The Final Final Countdown

INTRODUCING Quarantine Nation. A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down.  Is it really six years since Adam and Eugene were stuck at home and started making Coronavirus NZ – a daily podcast about Covid, which then morphed into the election podcast Tick.Tick? Well, yes it is. And now the've gone and made a whole new eight-part narrative series about Covid. So ... in the unlikely event your smartphone is still delivering you episodes on the Tick.Tick/Coronavirus feed, we'd like to reward your loyalty with the chance to hear ep 1 of this new pod: QUARANTINE NATION. If you like it, there's another whole 7 eps in the series, so go subscribe to Quarantine Nation wherever you get your podcasts, or follow the links on this page: ⁠Quarantine Nation Player Links⁠, Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for your new favourite politics pod? Look no further! Tova is back for 2024. In this weeks episode, Tova brings you the full story of one of the most significant Waitangi weekends for many years. Like what you're hearing? Follow on Apple or Spotify to make sure you don't miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sure, Tick Tick is 'Stuff's 2020 Election Podcast', but we never specified WHICH country's election, did we? So, now that NZ's electoral process is pretty much wound up, we turn our attention to the rolling maul that is the 2020 US presidential election. What’s it all about? Is Trump really that bad? What on earth is the electoral college? And why is Eugene expressing his gratitude to an oven-cooked tuber in the medium of song? Special (American) guests: columnist Tracey Barnett and politics senior lecturer Dr Maria Armoudian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So that’s it, Tick Tickers – the election’s over. Yet many questions remain about the shape and direction of New Zealand’s new government. So we get the lowdown from Stuff political editor Luke Malpass and senior reporter Andrea Vance. Then we check in with Covid-19 modeller Dr Shaun Hendy to find out what the virus has in store for the coming three years. Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One day out from New Zealand’s 2020 election, Associate Professor Grant Duncan assesses the mood of the nation, and also warns what might follow if this is indeed Winston Peters’ last stand. Stuff’s Pou Tiaki editor Carmen Parahi joins us to explain what to watch in the Māori seats – and the intriguing tactical voting possibly at play. And Adam serves up a very special word soup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Tick Tick back-catalogue: Come join us on a whistle-stop tour of NZ’s voting system, featuring dogs in polling places, babies in perambulators, and a trip deep into the Indian jungle. Seriously! Plus Adam and Eugene re-enact a dramatic political storming-out. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two ticks good – four ticks better. Alongside the general election this year, New Zealanders get to vote on two referendum questions - one about euthanasia and the other about cannabis. A week out from polling day, Adam and Eugene hit the streets to ask voters if there are things they need to know before they make their choices. And then, with the help of Stuff reporters Hannah Martin and Joel MacManus, they find the answers. Plus: David Seymour and Chlöe Swarbrick get just 90 seconds each to make their last-minute cases. Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the side of the stage minutes before the leaders went head-to-head, to the corridors swarming with diplomatic protection squad police, Adam and Eugene had back stage passes at The Press Leaders Debate. In this special episode, they bring you all the colour, and ponder what it all means. With polling day looming, what did it tell us about Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tick. Tick flies south for round three of the Ardern-vs-Collins clashes: the infamous Press Leaders Debate. A full-length behind-the-scenes episode is coming very, very soon – but while you’re waiting, here’s a quick-fire late-night breakdown of the debate, featuring analysis from Andrea Vance and Carol Hirschfeld, and another rich serving of Adam’s leaders-debate word-soup. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polls are like drugs to political junkies, providing ever-higher highs the closer the election gets. But are they as reliable as some people think – or should they be banned, like others say? Pollster David Farrar, who carries out private polls for National, joins the show to explain the good, the bad and the ugly of polls. We also put him on the spot to predict the election outcome, and set out how National could win. Adam and Eugene give the flaming wheel of policy another spin, and enjoy a banger of a politics playlist. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices