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Michel 'Bloody Samoan' Mulipola talks about how he went about creating real consequences for the Destiny Church attackers via social media which led to arrests and the court case. Gary's Economics explains that the problem is the rich are taking everything and the rest of us are being impoverished. Gary looks to the solution, and how we achieve it Protestors and hecklers disrupted New...

Public health leaders say the Government’s insistence on vetting advice from senior public health doctors is unprecedented and deeply concerning and Dr Gary Payinda joins us tonight live at 9pm to talk it over=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www. BHNSh...

Grant Duncan writes on the Conversation as to how our prime minister and opposition party leader stack up on the 'Leadership Capital Index'. Spoiler alert: not very well.=================================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 Facebookww...

Byron Clark on the Christchurch massacre anniversary and the actions of the Free Speech Union=================================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.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on Bl...

Chris Hipkins is with us LIVE at 9pm talking about his state of the nation speech, his focus on tax for the next 18 months and how Labour will win the 2026 election. =================================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/B...

Trump's USA is officially under totalitarian rule, disregarding Federal Judges orders, deporting anyone that he disagrees with, and those that disagree with him, and detaining foreigners entering the country legally without cause. Erica is kept out of the loop of critical information under her portfolio, regarding school lunch programme provider Libelle's liquidation. Brooke van Velden has...

Public health leaders say the Government’s insistence on vetting advice from senior public health doctors is unprecedented and deeply concerning and Dr Gary Payinda joins us tonight live at 9pm to talk it overDavid Seymour has hit out concerns around the censure doctors speaking out, saying he’s “cheering on Simeon [Brown] putting those muppets back in their box”. In doing so, Seymour indicated th...

We've found footage from Brian Tamaki's "sermon" the day after his church members stormed the Te Atatu library where he is explicitly instructing them to "storm the library". We're now wondering how and why he isn't be held to account for inciting violence as some of his church members, who on his instruction, stormed the library are now accused of assaultsSpeci...

Byron Clark on the Christchurch massacre anniversary and the actions of the Free Speech UnionDavid Seymour launches ACT LOCAL and thinks Jesus would vote ACTIsrael breaks ceasefire and bombards Gaza leading to the deaths of at least 200 people as a response to Hamas still holding 59 hostagesDestiny Church associates protesting a Drag Story Time event have been in court for the first time today wit...

Chris Hipkins is with us LIVE at 9pm talking about his state of the nation speech, his focus on tax for the next 18 months and how Labour will win the 2026 election. David Seymour was on on Q&A in the weekend where we saw a more reserved Jack Tame pressing him and several topics including School Lunches, which is what we'll look at tonight. Mahmoud Khalil, a pro Palestinian protestor, gree...

Barbara Edmonds is LIVE at 9pm talking the Government's infrastructure summit that she is attending today, and speaking at tomorrow=================================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 Tw...

Tonight we will discuss the story of a young woman who has spent 13 weeks in hospital and has had her benefit cut to $55 a week. Chris Bishop is seeking input from international investors for a potential upgrade. He has also stated all roads of national significance are up for consideration for tolls. Detective Rogers and Magenta spoke to Aaron Hendry from Kick Back about the issues that homeless...

Dr Olivier Jutel joins us to talk about a NZ DOGE copycat scheme being pushed by Callaghan Innovation and Web3NZ=================================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.@patbrittenden @C...

Barbara Edmonds is LIVE at 9pm talking the Government's infrastructure summit that she is attending today, and speaking at tomorrowKieran McAnulty is jumping into the conversation about school lunches as the company who supplies lunches in his district is the one that has just gone bankrupt. He is calling for the contract to go back to the previous suppliers to get healthy lunches back onto sc...

Dr Olivier Jutel joins us to talk about a NZ DOGE copycat scheme being pushed by Callaghan Innovation and Web3NZFour people have been arrested and had assault-related charges filed against them as part of an ongoing investigation into a Destiny Church-linked protest. Seems that schools that were getting lunches from Libelle are not as enthusiastic as Mr Seymour about the liquidation and the poor m...

The Government has faced further scrutiny in Question Time today after a provider for the much-maligned school lunch programme, responsible for 125,000 meals daily, announced liquidation. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has given weight to Winston Peter's war on woke by suggesting he may integrate Peters' DEI Bill into new legislationTeachers at schools are still providing lunches for som...

Chris Hipkins was asked on Q&A if his party will be campaigning on capital gains tax at the next election, Hipkins says Labour hasn't decided yet. We wonder if not answering this is a net negative, a net positive or neutral at this stage in the cycle. Friend of the show Sam Seder went on Jubilee's Surrounded show where he faced off against 20 young conservatives. One answer in particul...

Simeon Brown made a big announcement today regarding Te Whatu Ora, sacking Lester Levy, reinstating the board, and relying on the private sector to reduce the surgery wait list by mid-year. Chris Hipkins speaks at the Labour's State of Nation, announcing portfolio reshuffles, new portfolio and the party's main priorities heading into the election 2026.Winston is back in the news, this time...

Clint Smith joins us to discuss this governments dysfunctional leadership, after Winston takes it upon himself to fire Phil Goff who was the High Commissioner to London. Simeon makes the news for two high profile stories:Money that was allocated to a free bowel cancer screening programme targeting Māori and Pacific peoples was scrapped in favour of "equality" instead dropping the eligibility by on...

US President Donald Trump today took credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign policy as he updated Congress and the American people on his turbulent first few weeks in office, which have featured a dismantling of the federal government, tensions with America’s allies and a trade war compounding economic uncertainty. David...

Jan Tinetti joins us tonight to talk about School Lunches which have had a lot of coverage today. Erica Stanford has seemingly issued a "please explain" to David Seymour and the PM thinks it can all be solved with a marmite sandwich and an appleThe PM was on ZB this morning talking how good the on nurses pay is. We want to see what a nurse needs to do to be eligible for the $127k salary...

Sunny Kaushal, chairperson of the Government's Ministerial Advisory Group for victims of retail crime, wants changes to the "confusing" and "inconsistent" laws around citizen's arrest. Comedian Bill Burr said his X account was flagged after he said on his podcast a few weeks ago that Elon Musk had “lost his fucking mind.” Burr said he made fun of Musk, who owns X, on hi...

Yes we know it's March for the first episode of 2025 but you can blame the trip the earth takes around the sun giving us a month with 28 days!!!Zelensky v Trump, Waitangi/this governments attack on all things Maori, PM on Hosking How the independent left media and how Duncan Garner has made a hard shift right...and it's working for him On the panel this month are - Jordan Rivers https://ww...

Protesters have gathered at Lake Rotokākahi to stop a sewerage pipe planned to run through a sacred site where over 100 tūpuna died during the Lake Tarawera eruption of 1886.The school lunch saga continues with further backlash, and mounting complaints over issues of variety, quality, wastage and delivery. China have made home in the Tasman sea, a warning to New Zealand? Plus a recap of the week,...

Paula Penfold joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the Covid Inquiry where some top level resignations have called into question some serious questions of the status of the inquiryKieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop sparred this morning on Breakfast TV where they talked over the new legislation that National wants to bring in giving more citizen arrest powers to the average kiwi on the streetChristophe...