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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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02:02:50

#BHN Greens flotilla press conference | Luxon on...

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2025/10/06

BIG NEWS!!! Chewie's back tonight from his sojourn to the UK...lots of stories to hear including accidently getting caught up in an anti-Trump protestThe Green Party spoke to the media on today, accompanied by the families of Rana Hamida, Youssef Sammour, and teenager Samuel Leason, the three Kiwis detained after Israeli military boarded the Sumud flotilla. Chloe Swarbrick cut through all the bs to spell out that this government is legally bound to do everything it can to stop a genocide

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02:04:10

#bhn Protests on Winston's lawn | NZ to be a weapons...

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2025/10/03

Today protestors against the Foreign Affairs Minister's decision to not recognise Palestine at the UN, met Winston in Dunedin and on showed up on Winston's front lawn. Plus updates on the Flotilla's progress on its way to Gaza.Judith Collins announced today more defense spending to help arm NZDF and boost our weapons manufacturing export potential, with the intent to increase our overall defense spending to 2% over the next 10 years.Protests across the globe, dubbed Gen Z protests, have

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01:46:13

#BHN Craig Renney on electricity sector | Brie Elliot...

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2025/10/02

SPECIAL GUEST HOST: Tommy Deehttps://www.tiktok.com/@tommy92929Craig Renney joins us LIVE around 9.30(ish) to talk about the electricity sector and what's happening at the moment and why Treasury is no longer seemingly having lock ups for analysts to release economic data Brie Elliot has had some really interesting interactions with Chris Bishop online with an outcome that we will share with you tonight as Brie joins us LIVE at 9pmNew Zealanders on the flotilla to Gaza have been detained by

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01:39:42

#BHN Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on Palestinian statehood |...

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2025/10/01

Special Guest Host tonight - Paul 'The Other One' BarlowTonight we have co-leader of te pati Māori, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, LIVE at 9pm to wrap up our series of having the left leaders on to talk about this Government's decision to sit on the wrong side of history by not recognising the statehood of PalestinePodcasting FBI Director Kash Patel brought illegal guns into NZ and gave them as gifts to leaders he was meeting with. So one o the US' top lawmakers coming to NZ and breaking

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01:26:15

#BHN Are we looking at a General Strike? | Retirement...

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2025/09/30

PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about massive strike could hit schools, hospitals, health services - all on the same day...is it a general strike? Is it a case that a rose by any other name?A sobering report from Treasury paints a picture of extreme debt if taxes don’t rise or the pension age isn’t increased. But neither of those policies are election-winners, so what is a government, or opposition to do?Our guest co-host tonight is friend of the show Sunita

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01:28:41

#BHN Chris Hipkins LIVE on UN decision | Chloe...

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2025/09/29

SPECIAL GUEST HOST: Ash Rebornhttps://www.tiktok.com/@ashrebornnz Winston Peters spoke at the UN over the weekend saying that NZ's position right now is not to recognise Palestine statehood. Since then there has been a split in the country with one side being embarrassed that NZ is now running from the right side of history, and the other side being proud and supportive of the decision made. Tonight we have Labour Leader Chris Hipkins LIVE at 9pm to give Labour's response to the decisionWe

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00:24:18

#BHN SPECIAL Marama Davidson LIVE on Winston Peters...

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2025/09/27

It's Saturday afternoon and we have a LIVE special with Green co-leader Marama Davidson reacting to the decision by NZ's coalition government not to identify Palestine statehood with Winston Peters stating at the UN this morning that New Zealand was "not ready to make that gesture" of recognizing Palestinian statehood, as that can only be done once.=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠

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01:40:25

#BHN Jim Grenon NZME takeover | Doctor works 52hr...

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2025/09/26

Jim Grenon has bought more of NZME. Magenta does a deep dive into what this means for our media landscape.A psychiatrist striking this week alongside their colleagues shared the reality of an 18hour work day that would follow because of strike action, which stresses the need for the Govt to come to the table with not just pay increases, but the funding for a safer healthcare system for patients.Karl Popper a 20th century philosopher is still relevant today. We look at what he said about free speech

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01:20:11

#BHN John Minto on Gaza decision | Inquiry into Carl...

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2025/09/25

GUEST HOST: Martyn 'Bomber' BradburyJohn Minto LIVE at 9pm to talk about the upcoming decision by this government to either recognize, or not, Gaza and poor old Winston Peters missing out on a dinner with Trump. A record-breaking return for Fonterra and their farmers with a very excited government, with Nicola Willis reminding us that "we feed the world" but the Greens are also asking the question at what cost?An inquiry will look into National's MP for Whanganui Carl

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01:36:52

#BHN CEO's don't rate Luxon | Mihi Forbes with Nicola...

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2025/09/24

TONIGHT'S GUEST HOST: Sean AcklandThe Prime Minister has ranked 15th in Cabinet in a survey of senior business leaders, who are also casting doubt on the country's economic performance. The New Zealand Herald released its latest Mood of the Boardroom which attracted 150 responses from chief executives and other leaders. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis were out of Cabinet's top 10 performers, according to the results. Luxon scored on average 2.96 out of

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01:29:57

#BHN Changes to holiday and sick leave laws | Winston...

