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Inside National's housing backflip + twists & rolls
Listen now (50 min) | Bishop details National's new MDRS-lite housing policy, but with some new twists and some old problems; I include my highlights…
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Six things that mattered this week, plus my Sunday reads
My personal thoughts on the week's top six news items, plus my pick of the charts and quotes of the week for paying subscribers, some weekend reading…
May 27
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The Hoon: Luxon vs density; Budget 2023’s political fallout; the RBNZ’s dovish hike; and Five Eyes’ ‘Volt Typhoon’ warning
Listen now (59 min) | Bernard Hickey hoon around the week's news with Robert Patman on geopolitics, Nick Goodall on the OCR & house prices; India…
May 26
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Jump onto the weekly hoon on YouTube Live at 5pm
Join co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale with Robert Patman on geopolitics, Nick Goodall on the OCR & house prices; India Logan-Riley on Auckland's…
May 26
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Jump onto the weekly hoon on YouTube Live at 5pm
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Ask Me Anything about the week to May 26
Paying subscribers can ask Bernard Hickey about the week’s news, including the $130m paid to NZ Steel to cut emissions, National’s U-turn on MDRS & the…
May 26
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Dawn Chorus: National/Act edge ahead
Listen now (12 min) | Poll shows National/ACT could govern alone after Green vote slides, but Luxon's popularity still weak, albeit less weak; Tower…
May 25
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Luxon kills the hopes of Townhouse Nation
Listen now (29 min) | National leader prepares to force Willis & Bishop to abandon their bipartisan 'Townhouse Nation' policy aimed at boosting housing…
May 25
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Recycle the ETS cash++ into emissions cuts here
Listen now (24 min) | MfE looking at 'carbon dividend' cash payouts to recycle ETS revenues, but recycling climate funds to 'buy' domestic emissions…
May 23
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Why Budget 2023 is more austere than it appears
Listen now (9 min) | Explosive population growth means Government stimulus per person is much less than Budget 2023's reported stimulus to GDP, CPI…
May 22
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$140m well spent at $16.20/tonne
Listen now (28 min) | Govt pays $140m of $300m cost of new NZ Steel electric arc furnace, cutting emissions by 800k tonnes at $16.20/tonne; Luxon says…
May 21
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Four things that mattered this week, plus my Sunday reads
My personal thoughts on the week's top four news items, plus my pick of the charts of the week for paying subscribers, and some weekend reading links
May 20
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The Hoon: Budget 2023, the $5 prescription fee, market studies, Luxon’s (un)popularity and two curious foxes
Listen now (57 min) | Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey hoon around the week's news with Craig Renney on Budget 2023 & the RBNZ OCR hikes; Tex Edwards on…
May 19
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