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Rachel Brooking is the Labour MP for Dunedin and she joins us LIVE tonight to talk over the protest in the weekend that saw 35,000 people, out of a population of around 130,000, to turn up to the Octagon to let this NActNZ government know the feeling in the community about their decision to cut the hospital funding significantly Piers Morgan "debates" Mehdi Hasan on the conflict in the Middle East...

Associate Education Minister David Seymour says there will be no more teacher-only days during term time and schools will need to implement a truancy plan to tackle what the Act leader calls the country’s “truancy crisis”. Over 300 Kāinga Ora jobs are on the chopping block as the public housing agency moves into another round of re-structuring. ANZ boss Antonia Watson says the "time has arriv...

John Oliver chose to talk about the Trump/Harris debate in his latest episode as he was off last week winning and Emmy. In particular he chose to focus on the "eating the cats" and "eating the dogs" comments from Trump and contrary to the claim "we're just hearing from constituents" he showed how JD Vance himself might be the origins of the false claim. Associate...

A regulatory impact assessment of David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill has failed a quality assurance test carried out by his own Ministry for Regulation. The Ministry for Regulation says not enough work has been done to assess the possible impacts of the Treaty Principles Bill for it to be passed into law. Act MP and health spokesperson Todd Stephenson was on Q+A to talk about his member’s...

It's been six months since shock cuts to what disabled people, and their carers could purchase came into effect and those affected say there hasn't been a day of peace since. Katy Thomas joins us LIVE tonight to explain how the changes are impacting her son's life. ================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/...

Kieran McAnulty joins us LIVE to talk about concerned Tararua locals have described proposed highway tolls as a "kick in the guts" during a heated community meeting last night. Tonight, we'll take a look at what the government is proposing and see why it is both unfair, and a tad scary about how National is comfortable double dipping to pay for their tax cuts ========================...

Greens Justice spokesperson Tamatha Paul joins us to talk crime stats under National compared to the promises that National made pre-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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden...

Māori health leaders are calling on the government to scrap the Treaty Principles Bill, saying equitable healthcare is "a fundamental right". The Royal Australasian College of Physicians' (RACP) Māori Health Committee chair Dr Matt Wheeler said the principles outlined in the bill diminished "the constitutional status of the Treaty / Te Tiriti". "This bill undermines th...

Paul Goldsmith acknowledges that the Government failed to assess human rights impact of last minute gang changes. He explains the government’s decision not to get separate analysis from the Attorney-General about whether the extension of the gang patch ban further breaches the Bill of Rights Act and whether his sentencing changes could have unintended consequences that negatively impact on victims...

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians' (RACP) Māori Health Committee chair Dr Matt Wheeler said the principles outlined in the bill diminished "the constitutional status of the Treaty / Te Tiriti". Wheeler and other professionals are calling on the government to scrap the Treaty Principles Bill, saying equitable healthcare is "a fundamental right". Poverty isn't...

30,000 more people have experienced violent crime up over the past two years. Justice officials have warned the Government it is on track to fail to meet its 2030 goal but Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says that’s Labour’s fault. Mr Luxon is also standing by his man Mark Mitchell, who said if there wasn't an improvement in 12 months he'd resign. Greens Justice spokesperson Tamatha Paul...

The Government is unlikely to meet its target of reducing violent crime, according to its latest update. On Sunday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was heralding decreased crime rates in Auckland City. But as he gave a quarterly update on his public service goals on Monday, Luxon revealed violent crime rates had increased steadily since the coalition came to power. Of the nine goals which Luxon s...

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) economist Craig Renney, suggests it will cost about $4 million to progress the controversial, and doomed, Treaty Principles Bill to a second reading at Parliament. ================================== 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 Facebook www.faceboo...

Dr Alistair Reese, who led the dawn service at Waitangi and is a signatory of the churches open letter to the Government on the Treaty Principles Bill, joins us tonight to talk about why the importance to sign the letter and what it means for NZ to have so many Christian representatives speaking out against what David Seymour is attempting to do with the bill. ================================== Co...

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) economist Craig Renney, suggests it will cost about $4 million to progress the controversial, and doomed, Treaty Principles Bill to a second reading at Parliament. The day after. Looking over the fall out from Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris. Most say Harris won easily. Trump, as usual, is deluded into thinking he won...or at least that's what he's sayin...

Cabinet has agreed on what the Treaty Principles Bill should say, but its proposed principles could cause social division and constitutional uncertainty - according to official advice. Former President Trump and Vice President Harris dived into a debate on the economy, abortion, immigration and more right from the start of their first, and perhaps only, 2024 debate. Tonight we'll review it. Th...

Dr Alistair Reese, who led the dawn service at Waitangi and is a signatory of the churches open letter to the Government on the Treaty Principles Bill, joins us tonight to talk about why the importance to sign the letter and what it means for NZ to have so many Christian representatives speaking out against what David Seymour is attempting to do with the bill. ACT leader David Seymour continues to...

On Q&A Labour leader Chris Hipkins said it's time for New Zealand to have an "honest" conversation about the levels of taxation and Government debt needed to afford the things we want as a country. Former gun lobbyist Nicole McKee has used her power as a Government minister to reduce regulation for gun clubs — without any public consultation. Documents obtained by 1News show offi...

Labour MP Tangi Utikere joins us to talk about the continued story that National is trying to sell about the ferry blowout. It's nonsense and we want to continue to highlight the shell game that National is playing to get people to dig no deeper than what they're told via Nicole Willis and others. ================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron...

Clint Smith joins us to talk about the PM's visit to South Korea and the apparent bloody mindedness that he and his staff are talking to firstly refuse to talk about the ferries, and then to acknowledge that this may have caused frictions in the relationship NZ has with South Korea ================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.pat...

A moving day at Turangawaewae today as Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII was buried and Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki was crowned Queen. It was a time that all New Zealanders can look to NZ's story and choose to accept that the Māori story is a part of the NZ story which means it's a part of everyone's story and if people don't choose to think that way then they are missing out...

The latest from Kiingi Tuheitia tangi with Matthew Tukaki who has just arrived home from the tangi today. ================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki is the second woman, after her late grandmother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, to lead the Kīngitanga Movement. Queen Ngā Wai hono i te po is the youngest child of Kīngi Tūheitia and his wife, Te Atawhai. The new Queen will be supported by her two brothers, Korotangi and Whatumoana Paki. The opposition spokesperson for Transport, Oceans and Fisheries, Racing and Ass...

More and more information is coming out about how the National led government bungled the cancellation of the iRex ferries with more embarrassing revelations dropping today. Clint Smith joins us LIVE to talk about the PM's visit to South Korea and the apparent bloody mindedness that he and his staff are talking to firstly refuse to talk about the ferries, and then to acknowledge that this may...

An activist who doused controversial British anti-transgender rights campaigner Posie Parker with tomato juice during a raucous speaking event and counter-protest says only God can judge her after her request for a discharge without conviction was denied this afternoon. Cabinet has approved a draft of legislation designed to fix the troublesome Holidays Act. Thousands of employers have had to pay,...