Chloe Swarbrick says it's phenomenal to have won Auckland Central. Special votes haven't been counted but she's leading by 500 votes. Swarbrick told Kerre McIvor she doesn't want to count her chickens before they hatch, but says it was a very good night. "When you give every fibre of your being to something, we built up a massive campaign and did things everyone ruled out." Swarbrick says everyone thought it was impossible but she made it across the line. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener...
Oct 17, 2020•5 min
Act expects to have power in Parliament - even on the opposition benches. The party is set to go from one MP to ten, after winning Epsom and soaking up eight percent of the party vote. Leader David Seymour says the defeat of the right overall is disappointing. But he told Kerre McIvor Act have proven they can still influence government policy from the opposition. "Labour said they were going to introduce hate speech laws, Act really led a campaign against that. "We played an honourably role of p...
Oct 17, 2020•4 min
National's Gerry Brownlee has revealed he's considering his position in the party, after last night's devastating election result. It's ended up with just 26.8 percent of the party vote, meaning 19 MPs are out of a job. Brownlee told Kerre McIvor he'll be taking a couple of days to think about his future with the party. "I'll be speaking to colleagues before making a decision. The party will hold discussions, to assess what went wrong." Brownlee believes National ran a very good on-the-ground ca...
Oct 17, 2020•8 min
Judith Collins has admitted National never expected to win the election. She's spoken to Newstalk ZB's Kerre McIvor, in her first interview since last night's historic loss. She says she has no plans to step down. Collins says the loss is devastating, but it was almost inevitable. She felt devastated for her MPs, and the fact the party vote wasn't high enough. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 17, 2020•8 min
Greens co-leader James Shaw remains hopeful of being part of the next Labour government. He told Kerre McIvor while Labour doesn't have to include them, there's a good chance they will. “I guess the question is, what sort of government do they want? “Jacinda is a consensus builder, she wants to build a broader coalition as possible.” At this stage, Labour has enough votes to govern alone. But James Shaw says Labour would want to have as large a majority in the House as possible. "That affects th...
Oct 17, 2020•6 min
Labour's Grant Robertson is over the moon with last night's election result. The finance spokesman told Kerre McIvor you never take anything for granted, and he's humbled by the support the party's had. "I've spent a lot of time travelling around New Zealand the past few weeks. I really felt that on the ground, people were supporting us." Robertson is confident the party would have won the election - even without the Covid-19 pandemic. He says the Government's been re-elected on the back of a st...
Oct 17, 2020•7 min
Former Prime Minster Helen Clarke has described a spectacular victory for Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party in the 2020 General Election. With a little over 90 per cent of votes counted, Labour sit on 49 per cent with National far behind on 27. As it stands Labour can govern alone, not needing the Greens to return to Parliament. It will keep Ms Ardern around as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Ms Clarke told Mike Hosking and Barry Soper the Covid-19 pandemic played a big part in the party's size...
Oct 17, 2020•12 min
Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick is set to win the Auckland central seat in what has been a tight race with Labour's Helen White. Swarbrick has had the edge since vote counting started for the 2020 election tonight, with White in second and National's Emma Mellow over 1,000 votes back. Greens co-leader James Shaw told Mike Hosking and Barry Soper Swarbrick's victory is historical. "No third party candidate has won an election seat without the endorsement of a major party leader, and it looks like Chloe ...
Oct 17, 2020•3 min
It is turning out to be a horror 2020 election for the National Party, who continue to trail Labour by a substantial amount. National is slipping far behind in tonight's polling at 27 per cent, compared to around 50 per cent for Labour at the mid-way point of vote counting. Finance Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith told Mike Hosking and Barry Soper they were hoping for better results. "We haven't helped ourselves by making a few mistakes and with a bit of disunity at times, and the voters punished tha...
Oct 17, 2020•12 min
National MP for Hutt South Chris Bishop has fallen behind Labour's Ginny Andersen, and admits his night is riddled with nerves. "At one point in the last campaign I was down by 2,000 and I ended up wining it by 2,000... so bit of a nervous one last time I think it will be the same this time. "Doable, but look it's going to be a nervous night and I'm pretty nervous." Bishop says Judith Collins had taken on the party's leadership in "trying circumstances" but had run a good campaign. He said tonig...
Oct 17, 2020•8 min
Sitting National Rodney MP Mark Mitchell looks set to retain his seat, but said he was hugely disappointed by what the polls were saying. Mitchell told NZME there was no way he had "anticipated" what was coming through in the vote count. He said he felt for the party's "volunteers and supporters" who had given their all for the party. "You can't argue there is not a swing, but people just do not want a swing." He said losing up to 20 MPs was "devastating . . . it is going to be very tough" He sa...
Oct 17, 2020•13 min
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Oct 17, 2020•6 min
Potential new Auckland Central MP, the Green Party's Chloe Swarbrick told Mike Hosking he was thrilled, but it was "early days still". Swarbrick said the Green Party had "thrown everything" at a local campaign. She said it was "exciting times we are in the race" with about 60 per cent of the vote still to be counted. She put the current result "down to campaigning, and campaigning works". That included doorknocking right throughout the Auckland Central electorate. "We are stoked. But again, stil...
Oct 17, 2020•12 min
Despite not even half of votes counted for the 2020 election, Labour are looking strong with the possibility of being able to govern alone. As it stands the main party in the current coalition Government are ranging around 50 per cent, with National way down on roughly 26. Senior Labour MP David Parker told Mike Hosking and Barry Soper he is thrilled with how election night was playing out to date. He said he was keeping a close eye on some of the "electorate battles", including Nelson which cou...
