# Paula Bennett
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Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is a New Zealand politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand between December 2016 and October 2017. She served as the Deputy Leader of the National Party from 2016 to 2020 and as MP for Upper Harbour from 2014 to 2020.
Bennett previously represented the electorate of Waitakere, which was abolished prior to the 2014 general election.
The question that saved Dame Sophie Pascoe’s life
Dame Sophie Pascoe joins Paula Bennett to discuss life beyond elite swimming, the challenges of motherhood with a disability, and the severe depression she experienced after the Tokyo Paralympics were postponed.
She reflects on the teammates who recognised she was struggling, the simple question...
From murderer to doctor of psychology: Paul Wood on making real change
At 18, Paul Wood was convicted of murder and sent to prison. Eleven years later, he left with undergraduate and master’s degrees, before going on to earn a doctorate in psychology.
Dr Wood joins Paula Bennett to discuss the environment that shaped his early life, the reality of maximum-security ...
Why Charlotte Glennie still believes in journalism
Award-winning journalist Charlotte Glennie joins Paula Bennett to reflect on a remarkable career that took her across Asia and into some of the world’s biggest stories.
She opens up about the eight-metre fall in Croatia that nearly killed her, the long recovery that followed, reporting on the af...
Mark Law on the daring Whakaari rescue that saved lives
Former NZSAS soldier Mark Law has lived the kind of life that barely sounds real. He completed SAS selection at just 18, survived a terrifying parachuting accident, worked armed security around diamond operations in Angola, hunted deer from helicopters and nearly died from a flesh-eating disease....
Ep341: Hon James Meager; Minister for Hunting and Fishing
James Meager is the Minister for the South Island, Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Minister for Youth, and Associate Minister of Transport. He is the MP for Rangitata electorate which runs from the Rakaia River in the north to Timaru in the south.
James was born and raised in Timaru where he no...
Brooke van Velden on leaving politics and what comes next
Brooke van Velden is preparing to leave Parliament after six years as an MP and three as a Cabinet minister.
At just 33, she could have had decades of political life ahead of her. Instead, van Velden says she wants to find out what else is out there — as she also prepares for another major chang...
Chris Hipkins on the conversation that changed everything
What makes Chris Hipkins tick away from the political spotlight?
In the first of two conversations with the major party leaders, Paula Bennett asks Hipkins about his Lower Hutt childhood, his student protest days and the unexpected conversation that put him on the path to becoming prime minister...
John Aiken on the Nigel Latta advice that stayed with him
John Aiken is used to giving advice on Married at First Sight. But when he needed help with his own parenting, he turned to Nigel Latta.
Returning to Ask Me Anything, John joins Paula Bennett to discuss bringing Nigel’s work to the screen in Lessons on Living, coping with grief and the three pri...
Christopher Luxon on the six-page birth plan his midwife rejected
Christopher Luxon had a six-page birth plan ready for the arrival of his first child. The midwife had other ideas.
The Prime Minister joins Paula Bennett on Ask Me Anything to talk about his childhood, marriage, keeping politics out of family life and the unexpected opportunity that brought him ...
The Bell Rang Eleven Times - Then Someone Vanished Without Records
The Bell Rang Eleven Times - Then Someone Vanished Without RecordsA cold bell rang eleven deliberate strokes at 6:42 a.m. on April 9, 2011 - despite a steel yoke, removed rope, sealed door, and a padlock that had kept that bell silent for forty-seven years. Who was the woman the archives name as ...
