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Those pesky journalists asking Winston Peters, and his MPs, about the words Winston Peters said and what he meant by them. It's almost as if the media thinks it's allowed to seek clarification from Mr. Peters. The cheek of the whole thing. =========================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠ #BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch...

Dr Shane Reti was on Q&A in the weekend and to his credit answered many of the questions put before him, many more than Mr. Luxon ever answers. However among those answers, he also confirmed the number of people who would die under National's new smoking laws and repeal of Smokefree 2025 =========================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron...

Upon hearing of over 300 job losses in a government department, David Seymour celebrates by tweeting out "Good!" National has decided it will now use regulatory impact statement...well, when it suits them. Famously PM Christopher Luxon said they were cancelling RIS's because, even if they were produced his Ministers wouldn't meet them. We find out today that the "official ad...

The IMF has warned National about borrowing for tax cuts and has highlighted that those cuts will be inflationary. Winston Peters is now blaming the media for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's ignorance on issues surrounding his speech on Sunday. This would imply that either the media has the power to influence the PM in ways not seen before, or that he's feckless and hasn't got an op...

Justine Sachs, co-founder of Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation chats with us about the Nazi comparison made by Winston Peters over the weekend, and the surprising lack of concern by many online who defend Israel and are very quick (usually) to accuse people of antisemitism. Christopher Luxon on Breakfast this morning talking about the Kāinga Ora tenants that will be evicted under this ne...

Winston Peter's has come out blazing comparing co-governance to Nazi Germany and blaming the media for every ill in the world right now Dr Shane Reti joined Jack Tame this weekend on Q&A to confirm how many NZers would die under National's cancellation of Smokefree 2025 The Greens are having another nightmare with PR as accusations fly about one of their MPs being involved in abusing m...

Massive rates rises are on the way for most of NZ and it leads back to previous generations who refused to elect councils that would increase their rates for infrastructure, which needed funding, so that infrastructure has going to ruin in some cases, and on top of that populations have grown to a level that we need better, future-proofed, infrastructure for the next 100 years as well. ===========...

Australia is poaching NZ ECE teachers and this Government has no plan to stop them. David Seymour was on breakfast television and seemed to say that immigration smoothed all the lost teacher out as number of ECE teachers was up 3% last year ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch ava...

Anita Rosentreter from First Union chats with us about workers' rights in the face of a government wanting to overhaul workplace and public holidays legislations. ================================================ 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/BigHairyNe...

Brooke van Velden is charged with overhauling the Health and Safety Act, and reforming the Holidays Act in a move that unions are calling "horrifying". Brooke is also saying the quiet part out loud as she makes it clear this is all about doing what's best for the businesses...not the workers. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by be...

Better Public Media Trust released a statement that we could fund TVNZ through $60 individual levy and Chair of the trust, Associate Professor Peter Thompson joined us to talk about why this is important. ================================================ 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 o...

Minister for Media and Communications Melissa Lee finally fronted on a Newshub show to talk about what she is trying to do...which isn't much...to help the ailing news media in NZ. ================================================ 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.faceb...

In a series of bad interviews over 18 months this is one of the worse performances by now Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, he stumbles and fumbles his way through attempting to justify Nationals $800m hole in the interest deductibility for landlords and in the process makes himself the most unrelatable politician in NZ's history. ================================================ Come support t...

Chris Bishop's performance on Q&A with Jack Tame was bizarre as he either didn't know the details of National's policy on emergency housing, or he basically acknowledged that the policy didn't work...either way it was a master class in circular conversations by #theBISH ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron o...

Chloe Swarbrick joins us to talk about the new role she has taken on as co-leader for the Greens, what this means for her as an MP, where she wants to take the Greens and what about the future of the left in NZ ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠ #BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www. BHNShop.nz Lik...

LIVE at 9pm Anita Rosentreter from First Union chats with us about workers rights in the face of a government wanting to overhaul workplace and public holidays legislations Australia is poaching NZ ECE teachers and this Government has no plan to stop them. David Seymour was on breakfast television and seemed to say that immigration smoothed all the lost teacher out as number of ECE teachers was up...

Brooke van Velden is charged with overhauling the Health and Safety Act, and reforming the Holidays Act in a move that unions are calling "horrifying". Brooke is also saying the quiet part out loud as she makes it clear this is all about doing what's best for the businesses...not the workers. National may be in breach of international obligations by cancelling proper advice on policy...

Assoc Professor Dr Peter Thompson from Better Public Media joins us to talk about the important of Public Broadcasting in a democracy Christopher Luxon on Breakfast did his best to square the circle around "downward pressure" on rents thanks to tax breaks for landlords, including his own rentals which he won't commit to lowering rent on Minister Melissa Lee spoke with the AM Show on...

Chloe Swarbrick became Green Party co-leader and joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the co-leadership position and the future of the left in NZ Chris Bishop was on Q&A in the weekend where he told Jack Tame that tenants of emergency housing may not be allowed to continue on with that housing if they don't respect the space, and they'd have to go and live with friends and family...but i...

There is plenty of research around the benefits of school lunches, it's just that David Seymour won't accept any of it because he wants data that is empirical with decimal points and KPIs and the benefit from school lunches are more relative and the people who see the results, the teachers and school staff, say they see the benefits...it's just no one can convince Seymour. ============...

Massey University's Associate Professor Dr Bevan Erueti joins us to talk about the importance of school lunches and comments on the desire this government seems to have to get rid of them. ================================================ 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 ww...

Karen Chhour extols the virtues of bootcamps except all the experts and front office workers are telling National this won't work...other than if they were to spend an ungodly amount of money on wrap around services once bootcamp was finished...which we know they won't do. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠...

Whilst it's probably too early to hold this Government accountable for the rents still increasing, what we continue to see is upward pressure and no answers from NACTNZ as to how they will get downward pressure on rents. We also look at why many on the right, who are well off, cannot seem to have empathy and look outside themselves to others worse off. =========================================...

The language that National is using around new policy for emergency housing seems clear that their changes are going to lead to more people on the streets and, again, National wants to hamstring the front office and slim down the number of people who are "vulnerable" to save money to pay for tax cuts. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing...

Nicola Willis is becoming the most disingenuous politician ever when it comes to television interviews. She tries to explain how National is not adding taxes to fuel, whilst ignoring all the other costs that National lumped onto drivers yesterday. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Me...