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Harry Tam joins us to talk about police establishing a national gang unit, supported by 'district gang disruption teams', to target crime, harm, and intimidation caused by patched members. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Charter Schools are on the way back thanks to ACT however Labour says the Government's reintroduction of charter schools is "driven by ideology rather than evidence" and says it's going "too hard too fast". ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says there is a need for consultants to achieve the required changes to the country's education system...so consultants bad....unless we want to use them ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Ayesha Verrall spoke to Jack Tame over the weekend and made some good solid points about the difference between how Labour and National would run the country, but she ended up losing the messaging getting caught up in the number game...we'll explain tonight what the messaging should be for the future. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Mark Mitchel was on Q&A in the weekend showing his whole arse as he fumbled and stumbled with Jack Tame's questions having to basically come down in the end to "we don't need to listen to experts, we were elected to run the country" ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

How police plan to enforce the gang patch ban? Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says there will be no surprises in the budget as he remains committed to cutting taxes even though economists countrywide says they shouldn't. theBISH and Kieran McAnulty discussed this on breakfast this morning. The National Party is being accused of failing to fulfil a pre-election promise of funding 13 new cancer drugs. Among them is a drug for lung cancer, which could extend the life of one terminal patient by up to three years. Without it, she has just months to live. She feels let down by the Government. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Stats NZ has revealed a net migration loss of 52,500 people that had left the country in the 12 months to the end of March, why? Sociologist Paul Spoonley was on Breakfast and told them that some of the most skilled workers leaving is a "huge loss to the country". Duncan Garner has had a come-to-Jesus moment revealing he ma be less "Trump voter" now and maybe more "comrade" The New South Wales government feels no guilt for attempting to poach Kiwi police. The state is 1500 officers short, and it today announced it'll fast-track New Zealand officers as recruits. This may make the promise of National to get 500 new police officers harder, what does the PM think of this? ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says there is a need for consultants to achieve the required changes to the country's education system...so consultants bad....unless we want to use them Charter Schools are on the way back thanks to ACT however Labour says the Government's reintroduction of charter schools is "driven by ideology rather than evidence" and says it's going "too hard too fast". Police Minister Maaaark Mitchell wants people having mental health issues to be dealt with by mental health professionals...which is exactly what the left in America wrongly labelled as "defunding the police"...maybe there's a bit of a red neck behind that white collar Mr Mitchell ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Ayesha Verrall spoke to Jack Tame over the weekend and made some good solid points about the difference between how Labour and National would run the country, but she ended up losing the messaging getting caught up in the number game...we'll explain tonight what the messaging should be for the future. David Seymour explains how he deals with policy that there is disagreement on, he just cancels it to "see if they're missed" Karen Plunket accidently shows his distain for free speech and his xenophobic side when he, once again, correlates the Jewish religion to the acts of the Israeli government...and throws a dog whistle to his far right, racist, anti-migrant audience for good measure. Mark Mitchel was on Q&A in the weekend showing his whole arse as he fumbled and stumbled with Jack Tame's questions having to basically come down in the end to "we don't need to listen to experts, we were elected to run the country" ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Piers Morgan had his ass handed to him by TYT founder Cenk Uygur and academic Professor Cornel West over Israel and Gaza. It was a sight to behold. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The power apocalypse is coming and you should all be very scared...unless you minimise your usage for 2 hours in the morning, then everything will be just fine. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The Prime Minister's office got a $50,000 makeover and some critics are saying it's bad optics in a cost-of-living crisis when National is laying off public servants left right and center. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Wendy Allison, Founder of Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa, joins us tonight to chat about the official launch today, on International Harm Reduction Day. HRCA seeks a new fit-for-purpose drug law for Aotearoa New Zealand, rooted in science, experience and evidence, to promote harm reduction and protect human rights as originally recommended by the NZ Law Commission in 2011. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

A TVNZ scoop as Political Editor Maiki Sherman spoke to Green MP Julie Anne Genter as she prepared to fly to the Chatham Islands. It was the MP's first time speaking publicly since she confronted National's Matt Doocey in Parliament. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

