The Tāmaki Makaurau By-election, Amazon Data Centre, and Changes to the Foreign Buyer Ban w/ Labour’s Shanan Halbert: 4 September, 2025

Advance voting is currently open for the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, with the official election day on Saturday.

A Newsroom investigation has questioned the accuracy of Amazon’s claim that it will open several Amazon data centres in Auckland, boosting our economy.

And a new exemption has been announced to the 2018 ban on foreign buyers.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden asked Shanan Halbert about all of these topics.