The Whip for 20 May 2026

Political commentators Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten

Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss recent events in politics including the National Party's annual conference. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=9910b0da-66bd-433b-a96a-cf820f3ea010]

House on Sunday: The final scrutiny week of the 54th Parliament

The House reviews the last estimates scrutiny week for the 54th Parliament Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=0b6abdab-940e-4ca0-91ee-c8a8a2f31ba5]

Officials in firing line over $30m immigration failure

A failed immigration technology project has left taxpayers more than $30 million out of pocket. Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says officials misled Cabinet. Now an independent investigation is being launched into what went wrong. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has more. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=9f646803-74e6-4515-bc5a-b9b3bd476413]

The Whip for 17 June 2026

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. With him are panellists Stephen Parker, Holly Bennett and Phil Goff. Topics: The Greens are up and National treading water in some new polls: Immigration Minister Erica Stanford blasts her ministry saying officials "deliberately withheld" information from ministers. Almost all of parliament has backed the 30 year Infrastructure plan and the surprise appointment of lobbyist Matthew Hooton to the role of editor of the Post. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=08f02b0d-76c7-4317-99b9-82dc6ba91115]

Weekly Political Panel: Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni

Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni joined Morning Report this morning for the Weekly Political Panel. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=f12b72af-f7e2-49d3-9f3b-cd86266f768a]