We believe in holding politicians, and political parties accountable, at the very minimum, to the level they held the previous government/political entity to. Tonight, we look at the hypocrisy of Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich who is celebrating the new inner Dunedin City redevelopment as Mayor...while he opposed to for years as a Councilor. Perhaps that is why he is ranked as the 5th worst Mayor in NZ according to recent polling. We'll also tell you where your mayor ranked as 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Tova O'Brien had on three former right-wing politicians in her latest podcast, all of whom don't think this Government will survive the full term. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Associate education minister David Seymour has announced the government has found about $107 million a year in savings in the current Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme, some of which will be used to provide free morning tea and lunches to pre-schoolers. Finance Minister Nicola Willis has done a conservative lift of the lid on her 30 May Budget at a speech to the Hutt Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, giving a glimpse of what to expect. The controversial Treaty Principles Bill is now at the centre of an urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal. The ACT Party policy proposes a new definition for the Treaty of Waitangi and there has been heated backlash. Look to open Discord tonight as 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Whatanui Flavell. the director of 'Hikoi - Speaking our Truth' joins us to talk about this amazing documentary looking into the hikoi in 2004 against the Labour Government's Seabed and Foreshore legislation. This documentary should be in every school and is a must watch for every New Zealander. Try to check it out before 9pm tonight https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/hikoi-speaking-our-truth In other hikoi news, hundreds have marched on Parliament to oppose the Government's fast-track consenting bill, which Ngāti Toa Rangatira has described as "short-sighted". New disability issues minister Louise Upston insists Whaikaha will re-brand, despite public servants’ reluctance to demote their organisation’s te reo Māori name. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Wendy Allison, Founder of Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa, joins us tonight to chat about the official launch today, on International Harm Reduction Day. HRCA seeks a new fit-for-purpose drug law for Aotearoa New Zealand, rooted in science, experience and evidence, to promote harm reduction and protect human rights as originally recommended by the NZ Law Commission in 2011. A TVNZ scoop as Political Editor Maiki Sherman spoke to Green MP Julie Anne Genter as she prepared to fly to the Chatham Islands. It was the MP's first time speaking publicly since she confronted National's Matt Doocey in Parliament. Mark Mitchell and PM Christopher Luxon's muffing the numbers at a press conference yesterday over Waikeria Prison. Storm in a teacup...or are the media right to criticise? The Prime Minister's office got a $50,000 makeover and some critics are saying it's bad optics in a cost of living crisis when National is laying off public servants left right and centre. Newshub announces it's 6pm TV lineup ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

We believe in holding politicians, and political parties accountable, at the very minimum, to the level they held the previous government/political entity to. Tonight we look at the hypocrisy of Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich who is celebrating the new inner Dunedin City redevelopment as Mayor...while he opposed to for years as a Councillor. Perhaps that is why he is ranked as the 5th worst Mayor in NZ according to recent polling. We'll also tell you where your Mayor ranked as well. Tova O'Brien had on three former right wing politicians in her lastest podcast, all of whom don't think this Government will survive the full term. We'll take a look tonight Piers Morgan had his ass handed to him by TYT founder Cenk Uygur and academic Professor Cornel West over Israel and Gaza. It was a sight to behold and we look forward to sharing it with you tonight. ================================= 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Kieran McAnulty drops the hammer on #TheBISH and National Party legislation laying out why and where they are wrong. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The Working Group Podcast had some interesting conversations around the TV poll and the damage Seymour is doing to Brand Luxon ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

David Seymour sent out a fearmongering email after Monday's TVNZ poll stating that Labour "should be banished" warning his supporters that Labour "could be back." Also Christopher Luxon was on Breakfasttalking about the poll making light of the situation which is, on some level, true as the poll doesn't change who is in parliament, but his faux CEO positive bravado couldn't hide the truth that what the poll did do is show what the public think of the NActNZ Government at the moment and it's not a great look for them. ===================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Unemployment is set to rise to a three-year high and wage growth ease as the realities of a slowing economy with too many people chasing too few jobs take effect. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

