RNZ
'Near disaster' during Chris Hipkins car interview | Power Steering
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- 'Near disaster' during Chris Hipkins car interview | Power Steering
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
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- "A bit CRAZY": Host Anna Thomas scrambled as the car started rolling forward - much to Chris Hipkins' amusement | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Watch the full Power Steering interview: https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/where-did-the-nickname-chippy-come-from-a-road-trip-with-chris-hipkins
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- National reveals its 2026 NZ election campaign bus | RNZ
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- 18:05
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
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- A group of National supporters were waiting to greet the bus at Auckland's Howick Beach, where Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis, Simeon Brown and Nancy Lu got off to speak to media | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
More Election 2026 updates from Saturday, 3 October: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1692716/election-2026-live-national-s-campaign-bus-hits-the-road-in-auckland
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- Comedian's cupping misunderstanding | Erotica by the Fire
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Barnie Duncan's first acupuncture appointment did not go quite how he imagined | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Listen and watch more Erotica by the Fire: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/erotica-by-the-fire
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- WNBA star 'jumped at' opportunity for NZ experience | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- One of the WNBA's biggest stars has given her first interview to New Zealand media | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Hailey Van Lith has joined her Connecticut Sun teammate Charlisse Leger-Walker at the Tokomanawa Queens in Wellington. The pair will debut in the NZ Women's basketball league this Sunday.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/1686018/pies-chocolate-and-mountains-wnba-star-hailey-van-lith-s-nz-wishlist
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- Darklight: Hidden World transforms TSB Showplace | RNZ
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Famed for its summer Festival of the Lights, New Plymouth has put a twist on the audio visual experience and taken it indoors to the city's main theatre for the Darklight: Hidden World exhibition | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
An immersive - often interactive - encounter it invites visitors young and old to explore six extraordinary worlds of light, colour and sound.
The exhibition has reimagined the familiar spaces of the 100-year-old Opera House, now known as TSB Showplace, transforming the venue which has just undergone a facelift to celebrate its centenary.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/community/1679522/darklight-hidden-world-transforms-tsb-showplace
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- Zombie Towns | Episode 3: Balclutha (Part 2) | RNZ
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- 18:09
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
- Description
- [G] Shamubeel Eaqub studies how recent changes in education and immigration has made Balclutha younger.
WATCH Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed @ https://www.rnz.co.nz/video
or find the YouTube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa3KBAGka7z8
Produced for Newsroom and RNZ. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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- Chris Hipkins on why he loves DIY and gardening | RNZ
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- For Chris Hipkins, DIY and gardening are about more than getting jobs done. They're how he gets his "head out of work", the Labour leader tells Power Steering host Anna Thomas | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/where-did-the-nickname-chippy-come-from-a-road-trip-with-chris-hipkins
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- Game on: New Zealand’s booming $1 billion gaming industry | RNZ
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- New Zealand's video game industry is BOOMING - and nearly all of the money is coming from overseas buyers who seem to love Kiwi-made games 🎮 | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1673091/new-zealand-s-video-game-industry-booming-with-over-1-billion-in-revenue
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- How's this election different? Disgruntlement, Opportunity, & First-termitis | Caucus
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- 50:28
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- The campaigns are launching and it's time to lock into politics New Zealand. Caucus returns to set the scene for Election 2026, discussing why incumbency sucks, strategic voting is controversial, and the minor parties are major players.
Election 2026
By Tim Watkin
Polls leading into the campaign proper, which kicked off this week with Parliament rising and the two major parties holding their campaign launches, have been filled with headlines about “kingmakers”. Initially, New Zealand First was given the title, as it has been so many times before. But more recently polls have showed the new kid, Opportunity, holding the balance of power.
But if we take the parties at face value, “kingmaker” is a word that no longer makes sense in 2026. The fluidity of previous election campaigns, when parties would often refuse to say who they might work with until the people had spoken, has been replaced with coalition calcification.
New Zealand First has ruled out...
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- Does Russia have 'compromising' material on Trump? | Kim Hill Wants To Know
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- People have been asking the question for years, but is there actually any evidence? | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner gives Kim Hill his take.
