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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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02:07:18

#BHN Anniversary Special | Bootcamp Report | Climate...

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2025/11/07

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 long-term results on the youth involved.A history of cross-party agreement regarding climate change

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01:41:29

#BHN Chloe Swarbrick versus HDPA | Nicola Willis on...

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2025/11/06

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 under a coordinated attack by operatives on the right starting at Chris Bishop and Kieran McAnulty were on

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01:23:57

#BHN Unemployment at 9 year high | Rough Sleeping to...

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2025/11/05

Ricardo Menéndez March joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about news today that unemployment has risen again to near nine-year high of 5.3%Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election as Democrats pick up major wins in several key US racesChippy was right in the house yesterday. Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠

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01:33:45

#BHN Claudette Hauiti LIVE at 9pm | TPM leaders back...

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2025/11/04

Parliament based political correspondent for Waatea, and former National Party MP under John Key, Claudette Hauiti joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk over both what is happening in TPM at the moment and the shocking announcement today that the Government is to remove requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o WaitangiThe government's decision to axe schools' obligation to give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi has shocked groups representing school boards, teachers and principals

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02:01:01

#BHN Hipkins on Q&A talking CGT | Luxon on ZB talking...

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2025/11/03

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joins Mike Hosking live on Newstalk ZB and explains why National's 'Water Done Well' is better than Three Waters even though it's now proven to cost moreLabour leader Chris Hipkins joins Q+A to go through the finer points of the capital gains tax policy, and whether Labour is projected to bring in enough revenue to pay for its promises. Minister for Children Karen Chhour joins Q+A to talk about the reduction in youth crime rates, along with the

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02:02:06

#BHN Kieran V Willis on CGT | PENZ on new draft...

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2025/10/30

Kieran McAnulty was on Breakfast this morning debating Nicola Willis on the recently announced CGT with Willis claiming it was an attack on everyone and that CGT announced by Labour is not targeted as Labour claimed.Last night on 1News Dr Susannah Smith from Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ), shared her concerns about the new draft curriculum and how she was cited in the document as one of the experts behind the new draft, even though she doesn't recognise her fingerprints on any part of the

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01:44:35

#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the CGT | Stanford's new...

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2025/10/29

Craig Renney joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk in more detaill about the GCT announced yesterday by the Labour Party. We had Barb Edmonds last night for a very tightly timed interview and tonight we'll take a bit more time to delve into what it is, and what it means for NZ and Labour in 2026.Labour leader Chris Hipkins has had a crack at the Prime Minister's real estate portfolio while making the case for his party's new capital gains tax policy challenging Luxon on the tax plan to

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01:52:21

#BHN Labour confirms CGT with Barb Edmonds | TPM to...

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2025/10/28

Labour has said if elected at next year's election it would introduce a set 28% capital gains tax on commercial and residential property, excluding key assets such as the family home, farms, KiwiSaver, shares, business assets, inheritances, and personal items. Labour had to rush their release as someone leaked the policy to RNZ. Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE at 9pm to explain the policy and the releaseTe Pāti Māori has moved to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as well as a push to "reset"

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02:19:14

#BHN Duncan Webb: strikes and politics | Democratic...

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2025/10/24

Emz sits down with Duncan Webb on the day of the "mega-strike" when 110,000 workers across the public sector stepped off to the job, and tens of thousands marched the streets to show the govt they are worth investing in and in desperate need of better working conditions and safer staffing. We also chat about the recent announcement to not run for re-election next year, with questions around who will run for the Christchurch Central seat for Labour.James Meager has called for a change to

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01:54:55

#BHN State of Emergency in Canterbury | Anne Daniels...

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2025/10/22

There has been a state of emergency declared in Canterbury, with Fire and Emergency NZ saying there was 'little chance' of containing fires in 150kph windsAnne Daniels joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk the megastrike tomorrow including how the state of emergency in Canterbury has impacted the nationwide protestsDavid Seymour and Marama Davidson were on Herald NOW this morning talking the Future Fund, charges for Doctors and of course the upcoming megastrike action

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01:55:12

#BHN Chris Abercrombie on the mega-strike | TVNZ...

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2025/10/21

NZPPTA President Chris Abercrombie joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk about the upcoming strike, the negotiations thus far, Judith Collins open letter and more. TVNZ has been escorted out of the Pentagon moments before a crucial defence meeting between Judith Collins and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth despite being promised access.What the hell is happening with the weather, three fires, a death from a branch falling due to wind, people literally being blown into the streets it's just

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01:48:43

#BHN Barb Edmonds LIVE at 9pm | Plunket meltdown...

