Live at Auckland Writers Festival with Tova O'Brien guest star

About this episode

The hosts discuss the political landscape ahead of the upcoming election with guest Tova O'Brien.

In a special six-months-to-the-election edition, Toby, Annabelle and Ben, joined by a special surprise guest who may or may not be the brilliant Tova O'Brien of TVNZ Breakfast, size up the State of Things across the parties and putative combinations.Recorded live at the Kiri Te Kanawa theatre for the Auckland Writers Festival on Friday May 15, 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Toby, Annabelle, Ben

Guest: Tova O'Brien

Topics covered

• election
• politics
• New Zealand
• current events
• media

Keywords

• election
• politics
• Tova O'Brien
• Auckland Writers Festival
• New Zealand

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TVNZ

Places: Auckland

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