Dave Armstrong

The Nationals are not doing brilliantly in the polls. Are they running out of coalition partners? And Auckland is like a life sized game of monopoly. Audio

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will need a very good PR company to get him through the extra-marital affair affair. Audio

The National goverment announces plans to help a very limited number of low-income, first home buyers to buy old, unoccupied state housing stock in small regional centres. How will this actually help?

As the renovated and newly amicable David Cunliffe assembles his shadow cabinet of Labour spokespersons some are wondering why they missed out on a place. Audio

State subsidy is no longer a dirty word... if it's going to a major corporate is the new truth for Simon Rogers Flaccid. Audio

There are some concerns about the quality and intention of some programming on Maori Television and about its processes for appointing a new CEO. Audio

David Shearer has bowed out of the Labour leadership. So who is the front runner as his replacement and will the new democratic voting system within the party and its support base ensure the best… Audio

With all the fuss about the GCSB and David Shearer's resignation other important issues seem to have faded -- like the hard-line welfare reforms and the possibility that New Zealand is shirking any… Audio

The Nationals are proposing changes to the child protection strategy that include banning parents who abuse their kids from having more kids, and keeping 'suspect' people away from areas where kids… Audio

Fonterra is in damage control after the botulism in the whey it supplies to baby formula manufacturers. Let's hope that there's some way New Zealand's clean-green image can be preserved. Audio

First Kim Dotcom and the GCSB, then the attempt to make it all go away with a law change, then the NSC, then Parliamentary Services and the accessing of journalist's 'phone records. Is the head that… Audio

Peter Dunne and John Key prove that politics is indeed the art of compromise. Audio

Will the recent welfare reforms even things out and incentivise beneficiaries to put more effort into getting jobs, or will it just add insult to injury for genuine beneficiaries with limited… Audio

The Labour Party leaders seem a bit unfocussed. Could it be that Labour's historically 'robust' internal democratic processes simply make them appear indecisive? Audio

The Mana Party and the Maori Party did not fare well in the recent Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election, coming second and third. Should they seriously consider joining forces? Audio

The Nationals are courting Peter Dunne and Winston Peters as they try to get the GCSB bill over the line. Meanwhile they have done a U-turn on the Auckland rail loop. Audio

Elected representatives enjoying corporate hospitality is a contentious issue as four labour MP's found recently. Audio

The anti-fluoride movement has been victorious in convincing the Hamilton council to have a fluoride-free water supply. Wellington is their next target. Audio

The gloves are off in the long run up to the next election. The name calling has started. Maybe it's time The Greens lost their 'nice' image, join the fray and engage in a bit of biffo? Audio

Two executives, one from Fonterra and one from Sanitarium, meet at a low decile school as the milk and Weetbix arrive for 'the kiddies'. Audio