Oct 17, 2020•9 min
The early votes counted suggest the Labour Party could govern alone, and National are heading for a huge defeat this election. As it stands Labour are hovering around 50 per cent, while the Opposition are sitting around 26. The greens and Act are not far off, at roughly 8 and 7 per cent respectively. National deputy leader and campaign manager Gerry Brownlee told Mike Hosking and Barry Soper it was a campaign hampered by Covid. "You've got got take some responsibility I suppose but I think Judit...
Oct 17, 2020•12 min
Votes are beginning to flood in for the 2020 election, and early signs are showing the Labour Party could govern alone. Should they need help, Labour are set to turn to the Greens who are sitting strong in third behind the two major parties. One of those in National are struggling for numbers, and could be set for an early defeat. Act sit fourth, not far off what the Greens have garnered so far. Leader David Seymour told Mike Hosking and Barry Soper they as a party are very happy with the number...
Oct 17, 2020•9 min
A less than auspicious showing at National's election headquarters in Auckland’s Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron at this early stage of the night. Early voting results have National well behind, with nearly less than half of Labour's support. Political reporter Aaron Dahmen is there, and he told Mike Hosking that the atmosphere is sombre so far. "There's not many people here to witness these results. You can hear a pin drop." LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 17, 2020•8 min
The leader of the National Party's making a last-ditch plea to undecided voters ... to tick twice for blue. Judith Collins told Kerre McIvor they should vote for her Party - because it understands the economy. She says the Reserve Bank is predicting the worst economic times in 160 years. Watch the video above. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 14, 2020•33 min
There are just five days to go until Election Day, and things are heating up on the campaign trail! Tune in today for the final Front Bench - Heather du Plessis-Allan, Barry Soper, Trish Sherson and Chris Carter thrash out the big political issues in the lead up to Vote 2020. There is no holding back, no topic off limits, and no rules in this rapid-fire, highly opinionated election podcast. In today's topics, National has gone hard on the possibility of a wealth tax under a Labour-Green Governme...
Oct 12, 2020•30 min
Focus on the key issues facing Hutt South and Remutaka this election: Hear from Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Helen Down and REINZ regional director Mark Coffey on what needs to be done to boost the economy, and address rising house prices and growing congestion in the Hutt Valley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 09, 2020•3 min
The Greens don't have a bottom line for forming a coalition in parliament. Co-leader James Shaw reveals instead the party has six top priorities it's taking into this election. He told Kerre McIvor those include income support, transport, housing, the marine environment, clean energy and the future of farming. Shaw says they're not going to get everything they've laid out - but they want to make progress across all six packages. Watch the video above See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Oct 08, 2020•35 min
Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern joined Mike Hosking this morning for Newstalk ZB’s final Leaders Breakfast event of the 2020 election campaign. Ardern yesterday laid out her vision for 2030, but her party will need to be re-elected if she hopes to achieve those goals. Covid-19 response, Ihumātao, coalition partners, the economy and trade were all on the agenda in a wide-ranging, two hour interview. COALITION PARTNERS The first section of the interview focused on Labour potential coalition par...
Oct 08, 2020•56 min
Focus on the Remutaka electorate: Hear from Green Party candidate Chris Norton, ACT candidate Grae O'Sullivan and NZ First candidate Talani Meikle on how they plan to address rising house prices, improve water management and boost the economy in Upper Hutt and surrounding suburbs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 07, 2020•3 min
David Seymour is predicting the demise of his own party. The ACT leader told Mike Hosking it's only a matter of time until New Zealand reverts back to a two-party political system. "In five elections time, the Greens will be gone, Act will make it for the next few elections but probably not forever, and we will be back to two parties." LISTEN ABOVE OR WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 07, 2020•14 min
The co-leader of the Green Party is disappointed he couldn't bring in a capital gains tax. Jacinda Ardern has ruled out ever bringing in the tax during her time as Labour leader. But James Shaw told Mike Hosking a wealth tax could be another option. "I was irritated a few weeks back when people were claiming it's been ruled out. "We have to have the election first and then sit down and have a conversation." Asked about farming industry, James Shaw many people understand where the Greens are comi...
Oct 07, 2020•15 min
Winston Peters has rated the coalition Government's Covid-19 response an eight out of ten. The New Zealand First leader told Mike Hosking the Government claimed to go early and hard against the virus. “We went early but didn't go hard enough, and we should've brought in the military and implemented wider mask use.” Winston Peters says stopping the capital gains tax was his proudest achievement of this electoral term. The New Zealand First leaders says it was a silly idea. "If anyone thinks a cap...
Oct 07, 2020•14 min
Jason Pine hosts a Spotlight on Wellington Transport pre-election special with panelists Nick Leggett of the Road Transport Forum, Dr Caroline Shaw of Otago University's Department of Public Health, John Milford of Wellington Chamber of Commerce, and micromobility expert Oliver Bruce. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 07, 2020•47 min
Winston Peters say the next Government needs his Party's wisdom. The New Zealand First leader says there's a huge drive to rebuild the economy after Covid-19. But Peters says it wasn't performing as it should even before the pandemic. He told Kerre McIvor other parties aren't up to scratch, and a stabilising and common sense voice is needed in Cabinet. Watch the video above. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 06, 2020•35 min
Focus on the Remutaka electorate: Hear from incumbent, Labour's Chris Hipkins, and National candidate Mark Crofskey on how they plan to address rising house prices and upgrade transport in Upper Hutt and surrounding suburbs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 06, 2020•3 min
Focus on the Hutt South electorate: Hear from minor party candidates Richard McIntosh (Green Party), Roger Earp (New Conservative Party), Ben Wylie-van Eerd (TOP), Andy Parkins (ACT), Wilf Bearman-Reidel (Outdoors Party) and Paris Winiata (VisionNZ) on the anticipated close race in Lower Hutt, and what they see as the most important issues for voters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 05, 2020•3 min
