Cross Party Lines
by Cross Party Lines
Latest episode
Election Night Debrief: Overhangs, Specials and MMP Under Strain
Election Night Debrief: Overhangs, Specials and MMP Under Strain
About this podcast
A weekly podcast about the political landscape in New Zealand and around the world. Proudly going beyond the headlines, looking at the structural challenges, challenging the status quo and explaining our place in the complex geopolitical stage. Hosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson.
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Episodes
The newest 50 of 58 episodes
- Election Night Debrief: Overhangs, Specials and MMP Under Strain · 58 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines records one day early — the day after election night — for a timely debrief on a result that has raised more…
- Midterm Special: The South Goes Blue and New Zealand First Goes Rogue · 32 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines delivers the special midterm episode they promised on Monday — and by God, did it deliver. Democrats take the Senate…
- Vote Splitting, MMP Mandates and Saturday’s Battlegrounds · 58 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines delivers its final episode before New Zealand votes on Saturday — and the word of the week is vote splitting. With over…
- Death Threats, Half Truths and Resignations · 55 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns with twelve days to go — early voting open, the rolls closed, and the campaign entering its most consequential…
- Missteps, Missing Plans and Three Weeks to Go (Episode 50) · 55 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines reaches its 50th episode — just over a year in, and with an audience that has grown beyond either man expected. They…
- Mean Policies, Hapless Lists and the Midterms Closing In · 54 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines battles on with Phil broadcasting through a lurgy picked up on the flight home from Australia — it’s an episode that…
- Hollow Promises, Billionaire Games and the Brexit Reckoning · 53 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines opens with a tribute to former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe — a man of great humility, dignity and genuine cross-party…
- Empty Seats, Dirty Work and Blue Waves · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns to dissect party launches, Nicky Hager’s latest book, the US midterms and the Xi-Trump summit that produced two…
- Policy Overload, Debt and Disorder · 52 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns for a week of policy overload, parliamentary chaos, and language in the House that both men thought they’d…
- 9/11, Campaign Chaos and Rogue Machines · 53 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines marks the 25th anniversary of September 11 with a deeply personal account of the night the world changed — and then…
- Vacuum in the Pacific and Lies on the Billboards (Live at WORD Christchurch) · 59 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines takes to the stage at The Piano in Christchurch for a sold out live episode that opens with a tribute to the resilience…
- Tax Lies, Perverse Pay Packets and Social Media Meltdowns · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns in a week dominated by tax promises nobody can keep, a CEO pay packet that defies all decency and a rare moment…
- Hospital Crisis, Dirty Money and Trumps Midterm Nightmare · 51 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns to its usual programming for an episode that is almost entirely about the health of democracy itself: in New…
- Live Q&A: New Zealand's Greatest Mistake, the Foreshore Lie and Who's Worst · 42 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with special guests Helen Clark and Tracey Martin, this bonus episode brings together the questions from the live Q&A sessions at both the…
- Penk, Peters and Citizens Arrests (LIVE with Tracey Martin) · 1 h 6 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines goes live at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington — sold out in a week — with a very special guest: Tracey Martin, former…
- Numpties, Captains Calls and the Populist Menace (LIVE with Helen Clark) · 1 h 2 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines goes live at Q Theatre in Auckland — with a very special guest: the Right Honourable Helen Clark, former Prime…
- Peters' Dying Light, Data Debate and Disappearing Commissioners · 47 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that opens on Winston Peters telling a Green MP to go back to his own country and calling…
- Double Standards, Tariff Hypocrisy and Parliament on the Clock · 50 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns to a week that generated more podcast fallout than any episode before it — the Stuart Nash story broke on this…
- Shock Jocks, Bin Faces and the Destruction of Legacy · 51 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns with a week so packed it barely fits into an hour — Paul Henry joins ACT, Andy Burnham becomes Britain’s fourth…
- Red Carpets, Empty Roads and Pacific Diplomacy · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines opens with a tribute to Sam Neill — actor, environmentalist and proud New Zealander. Then it’s into a packed episode…
- Pacific Missiles, Zombie Candidates and Unpopular Anniversaries · 48 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines opens with breaking news — a Chinese missile test heading for the South Pacific — before working through a packed…
- Trade Skills, Clean Energy and Opportunities Up · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines goes fully domestic this week — a weekend of wall-to-wall policy announcements gives the panel plenty to work with, a…
- Wasted Millions, Starmer Sacrificed and Cross Party KiwiSaver (?) · 53 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns for a policy-heavy episode — a weekend of conference announcements, party platforms and pre-election…
