Mark Mitchell: National Corrections spokesperson on Labour dumping their 2018 target to reduce prison populations
A u-turn from Labour. The Party says it'll dump its 2018 target of reducing the prison population by 30 percent within 15 years. It says the crisis has been averted and a target's no longer needed. Na...
19 Sep 20232min
Jason Walls: ZB Political Editor on Labour promising to eliminate prison population targets if elected
Prison population targets will be no more if Labour gets back in Government, because it says they've served their purpose. In 2018, the Labour Government promised to reduce the prison population by 30...
19 Sep 20234min
Election Fix: 19 September 2023
In today’s Election Fix, Political Editor Jason Walls and Chief Political Reporter Aaron Dahmen take a look at tonight’s Leaders debate – and what we should expect. Plus, they discuss another day of C...
19 Sep 20236min
Peter Dunne: Former MP and political commentator on the Leaders' debate tonight
A former MP has some advice for both candidates in tonight’s leaders’ debate. Labour's Chris Hipkins will face off against National’s Chris Luxon on TVNZ. Peter Dunne mastered the crowd reactor too...
18 Sep 20234min
Mike's Minute: What to expect from the first debate
It's debate night tonight. As the campaign takes its next step in intensity, the unknown this year is the Luxon factor. We have never seen him head to head, unless you watch Parliament and no one doe...
18 Sep 20232min
Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on tonight's leaders' debate
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he knows there is a lot riding on his performance in tonight's first leaders' debate as Labour needs to make up ground in the polls. The PM told Newstalk ZB's Mike H...
18 Sep 20238min
Kate Hawkesby: Are the Chrises ready to face the heat?
David Seymour said yesterday that the media can’t be trusted to fairly carry ACT’s message. Based on the texts we got yesterday from people who attended the ACT launch rally, there may be some truth ...
18 Sep 20232min
Jason Walls: Newstalk ZB Political Editor on the first leaders' debate tonight
It will be Chris v Chris in the first leaders' debate tonight. Labour's Chris Hipkins and National's Chris Luxon will face off on TVNZ. The Labour leader says he hasn't spent a lot of time prepari...
18 Sep 20231min
