Focus on Politics

This weekly podcast from the 新西兰广播电台 press gallery team in Wellington delivers inside knowledge on what’s happening in Parliament and the Beehive. Recent episodes focus on a political poll showing the race between the centre-right and centre-left parties has tightened and on controversial comments made by Green Party MP Tamatha Paul that police beat patrols made some Kiwis feel less safe.

Peter Ellis, the creche case and me podcast

This series from Newsroom’s investigations editor Melanie Reid tells the inside story of the prosecution of Christchurch creche worker Peter Ellis in the 1990s. He faced charges of child sexual abuse for which he was eventually imprisoned before having his convictions quashed after his death 2019. Reid interviewed Ellis in private during his trial and those recordings feature in this podcast series.

The Commune

Journalists Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into the history of the infamous Centrepoint commune run by spiritual leader Bert Potter in Albany, Auckland, in this 12-part podcast series from Stuff. Dudding and Bingham spent almost two years investigating Centrepoint, which left many of its residents with trauma they’re still dealing with decades later. Potter and others faced various charges over child sex abuse and drug crimes.