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Act MP Laura McClure joined Green MP Ricardo Menendes March on the NZ Herald this morning and accidently said the quiet part out loud confirming the only "minority" that ACT is ever focused on is Māori, which we've always known, but fascinating to hear the list MP publicly state it.
Chris Penk joined Keiran McAnulty on Breakfast this morning where Penk spent a lot of time explain what he meant when he spoke of a conversation around NZ's nuclear free status and both members of parliament traded thoughts on the ongoing controversary between Fonterra and the PM's office.
The country's political reporters are in a stand-off with the Speaker Gerry Brownlee over his contemplation of a temporary ban of Stuff Digital from Parliament. Brownlee is set to make a ruling on Stuff's access to the Parliamentary precinct after raising concerns about some of its reporting last month.
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Mike Smith joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about two big stories tonight, the first is the Waitangi Tribunal being told of plans to weaken and remove treaty clauses in a range of laws are racist and an attempt to erode Māori rights.
Secondly on what we're calling #milkygate, Labour questions whether disappearing climate briefing note deliberate cover-up. Senior Cabinet minister Louise Upston insists the disappearing document debacle in the PM's office is an "isolated incident" and says it is "disingenuous" to suggest otherwise.
New figures show a surge in company liquidations, with hospitality one of the hardest hit. We're seeing some of the hardest times to run a small businesses even though we're being told this government are the best ones to run the economy to help businessWell also have a look at the Roy Morgan poll from late yesterday afternoon that some on the right are celebrating as 'finally an accurate poll has been released'. Is it? Or are we looking at an outlier and we'll see a return to order in the next poll.
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A document relating to the Smith v Fonterra legal case was sent from a Fonterra staff member to the private email address of a former staffer in the Prime Minister's Office. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said at the time there was no record of the document on file.
Nicola Willis was on Q&A in the weekend defending her third budget talking the cost of child poverty and how she believes cuts cause human miseryChristopher Hipkins spoke with the NZH this morning about the bank levies the Government is to bring in and his response to Budget 2026 overall
Christopher Luxon joins HDPA on Newstalk ZB this morning and defended our anti nuclear stance and also defended the entitlements that MPs get tax free for living in their own homes
We might also take a quick look at some video of the "dumbest man on the internet"
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Dame Lynda Topp blasted the govt on stage at the AMAs, calling out Paul Goldsmith directly for the lack of arts funding in the budget released on Thursday.Under 30s have been forgotten with little in the budget to meet their needs, tertiary students flood the steps of parliament to protest removing their 3rd year free, and the number of secondary school students being found with drugs and alcohol on campus has doubled. Are the kids alright?An amendment to automate decisions for people on the benefit is being passed urgently through the house. In Australia not that long ago, a similar software was used and caused major harm and deaths because of an incorrect processing of data.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

The main part of tonight will be focusing on the budget as we start the show speaking with Labour leader Chris Hipkins on Labour's response to Nicola Willis' third budget, At about 9.30 Ricardo Menendez March joins us to share the Greens response.We'll also have a look at the latest in #Milkygate and how a judge has rejected billionaire Jim Grenon’s bid to stop media reporting on his involvement in Julian Batchelor's unsuccessful litigation against TVNZ++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/