The Whip 18 February 2026

Join Wallace for New Zealand's most explosive 30 minutes of
politics. He is joined by panellists Ruwani Perera, Jonathan
Milne, and Chris Carter. First, the government ditches the
referendum on a four-year election term, and Winston Peters makes
a head-turning comment in the House. Then, with an intense string
of storms hitting the country already this year, is it time to
take politics out of weather planning? And the first National
Infrastructure Plan poses a similar question.


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