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Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 16
Govt offers public infrastructure PPPs to fund managers without challenging its assumption on public debt or understanding the previous failings of…
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Bernard Hickey
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18:24
Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix on Saturday, March 15
Govt eyes privatising existing toll roads; Brown rejected advice against raising bowel cancer screening age for Māori & Pacifica; Libelle’s collapse…
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The problems with PPPs
A recording from Bernard Hickey's live video with Patrick Reynolds on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), which the Government is relying on to bring in…
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Bernard Hickey
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Patrick Reynolds
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24:59
PPPs are more expensive, slower & riskier than Govt DIY
Luxon pitches for “tens of billions” of pension funds for motorways, prisons & hospitals, but the deals are too small or infrequent to garner interest…
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9:00
The Hoon around the week to March 14
Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale chat with regular guest Robert Patman about geopolitics, plus special guest Health Coalition Aotearoa Co-Chair Lisa Te…
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Bernard Hickey
, 
Peter Bale
, 
Robert Patman
, and 
Lisa Te Morenga
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52:56
Bernard’s pick n’ mix at 6am for Friday, March 14
NZME's biggest shareholder backs board cleanout; IRD set to give up powers to quiz wealthiest; Govt eyes bigger contributions to Kiwisaver; Another ACC…
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Bernard Hickey
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Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
We're on tonight at 5pm with Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale for our weekly Hoon, including regular guest Robert Patman, plus special guest Michael Baker…
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Bernard Hickey
, 
Peter Bale
, 
Robert Patman
, and 
Michael Baker
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IMF calls for Capital Gains Tax or land tax
International Monetary Fund calls in annual report on NZ for tax reform to restart real growth & fix budget; IMF also warns against a new…
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Bernard Hickey
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5:12
Luxon wants media to celebrate National's homelessness achievements more
PM denies 50% rise in Auckland homeless on streets linked to Govt's clearout of motels; Instead, he asks why media aren't celebrating National's…
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7:01
Luxon’s economy focus at odds with voters
Asked about his waning poll results, PM says fixing the economy will improve them, but voters say the health system's crisis is a bigger issue; Bank…
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Bernard Hickey
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5:27
Owners of compulsorily acquired non-iwi land to be stripped of appeal rights
Government unveils acceleration of Public Works Act changes to remove Environment Court appeal rights from landowners, but with sweetener payments; Iwi…
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Bernard Hickey
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5:15
A soliloquy for the week to March 9
Including Bernard's soliloquy podcast on the six key things in the week that was to March 9, plus the Journal of Record for the week and The Kākā's…
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Bernard Hickey
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13:30
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