Q+A with Jack Tame

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  Full Show: 20 September 2026 19.09.2026 53dk

  Why the Taxpayers' Union wants government spending slashed The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is the largest taxpayer advocacy group, per capita, in the English-speaking world. They're known for high-profile stunts over public spending, like Porky the Waste-Hating Pig in 2017, Nicola's Fudge in 2025, and for the 2026 general election, the group have launched a Bribe-O-Meter tracking the projected fiscal footprint of political parties' campaign promises. Executive director Jordan Williams joins Jack Tame to give his election year pitch for no new taxes and a smaller government. Election 2026: The seat balancing on a 26-vote tightrope Labour's Rachel Boyack held the electorate seat of Nelson by just 26 votes in 2023 - and that's after a recount. Reporter Whena Owen meets the candidates vying to take New Zealand's oldest-continuous seat. Are National and Labour collapsing? Polling boss has the data Mike Turner's Freshwater Strategy public polling firm has run the numbers in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. He joins Jack Tame to explain why he thinks the two big parties in this year's general election, National and Labour, aren't quite spent yet - and whether New Zealand has anything to learn from the rise of Reform in the UK and One Nation in Australia. 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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  Are National and Labour collapsing? Polling boss has the data 19.09.2026 21dk

  Mike Turner's Freshwater Strategy public polling firm has run the numbers in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. He joins Jack Tame to explain why he thinks the two big parties in this year's general election, National and Labour, aren't quite spent yet - and whether New Zealand has anything to learn from the rise of Reform in the UK and One Nation in Australia. 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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  Election 2026: The seat balancing on a 26-vote tightrope 19.09.2026 5dk

  Labour's Rachel Boyack held the electorate seat of Nelson by just 26 votes in 2023 - and that's after a recount. Reporter Whena Owen meets the candidates vying to take New Zealand's oldest-continuous seat. 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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  Why the Taxpayers' Union wants government spending slashed 19.09.2026 25dk

  The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is the largest taxpayer advocacy group, per capita, in the English-speaking world. They're known for high-profile stunts over public spending, like Porky the Waste-Hating Pig in 2017, Nicola's Fudge in 2025, and for the 2026 general election, the group have launched a Bribe-O-Meter tracking the projected fiscal footprint of political parties' campaign promises. Executive director Jordan Williams joins Jack Tame to give his election year pitch for no new taxes and a smaller government. 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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  Full Show: 13 September 2026 12.09.2026 53dk

  All aboard: Live from Day 1 of the CRL A journey a decade in the making, 1News business correspondent Jason Walls joins Q+A live from on board one of the brand-new train services opening up to Aucklanders on the first day of the City Rail Link. Unions prepare campaign against government policies Council of Trade Unions president Sandra Grey says there are no regrets about the union's all-out campaign against Christopher Luxon at the 2023 general election, and this year the union will be making it clear to voters where parties stand on the CTU's biggest policy asks: pay equity, Fair Pay Agreements, and scrapping 90 day trials. She joins Jack Tame to launch the CTU's election campaign. Election 2026: "Stark choice" for largest general electorate In the historic homeland of the Labour Party, the West Coast-Tasman electorate could be anyone's game this election year. Reporter Whena Owen reports. Bank CEO on profits, 'woke banking', and the superannuation problem After 17 years at ANZ, CEO Antonia Watson is handing over the reins of power to the bank's Chief Risk Officer - but don't read too much into that appointment, she says. Consumer confidence is up and Watson says New Zealand's economic recovery is finally arriving. She joins Jack Tame to reflect on a unique period of disruption in the economy - Covid, the Iran war, natural disasters - and share her parting thoughts on the biggest issues yet to come, including whether New Zealand should raise the age or means-test superannuation. 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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  Election 2026: "Stark choice" for largest general electorate 12.09.2026 9dk

  In the historic homeland of the Labour Party, the West Coast-Tasman electorate could be anyone's game this election year. Reporter Whena Owen reports. 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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  Bank CEO on profits, 'woke banking', and the superannuation problem 12.09.2026 23dk

