#BHN Big Hairy News

It's a very sad day in NZ where it feels like everyone has lost a brother, or an uncle, or a son with the announcement of the passing of Dai Henwood. Dai has a connection to BHN through his friendship with Pat and his advocacy for the BHN product from the start. Tonight we'll hear from Pat as to Dai's involvement with this little strange podcast and how much we all owe to him.Christopher Luxon has made contact with Qiulae Wong in what he is calling a "very constructive conversation". We'll take a look at what we know about this conversation and what, if anything, does it mean moving forward towards making a government.Chris Bishop has rejected claims made by Chris Hipkins that the National Party has manipulated the electoral system. We'll take a look at the claims and what it means.++++++++++++++++++++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/

Clint Smith joins us LIVE at 9pm to go over the results, where we are today, what's likely to happen and where to from here with election 2026We look at the successful campaign of Opportunity, what they'll do from here and not being along in a room with Michael LawsWe'll breakdown what needs to happen in the seats that are close, and how candidates need to perform based on how many specials they have to come in.++++++++++++++++++++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/

It's the last day of the campaign, and the final count down to polls closing at 7pm tomorrow. We look at the final party comments, the final poll and last night's People's Q+A Debate highlights.The ACTU released a report comparing the labour market and macro economic outcomes in Australia and NZ with some embarrassing statements for NZ's current position and what Australia would look like had it followed a similar path.The USA Mid-Term final results are in, and the Trump administration and MAGA supporters are reacting to the aftermath of the "Blu-nami"++++++++++++++++++++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/

Emily and Magenta will be live from 8pm talking the news stories of the day, the headlines and anything pertinent to Saturday's election.At 9pm Pat will be joined by journalist and podcaster Martin 'Bomber' Bradbury, NZME Data Journalist Chris Knox and Dr Lara Greaves, associate professor in politics at Victoria University of Wellington and a senior research fellow in statistics at the University of Auckland.From 9pm we will be running the numbers and looking at scenarios as to what might happen on Saturday, it's not a 'predictions' show, more a 'what does the data say' show++++++++++++++++++++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/

Paul Barlow joins us LIVE at 9pm to talks about the biggest media coverage focus recently for the upcoming election is the support for national crumbling. We'll delve into that and what else Paul has seen in OpenBrief this weekIn the least surprising headline of the election cycle, Michael Laws is a revolting misogynist who seems to want to talk about the sex life of some of the Opportunity female candidatesThis morning on NZ Herald a very low energy Chris Bishop was talking about the "high energy" campaign that National are running. With the endorsement of Winston Peters and the coverage of the Bish over the last few weeks it's clear that National is desperate to win Hutt South because, unless there's a seismic change in predicted numbers comes true, Bishop won't be in parliament any other way++++++++++++++++++++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/