#BHN Big Hairy News

Bomber joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk end of the year, some of the big stories of the year and a look up into next year for what it holdsPaul 'the other one' Barlow joins us LIVE to preview this weekends The Collective, Sunday at 7pm, to let us all know what to look forward toKieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop were on Breakfast this morning talking RMA and social media bans====================...

Westpac has put its mortgage rates up even though there was an OCR drop last week, what does this mean? Will other banks follow? Craig Renney joins us LIVE at 9pm to cover off what this meansA new round of polls out today that show the trend continues and that the TVNZ poll may be an outlier for the left bloc. In saying that based on the latest Curia numbers the government today, still have the su...

Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking, Labour's spokesperson for the RMA, joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk over the new legislation introduced into parliament today. The Government has unveiled its mega-overhaul of New Zealand's planning system in a radical but long-awaited shift, which it hopes will become active in 2029.Just over a third of voters believe Christopher Luxon is the best person to lead Na...

Andrew Coster fronted up to a full episode of Q&A to talk to jack Tame about what happened, what he says is being ignored and how much he says Ministers of the Crown knew...versus how much they are agreeing to what they knewMinister of Police Mark Mitchell responds to Andrew Coster's interview on Q&A this morning on BreakfastMariameno Kapa-Kingi is back in TPM by virtue of a court orde...

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has her day in court challenging Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere's leadership and her expulsion from the party. David Seymour loves the limelight and makes the most of his camera time answering questions as Associate Education Minister during scrutiny week. We also catch up with the delivery man of Seymour's well deserved cookie. More news is emerging that...

Labour MP Ingrid Leary has been caught using ChatGPT to formulate questions to ask Minister Casey Costello. Leary first denied that she used the AI system, to then confirm she doesExpelled MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has filed for an interim injunction, court records show, against Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere. Chlöe Swarbrick and David Seymour go head-to-head on NZH this morning talking schoo...

Welcome to the fight Comrade Wayne Brown over the cuts and populist legislation that this government is participating in. This time it's over the maximum increase to rates of 2%-4% leaving Auckland not able to fund it's needs. It also means that cities will become more user pays and the Councils will look to make up the losses in other areasUnder Labour the National Party and Christopher L...

Aaron Hendry joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about Kickback's State of the Street report released today showing, among other things, the issue of young people are sleeping on the streets and in cars is getting worse. Tania Waikato joins us LIVE tonight around 9.30 to talk about the latest numbers for Te Rārangi Rangatira and if we've hot the 1500 mark so we can then send Mr Seymour his cookie...

Justice Committee has given its recommendation to pass the Electoral Amendment Bill, only amending the roll out of the changes. Ignoring 80% of the 2700 submissions opposing the bill. It has been revealed that the UK and other international trade partners are unhappy with NZ's u-turn on its commitment to meet international climate targets, despite the govt repeatedly saying there wasn't an...

Dr Alexander Plum from AUT join us LIVE at 9pm to discuss his latest article "Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences"https://theconversation.com/maori-face-harsher-sentences-than-nz-europeans-for-similar-drink-driving-offences-with-lasting-consequences-269070Newly released advice shows officials urged the government a...

Tova O'Brien had a disgraceful interview with Chris Hipkins today where all she seemed to want to talk about what the hypothetical issue if Labour needed Winston Peters to form a government. Peters took up half the interview Tova had with Chippy, and Chippy stayed on message which was "if the voters don't want to see that then vote Labour"The OCR is cut again by 25 basis points w...

Ousted Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes on MATA about the mounting internal tensions within Te Pāti Māori that led to the current fall out with some pretty concerning accusations made. Chris Hipkins speaks to the National plan for Kiwisaver and what Labour would do to help lower income people into the planChristopher Luxon says, of the cracks in the coalition, that there...

