All Episodes
Q+A with Jack Tame — 377 episodes
Full Show: 16 August 2026
How to fix the economy? Be a 'good ancestor'
What Kiwi soldiers in Ukraine want NZ to know
Former health boss: Why hospitals are overwhelmed
The NZSAS combat soldier standing for parliament
Full Show: 16 August 2026
Qiulae Wong: Why newcomer party wants stricter donation laws
Paul Goldsmith: Expanding citizen's arrests, move-on orders, and voting law reform
Full Show: 9 August 2026
New laws: Will voters be turned away?
The last hold-outs against housing development
Simeon Brown: Energy prices, hospital pressures, and National's polling
Full Show: 26 July 2026
Does NZ need move-on orders? "No" says former judge
Up-and-comers talk Stuart Nash, smartphone ban, and their leaders
Does the deepfake bill go far enough?
Chlöe Swarbrick: Greens want one-year ban on AI data centres
Chris Penk: Defence workforce shortages
Why Paul Henry thinks ACT can save New Zealand
Alienation in the "ahistoric age": Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
Clark, Ardern senior staffer up-close view of political contest
Full Show: 28 June 2026
“Social conservatism”: Why Alfred Ngaro joined NZ First
“Prince of the provinces”: On the road with Shane Jones
Why Labour thinks it can make rapid return to government
'Perverse incentive': MSD staff metrics include emergency housing grants
Full Show: 21 June 2026
Real estate agents, doctors shouldn't be punished for free speech: ACT policy
Live from National's 90th annual party conference
Helen Clark: New Zealand's unsolved problems and fragile peace in Iran
Will newcomer Andy Burnham oust PM Sir Keir Starmer?
Full Show: 14 June 2026
Why prison numbers will surge: Writer Asher Emanuel
"Between one week and five years" to repair Strait of Hormuz
Locals fear "low-probability catastrophic event" if LNG terminal built near city
Does Labour's public transport fare cap policy add up?
Full Show: 7 June 2026
Election deadline rapidly approaching for small parties
How three AI-linked IPOs could reshape economy
Could Christchurch terror attack have been stopped?
Federated Farmers swing big for Election 2026
Why populist nationalism won't stop immigration
Children's Commissioner: The cost of child poverty
Return to surplus? Nicola Willis charts economic recovery
Full Show: 31 May 2026
Full show: 24 May 2026
Richard Dawkins at 85: Genes, God, and conversations with Claude
RNZ boss resigns amid David Seymour criticism
David Seymour: Public service cuts, new ACT immigration policy
Erica Stanford: NCEA, immigration and "anti-Māori" criticism
David Kirk: Why rugby can weather storms around finances and fans
Wayne Brown: NZ being run 'like a wrecking yard'
Chris Bishop: National leadership and his policy ambitions
Q+A 12 April 2026: Anna Breman: How the Iran war will affect inflation
Iran ambassador: New Zealand no longer stands up for peace
Anna Breman: How the Iran war will affect inflation
Q+A 29 March 2026: NZ’s foreign policy response to Iran falling short: Labour
The tiny nation caught in middle of geopolitical tussles
The AI startup that could radically change legal profession
Will fuel price blowouts push us toward electrification?
NZ’s foreign policy response to Iran falling short: Labour
Q+A 22 March 2026: “Extreme risk”. How Iran war exposes NZ’s national security vulnerabilities
Meet the urban planner who wants less planning
“Extreme risk”. How Iran war exposes NZ’s national security vulnerabilities
Nicola Willis: How petrol will be prioritised in worst-case scenarios
Nuclear risk rises: Why Iran war is so dangerous for the world
Khamenei dead? Airstrikes lead to dramatic developments in Iran
Infrastructure: How we need to change our choices
Will government get India trade deal in the bag?
Phil Goff: NZ’s shameful silence in face of Trump’s insults
Andrew Coster: Trust, corruption allegations, and Jevon McSkimming
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 30 2025
Can New Zealand defend itself with 'echidna strategy'?
