Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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New Zealand First's "Kiwi Kids" grant offers employed Kiwi parents up to 15,000 dollars per child in a bid to lift the country's declining birth rate. But is cash enough to convince Kiwis to have more babies, and is it even moral? Andrew is joined by the Democracy Project's Dr Bryce Edwards, civil liberties advocate Arian Tashakkori, and LifeNet's Brendan Malone to unpack the policy, Winston Peters' recent Parliament clash, and what viewers had to say.

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Timestamps
1:49 Arian Tashakkori
5:38 Dr Bryce Edwards
11:46 Brendan Malone

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