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Sick of tame leaders’ debates? Watch this Youth Wings one instead

Sick of tame leaders’ debates? Watch this Youth Wings one instead

Sometimes those with the least experience give the best answers.

By Youth Wings | 22nd September, 2023

Jas McIntosh (Photo: Youth Wings)

The Young Labour chair who refuses to be in a centrist party

No capital gains tax, no wealth tax and no more Jacinda Ardern – but hold Jas McIntosh damned if she's part of a centrist party.

By Youth Wings | 19th September, 2023

Keegan Langeveld (Image: Youth Wings)

Selling NZ First as a young person

Young NZ First’s national chairman and Dunedin candidate Keegan Langeveld battles with 'preconceived ideas' about the party.

By Youth Wings | 15th September, 2023

Young Act’s Ollie Murphy (Photo: The Spinoff)

The making of a Young Act member

Young Act president Ollie Murphy explains how his Labour-voting parents accidentally created the ‘perfect’ Act voter.

By Youth Wings | 13th September, 2023

Marama Davidson moments before the incident

‘He actually hit me’: The moment Marama Davidson was struck by a motorbike

Footage of a motorcyclist clipping the Green Party co-leader was captured during filming for the second season of The Spinoff’s Youth Wings series.

By Youth Wings | 7th September, 2023

Young Nat Dallas Kete (Photo: Youth Wings)

The political upbringing of a Young Nat

In episode one of Youth Wings, Young Nat Dallas Kete visits her hometown to reminisce on how her childhood led her straight into politics.

By Youth Wings | 6th September, 2023

Image: Tina Tiller

Watch every episode of Youth Wings, New Zealand’s youngest political documentary series

Watch the show that went behind the O Week stalls to get to know some of the youngest and most passionate members of Aotearoa’s main political parties.

By Youth Wings | 20th August, 2021

Youth Wings: The election year debate we’ve been waiting for is here

Youth Wings: The election year debate we’ve been waiting for is here

Summer reissue: The stars of Youth Wings brought the banter, and the party slogans, to the Auckland Town Hall earlier this year for a very special election year debate.

By Youth Wings | 9th January, 2021

Young National’s Northern region chairperson Aryana Nafissi (Photo: Eddy Fifield)

Youth Wings: Finding a second family in the Young Nats

Summer reissue: The chair of the Northern Young Nats says her party feels like a family, and they’re sticking together despite the political turmoil of 2020.

By Youth Wings | 8th January, 2021

Young Act president Felix Poole (Photo: Eddy Fifield)

Young Act isn’t like other youth wings

Young Act's president loves the freedom his party’s youth wing has to speak out and advocate for radical policy ideas. But are there certain lines that need to be drawn within the youth wing itself?

By Youth Wings | 7th January, 2021