Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief
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NZ Election Vote Splitting: The Left's Hypocrisy Exposed By Numbers
NZ Election Vote Splitting: The Left's Hypocrisy Exposed By Numbers
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Duncan Garner: Editor in Chief is a New Zealand politics and current affairs podcast hosted by veteran broadcaster Duncan Garner. With more than 30 years across TV, radio, and newspapers, Duncan brings sharp opinion, hard questions, political interviews, and breaking news analysis on NZ politics, government, media, the economy, and the stories shaping New Zealand.
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- NZ Election Vote Splitting: The Left's Hypocrisy Exposed By Numbers · 48 minThe left is crying foul over right-wing vote splitting, yet the numbers tell a completely different story. I look at how the Greens gained nearly 60,000 party votes in the Māori…
- Radio New Zealand Boss Must Go After $12m Loss and 58 Roles On The Line · 45 minFifty-eight RNZ workers face losing their jobs while chief executive Paul Thompson stays on his $611,000 salary until December. Duncan calls out the $12 million deficit, the…
- Christopher Luxon Qiulae Wong Coalition Meeting: Why Did National Break Its Election Promise? · 54 minChris Luxon spent months promising he would never work with The Opportunity Party. Days after the election, he welcomed Qiulae Wong straight into his office for an hour-long…
- Gerry Brownlee on Pike River, Christchurch Quake, and His 30 Years in Parliament · 1 h 13 minAfter 30 years inside Parliament, outgoing Speaker Gerry Brownlee is packing up his office, and he is not holding back. He sits down with Duncan to unpack the messy election…
- National Coalition Chaos: Will National Have to Rely On The Opportunity Party? · 20 minChristopher Luxon might be walking back into the ninth floor, but he has everybody else to thank. National told voters not to split their vote, but everyday Kiwis did it anyway…
- Election 2026 LIVE: Results & Reaction | Duncan Garner’s Election Night · 5 h 19 minWho will lead New Zealand? Join Duncan Garner LIVE for Election Night 2026 as the results come in and the next government takes shape. On Saturday 7 November, Duncan and his…
- NZ Election 2026: Duncan Garner and Ani O’Brien On Coalitions And Key Electorates · 36 minWith polling deadlocked hours out from election day, Duncan Garner is joined by political commentator Ani O’Brien to break down every scenario facing New Zealand voters. From…
- Final NZ Election Poll of Polls: Is Opportunity Party Kingmaker? Right and Left Tie? · 14 minWith just 24 hours until voting wraps up in the New Zealand general election, our final Editor-in-Chief rolling poll of polls shows an absolute deadlock. Labour sits slightly…
- Could Chris Luxon Become New Zealand’s First One-Term National Prime Minister? · 48 minTwo days to go until the election, and this entire race might come down to whether The Opportunity Party cracks 5%. Duncan sits down with Ashley and Maurice to rip through the…
- Could TOP Decide the Next Government? Farrar and Williams Break Down the Numbers · 36 minOne-tenth of a percentage point separates National and Labour in our rolling poll of polls. That is not a lead; it is a dead heat. With David's final numbers projecting a literal…
- Chlöe Swarbrick Cyberbullying Claims: Is It Scrutiny Or Victimhood? · 11 minChlöe Swarbrick says she is being cyberbullied by National, but she wants to be our next finance minister. You cannot pitch for the Treasury benches and then cry foul the moment…
- National Party Donor Harry Mowbray on Split Your Vote Campaign · 43 minNational is at war with its own biggest donors. Businessman Harry Mowbray joins Duncan to explain why the Split Your Vote campaign was pulled, why National complained to the…
- $1 Billion Māori Business Quota: Labour Sparks Race-Based Contract Debate · 12 minLabour wants 5% of government contracts locked in for Māori businesses. That is nearly a billion dollars of taxpayer money allocated by ethnicity rather than merit. Chris Hipkins…
- Paul Henry On MMP Failure, National's Split Vote Stance And The 2026 Election · 47 minWith days to go before the election, the pressure is on, and the gloves are off. Paul joins Duncan Garner to break down what is really going on behind the campaign slogans…
