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The Iron Duke Podcast — 142 episodes

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Episode 142 - What now for the National Party?

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Episode 141 - Welcome to the pre-election period?

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Episode 140 - Who should be allowed to vote in New Zealand?

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Episode 139 - Can The Opportunity Party be kingmaker this year?

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Episode 138 - Why does every Budget need a catchy name?

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Episode 137 - Do we need to reduce public sector headcount?

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Episode 136 - Jobs budget or warning sign?

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Episode 135 - Coalition conflict or strategic dissent?

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Episode 134: How do you answer a 'gotcha' question?

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Episode 133 - What does the ministerial reshuffle mean for this year's election?

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Episode 132 - Who from the office has been stockpiling diesel?

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Episode 131 - Do we want more data centres during an energy crisis?

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Episode 130 - Will Luxon lose his job over Iran?

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Episode 129 - What does the Iran conflict mean for New Zealand?

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Episode 128: LNG or more solar panels?

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Episode 127: Are we real people?

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Episode 126: The 2025 Finale

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Episode 125: Are we moving from green shoots to green shrubs?

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Episode 124: Can Te Pāti Māori Survive Its Internal Storm?

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Episode 123: Are We Really Broke – or Just Sick of Sick Leave?

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Episode 122: Is this the end of the Māori Party’s renaissance... or just a rebrand?

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Episode 121: Is Low Voter Turnout New Zealand's New National Sport?

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Episode 120: Why can't we use PayWave on public transport?

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Episode 119: Is daylight savings affecting your mental health?

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Episode 118: Who let the dogs out?

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Episode 117: Do you remember your first time?

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Episode 116: How do we save the baby trees?

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Episode 115: Should security guards be able to arrest thieves?

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Episode 114: How many elephants worth of coal do we have?

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Episode 113: THE LIVE PODCAST

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Episode 112: Who stole from the supermarket pick ‘n mix?

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Episode 111: BUDGET DAY BABY

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Episode 110: How did Albo win the Australian election?

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Episode 109: What’s wrong with saying pregnant people?

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Episode 108: Does Tamatha Paul have a point?

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Episode 107: Would you retire in New Zealand?

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Episode 106: How bad are the school lunches?

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Episode 105: Why is there so much happening at the moment?

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Episode 104: What even is a digital nomad?

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Episode 103: A year in review - 2024

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Episode 102: Is the grass really greener across the ditch?

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Episode 101: THE SECOND ELECTION SPECIAL

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Episode 100: Who cares about data privacy?

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Episode 99: Is America Great Again?

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Episode 98: Do you slip, slop, slap?

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Episode 97: How cheap can you make a school lunch?

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Episode 96: How oily are Samoan fish these days?

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Episode 95: Are you ready to come back to the office?

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Episode 94: How many expired gift cards do you have in your undie drawer?

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Episode 93: Were our US presidential debate picks correct?

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Episode 92: Would you let your kids go to an Aussie university?

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Episode 91: Was Luxon really that mean?

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Episode 90: Is it just me or is everything expensive?

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Episode 89: How hard is year 12 math?

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Episode 88: What's an Olympic medal worth?

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Episode 87: Who will Kamala Harris pick as her running mate?

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Episode 86: Has Trump just won the presidency?

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Episode 85: Should the Government track us?

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Episode 84: Can we surf our way to prosperity?

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Episode 83: Which birds should we save?

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Episode 82: Should we buy the government's plane?

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Episode 81: Should we be paying an MP's mortgage?

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Episode 80: Where are our cancer drugs?

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Episode 79: The Big Budget Special!

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Episode 78: Will Gollum end the recession?

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Episode 77: Strike Force Raptor?

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Episode 76: Property managers, heroes or zeroes?

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Episode 75: Do single sex schools produce smarter kids?

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Episode 74: Can you support the mega-tunnel?

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Episode 73: How much do you hate heritage listings?

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Episode 72: Should we plumb the Milford Track?

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Episode 71: to vape or not to vape?

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Episode 70: Are the police paid enough?

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Episode 69: hungry kids and leaking classrooms?

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Episode 68: What is Grant leaving behind?

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Episode 67: Brown vs Brown

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Episode 66: Who won Waitangi?

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Episode 65: Byron's last hurrah!

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Episode 64: What's in store for 2024?

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Episode 63: The Great 2023 Recap

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Episode 62: Can you keep up with the speed of Wellington?

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Episode 61: What's in a (public service agency) name?

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Episode 60: The three headed taniwha rises from the swamp

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Episode 59: The Post Election Special

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Episode 58: The Election Prediction Special

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Episode 57: An ode to Winston Peters

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Episode 56: Lies, lies and polls

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Episode 55: Does Chris Hipkins just need a red bull?

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Episode 54: Political cringe, teeth and tax

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Episode 53: Byron takes a field trip to Australia

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Episode 52: A GST plan and a cell phone ban

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Episode 51: Teeth or tunnels?

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Episode 50: How much does the tax man want?

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Episode 49: How many spare seats are there at the Cabinet table?

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Episode 48: The Electoral Reform Special

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Episode 47: Did you get my letter?

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Episode 46: Budget 2023? What's in it for me.

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Episode 45: Rapid fire policy and political round up

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Episode 44: Are you dressing ethically?

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Episode 43: Will you still holiday in the rain?

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Episode 42: Can hospitality dry off from the rain?

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Episode 41: What happens when the rain stops falling?

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Episode 40: Welcome back to Wellington

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Episode 39: The Year in Review

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Episode 38: How do we get our kids to school?

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Episode 37: Do farmers have it too tough?

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Episode 36: When was the last time you were at the museum?

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Episode 35: Did local government get hit by a blue Tsunami?

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Episode 34: The Auckland Electoral Special

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Episode 33: The Wellington Electoral Special

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Episode 32: What's your emergency?

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Episode 31: The problem is Wellington, what are the answers?

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Episode 30: Is Parliament the most dramatic work place in NZ?

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Episode 29: Will Shortland Street solve the nursing shortage?

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Episode 28: Are you investing impactfully?

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Episode 27: What makes for a good story?

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Episode 26: Is anyone feeling healthy?

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Episode 25: What is the future of the motor industry?

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Episode 24: How 'minor' was the reshuffle?

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Episode 23: Why is everyone slamming the budget?

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Episode 22: Are we ready to welcome the return of cruising?

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Episode 21: Why are we screwing with the ETS?

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Episode 20: What's happening abroad?

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Episode 19: Will Auckland bounce back?

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Episode 18: Why is Russia doing this?

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Episode 17: How can we take better care of each other?

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Episode 16: How hard is it to keep the lights on?

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Episode 15: Will retail survive the next normal?

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Episode 14: Could we house everyone?

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Episode 13: Is the economy screwed?

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Episode 12: How do we get back to business?

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Episode 11: 2021, what the hell happened?

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Episode 10: What's the importance of conservation?

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Episode 9: Is capitalism good for anything?

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Episode 8: Is Wellington still wonderful?

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Episode 7: Why is our food so expensive?

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Episode 6: The looming financial crisis

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Episode 5: Can we inflate away our problems?

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Episode 4: Is a vaccination nation possible?

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Episode 3: Can capitalism be climate friendly?

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Episode 2: Is there a bridge over three troubled waters?

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Episode 1: Welcome, where to next?