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Q+A with Jack Tame

Q+A with Jack Tame
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  • Q+A with Jack Tame

    Full Show: 30 August 2026

    30/08/2026 | 54 mins.
    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.

    Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
  • Q+A with Jack Tame

    War in Iran: NZ must reset foreign policy - expert

    30/08/2026 | 6 mins.
    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.

    Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
  • Q+A with Jack Tame

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

    30/08/2026 | 6 mins.
    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.

    Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
  • Q+A with Jack Tame

    Should NZ break up the gentailers? Energy boss responds

    30/08/2026 | 14 mins.
    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.

    Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
  • Q+A with Jack Tame

    Willie Jackson: Labour's record on Māori issues

    30/08/2026 | 26 mins.
    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.

    Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
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