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Assoc Prof Grant Duncan joins us to talk about why the left loses Julie Anne Genter on the Greens leadership challenge this year Luxon has never answered questions

An amazing 40 minutes with Moana Maniapoto where we talk about everything from her musical career to her work now on Te Ao with Moana ================================================ 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. @patbritt...

The second in our series of "our favourites" we speak with Green MP Chloe Swarbrick on everything from Gaza to data to speaking Maori in the house. ================================================ 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...

Mp Kieran McAnulty joined us for 45 mins to chat over life with him at the moment, the election results, what NZ needs to be watchful if with the new government 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/BigHair...

Kirsten Corson joins us to talk about what the Clean Car Discount has achieved and what will happen in NZ to the EV market when the CCD is removed at the end of December. Kirsten is a founder at www. Zilch.nz and the incoming chair at www. DriveElectric.org.nz ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/Big...

In the last live show for the year, we welcome #fanfave Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury to wrap the year with us. He's live at 9pm and we'll be taking questions and comments in the chat. An end of year conversation about what Chewie and I have seen this year, how the show has performed, and we'll open up Discord to get you guys to come have a chat should you wanna talk. Short calls, b...

Moana Maniapoto joins us live at 9pm to talk 2023, what's to come in 2024 and "Mini Budget" Day It is "Mini Budget" day and we'll have a look over the biggest decisions and clarifications to come from it Health Minister Dr Shane Reti's iwi makes public appeal for him to stop the scrapping of smokefree laws ================================================ Come suppor...

Christopher Luxon has been proven a hypocrite again as he's telling public servants who want to learn te-reo that they should pay for it themselves, while he is having his lessons free, paid for by the taxpayer. National is trying to pivot saying they were only talking about bonuses but it's just another example of Luxon saying one thing, and doing the other. Whether it's "helping...

Chloe Swarbrick live at 9PM Winston chucks his toys when a reporter asked him if he knew what Kianga Ora means. We knew that he couldn't speak Māori well, but this interaction might point to his inability to articulate any kind of te reo at all. Kirsten Corson from Zilch and Electric Direct shares what will happen when the Clean Car Discount finally finishes on December 31st ==================...

Kieran McAnulty joins us at 9pm to chat about 2023 and looks to 2024 Christopher Luxon is cancelling te reo bonuses after he himself got one and is insisting that people should pay for their own te reo education after it's revealed that he has been taking lessons for free thanks to public money Kirsten Corson from Drive Electric joins us to talk about what the Clean Car Discount has done for N...

Why can't a politician call another politician a liar in the house...if they are lying? It's a stupid rule that goes back to when 'gentlemenly' rules applied in the house. Chloe Swarbrick heard the Prime Minister make a statement that was untrue, and testable, but was cautioned for calling him a liar. ================================================ Come support the work we're...

Stephen Colbert trolled the increasingly irrelevant Tucker Carlson in a 'Last Week Tonight' style heist of a domain name that Tucker may have wanted to use for his new 'network' ================================================ 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 w...

Moana Tuwhare on if cancelling the Māori Health Authority is a breach of te tititi, and what co-governance really is about. Also we urge people who claim to be New Zealanders to figure out that no matter what your ethic lineage, if you're a Kiwi, then the Māori story is a part of your story...so rather than fight it, get the full experience of being a NZer and take it onboard. ================...

The National Party is asking questions where the only answer can be either privatization or private, public, partnership which means either way, income for private business...and maybe some of their supporters? ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www. BHNShop.nz Like...

The National government is repealing the Smokefree2025/Smokefree Generation legislation and now NZers are pushing back with a 50,000-person petition and protests around the country. There is also polling backing up that two out of 3 Kiwis don't want the legislation overturned including 80% of National voters. ================================================ Come support the work we're doin...

Helen Clark was interviewed on Newstalk ZB with a call for the destruction of Gaza to stop immediately. Chewie and Pat then engage in a conversation about what's happening in the middle East at the moment and what can be done to stop this humanitarian crisis. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/...

National has cancelled the plan for new ferries for the Cook Strait even though the current ferries are right at the end of their lives. Biggest problem is they have made the decision to stop new ferries coming, but haven't put in a new plan for what to do when the current ferries reach the end of their lives. ================================================ Come support the work we're doi...

A Regulatory Impact Statement is report produced for a government to inspect their policy and see what downstream effects and issues may come from that policy. It's like a proofreader or fact checker for policy. National, in all its wisdom, has decided not to use this very important checks and balance with the PM stating that his Ministers would even read them is they were produced. ==========...

No matter how you square the circle, National is robbing the poor, to pay the rich in the form of tax cuts. Even if there is not a straight line, every cent that National adds onto the backs of the poor, sick and vulnerable is a cent they can give landlords and give back in tax cuts. National has been using the "the people want us to do this" excuse for what they've been doing this c...

Leader of the New Conservatives Helen Houghton was recently in an interview where she talked about crying tears of joy that school children would no longer find out about, have presented to, or be given information about anything other than what is heteronormative in society today. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN...

Kieran McAnulty help Chris Bishop with some dates about the mini budget that Bish didn't have. but McAnulty did Nicola Willis talks more about the decision to cancel the plans for new Interislander Ferries, We also have a look at how talking points work on the right. Stephen Colbert brilliantly trolls Tucker Carlson in his last monologue, we'll show you how tonight Discord will be open for...

Winston Peters got to be acting Prime Minister for a day and in the house showed his petulant side by refusing to answer a question in te reo. He claimed (with help from Shane Jones) that the translation was too slow, but got caught on hot mic saying he would only answer if the question was asked in English ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by b...

Chatting with dis and misinformation researcher Byron C Clark about the protest at Te Papa where a group damaged the display with an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi ================================================ 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...

Chloe Swarbrick caused a stir in the house today when there was confusion whether she called the Prime Minister a liar, or called out Nationals' policy to be a lie. Protests today in Wellington against the Smokefree repeal. Ministers ignored it, although once again David Seymour made an argument for legalising all illicit drugs. Helen Clark was on Newstalk ZB today calling for 'the destruc...

Former Treaty lawyer and someone who has been working on the Ngāpuhi claim for upwards of 2 decades Moana Tuwhare joins us to talk about the news that the Waitangi Tribunal has recommended that Ngapuhi be given all Crown owned land in Northland and that they did not cede sovereignty in signing of Te Tiriti ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by be...