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Polling, ex-PMs, dickheadery and a goat sacrifice

Polling, ex-PMs, dickheadery and a goat sacrifice

Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas discuss David Seymour and the second half of the term, Jim Bolger and Jacinda Ardern and their Chris-themed successors, and Chris Bishop being called a dickhead at the Aotearoa Music Awards.

Gone By Lunchtime

June 3, 202540m 50s

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Show Notes

We're officially in the second half of the term, a milestone marked by the historic handover of the hallowed deputy prime minister amulet from Winston Peters to David Seymour.  The moment comes with pageantry, a flurry of interviews and a pair of new polls, which deliver intriguing, and sometimes divergent results. Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas pore over the results and what they mean for the parties and the politicians in the post-budget, post-pay-equity-reshape wash-up. Plus: Jim Bolger and Jacinda Ardern have boh been in the headlines in recent days. What do these returns tell us about the performance of their Chris-themed successors? And Chris Bishop found himself in a media moshpit after the Aotearoa Music Awards for calling the Stan Walker parade "crap" and earning the most painful denunciation imaginable: being called a dickhead by New Zealand treasure Don McGlashan.

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