VUWSA President, Marcail Parkinson, joins us to talk over Free Speech v Hate Speech when it comes to a 'debate' at Victoria University. We'll chat about her appearance on The Platform yesterday and give her the space to answer the questions Plunket barked at her. Finally, we'll chat with Marcail about the claim that David Seymour said today she was responsible for "making defamatory, untrue and misleading comments" about funding for the FSU and NZ Initiative. ===================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Plunket doesn't 'journalist' anymore, he berates and pontificates, he doesn't listen to people he "interviews" and he moves the goalposts to fit his narrative. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Possibly one of the most embarrassing interviews of all times when ACT's Todd Stephenson talked about his Arts and Culture portfolio as someone who once watched a musical and watches TV ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Why is David Seymour trying to paint the previous government as leaving 'fiscal holes' when it's just that the Labour government made funding decisions for Pharmac up to May this year and then the incumbent Government needed to fund Pharmac for the next cycle. We're wondering if there are more nefarious reasons why NActNZ are muddying the waters around why they are putting $1.8b into Pharmac. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Guest beard tonight is Clint Smith David Seymour admits in interview that they are borrowing for tax cuts. Kieran McAnulty drops the hammer on #TheBISH and National Party legislation laying out why and where they are wrong Green MP Julie Anne Genter blows up in the house overnight, what does this mean for the Greens ===================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Unemployment is set to rise to a three-year high and wage growth ease as the realities of a slowing economy with too many people chasing too few jobs take effect. Police have cleared 30 to 40 people from inside Columbia University's Hamilton Hall after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in New York earlier today. TVNZ says it is dealing with about 50 formal complaints over its coverage of the latest 1News-Verian political poll, with some viewers - as well as the Prime Minister and a former senior Labour MP - critical of the tone of the 6pm report. ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

VUWSA President, Marcail Parkinson, joins us to talk over Free Speech v Hate Speech when it comes to a 'debate' at Victoria University. We'll chat about her appearance on The Platform yesterday and give her the space to answer the questions Plunket barked at her. Finally, we'll chat with Marcail about the claim that David Seymour said today she was responsible for "making defamatory, untrue and misleading comments" about funding for the FSU and NZ Initiative. David Seymour sent out a fearmongering email after last nights TVNZ poll stating that Labour "should be banished" warning his supporters that Labour "could be back" Christopher Luxon was on Breakfast this morning talking about last night's TVNZ poll making light of the situation which is, on some level, true as the poll doesn't change who is in parliament, but his faux CEO positive bravado couldn't hide the truth that what the poll did do is show what the public think of the NActNZ Government at the moment and it's not a great look for them. ===================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Craig Renney from the CTU comes on to talk about a couple of questions around Government debt and interest deductibility that have risen up over the last few weeks. ACT shows the "depth" of talent they have in their MPs by the arts and culture spokesperson outing himself as someone who doesn't really read, know any NZ writers, or basically attend any arts and culture events. $1.7b more for Pharmac. Good news, or are their fishhooks to be weary of? OneNews poll out tonight that we're told will "rock the entire parliament". We'll have a look. Sean Plunket claims VUWSA President "doesn't seem to grasp the concept of free speech" all while it's obvious he doesn't grasp the concept of journalism. James Shaw resigns from Parliament with some revelations on Q&A this weekend about how close he came to quitting under the Labour Government. ===================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National President of the RSA, BJ Clark, joins us to talk Anzac Day and what the RSA is all about in 2022 How should we be talking about Gallipoli and ANZAC Day with much of the story not understood or ignored. Associate Professor Olli Hellmann speaks to us after he wrote in The Conversation about the way we retell the story of Gallipoli Paul 'the other one" Barlow joins us to explain why the High Court allowed Karen Chhour to thumb her nose at the Waitangi Tribunal and also we chat about the sacking of two National Party Ministers yesterday as 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

After being widely criticised for her handling of the crisis gripping the media industry in the wake of Newshub's closure, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has stripped Melissa Lee of her role as media minister and removed her from the Cabinet. A leaked document shows the Canterbury/Waitaha arm of health agency Te Whatu Ora is scurrying to save $13.3 million by July. While thousands of public sector jobs are being cut as part of the Government’s savings drive, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says Te Whatu Ora isn’t subject to that directive...or so it would seem. Footage today came out of known conspiracy theorist Liz Gunn badgering an RNZ reporter to get them to report on what she thinks are truths We're selling Buffer merch this week and next and giving 25% of the profits to Medical Aid for Palestinians. Check out what they do at https://www.map.org.uk/ and get your merch from www.BHNShop.nz ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

