Sir Ashley Bloomfield on the health of our health service
In an exclusive interview, perhaps the most famous health figure in Aotearoa takes aim at talk of a failing system and bloated bureaucracy - but doesn’t dispute that both staff and patients are at ris...
15 Aug 20241h 4min
Can he fix it? How new health kingpin plans to resuscitate a system in crisis
After losing confidence in the leadership and financial acumen of Health New Zealand-Te Whatu Ora, the Government has parachuted in an all-powerful specialist to fix the broken service. Health Commiss...
8 Aug 20241h 8min
‘These questions are revolting’ - an interview with Children’s Minister Karen Chhour
The welfare of children, particularly the at-risk and vulnerable, is rarely far from the headlines. The Royal Commission report on abuse in care, the opening of the Government’s pilot youth justice fa...
1 Aug 202452min
Money, morale and mobsters: An extended interview with Police Minister Mark Mitchell
As the fallout from an acrimonious pay dispute continues, frontline cops told the Tova pod this week that the Government had “destroyed morale”. The minister responsible fronts to talk about rebuildin...
25 Juli 20241h 10min
Bonus opinion: 'This is the worst of us'
Tova offers her thoughts on the outcome of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Juli 20242min
Despatch from D.C. - a game-changing fortnight in US politics
Wow. They say a week is a long time in politics. In the United States, the last two have seen the political landscape change perhaps forever. Bullets, conventions and nominations on the Republican sid...
18 Juli 202444min
Red, White and Bruised. The diabolical debate.
The first US presidential debate of 2024 was at once historic, agonising, painful and deeply troubling. Have your toes unfurled? Your stomach un-knotted? Your wince de-winced? Joe Biden and Donald Tru...
4 Juli 202435min
An extended interview with Chloe Swarbrick
2024 has been tough for the Greens. Multiple MPs - Golriz Ghahraman, Darleen Tana, Julie Anne Genter - have been making headlines for the wrong reasons and there have been heartbreaking challenges, in...
27 Juni 202441min
