On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast with Andrew Dickens for Monday, 8 June, 2026, Labour leader Chris Hipkins defends the process followed by police Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo before being named on the party's list.

Otago University zoology teaching fellow Hanna Ravn tells us what to do if confronted by a sea lion.

We talk to the most talkative MP in Parliament - the Greens' Lawrence Xu-Nan.

And on The Huddle, Maurice Williamson and Josie Pagani give us their take on Labour's list - one of them says it's top-heavy with activists.

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