Full Show: 30 August 2026

Willie Jackson: Labour's record on Māori issues

Labour lost all but one of the seven Māori seats at the 2023 general election. This year, to rival a controversial tactic from Te Pāti Māori asking voters to engineer an overhang in Parliament, Labour says they want to win them all back.

Willie Jackson, a front bench Labour MP and leader of the party's Māori campaign, joins Jack Tame to make his bid for the Māori vote.

Should NZ break up the gentailers? Energy boss responds

In an election year marked by energy policy, both New Zealand First and the Green Party are campaigning on breaking up the country's four gentailers, citing soaring household energy bills.

Malcolm Johns, the CEO of gentailer Genesis Energy, joins Q+A, and previews the potential effects on bills if the government goes ahead with its promised LNG terminal.

Election 2026: The new electorate that's 'got issues'

Wellington Bays is the new name for what was the second-most left-voting electorate in the country in 2023. In the redrawn lines for Green MP Julie Anne Genter's electorate, residents are grappling with big water bills and a visible spike in homelessness.

Reporter Whena Owen meets the candidates vying to take those issues on in parliament in this year's election.

War in Iran: NZ must reset foreign policy - expert

By some estimates, the war with Iran has now cost the United States more than 180 billion dollars. After peace talks broke down, US President Donald Trump this week announced a complete change in strategy: economic, rather than military, action.

Professor Robert Patman from the University of Otago joins Jack Tame six months on from the start of the conflict.