Welcome to Raw Politics. Today Newsroom launches our new, election year weekly video podcast, with Tim Murphy, Jo Moir and Sam Sachdeva.

Every Friday, near the end of the political week, the three will dissect the big issues and put politicians’ performances under the microscope in a lively 20 minute show aiming to take viewers and listeners inside the beltway.

This week we discuss Stuart Nash's political demise and look forward to Jacinda Ardern's valedictory speech next Wednesday. Then we answer and audience question about Marama Davidson, and recommend some high impact political reading, listening and viewing for your weekend.

Murphy is Newsroom’s co-editor, a former member of the Parliamentary press gallery and editor-in-chief of the NZ Herald, Moir is Newsroom’s political editor and has been in the gallery for nine years also working at Stuff and RNZ, and Sachdeva is our national affairs editor, former political editor and former Stuff political writer.

Watch Raw Politics every week on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@newsroomnz) or download and listen on your favourite podcast app.

Send us your burning political questions to jo.moir@newsroom.co.nz and we’ll endeavour to find out the answer and explain the issues.