Kyle speaks with Dr Andrew Dickson about the political decision by Labour to exclude babies from ACC coverage for birthing injuries.
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We cover the week’s politics post- the major party campaign launches last weekend. We discuss how the campaign ‘proper’ might effect polling, the ineffectiveness of both Labour and National, ACT’s spontaneous combustion among it’s list candidates and what progressives can be hopeful about.
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We sit down for a long, detailed discussion with renowned tax expert Terry Baucher to talk about the current tax environment in NZ, what got us here and the different plans and outcomes of political party tax policy.
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National launched an absolute failure of a tax plan this week amid a lull in political news as parliament had it’s final session before the election and the major parties prepared for a weekend launching their campaigns. We talk about the tax policy, competing narratives, and what might be in store over the next 6 weeks.
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Kyle chats with Paris Marx and Kieran McLean about the turn to the right across western liberal democracies and the way that bigotry politics is being used as the leading edge to mask increasingly extreme neoliberal economic reform - with close reference to NZ, Canada and the US.
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This week we discuss ACT party candidate troubles and the marginal shift in media coverage of right-wing parties. We dip into some policy critique as ACT and National seek to cash in on crime rhetoric with increasingly incoherent announcements. And why isn’t Labour taking advantage of the current vacuum to offer anything to voters?
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It’s been a busy and horrible week in NZ politics and 1/200 has tried to cover as much as possible without losing it. We talk about the parties’ tax plans, the lack of sufficient policy from the big two, and the removal of covid mandates. The second half of the cast descends into rant against right-wing parties (predominantly NZ First and ACT) choosing to go after the extremist vote and the NZ media’s reluctance to challenge them about it.
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Kyle and Josephine are joined by Arama Rata to discuss the new Te Pāti Māori policy for a Mokopuna Māori Authority, the re-emergence of discourse around Labour’s “Mass Arrivals” bill, and the release and subsequent concerns raised by NZ’s updated defense strategy.
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Kyle and Mark try and cover the entirety of a ludicrous week in NZ and international politics. From Kiri Allan to Climate Crises through “leaked” tax policy and National’s bizarre new stance on sex education.
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1/200 is joined by Rustie and Finlay to talk recent polling coverage, Labour’s multiple announcements about crime policy, and National’s attempt to raid renters’ Kiwisaver accounts.
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We speak with Finlay and Mikey about People Against Prisons Aotearoa and their new Care not Cages campaign and discuss crime policy and youth justice particularly in regards to right-wing rhetoric. We also manage to find time to cover Hipkins’ ruling out of wealth and capital gains taxes.
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Kyle speaks with highschool teachers Adam and Pmax about the current multiple crises in our schools, and with our education system. We discuss recruitment, retention and the funding situation that’s led to strikes as well as the structural and institutional issues and how government might start to fix them.
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We talk within the “Wellington Bubble” with returning guests Mark Cubey and Stephanie Rodgers. We discuss the incessant yammering about Tory Whanau and Kiri Allan and how much at odds it is with coverage of other politicians. The Greens released an extensive housing and renters policy this week, but you’d hardly know what that involved given the main commentary has been from landlords. And how important are the minor parties going to be this election in the face of the big two treading water?
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1/200 is joined by International Relations expert Van Jackson to discuss NZ’s Foreign Policy paradigm, what it means to defer to a “rules based order” and the issues with global hegemony.
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1/200 discusses the rightwing’s use of equity concerns in healthcare to make racist attacks and how this is affecting the media and political environment. Tertiary cuts continue to be ignored by Labour, why and what does it mean?? James Cameron donated to the Green Party, should we be sad about it?
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I had the chance to sit down with Mark Cubey and Jeremy Rose to discuss the NZ media industry of the last few decades. We talk about the current state of news media, the challenges being faced and the opportunities for a renaissance.
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This week we focused on critiquing dominant media narratives, how establishment media frames and treats their profession. The obvious examples are based on RNZ’s recent Reuters-editing scandal, but it turns out the same patterns crop up in political campaign reporting, economics and education issues.
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1/200 rounds up the Auckland Council budget situation with discussion about organinsing and coalition building at the public and representative level. We’re joined by comms expert and Green Party candidate for Ōhāriu, Stephanie Rodgers to discuss the political communication pipeline, recent failures in that space and how the left can get cut through in mainstream media.
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Have you noticed more people seem to be sick? You're not alone, Kiwi's are taking 78% more sick days. One school has had to close this year due to overwhelming staff illness. We can end the disruptions to our lives and our health, but only if we take the practical lessons from the last 3 years. Hear from experts on what we've learned about children's health since 2020, why people are getting sick, and most importantly, what we can do to keep our whānau safe.
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