  After 17 years at ANZ, CEO Antonia Watson is handing over the reins of power to the bank's Chief Risk Officer - but don't read too much into that appointment, she says. Consumer confidence is up and Watson says New Zealand's economic recovery is finally arriving. She joins Jack Tame to reflect on a unique period of disruption in the economy - Covid, the Iran war, natural disasters - and share her parting thoughts on the biggest issues yet to come, including whether New Zealand should raise the age or means-test superannuation. 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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  Unions prepare campaign against government policies 12.09.2026 23dk

  Council of Trade Unions president Sandra Grey says there are no regrets about the union's all-out campaign against Christopher Luxon at the 2023 general election, and this year the union will be making it clear to voters where parties stand on the CTU's biggest policy asks: pay equity, Fair Pay Agreements, and scrapping 90 day trials. She joins Jack Tame to launch the CTU's election campaign. 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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  All aboard: Live from Day 1 of the CRL 12.09.2026 5dk

  A journey a decade in the making, 1News business correspondent Jason Walls joins Q+A live from on board one of the brand-new train services opening up to Aucklanders on the first day of the City Rail Link. 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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  Election 2026: Morrinsville locals put big issues to parties 05.09.2026 24dk

  Should young farmers be able to dip into their Kiwisaver to buy their first farm? How would the government support livestock farmers if a foot-and-mouth outbreak erupted? Is New Zealand too reliant on Elon Musk's Starlink for rural connectivity? Locals at Q+A's Rural Issues Debate in Morrinsville ask these questions and more to the panel of candidates: NZ First's Mark Patterson, Greens' Steve Abel, National's Todd McClay, Labour's Jo Luxton, ACT's Andrew Hoggard, and Opportunity's Daniel Eb. Catch the full debate on Q+A's YouTube page, or at TVNZ+. Te Pāti Māori was invited to attend this debate, but they were unable to due to conflicting commitments at Koroneihana. 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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  Election 2026: Q+A Rural Issues Debate 05.09.2026 55dk

  In this special Election 2026 debate, hosted at the Morrinsville Rugby and Sports Club, Jack Tame is joined by NZ First's Mark Patterson, Greens' Steve Abel, National's Todd McClay, Labour's Jo Luxton, ACT's Andrew Hoggard, and Opportunity's Daniel Eb, in front of a live audience of Morrinsville locals, to tackle the biggest issues facing rural and regional New Zealanders today. Candidates share their ideas around the future of dairy farming, New Zealand's Paris Accord targets, gene editing technology, pest control, rural health outcomes and more. Te Pāti Māori was invited to attend, but they were unable to due to conflicting commitments at Koroneihana. 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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  Full Show: 30 August 2026 30.08.2026 54dk

  Willie Jackson: Labour's record on Māori issues Labour lost all but one of the seven Māori seats at the 2023 general election. This year, to rival a controversial tactic from Te Pāti Māori asking voters to engineer an overhang in Parliament, Labour says they want to win them all back. Willie Jackson, a front bench Labour MP and leader of the party's Māori campaign, joins Jack Tame to make his bid for the Māori vote. Should NZ break up the gentailers? Energy boss responds In an election year marked by energy policy, both New Zealand First and the Green Party are campaigning on breaking up the country's four gentailers, citing soaring household energy bills. Malcolm Johns, the CEO of gentailer Genesis Energy, joins Q+A, and previews the potential effects on bills if the government goes ahead with its promised LNG terminal. Election 2026: The new electorate that's 'got issues' Wellington Bays is the new name for what was the second-most left-voting electorate in the country in 2023. In the redrawn lines for Green MP Julie Anne Genter's electorate, residents are grappling with big water bills and a visible spike in homelessness. Reporter Whena Owen meets the candidates vying to take those issues on in parliament in this year's election. War in Iran: NZ must reset foreign policy - expert By some estimates, the war with Iran has now cost the United States more than 180 billion dollars. After peace talks broke down, US President Donald Trump this week announced a complete change in strategy: economic, rather than military, action. Professor Robert Patman from the University of Otago joins Jack Tame six months on from the start of the conflict. 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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  War in Iran: NZ must reset foreign policy - expert 30.08.2026 6dk

