Rosemary Riddell: Retired judge says prisons with serious rehabilitation is needed
A retired judge believes the public shouldn't be driving policy when it comes to law and order. Party leader David Seymour wants to boost prison capacity by 500 beds and toughen sentencing for offend...
13 Sep 20233min
The Huddle: Can National afford their promised tax cuts?
Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A weighed in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! Yesterday...
13 Sep 20239min
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Our debt's not bad, but it is a waste
Did I have a debate on my hands when I got home last night about the country’s debt levels. The husband gave me a huge telling off for saying yesterday that the Government had taken on too much debt....
13 Sep 20232min
Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on National rising and Labour dropping to 28 percent in latest poll
Another slide for Labour in tonight's One News-Verian poll, with the National Party up two points to 39 percent, and Labour down one to 28. The Greens and ACT are both down, on 10 percent. Winston Pet...
13 Sep 20232min
Dr Ayesha Verrall: Labour health spokesperson on the party promising to train hundreds more doctors by 2027
Labour says the pandemic showed a need for more local healthcare worker training. The party's announced it'll train another 335 doctors every year from 2027- and increase medical school places from ne...
13 Sep 20233min
David Seymour: ACT leader slams Labour's law and order policy and plans to invest more into prisons
ACT thinks more people should be in jail. The party's law and order policy would invest $1 billion into 500 more prison beds, and toughen sentences for offending against vulnerable workers. Leader Dav...
13 Sep 20233min
Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on Labour pledging to boost doctor training programs
Labour's pledging to lift medical school places by 95 a year from 2025, in New Zealand's largest boost ever. Chris Hipkins says if re-elected, they'll lift training 62 percent over the coming decade. ...
13 Sep 20235min
Max Rashbrooke: Victoria University expert on Essential Research poll claiming 77 percent of Kiwis think the nation is more divided
Questions over divisions within New Zealand. An Essential Research poll shows 77 percent of Kiwis believe the country is either a little more - or much more - divided, depending on their political sta...
13 Sep 20235min
