Ben Thomas

National MPs will be lobbied over the weekend as the beleaguered party tries to sort its leadership crisis in the cleanest possible fashion before Tuesday's expected leadership vote. Audio

National's leader Judith Collins has demoted Simon Bridges after an accusation he made offensive comments to a National MP who RNZ understands is Jacqui Dean.

The shock news came in a media release… Audio

Cabinet will today review the alert level three settings for Auckland, Northland and parts of Waikato. Despite the Super Saturday event which saw almost 130 doses administered, current modelling shows… Audio

The Panel with Caroline Daley and Ben Thomas (Part 2). Audio

The Panel with Caroline Daley and Ben Thomas (Part 1). Audio

Panellists Caroline Daley and Ben Thomas share what they have been thinking about and talk about the Girls Can Do Anything campaign from the 80s. Audio

David Seymour has overtaken Judith Collins as preferred Prime Minister in the latest 1News Colmar Brunton Poll, while the spectre of the still-popular John Key seems to have spent the past few days… Audio

Amid lockdown fatigue in Tamaki Makaurau, business pain and three Covid cases in Waikato all eyes are on today's big decision over Auckland's alert level. Ben, Shane and Kathryn also look at AUKUS… Audio

Stephen, Ben and Kathryn talk about whether the health system is anywhere near prepared to cope with the Delta strain, 18 months since pandemic surfaced here, and the scramble to get more New… Audio

Neale and Ben discuss the government's plan to gradually re-open the borders, the power outages last week the the fall out from that, and what will New Zealand take to the next global climate change… Audio

Panellists Michele A'Court and Ben Thomas discuss the impact of poverty on rangatahi, contracting in the arts industry, pet pre-nups, and showering. Participants: Dr Louisa Choe, Melissa Laing. Audio

Panellists Michele A'Court and Ben Thomas discuss Lord of The Rings production moving to the UK, the rising costs of timber, and culture wars! Participants: Dr Alfio Leotta, Julien Leys. Audio

Panellists Michele A'Court and Ben Thomas share what they have been thinking. Audio

ACT Party leader David Seymour is polling ahead of National Party Leader Judith Collins, according to the latest poll numbers from Newshub-Reid.

Support for Labour has dropped to 43 percent but… Audio

Kathryn, Stephen and Ben discuss the implications of the suspension of the Trans Tasman travel bubble and how New Zealanders will get home. Also the progression of the Covid vaccine rollout and… Audio

In politics we talk about rising inflation, whether the government's investor rules have had any impact on reining in the housing market and how Judith Collins' first year as National Party leader has… Audio

The Covid spread in Australia, sees the trans Tasman travel bubble paused and highlights slow vaccination rates here. Also frustration at the rollout of the Government's almost 2-billion dollar… Audio

Panellists Ben Thomas and Mary-Margaret Slack discuss changes to debt to income ratios, parking at Auckland hospitals, 'bottlegate', and an opinion piece by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Audio

Panellists Ben Thomas and Mary-Margaret Slack discuss the vaccine rollout, a new plan for Wellington streets, and school lunches. Audio