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Labour spokesperson for the workplace Jan Tinetti joins us live at 9pm to talk PM Christopher Luxon signalling changes to sick leave twice this morning on duelling breakfast radio shows, although Brooke van Velden, the Minister charged with any changes says it was not something she was looking into. Former Finance Minister, Taxpayers' Union chair and keeper of the crypt Ruth Richardson was on...

Barbara Edmonds and Craig Renney were in Christchurch talking about Govt Budgets and hinting at what Labour will campaign on such as Tax Reform. Emz shares her experience at the event. The govt is being sued by two major entities, Environmental Law Initiative and Lawyers for Climate Action NZ representing 300 lawyers, for regressive climate policies and not meeting it climate emission reduction ta...

A High Court judge has ordered right-wing activist Chantelle Baker to pay a $100,000 bond ahead of a defamation case against Stuff for its disinformation documentary Fire and Fury. We'll show you some never seen before footage tonight from a 2 hour interview Pat had with Baker. Paul Goldsmith and Ginny Anderson were on Breakfast this morning talking the cost of living crisis where it seems the...

LIVE at 9pm we have Alternative Jewish Voices Marilyn Garson joining us to talk about the NZ government joining Britain, Australia, Canada and Norway in banning two 'extremist' Israeli politiciansNZ Herald's Herald NOW programme hosted their political panel today with Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick and ACT Minister Karen Chhour discuss sanctions against Israeli ministers and "ta...

We are excited to have with us live not only the incredible Mihingarangi Forbes but also Eugene Bingham and Annabelle May Lee-Mather, who together are the team that worked on the Mata documentary 'ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda' We're live with the whole super hero team from 9pm, get your popcorn and front row seat for an amazing conve...

As Chewie said on the weekend, Jack Tame wore Brooke van Velden as a hat on this week's Q&A where she looked out of her depth, under prepared and unintelligent when asked to stretch he ideas 1% outside her talking points. It was so very bad she'll probably disappear for the next 6 months like after the last time she was on Q&A. David Seymour and ACT released to full unedited versio...

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are publicly fighting over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill that will see America's debt continue to increase, something that Musk was trying to avoid with his massive cuts to the US public sector. David Seymour heads to Oxford to debate that "no one can be illegal on stolen land", and ultimately loses. Left-wing socialist party The Alliance Party and it'...

Pat and Chewie call in to recount their time at the New Zealand Radio and Podcast Awards in Auckland. Parliament debates Te Pāti Māori's punishment after they left their seats to perform a haka in opposition the the Treaty Principles Bill. Seymour floats a conspiracy that 95.5% of submissions in opposition to his Regulatory Standards Bill were submitted by Bots, but let's have a look at wh...

Dame Marilyn Waring joins us tonight to talk about the Peoples Select Committee which is attempting to give a voice to NZers who would have submitted on the changes to the Fair Pay Act but were denied that chance by this Government passing their legislation under urgency The Prime Minister’s deputy chief press secretary allegedly recorded audio of multiple sessions with Wellington sex workers, and...

Workplace safety rules are changing with Brooke van Velden saying Worksafe needs to stop sweating the small stuff in, if it goes well will not be noticed, and if it goes badly could end in more workplace deaths. theBISH's perspective on Stan Walker's "crap" performance at the AMAs is indicative of this government's attitude towards Māori, the treaty and te reoDavid Seymour wa...

Chris Hipkins talks with Mihingarangi Forbes on MATA, showing a clear lack of conviction and trying to play the centre. Debate lord American Charlie Kirk gets slammed by a history professor, feminist and another debate lord at Oxford University. Journalist Taylor Lorenz explains the "Somebody needs to do it" memes circling the internet, and what it reflects about society after the pandem...

Te Ao with Moana looked at the RSB which they say has "been described as the ‘everything bill’ & the ‘zombie bill’ (because its Act’s 4th attempt to get it through). What is the Regulatory Standards Bill really about?" This government seems not to have friends in the public sector as leaks are such a problem they need to be addressed, which the PM did on Newstalk ZB this morning. Cur...

