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A great 60 minutes spent with Francesca Fiorentini today talking US politics, Once Were Warriors, Haka and Trump's "plans" for Iran. Visit Frani and tell her we sent you https://www.youtube.com/franifio ++++++++++++++++++++ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetwork Following us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork Support us on Patreon www.patreon.co...

Tainia Waikato joins us LIVE at 9pm for a general catch up on the issues of the day, how her campaign is going in election year and to look at her new podcast that begins on the Big Hairy Network from this SundayMarama Davidson and David Seymour talk about sex workers as candidates and the payment changes to beneficiaries, super annuitants and minimum wage workers from todaySean 'Karen' Pl...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins stands by decision around myocarditis risk stating, 'I read everything' when challenged about the details of the accusation that Labour dropped the ball when it came to advice for vaccines and teens. Very interesting to watch Ryan Bridge in this interview who appropriates the language of the anti vaxxer bringing into question what he thinks about vaccines. ACT&#...

Update on the fuel situation, the price of Diesel and what about our promised LNG depot? Christopher Luxon identified himself on Breakfast as "the CEO" to which he needed to be reminded he is actually the Prime Minister. Tova O'Brien's first day at TVNZ left us hopeful for some accountability when interviewing politiciansNovara Media hosted a really interesting chat where the mad...

Nicola Willis and Shane Jones have revealed the Fuel Alert Levels the country will move into should the conditions be met. NZME have lost a court case against TVNZ and The Disinformation Project. But the court case revealed more about Jim Grenon, and the views of those leading NZME, so much so that Sir Ian Taylor has spoken up to condemn them. What do the French Local elections mean for the global...

The Government has revealed the first part of its plan to replace NCEA, in what the Post Primary Teachers’ union has called a “non-announcement”. Erica Stanford described it as “the first of two major announcements”, PPTA president Chris Abercrombie said there was “nothing in the Minister’s announcement today that we really didn’t know already”. Labour's education spokesperson Ginny Anderson j...

The Green Party releases their housing campaign/housing election policies are released today and Marama Davidson comes and joins us LIVE to talk about the announcement. We are sure to touch on Iran and the fuel crisis and other topical issues of the ay as well,There is 18 days’ worth of diesel on land and we're told there are more coming that are currently on the water. There is a lot of mixed...

About 143,000 families with children will get an additional $50 a week through a boost to the in-work tax credit, the Government has announced. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced the urgent cost of living relief package on Tuesday, in response to the global fuel crisis. ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden won't seek re-election, but could return to po...

The Prime Minister was on Newstalk ZB this morning not being able to explain what specifically his government was going to do, and when, to bring relief to NZers over petrol prices, and why NZ condemned the actions of Iran but has been silent on the actions of Israel and the US.We watched the full 1 hour and 6-minute SOTN speech by Winston Peters so you don't have too and have some takeaways i...

Rohan O'Neill-Stevens, Former Deputy-Mayor of Nelson, joins us Live to chat about their latest endeavor running for the Green Party in the 2026 election. We look at the govts latest comms around the fuel crisis, and some mixed messages coming from National's top ministers around the War in Iran. Mariameno Kapa-Kingi joins Mihi Forbes on MATA to chat about her High Court win to be reinstate...

Labour says "GDP growth of 0.2 percent for the year shows an economy going nowhere and no relief for New Zealanders doing it tough" and Christopher Luxon says that 'Things could get worse' as Middle East conflict hits fuel. Tonight we'll look at the GDP growth and what Nicola Willis is instructing IRD to do to help with the cost of fuelLloyd Burr sat down with Opportunity lea...

Executive Director of Greenpeace Aotearoa Dr Russel Norman has said online today that "Trump and Netanyahu’s attacks on Iran are plainly illegal. But the Luxon NZ Govt refuses to call them out. So we presented our Greenpeace petition to Chris Hipkins and Julie Anne Genter today from 1000s of NZers who want the Govt to speak up in favour of international law." Tonight we chat with Dr Norm...