New gang laws are before the select committee currently. Criminal lawyer Arama Ngapo is submitting on behalf of people associated with the Mongrel Mob and argues these laws could disproportionately affect some groups. The Opposition says proposed changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) reflect "an absurd dereliction of duty" from the Government. The Green Party's environment spokesperson Lan Pham said the RMA changes would "accelerate the decline of our natural world and add fuel to the climate crisis fire". Investigators of child exploitation, customs workers, drug dog trainers: When is a frontline job not a frontline job? PM Luxon responds amid the slashing of public sector roles We're selling Buffer merch this week and next and giving 25% of the profits to Medical Aid for Palestinians. Check out what they do at https://www.map.org.uk/ ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the Government is "terrified of accountability" as a minister refuses to front at the Waitangi Tribunal over repealing an Oranga Tamariki law Q+A questions Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby on his country's end goal in Gaza. The Ambassador also speaks about the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza, tensions between Israel and Iran, and the ongoing impact of the October 7 attacks. Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced today that the Government is reinstating the Three Strikes legislation ====================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Convicted wife beater Avi Yemini and convicted vandal, and husband to Brian Tamaki's granddaughter, Ford O'Connor slapped each other's backs about O'Connors crime as he stated that he wasn't regretful and would do it again. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National wants your kids to go to school when they have a mild cough, headache or runny nose which are the early symptoms to measles. This Government is so determined to get the role numbers up, they are prepared to risk making more children sick in the classroom as long as the sick child gets marked present on that day. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Moana Maniapoto's interview with National MP, Tama Potaka, was revealing as Tama's answers were often good and he often nailed the themes of Maoridom, and his understandings and beliefs were solid...the incongruency came when we also wanted to know if he has the 'right' answers. why do we see none of them represented in this current Government. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The question is 'Why'. Why is having fewer public servants the result that the citizens of the country want? Why are fewer public servants a better way to run Government? How will Government agencies run better with fewer public servants? We just want to see your workings Mr. Luxon ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Has Stuff bitten off more than they can chew taking on the 6pm news on Three? Media commentator and founder of Spinoff, Duncan Grieve, weighs in on the topic. ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The Working Group chatted about David Cameron's hypocrisy along with why the West gives Israel a pass for their crimes. ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

he Government cut around 1,000 jobs today and still we're to hear a reason as to why this is a good idea. We've heard the previous Government answer why there were more jobs needed, but apart from "we can't afford it" when we clearly can, this Government hasn't offered any practical reasons why fewer public servants leads to a better public sector. ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

David Seymour is removing regulation from the ECE sector leaving the door open for less qualified people looking after children and centers who are not held to the same standard as centers that have come before. Seymour then went onto talk about Labour being authoritarian while hoping people forget that ACT supported all the policies that Labour brought in during COVID. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Minister for what seems like "everything Māori", Tama Potaka, spent time with Moana Maniapoto on Te Ao with Moana answering questions as what is becoming more and more the Government wanting to harm Māori at every turn. The new Government guidance, which is available on the Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand website suggests children who are testing negative for COVID but have mild respiratory systems, hay fever and allergy symptoms or non-infectious skin problems are generally okay to go to school. Children's Minister Karen Chhour is promising Oranga Tamariki (OT) will get better at taking care of at-risk kids - not worse - because of this week's job cuts. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Stuff has been confirmed as the company who will be presenting the 6pm bulletin on Three replacing Newshub which wraps up in July. There are lots of questions around if Stuff has the capacity to put on a news bulletin to compete with 1 News, our thoughts are maybe they won't aim to compete with 1News but start a new kind of news show. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Donald Trump has a terrible day in court, falling asleep, and whining upon his entrance about not being allowed to go to his son's graduation. ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

It was highlighted last night on The Working Group that David Cameron was caught out in a hypercritical stance based on his expectations for Israel and Iran. Duncan Grieve joined The AM Show this morning to talk about what Stuff will have to face as challenges when taking over the 6pm news on Three National fired hundreds of public sector workers today focusing on departments that impact our children. The question needs to be asked, why would we expect a better outcome from an alleged broken system, but having fewer people working for it? ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