- Trumps War, Commuter Policy and Missing Money · 53 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns for an episode that moves from the Iran peace deal to the election campaign taking shape around them. And all…
- Beijing, Buried Emails and Telling America Where to Go · 51 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines welcomes Phil back from China with a packed episode that moves from the streets of Beijing to the corridors of…
- Budget In, Stuart Out — and Is Australia Actually Better? · 51 minHosted by Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines welcomes a familiar face from across the Tasman, special guest co-host Annette King — beaming in from Sydney while Phil is in China…
- Cuts, Culture Wars and the Cost of a Frigate · 48 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines dive into a budget week episode that is almost entirely domestic: 8,700 public service jobs cut, state house rents…
- Budgets, Basics and Bilaterals · 37 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns — fresh off the stage at Featherston — for an episode that opens with a tribute to one of New Zealand’s…
- Question Time: Live from Booktown (Bonus) · 24 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, this is a special bonus episode of Cross Party Lines — the live Q&A from the Featherston Booktown Festival, released separately so…
- Amalgamation, Press Release Policy and the Populist Threat (Live From Booktown) · 50 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines goes live for the first time — recorded on stage at the Featherston Booktown Festival, with Sam Collins moderating one…
- Coalition Sabotage, Demographic Bombs and a King Conquers Congress · 47 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that moves from a coalition-shaking email leak to the demographic time bomb nobody in…
- Caucus Chaos and the King of Soft Power · 46 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that moves from caucus chaos to media warfare — and lands on the most delicate diplomatic…
- War Heroes, Caucus Plots and All Black Flops · 46 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns without Sam for the first time — and the boys don’t miss a beat. In a wide-ranging Anzac week episode, they…
- New Candidates, Old Scores and Orbán's Defeat · 51 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines marks a milestone this week — Sam Collins signs off as moderator after announcing he is standing as…
- Cabinet Demotions, Grand Coalitions and Rocket Science · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines takes a break from the weekly news cycle for an Easter special — handing the microphone to listeners…
- Small Print, Big Threats and the Fight For Tāmaki · 47 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that moves from the murky obligations of a joint statement to the foundations…
- Diesel, Debt and Democracy · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that moves from the kitchen table to the Crown balance sheet — and takes in…
- Reshuffles, Refineries and Royal Commissions · 53 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that sweeps from the parliamentary pecking order to the Strait of Hormuz — and…
- Those Polls, That War and the Return of Inflation · 46 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines is back with an episode that flows from domestic political turbulence straight into the fires of the…
- Homelessness, Local Power and War in Iran · 47 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that moves from homelessness policy at home to war and international law…
- Infrastructure, Brain Drains and Dog Whistles · 45 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines tackles three of the biggest structural questions facing New Zealand: how we build the country, how we…
- Māori Seats, Ministry Cuts and Election-Year Inquiries · 46 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with an episode that moves from minor party positioning to the power of inquiries, and ends…
- Waitangi Wrap Up, Nuclear Risk and Mandelson's Fall From Grace (Again) · 50 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with a wide-ranging episode that moves from the rituals of Waitangi Week to the most serious…
- Judith's New Job, Waitangi Avoidance and Modern Slavery Legislation · 47 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns with a grounded, institutional-focused episode that looks at how democracy works when it’s…
- Climate Tragedy, Global Disorder and Election Year Kicks Off · 50 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns for a weighty, wide-ranging episode that moves from tragedy at home to turmoil abroad — and…
- 30 Years of MMP, Reshuffle Season and Old Politicians · 46 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines unpacks New Zealand Politics so that you don’t have too. Recorded slightly earlier than usual…
- 2026 Policy Wishlists, International Predictions and Election Thoughts · 48 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines returns after a short summer break with a look ahead to what 2026 might hold — for New Zealand…
- The Best, the Worst and the Terrible of 2025 · 60 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines closes out 2025 by stepping back from the weekly headlines and taking stock of a year that felt…
- Effective Campaigning, Winston's Coalition Politics and Respect Across The Aisle (The Q&A Episode) · 50 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, with Sam Collins. Cross Party Lines unpacks New Zealand politics so that you don’t have too. With Chris absent due to a family…
- Trumps America, RMA Reform (Again) and Balancing Voter Rights and Responsibility · 49 minHosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson with Sam Collins, Cross Party Lines unpacks the week in New Zealand and global politics so you don’t have too. Genuine cross-party debate…