Listen to the Kim Hill Wants To Know podcast: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kim-hill-wants-to-know/2026/what-happened-after-frank-gardner-got-caught-in-the-crossfire
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- When Barnie Duncan’s erotica ghost writing past finally comes in handy | Erotica by the Fire
- Runtime
- 38:29
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- Fred Award winning clown, Barnie Duncan (Bunny, Different Party), makes us shiver with desire and hilarity in a restaurant cold store. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
Rated 16LS: contains explicit language, discussions of sex and sexual themes.
Spicy level: 🌶🌶🌶
Season 1 Episode 9
You can see Barnie in TV series Madam which is available to watch on ThreeNow, or The Great Maiden's Blush, available to rent on NZ on Screen.
Follow @eroticabythefire on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/eroticabythefire/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/eroticabythefire)
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- Mata-Horizon poll: Cost of living pressures hitting Māori hard | MATA Reports
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- More than a third of Māori have had to borrow money or use 'buy now, pay later' to cover essentials in the past year, according to the Mata-Horizon poll | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The poll found 34 percent had borrowed to pay for basics, while 39 percent said they couldn't cover an unexpected $500 expense tomorrow without borrowing.
Watch this special episode of MATA Reports in full: https://www.rnz.co.nz/video/mata-reports
- Made with support from NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho
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- What do students think of political parties using memes? | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Funny or... just plain cringe? | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
RNZ hit the streets to find out what students really think about political parties using memes during their campaigns.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1672613/politicians-are-trying-to-be-funny-online-young-voters-are-cringing
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- From pay equity to easier travel: New policies revealed | RNZ
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Election 2026 policy announcements are coming through thick and fast.
Here's what was unveiled on Thursday | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
For more political coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026
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- Greens put $4.5b bill on first part of reversing government's pay equity changes | RNZ
- Runtime
- 10:32
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- The Green Party has pledged to reinstate the pay equity scheme and fund a settlement for the 65,000 care and support workers whose claim was stopped by the government's changes | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
It estimated that particular settlement would cost just shy of $4.5b over four years, but told RNZ it had not costed restoring the pay equity scheme.
Last year the government overhauled the Equal Pay Act, retrospectively stripping nurses, teachers, carers and other female-dominated workforces of the right to pursue pay equity claims under the existing law.
The controversial legislation stopped the 33 claims underway and raised the threshold for proving work has been historically undervalued. At the time, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said savings amounted to about $12.8b over the next four years.
The Greens would reverse those changes if elected, but were open to making improvements to the scheme.
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- Opportunity party’s Qiulae Wong on policy around AI | RNZ
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong shares an outline of the parties AI policy to RNZ's Midday Report | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1670830/opportunity-party-leader-qiulae-wong-on-recognising-the-good-and-the-bad-of-ai
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- MATA Reports | The Māori Vote 2026: Party choice, cost of living and the Māori electorates | RNZ
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- 37:46
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- [G] In this special episode of MATA Reports, we reveal the results of our poll of Māori voters on both the general and Māori rolls. Who are they giving their party vote to this election, and how is the cost of living affecting their everyday lives? Panellists Tau Henare, Tina Wickliffe, Jack Tautokai McDonald and Maringi James join us to unpack the results and share their whakaaro about the contests shaping up in the Māori electorates.
This episode was recorded prior to the passing of The Right Honourable Adrian Rurawhe. E te rangatira Adrian, ko te aunga o te moe ki a koe.
WATCH MATA Reports @ https://www.rnz.co.nz/video
or find the YouTube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lS2qVBadNNd2QR6I3vZAlHQipmkvOh_
Made with the support of NZ On Air & Te Māngai Pāho.
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- Labour promises law to stop businesses 'tricking' customers with hidden costs, fees | RNZ
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- 25:48
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Labour promises law to stop businesses 'tricking' customers with hidden costs, fees | RNZ
Labour is campaigning on a new law to stop businesses "tricking" people into unnecessary costs | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
If elected, the party would introduce its "fair go law" to deal with surprise fees, "worthless" insurance and subscriptions that are difficult to cancel.
Labour's law would apply to cars, electronics, phones, subscriptions, ticket sales, and gyms.
