The Bradbury Group

New Zealand's social fabric is fraying — and tonight, Martyn Bradbury holds power to account.

🎙️ *1-on-1 in 10 with Police Minister Mark Mitchell*
A $1.3 billion Police budget. Organised crime flooding our communities with methamphetamine. And a social carnage that shows no sign of slowing. Martyn Bradbury asks Police Minister Mark Mitchell the question New Zealanders are demanding answers to: has the Government actually got on top of the meth crisis — or are they just spending big and delivering nothing?

🎙️ *Extra 1-on-1 in 10 with Te Pāti Māori co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer*
New Zealand's prison population is set to explode — and the trigger isn't violent crime. It's shoplifting law changes that are funnelling petty offenders directly into an already broken corrections system. Te Pāti Māori co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins Martyn to ask the hard question: how is jailing shoplifters any different to arresting the homeless? Is this counterproductive social policy dressed up as law and order?

🔥 *Political Panel Discussion*
⚡ Matthew Hooton – Editor of The Post
⚡ Arena Williams – MP for Manurewa
⚡ Simon Wilson – Listener Columnist

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Martyn Bradbury takes on the budget betrayal, 33,000 homeless children, record company liquidations and the global rise of the far right — with two of the Left's sharpest minds and a heavyweight political panel.

🎙️ *1-on-1 in 10 with Qiulae Wong — Leader of TOP (The Opportunities Party)*
After scoring 6% in the latest Roy Morgan Poll, TOP is a genuine political force. Qiulae Wong joins Martyn to lay out TOP's bottom lines, their coalition conditions, and who they're prepared to go into Government with.

🎙️ *Extra 1-on-1 in 10 with Victor Billot — Alliance Party Leader*
After securing a historic union affiliation, Alliance Leader Victor Billot joins Martyn to discuss how the Left builds a winning coalition in an economic election — and how progressives push back against the global surge of far-right populism.

🔥 *Political Panel Discussion*
⚡ Matthew Hooton — NZ Herald Columnist
⚡ Maria Slade — Business Desk Journalist
⚡ Simon Wilson — Listener Columnist

*Tonight's Political Agenda:*
📌 Issue 1 — 33,000 Homeless Children & an 11-Year High in Company Liquidations
The Budget promised growth. Instead we have a record number of homeless children and company collapses at levels not seen in over a decade. Is this the economy National promised New Zealanders?

📌 Issue 2 — Is Democracy Under Attack? The War on Māori Representation
ACT and the Taxpayers' Union are crying foul over Māori representation at the local council level. But who's really attacking democracy here? Tonight the panel calls it.

📌 Issue 3 — Labour's List vs NZ First's Candidates
A deep dive into the electoral maths — Labour's party list strategy versus NZ First's candidate game. Who's positioned better heading into the next election?
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This week on The Bradbury Group:

🎙️ **1-on-1 in 10 with Green Party co-Leader Marama Davidson**
Marama Davidson joins Martyn Bradbury for a post-budget breakdown — will this Budget ease the cost of living crisis, address wealth inequality, or leave working New Zealanders behind?

🎙️ **Extra 1-on-1 in 10 with Environmental Activist Mike Smith**
Mike Smith joins Martyn to reveal what he uncovered: how New Zealand's seven biggest polluters have been secretly advising the Government — and what that means for climate policy and democratic accountability.

🔥 **Political Panel Discussion**

Martyn is joined by:
⚡ Matthew Hooton – NZ Herald Columnist
⚡ Matthew Tukaki – Political Commentator and Māori Broadcaster
⚡ Maria Slade – BusinessDesk Journalist
⚡ John Tamihere – Māori Party President

**Tonight's Political Agenda:**
📌 Issue 1 – Will the Budget actually save the economy?
📌 Issue 2 – Pete Hegseth's contemptuous remarks about New Zealand — and will the National Government sell out New Zealand's nuclear-free status to appease Trump?

Can this Budget deliver for ordinary New Zealanders? Who is really shaping Government policy — ministers or the polluters in the room? And is New Zealand's nuclear-free identity now on the negotiating table?

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It is Budget week, and The Bradbury Group is going straight at the big political fights shaping New Zealand.

Labour Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins Martyn Bradbury for a 1 on 1 on the pre-Budget debate, the state of the economy, and why Labour says free market ideology is hurting communities instead of building them up.

Then Hone Harawira joins for a special 1 on 1 on Māori politics, the Māori electorates, and the message he thinks Māori voters need to hear this election.

Plus, the political panel of Matthew Hooton, Verity Johnston and Quilae Wong takes on the week’s biggest issues:

The Big Polluter scandal and Luxon’s clash with John Campbell.
The OCR, the Budget and the economy.
And the politics of English before Māori, defining a woman, and arresting the homeless.
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Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins us for a 1-on-1 on the 2026 NZ election, Te Tai Tokerau, and who is standing for Te Pati Māori.

Te Ao with Moana host Moana Maniapoto on her explosive interview with Winston Peters — and her reaction to the sacking of Maiki Sherman.

Plus our Political Panel with Matthew Hooton (NZ Herald), Tau Henare (former NZ First & National MP) and Dita De Boni (The Post) on:
→ Week 11 of Trump's tariff war — can the NZ economy survive?
→ Poll of Polls puts NZ First in the kingmaker seat — what does Winston as PM look like?
→ Was Maiki Sherman's sacking a political hit job?
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