We agree with Christopher Luxon about taxing churches...Brian Tamaki doesn't...mind you his time is currently fill with having to defend his criminal family member for crimes committed when he was part of the group that defaced the rainbow crossing in K Road ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The government may be telling renters this will help you have pets in rentals but don't believe them...this is just another way landlords can fleece the renter for more money. ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Quelling concerns, Rupert Murdoch is not stretching his wrinkly withered arm into NZ television media as we found out today that Stuff has come to an agreement with WBD to produce Three's 6pm news David Seymour wants less qualified ECE teachers by releasing regulations that caused centres to have properly trained and qualified teachers looking after the children of NZ. Also news out today as to what is the outcome for school lunches and if the National led government will be literally taking food out of kids mouths as one of their cost cutting savings so they can give landlords $3b The cost of National's social media staff is being questioned as we find out that they have more people working purely on social media than most, if not all, full time media companies. If 'every dollar counts' as Christopher Luxon tells us, how much of our money s National putting into promotion of their policies and people. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Professor Robert Patman on the tensions in the Middle East rising following Iran sending drones and missiles towards Israel. Where are we at today and what does all the posturing mean? =========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

We are in a time where public servants are losing their jobs and the cost-of-living crisis is very real to many NZers. While all of that is happening National has 7 full time social media workers, more than many...if not all...major media companies in NZ. If National want to pay seven people to make National Party content that's all good, but some of the wages paid to these employees is public money and that money should go to the betterment of NZ rather than the betterment of National. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The Government will legislate to allow landlords to ask prospective tenants to put up an additional amount in bond for damage caused by a pet. This is being sold to the public as a win for tenants but as one may expect...it's another tool a landlord can use to charge tenants more money and withhold money at the end of a tenancy as the damage that a pet can cause under this new legislation goes well beyond the current "fair wear and tear" standard in tenancy laws. We'll have a look at the weekend timeline as tensions rise in the Middle East, where we are at today, where to from here and what the main players are saying The most unsurprising headline of the week confirmed that a man married to Brian Tamaki's granddaughter is one of the three people responsible for white washing the rainbow crossing at K Road., Ford O’Connor has pleaded guilty to the charges, convicted, fined and dismissed. Outside the court Brian Tamaki said he was proud of what the O'Connor had done ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

School kids are protesting the cancellation of school lunches all while David Seymour attempts to save about $100,000,000 while giving $3,000,000,000 back to landlords. This is just another example of the NACTNZ government choosing profits over people. Jazz Thornton shows us abother example of why National has a vindictive streak when it comes to vulnerable people and money spent as 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Half an hour of the show we invited people to Ask Us Anything from politics to our backgrounds to EVs and more, it was all fair game in our first AUA ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Newshub close confirmed with the loss of about 250 jobs and a redesigned landscape in NZ for news and news commentary shows. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National is bringing in a raft of new rules that they are trying to sell as good for everyone and it will put downward pressure on rents. The truth is it's a new range of rules and laws that will benefit landlords and make renters less secure in their rental accommodation. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Nicola Willis has confirmed today there will be borrowing in the upcoming budget to "simply to meet day-to-day costs" but wanted to make sure people knew that they would "not be borrowing for tax relief" ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Really hard issue tonight to talk about hate speech laws versus hate crimes law. This Government has moved away from hate speech but want to make hate crimes a chargeable offence. Q&A with Jack Tame investigated this issue this weekend. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

