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Introducing: QUARANTINE NATION
Mar 3, 2026
49m 01s
Introducing Tova: Back for 2024 - Wairua, waiata and wero: On the ground(s) for Waitangi 2024
Feb 6, 2024
54m 56s
US Election Special: Tick Tick Goes to Washington
Oct 29, 2020
48m 53s
Election 2020: the aftermath
Oct 21, 2020
51m 53s
The Final Final Countdown
Oct 15, 2020
38m 00s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 3/3/26 |  Introducing: QUARANTINE NATION✨ | COVID-19podcasting+4 | — | NZ on AirStuff+4 | — | COVID-19Quarantine Nation+5 | — | 49m 01s | |
| 2/6/24 |  Introducing Tova: Back for 2024 - Wairua, waiata and wero: On the ground(s) for Waitangi 2024 | Looking for your new favourite politics pod? Look no further! Tova is back for 2024. In this weeks episode, Tova brings you the full story of one of the most significant Waitangi weekends for many years. Like what you're hearing? Follow on Apple or Spotify to make sure you don't miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 54m 56s | ||||||
| 10/29/20 |  US Election Special: Tick Tick Goes to Washington | Sure, Tick Tick is 'Stuff's 2020 Election Podcast', but we never specified WHICH country's election, did we? So, now that NZ's electoral process is pretty much wound up, we turn our attention to the rolling maul that is the 2020 US presidential election. What’s it all about? Is Trump really that bad? What on earth is the electoral college? And why is Eugene expressing his gratitude to an oven-cooked tuber in the medium of song? Special (American) guests: columnist Tracey Barnett and politics senior lecturer Dr Maria Armoudian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 48m 53s | ||||||
| 10/21/20 |  Election 2020: the aftermath | So that’s it, Tick Tickers – the election’s over. Yet many questions remain about the shape and direction of New Zealand’s new government. So we get the lowdown from Stuff political editor Luke Malpass and senior reporter Andrea Vance. Then we check in with Covid-19 modeller Dr Shaun Hendy to find out what the virus has in store for the coming three years. Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 51m 53s | ||||||
| 10/15/20 |  The Final Final Countdown | One day out from New Zealand’s 2020 election, Associate Professor Grant Duncan assesses the mood of the nation, and also warns what might follow if this is indeed Winston Peters’ last stand. Stuff’s Pou Tiaki editor Carmen Parahi joins us to explain what to watch in the Māori seats – and the intriguing tactical voting possibly at play. And Adam serves up a very special word soup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 00s | ||||||
| 10/12/20 |  Everything you wanted to know about voting but were too afraid to ask | 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 Eugene re-enact a dramatic political storming-out. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 12s | ||||||
| 10/9/20 |  Cannabis and euthanasia – your burning referendum questions answered | 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 and Eugene hit the streets to ask voters if there are things they need to know before they make their choices. And then, with the help of Stuff reporters Hannah Martin and Joel MacManus, they find the answers. Plus: David Seymour and Chlöe Swarbrick get just 90 seconds each to make their last-minute cases. Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 45m 47s | ||||||
| 10/7/20 |  Behind the scenes at the third - and greatest - Ardern v Collins debate | 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 special episode, they bring you all the colour, and ponder what it all means. With polling day looming, what did it tell us about Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 12s | ||||||
| 10/6/20 |  Special popup episode: hot takes from the Press Leaders Debate | 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 quick-fire late-night breakdown of the debate, featuring analysis from Andrea Vance and Carol Hirschfeld, and another rich serving of Adam’s leaders-debate word-soup. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 12m 37s | ||||||
| 10/2/20 |  Polls: the good, the bad and the ugly – and how National could win. | 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 carries out private polls for National, joins the show to explain the good, the bad and the ugly of polls. We also put him on the spot to predict the election outcome, and set out how National could win. Adam and Eugene give the flaming wheel of policy another spin, and enjoy a banger of a politics playlist. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 48s | ||||||
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| 9/30/20 |  Debates and mistakes: Analysis of Ardern v Collins Part 2, plus Paul Goldsmith fronts up | 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 about the origin of the fiscal flaw which has overshadowed National’s campaign, why he got into politics in the first place, and why urinals really are a good place to seek career advice. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 05s | ||||||
