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#BHN Big Hairy News

Big Hairy Network

Award winning podcasters Pat and Chewie host a news commentary show that is broadcast weekdays Big Hairy News, or #BHN, gives the space needed to cover off the stories covered rather than the two and a half minutes the mainstream media gives guests between weather and the next ad break.

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01:41:55

#BHN Gary Payinda on surgeries going private |...

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2025/03/26

Green MP Tamatha Paul is being criticised by the Government and Labour over comments that a "visible police presence" makes people feel "more on edge." Is she right? We'll take a look at the fall out tonight.Dr Gary Payinda joins us this evening to talk about whistle blower and colleague Dr David Bailey blowing the lid off the narrative that privatization of surgeries is the way out of the backlog of public hospital surgeries as it doesn't fix the chronic underfunding but

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01:37:06

#BHN Marilyn Garson on Hamdan Ballal | Trump's...

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2025/03/25

Marilyn Garson from Alternative Jewish Voices, joins us to talk a myriad of things including lawyer Paul Fishers rant over the weekend, Juliet Moses' response to us yesterday and the apparent kidnapping of Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal from an ambulance by the IDF todayPrime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke on TVNZ's Breakfast where he affirmed John Campbell that the Government would hit their target of 500 new police officers by the end of this year and that firearm lobbyist and nominal

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01:49:52

#BHN Michel Mulipola LIVE at 9 | Winstons Woke War |...

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2025/03/24

Michel 'Bloody Samoan' Mulipola talks about how he went about creating real consequences for the Destiny Church attackers via social media which led to arrests and the court case.Gary's Economics explains that the problem is the rich are taking everything and the rest of us are being impoverished. Gary looks to the solution, and how we achieve itProtestors and hecklers disrupted New Zealand First leader Winston Peters as he delivered his State of the Nation speech in Christchurch on

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00:53:29

#BHN Dr Gary Payinda on censoring Doctors, "I'm not...

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2025/03/23

Public health leaders say the Government’s insistence on vetting advice from senior public health doctors is unprecedented and deeply concerning and Dr Gary Payinda joins us tonight live at 9pm to talk it over=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden

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00:30:56

#BHN Dr Grant Duncan on leadership performance of our...

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2025/03/22

Grant Duncan writes on the Conversation as to how our prime minister and opposition party leader stack up on the 'Leadership Capital Index'. Spoiler alert: not very well.=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat

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00:23:16

#BHN Byron Clark on the Chch massacre anniversary and...

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2025/03/22

Byron Clark on the Christchurch massacre anniversary and the actions of the Free Speech Union=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta

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00:43:53

#BHN Chippy doing his darndest to not say capital...

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2025/03/21

Chris Hipkins is with us LIVE at 9pm talking about his state of the nation speech, his focus on tax for the next 18 months and how Labour will win the 2026 election. =================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat

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02:00:12

#BHN Trump detaining everyone | Erica kept out of the...

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2025/03/21

Trump's USA is officially under totalitarian rule, disregarding Federal Judges orders, deporting anyone that he disagrees with, and those that disagree with him, and detaining foreigners entering the country legally without cause.Erica is kept out of the loop of critical information under her portfolio, regarding school lunch programme provider Libelle's liquidation.Brooke van Velden has said a big fat "Hell no" to TAB's attempt to pay $150m to pass favourable legislation in

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01:28:32

#BHN Dr Gary Payinda LIVE | Seymour on public health...

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2025/03/20

Public health leaders say the Government’s insistence on vetting advice from senior public health doctors is unprecedented and deeply concerning and Dr Gary Payinda joins us tonight live at 9pm to talk it overDavid Seymour has hit out concerns around the censure doctors speaking out, saying he’s “cheering on Simeon [Brown] putting those muppets back in their box”. In doing so, Seymour indicated the vetting directive had come directly from the health minister’s office.The Defence Force is proposing a

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01:36:32

#BHN Why isn't Brian Tamaki in the docks as well? |...

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2025/03/19

We've found footage from Brian Tamaki's "sermon" the day after his church members stormed the Te Atatu library where he is explicitly instructing them to "storm the library". We're now wondering how and why he isn't be held to account for inciting violence as some of his church members, who on his instruction, stormed the library are now accused of assaultsSpecialist doctors tasked with protecting public health say the Government is trying to stop them from

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01:41:08

#BHN Byron Clark on Chch anniversary | Seymour...

