#BHN Big Hairy News

If you own properties in multiple districts you can vote in local body elections in all those districts making a nonsense of the 'one person one vote' idea and giving more votes to those with the resources to own multiple properties A German artist has produced an 'unauthorised' portrait of Rangi McLean and is selling it in Europe. Tuhoe leaders have served Gerd Stritzel with a copyright infringem...

Cost of Living payment arrives with payments over the next few months helping 2 million New Zealanders. National is criticising some recipients as they are not NZ based and Labour is saying due to the simplicity of what they've set up some have received cash that weren't eligible Health sector reforms announced today that make it easier and more rewarding for health professionals to move to NZ The...

Alex Holder is a British documentary filmmaker who filmed then-President Donald Trump and his family prior to the 2020 election loss to Joe Biden and on and in the lead up to Jan. 6, 2021 in his Discovery Channel, 3 part documentary series 'Unprecedented'. Later Holder was subpoenaed to testify before the Jan 6 House Select Committee and he provided them with hundreds of hours of footage that was...

Tenants Action Wellington is protesting landlords and rental prices with a list of ten demands including "All rent prices are permanently lowered to 25 percent of the lowest benefit." and "Landlords cannot ask prospective tenants for credit checks, employment history or any other references." and finally "No entering the property uninvited AT ALL. Flat inspections are abolished." We delve into the...

We take a look at Bernard Hickey's The Spinoff article on the Reserve Bank's responsibility, or not, for inflation and what National and Labour is saying about it Documentary film maker Alex Holder tells us how dumb Trump actually is Smokefree NZ by 2025...kinda...as we find out that a 'smoke free' NZ actually means a reduction of smoking by 5%

More foot-in-mouth for Luxon as he sells the idea of being in Te Puke with blue collar workers all while he is holidaying with his family in Hawaii. No in and of itself this seems like a minor gaff...but with Luxon's comfortability in previous interviews about his wealth, the optics of this are him trying to hide his privileged life, a life that most NZers couldn't ever hope to attain, whilst putt...

I'm sure some news will come up in the show tonight, but mostly we'll be hanging and chatting about the show and where we are at right now. It's our 100th show and we might even try to fire up our Discord to see if you want to connect. Be there at 10pm Pat, George and Chewie and maybe some other guests

Anna Brooks joins us to talk about the apparent reversal by the Government to semi/sorta/kinda mandate masks in schools and her experience seeing Dr Ashley Bloomfield's last official engagement before retiring. Also, we find out why National's Nicola Willis and Christopher Lux were so soft on the PM over her mask less photo during the week as Luxon posts a video of himself in a mask less meet and...

AUT's Dr Angelique Nairn article "For the Love of Thor! Why It's So Hard for Marvel To Get Its Female Superheroes Right" looks at why female superheroes are being represented so poorly in cinema. Economics lecturer Stephen Hickson writes about how inflation is "2022's boogeyman". We look at what inflation is, who is responsible and if David Seymour's solutions will solve our financial issues Profe...

The Prime Minister's office organised a gift for US President Joe Biden for when the leaders met, the gift has been now described by some mana whenua as 'Appalling", we look into why Three Waters debates continues with Mayors around the country planting their flags in the 'pro' or 'con' camp betting that's the edge to help them win in th upcoming local body elections. Prime Minister Jacinda Arden'...

The Government was on bended knee last week pleading with the country, begging the country, to wear masks indoors yet today, when a photo op with over 100 young NZers presented itself to the PM, she unmasked for the photo in a classic case of "do as I say not as I do" Hohepa Thompson is currently on his South Island leg of the 'HORIs Pledge' tour. We catch up with Hohepa and find out more about wh...

While in the UK Christopher Luxon "dunked" on NZ businesses by calling them "soft", NZ Herald's Hayden Munro wonders "What was he thinking?" A new report released by the Green Party found on average those living in shared flats spend 56% of their weekly income on rent alone. National's Michael Woodhouse joins us to talk on inflation after the announcement that NZ's is now at 7.3%

Comedian Guy Williams interviewed would be Auckland Mayor Leo Malloy and it seems for one of the first times ever, the interviewee became the master. With what was obviously supposed to be a joke conversation to embarrass a ridiculous public figure looking to be mayor, may have done the complete opposite and genuinely helped his campaign. Christopher Luxon abortion missteps seems to have harmed hi...

