In this week's edition of Politics Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Labour MP Ginny Andersen spoke with Nick Mills about the new data showing expected time on Jobseeker and other main benefits has risen sharply in the past four years.

They also addressed the rise in unemployment reported this week, how commemorations went at Waitangi Day, cutbacks to CCTV monitoring in Wellington and the future of the Interislander ferries.

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