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My weekend reading and listening
Deep reads on China’s super cows, spongy cities, Siya Kolisi, Simon Upton’s plea to Megan Woods and the US$’s dominance; Substacks of the week; Podcasts…
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The week that was to Feb 4
Listen now (62 min) | Including the weekly Hoon podcast, featuring co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale with special guests Auckland Central MP Chloe…
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Jump onto the weekly hoon at 5pm
With co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with special guests Chloe Swarbrick and Auckland City Councillor Julie Fairey about Auckland's…
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Feb 3
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Ask Me Anything about the week to Feb 3
Jump on for an Ask Me Anything chat on The Kaka about the week’s news, including Auckland’s floods; Labour’s $2.1b extension of fuel tax cuts; Hipkins…
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The stagnant debates in our hermit kingdom of a political economy
Listen now (21 min) | NZ's 'Bread & butter' economics of 'the rising tide lifts all boats' harks back to the stale debates of the 1990s & 2000s, before…
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Feb 2
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Pick o’ the links: Brown vs Fish; Brown vs everyone
Inside Wayne Brown’s head on Monday night; The problem with building on flood plains; A climate endgame scenario; Academic paper of the day; Spookies…
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Feb 1
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Dawn Chorus: Classic middle class welfare to win 'Ford Ranger Man'
Listen now (25 min) | $2b worth of fuel tax cuts labelled "extremely dumb" policy that benefits the richest most, rather than helping those most in…
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Feb 1
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Dawn Chorus: Classic middle class welfare to win 'Ford Ranger Man'
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Dusk Chorus: ‘Bread and butter’ chosen over cutting emissions
Govt extends fuel levy tax cuts again; Soft-ish jobs data pushing expected OCR hike down on the eve of lower Fed hike; Spookies and profundities; The…
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Feb 1
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Dusk Chorus: ‘Bread and butter’ chosen over cutting emissions
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Isn't this the rainy day we're supposed to be saving up for?
Listen now (14 min) | There is a problem with pursuing a fiscally-neutral approach to climate change spending and investment when the rainy 'day' is…
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Feb 1
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January 2023
Dusk Chorus: Mahuta and Little demoted
Listen now (10 min) | Hipkins gives Local Government to McAnulty and Health to Verrall after demoting Mahuta and Little; Woods gets Infrastructure and…
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Jan 31
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Tuesday's pick o' the links: Wayne Brown's WTF moment
Brown moans to 'Grumpy Old Men' tennis mates about having to cancel tennis game to deal with media on Friday's flood day; EU rolls up its sleeves to…
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Jan 30
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Dawn Chorus: Why 2023 will be a year of indecision & delay
Listen now (28 min) | Ministerial reshuffle, 'low target' policy platforms, close election and still-broken financial relations with councils set to…
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Jan 30
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