Read full coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1667731/labour-promises-law-to-stop-businesses-tricking-customers-with-hidden-costs-and-surprise-fees
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- National promises to make trans-Tasman travel easier | RNZ
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- 19:08
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- National wants to progress a more seamless trans-Tasman travel experience.| Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
If re-elected, the party says it will "work with" Australia on a fully digital trial, in time for the next men's T20 World Cup.
It could mean paper passports are no longer required at the gates, with Australian and New Zealand citizens providing their details digitally before departure, and then relying on smartphones, digital credentials, and biometric technology in their journeys through the airports.
It would not mean bypassing biosecurity, however, with travellers still having to make declarations and potentially getting their bags inspected.
Read full story here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1667774/national-promises-to-make-trans-tasman-travel-easier
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- The campaign trail hits Christchurch as Luxon and Hipkins seek to win over voters | RNZ
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Ice cream scoops, mushroom farms, and steel mills; it's been another weird and wonderful day on the campaign trail | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
RNZ's Giles Dexter reports.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1654423/as-it-happened-election-campaign-30-september
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- National's Nicola Willis prods at Labour's 'hidden bill' | RNZ
- Runtime
- 21:02
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- National claims Labour's "hidden bill" of unfunded promises has reached $18.8 billion and will cost households more than $2000 each year | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis in June attacked Labour's economic plans, claiming it was $18.2 billion short on funding for its policies.
On Wednesday Willis issued fresh calculations of the gap between Labour's spending promises and revenue intentions.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1660459/national-claims-gap-between-labour-s-spending-promises-and-revenue-intentions-has-grown
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- National Party Leader Christopher Luxon answers media questions in Christchurch | RNZ
- Runtime
- 12:50
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- National Party Leader Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters from the campaign trail in Christchurch | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Follow RNZ's full Election 2026 coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1654423/live-nicola-willis-rules-out-income-tax-cut-mps-mourn-loss-of-former-speaker-adrian-rurawhe
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- Does National want to raise the superannuation age? 'Probably', says Christopher Luxon | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- National leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis have recently softened their language around raising the superannuation age, having previously strongly advocated for an increase | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Luxon told reporters National still believed the pension age "probably" needed to go up to 67, but he also accepted the lack of "political consensus" given Labour and New Zealand First's staunch opposition.
Stay up to date with RNZ's politics live blog: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1654423/live-nicola-willis-rules-out-income-tax-cut-mps-mourn-loss-of-former-speaker-adrian-rurawhe
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- Zombie Towns | Episode 2: Tokoroa (Part 1) | RNZ
- Runtime
- 15:55
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- [G] Shamubeel Eaqub examines how forestry mill closures have slowly taken Tokoroa from wealthy to poor.
WATCH Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed @ https://www.rnz.co.nz/video
or find the YouTube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa3KBAGka7z8
Produced for Newsroom and RNZ. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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- Chlöe Swarbrick says the Government undermined climate action | RNZ
- Runtime
- 7:07
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has weighed in on a Dutch environmental group's claims that New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in its free trade agreement with the European Union, while speaking to media from the University of Auckland | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Follow RNZ's full Election 2026 coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1660535/climate-activists-demand-government-accountability-in-landmark-eu-trade-complaint
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- Green Party says Government undermined climate action | RNZ
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commission | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1655918/nz-accused-of-breaking-climate-change-promise-with-eu-but-todd-mcclay-rejects-claim
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- The tax bracket creep, explained | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- New Zealanders are paying more tax due to bracket creep, but is now the time to tackle it? | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds delves into this in the No Stupid Questions podcast: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/no-stupid-questions
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- ‘Beautiful man’: Chlöe Swarbrick reacts to news of Adrian Rurawhe’s death | RNZ
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Green's co-leader and former colleague Chlöe Swarbrick learned the news of Adrian Rurawhe's death while in the Morning Report studio on Wednesday morning | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
A statement from his family noted "with deep sadness" the former Speaker and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru had died after a "recent illness."
Swarbrick described Rurawhe as a "beautiful, beautiful man" who brought calm to the House of Parliament - a place that wasn't often calm.
