Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

Duncan Garner: Editor in Chief is a New Zealand politics and current affairs podcast hosted by veteran broadcaster Duncan Garner. With more than 30 years across TV, radio, and newspapers, Duncan brings sharp opinion, hard questions, political interviews, and breaking news analysis on NZ politics, government, media, the economy, and the stories shaping New Zealand. Email: duncan@rova.nz Facebook : Instagram : YouTube : rova

Episodes

Duncan Garner & Panel on Hastings Council & National Leadership Chaos

August 13, 2026 • 58 mins
Hastings District Council has just appointed five unelected iwi representatives to every single council committee, giving them full voting rights and payment. We ask where Local Government Minister Simon Watts is hiding while co-governance rules are blatantly ignored. Plus, Maurice Williamson and Ashley Church join Duncan to break down a chaotic week of National Party leadership drama and its implications for the upcoming election....
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Hastings District Council: Unelected Representation Sparking Government Backlash

August 13, 2026 • 22 mins
Hastings District Council has voted to place unelected, paid mana whenua representatives onto every council committee with full voting rights. The government told councils to hold off, but Hastings pushed ahead anyway. We speak to Councillor Steve Gibson about why he is fighting this decision, what it means for ratepayers, and whether Three Waters-style co-governance is slipping back in through local water entities. Learn more abou...
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Luxon Survives the Coup: National’s Leadership Meltdown | Special Live

August 12, 2026 • 149 mins
Christopher Luxon survives a dramatic confidence vote, but has National just destroyed its own election campaign? In this special live episode, Duncan Garner is joined by political commentator Ani O’Brien and former National minister Maurice Williamson as the leadership crisis unfolds in real time. They take you inside the National caucus room, examine the attempted coup against a sitting Prime Minister and deliver a brutal...
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ACT Minister SLAMS $3B City Rail Link Overruns & Council Overspend

August 10, 2026 • 50 mins
We were promised a functional train tunnel for $2 billion, but Auckland’s City Rail Link blew out to $5.5 billion. Unaccountable council staff and ministers went missing while gold-plating stations and dropping over a million dollars on public art installations. We take a hard look at the $3 billion cost overruns, who signed off on the lavish designs, and why long-suffering Auckland ratepayers will be paying off this massive ...
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Ex Opportunity Candidate Reveals All & National Traps Labour Over Spending Plans

August 9, 2026 • 41 mins
National is demanding Labour "show me the money" on tax and spend, but their own numbers face serious scrutiny. Plus, former Opportunity Party candidate Matthew Phillips joins us to explain why he walked away, what goes on behind closed doors, and why ruling out TOP might backfire on Christopher Luxon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Luxon Finally Found His Voice, but Shane Jones is Firing Back

August 6, 2026 • 43 mins
Christopher Luxon has finally done something we weren't sure he had in him: he expressed a genuine, unscripted opinion. The Prime Minister suggested a referendum on MMP, asking whether our 30-year-old electoral system still works or has just created political paralysis. Is Luxon finally showing real leadership, or is this an unwanted distraction from an economy doing it tough? Plus, New Zealand First Minister Shane Jones joins us t...
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Christopher Luxon’s Labour Market Scandal: 111,000 Overseas Workers vs Kiwi Jobs

August 5, 2026 • 10 mins
Why are we importing 111,000 foreign workers when thousands of New Zealanders cannot find a job? Unemployment has hit an 11-year high at 5.6%, youth unemployment is nearing 14%, and real wages are falling. Yet the government continues issuing tens of thousands of work visas to overseas workers. We ask why Christopher Luxon and the government are letting Kiwis miss out in their own country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
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NZ Election Poll Shock: 8% Support Could Change the Government

August 4, 2026 • 29 mins
The latest Roy Morgan poll has the Opportunities Party at 8%. Is this a real political shift or just an outlier? Duncan Garner sits down with political commentators David Farrier and Jordan Williams to break down what this means for Labour, National, and the rest of MMP. Plus, we take a look at TOP's radical policies and ask whether voters actually know what they are backing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
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Luxon Business Backlash: Can Erica Stanford Save National’s Vote?

