The Whip for 26 August 2026

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Ruwani Perera, Wayne Mapp and Penny Hulse. On the show tonight: National's social media ban; frustration is growing around the government's fast track scheme; is a 4 percent cap on local council rates achievable; it was first "no new taxes on working people" now it's just "no new taxes"; what does it take to get sacked? the MIBE official found to have misled parliament still has his job and what does it take to create a good political slogan?