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House on Sunday: Budget day and its aftermath

Budget Day is a Broadway production with dance numbers (emphasis on numbers), undue laughter and applause, and everyone’s a critic. Then comes the legislating. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=5bf797ee-8f49-4fec-9ff8-daa899a94f0e]

The House on Sunday: Chamber blowback & biscuit tin tactics

On The House, Louis Collins considers the motivations that may lie behind governing-side members' bills; and Phil Smith considers the political version of Newton's Third law of Motion – chamber blowback. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=384cd970-01e0-4f62-b797-1ef560cd17b1]

The deliberately boring election-year Budget

The government has delivered its third Budget pointing to an earlier return to surplus, but with no election-year lolly scramble. Political reporter Giles Dexter pores through the books, and looks at the looming debate over superannuation. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=28d7ba24-3d70-42d3-ab71-098c58b24c5f]

Morning Report: Weekly Political Panel

Nicola Willis and Carmel Sepuloni discuss tomorrow's Budget on Morning Report, for our Weekly Political Panel. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=06a6598c-464d-4869-99d2-fce0dec1d329]

The Whip for 27 May 2026

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Ruwani Perera, Stephen Parker, and Wayne Mapp. On the dawn of Budget day, they ponder what is left to announce. Then they discuss whether Wellington-based MPs should be claiming accommodation allowances for houses they own, before revisiting the strangest story of the week: Labour's leaked media training session. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details [https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=3d09654b-f19e-49f0-89fe-c4642b959ac6]