{"podcast":{"title":"Politics NZ","slug":"politics-nz-7561226","podcast_index_feed_id":7561226,"rss_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcasts/acast/politics-nz.rss","website_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz","image_url":"https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--MJsntJH5--/t_kt-podcast-external-cover-feeds/4JV48MY_politics_nz_external_cover_v2_png.jpg?_a=BAMAMiiu0.jpg","author":"RNZ","episode_count":170,"summary":"If you follow New Zealand politics, you'll want to follow Politics NZ. Get Nine to Noon Politics, The Whip, Morning Report's politicians panel, Focus on Politics, The House, & Context all in one feed.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T06:20:32.654485+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-nz-7561226"},"episode":{"title":"The Whip for 15 April 2026","slug":"the-whip-for-15-april-2026","published_at":"2026-04-15T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-nz-7561226/the-whip-for-15-april-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-nz-7561226","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/politics-nz?share=9ecaa444-c2bc-4b75-9c63-bb6c96206d50","audio_url":"https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1776240421/audio/panel/panel-20260415-1935-the_whip_for_15_april_2026.mp3","summary":"Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Ruwani Perera, Marian Hobbs, and David Farrar. On the show tonight: Is New Zealand about to have its third Covid election? Punters suggest that in a pessimistic economic era, National might be pivoting campaign strategy to once again draw to mind the memories of Covid-19 and its management under Labour. Also, Paul Goldsmith has revealed the Broadcasting Standards Authority could soon be on the chopping block. Is New Zealand's fuel plan going to carry us through the crisis? And as one commentator suggests, is it time to bring back Helen Clark? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details","meta_description":"Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of politics. He is joined by panellists Ruwani Perera, Marian Hobbs, and David Farrar. On the sho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1643,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-nz-7561226/episodes/the-whip-for-15-april-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-nz-7561226/the-whip-for-15-april-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}