{"podcast":{"title":"Gone By Lunchtime","slug":"gone-by-lunchtime-449634","podcast_index_feed_id":449634,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TSO9917357719","website_url":"https://thespinoff.co.nz","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b376a3c4-74d7-11ed-8a68-cff0a57fa051/image/1637488180439-221ce0973f29883fe94f2af264c5d261.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Spinoff","episode_count":311,"summary":"A New Zealand politics podcast hosted by The Spinoff's Toby Manhire with Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T12:19:42.960209+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gone-by-lunchtime-449634"},"episode":{"title":"Luxon vs Brown, and how the govt fell so violently out of love with localism","slug":"luxon-vs-brown-and-how-the-govt-fell-so-violently-out-of-love-with-localism","published_at":"2026-08-27T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gone-by-lunchtime-449634/luxon-vs-brown-and-how-the-govt-fell-so-violently-out-of-love-with-localism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gone-by-lunchtime-449634","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSO6429384168.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSO6429384168.mp3","summary":"Christopher Luxon sailed into NZ politics six years ago as a champion of localism. Since becoming prime minister, his government has fallen deeply out of love with devolution. Changes including a rates cap and National’s ruling out of a bed tax have especially irked Wayne Brown, mayor of Auckland and the most powerful local politician in New Zealand. He’s gone from denial to anger to … what exactly? Joel MacManus and Hayden Donnell – fresh from interviewing Brown – join Toby to tell the story. Follow At Large with Toby Manhire now on ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠, or wherever you get your pods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Christopher Luxon sailed into NZ politics six years ago as a champion of localism. Since becoming prime minister, his government has fallen deeply out of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":442,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gone-by-lunchtime-449634/episodes/luxon-vs-brown-and-how-the-govt-fell-so-violently-out-of-love-with-localism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gone-by-lunchtime-449634/luxon-vs-brown-and-how-the-govt-fell-so-violently-out-of-love-with-localism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}