Realistic? Labour promises to balance the books, under stricter rules
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 23 2025
Seymour explains Regulatory Standards Bill, charter schools
How Halter is revolutionising farming tech
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 14 2025
Opportunity: TOP rebrands as it chases 5% MMP threshold
Te Pāti Māori: Party distracted from issues, says iwi leader
IPCA report: Mark Mitchell on police trust after Jevon McSkimming saga
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 9 2025
Stephen Rowe: Campaigning with AI, and the killing of Charlie Kirk
Nikhil Ravishankar: How Air New Zealand can navigate volatile world
William Dalrymple: Empire, India, and Mamdani's remarkable win
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 2 2025
Karen Chhour: Where harm to kids is rising and falling
Chris Hipkins: Will capital gains tax have unfair outcomes?
Maroš Šefčovič: Trump's tariffs and Europe's trade position
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, October 19 2025
Simon Watts: Why NZ is weakening key climate target
Can NZ's infrastructure cope with ageing population?
Can unions justify disruptive strikes? New CTU president speaks
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, October 12 2025
Wrap up: Major local election results, upsets, Māori wards
Local elections: What to do about dire voter turnout
Mana: Tāme Iti on art, activism, fight for Māori rights
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, October 5 2025
Race Relations Commissioner: Social media radicalises, amplifies extremism
Chris Penk: Will earthquake-prone buildings be safe enough?
Expert on capital gains tax fairness, pitfalls of wealth tax
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, September 28 2025
Kerrin Leoni: Why I'd be a better Auckland mayor than Wayne Brown
Wayne Brown: Why I should be re-elected as Auckland's mayor
Former top diplomat on Govt's Palestinian state decision
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, September 21 2025
Christchurch mayoral race: Housing and infrastructure pressures for growing city
When will NZ's 'rockstar economy' return? Paul Bloxham's analysis
Winston Peters off to UN: Will NZ recognise Palestinian state?
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, September 14 2025
Māori Language Commissioner: Despite Govt's moves, most Kiwis accept te reo
Australia's Greg Hunt: 'Difficult deaths' from vaping are coming
Exclusive Wellington mayoral poll: One candidate way ahead
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, September 7 2025
Can New Zealanders trust the Reserve Bank?
Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: Te Pāti Māori triumph, Labour hurting
Geoffrey Palmer: Why people are unhappy with democracy
Full Show: Q+A with Jack Tame, 31 August 2025
Oriini Kaipara: Holding Tāmaki Makaurau for Te Pāti Māori | Q+A 2025
Peeni Henare: Taking Tāmaki Makaurau back for Labour | Q+A 2025
Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: What to watch out for
AI, ChatGPT academic: Why it’s healthy to be sceptical of artificial intelligence
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, August 24 2025
Academic on Palestinian statehood: Action needed, not just recognition
Economist: Few easy options for NZ’s economic struggles
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, August 17 2025
What will keep next generation of Kiwis on the farm?
Grant Robertson: Covid inquiry, Labour's spending, tax
Trump-Putin Alaska meeting: The aftermath for Ukraine
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, August 10 2025
Erica Stanford on charter schools: 'Transformational change' will stop schools converting
Finding God in the universe: The Vatican’s astronomer
PM's new chief science advisor: Still independent?
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, August 3 2025
Geoff Cooper: Why NZ gets poor 'bang for buck' on infrastructure
Chris Bishop: Construction job losses and Luxon’s popularity
Jamie Beaton: Why education needs competition and pressure
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, July 27 2025
Max Rashbrooke: Ideas to get people off benefits
Penny Simmonds: Will polytechs survive?
Top educator Welby Ings: Why standardised testing doesn't work
Tama Potaka: Has Govt played role in increased homelessness?
China 'outplayed' Trump on trade — Veteran journalist Andy Browne
Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, July 20 2025
Top doctors: NZ heading toward US-style health system
Paul Goldsmith: Will tough on crime actually work?
