Inflation Is Back: Winston’s Culture War and National’s Housing Scandal

Inflation has surged to 4.1 percent, wages are flat and families are being crushed by the cost of living. So where are the Government’s promised green shoots?

Martyn Bradbury is joined by Willie Jackson, John Tamihere and Simon Wilson to debate whether National has lost control of the economy, whether New Zealand First has peaked after a conference dominated by culture war politics, and why only 18 percent of the Government’s promised social homes have been delivered.

Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds explains what Labour would do to ease the pressure, while education activist Bree Elliott examines the ideological forces shaping Erica Stanford’s curriculum reforms.

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