Chris Hipkins made it clear he wouldn't be talking about his private life, especially his children, and has neither confirmed nor denied the claims made against him by his ex-wife on Facebook, Where does that leave us now? Nicola Willis appeared on HeraldNOW this morning not answering questions about how "targeted help" would work. She was also very keen to make sure host Ryan Bridge...

Nicola Willis on Q&A talking fuel prices and how the current war in the Middle East will impact NZ's economy. Also earlier today Willis flagged potential cost of living relief and no fuel tax cuts comingIn the latest breakdown of a ferry system that should have had its first new ship by now, Winston Peters asks KiwiRail about bringing in more spare ferry parts to help keep them limping alo...

Brie Elliot joins live to co-host, discussing recent union-busting strategy by Ministry of Education, and questions about NZ biggest recruiter of teachers, making up 30% of hired teachers. Nicola Willis losing it in the house when questioned about whether the Govt plans to sell NZ assets. The govt knew that ditching the plan to upgrade NZ's health IT infrastructure would lead to longer wait ti...

Clint Smith joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the recent coversations around Luxon's leadership and what it might mean when it comes to people deciding where to put their vote. Also on the agenda we'll be having a look at the claim an economist made today that NZ will be in deficit for a decade and it's because of COVID spendingCraig Renney joins us LIVE at 9.30 to talk about the incr...

The Wellington region's mayors, as well as iwi, church and social support agency leaders, say the government's proposed move-on orders are not welcome in the region. An open letter decrying the introduction of powers to enable police to relocate people from certain areas - under threat of fines or imprisonment - has been sent to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Tonight Murray Edridge, one...

Chris Hipkins joins us LIVE in his only long form interview today post the release of the COVID-19 Inquiry report on what the report said and how it is being covered in the mediaNicola Willis has learned well from fellow Ministers the art of not answering questions as she ducks and dives on HeraldNow questions about removing tax off fuel and our current debt to GDP ratioMariameno Kapa-Kingi's...

Luxon faces an onslaught of questions from the media over Friday's poll results and speculation that he's out the door. The price of Crude oil has dramatically increased, and the stock market taking a hit in the wake of the war in Iran, but Nicola Willis insures NZ that we are in a good position to weather any possible economic impact. World leaders are bending over to the US, offering boo...

The latest Curia Poll is out and it's terrible news for National. Speculation and murmurs say he's on notice to step down or be pushed out. Hannah Spencer of the UK Green Party had a historic win last week overthrowing a Labour candidate from their safe seat. Alongside a few other political wins for the Left. Kristi Noam is officially fired as Secretary of Homeland Security, not long after...

Paul Barlow joins us to chat about a website he's just launched to track the coalition's actions this term and the material impact on New Zealanders. The govt are seriously considering scrapping the Clean Car Standards, and is consulting the Industry itself on what's best. This would put NZ in the same category as Russia, the only other OECD nation to have no vehicle emissions standard...

Rev Scottie Reeve is an Anglican priest, host of the 21 Elephants podcast and a social entrepreneur from Wellington. and joins us LIVE tonight at 9pm to talk about the idea coming out of the US that the war in Iran is, as one Military Commander said, a ‘Part Of God’s Divine Plan’. The Commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal f...

Jeremy Moses is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. His broad area of research interest is in theories of international relations, with a particular focus on issues surrounding humanitarianism, war, pacifism, and military technologies. Jeremy joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk about the ethics...

Dr. Geoffrey Miller joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk the war in Iran. Dr Miller is a geopolitical and strategic analyst with a PhD in Politics from the University of Otago for his thesis on New Zealand’s relations with the Gulf states. After a ton of promises to fix the economy, Nicola Willis is now saying that New Zealanders are ‘impatient’ for expecting quick cost-of-living turnaround, which is the...

Tonight we will discuss the recent news that children living in financial hardship has increases by nearly 47,000. Targets that had already been lowered quietly in 2024...IT in the medical space has been experiencing a number of issues following the major data breach of MMH late last year. MediMap has taken services offline and Health NZ has been having issues across the mōtu. White Island survivo...