Swarbrick said he had a kindness and a "generosity of spirit".
"That's a huge loss to our country."
Read full coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1654486/former-speaker-and-mp-for-te-tai-hauauru-adrian-rurawhe-dies
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- Opportunity sets out bottom lines for post-election talks | RNZ
- Runtime
- 30:21
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- The Opportunity Party has laid out its bottom lines for any post-election negotiations, as a new poll has it clutching the balance of power | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The 1News-Verian poll out on Monday showed both the left and right bloc would need Opportunity's seven seats to form a government. The party's leader Qiulae Wong said she was open to either a coalition or confidence-and-supply arrangement.
Read more about the party's five bottom lines: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1643401/health-supermarkets-and-political-lobbying-among-opportunity-party-s-bottom-lines
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- Surplus forecast improves: Treasury paints brighter picture of govt's finances | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- The Government’s books are in better shape than they were at the Budget just four months ago with a much bigger surplus expected | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (Prefu) - released on Tuesday - forecast a deficit of $6.8 billion in 2026/27, down from the May Budget's $11.4 billion prediction.
A $4 billion surplus is forecast for the 2028/29 financial year – significantly higher than the $2.5 billion expected in May when the books were last opened.
While the short-term economic outlook has improved, the medium-term picture remains broadly unchanged and at risk due to global volatility.
RNZ's Corin Dann explains.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1647005/treasury-gives-willis-pre-election-boost-as-surplus-forecast-improves
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- ACT leader David Seymour says PREFU has 'vindicated' his party's drive for savings | RNZ
- Runtime
- 11:08
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Speaking to reporters in Auckland, ACT leader David Seymour says the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) has "vindicated" his party's drive for savings | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
"We have saved money in this government, but actually nowhere near enough. And as the bond market increases interest rates on government debt all around the world, we are going to have to go further and faster to balance the books with no new taxes."
He reiterated his call for fewer government departments, the number of public servants to be reduced to one percent of the total population.
"The surplus being promised is two years later than was promised before the last election. To achieve that is going to require major reductions in the number of public servants and government departments, which I think we should do."
Video: Nick Monro
Read more: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1647005/...
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- Luxon thanks New Zealanders and finance minister as Treasury paints brighter picture | RNZ
- Runtime
- 9:58
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- National leader Christopher Luxon has thanked New Zealanders for their "incredible hard work" over the last few years | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
He also praised Nicola Willis' "responsible economic management," and warned the "radical four-way" opposition would put it all at risk.
"Our plan is genuinely working, it is working. We have been doing the right things from day one, under Nicola's leadership. She's done an exceptionally good job, there is no better finance minister in this country, and she's going to go down as one of the greatest, for the turnaround that she's been orchestrating."
Nicola Willis, now speaking in her capacity as National's finance spokesperson, said there was now a path to "firm fiscal and economic foundations," and that the Green Party would put a "wrecking ball" through it.
Luxon was also not backing down from his decision to rule out Opportunity, and described its bottom line...
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- ‘Hands on regulation’ - Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong on AI | Midday Report
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- 19:24
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Qiulae Wong said the Opportunity Party is interested in taking a more "hands on regulation" stance with artificial intelligence compared to the status quo of the current government | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
In an interview with Midday Report's Guyon Espiner, Wong - the Opportunity Party leader - said it was important to lean into regulation and guidelines when it comes to AI- rather than just being a bystander, and that the party was intrested in setting up a national framework.
More political coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political
In the lead-up to New Zealand's general election in November, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson from a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears with AI and the role of government in regulating the technology.
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- Hipkins says National ‘made everything worse’ as Prefu released | RNZ
- Runtime
- 18:29
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (Prefu) is "the verdict" on National's track record, with government debt, unemployment, and inflation staying higher for longer, and a return to surplus still forecast later than the update prior to the last election | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The Prefu - released by Nicola Willis on Tuesday - forecast a deficit of $6.8 billion in 2026/27, down from the May Budget's $11.4 billion prediction. Officials expected that to narrow to just $0.8b the next year - what Willis described as "within a hair's breadth of a surplus".
