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On this week\'s podcast:
\\nFormer Finance Minister, now business consultant Steven Joyce, considers the current state of NZ politics and the run-up to the October election.
\\nWhat does National need to do to capture the treasury benches, and what are Labour\\u2019s chances of repelling them?
\\nWe talk the \\xa0state of the economy in both NZ\\xa0and Australia, and the temperature of democracy.
\\nWe compare the reportage on Jacinda Ardern\\u2019s resignation.
\\nAnd we start the New Year Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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