Te Kaupapa Election 2026 weekend political podcast: with Willie Jackson and Matthew Tukaki
War abroad. Power at home. And an economy that doesn’t add up. Te Kaupapa pulls it all apart.

War abroad. Power at home. And an economy that doesn’t add up. Te Kaupapa pulls it all apart.

If this is who National might run… what exactly are voters being asked to sign up for?

NZ First’s rise isn’t random — it’s fuelled by anger, algorithms and culture war politics. The real question is who it destroys next.

NZ First supporters aren’t just angry—they’re reshaping politics into something uglier. And if National wins, guess who gets the keys again?
Trump swaggered into conflict pretending to be a strongman and stumbled out handing Iran leverage, chaos in the Gulf and a shudder through the global economy.

There was a moment to stand up. Instead, we got silence, deflection — and a missed chance the world would have noticed.

Forgetting your own Cabinet is awkward. Doing it twice? That’s something else entirely.

A Marxist, A Party President, a Party Leader, A Mum of 8 and a Newspaper columnist all walk into a…

When a Political Editor apologises to a Police Minister for journalism, it’s not a mistake — it’s a warning. So what happens if no one is held accountable?

Trump is threatening Iran again — and the Alliance is asking why New Zealand is still tied to the fallout. How long do we stay hitched to this?