August 4, 2026 • 24 mins
Christopher Luxon told struggling small-business owners that they need an adult relationship with the government. After massive backlash, he finally apologised, but the damage is already done. We talk to Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young about high inflation, rising rates, and why local business owners feel completely abandoned by National. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Media Double Standards: Activists Stage Mock Execution and Peters Cut From the News

August 4, 2026 • 13 mins
TVNZ ran a lengthy news segment on the opening of Auckland's new Drury and Pukekohe train stations, but completely left out Rail Minister Winston Peters. He funded it and opened it, yet didn't get a second of airtime. Meanwhile, activists staged a mock execution of him in Auckland, and the media barely blinked. Where's the fair reporting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Winston Peters Racist Debate: Has Outrage Culture Broken NZ Politics?

July 31, 2026 • 50 mins
Winston Peters tells a Green MP to go home and the political world goes into full meltdown. Labour and the Greens are calling it racism, but is it actually prejudice or just classic Winston attacking a political ideology? We break down the Parliament circus, the deafening double standards, and why everyday Kiwis struggling with mortgages are fed up with the endless outrage machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
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Is Christopher Luxon Gutless? Don Brash Delivers Brutal National Takedown

July 29, 2026 • 13 mins
Don Brash has unloaded on Christopher Luxon, calling his leadership gutless, hopeless, and ineffective. I find it hard to disagree. National is drifting back to 30% because Luxon is so terrified of offending anyone that he stands for nothing. We break down the brutal critique, look at how Labour got back in the game, and ask if Erica Stanford should be taking over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Youth Court for 25-Year-Olds? Free Speech Cancelled in Auckland? Ani O'Brien Speaks Out

July 28, 2026 • 35 mins
The Opportunities Party wants youth court extended to 25-year-olds, but we think it is total madness. Plus, Free Speech Union's Ani O'Brien joins us after facing threats to cancel her Auckland event tonight. We look at crime, justice, and free speech in New Zealand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Christopher Luxon TOP Coalition Decision

July 27, 2026 • 31 mins
Did Chris Luxon actually plan to rule out working with TOP, or did he just back himself into a corner under pressure? We sit down with pollster David Farrar to break down National's coalition strategy, TOP's radical tax and justice policies, and why the election race is looking tighter than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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National Paid Parental Leave Policy: Why Families Are Waiting Until 2030

July 27, 2026 • 25 mins
National wants to extend paid parental leave to 30 weeks, but families will have to wait until 2030 to get the full benefit. Nicola Willis tried to blame ACT for the delay, but National never pushed for it in the first place. David Seymour joins us to set the record straight on cost, policy priorities, and whether Kiwis are just being sold another long-term promise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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"It's A Game!" Labour's Overreaction Over Paul Henry

July 23, 2026 • 49 mins
Labour has completely lost the plot over Paul Henry playing a classic radio game on Hauraki. Calling a joke a genuine death threat is bloody ridiculous, especially when Chris Hipkins has played the exact same game himself. Plus, Stuart Nash gets dumped by NZ First before election day, and we break down a mad week in Kiwi politics with Maurice Williamson and Ashley Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
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Stuart Nash Resigns: How Loose Lips Destroyed His NZ First Comeback

July 23, 2026 • 43 mins
Stuart Nash is out of politics for good after another massive, self-inflicted wound. After falling out of Cabinet under Labour and trying to rebuild his career with Winston Peters and New Zealand First, Nash lasted just one week before sending a text to former National minister Chris Finlayson criticizing a local Napier candidate. We look at how Winston Peters acted quickly to force him out, why Christopher Luxon ruled him out of ...
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C’MON LUXON, FIX THE ETS, DON’T LET CLIMATE POLICY KILL KIWI INDUSTRY

July 21, 2026 • 25 mins
We just handed $60 million in taxpayer money to Golden Bay Cement because our own Emissions Trading Scheme made it cheaper to import cement from overseas than to make it here. Why are we forcing New Zealand businesses to pay heavy carbon costs when our international competitors do not? Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers Union joins us to break down why the ETS needs an immediate freeze. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
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Co-Governance, Media Failures, and Duncan's Take

July 20, 2026 • 27 mins
We told you co-governance was alive and kicking in local councils, and now the government has finally stepped in to stop it. While mainstream newsrooms looked the other way, local communities were left in the dark about major agreements affecting their rates and properties. Duncan is joined by Far North councillor Davina Smolders to break down what went wrong and how we fix local government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Offshore Oil Drilling NZ: Inside the Massive One Billion Dollar Survey Policy

July 19, 2026 • 43 mins
New Zealand First wants to spend one billion dollars surveying what lies beneath our oceans to find oil and gas. Is this total madness during a cost-of-living crisis, or is it common sense to audit our resources? Duncan gets the hard answers from Resources Minister Shane Jones on how we fund it and if the big rigs are coming back Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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