Georgina Beyer knows all about breaking barriers - becoming the first transgender MP in the world. But what is her biggest regret as a Māori MP in Parliament?
Matangireia: Māori Political Legacies is coming to RNZ on 8 June
The second season of
Māori Political Legacies, explores the careers of former Māori Members of Parliament.
Eight former Māori MPs from across the political divide discuss the highs and lows of their time in Parliament in a series of revealing conversations.
Filmed in Parliament s historic Māori Affairs room from which the series takes its name,
Matangireia is presented by three acclaimed Māori journalists; Mihingarangi Forbes, winner of the NZ TV Awards’ Best Presenter News and Current Affairs 2020, Maiki Sherman, award-winning TVNZ political reporter, and former press gallery reporter for Three Scott Campbell, founder of Campbell Squared Communications.
Gone by Lunchtime: In loving memory of landline polling
Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee Mather and Ben Thomas briefly pause Rocking the Dock to discuss the latest poll results and other highlights from the fortnight in New Zealand politics.
Last night’s 1 News Colmar Brunton poll was kind of bad news for everybody – but especially for advocates of landline telephones, which have now been excluded from polling. Gone By Lunchtime met this week to solemnly mark the death of landlines and dissect the landlineless poll results.
Also in this episode: Jacinda Ardern quits her weekly Mike Hosking radio slot, the National Party review, the Covid response, lessons from Hui polling on Māori attitudes to vaccines, and a thorough grilling of Annabelle and Ben for their podcasting betrayals.
Gone By Lunchtime: A pod like the lockdown – short, sharp and slightly hysterical
Join Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee Mather and Ben Thomas as Gone By Lunchtime discusses the latest lockdown, trans-Tasman relations, business attire and more.
New Zealand’s leading political podcast pivots to true crime this week to investigate the disappearance of political commentator Ben Thomas from Twitter. Where did he go – and what’s he been doing with all his hot takes on The Bachelorette NZ?
Also discussed in this week’s episode: the latest short, sharp three-day lockdown, the ongoing Covid response and the need for specialist MIQ facilities, trans-Tasman relations, raising benefit levels and the great parliamentary neckwear debate of 2021.