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*** Apologies for the late drop, Spotify had an issue with uploading last night *** Kieran McAnulty joins us to talk about the NActNZ Government's attack on Māori by attempting to eliminate Māori Wards in a pre-recorded interview. Sunita Torrance has had the papers suing Brian Tamaki delivered to him in a video where he seems to admit to the reason Sunita is suing him...because he closed her b...

Darleen Tana's fate is now over to Green Party members after the co-leaders formally initiated the process to get their former colleague removed from Parliament at the party's AGM in Christchurch over the weekend. Children’s Minister Karen Chhour says multiple agencies have contributed to the project, as well as psychologists, counsellors and social workers. Minister Chhour says this time...

Matthew Tukaki joined us tonight as we look at ACT's fundraising to try to pass legislation and spread their message of their "Treaty Principles" bill ==================================== 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...

Harry Tam joins us around 9.30pm to talk about the Abuse in Care Inquiry especially looking at the impact abuse in state care leads to feeding the gang pipeline then the prison population =================================== 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/Big...

Craig Renney and Simon Wood mic drops on Damien Grant on TWG Podcast on funding to Health NZ and child poverty ==================================== 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

Matthew Tukaki joined us tonight as we look at Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Abuse in Care and in particular how it impacted Māori disproportionately ==================================== 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...

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts was on Q&A discussing emissions, agriculture, and whether New Zealand will meet its climate targets, EV sales and more ==================================== 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 Twitt...

Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said it's "absolutely untrue" that Labour's health reforms were an expensive botch-up with a blow out in middle management and an overspend of $130 million a month. Dr Verrall joins us live tonight at 9pm to continue this conversation ==================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN...

Robert Patman joined us to chat about Joe Biden finally dropping out leading to a "who will replace him?" conversation with many pundits and top Democrats pointing to Kamala Harris. ==================================== 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.co...

Harry Tam joins us around 9.30pm to talk about the Abuse in Care Inquiry especially looking at the impact abuse in state care lead to feeding the gang pipeline Piers Morgan accidently gets competent guest who spits the truth and shows up the fake "unbiased" take Morgan has which can be seen clearly in his framing of conversations | Ask Us Anything You can Ask us Anything tonight, persona...

Matthew Tukaki joins us tonight as we look at ACT's fundraising to try to pass legislation and spread their message of their "Treaty Principles" bill Craig Renney and Simon Wood mic drops on Damien Grant on TWG Podcast on funding to Health NZ and child poverty Kamala Harris raised a record $81M in 24 hours from around 900,000 donors, 60% f them being first time donors. She us leading...

Labour's health spokesperson Dr. Ayesha Verrall said it's "absolutely untrue" that Labour's health reforms were an expensive botch-up with a blow out in middle management and an overspend of $130 million a month. Dr Verrall joins us live tonight at 9pm to continue this conversation We'll watch PM Christopher Luxon on Breakfast this morning after the National-ACT-NZ First...

Prof Robert Patman joins us LIVE at 9pm to chat about Joe Biden finally dropping out leading to a "who will replace him?" conversation with many pundits and top Democrats pointing to Kamala Harris. Climate Change Minister Simon Watts was on Q&A discussing emissions, agriculture, and whether New Zealand will meet its climate targets, EV sales and more The board of Health New Zealand i...

Associate Professor Grant Duncan joins us to talk about Project 2025. What is it? What does it actually say? And how might it influence a potential second Trump administration? ==================================== 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...

The Working Group hosts Damien Grant who, to the left, is the gift that keeps on giving with his nonsensical blaming of the left for the assassination attempt on Donald Trump ==================================== 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 Fo...

The leader of the Labour Party, Chris Hipkins, was on Breakfast this morning discussing the removal of Treaty of Waitangi obligation from Pharmac. ==================================== 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. @patbrit...

Three News is reporting that police officers are threatening to quit en masse following the conclusion of protracted pay negotiations going the way of the Government. The final arbitration ruling was released on Monday and will see police officers accept a $5000 pay rise backdated to November, along with a $1500 lump sum payment to be paid by the end of the month. =================================...

A group of licensed Māori translators are speaking out about an upcoming Bill they say seeks to embed in law a factually incorrect and deeply misleading interpretation of te Tiriti o Waitangi. One of the signatories, and a spokesperson for the group, Melanie Nelson joins us to talk about the open letter. ==================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patro...

Ken Gray is a retired FBI Special Agent, retiring with 24 years of service. Prior to his service with the FBI, Mr. Gray was a Naval Officer in the Surface Warfare community, U.S. Navy. During his FBI career, Mr. Gray conducted investigations in Foreign Counter-Intelligence matters, Counterterrorism, Computer Intrusions, Infra Structure Protection, Counter Proliferation, and Surveillance. From 1990...

Brian Tyler Cohen made some really good points and observations when it comes to how the political left and right respond to political violence from the left and the right in the US ==================================== 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/BigHairy...

Associate Professor Grant Duncan joins us to talk about Project 2025. What is it? What does it actually say? And how might it influence a potential second Trump administration? Construction Minister Chris Penk wants to roll back recent upgrades to insulation and glazing requirements to reduce the cost of new builds. Philippa Howden-Chapman, Professor of Public Health. cautions the Government sayin...

The Working Group hosts Damien Grant who, to the left, is the gift that keeps on giving with his nonsensical blaming of the left for the assassination attempt on Donald Trump The Green party releases the summary of the Darleen Tana investigation The leader of the Labour Party, Chris Hipkins, was on Breakfast this morning discussing the removal of Treaty of Waitangi obligation from Pharmac. The bla...

A group of licensed Māori translators are speaking out about an upcoming Bill they say seeks to embed in law a factually incorrect and deeply misleading interpretation of te Tiriti o Waitangi. One of the signatories, and a spokesperson for the group, Melanie Nelson joins us to talk about the open letter. Three News is reporting that police officers are threatening to quit en masse following the co...

Lots about Donald Trump's assassination attempt including looking at some compilations made by Brian Tyler Cohen about how the left and the right is responding to the attack, and how the left and the right respond to political violence in general. We'll also have a look at reports from the first journalist that spoke to Trump after the shooting Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith was on Q&amp...

Tama Potaka is challenged by Mihingarangi Forbes on whether he thinks ACT's interpretation of te tiriti is accurate, he doesn't answer. ==================================== 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. @patbritten...