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MAR 26

Is NZ getting the fuel crisis right? Here's your timely, targeted and temporary analysis

Covidesque in crisis-mode, but anti-Covid in substance, the government response to the economic shockwaves released from the war on Iran is playing out in New Zealand this week. Have Nicola Willis and Christopher Luxon got it right with a $50 weekly payment that will help many, but miss out many more? Has a small-target-fixated Labour Party missed an opportunity? Are we all Hormuzologists now?Winston Peters, meanwhile, is pulling the crowds and playing the hits with a big speech in Tauranga that emphasised gentailer breakup and social conservatism, and unveiled, a little awkwardly, a new party candidate in former minister Alfred Ngaro. Has he nailed the in-power and in-opposition challenge, or is it just the populist-nationalist global winds blowing his way? And just what, by the way, is going on with the U-turn on commercial fishing size limits that everyone seems to be claiming credit for?Plus: how the claims about Chris Hipkins, made on Facebook by his ex-wife, made its way to the tiles of parliament. And Brooke van Velden is resigning from politics to spend more time with the public sector. What legacy does she leave, and what does it mean for the yellow-blue paradise of Tāmaki? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26

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1h 9m
1D AGO

The BSA chooses to face its existential dilemma head on

After six months of careful deliberation, and six years after it first floated the idea, the broadcasting standards authority decided that it definitively does have jurisdiction over platforms like The Platform. This set off a firestorm stretching across politics, law and media, with the regulator having the temerity to suggest that one, relatively tiny corner of the internet was within its bounds. In a reversal of typical roles, Toby Manhire hosts Duncan Greive to break down this story, at once arcane and enormous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29 min
MAR 11

We don't know how to be any clearer, guys

It was Christopher Luxon's worst week as prime minister, beginning with flubbed attempts to explain New Zealand's position on the war on Iran and ending with a nightmare poll that put National at 28.4% and sparked headlines suggesting he was considering his position. We step through those painful days, assessing the official response to the strikes launched by the US and Israel, the criticisms levelled at Luxon, and whether he has put the matter to bed by rubbishing those suggestions he was thinking of quitting and a delivering a markedly improved performance this week. Plus: as the shockwaves of the Middle East conflict are felt as far away as the New Zealand consumer economy and an election creeps closer, is National best to lean into crisis mode? In this episode, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire also take a look at the High Court that Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s expulsion from Te Pāti Māori was unlawful: what next after her "repatriation"? And the second Royal Commission on the Covid response has been issued, and swiftly subject to some high-velocity spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11

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59 min
MAR 9

Listener mailbag! We answer your media questions

The Fold’s regular hosts go through the audience’s best questions, running from media buying to the government as an advertiser to the future of Sky to whether Three should have been born at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 9

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1h 5m
EPISODE 6

6. Creatures of the Night

Our goblins hit the town, the dance floor and several dead-ends as they try to uncover the whereabouts of the halfling bard. Dungeon Master: Paddy Carroll Sly: Brynley Stent Skree: Tom Eason Smiggly: Ella Hope-Higginson Scritches: Arlo Gibson Editor/Sound Designer: Te Aihe Butler Illustrator: Lars Cawley Additional sound effects and music courtesy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Ghelfi Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow The Wild Magic Tavern on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

E6

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53 min
EPISODE 7

7. The Face of Evil

The scene is set for a confrontation with the second villain of our tale: the sultry Karla Rose, to whom there is more than meets the eye. Dungeon Master: Paddy Carroll Sly: Brynley Stent Skree: Tom Eason Smiggly: Ella Hope-Higginson Scritches: Arlo Gibson Editor/Sound Designer: Te Aihe Butler Illustrator: Lars Cawley Additional sound effects and music courtesy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Ghelfi Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow The Wild Magic Tavern on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Content advisory: this episode contains descriptions of violence.

E7

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48 min
MAR 3

10th birthday special: Live with Wayne Brown and Andrew Little

The mayors of Wellington and Auckland join Toby, Annabelle and Ben for two very special live events in recent days at the Embassy and Q Theatres. Discussion ranges from the state of the two cities to dealing with the Luxon government, from the last decade of politics to the stakes in the 2026 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 3

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55 min
EPISODE 8

8. Til Death Do Us Part

Years have passed and a royal wedding day approaches. The groom? None other than the errant human paladin who slew Skree & Smiggly’s father. Dungeon Master: Paddy Carroll Sly: Brynley Stent Skree: Tom Eason Smiggly: Ella Hope-Higginson Scritches: Arlo Gibson Editor/Sound Designer: Te Aihe Butler Illustrator: Lars Cawley Additional sound effects and music courtesy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Ghelfi Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow The Wild Magic Tavern on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

E8

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55 min
SEASON 2, EPISODE 3

Episode 3: Bugger the Pollsters

After some of the most hectic months in the history of New Zealand politics, Jim Bolger faces a white-knuckle byelection in Tamaki. In the seat vacated by the pugnacious Rob Muldoon, even the National candidate seems to be standing against the government. With the impacts of radical and painful reforms still raw, a general election rapidly approaches. It will go right down to the wire, and serve up an unforgettable pair of election night speeches from Bolger and Mike Moore. On the left, a new force challenges Labour for supremacy: Jim Anderton’s Alliance. Helen Clark mounts a coup. And Bolger confronts a critical question: what to do with Ruth Richardson? Plus: a very strange visit to Moscow prompts a nuclear-submarines-for-butter proposition. Includes new and exclusive interviews with Jim Bolger, Ruth Richardson, Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark, Sandra Lee-Vercoe, Rob Eaddy, Bill Birch and more. Click here for full details of archive material used in this series Juggernaut 2 was made with the support of NZ On Air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2, E3

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53 min
EPISODE 5

5. The Goblin Market

Convening with other clans, our goblins reveal terrible truths and put words to their darkest memories. Dungeon Master: Paddy Carroll Sly: Brynley Stent Skree: Tom Eason Smiggly: Ella Hope-Higginson Scritches: Arlo Gibson Editor/Sound Designer: Te Aihe Butler Illustrator: Lars Cawley Additional sound effects and music courtesy of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Ghelfi Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow The Wild Magic Tavern on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠. Content advisory: this episode contains descriptions of violence.

E5

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1h 4m

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