The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

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10:25
Polls & debate judges put Labour ahead, but weakly
RNZ-Reid Research, 1News-Verian & Roy Morgan polls show Labour mostly ahead of National, but both below or barely at 30%; Momentum with Greens at 15% …
 • Bernard Hickey
Early Bird: Greens launch transport plan
Labour releases fiscal plan, but pay equity questions remain; Greens detail $13.65b public transport plan; Wayne Brown rubbishes National’s plan for…
NZ First pledges $120/week-plus rise in Working for Family tax credits
NZ First would roll over fuel boost for Working for Families & lift tax credit by over $120/week; Peters teases policy in smaller party leaders’ debate…
 • Bernard Hickey
59:09
The Weekly Hoon: The ‘find out’ stage of NZ’s climate + FTAs strategy; A roadtrip to focus on NZ’s health crises
Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale discuss the week in geopolitics and NZ’s political economy with regular guest Cathrine Dyer, plus special guests Jane…
 • Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, and david Galler
Early Bird: Business hiring craters in late Sept
ANZ survey finds hiring slumped as fuel shock hit, but inflation views still soft; Yet RBNZ still expected to hike again on October 28; Auckland house…
 • Bernard Hickey

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7:50
Labour’s sinking-lid fiscal strategy has consequences
Labour admits will take benefits off teenagers too as its sinking-lid fiscal track to 30.4% of GDP forces similar cuts to National; Thomas Coughlan…
 • Bernard Hickey
Full Chart Pack for Tuesday, October 6
Labour & National sinking lids to repress Govt/GDP virtually the same; National slumps & Greens jump in latest RNZ-Reid poll; Luxon’s net favourability…
 • Bernard Hickey
14:20
KiwiStack Live Election Chat with Michael Swanson
The problem with campaigns for vote-splitting, and whether they’ll work
 • Bernard Hickey and Michael Swanson
16:58
KiwiStack Live Election policy interview on fuel & car repair costs with Labour's Arena Williams
A recording from Bernard Hickey's live video
 • Bernard Hickey and Arena Williams
Chart pack for Monday, October 5
Private debt/capita rising much faster than Govt debt/capita; Yet NZ net financial worth (excluding houses and mortgages) is amongst the highest in the…
 • Bernard Hickey
In the papers on Monday, October 5
NZ First buys front pages of Rotorua Daily Post, Bay of Plenty Times, Hawkes Bay Today & Northern Advocate; Woolworths buys NZ Herald front page…
 • Bernard Hickey
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