# Caucus

A podcast by RNZ. Top political commentators unpick and make sense of New Zealand's election campaigns with frank and forthright discussion.

Feed: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcasts/acast/caucus.rss

## Latest episodes

- [The rise of AI politics, who gets on the phone November 8, & National's front bench risk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/f93b491325e5) (2026-10-22, 48 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/upload/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k/fl_attachment/v1792643033/audio/caucus/caucus_20261022-0517_caucus_22-10-26_wk.mp3
- [Winding up Winston, the rule of ruling things out, Peter Dunne's heir, and the boring work of saving democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/c601021846d9) (2026-10-15, 53 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/upload/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k/fl_attachment/v1792037730/audio/caucus/caucus_20261015-0510_winding_up_winston_the_rule_of_ruling_things_out_peter_dunnes_heir_and_the_boring_work_of_saving_democracy_wk.mp3
- [National’s panic and pivot as it tries to win back its fractured base](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/90c30e55208f) (2026-10-08, 47 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1791431171/audio/caucus/caucus-20261008-1631-caucus_for_8_october.mp3
- [How's this election different? Disgruntlement, Opportunity, & First-termitis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/677638a6e3a1) (2026-10-01, 51 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1790888348/audio/caucus/caucus-20261001-1753-caucus_for_1_october.mp3
- [The four Cs that cost Labour and how National nicked Auckland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/17fbfbad3b90) (2023-10-20, 47 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1697773268/audio/caucus/caucus-20231020-1500-the_four_cs_that_cost_labour_and_how_national_nicked_auckland.mp3
- [Long pants, Lazarus Peters, missing bits, & winners & losers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/83568a92d1b0) (2023-10-12, 56 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1697079738/audio/caucus/caucus-20231012-1500-long_pants_lazarus_peters_missing_bits_and_winners_and_losers.mp3
- [National and Labour's broken bungy and why we all need to grow up](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/2243c13a9dd1) (2023-10-05, 44 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1696473504/audio/caucus/caucus-20231005-1500-national_and_labours_broken_bungy_and_why_parties_need_to_grow_up.mp3
- [What do you do with a problem like Winston?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/e6dbf50de0f8) (2023-09-28, 44 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1695870459/audio/caucus/caucus-20230928-1500-what_do_you_do_with_a_problem_like_winston.mp3
- [The electorate swing, Labour limbo and Luxon-Hipkins two-step](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/277a6b4ffea3) (2023-09-21, 46 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1695269700/audio/caucus/caucus-20230921-1500-the_electorate_swing_labour_limbo_and_luxon-hipkins_two-step.mp3
- [National, ACT & NZ First: Delivering the sun or just beach cricket?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/3211c052eb19) (2023-09-14, 42 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1694665660/audio/caucus/caucus-20230914-1400-national_act_and_nzf_delivering_the_sun_or_just_beach_cricket.mp3
- [A campaign of fear and loathing? Nah, the facts matter more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/92cae81d6446) (2023-09-07, 43 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1694061837/audio/caucus/caucus-20230907-0500-caucus_792023_web.mp3
- [Money or the bag: Major parties crashing into the centre](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/19569422d421) (2023-08-31, 37 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1693460179/audio/caucus/caucus-20230831-1400-caucus_thursday_318.mp3
- [Don't stop believing: ACT hits fawke in the road as Labour falls & National stalls](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/999d300033b4) (2023-08-24, 47 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1692845917/audio/caucus/caucus-20230824-1200-act_hits_fawke_in_the_road_labour_falls_national_stalls.mp3
- [National's yin and yang v Labour's frugal fear factor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/11e04d55e262) (2023-08-17, 37 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1692238287/audio/caucus/caucus-20230817-1400-nationals_yin_and_yang_v_labours_frugal_fear_factor.mp3
- [Campaigns rev into gear over climate, dentalcare and cellphones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/6aa3d66e29d0) (2023-08-10, 38 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1691630285/audio/caucus/caucus-20230810-1400-caucus_ep2.mp3
- [Missing in Action: Kingmakers, popular leaders, tax policy & something to believe in](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/583d39b397d1) (2023-08-03, 43 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1691025823/audio/caucus/caucus-20230803-1400-caucus_2023_-_ep1.mp3
- [Explaining The Red Tide: Kiwis hug Jacinda back as Labour breaks records](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/8cc7d2ad89a4) (2020-10-22, 52 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128549/audio/caucus/caucus-20201022-1400-the_red_tide_kiwis_hug_jacinda_back_as_labour_breaks_records.mp3
- [Wealth, weight, winners and the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/b7b462178086) (2020-10-15, 40 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128543/audio/caucus/caucus-20201015-1400-caucus.mp3
- [Collins & Peters on thin ice as Ardern finds her feet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/5267b9cc08f4) (2020-10-08, 42 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128529/audio/caucus/caucus-20201008-1400-collins_and_peters_on_thin_ice_as_ardern_finds_her_feet.mp3
- [Collins goes vote plucking, while Peters makes 'last stand'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/3eda9660f16f) (2020-10-01, 47 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128524/audio/caucus/caucus-20201001-1300-collins_goes_vote_plucking_while_peters_makes_last_stand.mp3
