Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

National is at war with its own biggest donors. Businessman Harry Mowbray joins Duncan to explain why the Split Your Vote campaign was pulled, why National complained to the Electoral Commission, and how MMP math could either hand the centre-right eight extra seats or cost them the entire election.
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Labour wants 5% of government contracts locked in for Māori businesses. That is nearly a billion dollars of taxpayer money allocated by ethnicity rather than merit. Chris Hipkins refuses to come on the show and front up. Duncan breaks down why picking winners by race divides the country instead of backing every Kiwi business to succeed.
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With days to go before the election, the pressure is on, and the gloves are off. Paul joins Duncan Garner to break down what is really going on behind the campaign slogans. National continues to fight the split vote, but is the party putting its own survival ahead of locking in a center-right government?

Paul and Duncan tackle the realities of MMP, why voters are still confused after thirty years, and how our massive debt interest payments of over a million dollars an hour are holding the country back. They also dive into health sector accountability, the push for a dedicated national cancer centre, and why public service departments need to get out of the way of economic growth.

Then, Duncan runs the rule over the latest rolling poll of polls. With the Opportunity Party sitting right on the 5% threshold, we break down the two critical scenarios that could make Kūlewa Wong kingmaker or leave National stranded on electorate seats.
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One week out from polling day, voters are being asked to hand over their power without seeing the fine print. We dig into whether Chris Hipkins can actually manage a four-party beast, what happens if Nicola Willis is out and David Seymour wants Finance, and why National has only themselves to blame for leaving the door wide open. Ashley Church and Maurice Williamson join Duncan in the studio.
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National just dropped 25 percent in the latest poll, and politicians are spinning flat-out. Duncan sits down with veteran pollster David Farrar to rip past the talking points, break down the rogue numbers, and look at the real coalitions that could govern.

We also hear from a Christchurch parent who says the basics are still slipping through the cracks at school.
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