Local govt: Huge rates rises, crumbling infrastructure, and why people should care
Ruth Richardson: Super age should rise, assets sold
Road cone tipline: Brooke van Velden unsure of possible results
Did Coalition agreements undermine 'targeted' Budget spending?
Why Chlöe Swarbrick wants taxes on wealthy, more debt
Police Commissioner: Meth, gangs, recruitment and racism
Brian Roche: Public service too risk-averse
Inside Kiwi drone company with $66m UK defence contract
Judith Collins on defence: US undergoing 'shakedown', but still reliable
Trump's tariffs — David Parker on how NZ should hit back
Has Govt policy led to more homeless? Chris Bishop says no
Migrants in New Zealand: Could India trade deal make travel easier?
David Seymour defends beleaguered school lunch programme
Simeon Brown: Kiwis should be able to see a GP within a week
Helen Clark on how NZ should approach Trump, reassess Five Eyes
Trump's White House: What can Europe do?
Erica Stanford wants to relax foreign buyer ban for wealthy migrants
Tim Groser: NZ 'collateral damage' of Trump's trade policies
Luxon on Māori-Crown relations: 'There's more division'
David Seymour: Implications of Treaty Principles Bill
ImpactLab report — the key to getting Govt funding?
Donald Trump's victory: Democrats' finger-pointing begins
US faces 'chaos' if Trump wins 2nd term - former George W. Bush aide
We need more nuanced conversations on crime — Outgoing Police Commissioner
Judith Collins: Cleaning up after Manawanui, Pacific-style NATO?
Why Australia wants NZ to beef up its military
David Seymour: School lunches and charter school ambitions
Todd Stephenson: Expanding access to assisted dying
Wayne Brown hasn't ruled out second tilt at Auckland mayoralty
Chris Hipkins: 'We will absolutely need to increase debt'
Andrew Little on Health Reform, Defence
Simeon Brown on council 'nice-to-haves', energy prices
Nicole McKee wants gun law changes. Will it keep NZ safer?
Labour wants legal advice to unwind charter schools
Should house prices fall? Kieran McAnulty on affordability
Oranga Tamariki apologises for delayed contracts
Climate change: Is New Zealand doing enough?
Is NZ safer under National? Paul Goldsmith on justice
Dig baby dig? Does Shane Jones' case to mine more of NZ add up?
Manurewa Marae: Branded van raises new questions | Q+A 2024
Chris Bishop: Why ministers are taking major new powers
Matt Doocey: Taking over crisis-hit mental health system
How geopolitical tensions are putting pressure on Air New Zealand
Chris Hipkins: Co-governance, Covid-19, and whether he’ll be PM again
Chlöe Swarbrick: Green Party politics, working with National, and Palestine chants
David Seymour: Why Treaty of Waitangi principles should be redefined
Chris Bishop: What new government will get done by Christmas
Nicola Willis: Treasury’s briefing, smoking tax revenue, and the upcoming mini-budget
Nanaia Mahuta: Three waters, Labour’s centrism, and her actions as foreign minister
Gerry Brownlee: “Very good deal” signed between Tuvalu and Australia
Chris Bishop: National prepares to form three-party government
Jonathan Sumption: Why governments were wrong to fight Covid-19 with lockdownsPODCAST QA 2910
How Auckland swung away from Labour
Chris Bishop: How the election win came together for Nationa
Wayne Langford: What Fed Farmers want in the election
Winston Peters: Gang policy, co-governance, and donations
Grant Robertson and Nicola Willis clash in fiery finance debate
David Seymour: Welfare, crime, and ACT’s lost candidates
Chris Luxon: Social housing, climate, and economic credibility
Nicola Willis: National’s tax plan and foreign buyers concern
Chris Hipkins: Tax, crime, and Labour's record of delivery
Q+A September 3 - Campaign launches, tax, and Pharmac
Rodney Jones: Why NZ is so vulnerable to China’s economic slowdown
Simeon Brown: Transport emissions, roads, and the public service
Steven Joyce: Putting his political career on the record
Grant Robertson: Cyclone buyouts, fiscal holes, and Labour’s tax package
Megan Woods: Has the government fixed the housing crisis?
