• Focus on Politics

  • By: RNZ
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Focus on Politics

By: RNZ
  • Summary

  • A weekly analysis of significant political issues.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2024
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Episodes
  • Winston Peters navigates troubled waters with India, China
    Mar 22 2024
    New Zealand must pull its weight on defence and security, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says in a sit-down interview with RNZ, after talks with both India and China. While trade was a driving force behind those engagements, it is clear tension points - like the South China Sea, and potential involvement in AUKUS - are becoming more central to foreign policy discussions in the Indo-Pacific. In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Editor Jo Moir sits down with Foreign Minister Winston Peters after his visit to India, and a visit from his Chinese counterpart.
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    16 mins
  • Labour prepares to be prepared for power
    Mar 15 2024
    Humiliated and humbled in last year's election, Labour has spent its first months back in opposition licking its wounds. At the party's caucus retreat this week - a gathering of its MPs at a remote location to strategise for the year ahead - it promised a comeback. In this week's Focus on Politics RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch takes a look at the difficulties and dilemmas facing Labour as it readjusts to life in opposition.
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    16 mins
  • Clock stops on coalition's urgency-filled 100-day plan
    Mar 8 2024
    The House has been in full swing for four weeks, with MPs sitting long hours as the government pushes through legislation under urgency to complete its 100-day plan. What's in it? Did the government achieve it all? And how will the plan hold in six, 12 or even 18 months? In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Anneke Smith examines the 100-day plan and the fanfare for it by the coalition government.
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    16 mins

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