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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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01:29:03

#BHN Geoffrey Miller on NZDF to the Red Sea | Price...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/25

Geopolitical analyst Geoffrey Miller joins us live to talk about NZDF going to the Red Seal and what it says to the world about NZ's position in the Israel/Gaza conflict David Seymour was on breakfast today talking about ACTS referendum on the principles of the Treaty and if he thinks National will support it after select committee Associate Health Minister and NZ First MP Casey Costello is facing pressure from advocacy group Health Coalition Aotearoa after leaked documents suggest she sought

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01:30:43

#BHN Prof Patman on Trump in New Hampshire |...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/24

Prof Robert Patman joins us live to talk about the results out of the New Hampshire GOP primary and what it means for the Republican Party moving forward towards the 2024 Presidential election. Prof Mohan J Dutta joins us to talk about the use in the weekend by David Seymour of the saying "Jai Shree Ram" and how many Indian Muslims find it to be a threat because it is linked to violence, both historic and current, and those who perpetrate that violence are now amplifying Seymour's

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00:57:12

#BHN Who was T.W. Ratana? | Troops going to fight...

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2024/01/23

Who was T.W. Ratana? Author of Ratana Revisited Keith Newman joins us to explain who T.W. Ratana was as many of us think about it as a place or a celebration but not a person. Alternative Jewish Voices' Marilyn joins us to talk about the news that NZ troops are being sent to the middle East to support the efforts against the Houthi. What does this convey to the world about NZ? What does this mean for the Israel/Gaza conflict? David Seymour has made it very clear he is not attending Ratana

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01:14:58

#BHN Debbie Ngarewa Packer on the National Hui |...

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2024/01/22

There is a sound issue for the first 5mins 43secs then fine. Live at 9pm, Debbie Ngarewa Packer joins us to talk about the National Hui over the weekend. What are her takeaways and where to from here especially in the lead up to Ratana and Waitangi Day National is not following official advice on anything from Fair Pay Agreements, to Regulatory Impact Statements and now to the Treaty referendum, and that may be something people are ok with, new government, new way of doing things...except they

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00:44:17

#BHN National's 'handmaids' desire | Bilingual road...

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2024/01/18

National wants to turn NZ into the Handmaid's Tale Satirist Dave Armstrong on bilingual road signs David Seymour flustered by basic questions

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00:46:14

#BHN David Seymour's Treaty referendum | Plunket...

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2024/01/17

David Seymour tries to convince us that the public should decide what the principles of the treaty are, not Māori, not the courts, not the Waitangi Tribunal. Sean Plunket screams at guests again Simon Wilson on Christopher Luxon's climate change dilemma

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00:48:26

#BHN Kelvin Morgan on Emily Steel | National's plan...

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2024/01/16

National wants gangs to stock up on Natural Glow Kelvin Morgan on the new Emily Steel protest clip and YouTube channel How can National claim Labour is soft on crime?

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00:48:57

#BHN Lord Sumtion on COVD | National's disinfo on...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/15

Lord Sumtions facts are wrong about COVID in NZ, we correct him. National's disinformation about inflation and the good news story about the drop in inflation rates prior to the election What is a woman is such a disingenuous question and we'll show you how easy it is to answer the question.

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00:37:12

#BHN Summer Series: Loafers Hostel - measuring...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/13

The fire at Loafers Lodge is a huge tragedy and politicians offering "thoughts and prayers' do nothing to solve the issues for vulnerable people in these kinds of living situations. If we agree that we can judge our society based on how we look after the most vulnerable, then this fire is an indictment on NZ society today. All you need to do is look at the reviews of this building for the past two years and the comments by people online who have been residents to know that this is not

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00:21:09

#BHN Summer Series: Criminologist Dr Fairleigh...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/12

Dr Fairleigh Gilmour is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Gender Studies at The University of Otago. Fairleigh’s research interests include sex work governance; race, gender and class in media representations of crime; and prison education. Dr Gilmour joins us to talk about the state of crime in NZ, is it as we are being told in the media by the opposition and some in society or not?

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00:48:03

#BHN Free Speech hypocrisy | Chewie uncomfortable |...

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2024/01/11

Duncan Garner, Matthew Hooton and Chewie are all in agreement on something Free Speech advocates don't seem to want to protect the speech of a poet who also happens to be a brown woman Luxon learn te reo for free then pulls up another ladder

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00:50:03

#BHN Matthew Hooton on Luxon's leadership | David...

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2024/01/10

Matthew Hooton on Luxon's leadership and coalition expectations versus reality NZ Herald's David Fisher wrote a piece on Chantelle Baker about her "alternative realities" and we chatted with him about it. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chantelle-baker-profile-the-conspiracy-influencer-and-the-growth-of-an-alternate-reality-media/TLWHK766AZBTRK4T6KBQNJQ4C4/ We had a chat about how some perceive us as "far left" when we actually are not...not that we care about being

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00:57:34

#BHN Should Posie Parker be banned | What's a teacher...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/09

Chantelle Baker misrepresent the IPCA report and we correct her. Prior to her coming we wanted to know if she should be banned from NZ. What is a teacher worth? How much does a teacher earn and how much should they be getting paid.

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01:08:35

#BHN Chantelle Baker either lies or is stupid |...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/08

Chantelle Baker misleading exaggeration and lies put on blast for everyone to see National wants your retirement money to help landlords Tucker Carlson's numbers crash and looks like more legal trouble on the way for him

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00:22:07

#BHN Summer Series: Dietrich Soakai, Youth...

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2024/01/07

Dietrich Soakai is a Youth Development Worker based in Canterbury and joins us to talk about how to best help youth in at-risk situations. Is the National/ACT idea of ankle bracelets and boot camps the best idea to get what society wants from these young people, and give them the best chance to be fully part of society and living their best lives as well.

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00:42:29

#BHN Summer Series: Chantelle Baker misleading...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/06

The full conversation about Chantelle Baker, the exaggerations, mistruths, mis/disinformation and lies she tells along with the tactics she uses to make herself the expert with absolute knowledge with the problem being her followers lap it up as absolute truth.

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00:22:59

#BHN Summer Series: Max Tweedie, Director of Auckland...

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2024/01/05

Some highlights of the last year or so Director of Auckland Pride, Max Tweedie, joins us to explain how the rainbow community is disappointed and frustrated after being left out of the Government's new proposed hate speech laws.

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00:50:27

#BHN Is violent crime up? | Plunket's census...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/04

Chantelle Baker says she doesn't defend actions, then defends them. Is Violent Crime up by 40% as National claims with Simon Wilson? Sean Plunket's misinformation push for the 2023 Census

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00:49:36

#BHN Byron Clark on conspiracy theories | Woodham...

#BHN Big Hairy News ·

2024/01/03

Byron C Clark How do we address a half truth aspect of a conspiracy David Slack on the retirement of the Prime Minister Poor old Kerre Woodham is all confused why NZers don't trust Christopher Luxon

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00:28:24

#BHN Summer Series: Assoc Prof Grant Duncan on the...

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2024/01/02

Some highlights of the last year or so Assoc Prof Grant Duncan joins us to talk last weeks bias in the dissemination of the political Newshub/Reid Research poll and how to critically read opinion polls

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