Election 2023

Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls and Wellington City Councillor Nicola Young join Nick Mills on Friday Faceoff. Together they critique the first week of the 2023 election campaigns, whether it...

8 Sep 202331min

Labour's self aggrandising press release on police came through late in the show yesterday, so we didn't really get a chance to get our teeth into it.   The press release came from Chris Hipkins, well...

8 Sep 20236min

Here’s what Chris Hipkins should have said when he made the big announcement yesterday that, if Labour gets to form the next government, it will deliver 300 extra police officers and they’ll have a lo...

8 Sep 20234min

So week one of the campaign, well I call it week one because the two major parties had their launches. Of course, they've been campaigning for months, unless you are Chris Hipkins who upon receiving a...

7 Sep 20232min

The National Party is promising to build a new “Great Walk” as part of its new tourism policy.   It's planed an $14m upgrade the 80km Waiau-Toa/Molesworth walking track in Canterbury, creating the 11t...

7 Sep 20233min

National says we should be the safest country in the world, but we're not.  If elected, Labour's announced a plan which would boost Police numbers by 300 over four years and tackle gangs.  It would al...

7 Sep 20232min

Labour's law and order policy would allow Police to confiscate cars, motorbikes, and even tractors.  Police Minister Ginny Andersen says it's designed for large scale convoys going through public road...

7 Sep 20234min

Really? New Zealand First... really?  I mean, I know it's a pretty desperate time... we're all a bit lost and confused and disappointed, frustrated and seriously peed off at the state of the country r...

7 Sep 20231min