- [Sending out the political assassins as National shoots itself in the foot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/421518a4a220) (2020-09-24, 49 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128512/audio/caucus/caucus-20200924-1300-national_shoots_itself_in_the_foot.mp3
- [Gulliver's Election... and is Labour angling to govern alone?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/0a898de77221) (2020-09-17, 41 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128506/audio/caucus/caucus-20200917-1300-gullivers_election_and_is_labour_angling_to_govern_alone.mp3
- [Timid tax, debating debates and say hello to Kinder Collins](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/5a777316b3fb) (2020-09-10, 44 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128496/audio/caucus/caucus-20200910-1200-timid_tax_debating_debates_and_say_hello_to_kinder_collins.mp3
- [The naughty prefect and the 'single source of truth'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/4a80995b778e) (2020-09-03, 44 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128489/audio/caucus/caucus-20200903-1400-caucus_the_naughty_prefect_and_the_single_source_of_truth.mp3
- [Lockdown let-downs, leg-ups & two swing seats](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/2d648e6a5859) (2020-08-27, 44 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128481/audio/caucus/caucus-20200827-1400-lockdown_let-downs_leg-ups_and_two_swing_seats.mp3
- [Test fail: Is Labour bordering on trouble?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/bbf47d8b6edd) (2020-08-20, 36 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128471/audio/caucus/caucus-20200820-1400-test_fail_is_labour_bordering_on_trouble.mp3
- ['Didn't that escalate quickly?'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/5b962c5eca3e) (2020-08-13, 39 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128463/audio/caucus/caucus-20200813-1400-didnt_that_escalate_quickly.mp3
- [This election is brought to you by the letter C](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/2747305045d7) (2020-08-06, 47 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128455/audio/caucus/caucus-20200806-1200-this_election_is_brought_to_you_by_the_letter_c.mp3
- [We're Coming Back](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/3070ef4f3f04) (2020-07-21, 1 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128443/audio/caucus/caucus-20200721-1300-were_back.mp3
- [Coalition negotiations, THAT press conference & the supermarket dash](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/e53f18aeb557) (2017-09-27, 40 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128440/audio/caucus/caucus-20170928-0945-caucus_13.mp3
- [How to win elections & influence things](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/79dc5dee5ba1) (2017-09-21, 36 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128427/audio/caucus/caucus-20170921-1044-caucuc_21_sept.mp3
- [Tax attacks & the price of Winston](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/77daaae16d52) (2017-09-14, 32 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128419/audio/caucus/caucus-20170914-1311-caucus_14_september.mp3
- [The truth hole, debates in the dock & what a government looks like](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/55bec668d769) (2017-09-06, 38 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128409/audio/caucus/caucus-20170907-1000-caucus_7_september.mp3
- [Where's Winston: Super stuff-ups & inside the leaders debates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/1863aa3bbd74) (2017-08-30, 32 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128401/audio/caucus/caucus-20170831-1000-wheres_winston_super_stuff-ups_and_inside_the_leaders_debates.mp3
- [Everybody was PREFU fighting...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/3422a7582acd) (2017-08-24, 25 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128392/audio/caucus/caucus-20170824-1220-they_were_prefu_fighting_dunne_dusted_and_when_minors_attack.mp3
- [Aus Wars, The Empire Taxes Back & The Return of the Parker](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/3c610d8acec3) (2017-08-17, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128385/audio/caucus/caucus-20170817-1210-aus_wars_the_empire_taxes_back_and_the_return_of_the_parker.mp3
- [How Metiria Turei saved the Labour Party](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/4aaf8cef4c37) (2017-08-09, 29 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128378/audio/caucus/caucus-20170810-1000-caucus_10_august.mp3
- [The Jacinda Effect: What’s really changed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/84ac8b3ec427) (2017-08-02, 29 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128368/audio/caucus/caucus-20170803-1027-the_jacinda_effect_whats_really_changed.mp3
- [Dirty(ish) deals, the nerdy truth about immigration & poverty… & more Metiria](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/a7de350b9348) (2017-07-27, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128357/audio/caucus/caucus-20170727-1030-dirtyish_deals_and_the_nerdy_truth_about_immigration_and_poverty.mp3
- [Tax & spend, Māori seats and the confessions of a co-leader](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/c35cc5954a50) (2017-07-19, 29 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128354/audio/caucus/caucus-20170720-1030-tax_and_spend_maori_seats_and_the_confessions_of_a_co-leader.mp3
- [Fighting for families and the Greens' secondary explosive device](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/7388524661f2) (2017-07-12, 27 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128341/audio/caucus/caucus-20170713-1030-caucus_ep_2_-_13th_july.mp3
- [Coalition building and bashing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1256771250/bc6b42a35b4a) (2017-07-06, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1710128333/audio/stories/story-20170706-1900-coalition_building_and_bashing.mp3

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