If it seems like we are picking on BvV this week, you'll have to forgive us but someone who performs as poorly as she has this week needs to be exposed for the moron that she is. If you don't believe is watch the clip, then go and watch the Q&A interview in full and let us know what you think. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Conspiracy theorist "radio" station "Reality Check" Radio is holding their audience hostage by telling them they need to pay as much as they can to get the hosts to come back on air. They allegedly started with $5,000,000, let alone the money given to them from listeners, and now have nothing left demonstrating that while they may be good at fund raising and branding, they have no idea what they are doing when it comes to running a media company. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Christopher Luxon wants NZ to be like Estonia. We support a lot of that. We also want to investigate the bollocks that people compare us to countries based on one metric that could never be replicated in any other country unless every other metric from that country was also installed in NZ society. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Paddy Gower has slammed “keyboard warriors” claiming the media is getting what it deserves for going “woke” amid mass job losses. TV3 journalist and TV host Patrick Gower spoke to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking this morning following yesterday’s Newshub meeting where the closure of Newshub was confirmed. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The latest 'trust in media' survey is out by the folks at the Journalism, Media and Democracy Research Centre which shows, among other findings, that in 2023, general trust in news declined from 45% to 42%, continuing a downward trend that was already evident in 2020 when the survey was first conducted. However, in 2023, the trust in news people consume themselves increased from 52% to 53%. Senior Lecturer in Journalism at AUT, Dr Greg Treadwell, joins us to talk about the findings. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Brooke Van Velden was left wanting on Breakfast at times sounding like a 50's housewife. and other times sounding like a student who was 'playing' at being a politician when she and Chloe Swarbrick talked Minimum English Standard Tests for migrants and being tough on gangs. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National is bringing in a raft of new rules that they are trying to sell as good for everyone and it will put downward pressure on rents. The truth is it's a new range of rules and laws that will benefit landlords and make renters less secure in their rental accommodation. Nicola Willis has confirmed today there will be borrowing in the upcoming budget to "simply to meet day-to-day costs" but wanted to make sure people knew that they would "not be borrowing for tax relief" Paddy Gower has slammed “keyboard warriors” claiming the media is getting what it deserves for going “woke” amid mass job losses. TV3 journalist and TV host Patrick Gower spoke to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking this morning following yesterday’s Newshub meeting where the closure of Newshub was confirmed. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Newshub close confirmed with the loss of about 250 jobs and a redesigned landscape in NZ for news and news commentary shows. Christopher Luxon wants NZ to be like Estonia. We support a lot of that. We also want to investigate the bollocks that people compare us to countries based on one metric that could never be replicated in any other country unless every other metric from that country was also installed in NZ society School kids are protesting the cancellation of school lunches all while David Seymour attempts to save about $100,000,000 while giving $3,000,000,000 back to landlords ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Brook van Velden probably needs to listen to some wise advice "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt" as her weekend Q&A interview had her not understanding questions, not answering questions, making statement that were just contrary to common knowledge and one has to wonder why anyone would give this out-of-her-depth MP a vote. The latest 'trust in media' survey is out by the folks at the Journalism, Media and Democracy Research Centre which shows, among other findings, that in 2023, general trust in news declined from 45% to 42%, continuing a downward trend that was already evident in 2020 when the survey was first conducted. However, in 2023, the trust in news people consume themselves increased from 52% to 53%. Senior Lecturer in Journalism at AUT, Dr Greg Treadwell, joins us to talk about the findings. "Reality" Check Radio has run out of money so they are grifting one more time pleading to their listeners to give more to bring the product back. We understand, from reputable sources that RCR raised $5,000,000 to start up the conspiracy theorists wet dream of a media outlet...and if that is accurate that means they have blown through about $85,000 a day not to mention the other money that listeners are also giving them. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

David Seymour has finally made it clear to the rest of us that the rules for protest are, if you really care about a subject you shouldn't protest it during school hours, which I assume he would then agree that you shouldn't protest during work hours is you really care about an issue Brooke Van Velden was left wanting on Breakfast at times sounding like a 50's house wife. and other times sounding like a student who was 'playing' at being a politician when she and Chloe Swarbrick talked Minimum English Standard Tests for migrants and being tough on gangs. Really hard issue tonight to talk about hate speech laws versus hate crimes law. This Government has moved away from hate speech but want to make hate crimes a chargeable offence. Q&A with Jack Tame investigated this issue this weekend. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