| 9/25/20 |  Vile tweets and online hate: how to tackle abuse towards women in politics | 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 ParityBOTNZ, an online innovation to counter the ugliness. We also bring out the Flaming Wheel of Policy, and bust out a mix of the leaders’ debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 33m 32s | ||||||
| 9/22/20 |  What we learned from Ardern-Collins debate. And how’s that economy, eh? | 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 hole we’re in and whether there’s anything much politicians can do about it. Eugene busts out a new song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 35s | ||||||
| 9/18/20 |  Showdown! What to expect from the Jacinda Ardern v Judith Collins debates | 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, shares her rules for debate participants. And champion debater Brooke Kinajil-Moran explains what it takes to win. Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 50s | ||||||
| 9/15/20 |  MPs behaving badly: Parliament's toxic culture and how to deal with it | 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 some political trivia. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 30s | ||||||
| 9/11/20 |  Extended interview: Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw | 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 episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 32m 39s | ||||||
| 9/8/20 |  Check mates: Do our politicians need fact-checking in a post-truth era? | 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 and newsroom consultant Peter Bale joins the show to discuss the art of fact-checking in the "post-truth" era. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 19s | ||||||
| 9/4/20 |  The great Kiwi obsession: What the world thinks of us | 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 Eugene an English lesson … again. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 25m 09s | ||||||
| 9/1/20 |  The subtle – and not-so-subtle – art of political communication | 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 not-so-subtle means. Professor Claire Robinson researches political communication and joins the show to tell us what she’s spotting. Adam and Eugene reminisce about an awkward political moment from the past. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 32m 33s | ||||||
| 8/28/20 |  The things you never knew about elections in NZ | 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 and Eugene check in with how preparations are going, what will be different this year, and what YOU need to do. They also find some hidden nuggets in the history vaults, take a detour to the Indian jungle, hear where New Zealand’s most expensive votes are cast, and learn why some people just don’t vote. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 33m 10s | ||||||
| 8/25/20 |  Masks, masks, masks, masks, masks | Who knew there were so many ways to talk about face-coverings? An ethicist comes on the show to help examine the moral choices we’re making when we strap on a mask – or don’t. Meanwhile, Stuff national correspondent Andrea Vance analyses the political ramifications of the latest lockdown extension, and Adam reminisces about past sewing glories. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage. Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter. Support Stuff. Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 12s | ||||||
| 8/21/20 |  Foreign interference and NZ’s 2020 election | Adam and Eugene take a close look at whether New Zealand’s election in 2020 is at risk of foreign interference. Dr Robert Patman of Otago University, and data analyst David Hood have been examining the issue and have come up with some surprising conclusions and interesting discoveries. Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage. Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter. Support Stuff. Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 31m 37s | ||||||
| 8/19/20 |  Extended interview: David Seymour | In the third of our political party leader interviews Stuff political editor Luke Malpass and senior journalist Andrea Vance sit down with ACT leader David Seymour. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 45m 10s | ||||||
| 8/17/20 |  QAnon and covid conspiracies – what have they got to do with the NZ election? | Investigative journalist and filmmaker David Farrier joins the show to explain where the latest wild conspiracy claims are coming from, and who's propagating them. Meanwhile, Stuff chief political reporter Henry Cooke lays out the repercussions of the election date's shift to October 17. And Adam and Eugene get to grips with the mask debate: which fabric looks best? Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 25s | ||||||
| 8/13/20 |  Judith Collins extended interview | Description: On Thursday afternoon, with New Zealand on heightened Covid alert, Stuff senior journalist Andrea Vance and political editor Luke Malpass sat down with National leader Judith Collins. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 50m 47s | ||||||
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