Byron and Maddy take you through the big ticket items of the week; the teachers strike, the ongoing ferry chaos and what's happening in the woeful world of banking.

We all agree that we have historically under-invested in infrastructure, but we haven’t yet had a proper debate as to why that is the case. And without that, it’s likely we will make the same underinvestment all over again.

We're all over the floods this week. The cyclone, climate change and the governments response, alongside the big questions like what on earth happens next and how do we pay for it?

We’re back to unpack the big news stories of the summer! If a week is a long time in politics, a summer is a lifetime.

We round out the 12 biggest stories of 2022 and gaze into our magic ball for what 2023 will bring.

We cover off the Finnish PM’s visit, nurses pay equity, Three Waters entrenchment. We are joined by Mt Roskill Primary Principal Mike O’Reilly for an incredible interview about the state of education.

We recap highlights from APEC to G20, clinical training for student nurses, and have a respectable debate about boot camps for naughty kids. Andrew Hoggard from Federated farmers talks emissions pricing and rural communities.

Maddy and Byron run through the U.S midterms, the Labour Party conference and the banks and fuel companies. Byron talks museums with Adele Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive at Museums Aotearoa.

It’s a post match report on the local government elections this week. how much of this did we see coming? What were the major issues and lessons?

We run you through the big Auckland issues, and interview Auckland mayoral candidate Wayne Brown.

We take you through the Wellington local election, and sit down with mayoral candidates Tory Whanau, Paul Eagle and Andy Foster.

We take you through the beehive dramas of the week - both emergency housing and GST, dodgy dealings, and the Northland lockdown saga.

We take you through the Parliament protest fizzer, and discuss the Wellington Report with Simon Arcus from the Chamber of Commerce.

Maddy and Byron are back with another rapid fire weekly recap.

Maddy and Byron ask the big questions, like “is a soap opera the answer to the nursing shortage?”

Aloha from Te Puke! Jackson Rowland, head of impact investment at Ākina chats with us about social enterprise.

We are joined by Stuff journalist Dileepa Fonseka, who takes us through the weird and wonderful world of journalism.

We are joined by the Iron Duke himself, Mr 305, Phil O’Reilly ONZM, to discuss his recent trip to the OECD and insights.

We are joined by Neeraj Lala, CEO of Toyota New Zealand, to talk the future of mobility.