Election 2026 Political Podcast | Waatea Panel
Fuel prices, iwi radio cuts, the fishing bill and a housing market locked against the young — this Election 2026 political podcast goes straight to the pressure points.

Fuel prices, iwi radio cuts, the fishing bill and a housing market locked against the young — this Election 2026 political podcast goes straight to the pressure points.

Race-based executions. If that phrase doesn’t stop you cold, nothing will. And yet — here we are.

Police feeding details to a Netflix doco? This isn’t journalism — it’s narrative control. And no one’s asking the most dangerous question.

Forty countries scrambling to fix a crisis — while blaming the wrong culprit. If you ignore how this started, you guarantee how it ends.

This isn’t hype. When Cameron Bagrie starts talking fuel shocks and diesel shortages, you pay attention. Because if he’s right, we’re already behind.

The warning signs are flashing — collapsing confidence, rising costs, and a government with no plan. This isn’t stabilising. It’s building.

Three days. That’s all it was. Now even that’s too much to ask from a system that never wants to switch off.

If it’s about safety, why no body cams? If it’s about protection, why does it feel like surveillance?

Auckland is told to grow — then blocked when it tries. Another housing cut, another reminder of who really holds the power.

Cut the funding, lose the signal. And when the next emergency hits, that silence won’t be theoretical — it’ll be dangerous.