The Bradbury Group
The Bradbury Group is a no-holds-barred weekly political podcast from Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury. Unapologetically Left, fiercely independent, and born from the ashes of The Working Group, this is where real political debate lives. Each Tuesday, Bradbury and guests take on the big issues, call out the bad faith, and push back against the spin. Buckle up.
Episodes
December 9, 2025 • 63 mins
This end-of-year economy special confronts New Zealand’s political and economic reality in 2025. From unemployment, emigration and austerity to homelessness, asset sales and climate failure, Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury and the panel dissect who the economy is really serving. With TVNZ poll fallout, Green Party challenges and election predictions, the discussion asks: recovery, or desperation?
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December 2, 2025 • 64 mins
On the podcast, Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury blasts pet-bond politics, mouldy school-lunch slop, council rate caps, and the Government’s relentless squeeze on Māori rights. With sharp sarcasm and class-war clarity, he calls out manufactured poverty, empty public housing, and the absurd pivot to arresting the homeless. All of this with the help of the All Star panel featuring Tau Henare, Steve Abel, and Simon Wilson.
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November 25, 2025 • 63 mins
Dr *Matthew Hooton* joins host Martyn Bradbury and the panel — *Craig Renney, Shanan Halbert, and Matthew Tukaki* — to tear into National’s “killing season,” KiwiSaver changes, and roadside drug testing. Plus: War on News (Winston’s Regulatory Standards flip-flop, Shane Jones vs recreational fishers, Casey Costello’s tobacco rankings disaster) and a final word on COP30’s sell-out and Shane Jones’ big-oil love affair.
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November 19, 2025 • 64 mins
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins host Martyn Bradbury and the panel - Simon Wilson, Teanau Tuiono, and Qiulae ‘Q’ Wong - for a fiery kōrero on Te Pāti Māori’s reset, the McSkimming police scandal, climate capitalism, and ACT’s corporate coup. Plus, the War on News (honky-ear councilors, Epstein files, and the end of the Atlantic Current).
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November 13, 2025 • 63 mins
Chlöe Swarbrick joins host Martyn Bradbury and the panel - Phil Goff, Dita De Boni, Matthew Tukaki, and Chris Finlayson - for a blistering kōrero on homelessness policy, meth harm, and Pacific geopolitics. Plus, the War on News, western-values charter schools, and COP30’s greenwash parade.
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November 4, 2025 • 61 mins
In this episode of The Bradbury Group, Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury dives into Labour’s new targeted capital gains tax - who it impacts, who’s furious about it, and why Labour believes it can finally deliver real cost-of-living relief, including free GP visits for most New Zealanders. Bomber - alongside Chris Hipkins, and his panel of John Tamihere, Simon Wilson and Fran O'Sullivan - also tackles the explosive situation at Kelston Boys...
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October 29, 2025 • 63 mins
🎙️ *Professor Welby Ings* joins host *Martyn Bradbury* and the panel — *Barbara Edmonds, Matthew Tukaki, and Michael Wood* — for a timely kōrero on *public education & NCEA, mega-strikes & worker power, youth-welfare sanctions, unemployment & migration,* and *how to rebuild dignity in our schools and services.* Aotearoa’s most provocative political podcast — fearless, unfiltered, and fact-checked below ✅🔥
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October 19, 2025 • 62 mins
This week on The Bradbury Group, Martyn Bradbury and a fiery panel tackle New Zealand’s economic crash, government snot-and-hope policies, and the mass exodus of workers. We debate strikes, Auckland’s woes, and why the government’s still silent on Palestine. Expect sharp banter, political fireworks, and Martyn’s signature irreverence. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Tune in, sound off, and remember: the revolution...
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Former Prime Minister Helen Clark joins host Martyn Bradbury and the panel - Steve Abel, Simon Wilson, Kerrin Leoni, and Maria Slade - for a fearless kōrero on New Zealand’s refusal to recognise Palestine, the state of the economy, rising unemployment, and youth welfare cuts. Aotearoa’s most provocative political podcast - unfiltered, unapologetic, and fact-checked below.
