Episodios

  • Swarbrick opens up about a tense AGM and the Green dream

    Swarbrick opens up about a tense AGM and the Green dream
    Aug 2 2024
    The Green Party is trying to find ways to grow for the future, while doing its best to leave this year's problems in the past. That laundry list of challenges has been thoroughly aired - but the membership still faces a crucial question that goes to the heart of its values, and could yet prove a barrier to its ambitions. In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Giles Dexter speaks with Chlöe Swarbrick after the Green Party's AGM about the challenge she gave members to go through some growing pains, and the ongoing fallout of the Darleen Tana party-hopping saga.
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    16 m
  • Abuse in care report delivers survivors' demands for justice

    Abuse in care report delivers survivors' demands for justice
    Jul 26 2024
    The Royal Commission of Inquiry's report into abuse in state and faith-based care unveiled this week lays bare an ugly history, offering damning evidence and denouncing leaders for silencing or ignoring survivors for decades. The government has promised to listen, but how it responds and whether justice is served remains to be seen. In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Anneke Smith speaks to Aaron Smale and explores the initial response to New Zealand's inquiry on abuse in care.
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    16 m
  • Coalition's climate plan falls short of targets

    Coalition's climate plan falls short of targets
    Jul 19 2024
    The government's draft emissions reduction plan - out this week - puts New Zealand's ability to meet its climate targets in jeopardy. That was the key takeaway for RNZ's climate change correspondent Eloise Gibson, who pored over the document and gave it a 2 out of 10. In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Anneke Smith looks at why New Zealand's ability to meet its climate targets is on shaky ground.
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    16 m
  • 501 deportations: The thorn in the Trans-Tasman relationship returns

    501 deportations: The thorn in the Trans-Tasman relationship returns
    Jun 14 2024
    New Zealand has been hit by a 501 boomerang, with Australia this month backtracking on its commitment around deportations.
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    16 m
  • "Every minute counts" in National's cancer commitment clean-up

    "Every minute counts" in National's cancer commitment clean-up
    Jun 7 2024
    Government ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow this week have instead been trying to tamp down the backlash to a big broken promise. The clock is now ticking for the coalition to correct its failure to fund 13 potentially life-extending cancer treatments beginning this year. In this week's Focus on Politics, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch takes a closer look at National's broken cancer commitment - and considers how the government could put it right.
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    16 m