Free to Disagree: National's plan to break up Foodstuffs
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. National has announced it would split Foodstuffs into separate Pak'nSave and New World chains, i...
16 Sep 41min
Better education requires better teaching
In this episode, Michael talks to Kevin Donnelly, an Australian educator and author who co-chaired the review of Australia's national curriculum. They discuss why schools across the Anglosphere turned...
10 Sep 39min
Nothing routine about the CIA in Moscow
In this episode, Oliver talks to John Howard, senior fellow at the New Zealand Initiative, about the CIA director's public visit to Moscow and what it says about the security of Western Europe. They a...
8 Sep 27min
Free to Disagree: Do celebrity candidates actually win votes?
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Paul Henry is standing for ACT and Taine Randell for New Zealand First. Oliver and Damien ask wh...
7 Sep 46min
Free to Disagree: The social media ban National couldn't sell to its coalition
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. National has introduced a bill banning under 16s from social media, and both coalition partners ...
1 Sep 31min
Kiwis putting it on the line for Ukraine
In this episode, Michael talks to Tenby Powell ONZM, former mayor of Tauranga and leader of KiwiKARE, about his team's humanitarian work in Ukraine and how nearly five years of war have transformed th...
25 Aug 30min
Free to Disagree: Could MMP break?
Here is the full third episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Te Pāti Māori have told supporters to give them their electorate vote and send their par...
23 Aug 42min
Unravelling MMP: How the 2026 election could break the voting system from two sides
In this episode, Nick talks with Oliver Hartwich about how the 2026 election could break MMP from two sides. Oliver's latest research note traces Te Pāti Māori's call for supporters to split their vot...
20 Aug 38min
