Episodes: 13830
Frequency: Daily
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: New Zealand
YouTube: 19.4k subscribers
Instagram: 27.0k followers
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Heather du Plessis-Allan - New Zealand journalist, broadcaster, and political commentator.
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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economists on all parties fiscal plans for Election 2026
October 12, 2026
An economist wonders if some political parties are too relaxed about the growing pension bill. National's confirmed it's not campaigning on raising the Super age -- an issue it's campaigned on for the past three elections. ACT is the only other party with the same goal. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Heather du Plessis-Allan he's concerned some politicians are blind to the issue. Olsen says he's not looking forward to all his taxes going on paying for Super, until...
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Qiulae Wong fired a truth torpedo at National
October 11, 2026
Qiulae Wong fired a truth torpedo at the National Party didn't she? She says she doesn't believe Christopher Luxon when he tries to pretend he's not going to be calling her after the election. And she's right because of course he's going to call her after the election. He knows it as well, which is why he wouldn't say no when Jack Tame kept questioning him about whether he would call her on November 8 if he had to. He will call her because he wants to be back in government and he knows his vo...
Barry Soper: Senior Political Correspondent on Qiulae Wong's prediction that National will call Opportunity after the election
October 09, 2026
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong thinks Christopher Luxon is bluffing when he says he has ruled out working with her party. National's leader has been consistently saying he wouldn't form a coalition that included Opportunity after the vote in November. That's despite many polls that have the party in the kingmaker position. Barry Soper broke down the story with Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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