Full Show Podcast: 11 September 2026
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What is the main focus of the morning news briefing?
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morning and welcome today. Good news. Price of generating power is now down 66%. Louise Upston explains how much of the MSD debacle is her fault. Andrew Webster Gs up for tomorrow night. Timmy Katie do the week. Richard Arnold does America and Steve Price. He pops in from Australia. Welcome to Friday, seven part I've got a question for you, seven past six.
How did Social Development Minister Louise Upston explain the MSD payment error?
Friday question. Is this the week? The tide turned for the Labour Party and their chances of government slipped away. It is indisputably true to say it hasn't been their week or even a good week. Some of the stuff that's been bubbling for a while came to a sort of head. The lack of policy. The waiting for this magical pre-foo which allegedly contains Lord knows what by way of fiscal revelation that will somehow make billions upon billions of dollars and promises make some sort of sense. And people who could vote Labour, tired of waiting, uninspired by the lack of vigour or just realizing that the economy is coming back, the recovery is real, and so some sort of angst that drove them away from the government is now melting.
Are Labour not radical enough? So the Greens get a look and there's a thought for you. Are people scared of the Greens? And even more scared of the Maori Party, so the realization has dawned on them that Labour can't do deals with mad people, so maybe the government aren't that bad bad after all. Does the first meeting of the campaign for their leader, which involved a hundred people and a cat, display the lack of enthusiasm not just for Labour, but from the supporters who are channeling the lackluster approach of their party? Important to remember, by the way, that all of the polling so far this year, the vast majority have never actually Had Labour winning the election, but it did have them in front of National, which has given the media enough to feed on.
But even that in the past two polls has slipped away, and what was once the Luxon nightmare is now the Hipkins drama. Is he the right guy? Or is the ghost of twenty three back? As more people focus on their vote and what's happening around them. Do the memories of the lockdowns, the fiscal failures, the kids not at school, the crime waves remind them that Hipkins, Seppelloni, Tinetti, Verilitz. Hell, they're the same people. They haven't changed. The party hasn't changed. Do the memories of the endless working groups come flooding back? And does the laziness of that period look a lot like the laziness of this period? Of minimal policy, of lack of vigour, of laxadaisical government bagging, sound bite obsessions, remind us these guys work office hours basically in and out of original thought.
It ain't over, of course. But man they look flat. And Hipkins looks flat.
News of the world in ninety seconds.
Republicans gathered in Dallas, of course, pre-midterm G Up. There's more today. Yesterday's headline was the money for votes. So please,
I ask you this as Maybe more important even than the Trump dividend. Please pretend that I'm running and get out and vote on November third or sooner.
None of it will ever happen, of course.
So I think it's bad policy. It would obviously require an act of Congress, which I'm not so sure Congress would be willing to make this kind of a payment. And by the way, the tariff money has already been spent, I think, three different ways. Uh and it's already being refunded to many people because of the US Supreme Court decision.
Exactly. But poor old J D's been left to explain in theory what it looks like.
Taking in an extraordinary amount of revenue because the President of the United States is actually standing up to both foreign companies but also foreign countries who've been taking advantage of America's workers for pretty much my entire life.
Now, interesting ratings numbers around yesterday's speech, and I'll give you those shortly. Now, uh, listen up bid tax lovers. I got news for you from Britain.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the morning news briefing?
0:00–0:27
2
How did Social Development Minister Louise Upston explain the MSD payment error?
0:27–3:56
3
What strategies does Warriors coach Andrew Webster share for the upcoming playoffs?
3:56–12:09
4
What political insights do Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson discuss about voter incentives and bucket lists?
12:09–48:03
5
How are AI developments and safety concerns addressed by the panel?
48:03–54:19
6
What updates are given on New Zealand’s large transport projects and the CRL opening?
54:19–1:12:48
7
What is the proposed “Trump dividend” and how could it affect U.S. elections?
1:12:48–1:28:17
8
How does the show wrap up the week’s biggest stories and upcoming events?
1:28:17–1:30:17
Speakers
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