Tame and Tova

Latest episodes

• No more Mr. Nice Guy

  October 29, 2026 · 32 min

  Voting's begun and the gloves are off! This week, journalist, broadcaster and political commentator Mani Dunlop joins Jack and Tova to try and figure out why everyone's so negative, and whether any politicians are rising above the fray.

• The secondhand cringe of it all

  October 22, 2026 · 30 min

  Jack and Tova are joined by broadcasting QUEEN Stacey Morrison to talk through a week in politics dominated by gangs, gotchas, and get-out-the-vote. Send through your questions - leave us a comment or email tameandtova@tvnz.co.nz

• In case of emergency, break out urine tests

  October 15, 2026 · 30 min

  Political commentator extraordinaire and one of the gals behind the "Three Gals, One Beehive" podcast, Georgina Stylianou joins Jack and Tova to talk debate overload, National stashing away the tea set in Epsom, and Jack's musical theatre…

• Not John Key. Not Helen Clark.

  October 8, 2026 · 33 min

  Jack and Tova are joined by RNZ presenter Guyon Espiner to unpack the biggest stories from the second week of the election campaign, including what really went on behind the scenes at TVNZ's Leaders Debate.

• Tears and Swears

  October 2, 2026 · 41 min

  Jack and Tova are joined by political commentator Ben Thomas to run through the big stories from the first week proper of the election campaign - the triumphant and the trivial, the bottom lines and those bottoming out.

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