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Winston Peters was a petulant brat in the house today refusing to answer a question that was in te reo...until he finally did blaming the technology for a lag in broadcast Christopher Luxon showed his hypocrisy wanting to do what the nation wants, until the nation wants something he doesn't...then he does what he, and likely his funders, want National is choosing to not have Regulatory Impact...

Apologies for the short show, we had technical glitches that caused us to leave the show short. Normal transmission will resume tomorrow :) Byron Clark joins us to talk about Helen Houghton's tears as this government has confirmed it was to "get rid f all that gender stuff" and it fills her heart, also we'll touch base on the protest at te Papa today.

Brooke van Velden seems to have little experience in business or life to be making decisions that impact, in particular, low income, Māori and Pacifica and youth workers in NZ. This raises the question even more as to why she chose to ignore official advice on the Fair Pay Agreement as Newshub's expose continues around the leaked cabinet paper.

The Māori King has called for a hui for unity in response to this governments attack on all things Māori including cancelling bonuses for Māori speakers in parliament. This government has proven on day one that they do not value Māori in any way or what value they bring to NZ society.

Luxon and Hipkins battled with handbags from 20 meters as each party leader needed to make their stance on day 1 as to how they were going to operate in the forthcoming term. Really interesting that the National government, who wants to get rid of parliament employee bonuses, started with Māori speakers. They could have started with any other kinds of bonuses, but they chose to make that statement...

Brooke van Velden seems to have little experience in business or life to be making decisions that impact, in particular, low income, Māori and Pacifica and youth workers in NZ. This raises the question even more as to why she chose to ignore official advice on the Fair Pay Agreement as Newshub's expose continues around the leaked cabinet paper.

Misogynist and old is how Debbie Ngarewa-Packer described Shane Jones in this explosive political panel on TVNZ this week. Is she right? And is Shane Jones in for three years being accused of being out of touch and irrelevant to Māori in NZ?

With what seems like 24 hours notice, te pati Māori organised a day of action that thousands of people participated in. This is what tpm is saying is the start of three years of protests at, what some are calling, the most racist government in NZ history.

Sir Ian Taylor has long been a Labour voter, this time around he voted for National. He is not regretful of his vote, but he does acknowledge that he has seen some unintended consequences for National having to go into coalition with ACT and NZ First. A 45-minute conversation recorded earlier this week in this pre-recorded episode ================================================ Come support the w...

An embarrassing leak from the Christopher Luxon led cabinet after months of Luxon telling NZ he will lead a stable government; he already has members undermining him and his desire to be secure in cabinet conversations. Seems someone on the inside doesn't like that Minister Brooke van Velden didn't take advice on the fair pay agreements from anyone other than Business NZ.

The National party has been screaming a stat from the rooftops over the last few weeks, and using that stat to justify getting rid of Smokefree 2025, problem is they were wrong, and knew about it 4 days before they stopped using that stat. The claim was that there would only be one store in all of Northland selling cigarettes under the Smokefree 2025 legislation, there were actually 35 planned for...

We'll start the show with Debbie Ngawera-Packer live online chatting say one in the debate chamber and what tpm are looking at for the next three years opposing this government Winston Peters and his "really gross" speech claiming credit for making "three women Prime Ministers" in his career Kieran McAnulty on fire in the house spelling out what exactly this government is s...

Alex Jones is using a deluded NZ man to sell snake oil to pay for his debts to Sandy Hook parents. Parliament opens amongst fireworks from leaders Māori King calls for 'unity hui' as Government cancels bonuses for Māori speakers ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch availab...

We will join together and watch Debbie Ngawera-Packer eat Shane Jones' lunch right in front of him on Breakfast this morning Parliament Opens and is it time to consider, like they have done in the courts, having an alternative to pledge allegiance to other than the King Follow up by Newshub on Brooke van Velden ignoring official advice and, as so often happens, the conversation is being steere...

National so wrong on Northland cigarette suppliers under the Smokefree 2025 legislation that they are repealing stating on numerous occasions that there would only be "1 store in Northland" when in truth there would have been 35. Newshub told them last week and they continued to share the lie up until today. Sir Ian Taylor has written an op-ed citing unintended consequences he is seeing...

It kind of feels like after the wedding when the attendees are only talking about the bridesmaid and not the bride. Luxon is the bride, Peters is the bridesmaid and all NZ is talking about is Peters In this introduction Chewie and Pat talk about how Winston Peters is controlling the narrative that ACT and National need to follow to make sure the public think the government is on the same page. If...

National and ACT are being forced to defend Winston Peter's attack on the media, giving him rope that they would never give their own MPs or Ministers. Their "this is Winston being Winston" defense is something they would never let pass if it was a Labour government. ================================================ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠...

The 100 Day plan is void of new ideas and policy from National, it's full of undoing what Labour put in place, or was slated to start...and going backwards to old failed National policy of yesteryear. The 100-day plan announcement, shallow that it was, was still overshadowed by Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters as the media explain to NZ what the PIJF was, and who benefitted from it. ======...

Imagine having as part of your legacy a 'profits over people' mentality and that you will be remembered for an unnecessary 8,000 New Zealanders dying. ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate. As part of the nomination you need to share a link to the podcast. Please use this one...

Matty McLean goes full scorched earth on Minister Chris Bishop who makes the "it's just Winston being Winston" argument and Matty calls him out directly as supporting Winston's lies Moana Maniapoto clashes with Damien Grant on the Public Interest Journalist Fund and the origins of the skepticism around the fund. Discord is open tonight for you to come have a chat about anything y...

David Seymour is either deluded, or is just lying, when it comes to a referendum on the principles of the treaty NOT being divisive. ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate. As part of the nomination you need to share a link to the podcast. Please use this one https://podcasts.apple.co...

Looking at the first cabinet meeting it appears that Winston Peters is fully in charge of the cabinet room whereas Christopher Luxon is being cucked and just sits there while Winston makes all the noise and performs for his voters. ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate. As part of th...

Could Winston Peters be breaking the law with his criticism of RNZ and TVNZ? Could it be seen as influencing the state media which is an illegal act? Chris Hipkins speaks on Breafast about it and we hear from Nicola Willis, David Seymour and Chris Luxon on what they think of Winston's attacks on the PIJF National has released thei 100 Day Plan and we'll take a look at it tonight Ben Youdan...

National has blatantly stated that continued tax on cigarettes is going to partly pay for tax cuts that they are now bound to because of their unrealistic promises before the election. Now we see straight out cowardice from Nicola Willis who refuses to answer the question, "if more people smoke, will more people die from smoking?" Just own it, you open that door to more smokers, you own...

The new government has been sworn in. They have come under some criticism already for being a government to save money on the public sector, while having a bigger caucus than ever before. It was also telling that a government that seems to want to hinder the use of te reo Maori, there was heaps of it in their ceremony with no complaints...other than Winston, who complains about everything ========...