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Barry Soper: Senior Political Correspondent talks polls, Future Generations Commissioner and Labour's housing policy
30/10/2026 | 5 mins.Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper joins Heather du Plessis-Allan to review the week in politics.
The polls have yielded a mixed bag of results, but National still aren't looking good.
The Opportunity party proposed a Future Generations Commissioner, who would remove the politics from long-term infrastructure and environmental projects.
And Labour released a housing policy that would help state tenants buy their own homes.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.- Tonight on The Huddle, NZ Herald Sports Journalist Nathan Limm and Sports Correspondent Wayne Hay join Heather du Plessis-Allan to the review this weeks' sports.
On the table today: Netball NZ has pulled the pin on a bid to set up a private netball competition.
The Silver Ferns lost the Constellation Cup Final, but won the rest of the series, so should we be complaining?
And Heather asks the guys for their take on NZR's handling of domestic competitions.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Janet Wilson: Former National Party Chief Press Secretary says party is too focused on 'fear-mongering'
30/10/2026 | 2 mins.National's brought out the big guns after a poor poll result.
Former Prime Minister John Key has posted a video on social media today, urging National supporters to get out and vote.
This comes after yesterday's RNZ Reid Research poll - which had support for National dipping to 24.8 percent - while Labour led on 30.6.
Former National Party Chief Press Secretary Janet Wilson told Heather du Plessis-Allan they've taken the wrong approach.
She says they haven't properly laid out what they're going to do for people, and have instead opted for fear-mongering, rather than aspiration and hope.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Ali Williams: Former All Black discusses fallout with Netball NZ over private league
30/10/2026 | 8 mins.Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray have said Netball New Zealand abandoned their private domestic netball league without calling them.
The governing body has pulled the pin on the Auckland FC investors’ attempts to save the ailing competition after a board meeting decision on Wednesday.
Ali joins Heather du Plessis-Allan to share his side of the story, and discuss why the deal fell apart.
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30/10/2026 | 5 mins.Ground has been broken on one of the Government's biggest infrastructure projects.
The Warkworth-Te Hana motorway is a 26km 4 lane highway that the government says will 'connect the north to Auckland.'
Transport Minister Chris Bishop told Heather du Plessis-Allan that the motorway will be, "big for Northland, big for Auckland too, actually, and, big for the government."
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