Kelvin Davis: Prisoner numbers, Oranga Tamariki, and whether New Zealanders are safer
Damien O’Connor: Trade, China, and farming emissions
Jan Tinetti: Is the education system in crisis?
Q+A July 2: The state of our education, health, and food
Deborah Russell: Has this census been a success?
Schools taking desperate measures to keep working students in class
Chris Luxon: Genetic engineering, farming emissions, and capital gains taxes
Chris Bishop: Why National is dropping bipartisan housing deal
Ginny Andersen: Crime, violence, and video games
Andrew Hoggard: Why I chose to run for ACT
Willie Jackson: Why Meka Whaitiri left Labour
Damon Salesa: AUT leader on challenges facing universities
New clinic promises innovative obesity treatment
National's Nicola Willis talks tax and fairness
Q+A April 30 - Tax, diabetes treatment, and AUT
Crime, alcohol, hate speech and Meng Foon donations - Justice Minister Kiri Allan
“Nobody died because of lack of empathy”: Auckland mayor Wayne Brown
Chris Bishop: National’s push for renewable electricity
Carmel Sepuloni: Benefit numbers and the unemployment rate
Debbie Ngārewa-Packer: What Te Pāti Māori wants from power
Chris Hipkins: Climate and reprioritising government policies
James Shaw: “I will never give up” by resigning as climate minister
Stuart Nash: Forestry and the social license to operate
Grant Robertson: Communities must decide on managed retreat
Michael Wood: Transport, immigration, and Auckland
Grant Robertson: How economic conditions will change the budget
Christopher Luxon: Tax cuts, youth justice and climate change
Hamilton West candidates face off in fierce debate
James Shaw: Loss and damage at COP27
Jacinda Ardern: Inflation, climate change, and the media merger
Kiri Allan: Alcohol law changes, name suppression and hate speech
Peeni Henare: Challenges facing NZ’s defence force
Reaction around the country after a very dramatic day in Local Government.
Sir Graham Lowe: Politicians need “guts” on alcohol sponsorship
Auckland mayoralty: Poll shows big swing in race
Exclusive polling has found a close race between the three leading candidates for Wellington mayor
Housing minister responds to emergency motel housing furore.
Tenby Powell: Getting aid in and people out of Ukraine
Jan Tinetti: Radical changes to how Kiwi kids learn to read
An unmissable exclusive interview with China’s ambassador to New Zealand.
What Ukraine needs from New Zealand
Sir John Key: Pelosi’s China visit “reckless and dangerous”
PM Jacinda Ardern discusses the upcoming cost of living payment.
Doctor Ashley Bloomfield. His biggest regret from the Covid response
Mahuta hits back at 'toxic trolling' after nepotism accusations
Return to the Covid frontlines less than rosy
How will the new Ministry for Disabled People help disabled New Zealanders?
Exclusive OIA figures released reveal new failings for Kiwibuild
Tauranga by-election, what it means for next years main event.
National's crackdown on gangs
China's influence in the Pacific
Reaction from Anthony Albanese Australia election Win
Jack Tame interviews Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi
The Māori Party as king or queen-makers
Ron Mark: NZ can be doing more for Ukraine
First interview with National leader Christopher Luxon
Louisa Wall TV-exclusive
Kevin Rudd's warning as China creeps into Pacific
Antarctic climate crisis "off the scale"
NZ faces a tsunami of Long Covid
With Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, Environment Minister David Parker,Tracey Martin
Police Commissioner talks protests after riots
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Andrew Coster on Parliament protests
Policing the Parliament protests
A sit down with Christopher Luxon
The National Party implodes
With the doctors on the home isolation frontline
Q+A with Judith Collins
Q+A with Jacinda Ardern
Andrew Little announces new Covid medication buy
How can we get to having a proper Kiwi Summer
NZ's "woefully inadequate" climate change- action
Māori Development Minister meets with gangs over vax
Air NZ grounds unvaxxed international travellers
Chris Hipkins on our future Covid strategy
Winston Peters returns to Q+A
Have the latest Covid developments jeopardised Auckland's move down Alert Levels?
