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Tim Watkin retweeted
Here is a “serious consideration” - we long ago ruled out working with this bunch of pinko communists.
It must be hard for the slow learning naive consultants who had to advertise for their leader - and even harder for their mainstream media fellow travellers.
NEW Caucus episode out now: get it while it’s hot. With special guest @julianwilcox taking us through the Maori electorates. Also, those polls huh? How many overhang seats? podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcas…
Tim Watkin retweeted
I always vote on the first day. Today is the first day of voting so I went to the Wainuiomata advance voting place at the hall. It is closed. A disgrace. Along with early roll closing it is looking like the voter suppression you expect from Trump or Hungary not here in Aotearoa.
Enjoy this week’s episode with @jo_moir, @craigmcculloch, and me. We talk about AI ads… and even made a couple! open.spotify.com/episode/0Xp…
Tim Watkin retweeted
Green MP still waiting for Peters to apologise or be disciplined over 'racist' comments newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/23/gr…
OUT NOW: A new episode of Caucus. Get inside Election 2026. In time for your drive home or to accompany your meal prep or to lull you to sleep. podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcas…
Tim Watkin retweeted
How organised crime and dodgy building contractors formed a profitable marriage of convenience. I talk to the brilliant Jared Savage for my latest @TheDetailNZ podcast @NewsroomNZ @radionz
The dirty money and dodgy deals infiltrating NZ's building trade newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/15/th…
NEW: Caucus with @jo_moir, @craigmcculloch, and me… which policies might shift the dial, what we’re hearing about National pivots and panics, and the leaders debate… podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcas…
22 mins of gold. 😉
Five weeks out, The Detail sits down with two political journos to look at who's safe, who's vulnerable, and who's set to lose their job. My latest podcast for @TheDetailNZ @GuyonEspiner @Tim_Watkin
'Very, very tight race' puts election on a knife edge newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/01/ve…
Tim Watkin retweeted
The humble Lego brick is having a moment, its resurgence coinciding with a government push to get children off their devices. My latest @TheDetailNZ podcast on @NewsroomNZ @rnz_news
Lego defies the market odds and builds a profit newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/25/le…
Worth a listen!
Luxon & Hipkins in a 'bit of a death spiral'. With less than 2 months to go until the election, I sit down with 2 political journalists to talk polls, policies & whether the leaders of the big parties will survive @TheDetailNZ @NewsroomNZ @Tim_Watkin
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/10/lu…
Tim Watkin retweeted
Luxon & Hipkins in a 'bit of a death spiral'. With less than 2 months to go until the election, I sit down with 2 political journalists to talk polls, policies & whether the leaders of the big parties will survive @TheDetailNZ @NewsroomNZ @Tim_Watkin
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/10/lu…
Comedian Brynley Stent has some hilarious feline fantasies. This is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats like you’ve never heard it before. podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcas…
Making sense of the political week… podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcas…
Feeling naughty New Zealand?
open.spotify.com/show/0342Ng…
So does resolution = resignation or reassertion?
It is clear from various media reports and conversations there is increased speculation about my leadership.
It is my firm belief that division and disunity are a major distraction only 90 days out from the election. I also believe this distraction is unfair to the New Zealand people, and dedicated National Party candidates, supporters and volunteers, when there is so much at stake.
For these reasons, this issue needs to be resolved quickly, and I am calling an urgent in-person Caucus meeting tomorrow at 9:30am in Wellington to resolve the issue.
Tim Watkin retweeted
It is clear from various media reports and conversations there is increased speculation about my leadership.
It is my firm belief that division and disunity are a major distraction only 90 days out from the election. I also believe this distraction is unfair to the New Zealand people, and dedicated National Party candidates, supporters and volunteers, when there is so much at stake.
For these reasons, this issue needs to be resolved quickly, and I am calling an urgent in-person Caucus meeting tomorrow at 9:30am in Wellington to resolve the issue.
