Friday Faceoff with Peter Dunne and Fleur Fitzsimmons
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- Fri, 28 Aug 2026, 12:47pm
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It's time for Friday Faceoff, Nick is joined in the studio by former minister and political commentator Peter Dunne and National Secretary of Public Service Association to debate the top stories of the week.
Kicking off the faceoff is the claim we need $5 billion more invested into health. Our panel debate the issues within our public health system.
Dunne, a former Minister of Health, says what he learnt during his tenure was "we don't lack the resources in New Zealand to provide for a comprehensive health care system, we are very bad at our organisation of it".
Councillor Karl Tiefenbacher says the Labour aligned councillors are meeting before votes to determine which way they will go. Nick and our panel butt heads over whether this should be common practice.
Plus, what is happening with violence towards our politicians? Is this the norm for New Zealand now?
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