Nick is joined in the studio today by Finance Minister Nicola Willis for her monthly catch-up.

This week news broke over a verbal dispute between journalists at Nicola Willis's pre-budget office drinks. Nick gets to the bottom of what happened, and why it took nearly a year to reveal to the public.

Then with the public spats between the Prime Minister, Willis and Winston Peters - is the coalition collapsing, coming up to election time. And who is making the decisions - Peters or Luxon?

Willis also discusses the mood in the country with fuel hikes and global uncertainty. When will we see improvement, and how is the budget looking? 

And how did the caucus meeting and vote of confidence go?

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