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Winston Peters is attempting to sell white supremacist ideas that allow the incorrect narrative that Māori aren't indigenous to NZ. This is the worst of human nature where Winston Peters is playing a game with people's lives solely to get votes. In saying that, Christopher Luxon won't rule out working with NZ First meaning he's happy to continue to consider someone getting votes fr...

Massey University's Professor Richard Shaw has written an article which says that "after the election, Christopher Luxon’s real test could come from his right – not the left" where within the article, among other thoughts he states that "Luxon leads is facing not just an election, but a generational realignment" to the right of politics. We got on Professor Shaw to delve a...

Economists from the left and right are speaking with one voice claiming that the $3b tax take from foreign buyers may be more like $600-700 million suggest a report that has come out today. National is scrambling to convince everyone that they are well costed and the tax cuts will pay for themselves Meanwhile the ghost of John Key has returned to show Mr Luxon how when you attempt a tax take that...

Massey University's Professor Richard Shaw has written an article which says that "after the election, Christopher Luxon’s real test could come from his right – not the left" where within the article, among other thoughts he states that "Luxon leads is facing not just an election, but a generational realignment" to the right of politics. Tonight we'll look at two more c...

We had some technical difficulties tonight, so we moved away from our regular programming (you might see or hear the edit point) and opened up Discord and ended up having several people call in to chat about issues that matter to them this election cycle. The Govt Books are open and pretty much everyone is saying it's not too bad, not perfect, and with some troubles on the way...but overall a...

Christopher Luxon was on Q&A in the weekend and he dodged and weaved and didn't answer questions. It was a long interview so we'll break it into two parts. The first part is tonight and focuses on Kainga Ora and funding climate change policies Winston Peters made the ludicrous statement over the weekend that Māori are not indigenous. This is pathetic word salad using a definition of in...

What does it mean to "platform" someone? When should someone not be platformed and who decides who is to get platformed? Multi award winning author Mandy Hager joins us to talk about the idea of platforming and when it is ok and when it is not. We want your views on platforming tonight. Join us on Discord to chat with Chewie and Pat live and go into the draw for some #BHN merch https://d...

David Seymour 'spits the dummy' when being asked about another candidate resigning from the election. The resignation comes at the same time Seymour is compared to Donald Trump at Bomber's TPU Debate. We'll take a look at several moments from last nights debate National has a plan to improve or EV infrastructure with a pledge to build 10,000 new EV chargers. It does come at the sam...

According to David Seymour he thinks that Kate Sheppard might vote ACT, an idea that has been met with serious stunned faces at a finance debate today. She'd be one of the new voters as Roy Morgan gives ACT some good news today. France has just called into the team a "convicted racist" as cover for lock, We'll take a look at the story and why someone with a serious conviction is...

The National Party had their conference over the weekend to begin the electoral campaign with no policies to announce but a pledge card with a bunch of promises. Be interesting to see what the repercussions would be if one of their promises was not lived up to Nicola Willis was on Q&A with Jack Tame on Sunday and was left wanting when asked the simplest of questions about the new tax cuts poli...

National's tax cut offerings are disingenuous, and their narrative is one that makes them look larger than they are, and the MSM is just amplifying that narrative giving national what amounts to free advertising +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠#BHN⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitte...

Some people will get more in their back pocket with National's proposed tax cuts, but many others will be paying for more and have less in their pockets once changes come in. +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠#BHN⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Former Party Pill King Matt Bowden has been at the center of government decisions to crack down on less harmful substances that people use instead of their harder equivalents so we thought he'd be really interesting to chat to about Labour's plan to eliminate 90% of vape shops in NZ and what that would do to the industry and if it would be a positive or negative for the health of NZers. ++...

The hashtag #jewfish was blowing up on Twitter over the weekend as people were commenting on Bradley Cooper was being accused of cultural appropriation and antisemitism over a prosthetic nose, he chose to wear in the new movie Maestro, the biopic about Jewish composer Leonard Bernstein. We want to have a conversation about where the intersection where representation meets appropriation and I guess...

We'll offer the chance for you to come chat on Discord tonight and go in the draw for some new merch from www. BHNShop.nz https://discord.gg/NXXFAzt Labour claims that National has at least a billion dollar hole in their tax plan as the money they are expecting to get from international buyers won't be applicable to Chinese purchasers who make close to 50% of the purchases Two guests on th...

Allegations are being made that Rawiri Waititi breached a suppression order in the house. We were wondering about releasing information incorrectly which bodes the question of doxing and if it's ever okay? +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠#BHN⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @pa...

In the least surprising headline of the week, it's been revealed that ACT's candidate list is full of conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers. +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠#BHN⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Bomber joins us tonight to look over the National Party tax announcement to see what we all think about it. Two particular areas of interest are the foreign buyers fee and what'll do to the housing market and who is actually getting the best break with these proposed tax cuts. We're also interested in looking at the narrative that National has come up with, doubling everything to "for...

Julian Batchelor has threatened to sue TVNZ and Sanjana Hattotuwa over comments made by Sanjana in a TVNZ interview. Mr. Batchelor is claiming both TVNZ and Sanjana defamed him by, among other things, claiming he was racist and used racist rhetoric. Mr Batchelor also said the quiet part outload when he acknowledged a two-tier justice system favoring the wealthy stating, "those with the most m...

Simon Wilson once wrote that there was a path for ACT to be the dominant party on the right within the next couple of elections so we were wondering if the same could be said for the left. Could the Greens be the dominant party on the left over the next couple of election cycles? +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠#BHN⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Like...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi will not be referred to the Privileges Committee, but will face consequences after appearing to breach a suppression order in Parliament last week. The House today voted to suspend Waititi. That means he can't come to the debating chamber, or vote, for the next 24 hours. Freedom NZ and Destiny Church have made it clear they will be disrupting other politi...

Chris Hipkins has ruled out working with Winston Peters, he has done this to signal to Labour's base that they can be trusted to not work with extreme views, and also to attach Winston's current views to National making him guilty by association. Luxon is also in a difficult situation as his two coalition partners are at each other's throats making the idea of coalition talks post a su...

Destiny Church and Freedoms NZ are looking to disrupt other parties' political outings. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said "it's clear that [Freedoms NZ co-leader] Brian Tamaki and his mob are very determined to disrupt the election campaign". "Ultimately, that's anti-democratic. They're denying all New Zealanders the right to hear from all political parties. Christop...

Christopher Luxon continually tells media that Labour will need to bend to the will of The Greens and Te Pati Māori, however it seems no MSM interviewer has yet pointed out that if that was the case, then what about National bending to the will of ACT and NZ First +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠#BHN⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Like us on Facebook...

Julian Batchelor has threatened to sue Sanjana Hattatowa and TVNZ claiming they have defamed him by, among other things, racist and using racist rhetoric. Batchelor also said the quiet part out-loud when he confirmed the two-tiered justice system where the wealthy usually win as they have the money to keep going until the other party needs to pull out because of finances. We have defamation lawyer...