

Q+A with Jack Tame
Q+A with Jack Tame
NZ's leading politics programme.
#nzqanda is made with the support of NZ On Air.
#nzqanda is made with the support of NZ On Air.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Nov 11, 2019 • 44min
Ports, Porn, and Boomer-baiting
- Exclusive details on working group plan to move Auckland's port
- Govt backs down on changes to education
- The easy access to violent online porn, and how it affects young people
- Is Roundup's active ingredient ending up in our food supply?

Nov 4, 2019 • 45min
National chooses a Botany candidate
- The Botany candidate election
- What does Winston Peters need to prove to win his civil court case?
- UK High Commissioner Laura Clarke on Brexit and the Māori-UK relationship
- Dr Mel Bunce on the perilous state of NZ journalism
- Former NZ political editors pick stand out moments from their time in the gallery

Oct 21, 2019 • 44min
Cannabis reform debate ft. Paula Bennett and Chloe Swarbrick
- A two-part debate on cannabis reform
- Winston Peters on NZ First and his future
- 100 years since women were first elected to parliament, many female MPs say it's still a sexist environment

Oct 14, 2019 • 45min
Could National + Act govern alone?
- 1 News Colmar Brunton poll results
- Phil Twyford on the Urban Development Authority
-Jami-Lee Ross takes a tour through Botany
- Chief Judge Heemi Taumaunu on transforming justice

Oct 7, 2019 • 43min
How should we remember James Cook?
- Would drug-testing at festivals save lives?
- How should we remember James Cook?
- Why did a Green minister sign off on the sale of land for a massive landfill?
- Are is going to cost more to take stuff to the dump?
- A trip to meet Trump supporters in Arizona

Sep 16, 2019 • 45min
Flight-shaming!
- Megan Woods on how the oil shortage will impact NZ
- Could flight-shaming threaten our tourism industry?
- Louise Nicholas on the Labour sexual assault allegations
- The UK Secretary of State for Trade on Brexit and a free trade deal
- U.S Drug Reform advocate Deborah Small on the NZ cannabis referendum

Sep 9, 2019 • 44min
Can NZ really afford new freshwater standards?
- Freshwater debate
- The Dutch ethicist who once supported his country’s euthanasia laws. But now he’s changed his mind.
- Act Leader David Seymour says it’s a false equivalency to compare Dutch euthanasia laws with his proposed NZ law.
- The new book which analyses how many promises our politicians actually keep?
- After the government scrapped its Kiwibuild targets, why should voters trust any of Labour’s promises ahead of next year’s election?

Sep 2, 2019 • 45min
Philip Morris NZ on Big Tobacco's Future
- Peata Melbourne from Philip Morris defends big tobacco's push on vaping products
- Health Minister David Clark on measles, cancer funding, and vaping
- America's top cyber technology official Robert Strayer on why Huawei shouldn't be allowed to establish NZ's 5G network
- Dr Troy Coyle on why the NZ metals industry cares about wellbeing

Aug 26, 2019 • 45min
Do facts matter in modern political campaigns?
- The dark arts of political advertising in the modern age
- Paul Goldsmith on raising the age of superannuation and National's finance plan
- Meng Foon on racism in NZ, hate speech laws, and a national holiday to commemorate the NZ Wars
- Matthew Hooton and Matt McCarten on the panel

Aug 19, 2019 • 45min
Roger Douglas, Fonterra pay-cuts, and big changes to prison
- Kelvin Davis on the ChCh shooter and the Māori prison population
- Phil Goff vs John Tamihere on Auckland's future
- Damien O'Connor on Fonterra's woes and new compliance costs for farmers
- Sir Roger Douglas on the neo-liberal legacy and politics today