  By some estimates, the war with Iran has now cost the United States more than 180 billion dollars. After peace talks broke down, US President Donald Trump this week announced a complete change in strategy: economic, rather than military, action. Professor Robert Patman from the University of Otago joins Jack Tame six months on from the start of the conflict. 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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  Election 2026: The new electorate that's 'got issues' 30.08.2026 6dk

  Wellington Bays is the new name for what was the second-most left-voting electorate in the country in 2023. In the redrawn lines for Green MP Julie Anne Genter's electorate, residents are grappling with big water bills and a visible spike in homelessness. Reporter Whena Owen meets the candidates vying to take those issues on in parliament in this year's election. 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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  Should NZ break up the gentailers? Energy boss responds 30.08.2026 14dk

  In an election year marked by energy policy, both New Zealand First and the Green Party are campaigning on breaking up the country's four gentailers, citing soaring household energy bills. Malcolm Johns, the CEO of gentailer Genesis Energy, joins Q+A, and previews the potential effects on bills if the government goes ahead with its promised LNG terminal. 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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  Willie Jackson: Labour's record on Māori issues 30.08.2026 26dk

  Labour lost all but one of the seven Māori seats at the 2023 general election. This year, to rival a controversial tactic from Te Pāti Māori asking voters to engineer an overhang in Parliament, Labour says they want to win them all back. Willie Jackson, a front bench Labour MP and leader of the party's Māori campaign, joins Jack Tame to make his bid for the Māori vote. 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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  Full Show: 16 August 2026 22.08.2026 54dk

  Former health boss: Why hospitals are overwhelmed New Zealand knows that flu season can overwhelm frontline health services and still fails to plan for it. Rob Campbell says the country needs a new, 'all-of-health' approach, including housing, education, and nutrition - something successive governments have failed to provide. The former Health New Zealand chair and current chair of health alliance Ngā Kaitiaki Hauora joins Jack Tame. The NZSAS combat soldier standing for parliament Josh Jacobsen, a former NZSAS combat soldier, and a veteran of Afghanistan, holds an NZ Gallantry Medal - and a Green Party membership. He's 25 on the Party's list and standing in the North Shore electorate. He joins Jack Tame to explain how his career in the defence force led him to a party that advocates non-violence. What Kiwi soldiers in Ukraine want NZ to know Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several New Zealand-trained soldiers have travelled to the other side of the world to take up the fight. The ones who have returned home face an uncertain future. Whena Owen meets the volunteers who went against Government advice to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers. How to fix the economy? Be a 'good ancestor' Economist and former Productivity Commissioner Ganesh Ahirao wants to see the way Governments plan borrowing and spending completely turned around: replacing the duty to return to surplus with a duty to provide every citizen with the basics they need to thrive. He describes this central principle as 'being a good ancestor', and says it's the only way New Zealand will face down its biggest challenge: paying for the infrastructure the country will desperately need in the future. He joins Jack Tame. 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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  How to fix the economy? Be a 'good ancestor' 22.08.2026 11dk

  Economist and former Productivity Commissioner Ganesh Ahirao wants to see the way Governments plan borrowing and spending completely turned around: replacing the duty to return to surplus with a duty to provide every citizen with the basics they need to thrive. He describes this central principle as 'being a good ancestor', and says it's the only way New Zealand will face down its biggest challenge: paying for the infrastructure the country will desperately need in the future. He joins Jack Tame. 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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  What Kiwi soldiers in Ukraine want NZ to know 22.08.2026 7dk

  Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several New Zealand-trained soldiers have travelled to the other side of the world to take up the fight. The ones who have returned home face an uncertain future. Whena Owen meets the volunteers who went against Government advice to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers. 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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  Former health boss: Why hospitals are overwhelmed 22.08.2026 17dk

  New Zealand knows that flu season can overwhelm frontline health services and still fails to plan for it. Rob Campbell says the country needs a new, 'all-of-health' approach, including housing, education, and nutrition - something successive governments have failed to provide. The former Health New Zealand chair and current chair of health alliance Ngā Kaitiaki Hauora joins Jack Tame. 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.