Auckland terrorist named, Judith Collins talks vaccines and leadership
Our Future/Tō tātou anamata | Superannuation
Delta may be the end of 'Elimination' in NZ
Peter Goodfellow re-elected National Party President
Discussing Sir David Skegg's report
Who has the oversight on hate speech?
Australia travel bubble burst
Harry Tam talks meth and gangs
Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp on our time in Afghanistan
Australia's changing Covid-19 strategy
Australia's Covid situation unravels, panel on Dawn Raids apology
A frank interview with Sir Michael Cullen
National responds to Climate Change Commission advice
Our Future/Tō tātou anamata | Milk, Meat and Motorcars (Climate Change) | Q+A 2021
The post-Budget breakdown
Situation in Gaza deteriorates
Covid-19 crisis continues in India
Our Future/Tō tātou anamata - Maths Education
DHBs ditched in health reforms
The latest in a string of border bungles
In-depth with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
A stuck ship and a housing crisis
Our Future/Tō tātou anamata - Immigration
Who's to blame for the continued housing crisis?
A year into the global pandemic, businesses still want a say
Auckland enters Covid-19 lockdown number four
A new approach to managed isolation?
Will Māori be prioritisedin the Covid-19 vaccine rollout?
Should we welcome vaccinated tourists?
NZ's new Foreign Minister
Q+A 22 November 2020
Chris Liddell in the White House
President-elect Joe Biden
Trump or Biden?
The morning after...
The real virus is this never-ending campaign
A finance debate + Auckland Central poll
Poverty and Porn
Is now a good time for tax cuts? And the Cannabis Debate
The End of Life Choice Debate
Winston Peters refuses to be drawn on... much at all.
Is Auckland actually ready to move to Level 2?
'The poster-child' for Covid-19
Can the election go ahead as planned?
A poll in Northland
When will the s**t really hit the fan?
Personal Dramas vs Political Vision
Judith Collins and Winston Peters
A return to Dirty Politics?
How should we open our borders?
Judith Collins, Megan Woods, and the MP who refuses interviews...
David Clark, Ihumātao, & capping tourist numbers
How did the Avatar team get a border exemption?
Level ONE.
National leader Todd Muller
Is Simon Bridges' leadership in trouble?
Moving to Level 2
Trans-Tasman tourism at Alert Level 2?
What is the value of a human life?
D-Day and what it means for the economy.
Back to school (Sort of)
Should more businesses be able to safely operate?
How long will the lockdown actually last?
Alert Level Two
Covid-19: NZ effectively closes its borders
John Tamihere, Sir Bob Jones, and Australia expands deportations
Covid-19: How bad is this going to be?
Vaping legislation (finally)
National promises tax cuts
Who's the real 'Party of infrastructure'?
Why aren't rescuers going to White Island?
Jacinda Ardern on polls, progress, and her future as Prime Minister
Does 'protecting the victim' in sex cases undermine justice?
Do YOU know how long it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun?
Ports, Porn, and Boomer-baiting
National chooses a Botany candidate
Cannabis reform debate ft. Paula Bennett and Chloe Swarbrick
Could National + Act govern alone?
How should we remember James Cook?
Flight-shaming!
Can NZ really afford new freshwater standards?
Philip Morris NZ on Big Tobacco's Future
Do facts matter in modern political campaigns?
Roger Douglas, Fonterra pay-cuts, and big changes to prison
Should we allow more genetic-editing in NZ?
Abortion Reform