Politics and the City

There are less than 100 days until the election. We talk about Vic Crone releasing policy, the fight over the port and Mark Thomas's more famous namesake. We recorded with microphones this week so the sound is considerably improved.

This is a frankenstein of an episode we have pulled together from an recording we did the week of the budget, which we thought was lost forever! We talk about some budget stuff, Council comms, and introduce a new segment.

We are finally back! Sorry for being away so long, we missed you. This episode we look back at the developments around housing, mostly covering the central governments attempts to deal with the definitely not a crisis. Check out our fancy new website that will soon have content on it at https://politicsandthe.city !

We are back in studio discussing a book by John Palino, which candidate makes the best burgers, and whats going on with this election. We also fail to explain the ADHB and AECT election.

An off site recording this week means the audio quality is lower but the conversation is top notch as we discuss the tension amongst the two centre right factions of auckland politics.

This week a look at Vic Crones first policy, why Phil Goff is talking to National party members, and we decide maybe money doesn't make a difference. Or maybe it does.

In this fourth episode we talk about two recent articles concerning Vic Crone, have a freewheeling discussion about housing as an issue, and Ryan explains why Northern Rodney shouldn't secede from the Supercity

In our third episode we talk about what would make Phil Goff stop campaigning, why berms and beggars are the same thing, and which council candidate got shot at in Soweto

In our second episode we talk about why the candidates care about building a stadium on the waterfront, why barely anyone voted in 2013, and why more people might vote this year. Follow us @ryanmearns and @leroybeckett and let us know what you want to hear about!

The first episode. We go through the candidates for mayor and figure out how to do a podcast