On Wednesday, Tairāwhiti Gisborne senior doctors went on a second 24-hour strike in the space of four weeks. They had previously written letters to the Government, stating senior doctor vacancies at Gisborne Hospital were at 37% in August 2024 and 44% as of April 2025. The Runit Straight event has claimed it's first life with Ryan Satterthwaite suffering a serious head injury while playing a g...

Te Paati Maori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa Packer and Rawiri Waititi join us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the Privileges Committee, the Regulatory Standards Bill and the drip among other issues and opinions that come up from the live chat and the conversation =================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠============...

Nicola Willis' disastrous Q&A appearance with her attempt to talk up the 1% growth over 20 years and defend the culture of cuts, the lack of growth in her "growth budget", pay equity and child povertyDavid Seymour appeared on NZME's brand now online show, Herald NOW, this morning talking Pay Equity, Regulatory Standards and moreMehdi Hasan appeared on Piers Morgan last week w...

After an incredibly miserable budget announcement yesterday, we've scrapped the bottom of the barrel to find some good news for this week's Friday edition of BHN but there were plenty of memes! Erica Stanford has won over a small portion of the education sector with yesterday's budget - but at what cost? The next generations, Gen Z and Gen alpha, might be our knights in shining armour...

Join us live at 9pm for a wrap of the budget, the headlines, the deep dives and what CTU's Craig Renney and Labour's Barb Edmonds have found in the numbers =================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www. BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com...

Join us at 2pm for the headlines from the Budget as Craig Renney comes our from the lock up and gives is a first look=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www. BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittend...

Te Pati Maori lawyer Tania Waikato joins us live at 9pm to talk about the RSB and also the suspension of the three Te Pati Maori MPs Chloe Swarbrick was on with Guyon Espiner in his show '30' in what was a pretty banal interview with nothing new learned and is demonstrating how so much of the media want to judge the singular action, as opposed to the system that the action is happening wit...

Former Jacinda Ardern advisor Clint Smith joins us to have a pre-budget discussion looking at what the budget is actually about and what happened in the house today and where to from here. Christopher Luxon went on Mike Hosking's radio show and have to explain what Hosking calls "the Maorification" of NZ along with chastising Gerry Brownlee for being fair to TPM and allowing debate o...

Chloe Swarbrick was on Q&A in the weekend and probably can come out of it with a C+ score. Many before Swarbrick haven't been prepared well enough to face Jack Tame, and he asked several questions that the Greens co-leader needed to defer to another time. Overall Swarbrick covered a lot of ground talking alternative budget, inheritance tax, free dental, nurses pay and more. Martyn 'Bom...

The Waitangi Tribunal have called for govt to immediately halt the Regulatory Standards Bill from progressing forward, noting the bill in its current state would constitute a breach of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. A report by the Auditor General found that budget cuts to Oranga Tamariki left the organisation poorly equipped to do its job. Over in the US, Democratic representative Jasm...

Te Pati Mari suspensions are the most sever in NZ parliament history, we'll take a look at what the suspensions areMore fallout from the 'C' word with another ejection from the house todayDon't listen to RFK Jr, at least that's what he thinks. The head of the US equivalent to the Ministery of Health advised people today not to listen to his advice when it comes to health choice...

At the time of preparing this show Craig Renney and the CTU have been banned by Treasury to attend the budget lock up for the first time ever. Along with other third party, non-media groups such as the TPU, Business NZ and the NZ Initiative have also been banned. The company that makes BHN applied for access to the lock up and we'll tell you the whole sordid story tonight after 9pmMarama David...

Veteran activist and protestor John Minto joins us LIVE tonight at 9pm to talk about the findings by the ICPA that police unlawfully pepper-sprayed and arrested him at a pro-Palestinian protest in Christchurch in February 2024Clashes in Parliament today between the Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins over who is lying about the overhaul of the pay equity regime as this continues to be a terrible l...