Episodi

  • Infrastructure: How we need to change our choices

    Infrastructure: How we need to change our choices
    Feb 21 2026
    Infrastructure: How we need to change our choices Te Waihanga Infrastructure Commission CEO Geoff Cooper joins Q+A to lay out the details of a sweeping new report into how New Zealand chooses to build and maintain infrastructure, with major recommendations that could make politicians uncomfortable. Human rights expert: Putting pressure on Israel, Iran, China Former executive director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth speaks to Q+A about his decades of work protecting human rights, and how different types of pressure can be applied to governments that violate them. Professor Margaret Mutu: What democracy can learn from Māori decision-making More than a decade after it was first published, Auckland University Professor Margaret Mutu has released an updated edition of The State of Māori Rights. In an extended interview, she discusses the current political moment, and how consensus-based democracy could be a greater influence on how politics is practiced in New Zealand. 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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    54 min
  • Will government get India trade deal in the bag?

    Will government get India trade deal in the bag?
    Feb 14 2026
    Will government get India trade deal in the bag? Trade minister Todd McClay joins Q+A for an in-depth discussion of the free trade agreement with India, as Labour releases a letter outlining their conditions on what might be needed for them to consider voting for it. It comes amid tensions in the government over the deal, with NZ First leader Winston Peters raising concerns about what the deal will mean for migration. LNG or solar? What solves NZ’s energy crisis debated Andrew Eagles from the New Zealand Green Building Council joins Q+A with an exclusive new analysis that outlines why his organisation believes the Liquefied Natural Gas import terminal plan is a mistake, and why a different plan for massive uptake of solar and heat pump hot water systems would work better. Insurance retreat: Where’s the safest bet for cover? With insurance companies starting to pull out from offering new policies in severely flood or seismic vulnerable areas, which area has the lowest risk? And should the government step in when insurance companies step back? Rent controls, eviction protections: MP wants to change tenant rights Green MP Tamatha Paul explains her Member’s Bill, which would impose rent controls, and make it harder to evict tenants. 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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    53 min
  • Phil Goff: NZ’s shameful silence in face of Trump’s insults

    Phil Goff: NZ’s shameful silence in face of Trump’s insults
    Feb 7 2026
    Former foreign minister Phil Goff tells Q+A that he thinks New Zealand has failed to adequately stand up for this country’s values in the face of Donald Trump, in particular taking aim at foreign minister Winston Peters, who sacked him as ambassador to the UK. 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. Will economy struggling or surging change the election? With the state of the economic recovery looming as a crucial election issue, Q+A is joined by NZIER’s Christina Leung, and Brad Olsen from Infometrics, to discuss whether the economy will recover before November. 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. Adrian Rurawhe: TPM “not the party Tariana Turia started” Departing Labour MP Adrian Rurawhe joins Q+A to reflect on his achievements and regrets in politics, what Labour could have done better in government, and his concerns about the direction of Te Pāti Māori, which he was involved in the initial formation of. He also reflects on his time as Speaker, and the desire he had to always be fair to both government and opposition. 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. How mediation services should be changed Q+A dives into the Members Bill ballot to hear from National MP Carl Bates, who wants to change how mediation services work, and establish a register of mediators the public can access. 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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    53 min
  • Andrew Coster: Trust, corruption allegations, and Jevon McSkimming

    Andrew Coster: Trust, corruption allegations, and Jevon McSkimming
    Dec 6 2025
    Exclusive interview: Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster resigned as the head of the Social Investment Agency this week, after a scathing report from the Independent Police Conduct Authority. . Coster and several other former senior officers were singled out for mishandling sexual misconduct complaints regarding former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming, who was subsequently found to be accessing child exploitation and bestiality images on his work computer. . Coster told Q+A's Jack Tame he was wrong to trust Jevon McSkimming but he always acted honestly and in good faith. He claims senior figures knew more about the McSkimming case than they have said publicly — something these parties dispute. . 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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    53 min
  • Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 30 2025

    Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 30 2025
    Nov 29 2025
    With Labour's finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds, defence expert Sam Roggeveen, and ACT list MP Simon Court. Next Sunday is Q+A's last episode of the year.
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    54 min
  • Can New Zealand defend itself with 'echidna strategy'?

    Can New Zealand defend itself with 'echidna strategy'?
    Nov 29 2025
    A visiting defence and foreign policy expert is urging New Zealand to rethink how we prioritise defence spending, arguing we should draw inspiration from the Australian echidna – a small but spiky animal. . Sam Roggeveen, a programme director at the Lowy Institute in Australia, came to New Zealand as a guest of Victoria University’s Centre for Strategic Studies. . He says the future of defence of Australia and New Zealand relies on making use of the vast distances any attacker would have to cover, and to purchase equipment designed to sink ships and shoot down aircraft. . 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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    21 min
  • Realistic? Labour promises to balance the books, under stricter rules

    Realistic? Labour promises to balance the books, under stricter rules
    Nov 29 2025
    In her speech to Labour Party faithful this week, finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds doubled-down on her pledge to balance the books. But Edmonds has set herself stricter rules to achieve it, meaning Labour has to go further than the current Government is promising when it comes to revenue and/or spending cuts. Q+A's Jack Tame sat down with Edmonds to ask what choices she'd make.
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    22 min
  • Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 23 2025

    Full show: Q+A with Jack Tame, November 23 2025
    Nov 22 2025
    With Regulation Minister David Seymour, Halter CEO Craig Piggott, and National MP for Port Waikato Andrew Bayly.
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    55 min