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Luxon hints that he will campaign on asset sales next election, a shock to very few people. Is it likely to get him re-elected? Or is this fuel to the fire? Winston is in the news for threatening to pull funding for Kiribati, after months of failed attempts to meet with the country's top diplomats. He is also in the news for calling out local vigilantism against residing or visiting IDF soldie...

Oral submissions for the Treaty Principles Bill started today with 60hrs of the 80hrs of oral hearings remaining. Under the Governments plan for Economic growth, they've changed the 90 day tourist visa to allow people with foreign work contracts to work while they travel NZ. The new charter schools to open this year are overwhelmed with enrollment numbers. Is this due to a large number of inte...

Luxon fronts up to Māori at this year's Rātana, alongside Peters and Jones, dismissing the concerns of Māori around the Treaty Principles Bill. Trump continues to issue Executive Orders in his first week of Presidency, many of which threaten the LGBTQ+ community. One of which will disallow those who identify as non-binary or intersex to have their chosen identities reflected on official docume...

The Prime Minister has again been forced to clarify his commitment to abortion laws, as the National Party caucus kicks off the new year in Hamilton. Abortion rights advocates have written to Christopher Luxon raising concerns about Simeon Brown taking over the health portfolio, given his vocal opposition to abortion. Christopher Luxon delivered his State of the Nation speech today at an event in...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the Government has been taking the problem of economic growth seriously even though inflation is stagnant, the cost of living isn't improving and rents are still increasing...all things Luxon promised to sort out before he was elected The debate continues on Elon Musk's "salute"...sort of. Defenders of Musk are putting up still images of othe...

Northland emergency room doctor Gary Payinda joins us tonight live at 9pm to talk about the current state of the NZ health system, the demotion of Shane Reti and where the health system will go under Simeon Brown Donald Trump was inaugurated today as the 47th President of the United States, we'll take a look at the event, what pundits are saying and why Elson Musk feels emboldened to now throw...

We're back baby! Professor Robert Patman joins us live from the Netherlands to talk about Trump's inauguration tomorrow, what it means for the country and the world Gary on Economics asks the question "What does Elon Musk want?" and why is it that the general public "cannot compete anymore for ownership of [our] politicians" The cabinet re-shuffle yesterday leaves many...

Welcome back to the first episode of Bright Hairy News for 2025!!! Magenta will host tonight's show with a special guest host and wild Wookie may even appear! We will discuss the government's quiet scrapping of waste minimisation over the Christmas holidays and its impacts. A brave New Zealand woman has joined 7 others who are accusing Neil Gaiman of sexual assault in 3 different countries...

Israel and Hamas have announced a ceasefire, with the help of President Biden just before he leaves the Oval Office, citing the new administration will continue to help with the situation. But will that be the case? Over the Christmas period a baby died from whooping cough. Experts and health officials are continually concerned about the uptake of vaccines across the population to prevent it's spr...

Trump is set to initiate his TikTok ban as soon as he gets Presidential powers next week. Online creators are mourning the looming threat of their main platform being cut and are shifting to other Chinese owned apps. Wildfires continue to dominate the news, but the focus here shifts to what could begin to happen here in NZ with our high fire risk through the dry summers, particularly in the South...

23,000 submissions received on the Regulatory Standard's Bill compared to 300,000 on the Treaty Principles Bill. Is that going to be enough, considering Luxon has declared that National will support this bill, called dangerous by expert. Erica Stanford has delivered her Math resources to schools this week promising to improve our numeracy stats and improve results for children across New Zealand....

Welcome back to the first #BHN show of 2025! LA fires have dominated the news cycle, claiming thousands of homes across the city, with fires continuing to spread. Why should NZ take notice? And what is the larger discussion that needs to be had here? The Gang Patch Law that came into affect at the end of last year claimed a 12yo victim on the streets of Auckland over Christmas. He was stopped, wea...

