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Wednesday’s Dawn Chorus: The missing link in Labour's housing responseListen now (26 min) | Woods responds to HRC plea for rent freeze and accommodation supplement rise with list of current work, but not with any overall measure of success or how much progress there has been or will be
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First-term Labour MP for Hamilton West Gaurav Sharma suspended from Labour caucus by all other Labour MPs in his absence; He joins National first-term MP Sam Uffindell in the bin; Craic galore
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Recent buyers of seaside homes in Hawkes Bay surprised by sea level rise warning and want compensation; Singapore eyes bigger taxes on the wealthy; 53% of 18-24 year olds have <$1k savings; The Craic
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Can Auckland really increase walking & cycling 10-fold in seven years? It will depend on the Beehive agreeing to congestion charges & a lot more centralised funding; The Craic; Profundities etc
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Even Nats oppose cutting 39c tax rateListen now (8 min) | 49% of National voters against plan to drop 39c rate, while 41% want it; Luxon's fiscal profligacy attack line risks boomeranging…
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House building forecast slumps by $11b/year by 2025; Wood scraps forced contracting-out model for buses; Services sector sags from post-Covid bounce…
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The build-to-rent tax break; National security threats via 'Fire and Fury'; Christopher Luxon's gets tough on the disabled; Bupa selling NZ care homes…
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Why 2030 is more important than 2050Listen now (8 min) | Urgency of need to lower emissions fast escalates as Arctic warming four times faster than rest of globe; 2050 net zero target now…
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The week that was to Aug 13Listen now (63 min) | Including the weekly ‘hoon’ podcast with Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale, plus Vic Uni Prof Jason Young & Green MP Julie-Anne Genter…
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Donald Trump vs his generals before Jan 6; detailed ways to solve our housing & health crises; what climate change's heatwaves feel like; Australia's…
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Bernard Hickey is on site from 12pm to 1pm to answer questions about the week's news, including; the Auditor General's criticism of Three Waters; Sam…
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House prices troughing outListen now (3 min) | Auckland City and Wellington City house prices down 17% and 20% in July from their late 2021 peaks; All of NZ down 10.9%; RBNZ and…
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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Public interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises
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