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14:21

KiwiStack Live Election Chat with Michael Swanson

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2026/10/05

I had a great chat this evening with the University of Otago’s Michael Swanson about MMP and vote-splitting after he produced this excellent substack post:The Bastardisation of MMP Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thekaka.substack.com/subscribe

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46:57

The Weekly Hoon: Passing 1.5 degrees, the rise of Q &...

The Hoon ·

2026/09/03

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics with special guests, including:* International affairs expert Dr Geoffrey Miller, the author of the Gulf States Insights substack, talking about the recent Mecca Agreement; and,* Andy Reisinger, an Associate Professor at Australian National University, and lead author of the mitigation chapter of a

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61:58

The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b...

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2026/06/11

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer from Wellington about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.This edition also included discussions with special guests:* BusinessDesk-$ podcaster and Listener tech columnist Peter Griffin on SpaceX’s float and what it means for RocketLab; and,* Former NZ Herald-$ columnist and former Metro, Cuisine & Consumer magazine Editor

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15:12

Protest growing against Govt's disability...

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2026/06/09

This evening I spoke with I spoke with Victoria Coleman about the Disability Support Services Bill, which will gazump a court ruling that parents working as carers are full-time employees of the Government.Victoria works full time as a carer for her son, who has autism, Down Syndrome and two rare bowell disorders. She is campaigning against the Bill and has launched a petition against the bill.“It will wipe out 40 families’ court cases. They are extinguishing live court cases They have used that as

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58:24

The Weekly Hoon: Johan Rockstrom's 'saturation...

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2026/06/04

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.This edition also included discussions with Louisa Wall, a former Labour MP and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. This week:* Bernard and Cathrine talked about Guyon Espiner’s interview on RNZ with Johan Rockstrom on

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58:00

The Weekly Hoon: Govt housing & job cuts; Iran vs...

The Hoon ·

2026/05/21

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.This edition also included discussions with historian and author Jonathan Lyons, PhD on the conflict with Iran and Tex Edwards from Monopoly Watch NZ about bank competition.This week:* Bernard and Peter began with a chat

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59:21

The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at...

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2026/05/14

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.This edition also includes a discussion with former Productivity Commission Chair and now independent economist Ganesh R Ahirao about his substack post referring to PM Christopher Luxon’s speech on Wednesday, which included

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58:42

The Weekly Hoon: The fuel & climate crises, plus...

The Hoon ·

2026/05/07

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.This edition also includes a discussion with special guest Iain Walker, who is an expert in deliberative democracy and Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation (nDF) in Australia. He is visiting Wellington,

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26:45

Mini-Hoon with Bernard Hickey and Anna Fifield

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2026/04/08

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thekaka.substack.com/subscribe

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59:12

The Weekly Hoon: The escalating Middle East fuel crisis

The Hoon ·

2026/03/27

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest Roger Dennis, an independent strategist.This week:* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the rise of reactionary and nationalist political parties globally, including in New Zealand.* Bernard and Cathrine talked about the latest WMO

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51:17

The Weekly Hoon: Middle East in crisis; NZ economy...

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2026/03/05

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest historian and author Jonathan Lyons.This week:* Bernard and Peter began with a discussion about deaths of a record 129 journalists reported in 2025 by the Committee to Protect Journalists, mostly in Gaza, and the risks

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59:30

The Weekly Hoon: An intensification U-Turn in...

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2026/02/19

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guests Simplicity Chief Economist Shamubeel Eaqub and Coalition for More Homes Spokesman Scott Caldwell.This week:* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine talked about the week’s news in climate change, including criticism of the

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58:01

The Weekly Hoon: RBNZ Inquiry; Ukraine missile...

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2026/02/12

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with New Zealand journalist Andrew Gunn in Kiev and Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey in central Otago.We talked about:* Bernard’s time at the NZ Association of Economists’ forum at the University of Waikato on Thursday and Friday;* Nicola Willis’ announcement of a new inquiry into the RBNZ’s actions over Covid;* The Government’s announcement of a levy on all

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52:37

The Weekly Hoon: Insurance retreat; Gugong deaths; NZ...

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2026/02/05

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman, along with special guest David Farrar, talking about his Op-Ed in the The Post-$ arguing it’s time New Zealand became the seventh state of Australia.We talked about:* The water treatment plant problems in Christchurch and Wellington;* The gutting of the Washington Post’s newsroom;* The effects of climate

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59:53

The first Hoon of 2026: Breman vs Peters; Trump vs...

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2026/01/15

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman.We talked about:* US President Donald Trump’s attack on the US Federal Reserve’s independence and why it matters to us;* RBNZ Governor Anna Breman’s defence of the Fed’s independence;* NZ First Leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ criticism of Breman, despite his votes in favour of central bank

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55:42

The Weekly Hoon: Govt's climate change mask drops

The Hoon ·

2025/12/04

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured Bernard Hickey talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer and special guest Lawyers for Climate Change Executive Director Jessica Palairet about this weeks news on climate change. Bernard also talked with tax policy expert and accountant Terry Baucher about the IRD’s announcement yesterday it wants to tax company loans to shareholders as dividends if they’re not repaid within a year. As of March 31, 2024,

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55:03

The Weekly Hoon: A climate policy bonfire; The...

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2025/11/06

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer, and a special guest about the economy, politics, geopolitics, climate change, New York’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani, the gutting of Aotearoa’s Zero Carbon Act this week and revelations the Government is ‘move-on order’ legislation to allow Police to move homeless people out of CBDs for a day.This week’s

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31:56

Mini-Hoon: Simplicity's Sam Stubbs on InfraKiwi

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2025/11/02

I spoke with Simplicity Co-Founder Sam Stubbs about plans announced this morning to launch InfraKiwi, an NZX-listed vehicle funded from KiwiSaver and borrowing to buy new and existing infrastructure such as water companies, lines companies, airports, ports, hospitals, roads, public transport operators and schools from the Government and councils.Stubbs sees an oppotunity to use upwards of $295 billion of KiwiSaver funds available over the next 25 years to kick-start a ramping up of investment in

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18:20

Mini-Hoon: A shocking plan to deregulate pharmacies

The Hoon ·

2025/10/17

I spoke with Mangawhai Pharmacy owner Lanny Wong today to about plans barely-announced or covered this week by Associate Health Minister Casey Costello to deregulate the nation’s pharmacies. Lanny said she was shocked at the details revealed in full in Cabinet papers released proactively on Monday, particularly because there had been no consultation with the pharmacy sector, which would be upended by the removal of its current regulatory model. Costello barely mentioned the likely industry

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61:02

The Weekly Hoon: Jim Bolger, Methane, Climate...

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2025/10/16

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman about the global economy, local and international politics and climate change.This week’s special guests were independent climate change policy expert Christina Hood and former NZPA foreign correspondent and Evening Post Business and Economics editor Bruce Kohn.We talked about:* Jim Bolger’s legacy;* The

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