Best of November We asked Moana on her thoughts around why the government moved forward the first vote for the treaty principles bill Much like Trump's authoritarian tones, Casey Costello treats her own officials with the dismissive nature that authoritarians love to use. David Seymour faced another embarrassing schlacking by Jack Tame on Q&A Looking at the current treaty principles versus wha...

Best of October John Key lies about the "successes" of Donald Trump's record from his first term The treaty referendum bill is demonstrating to NZ who the worse kinds of NZers are The MSM are failing and also taking all of the advertising revenue with them hurting independents and showing everyone they don't know what they're doing in 2025 Christopher Luxon again being an embarrassment to NZ in ho...

Best of 2024: September David Seymour on Q&A was an embarrassment Katy Thomas shares her story looking after a son with disabilities 6 months after National's cuts to the disability sector Piers Morgan hosted Mehdi Hasan and Mehdi smashed Morgan again and again and again ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHair...

National will put more children into poverty with their benefit sanctions Why did Nicole McKee want her comments on the gun registry stricken from the public record? And why don't the leaders of this coalition government care she tried to do it? Damien Grant is okay with not voting in an electorate he is not a part of, but not on a roll he is not a part of Pat Newman pulls no punches when he descr...

As per usual we see Chloe Swarbrick's arguments on housing and landlords leaving David Seymour looking inexperienced and foolish The assassination attempt on Donald Trump was shocking and former FBI Special Agent Ken Gray joined us to explain the situation It seems evident that Tama Potaka is not on board with National's plans around Maori issues so when Mihingarangi Forbes pressed him on that he...

Osian Llywelyn, Deputy Welsh Language Commissioner and Director of Regulation on promoting the Welsh language joins us to talk about how Wales promotes their indigenous language as opposed to English NZ hated Jacinda so much they voted in a new PM.....who they hate, just to stick it to Labour Luxon gets pissy on RNZ and demonstrates National's new tell Govt told they need new ferries, just after c...

Damien Grant full of crap, Bomber with a head of steam, Craig Renney is a god send Former ACT, National and NZ First MPs say this Government won't last the term Harry Tam joins us to talk the new Gang Squad this government is bringing in Karen Plunket wants the Government to regulate speech ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.pat...

Brooke van Velden is embarrassingly stupid and demonstrates it to Jack Tame on Q&A Moana Maniapoto's interview with Tama Potake was revealing Nicola Willis finally admits that they are borrowing for the budget Why NZ can never be like Estonia or Ireland or anywhere else contrary to Christopher Luxon's insistence. ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a...

The FSU want you to know that Drag Queens are perverts giving bigots the space to continue their free speech grift while harming minorities Clint Smith on Christopher Luxon's $1000 a week entitlement to stay in his apartment that has no mortgage Christopher Luxon's disastrous appearance on Breakfast ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠...

Mihingarangi Forbes takes apart David Seymour in calm succent questioning that he has no answer for Harry Tam on National's plan to ban gang patches Plunkets makes such a fuss of Mihingarangi using her middle name but never mentions that professionally he also uses his middle name ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/B...

Come join us for the Best of January 2024 Chloe Swarbrick and Brook van Velden on ACT's Treaty Referendum Marilyn Garson from Alternative Jewish Voices on NZ sending troops to support the fighting of the Huthi pirates Professor Margaret Mutu talks te tiriti and the government relationship with Māori Professor Boyd Swinburn on Casey Costello seeking cheaper cigarettes ==============================...

Join a multitude of Progressive content creators as we look back over 2024 with our *biggest stories and look forward to 2025 The first show is hosted by * Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury, Editor of The Daily Blog https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ * Pat & Chewie, co-hosts of Big Hairy News www. YouTube.com/DOCNZStudios * Kelvin Morgan, Twitter bossman informing the world what the Right gets up to www.twitt...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed he will not attend events at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Waitangi Day. He also said he won't attend the National Iwi Chairs Forum in Waitangi on February 4. He said he met with iwi leaders in Wellington today. New Zealand's gross domestic product (GDP) fell 1% in the September quarter – and the figure for the quarter before that has been revised do...