This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Have National and the country given up on farm emissions? When does Labour throw a punch? And more from the whiny, wet, negative land called NZ.
The Raw Politics team is joined by Newsroom senior political writer Marc Daalder this week, just in time to discuss National's big call to delay making farmers pay for agricultural emissions and to weigh up whether NZ is a whiny, negative country.
Daalder replaces political editor Jo Moir who is on well-deserved, pre-election leave in the Pacific.
The team also focuses on Labour and Chris Hipkins' tentative approach to releasing policy so far this year, contrasting that with big bold swings on tax and wealth by the Greens and a steady drip-feed of announcements big and small from Act and National.
This week's question is whether we agree with Chris Luxon on New Zealand being wet, whiny, negative and inward-looking. Short answer: inward-looking perhaps, whiny mainly because of the economy and weather.
This week's recommended reads include Newsroom Pro managing editor Jonathan Milne's revelations about Internal Affairs officials white anting MPs on a select committee, Herald journalist Thomas Coughlan's scoop on Luxon ordering a taxpayer-funded Tesla while criticising Tesla subsidies from the Govt, and Richard Harman's explainer in Politik.co.nz on how National came to un-ban GE for our food sector.
Every Friday, Newsroom editors and political journalists talk through the big issues and scrutinise politicians’ performances in a lively 25-minute show aiming to take viewers and listeners inside the actions and motivations of our elected leaders.
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This week's recommendations:
Sam: Jonathan Milne on Newsroom Pro revealing the details of how officials blindsided MPs over Three Waters
Marc: Thomas Coughlan's story in the NZ Herald about Christopher Luxon's aborted bid for a taxpayer funded Tesla
Tim: Richard Harman in Politik analyses National’s moves on gene editing and agricultural emissions
