Politics Central

By: Newstalk ZB
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  • Newstalk ZB serves up what you need to know, on all things politics at home, and abroad. The show reviews, previews, analyses and challenges the biggest political issues of the week, with all the big players.
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Episodes
  • David Seymour: ACT Party leader says the Labour Party has gone too far left
    Feb 16 2025

    ACT's David Seymour believes the opposition has drifted too far to the left - and it's dragged the party down.

    Seymour has fired back at Labour after a full week of scrutiny and calls to resign following his letter advocating for Philip Polkinghorne and the Land Rover on Parliament's steps incident.

    He says Labour used to stand for equality and democracy and fairness, but they've gone adrift over the years.

    "They've given up on the idea of one person, one vote. If you take Willie Jackson, one of their most prominent ministers, who says - oh democracy has changed now, one person, one vote's not that important . Actually, one person, one vote is the whole point of democracy."

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    13 mins
  • Chris Hipkins: Labour leader dismisses anti-LGBTQ protests as 'pathetic'
    Feb 16 2025

    Labour's leader has labelled anti-LGBTQ protests 'pathetic'.

    People linked to Destiny Church stormed a children's drag event at a west Auckland library, leading to some 30 people had being barricaded inside.

    Later, police intervened when a group disrupted Pride Parade festivities on Ponsonby Road with a haka.

    Chris Hipkins says we have free speech in New Zealand, but it's not that.

    He says that sort of behaviour isn't an exercise in free speech - it's shouting other people down and stopping them from what they're free to do in a democratic country.

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    15 mins
  • Jason Walls: Government announces relaxed immigration settings for investors
    Feb 9 2025

    This afternoon the Prime Minister announced New Zealand will be relaxing immigration settings for investors.

    Two new immigration categories will be created to encourage wealthy foreigners to invest in Kiwi businesses.

    Investors will need to invest a minimum of $5 million over three years, or $10 million over five years.

    The visa's English language requirement will also be stripped, which Luxon claimed had scared off potential investors.

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    8 mins

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