- Coalition Chaos: Can Chris Hipkins Build an Unprecedented Four-Party Coalition? · 43 minOne week out from polling day, voters are being asked to hand over their power without seeing the fine print. We dig into whether Chris Hipkins can actually manage a four-party…
- David Farrar On Shock National RNZ Poll Crash And Coalition Chaos Explained · 51 minNational just dropped 25 percent in the latest poll, and politicians are spinning flat-out. Duncan sits down with veteran pollster David Farrar to rip past the talking points…
- Are Senior National MPs Facing Death Row? Why National Cannot Shake Labour Off · 18 minTen days out from the election, neither major party has moved the dial. Millions have been spent, debates have been endless, and National is flatlining in the high 20s, with some…
- NZ Education at Risk: Erica Stanford on Labour, Hipkins, Education Reforms and School Standards · 46 minErica Stanford joins Duncan to warn that the hard-won gains in our classrooms could be wiped out if Labour gets the chance to roll back school reforms. Chris Hipkins will not…
- Did Labour Just Lose The Election Over The Mongrel Mob Scandal? · 48 minThe Mongrel Mob scandal has exploded right into the Labour Party, forcing candidate Kieran Leone to resign after misleading leader Chris Hipkins about her gang ties. With polls…
- Business Leaders Snub Christopher Luxon as PM Drops Out of Top 10 · 15 minThe country's top business leaders have delivered a brutal verdict, leaving Christopher Luxon outside the government’s top 10 ministers again. These are his people, and they do…
- Chris Hipkins Blames John Key and Shane Jones On Mongrel Mob Controversy · 45 minChris Hipkins is rewriting history to cover his back after Labour MPs met up with the Mongrel Mob. Trying to pin $2.75 million of gang funding on John Key is cobblers when Labour…
- 2026 Final Leaders Debate Breakdown: Does Christopher Luxon Dominate Chris Hipkins? · 1 h 10 minChristopher Luxon came out firing in the third leaders' debate, delivering a surprisingly dominant performance against Chris Hipkins. Joined by Taxpayers' Union director Jordan…
- NZ Election Rule Change: Will Tens of Thousands Be Shut Out From Voting? · 14 minTo vote in this election, you need to be enrolled by midnight this Sunday, October 25th. Miss the deadline, and you cannot vote; you will be completely shut out. Chris Hipkins is…
- David Seymour’s $400m Health Plan & The Battle For Epsom · 1 h 11 minWe are in the final stretch of the election and it is looking like the tightest race in decades. ACT leader David Seymour joins us live to break down his party's $400 million…
- Mike King Speaks Out: Gumboot Friday, Vulnerability, and His Untold Story · 1 h 29 minMike King sits down with Duncan Garner for a deeply personal, wide-ranging yarn about where he has been and where he is headed. From his early years in a gang to navigating late…
- Chris Hipkins Slams Green Party and Te Pati Māori After Leaked Mongrel Mob Meeting · 16 minGreen and Te Pati Māori MPs visited a South Auckland gang pad to meet senior Mongrel Mob members and posted the photos online. With the election on a knife-edge, the judgment of…
- Luxon vs Hipkins: A Winner on Points. A Loser on Wages. · 1 h 1 minChristopher Luxon looked stronger. Then Chris Hipkins found his weak spot and kept hitting it. Duncan Garner, Ani O’Brien and Jordan Williams deliver their verdict on the NZ…
- Why Wellington’s Uniform Mandate Won't Fix NZ Economic Crisis · 11 minFour weeks out from the election, Wellington is telling schools how to manage uniform costs. Is this really how we tackle a massive cost of living crisis, or is it just a cheap…
- TOP’s Hung Parliament & National Drug Testing Policy · 22 minThe election is so close we could be looking at a completely hung parliament, leaving the major parties scrambling for votes. Kylee Wong joins us to lay down a challenge on how…
- Could TOP Decide the Election? Qiulae Wong on Tax, Winston and Her Bottom Lines · 1 h 12 minWould Qiulae Wong put National or Labour into power? And what would she demand in return? The Opportunity Party leader joins Duncan Garner to explain her five bottom lines, why…
- Luxon vs Hipkins: Who Won, Who Dodged and Who Missed Their Moment? · 58 minA snarky debate, rehearsed answers and plenty of missed opportunities. Did either leader give New Zealanders a reason to feel confident? Duncan Garner, Ani O’Brien and former…
- Opportunity Party Kingmaker? Qiulae Wong on TOP Bottom Lines & Coalition Deals · 1 h 14 minOpportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong joins Duncan Garner in the studio as TOP surges in the polls and positions itself to potentially hold the balance of power this election…
