
Every Friday, near the end of the political week, Laura Walters, Tim Murphy, Marc Daalder and a range of Newsroom's political reporters will dissect the big issues and put politicians’ performances under the microscope in a lively 20 minute show aiming to take viewers and listeners inside the beltway.Watch Raw Politics every week on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app. And send us your... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 69 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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This week on the Raw Politics podcast: voters get their last look at the books, will strategic voting help or harm National, plus Opportunity’s bottom lines
The big reveal is over and the economy might well get a lot better a lot more quickly than t... more
This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Are dirty politics happening before our eyes? Bouquets and brickbats for Parliament; and the Hager book assessed
How big a deal for voters is the latest string of misleading, dirty and sometimes AI-generated a... more
This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Is National and Labour's dominance over? Politicians get desperate on supermarkets; plus what to do about the police
Are we at the end of days for the dominance by two big anchor parties in our governments, or... more
This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Labour’s search for its second wind, hands up for a public supermarket, and Paris in election time
Eight weeks until the election and Labour gets shocked out of its sleepwalk to possible defeat.
Today, the Raw... more
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Great podcast.
The presenter & guests are very articulate, but do appear to be very unbalanced, always looking for an angle to attack any parties policies that is even remotely don’t fit their obvious agenda. For example, attacking the construction of rural infrastructure because it doesn’t fit their everyone can bike to work mantra. The presenter & commentators mocked both Labour and National transport proposals as some sort of vote grab and completely ignored the desperate need for interconnection between m... more
Ok but way left. And don’t bother with Marc Daalder, he’s afraid of his own shadow
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A weekly, concise take on New Zealand politics from a panel of Newsroom reporters. Episodes focus on poll trends, party dynamics, coalition considerations, and policy debates—ranging from grocery competition and health to climate, taxation, and local government. The show emphasizes quick, sharp analysis and leadership performances, with attention to how minor parties and coalition talks could reshape governance. A standout trait is the mix of senior reporters providing timely, insider-style coverage in about 20 minutes, making it useful for listeners who want fast, informed context without long-form interviews.
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