Ben and Annabelle do as they must and talk about the talk and whether there’s more to it. First on the agenda, however, is a reform trailed as the biggest overhaul of local government since 1989 – just how will this new Galactic Senate setup work, and can it fix the resource management mess? Plus: all the reasons, mostly involving Winston Peters, that it is very clear we’re in election season, and a revelatory new interview from Tākuta Ferris on the immolation in Te Pāti Māori. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 26s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | ![]() The Police and the bad apple thesis | A shocking report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has revealed a litany of serious failings in the handling of complaints relating to the disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming. Not only were the complaints from a former lover diverted from the appropriate channels by senior leaders including former police boss Andrew Coster, the woman involved was arrested and prosecuted for harmful digital communications. The new commissioner and the police minister insist that it is a failure of a small group of senior leaders – “bad apples”, as Mark Mitchell put it – rather than something systemic or cultural. But, ask Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire, almost 20 years after the damning Margaret Bazley report that followed the Louise Nicholas case, is that explanation good enough? Plus: Parliament has two newly independent MPs, following the Te Pāti Māori National Council expelling Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Takuta Ferris “for breaches of Kawa (the Party’s constitution)”. As the implosion in the party deepens, a number of questions remain unanswered. Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters are exchanging blows over asset sales – is this a fracture in the coalition, an exercise in nostalgia, or two bald men (apologies Mr Peters, this is very much a metaphor) fighting over a comb? And changes to the Zero Carbon Act were announced with zero fanfare – what does it mean for New Zealand climate action and Paris commitments? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 52m 22s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | ![]() Good news: NZ is back on track | In his first face-to-face encounter with Donald Trump, Christopher Luxon has exchanged hair jokes and golf banter. Does that confirm that back on track level has been achieved? Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas deliver their verdicts on the latest from the PM, Winston Peters getting angsty about pronouns and Labour solving the challenges of how to define the capital gains tax it will take to the next election by defining it as: three free GP visits for all. Plus: is Te Pāti Māori on the brink of a schism as a vote is taken to suspend Mariameno Kapa-Kingi? And Vale Jim Bolger, who has died at the age of 90. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 51m 26s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | ![]() Meltdown in Te Pāti Māori | A 10pm email to members blew apart the reset mood in Te Pāti Māori on Monday night with a litany of allegations and appendices dating back years, as part of a “transparency” effort in response to claims of bullying and a “dictatorial” leadership by Eru Kapa-Kingi of the Toitū Te Tiriti movement. Just what, ask Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire, is going on? And what are the implications from here?Plus: a trio of new polls paints a consistent picture, and it’s not great for Chris or for Chris, but Don’t Know is showing real potential. And what’s up with the crackdown on 18 and 19 year olds’ access to the Jobseeker benefit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 53m 01s | ||||||
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