The Huddle: Unpacking the fallout from Dirty Work's release

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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026, 7:43pm

Dirty Work author Nicky Hager and Jordan Williams, leader of the NZ Taxpayers' Union on which the book focused.

Tonight on The Huddle, Auckland Councillor Maurice Williamson and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

Both Labour and National have released new policies based around Fire and Emergency NZ - with Labour calling for a review and National pledging to make Fire and Emergency a departmental agency directly accountable to the Emergency Management Minister. Do we think reform is the way to go? Which approach is better?

Nicky Hager has released his new book, Dirty Work, and it's centred around the Taxpayers' union and leader Jordan Williams - and it features some controversial allegations. What do we make of this?

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