Read more: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1647005/treasury-gives-willis-pre-election-boost-as-surplus-forecast-improves
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- Opportunity reveals five bottom lines for post-election negotiations | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- The Opportunity Party has laid out its bottom lines for any post-election negotiations, as a new poll has it clutching the balance of power | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The party's leader Qiulae Wong said she was open to working with both Labour and National to "break this gridlock of tribal politics".
Read more about the party's five bottom lines: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1643401/health-supermarkets-and-political-lobbying-among-opportunity-party-s-bottom-lines
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- Punk rock icon explains what politicians need to do | Kim Hill Wants To Know
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Feargal Sharkey, former lead singer of The Undertones, has plenty to say about what politicians need to do | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
So Kim Hill asks him the obvious question.
Listen to the full interview from the Kim Hill Wants To Know podcast: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kim-hill-wants-to-know/2026/how-punk-rocker-feargal-sharkey-reinvented-himself
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- What happened after Frank Gardner got caught in the crossfire | Kim Hill Wants to Know
- Runtime
- 50:13
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner talks with Kim Hill about being shot and left for dead by Islamist gunmen, adapting to life in a wheelchair and writing truthy fiction. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
Season 2 Episode 2
Read Frank Gardner's memoir Blood and Sand (https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/blood-and-sand-9781446421123)
In this episode:
(00:00) Frank Gardner's Journey: From Adventure to Adversity
(07:18) Reflections on journalism in the Middle East
(17:16) The Arab Spring: Hopes and disillusionment
(23:25) Optimism amidst challenges
(26:01) Fiction and possible future scenarios
(27:49) The threat of Russia and NATO's response
(30:54) Frank’s brush with intelligence and espionage
(37:59) Reflections on life after trauma
(49:10) Frank’s family heritage and historical connections
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- ‘Primary priority’: National expects to return the books to surplus in 2028 | RNZ
- Runtime
- 21:25
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- National unveils it's economic plan, underscoring the party's pledge to introduce "no new taxes" and return the books to surplus | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
It also highlighted its commitment to "right-sizing government" and "public sector reform", promising to reduce core Crown spending below 30 percent of GDP.
National's previous fiscal policy was to drive down spending towards 30 percent.
The change - while very slight - widens the gap between National's prescription and Labour's.
Last month, Labour set its spending cap at 33 percent of GDP in the medium term.
Read full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1631467/national-sharpens-spending-pledge-on-eve-of-treasury-update
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- 'Lot of very positive feedback': Hipkins on writing off 10% of student loans | RNZ
- Runtime
- 8:13
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Labour leader Chris Hipkins, speaking at the University of Canterbury, says his student loan policy - writing off 10 percent of eligible student loans - has been warmly received today | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
"They didn't ask a lot of questions about it because they support it and they're very happy with it." Hipkins said it created more of an incentive for people to stay in New Zealand.
When it came to the opposition Chris Hipkins said: "New Zealanders know what to expect from Christopher Luxon, he has different standards for himself to what he has for every other New Zealander."
Borrowing National's phrasing, Hipkins said National "and their mates" would "cancel the rights of permanent residents", renationalise the BNZ and sell TVNZ - clearly referencing New Zealand First and ACT policies.
Follow RNZ's live blog for the latest: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1620772/ele...
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- National releases economic plan, reveals when return to surplus is expected | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- National's finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says the party's economic plan - released ahead of the election - includes five parts along with action points | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1631467/national-sharpens-spending-pledge-on-eve-of-treasury-update
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- Zombie Towns | Episode 1: Balclutha (Part 1) | RNZ
- Runtime
- 15:55
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- [G] Economist Shamubeel Eaqub looks at the devastation of Rogernomic reforms and finds evidence of recent rejuvenation.