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2025/10/20

Apologies for the delay in uploading the latest episode, Spotify was part of the AWS outage overnight making it impossible to get you the episode soonerBarb Edmonds joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the first Labour Party policy release of the election cycle promising there is an alternative to taxation. Labour leader Chris Hipkins announced his party’s “Future Fund” policy, pitching it as the way to grow the economy, pay the bills, and build local infrastructure.Sean Plunket's BSA meltdown

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01:58:02

#BHN Chloe on action before perfection | Peter Thiel...

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2025/10/17

Chloe met with Zack Polanski on another British podcast to talk about the NZ Green Party, leading a socialist movement in NZ and how the left need to find common ground and stop the infighting in the parties differences and imperfections.Peter Thiel makes an appearance in the latest episode of South Park. Mage and Emz do a quick recap as to who he is, his professional history, his connection to NZ and why this of concern for us.The govt is proposing amendments to the monumental Abuse in State Care

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01:53:47

#BHN Doctors unethical says Simeon Brown | Jim Bolger...

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2025/10/16

Kieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop appeared in TVNZ Breakfast talking of the passing of Jim Bolger who, as the conversation demonstrated, is about as far away from today's National Party as one could get. McAnulty and Bishop then debated how this CoC is ignoring the latest select committee submissions that went against their position 98% to 2%Health Minister Simeon Brown says senior doctors have crossed an “ethical line” by striking and delaying surgeries and care for “thousands of New

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01:50:21

#BHN Gerry the Fashion Police | Israel delays aid for...

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2025/10/15

Gerry Brownlee wants to crack down on MP's attire, attendance and leave after Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech last week. Chris Finlayson, head of the privileges committee adds his thoughts on RNZ.Trump is threatening Hamas if they don't give up their weapons and Israel blocks humanitarian aid for Palestinians because they won't hand over the bodies of hostages buried in the rubble created by Israel's bombing of Gaza.Erica Stanford has another win as education stats show structured

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01:51:39

#BHN TPM v Toitu Te Tiriti gets ugly | New ferries...

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2025/10/14

In an explosive late-night email, Te Pāti Māori has accused one of its MPs of "major overspending issues" and her son of abusing Parliamentary security. The unsigned Monday night email - obtained by RNZ and other media - makes a number of claims against MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and separately her son Eru Kapa-Kingi, a key spokesperson for the Toitū Te Tiriti movement including that Eru Kapa-Kingi threatened Parliamentary staffers alleging he said “You aren’t shit”, “Get f*****” and “I will

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01:56:11

#BHN TPM sit down with Mata | Peace in the Middle...

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2025/10/13

After weeks of division and controversy, Te Pāti Māori is charting a new course. In an extended interview with Mihingarangi Forbes on Mata, co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discuss their plan to change the government, their priority policies, and how they will steady their waka after one of the most turbulent periods in the party’s recent history.The public is going colder on Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins’ leadership, with the approval rating for both the major party leaders

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01:48:06

#BHN LIVE with Peace Action Otautahi | Win for Living...

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2025/10/09

Joseph from Peace Action Otautahi joins us at 9pm to talk about the action they are taking in Christchurch the space industry and conference, the reason they say they're terrible and a recap of the protestThe maiden address of new MP Oriini Kaipara, prompted Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee to investigate whether an unauthorised haka at the end of the speech, deemed to be in contempt of the House, was organised in concert with any political party after he suspended the house.Finn Cordwell,

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01:44:48

#BHN Craig Renney LIVE on the OCR | Sick teens to be...

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2025/10/08

The Reserve Bank has opted for boldness over caution as it delivered a 50-basis-point cut the official cash rate to 2.5 percent, and signalled further reductions. What does this mean for the economy? Craig Renney joins us LIVE at 9pm to explain everything.Hundreds of teenagers with a health condition or disability could be cut off from the Jobseeker benefit as part of the government's welfare changes, official data shows. The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19-year-olds whose

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01:50:47

#BHN Marilyn Garson LIVE from AJV | Vandalism on...

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2025/10/07

It is the two tear anniversary of the Hamas attack on music festival attendees and we're hosting Marilyn Garson from Alternative Jewish Voices to speak to where we are at today.Winston Peters house was vandalised by a 29 year old protestor who then turned himself into the police while the activist and actor who shared Winston Peters' street address online says she regrets the "oversight" but claims the NZ First leader is now using it as a "diversion tactic".An apparent

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