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In an NZ Herald exclusive, we learn that Christopher Luxon was very keen to whole heartedly support the US in their war in Iran and it took Winston Peters to step in and not allow the coalition to do so in his position as Foreign Minister. Helen Clark spoke with Ryan Bridge about that this morningThe other part of the story about the warhawkish nature of the PM is the source of this information being NZ First who released an email ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis appeared on the Bradbury Group talking the free market, net core crown debt and when will the government denounce the US and Israel for this illegal war in IranChris Hipkins appeared on Wellington's Newstalk ZB in one of the strangest interviews we've seen in a while. Nick Mills wanted the leader of the opposition to agree that the Luxon led government was strong and stable and then went on to...

Christopher Luxon announced on Friday he would ditch TVNZ Breakfast and the newly hired Tova O'Brien. We'll take a look tonight at what everyone said when Jacinda Ardern ditched Mike Hosking and what National, NZ First and ACT had to say about her decisionDonald Trump was in another assassin plot when a wood be gunman just ran past all Trumps security but was stopped short of getting close to Trump himself Labour still conc...

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Comedian Evie Orpe, host of the YouTube channel Dangerously Informed, joins us LIVE to discuss the state of the world and what it means to be a dangerously informed citizen.Luxon pulls out of his weekly interview with TVNZ's breakfast and launched a complaint against TVNZ for attempting to interview Stuart Smith and questioning his disappearance from parliament during Luxon's leadership confidence vote.The Helen Clarke foun...

NZ has had our ratings downgraded for the first time since 2011 which was post the GFC and Christchurch earthquakes, NZ actually improved our ratings through COVID which can only lead to one conclusion, that Nicola Willis is worse for our economy that the whole world's economy crashing and 10,000 earthquakes in CanterburyLabour to support the Indian FTA with the expected cries from Winston and Shane JonesMore Willis fallout fro...

Marama Davidson joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the release of the Green party list and maybe get her reaction to the soap opera that is happening within the government at the moment. Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters have officially started the separation of National and NZ First both taking pot shots at each other today with Winston making clear he thinks the calling of a vote of confidence by Luxon is weak, and Luxon remin...

The PM called for a confidence vote which he got through but Winston says it was a 'very bad move' and suggests it won't be the last which is maybe wh he wouldn't take any questions after the statement but gapped super-fast.New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones is facing some heat at the moment over allegedly racist comments where he said they would be a "buttered chicken tsunami" id the Indian FTA w...

The PM spent much of his Monday morning talking about the TVNZ poll and his leadership. There was one change in this weeks conversations and that is that both Chris Bishop and the PM have confirmed that there 1s a faction in National who are speaking to the media about Luxon's leadership, what that means though is anybody's guess.Chris Bishop joined Jack Tame on the weekend to talk about the ructions in National confirming ...

Another day, another rumbling from inside of the National Party that Luxon's leadership is in question, prompting Luxon's newly rehearsed line to get stuck on repeat.James Meager has a chat with Mihingarangi Forbes on MATA, with an interview that was surprising yet unoffensive.The fuel crisis, created by Trump and BB's attack on Iran, has put energy and fuel resilience under a microscope, but we overlooked something cri...

Shane Jones, ass. Energy Minister, has gone off script calling for Fuel companies to be transparent with their supply chain numbers, despite Luxon saying all is well (despite the falling supply). Major sustainable footwear company Allbirds have made dramatic turns to sell AI chips instead of shoes, sending the stock market ballistic.David Seymour faces questions around the number of chronic school absences after the ministry releas...

Finance Ministers the world over are sad because of the latest escalation in the Middle East where the IMF is stating that inflation could top 6% unless something changes very quicklyMSD has said today that there is no evidence of mass homelessness, then quickly backtracked saying that data set shouldn't have been in the release, but now it's out there people like David Seymour are using it as gospel to paint a better pictu...

Chris Hipkins appeared on Herald NOW this morning with a volatile interview with Ryan Bridge posing the question where is the line between hard-nosed journalism and partisan commentaryDonald Trump is not the Messiah, neither is he a doctor, he is a very naughty boy who likes war crimes and dislikes the pope...because he's a think skinned narcissist. The Front Page podcast pondered the issues Christopher Luxon is facing with the...

With the ousting of Victor Orban, and Trump's endorsement seemingly to now be more of a hinderance than a help, we wonder what it means for NZ's election, who would be the MAGA party in NZ and is NZ in that same cycle that seems to be views echoing Trump seem to be on the outer right now.Mike Hosking has a theory, and that is that maybe Luxon is doing really, really well and that's why his polling is so poor...what? Yup...

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to hit the top of the North Island in the next 24-48hours with unprecedented Red Weather warnings issued in places. Chris Penk, as newly appointed Minister of Defence, gives an impressive interview on tonight's news re: the govt's response.Willie Jackson and Paul Goldsmith square-off on Herald Now over what's best for the nation going forward, and what Labour will or won't scrap when elect...

Nicola WIllis was on Breakfast talking about the fuel crisis, she had a particularly bad moment when Tova O'Brien challenged her about NZ families spending $100m more per week on petrol without help for most from the government.Carmel Sepuloni and Christopher Bishop went head-to-head this morning on Winston's surge and the placement poverty that students are facing at the moment.Chloe Swarbrick and David Seymour spar on NZ ...

There has been a 2 week cease fire announced in the war in Iran, Trump is selling it as his master stroke, it doesn't seem likely this will stick but here we areArtemis 2 has sent back some amazing images from the dark side of the moon setting records for many things including distance travelled from earth.Oil prices have had a dramatic drop today by as much as 15% but there is still no relief at the pump, it's almost like ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been quizzed on Breakfast this morning about last week's Cabinet changes, which saw a reshuffling of responsibilities for some National Party MPs and spent a lot of time not answer direct questions Tova O'Brien posed to him...then he forgot that Tama Potaka was in Cabinet.The finance minister says she has "never felt so dependent on the actions and feelings of one administration and...

Tonight we look at the reshuffle Christopher has had to do due to Judith Collins and Shane Reti leaving. Including a shocking re-entry + a lesser known MP Mike Butterick makes a huge rise in the National party.The national Māori radio collective, Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori o Aotearoa, is weighing legal action in response to potential government funding cuts it says could jeopardise the future of iwi radio stations. Fr...