In the latest edition of Politics Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Labour's housing and local government spokesperson Kieran McAnulty discuss the proposed closure of Newshub and if the Government should play a bigger role in supporting media.

They also discussed the Wellington City Council's possible purchase of Reading Cinema land, the repealing of smokefree laws, the government's crackdown on gangs and the ambitions laid by the new Government over housing affordability.

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