Prof Warren Tate on the similarities between long covid, ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and we also chat with the Otago University academic about the latest announcements by the government for the next phase in COVID response Interesting to see how Today FM has come out in its first radio survey, what were the expectations...if any...and where did they end up compared to their competition The Pro...

Ryan Bridge on the AM Show didn't really want to focus on the big issue, of is there a healthcare crisis or not, he just really wants Minister Andrew Little to use the word...because so many people just want to hear the word Lots of calls from media and the opposition that a big part of the so-called Health System "crisis" lays at the feet of the government for not allowing unvaccinated nurses bac...

Leader of the Opposition Christopher Luxon was on Newstalk ZB with Kerre McIvor today for an hour and took calls, we'll have a look at what ensued Today FM's Tova O'Brien talked about how the messenger in media shares the top news stories and then get's seen as partisan by the side not liking that particular news, she encourages her listeners not to shoot the messenger Simon Wilson writes in the N...

David Seymour on ACTs first 100 days and how he thinks ACT is going to be "tough on crime" Moving to Australia? Is Australia still 'the lucky country', where is better to live and why should Australia be looking to NZ? Michael Baker on where NZ should be going when it comes to the current COVID situation including mandating masks in school and inside spaces when you are with people who are not you...

Former lawyer. CEO of Startup Queenstown Lakes and the catalyst for the #MeToo movement in NZ, Olivia Wensley, joins us to tell her story of helping a 22-year-old woman and her mother escape Gloriavale after coming and going to the West Coast community for 6 years undercover. Louise Wallace has a pretty disgusting take on obese people being 'normalised' and seen by the public on billboards or as p...

We critique of The AM Show with David Clark where they spent 10 minutes in an interview about the new Grocery Commissioner where not one question was asked about the Commissioner, yet many questions were asked about how this would unfairly effect the Supermarkets Guns for teachers may be more of a reality for US teachers. we watch some horrific footage of teachers in Utah training with weapons for...

Dr David Clark joins us to talk about the new Grocery Commissioner, how it will work, what it will do, if it will make a tangible difference to customers and suppliers and why on earth they didn't call it the Grocery Czar!!! As more information comes out about the Highland Park shooting, conservatives in the US are tying themselves up in knots...again...to blame anything but guns for the shooting....

The left in America seem to finally be getting the idea of how the right will never bend and inch, the left always compromises and the right always wins...however things might be changing thanks to CA governor Gavin Newsom NZ mental health has taken a hit recently and we chat to Brooklyn from Words to Heal You about what she is doing with her inspirational clothing label British Scouts have new di...

We have a listen to Sean Plunket admit to where The Plunket sits on the political spectrum, and logic dictates it's far on the right. If our assertion is not enough, we also have a look at who The Platform is attracting and where they sit on the political spectrum Dr David Welch joins us to talk about BA.4 and BA.5 and what it means for COVID and NZ moving through the rest of winter. Is there anot...

Massey University's Dr Suze Wilson wrote an article talking about the dilemma that Christopher Luxon faces as he grapples with his pro-life stance but also supports NZ's position on abortion in the law. How does a person in leadership decide on what to be pragmatic about and what of their personal ideologies they should stand by. Dr Wilson was on the right wing broadcaster The Platform this mornin...

Dr Anna Brooks gives us an update on the COVID situation in NZ today including the new reinfection advice and changes to the COVID Orange Traffic Light System Disinformation researcher Byron Clark joins us to talk about the new designation of the Proud Boys and The Base in NZ as a terrorist organisation

Bioethicist Dr Elizabeth Fenton joins us to chat about the idea some people are pushing that there is hypocrisy that women are allowed choice when it comes to abortions yet they think there has been no choice when it comes to getting vaccines. Some people think that the 'my body. my choice' should be valid for both situations. A shocking day at the Jan 6th Committee with some seasoned political jo...