On Q+A This Week
SUNDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER, 9AM

On the programme this Sunday, the America's Cup. What's next and what's the government promising the team and the country if we win?

Also on Q+A, are we paying too much for broadband? A new consumer group says "yes" and that the government is protecting big business not internet users.

Who do you want running the country? We have the very latest poll, and we talk people, tax and unity with David Cunliffe and his deputy David Parker.

And we line up the pros and cons of a 12-country trade deal New Zealand wants to be part of and hear how it could end up hitting you where it hurts… in the pocket.

On the panel this week, political scientist Dr Claire Robinson from Massey University, Unite Union leader Matt McCarten and NZ Herald columnist Fran O'Sullivan.

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