If David Seymour is a moron, then this policy makes sense, however if he has one ounce of sense how does he come to the conclusion that sick children need to be going to school? ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Louise Nicholas is a spectacular NZer and is a person we should listen to when it comes to advocating for victims of crime, however she has the wrong end of the stick when it comes to three strikes and it's ideological it's just that what she thinks victims will get from three strikes is wrong. We actually agree with what she wants to see, but supporting three strikes doesn't work as the solutions she is looking for are not found in that regressive policy that has failed the world 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National is directing a working group to take out language about Māori in legislation to do with racism in NZ. It's their "all lives matter" moment as they try to sell the idea that Māori don't have a different experience having faced racist issues for 200 years here in NZ ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Damian Grant came to an IQ fight and was left unarmed as he tried to jolly along and joke with Shane Te Pou and John Tamihere who were having no part of it. Finally, when backed into a corner and seeing an opportunity to go to every Zionists get-out-of-jail-free card by calling them antisemites for disagreeing with Israeli policy. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

When one of the priests of the right in the US says that there is a genocide happening in Gaza the right lose their minds. Joe Rogan makes a simple observation about the response from Israel against Gaza and gets called "pro Hamas" by some on the right, this is the thin skinned nature of Zionists who cannot take any criticism of Israeli Government Policy in any way.

National Corp has signaled that they are going to run the country as a business with CEO Christopher Luxon passing out his KPI targets to his department heads. Problem is NZ isn't a business, it's a country and Luxon's buzzword word salad of corporate speak doesn't seem to fit well with many NZers, including some right-wing commentators.

Last year 27% of new car sales each month were electric vehicles, last month 5% of new car sales were electric vehicles. This government has decimated the EV market and at the same time Shane Jones is crying that some weeks NZ only has 7 days of petrol available, the solution, which was paying for itself, has been shunned by them and is now sliding into oblivion.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said his feedback on an early draft of the National Action Plan Against Racism was only that it should focus on racism against all groups as all racism was unacceptable, and it did not negate the voice of Māori. Labour’s Kieran McAnulty told Breakfast the Government’s 36-point plan reminded him of “that old cliché” of making a list of things to do where “the first thing on the list is to make a list” and you can tick it off and say “well I’ve made a good start”. Suicide Prevention Office could close if proposed Ministry of Health job cuts go ahead The Government has announced it will introduce a bill restoring the ability for communities to hold binding referendums on whether to introduce Māori wards. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Shane Te Pou "debated" Damien Grant on The Working Group Podcast on separatism. Grant resented being called a supremacist, so responded in kind calling Shane and John Tamihere antisemitic for opposes what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza. Louise Nicholas was on Breakfast this morning supporting the reimplementation of the 3 Strikes law. Nicholas is an unbelievable NZers and an advocate we support and hold up...but in this one she is wrong and we'll explain why.

David Seymour wants your sick kids to go to school so his attendance numbers look better. He doesn't seem to understand that if a sick child attends school, and infects others in their class, then MORE children will be away from school. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National's 36-point "action plan" was released with even conservative commentators wondering if Christopher Luxon knows he is running a country and not a business, Chloe Swarbrick responds saying their plan is 'Untethered from reality' EV sales averaged 27% of new car sales through 2023. Last month under a pro-petroleum, pro-big tobacco right wing government they consisted of just 5% of new car sales. The collective right loses their minds in the US as Joe Rogan finds a WOKE perspective on Gaza...like every normal human would already have ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Clint Smith joins us as a former advisor to Jacinda Ardern to share his experience and explain what Budget Policy Statement is all about, why it's important and what to expect from this National led Government. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

5 members of Destiny Church have been arrested as they headed back to the newly painted rainbow crossing with paint to allegedly repaint over the repaint with white paint. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Luxon comes off like a CEO pumping up his troops around the family boost rebate policy even though he's selling dogshit which is not going to do what National promised before the 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

ACT fights for the right for women only spaces, but then fights against the right for Māori and Pacifica to have their own spaces. Lots of Universities have Māori Centers, our political parties have Māori and Pacifica caucuses, but ACT sees a good time to race bait and try to make a story out of this bs and when one young up and coming commentator shows Twitter the logical fallacy behind what ACT is doing...Twitter loses its mind. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Victoria University's director of the Institute of Early Childhood Studies, Sue Cherrington, told Breakfast while an extra $75 would be "positive" for families who can get it, the overall process will be "administratively cumbersome to manage". She said the level of administrative work required to get the rebate would be "more effort than it's worth" for some families. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

