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We'll have an open and honest conversation with you tonight about where BHN is at and what are the possibilities for 2024 and how you can be involved More coalition negotiations happened today but Winston called in missing making it clear that he wants to send the message to Luxon that he can make or break a government anytime he wants Analyst Geoffrey Miller has spoken out today saying that i...

Christopher Luxon was on breakfast television talking about coalition talks and where his tax cut pledges are at today, as compared to when he made them in the run up to the election CTU policy analyst and economist Craig Renney joins us to talk about where coalition talks are at and where National is at today, based on their policy promises prior to the election Suella Braverman might have someth...

Discord caller Liam chats with Bomber and Pat about the stance that ACT is going to have a problem when the words they are using, and the stances that they are taking, blow up in their face. Then they will need to own the fallout from their positions even if that fallout goes places they weren't expecting. ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the peop...

Making a dumb joke when money is no object. ================================================ 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.com/nz/podcast/bhn-big-hairy-news/id1629215711 Help us beat out the MSM podcast with huge b...

Former National Party PM Jim Bolger and former Labour Party PM Helen Clarke both said a referendum on the Treaty would be 'bloody stupid' and 'incredibly divisive' Why doesn't it seem that the ACT refuses to see this? ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate. As part...

Bomber joins #BHN for the night as we welcome in Alternative Jewish Voices' spokesperson Marilyn Garson to share a Jewish perspective as to what the chant "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" means. We also ponder why it seems pro-Palestinian voices on MSM are always challenged to denounce the actions of Hamas,, but pro-Israel voices are never challenged to denounce th...

Emily "Cali" Callahan has been working for Doctors without Borders in Gaza over the last month while the bombings were happening. She joins Anderson Cooper to share her Story and some observations of her time there. Warning: There are some graphic themes talked about in this interview ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice...

The Working Group has Shane Te Pou, Brooke van Velden and regulars Damien Grant and Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury this week and talked about Chloe Swarbrick using the "from the river to the sea" chant at a weekend protest. Bomber questioned if we should be more offended by Chloe's chant...or 10,000 dead Palestinians...and that set off shock waves in the panel that ended when both...

Chloe Swarbrick and David Seymour clashed on the AM Show over ACT's desire to hold a referendum on the principles of the Treaty. We still wonder why it seems that Seymour is so keen to sort out what he perceives as issues and privileges based on race but is content when other protected classes may get privileges that those outside that class miss out on. =======================================...

We had an amazing event happen. People disagreed with us on Twitter, we showed them they were wrong, and they withdrew and apologized. I know, crazy ah? It began a conversation about correcting people on social media. Is it worth it or just a waste of time as it seems for every 1 person who will acknowledge they were wrong there are millions who stay the course in their ignorance. ================...

Christopher Luxon pledged prior to the election to make the National Party more diverse, the result of this after the votes were finalized was zero MPs with Pacifica backgrounds. Auckland is the biggest Pacifica city int he world, there are 380,000 Pacific people and there is a Ministry for Pacific Peoples who can't have a Pacifica MP from the National Party as it's Minister. =============...

Matthew Hooton joins the chorus of voices to explain why, thanks to ACT and NZ First, that National's tax cuts are dead in the watet ================================================ 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.appl...

Former National Party PM Jim Bolger and former Labour Party PM Helen Clarke both said a referendum on the Treaty would be 'bloody stupid' and 'incredibly divisive' Marilyn Garson from Alternative Jewish Voices joins us live at 9pm to talk about the current goings on in Gaza and Israel It's rumoured that National has pauses talks with ACT and the coalition looks like it might be...

Willie Jackson is staying on in parliament specifically because of the desire for ACT to have a referendum on the principles of the treaty and David Seymour confirms whether that referendum is still a bottom line for ACT or not; ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate. As part of the n...

Having a look at the final numbers to form a government and showing why Winston Peters is completely in charge of the coalition negotiations. ================================================ 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...

Over the weekend Green MP Chloe Swarbrick used the phrase "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" and after 24 hours of no comments, Chloe responded to the calls for her to step down and the controversary around the chant. ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate....

Huge conflict over Chloe Swarbrick on The Working Group with Damien Grant refusing to accept the numbers of dead coming out of Gaza and Shane Te Pou getting ever angrier at the filibustering that Grant participates in. American nurse Emily Callahan has recently escaped from Gaza and joined Anderson Cooper to share her experiences during the month long bombardment from Israel. She shares how medica...

#BHN Winston Peters rhetoric and behaviour is becoming more and more like Donald Trump. His dismissive nature and pious behaviour should be a concern to ACT and National and their voters. ================================================ 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...

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is seen by Israel and a call for the destruction of Israel but seen by Palestinians as more metaphorical meaning they want self-determination and to be free from oppression. We take a look at the history of the chant, what it means today, and how Israeli's are responding to the chant, whilst their government is doing exactly to Gaza...

We're going to pose the question why people make assumptions based on one interaction, one tweet, one interview which has become especially prevalent in interactions around Israel and Gaza. It would seem to us, that many commentators who are pro-Gaza condemn the actions of Hamas...but commentators who are pro-Israel seem to refuse the idea of admitting Israel has done any wrong. The National P...

Does Act still have as it's bottom line a referendum on the treaty? Or have they softened somewhat? Willie Jackson says if the treaty referendum goes ahead it'll be the '81 Springboks x10' Matthew Hooton says that National's tax policy is dead in the water thanks to ACT and NZ First Winston Peters trolls the media...again. MSM look pathetic =====================================...

Suzanne Paul needs to get in on this action as NZ gangs may shortly have to purchase, in bulk, Natural Glow and Thin Lizzy to cover their tattoos in a move that some experts are calling "ludicrous". ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the people's choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate. As part of the nomination you need t...

Christopher Luxon was asked on Breakfast to define what a gang patch is. He basically throws the ball to the police to say "they will figure it out" in a brilliant sidestep to being nailed down. ================================================ 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 sh...

National has a big problem. The cornerstone of all their promises at the election was tax cuts. The problem is both their potential partners in government don't seem to want to allow National to make those moves so what are they going to do? ================================================ Help us by nominating #BHN for the peoples choice award at https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate . As...

The Free Speech Union released a statement supporting the rights of people to protest by burning the Israeli flag. The got so close to actually being what they claim to be which is an organisation who has free speech at the apex of everything they do, because in the press release it made it clear that 'yes' people are free to burn flags, but some on the left are being hypocrites as they su...