The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

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Friday's Early Bird: Housing & transport fast-track back-tracks
My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: Kāinga Ora cuts biggest housing project by…
 • Bernard Hickey
2:48
The Weekly Hoon: Luxon lives on; Iran is winning and the role of Jevons Paradox in climate change
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman discuss the week in geopolitics, politics in NZ, the economy & climate; plus special guests…
 • Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, and Jonathan Lyons, PhD
58:16
Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
Join Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey for the weekly 'Hoon' around news in geopolitics, climate, politics & more with Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer, plus…
 • Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, and Jonathan Lyons, PhD
Today's Hoon podcast: Iran checkmate; Luxon as Omar; elastic climate goals
Bernard Hickey and I will be on YouTube and out later on your podcast platforms with the weekly Hoon from his Kaka. Survival of NZ PM will be big in H2…
Published on Media News You Need - Curated by Peter Bale • 
Luxon, like NZ, is bogged down with the hand-brake jammed on
Knowing the status quo is unsustainable, but unable to move without the permission of an 81-year-old (self-described) handbrake on the nation…
 • Bernard Hickey
Friday's Early Bird: National braces for poll after Luxon's dire week; Stanford wanted unlimited RSE workers; Bridges says Luxon doesn't…
My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, comment, front pages, charts & cartoons, plus: MSD drops social housing exit KPIs; Hooton says PM…
 • Bernard Hickey
10:18
The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's MMP musings; NZ's jobspocalypse; Big data centres & sovereignty
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman discuss the week in geopolitics, politics in NZ, the economy & climate; plus special guest Don…
 • Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, and Don Christie
55:12
Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
Join Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey for the weekly 'Hoon' around news in geopolitics, climate, politics & more with Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer, plus…
 • Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, and Robert Patman
Today's Hoon-NZ tech sovereignty; world news
Bernard will no doubt want to discuss Luxon MMP bombshell, but we also have special session on NZ technology issues -- including data centres -- with a…
Published on Media News You Need - Curated by Peter Bale • 
Thursday's Early Bird: A national cancer test funding scandal; PM uses RNZAF plane to fly from National fundraising dinner 'at no cost…
My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: PM says jobless should move; More Auckland…
 • Bernard Hickey
4:47
Unemployment worse than forecast & real wages fall
Unemployment rate up to 11-year high of 5.6%; Underutilisation rate up to 13-year high of 13.8%; Youth underutilisation up by 21,500 in a year to 37% of…
 • Bernard Hickey
5:37
Wednesday's Early Bird: Govt under fire from small & big businesses; Opportunity hits 8% in Roy Morgan poll
My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: Removing Auckland's viewshafts estimated…
 • Bernard Hickey
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