Tania Waikato joins us LIVE to release tonight's numbers on schools who are committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o WaitangiCraig Renney joins us LIVE tonight to talk about his nomination to Labour for the next election and the new policy released by National saying they would increase Kiwisaver contributions to 12%, 6% from the employer and 6% from the employee meaning people who are alread...

Health Minister Simeon Brown has successfully blocked young people from accessing puberty blockers until a UK clinical trial has concluded in 2031.Michael Woods has announced his return to politics, standing for Mt Roskill under Labour in 2026.Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon has been promoting the changes coming to the platform with his radical vision for a better, healthier internet. Plus your usual F...

With the announcement of the new ferries yesterday seemingly having a...shall we say...holes in it financially, we're getting Labour's Spokesperson for Transport on LIVE at 9pm to talk fact versus fiction when it comes to this dealIn what looks like a completely cowardly move Winston Peters, who had the power to cancel the RSB, now says he will repeal the RSB if re-elected. David Seymour s...

Qiulae Wong, is the leader of the freshly branded Opportunity Party and joins us tonight to talk about the party, the reset and what she wants to achieve with a party that has always had interest from voters, but never quite got there. Gary Stevenson joins Guyon Espiner to explain why he believes wealth inequality in New Zealand is growing faster than many people realise and how this trend is resh...

Tania Waikato joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the growing list of schools across Aotearoa that are refusing to follow the Government’s directive to drop Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations from their governance practices. The list of schools signing on is now above 500 and growing. The Green Party is pledging to revoke consents for certain mining projects granted under the fast-track regime if it...

Dr Gary Payinda joins is LIVE at 9pm to talk about his Labour Party selection, the first in the country outside sitting MPs, as to why he wants to move into politics and wanted to do something about what he saw as the government's ongoing attack on essential public services.https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/579103/labour-selects-dr-gary-payinda-to-take-on-former-health-minister-dr-shane-ret...

It has been reported that the decision to not recognise Palestine at the UN earlier this year came directly from Winston Peters Foreign Affairs office, with little to no consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In another example of ideology over expertise: Louise Upston was questioned in the house regarding the decision to means test the parents of 18 & 19 year olds and take away th...

Dr Jude Ball, Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about how NZ has plummeted from 2nd to 53rd in Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index ranking. Sam Seder is one of the respected voices in the world of progressive politics and joins us from New York to talk about Zohran Mamdani's win, the Democrats folding and opening...

Tamatha Paul joins us to talk about the IPCA report released yesterday show massive issues with senior leadership in the police and we want to revisit when Tamatha made clear that when police turn up "for a lot of people, it makes them feel less safe" and wonder with this new filter to look at that statement through, maybe some right wing MPs need to offer Tamatha an apologyMarama Davids...

Handbags at 30 paces in the coalition today when Winston Peters said of asset sales were a “tawdry silly argument” and that the government has not fixed the economy. PM Luxon responded calling out Peters' age saying ‘he’s been here 50 years for goodness sake’Chris Hipkins spoke to the NZ Herald this morning talking CGT, asset sales and what the relationship is like between TPM and LabourTe Uru...

Te Pāti Māori has expelled two of its MPs, after weeks of internal dramas that have paralysed the party. Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris have been expelled from the party, co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said there was no plan to force them out of Parliament. Stephen Rowe from the conservative Cato Institute and a former colleague of Charlie Kirk. He was on...

It's the Friday Show 1 year Anniversary! We celebrate with some out of context nonsense from the year! An independent report analysing the Govt's youth offender bootcamp programme has been released. A small sample size of 10 is not conclusive as to whether or not it was a success but questions remain about whether it was a good use of tax payers money, the future of the programme and the l...

Chloe Swarbrick was on Newstalk ZB today talking homelessness with Heather du Plessis-Allan offending her white lady sensibilities trying to find a solution to those homeless people "who shout" posing that locking them up overnight is the best solutionNicola Willis was on with Ryan Bridge this morning talking unemployment and who is to blame for it,BHB whanau Craig Renny seems to be unde...