Undercurrents: What does the right really want?
Around the world the centre-right is collapsing and the far-right is insurgent. Is the same about to happen here in New Zealand?
Ollie Neas is joined by political commentator Bryce Edwards and Massey University associate professor Sean Phelan to discuss the state of the New Zealand right in 2026. How has right-wing politics in New Zealand changed over the past decade? And beneath the blustery rhetoric, what does the right really want?
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