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EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 22 MIN

The Panel with Penny Ashton and Tim Wilson, Part 2

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In part two, ACT leader David Seymour says the government needs to go further and allow pharmacists to treat more conditions, reducing how often New Zealanders will need to go see a GP. Chair of GP advocacy group GenPro Angus Chambers says there are fishhooks in the idea. Then, how to solve low voting turnout? Online voting? A month-long voting window? Sausage sizzles? Well, why not have a look at the Lawrence-Tuapeka ward in the Clutha District. They clocked in a 70 percent voter turnout in the last local body elections. What's their secret sauce?

In part two, ACT leader David Seymour says the government needs to go further and allow pharmacists to treat more conditions, reducing how often New Zealanders will need to go see a GP. Chair of GP advocacy group GenPro Angus Chambers says there are fishhooks in the idea. Then, how to solve low voting turnout? Online voting? A month-long voting window? Sausage sizzles? Well, why not have a look at the Lawrence-Tuapeka ward in the Clutha District. They clocked in a 70 percent voter turnout in the last local body elections. What's their secret sauce?

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