- Māori Statutory Board Voting Rights Removed: Auckland Council Co-Governance Debate Explained · 35 minThe government has officially stripped non-elected members of voting rights on Auckland Council committees, including the Auckland Māori Statutory Board. It brings us back to a…
- Editor-in-Chief Poll of Polls: Can The Left Take The Lead Due To MMP? · 13 minOur latest rolling poll of polls averages out the numbers and hands this election to the left. National is narrowly ahead in the party vote, but MMP arithmetic means Labour, the…
- Duncan Breaks Down Nicola Willis Calling Chris Hipkins A Liar & Winston Peters Untrustworthy · 23 minNicola Willis has used nuclear political language, calling Chris Hipkins a liar over Labour's alternative budget. She claims there is a $10 billion-plus hole in their pay equity…
- Election 2026 Fiscal Clash: Nicola Willis Calls Labour's Budget Plan A Fraud · 1 h 18 minThe 2026 election battle is officially underway, and cost of living is front and centre. We sit down with Finance Minister Nicola Willis to unpack Labour’s fiscal plan, soaring…
- Winston Peters $120 Weekly Family Promise: How Will NZ First Pay For It? · 9 minBuried in the minor parties debate, Winston Peters dropped a massive election grenade: an extra $120 a week for working families. That is over $6,000 a year, but when pushed on…
- Where Is Chippy? Chris Hipkins Ducks Hard Questions On Labour's Tax Plan · 36 minChris Hipkins goes missing when asked how Labour will pay for its promises. Duncan Garner tracks down the missing Labour leader who refuses to front for the Editor-in-Chief…
- The Left Are Fighting Over The Finance Minister Role & Treasury Budget · 12 minIt is only day three of the election campaign, and the left is already fighting over the Treasury keys. Chlöe Swarbrick wants the finance portfolio, Chris Hipkins says Barbara…
- NZ Poll Surge: Greens Hit Historic High & Indian Immigration Scandal · 31 minThe latest poll just blew the election wide open with a massive Green surge, leaving National and Labour tied at 28%. But behind the headline numbers, who actually holds the…
- Why John Key Is Wrong: Maurice Williamson EXPLAINS MMP Vote Splitting · 32 minNational is facing an internal battle over how best to return a centre-right government under MMP. Former Cabinet Minister Maurice Williamson argues that with National polling…
- Exclusive Chris Bishop Interview & Boring Campaigns Helping Minor Parties? · 35 minChristopher Luxon versus Chris Hipkins is shaping up as one of the most vanilla, stale political battles in recent history. With both major party leaders playing it safe, the…
- Christopher Luxon: Three Years Later, Where Did All The Promises Go? · 20 minParliament has risen, the politicians are hitting the hustings, and our latest rolling poll of polls shows a dead heat. National and Labour are sitting tied at 29.1 percent. The…
- Taxpayers' Union Exposed? The Truth Behind Nicky Hager's New Book · 41 minNicky Hager is back with a new book targeting the Taxpayers' Union, but does his evidence actually stack up? Former insiders Ani O'Brien and Ashley Church join us to tear apart…
- National Party Supermarket Policies: Are They Turning Left? · 18 minWe dig into feedback from an Otago Med School grad who claims entry standards for Māori and Pacific students are far lower than the public knows. Plus, long-time National…
- Winston Peters: Supermarket Breakups, BNZ Buyback & Election 2026 · 28 minEvery major political player suddenly wants to take a wrecking ball to the supermarkets, but is any of it actually going to make your weekly shop cheaper? We break down the…
- Parliament Chaos: C-Bombs and Supermarket Madness Cause MPs to be Ejected · 52 minDebbie Ngarewa-Packer dropped the C-bomb and got booted from Parliament, while Willie Jackson followed right behind her. We ask whether it’s a genuine double standard or pure…
- Election Hoax? Cost of Living is Broken, but Can Politicians Really Fix It? · 14 minThree years of cost-of-living pain, and what do we get? Election-year gimmicks. National wants to forcibly break up Foodstuffs, Labour wants to cap profits, and the Greens want…
- NZ Election Polling Update: Both National and Labour Slump, So Who Will Win? · 55 minThe latest rolling polls show both major parties stuck in the 20s, with voters turning away from the standard blue-versus-red match-up. National’s lost ground, Labour hasn't…