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This week’s pod pulls no punches - Chris Hipkins is grilled on why NZ joined National, ACT, and NZ First in refusing to recognise Palestine. The panel then tears into a CEO mutiny against PM Chris Luxon and Nicola Willis, pointing out the economy is tanking faster than a moa hunt with Shane Jones. Oil and gas exploration is back (because apparently climate change is fiction), while local elections are still outsourced to corporatio...
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This week’s episode kicks off with NZCTU economist Craig Renney, who takes aim at the Government’s austerity policies, the Reserve Bank fiasco, and why he warned last year that their economic strategy would lead to collapse.
Then, the panel of All Stars - Kerrin Leoni, Shane Te Pou, Labour MP Arena Williams, and National’s Chris Penk - debate three fiery topics: the shocking GDP crash and what comes next, nationwide strikes by doc...
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September 22, 2025 • 58 mins
In this episode, host Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury dives straight into the fiery fallout between Labour and Te Pāti Māori, as Willie Jackson joins the show to unpack Tākuta Ferris’ controversial comments, the impact on Māori-Pākehā unity, and what it means for the left heading into the next election.
Then, our powerhouse panel of Kerrin Leoni, Shane Te Pou, and Chris Finlayson tackle three explosive topics: whether New Zealand is brok...
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September 16, 2025 • 61 mins
This episode kicks off with Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer fresh off a Tamaki Makaurau by-election victory. She dives into the campaign’s social-media-powered success, the battle to unite the Left ahead of 2026, and fighting back against a Government she calls the most anti-Māori in decades.
Then, a fiery political panel featuring tackles three hot issues: the by-election fallout, polling shake-ups, and secret Treasur...
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In this episode, Peeni Henare - Tamaki Makaurau by-election candidate - tackles voter struggles, community heartbreak, and a few laughs about his beloved Warriors. Then, it’s into the political arena with a star-studded panel debating three hot-button issues: the Government’s bold plan to sell citizenships to mega-wealthy foreigners, Auckland’s crumbling economy and homelessness crisis, and the global uproar over Israel’s actions b...
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The Bradbury Group is back, with Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury firing up over everything from Gaza to climate chaos, before diving into a rollicking debate on what Labour must do to win. Chris Hipkins joins for a one-on-one on crime, the economy, and cruise ships in Auckland, while panelists Arena Williams, Craig Renney, and John Tamihere trade blows over tax, jobs, and Māori politics.
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The Bradbury Group turned its spotlight on the Tamaki Makaurau by-election, with host Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury roasting David Seymour’s week of gaffes, before a fiery one-on-one with Hannah Tamaki, who batted away questions about Destiny Church and insisted she’s standing on her own kaupapa. The panel - Hone Harawira, Claudette Hauiti, Matthew Tukaki, and Tau Henare - then clash over housing, jobs, Māori rights, and whether Labour ...
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Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury welcomes Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson on as this week's special guest, covering coalition possibilities, climate policy clashes, and much more. Then, the panel of All Stars - Chris Finlayson and Kerrin Leoni - discuss Auckland's economic struggles, the latest TVNZ political poll results, foreshore and seabed legislation, and recognition of Palestine.
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This week on The Bradbury Group, Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury dives into the education wars with Professor Welby Ings, who warns NCEA changes risk turning collaborative learning into cutthroat competition. Is education for critical thinkers or worker drones? Then the panel of Maria Slade, Max Harris, and John Tamihere take aim at Prime Minister Luxon’s austerity mantra as unemployment spikes, 70,000 Kiwis flee, and homelessness explode...
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On this week's Bradbury Group with host Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury, a full-on political rollercoaster - a recession biting harder than a cold southerly, 28,000 jobs gone, and 70,000 Kiwis fleeing to Australia, while food prices rocket past wages. The panel of Claudette Hauiti, Barbara Edmonds, Simon Wilson, and Dita De Boni tear into voter suppression laws that even Judith Collins finds dodgy, Māori rights being stripped from 23 laws...
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Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury this week welcomes a very special guest in the form of Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee, to unpack the Parliament haka debacle - was the punishment a principled defence of procedure, or a tone-deaf crackdown on tikanga? The panel of all stars features Peeni Henare, Matthew Tukaki, Craig Renney, and the one and only Sir Roger Douglas. The four take on the Government’s $6 billion infrastructure “announceme...
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