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On the Tiles

Each Friday, NZ Herald Senior Political Reporter Thomas Coughlan covers off the biggest political news in New Zealand, going behind the headlines and giving the inside perspective direct from the Beeh... Read more

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Episode 24: How Labour's Cabinet reshuffle sets up the party for 2023

Episode 24: How Labour's Cabinet reshuffle sets up the party for 2023

This week, the Government announced a Cabinet reshuffle, set off by the retirements of Kris Faafoi and Trevor Mallard, a... Read more

17 Jun 2022

37mins

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Episode 23: What to make of Australia's big election result

Episode 23: What to make of Australia's big election result

The final results in the Australian federal election have been tallied, given Anthony Albanese and his Labor Party a maj... Read more

3 Jun 2022

43mins

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Episode 22: Dissecting the finer points of Budget 2022

Episode 22: Dissecting the finer points of Budget 2022

In the wake of the $6 billion, 2170 + page Budget revealed on Thursday, this week Thomas is joined by Wellington busines... Read more

20 May 2022

37mins

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Episode 21: Economists weigh in on what they want to see in Budget 2022

Episode 21: Economists weigh in on what they want to see in Budget 2022

There's just under a week to go until Finance Minister Grant Robertson unveils his fifth Budget. To discuss what they ho... Read more

13 May 2022

45mins

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Episode 20: Rachel Brooking on the difficult choices involved with RMA reform

Episode 20: Rachel Brooking on the difficult choices involved with RMA reform

Labour MP Rachel Brooking has the unusual distinction of having reviewed the RMA and its replacement twice in the space ... Read more

30 Apr 2022

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Episode 19: Judith Collins reveals why she never wanted to be leader

Episode 19: Judith Collins reveals why she never wanted to be leader

Easter celebrates the resurrection - and a politician who has been resurrected more times than most is former National l... Read more

14 Apr 2022

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Episode 18: Nicola Willis on going from staffer to National deputy leader

Episode 18: Nicola Willis on going from staffer to National deputy leader

Nicola Willis had an interesting road to Parliament - after spending over a decade as a staffer to different members of ... Read more

25 Mar 2022

29mins

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Episode 17: Gerry Brownlee and Golriz Ghahraman debate foreign policy, Russia sanctions, and UN's effectiveness

Episode 17: Gerry Brownlee and Golriz Ghahraman debate foreign policy, Russia sanctions, and UN's effectiveness

In a first for On the Tiles, this week we're hosting a debate focused around New Zealand's response to the Ukraine crisi... Read more

3 Mar 2022

27mins

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Episode 16: Dissecting protests, the Omicron response, and Luxon's division speech

Episode 16: Dissecting protests, the Omicron response, and Luxon's division speech

In this week's episode, Thomas welcomes back regular panellists AAP New Zealand correspondent Ben McKay and Newsroom pol... Read more

24 Feb 2022

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Episode 15: Raf Manji on how TOP can make it to Parliament in 2023

Episode 15: Raf Manji on how TOP can make it to Parliament in 2023

Raf Manji has been around the political scene for some time, with a few attempts to break into Parliament through differ... Read more

17 Feb 2022

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