WATCH Zombie Towns: Everything I Missed @ https://www.rnz.co.nz/video
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Produced for Newsroom and RNZ. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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- Labour spokesperson's AI outlook | Midday Report
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Labour's Reuben Davidson tells RNZ's Midday Report he's wary of "the biggest fear" | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Read more and watch Guyon Espiner's full interview: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1629746/the-most-significant-industrial-revolution-of-our-time-labour-s-reuben-davidson-on-nz-s-ai-future
- RNZ's Midday Report will be hearing more political parties' views on AI over the coming weeks
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- AI could spark 'signficant' industrial revolution for NZ to navigate - Davidson | Midday Report
- Runtime
- 11:54
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- In Reuben Davidson's eyes the world is looking at potentially the most significant industrial revolution of a generation with Artificial Intelligence | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
In an interview with Midday Report's Guyon Espiner, Davidson - the technology spokesperson for Labour - said there was "enormous opportunity" with AI and the government had a responsibility to get involved and help navigate what that looked like for New Zealand.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1629746/the-most-significant-industrial-revolution-of-our-time-labour-s-reuben-davidson-on-nz-s-ai-future
In the lead-up to New Zealand's general election in November, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson from a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears with AI and the role of government in regulating the technology.
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- ACT's David Seymour slams 'unethical' promises to break up supermarket duopoly | RNZ
- Runtime
- 25:55
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- ACT leader David Seymour has hit out at promises to break up the supermarket duopoly, calling them "unethical" and a betrayal of "free enterprise" | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
Seymour was in Auckland on Monday speaking at engineering consultancy firm Aurecon in Newmarket. During his speech, Seymour slammed his opponents and coalition partners saying it was hard to "overstate how bad these ideas are".
"Foodstuffs and Woolworths have spent 104 and 97 years respectively building logistics, procurement and distribution networks that run through this country like arteries.
"That's economies of scale. That's how the shelves stay full and prices stay lower than they'd otherwise be."
Each political party has promised some kind of supermarket reform: the Greens want to set up a publicly owned competitor, National and New Zealand First want to break them up, Labour would separate their wholesale and retail arms and T...
- Title
- What Labour is promising on student loans | RNZ
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- National has raised its concerns about the policy 👀 | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Here's what you need to know.
Full coverage: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1612259/labour-promises-to-write-off-10-percent-of-some-student-loan-balances
- Title
- Thousands celebrate cultural diversity at Auckland’s Moon Festival | RNZ
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Thousands gathered in Auckland on Friday for the start of the Moon Festival, a three-day event marking mid-autumn celebrations, a traditional holiday observed in different forms across Asia | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?subscribe
The festival is a time when families traditionally gather, admire the full moon and celebrate the autumn harvest in the Northern Hemisphere.
Video: Yiting Lin
Read more: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese_english/1592729/thousands-celebrate-cultural-diversity-at-auckland-s-moon-festival
- Title
- Chris Hipkins focuses on cost of living at Labour campaign launch | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:26:01
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Chris Hipkins pitches to middle-income New Zealanders, saying he won’t accept them continuing to struggle. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Hipkins says: “They are who I’m going to fight for!”
The Labour leader also took a swipe at Christopher Luxon saying National’s claims about his party are lies.
Follow RNZ's live blog for the latest: Live: Election season begins as National and Labour launch campaigns
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- Christopher Luxon targets opposition parties at campaign launch | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:47:55
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Christopher Luxon has told a cheering crowd at National’s election campaign launch on Sunday that New Zealand is “turning the corner” and that his government’s plan is working. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Luxon’s case for another term rests heavily on the economy, crime and school attendance.
He also took aim at Labour’s election offering, saying it has “embarrassingly little to say”, with voting due to open in four weeks.
Follow RNZ's live blog for the latest: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1603176/live-election-campaign-kicks-off-with-national-and-labour-launches
- Title
- Labour makes student loan promise heading into election | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- "A significant contribution." | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Labour is promising to write off 10 percent of eligible student loan balances, with leader Chris Hipkins saying it will give young Kiwis "more of a reason" to stay in New Zealand.
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1612259/labour-promises-to-write-off-10-percent-of-some-student-loan-balances
- Title
- Luxon gets emotional talking about parents at campaign launch | RNZ
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Christopher Luxon got emotional talking about his parents at National’s campaign launch | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
He thanked his “amazing” parents for making him who he is today and said he wanted the same for every Kiwi kid.
Read more about National's campaign launch: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1611275/the-job-isn-t-done-luxon-launches-national-s-election-campaign-in-auckland