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2025/03/18

Byron Clark on the Christchurch massacre anniversary and the actions of the Free Speech UnionDavid Seymour launches ACT LOCAL and thinks Jesus would vote ACTIsrael breaks ceasefire and bombards Gaza leading to the deaths of at least 200 people as a response to Hamas still holding 59 hostagesDestiny Church associates protesting a Drag Story Time event have been in court for the first time today with six of the seven accused denied name suppression as they chose to spread their deeds on social media

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01:52:38

#BHN Chippy LIVE at 9pm | Seymour on Q&A | Mahmoud...

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2025/03/17

Chris Hipkins is with us LIVE at 9pm talking about his state of the nation speech, his focus on tax for the next 18 months and how Labour will win the 2026 election. David Seymour was on on Q&A in the weekend where we saw a more reserved Jack Tame pressing him and several topics including School Lunches, which is what we'll look at tonight. Mahmoud Khalil, a pro Palestinian protestor, green card holding, husband of US Citizen in the US exposes the hypocrisy on the right who are doing

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00:28:28

#BHN Barbara Edmonds on Luxon's infrastructure w@nkfest

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2025/03/15

Barbara Edmonds is LIVE at 9pm talking the Government's infrastructure summit that she is attending today, and speaking at tomorrow=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie

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01:57:00

#BHN Aucklands homelessness crisis | Benefit...

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2025/03/15

Tonight we will discuss the story of a young woman who has spent 13 weeks in hospital and has had her benefit cut to $55 a week.Chris Bishop is seeking input from international investors for a potential upgrade. He has also stated all roads of national significance are up for consideration for tolls. Detective Rogers and Magenta spoke to Aaron Hendry from Kick Back about the issues that homeless young people are facing. He discusses what this government has done and what it could do to solve this

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00:27:08

#BHN Dr Olivier Jutel on the Callahan Institution...

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2025/03/14

Dr Olivier Jutel joins us to talk about a NZ DOGE copycat scheme being pushed by Callaghan Innovation and Web3NZ=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily

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01:20:35

#BHN Barbara Edmonds LIVE at 9pm | Kieran on school...

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2025/03/13

Barbara Edmonds is LIVE at 9pm talking the Government's infrastructure summit that she is attending today, and speaking at tomorrowKieran McAnulty is jumping into the conversation about school lunches as the company who supplies lunches in his district is the one that has just gone bankrupt. He is calling for the contract to go back to the previous suppliers to get healthy lunches back onto school kids desksWinston Peters has shown again that he is all bluster when his own party has DEI

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01:37:46

#BHN NZ's DOGE in the works | Charges for Destiny...

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2025/03/12

Dr Olivier Jutel joins us to talk about a NZ DOGE copycat scheme being pushed by Callaghan Innovation and Web3NZFour people have been arrested and had assault-related charges filed against them as part of an ongoing investigation into a Destiny Church-linked protest.Seems that schools that were getting lunches from Libelle are not as enthusiastic as Mr Seymour about the liquidation and the poor man is now being attacked by the woke media with gotcha questions when asked about things he said in the

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01:37:54

#BHN PM has to defend School Lunches and war on woke...

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2025/03/11

The Government has faced further scrutiny in Question Time today after a provider for the much-maligned school lunch programme, responsible for 125,000 meals daily, announced liquidation.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has given weight to Winston Peter's war on woke by suggesting he may integrate Peters' DEI Bill into new legislationTeachers at schools are still providing lunches for some students as they claim that the meals turning up are inedible and are feeding pigs, in the kinds of

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01:38:52

#BHN Chippy on CGT | Simeon on bowel cancer | Sam...

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2025/03/10

Chris Hipkins was asked on Q&A if his party will be campaigning on capital gains tax at the next election, Hipkins says Labour hasn't decided yet. We wonder if not answering this is a net negative, a net positive or neutral at this stage in the cycle.Friend of the show Sam Seder went on Jubilee's Surrounded show where he faced off against 20 young conservatives. One answer in particular seemed to sum up the views of the modern conservative millennial and Gen Z crowd which showed how

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01:49:38

#BHN Health NZ, Levy is out, private secor in |...

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2025/03/07

Simeon Brown made a big announcement today regarding Te Whatu Ora, sacking Lester Levy, reinstating the board, and relying on the private sector to reduce the surgery wait list by mid-year.Chris Hipkins speaks at the Labour's State of Nation, announcing portfolio reshuffles, new portfolio and the party's main priorities heading into the election 2026.Winston is back in the news, this time with his 'anti-woke' targeting diversity targets in the public sector.That and much more in

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