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2025/09/23

SPECIAL GUEST HOST Gerard OttoJohn Crocker joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the Government scrapping and replacing the Holidays Act in a move it says will finally fix New Zealand's "broken" leave system according the Brooke van Velden. Some, including the Greens, are worried about the changes are "an erosion of workers’ rights" and "yet another blow to women across Aotearoa".Winston Peters refuses to be drawn on whether NZ will recognise Palestinian state while

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01:37:58

#BHN Luxon on the economy | Mehdi Hasan at Together...

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2025/09/22

SPECIAL GUEST HOST TONIGHT: Jordan RiversPrime Minister Christopher Luxon was on Breakfast this morning talking about why investors are so nervous about his economy and why other countries even more exposed to Trumps tariffs are doing better. He also was questioned about people dying in hospital corridors and when are we goingt o recognise Gaza?Mehdi Hasan spoke at "Together for Palestine" fund raising concert that featured a star studded cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Riz Ahmed, Guy

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00:41:49

#BHN Paul McMahon Co-Chair of The People's Choice -...

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2025/09/19

We have a conversation with Paul McMahon on The People's Choice, a Christchurch-based organisation that endorses a range of candidates for seats in the upcoming local 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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02:18:21

#BHN Doyle's departing remarks | Paul McMahon of The...

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2025/09/19

In Benjamin Doyle's valedictory speech on Thursday, they call out Parliament for being a Hostile and Toxic place.Paul McMahon has a chat with us about The People's Choice, an organisation housing Left candidates with a shared vision for Christchurch.The Wellbeing Economy Alliance has put out a document to discuss the need for long-term planning and policy making - Jim Bolger gives his thoughts on the document that he has endorsed and the current state of New Zealand

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01:40:37

#BHN GDP numbers as bad as it could be | A Nicola...

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2025/09/18

Tonight we speak to NZEI President Ripeka Lessels about what is being described as an historic action where primary school teachers, principals, school support staff, and Ministry of Education specialists all strike in what union NZEI calls because the Government has failed to address key issues within the education sector.Craig Renney joins the show LIVE tonight to talk about what he describes as "GPD numbers in free fall" with numbers out today that are about as bad as they can be...the

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01:29:23

#BHN Nadine Mortaja on the March for Humanity |...

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2025/09/17

SPECIAL GUEST HOST TONIGHT: Brie Elliothttps://www.tiktok.com/@iambrieelliott Nadine Mortaja is a Kiwi-Palestinian from Gaza and the spokesperson for the weekends March for Humanity. We'll take a look at what was likely the largest protest in Auckland's history (estimates from drone footage puts the crowd size at approximately 50,000) the fight for Palestine and where to form here.Dozens of nurses turned their backs on Health Minister Simeon Brown in a show of frustration over staffing

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01:29:32

#BHN 50th Anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori |...

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2025/09/16

SPECIAL GUEST HOST TONIGHT: Clint SmithWe celebrate "50 years, one week, everyone’s invited: Te Wiki 2025" with the Chief Executive of the Te TauraWhiri i te Reo Māori/Māori Language Commission Ngahiwi Apanui LIVE with us tonight at 9pmThere's a new report that says heat pumps could cut household energy bills by $1.5bn per year, help protect thousands of Kiwi jobs. The research is done by the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) and Clint Smith was involved so he will speak to it

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01:32:42

#BHN Mohan Dutta on NZ far right ecosystem | Weekend...

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2025/09/15

SPECIAL GUEST HOST TONIGHT: Paul 'the other one' BarlowAcademic Professor Mohan J. Dutta joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk over the far right eco system in New Zealand and how it relates, and is relating, to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.We all agree voters have the right to vote for whoever they want, but they’re also have a right to being informed as to what the people they vote for stand for. We’re seeing a repeat of the 2022 plan for candidates running and hiding beliefs which are

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02:07:34

#BHN Erica and Priyanka on Edu updates | Kirk death...

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2025/09/12

The death of Charlie Kirk continues to rattle political commentators on the Left and particularly the Trump Administration's response.Erica Stanford and Priyanka Radhakrishnan on Hearld NOW's political panel talking changes being made to help fill the teachers gap.MP Carl Bates found to have not declared 25 properties in a Trust where he is a beneficiary. The 25 properties put him in the category of being one of NZ's Mega Landlords.=================================Come support the work

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01:42:09

#BHN Charlie Kirk assassinated at TPU event |...

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2025/09/11

Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was giving a presentation at Utah Valley University when he was shot and killed by a gunman from long distance.Green MP Kahurangi Carter joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the Green Party's seven promises so that every child in Aotearoa deserves to grow up with safety and stability, wrapped in aroha.You can see more about the idea at https://www.greens.org.nz/forthechildrenKieran McAnulty smites Nicola Willis in a

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