The Free Speech Union wants you to know that while they support Drag Queens right to speak, they also want the public to know they think they are perverts as well. The FSU is, and we've always called it, a right wing psyop that pushes a far right agenda and when they do support what many thinks are a left wing group, they have to make sure the public know the FSU is not supportive of that groups lives. What this also does is enable right wing bigots to pretend to be pro free-speech can also be bigots to groups as they've been given permission to judge them by the FSU while pretending to be pro free-speech. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

National is virtue signaling to their boomer audience that wants no speed reductions around schools as they want to get to their destinations 15 seconds sooner. =========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

We were begging Chris Hipkins to talk about tax, Capital Gains Tax, Wealth Tax...any tax prior to the election but he wouldn't. People found a Wealth Tax and CGT to be both popular and a source of income for the government, but Labour refused to look at it...now they say they are going to look at the whole tax system which means that have two and a half years to get their policy and messaging correct around tax. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Erica Stanford and Willie Jackson responded to Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters comparing a cultural space at Auckland University to apartheid and the KKK. Chris Bishop and Kieran McAnulty spoke about the upcoming tax cuts, but at what cost? Oliver 'Karen' Plunket compared dolphins that were "the down syndrome kids of marine mammals, they're cross bred and they deserve to die' then had to come out and apologise...we'll take a look at the fallout in the right-wing space. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

UN Calls for ceasefire in Gaza as the US abstains from voting, or vetoing. Israel is furious and stops talking peace with Hamas and cancels diplomatic meetings with the US National's Budget Policy Statement delivered today and we speak with Clint Smith about what are the wins and losses being signalled by Nicola Willis Arrests have been made in Gisborne of Destiny Church members protesting the new rainbow crossing. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Christopher Luxon has spoken on Breakfast about the Family Boost Rebate and , surprise surprise, lots of unanswered and unanswerable questions. Also on Breakfast and Early Childhood expert share her views on the policy Destiny Church has filmed themselves committing a crime in Gisborne as they commit the act of vandalism by painting over a rainbow crossing then published the crime to various social medias. Seeing as we're talking about culture war things, we might also check out hypocrisy by ACT again today complaining about Pacific and Māori only spaces, while they fully support female only spaces. New research is out that says free School Lunches work...they work getting kids to school and they work helping academic achievement. David Seymour, as per usual, discounts and undermines the research that he is looking for...but disagrees with his narrative. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Simeon Brown made it clear on Q&A this morning that to save 15 seconds an average 20 minute commute in Auckland is worth more dangerous roads and potentially more danger from speed Christopher Luxon continues to lie about it being Labour's fault for all the public sector job cuts and no one has asked him yet would there be a need for cuts if the Government chose to not give landlords nearly $3b in tax cuts Chris Hipkins NOW wants tax reform and we have to ask why not before the election? Russell Coutts has a pity party with Newstalk ZB What do you do if someone who says you should have the freedom to read stories to children, also thinks, and publicly states, that you're a "pervert"? ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

"Sam" messaged us during the week talking about how he voted for ACT at the last election, and he regretted his vote as what he voted for, he didn't get. We said we'd love to talk more to him about it and he chose to jump on Discord tonight to explain more. ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

What kind of evil does a man have to be to celebrate over 500 people losing their jobs by tweeting "Good"...the answer is David Seymour levels of evil   ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Christopher Luxon told us Regulatory Impact Statements were worthless so National cancelled them, he went so far as to say that even if they got RIS's his Ministers wouldn't read them...so why is Chris Bishop citing a Regulatory Impact Statement that says interest deductibility for landlords will put downward pressure on rents. Either an RIS is valid, or it's not ================================================ 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Everyone except National, ACT, NZ First...and even Labour...says we need more taxes but our politicians simply refuse to not only do what is right, but what is popular to voters. =========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Winston Peters is devolving into a true believer in the Q Anon community and has begun to go full Trump with his disgusting treatment of the media and of anyone who points out what he said. =========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Christopher Luxon needed NZ to know, that of all the issues this new Government could begin their tenure with, they had to prioritize coming down on the most vulnerable, poorest people in the country. You know, the ones who have just had too good for too long =========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Justine Sachs from Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation joins us to talk about if Winston Peter's comments about Nazi Germany are antisemitic and why there is quiet from conservative Jewish corners of the internet about what Peters said. ========================================== 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