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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

Youth Wings, series two: Coming soon to The Spinoff (Image: Archi Banal)

The best news you’ll hear all election cycle: Youth Wings is returning to The Spinoff

Join the next generation of Aotearoa politicians on the campaign trail, and watch them debate, in series two of Youth Wings – coming soon.

By Toby Manhire | 31st July, 2023

Editor-at-large

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

Not sure what to watch this lockdown? We’ve got you covered. (Image: Tina Tiller)

What to binge watch this lockdown

Because you really should have watched Friday Night Lights by now.

By Sam Brooks | 19th August, 2021

Contributing writer

The best of The Spinoff’s video series

The best of The Spinoff’s video series

Need something else to watch this week? Try these.

By The Spinoff | 4th March, 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

Young Greens Matariki Roche (Ngāti Raukawa) and Danielle Marks (Te Arawa) (Photo: Eddy Fifield)

Youth Wings: The Young Greens holding space at the table

Summer reissue: Right from day one, the Green Party has been a party led by co-leaders. That philosophy extends to the party’s youth wing, where two co-convenors represent the party's next generation.

By Youth Wings | 6th January, 2021

Youth Wings: The Young Labour leader keeping it real, and realistic

Summer reissue: While other youth wings propose radical policies and push for change, Young Labour’s Princes Street chairperson is taking a more pragmatic approach.

By Youth Wings | 5th January, 2021

Young NZ First chairman Jay McLaren-Harris (Photo: Eddy Fifield)

Youth Wings: The moment that made a teenager decide to join NZ First

Summer reissue: The Young NZ First chairman always dreamed of meeting Winston Peters. Then one day on the main street of Dargaville, his dream came true.

By Youth Wings | 4th January, 2021

Young NZ First chairman Jay McLaren-Harris (Photo: Eddy Fifield)

Best of 2020: Youth Wings meets the chairman of Young NZ First

All this week we're looking back on some of the best videos published on The Spinoff in 2020. Today, Youth Wings introduces Jay McLaren-Harris, chairman of Young NZ First.

By Youth Wings | 17th December, 2020

Image: Alice Webb-Liddall

The debate proving the Youth Wings kids are Auckland Uni’s least cooked students

Baby Back Benches showed us the future of politics; but the future of the public doesn't look good.

By Josie Adams | 14th October, 2020

Contributing writer

Image: Tina Tiller

Youth Wings, the omnibus: just like the election campaign but better and less old

Watch all six episodes of the documentary series that goes behind the O Week stalls to get to know some of the youngest and most passionate members of New Zealand’s main political parties.

By Youth Wings | 28th August, 2020

Seven MPs who got their start in youth wings – and one who didn’t

Seven MPs who got their start in youth wings – and one who didn’t

A selection of politicians take us down memory lane to explain how they got their start in politics, teenage hair choices and all.

By Sherry Zhang | 27th August, 2020

Contributing writer