Q+A with Jack Tame

Q+A with Jack Tame
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NZ's leading politics programme. #nzqanda is made with the support of NZ On Air.

  1. 1d ago

    Full Show: 1 November 2026

    Erica Stanford: National's 'value for money' turnaround in education Erica Stanford was named as the top-performing government minister in the 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey. As well as juggling immigration and the Abuse in State Care Inquiry portfolios, in education Stanford has led one of the biggest state reforms this term: a new curriculum, a new qualification, and the standardisation of teaching practices across the country. She joins Jack Tame the week before the election, and days after the release of a Waitangi Tribunal report finding that the removal of Treaty obligations from school boards breached the Treaty of Waitangi. Labour's Arena Williams on why NZ needs ban on price gouging The cost of living has been central to Labour's campaign for the 2026 general election. Alongside one of their headline policies of splitting up big supermarket players operationally to bring down prices, Labour also wants to immediately draft new legislation to ban the practice price gouging: large players using their market power to artificially raise prices of essential goods. Labour's commerce and consumer affairs spokesperson Arena Williams joins Jack Tame. Political ad expert rates parties' flashy campaigns Fake podcasts, AI-generated smash-and-grabs, and trotting out some well-known faces - with one week until voting closes, political parties are throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks in the competition for eyeballs. Whena Owen sits down with political scientist and author Claire Robinson to sift through some of the campaign materials from Election 2026. One week out from the election, what is NZ's foreign policy future? For decades, National and Labour have mostly left foreign affairs out of politics. Now they appear to be veering in different directions, with Labour calling out the National-led government for following the US too closely. Foreign affairs correspondent and author of Between Giants Anna Fifield joins Jack Tame to preview what New Zealand's foreign policy could look like after November 7. 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.

    Full Show: 1 November 2026

  2. 1d ago

    One week out from the election, what is NZ's foreign policy future?

    For decades, National and Labour have mostly left foreign affairs out of politics. Now they appear to be veering in different directions, with Labour calling out the National-led government for following the US too closely. Foreign affairs correspondent and author of Between Giants Anna Fifield joins Jack Tame to preview what New Zealand's foreign policy could look like after November 7. 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.

    One week out from the election, what is NZ's foreign policy future?

  3. 1d ago

    Political ad expert rates parties' flashy campaigns

    Fake podcasts, AI-generated smash-and-grabs, and trotting out some well-known faces - with one week until voting closes, political parties are throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks in the competition for eyeballs. Whena Owen sits down with political scientist and author Claire Robinson to sift through some of the campaign materials from Election 2026. 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.

    Political ad expert rates parties' flashy campaigns

  4. 1d ago

    Labour's Arena Williams on why NZ needs ban on price gouging

    The cost of living has been central to Labour's campaign for the 2026 general election. Alongside one of their headline policies of splitting up big supermarket players operationally to bring down prices, Labour also wants to immediately draft new legislation to ban the practice price gouging: large players using their market power to artificially raise prices of essential goods. Labour's commerce and consumer affairs spokesperson Arena Williams 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.

    Labour's Arena Williams on why NZ needs ban on price gouging

  5. 1d ago

    Erica Stanford: National's 'value for money' turnaround in education

    Erica Stanford was named as the top-performing government minister in the 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey. As well as juggling immigration and the Abuse in State Care Inquiry portfolios, in education Stanford has led one of the biggest state reforms this term: a new curriculum, a new qualification, and the standardisation of teaching practices across the country. She joins Jack Tame the week before the election, and days after the release of a Waitangi Tribunal report finding that the removal of Treaty obligations from school boards breached the Treaty of Waitangi. 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.

    Erica Stanford: National's 'value for money' turnaround in education

  6. Oct 24

    Full Show: 25 October 2026

    Qiulae Wong's plan for future political decision-making In under a year, Qiulae Wong has turned around the prospects of the Opportunity Party. Current polling - ranging from 4.8 to 8 percent support - points to the party making history on November 7 as the first genuinely new entrant into New Zealand's Parliament since the MMP electoral system was first used in 1996. Qiulae Wong joins Jack Tame to launch Opportunity's final policy of the election period: the creation of a Parliamentary Commissioner to guide lawmakers to make policy in the interests of future generations. Last minute surge? Elections boss makes final enrolment plea With enrolment closing at midnight tonight, New Zealand voters are being urged to update their details online or find one of the enrolment hubs popping up across the country. At last count, youth enrolment is lagging behind the 2023 rates, with more than 100,000 eligible 18-24 year-olds set to be unable to vote. Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne joins Jack Tame. Disinformation and parties' social media focus of NZ election study Political parties rely on having direct access to voters through social media. And thanks to the power of social media algorithms, it's not just their dyed-in-the-wool supporters they can reach with their messages. Mona Krewel, the director of Victoria University of Wellington's Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab and leader of the New Zealand Social Media Study, joins Jack Tame. Election 2026: The race for one of the bluest seats in NZ Waitaki is known to be one of the National Party's strongholds, but with politican veterans Damien O'Connor from Labour and Michael Laws from New Zealand First challenging incumbent Miles Anderson, the race is heating up. Sam Olley reports. Friend or foe? America's foreign policy future Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Sir Howard Kippengerger Chair at Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Studies. He joins Jack Tame in the lead-up to the US' midterm elections, which polling suggests will see the Republic Party seriously dented. 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.

    Full Show: 25 October 2026

  7. Oct 24

    Election 2026: The race for one of the bluest seats in NZ

    Waitaki is known to be one of the National Party's strongholds, but with political veterans Damien O'Connor from Labour and Michael Laws from New Zealand First challenging incumbent Miles Anderson, the race is heating up. Sam Olley 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.

    Election 2026: The race for one of the bluest seats in NZ

  8. Oct 24

    Disinformation and parties' social media focus of NZ election study

    Political parties rely on having direct access to voters through social media. And thanks to the power of social media algorithms, it's not just their dyed-in-the-wool supporters they can reach with their messages. Mona Krewel, the director of Victoria University of Wellington's Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab and leader of the New Zealand Social Media Study, 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.

    Disinformation and parties' social media focus of NZ election study
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    Q+A with Jack Tame
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    428
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