We are joined by Dita De Boni to discuss the changing media environment in New Zealand over the last couple of decades. As the move to digital advertising occurred, alongside funding and capacity issues, how has this affected the output and design of news alongside a steadily growing influence industry.
Read MoreThe final count is complete for the 2023 NZ election and we now move from vote predictions to coalition predictions as David Seymour and Winston Peters fight it out for pride of place alongside Christopher Luxon.
Read MoreWe speak with Dr Josephine Varghese and Dr Arama Rata about the NZ government’s response and foreign policy framework regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Read MorePolitical news in NZ has been on hiatus with National and it’s partners refusing to discuss coalition negotiations and the parliamentary gallery seemingly unable to do anything about that. In to the gap has flowed respectability politics as pundits wonder “why haven’t the Greens saved National from Winston Peters??”. We discuss that absurdity alongside the question of how the left moves forward electorally over the next three to nine years.
Read More1/200 chats with Emmy and Olivier about news, media and social media in relation to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Read MoreFirst current events back post-election as we wait for the final results to be counted with the special votes! We update on the atrocities in Gaza, do a bit of post-election coverage and discuss what the left need to be focusing on both electorally and on the ground during a National/ACT government.
Read MoreWith conflict in Israel & Palestine in the news for the worst reasons, we discuss the situation and wider context. This is a critical time for attention and pressure in the face of genocidal intent. How do recent events fit into the historical and international environment? What positions, strategies and tactics can best support human values in this tragedy?
Read More1/200 undertakes a final week campaign retrospective with guests Stephanie and Lamia. Does the slight shift in polling this week signal anything? Will ACT completely collapse? Are National’s clear lies to the NZ public going to be punished? And why hasn’t Labour tried to win?
Read MoreKyle speaks with foreign correspondent Glen Johnson about his time reporting in Ukraine, what he sees as the reasons and challenges of the ongoing Russian invasion and how memory politics is being used to start and maintain conflict. Now in Moldova, Glen explains how similar patterns are starting to unfold with US/NATO involvement in the country and a series of political changes that might cause unrest.
Read MoreJosephine, Kyle and Philip attempt to cover the entire week’s happenings in an hour, and fail. The response to the home invasion of Maipi-Clarke leads into a wider discussion about structural violence and electoral choices. Why are western liberal democracies consistently failing to respond to the needs of their people?
Read MoreKyle chats with Council of Trade Unions Director of Policy and Economist Craig Renney about economic narratives during this election year, how to talk about economics from the left, the importance of engaging with people and why focusing on outcomes for workers is so important.
Read MoreKyle and Mark discuss an incredible variety of topics around political and governance institutions in Aotearoa with Deb Te Kawa including performance targets, engagement with the public and how neoliberalism has impacted public management.
Read MoreWe discuss trans-rights organising against transphobes in Auckland this week, what it means to protest and the importance of creating space for trans people and experiences. Less importantly we also cover the election debates this week with a brief foray into the new economic numbers.
Read MoreWe discuss the week that was in current political events, Posie Parker has cancelled her trip to NZ but the far-right is still organising, the ACT party are continuing to engage in extreme rhetoric amid a lack of real pressure on right-wing parties. ACT and National both continue to release radical rightwing policies that are both incoherent and ripped straight from the UK.
Read MoreKyle speaks with Dr Andrew Dickson about the political decision by Labour to exclude babies from ACC coverage for birthing injuries.
Read MoreWe cover the week’s politics post- the major party campaign launches last weekend. We discuss how the campaign ‘proper’ might effect polling, the ineffectiveness of both Labour and National, ACT’s spontaneous combustion among it’s list candidates and what progressives can be hopeful about.
Read MoreWe sit down for a long, detailed discussion with renowned tax expert Terry Baucher to talk about the current tax environment in NZ, what got us here and the different plans and outcomes of political party tax policy.
Read MoreNational launched an absolute failure of a tax plan this week amid a lull in political news as parliament had it’s final session before the election and the major parties prepared for a weekend launching their campaigns. We talk about the tax policy, competing narratives, and what might be in store over the next 6 weeks.
Read MoreKyle chats with Paris Marx and Kieran McLean about the turn to the right across western liberal democracies and the way that bigotry politics is being used as the leading edge to mask increasingly extreme neoliberal economic reform - with close reference to NZ, Canada and the US.
Read MoreThis week we discuss ACT party candidate troubles and the marginal shift in media coverage of right-wing parties. We dip into some policy critique as ACT and National seek to cash in on crime rhetoric with increasingly incoherent announcements. And why isn’t Labour taking advantage of the current vacuum to offer anything to voters?
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