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#BHN Chippy on CGT | Simeon on bowel cancer | Sam Seder on Jubilee
Chris Hipkins was asked on Q&A if his party will be campaigning on capital gains tax at the next election, Hipkins says Labour hasn't decided yet. We wonder if not answering this is a net negative, a net positive or neutral at this stage in the cycle.Friend of the show Sam Seder went on Jubilee's Surrounded show where he faced off against 20 young conservatives. One answer in particular seemed to sum up the views of the modern conservative millennial and Gen Z crowd which showed how their idea of white supremacy is so out in the open and casual now it almost (to them) seems normal.Simeon Brown and the Coalition Government's plans to lower the age for free bowel cancer screening for all New Zealanders by "redirecting" money previously set aside to lower the age for Māori and Pasifika has been described as "disappointing". It will lead to more Maori and Pasifika peoples dying early and is another broken promise by this governmentMehdi Hasan shows us all, while talking to former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, how to stay away from the whataboutism, and how to keep on point and not allow the subject to be highjacked by someone not wanting to talk about the issue at hand=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of #BHN www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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#BHN Health NZ, Levy is out, private secor in | Labour's Shuffle | Winston's DEI Bill timing
Simeon Brown made a big announcement today regarding Te Whatu Ora, sacking Lester Levy, reinstating the board, and relying on the private sector to reduce the surgery wait list by mid-year.Chris Hipkins speaks at the Labour's State of Nation, announcing portfolio reshuffles, new portfolio and the party's main priorities heading into the election 2026.Winston is back in the news, this time with his 'anti-woke' targeting diversity targets in the public sector.That and much more in tonight's Friday 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 Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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Clint Smith on sacked Phil Goff | Defunded cancer screening for Māori |Simeon appoints gas lobbyist
Clint Smith joins us to discuss this governments dysfunctional leadership, after Winston takes it upon himself to fire Phil Goff who was the High Commissioner to London.Simeon makes the news for two high profile stories:Money that was allocated to a free bowel cancer screening programme targeting Māori and Pacific peoples was scrapped in favour of "equality" instead dropping the eligibility by only 2 years.Simeon ignored advice to not appoint a gas lobbyist to the energy savings board, who didn't even meet the requirements during the interview stage. =================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of #BHN www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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#BHN Trump's SOTU | Seymour says 'stop politicizing lunches' | Slap suits on gender affirming care
US President Donald Trump today took credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign policy as he updated Congress and the American people on his turbulent first few weeks in office, which have featured a dismantling of the federal government, tensions with America’s allies and a trade war compounding economic uncertainty.David Seymour says he's been upfront about issues with the revamped school lunch programme and is solving them, and has shrugged off a call by a union for the Education Minister to take over overseeing the programme.Stephen Franks talks to Oliver Plunket this morning about his law firm giving notice to ‘gender affirming care’ providers and Ministers. The group sending these legal letters are conservative group Inflection Point NZ and we were wondering where does pressure from a lobby group stop and heavy handed threats of legal action begin?=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of #BHN www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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#BHN Jan Tinetti on School Lunches | The PM on nurses pay | $300m break fee for iRex?
Jan Tinetti joins us tonight to talk about School Lunches which have had a lot of coverage today. Erica Stanford has seemingly issued a "please explain" to David Seymour and the PM thinks it can all be solved with a marmite sandwich and an appleThe PM was on ZB this morning talking how good the on nurses pay is. We want to see what a nurse needs to do to be eligible for the $127k salary that the PM, and Mike Hosking, think is a pretty good wicket. The NZ Nurses Organisation President Anne Daniels joins us tonight to talk over what nurses get paid and more.It's been revealed that the break fee for cancelling the iRex ferries is $300m, Winston Peters has the chance, according to the PM, to get NZ a better deal and if he doesn't NZ will be going with the plan revealed at the end of last year=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of #BHN www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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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