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The Hoon around the week to April 19
Featuring the podcast of our weekly Hoon live webinar, including co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale, with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine…
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Bernard Hickey
, 
Peter Bale
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Robert Patman
, and 
Cathrine Dyer
56:05
The ‘Humpty Dumpty’ end result of dismantling our environmental protections
Cathrine Dyer and Bernard Hickey talk through the week's big climate climate news, including a close look at the Government's quiet dismantling of…
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Bernard Hickey
 and 
Cathrine Dyer
16:38
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Study sees climate change baking in 19% lower global income by 2050
Potsdam Institute paper uses 40 years of data from 1,600 regions to project baked-in economic damage from climate change at US$38t by 2050, equivalent…
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Bernard Hickey
 and 
Cathrine Dyer
9:17
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Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links
Potsdam Institute study sees US$38t of climate damage baked in; Govt ends loan scheme for quake-prone apartments; Survey finds NZ voters in despair…
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Bernard Hickey
4
Join us for the weekly Hoon on YouTube Live
Join Bernard & Peter for the weekly Hoon webinar at 5pm; Plus Cathrine Dyer on today's explosive Potsdam Institute report estimating climate damage at…
5
Should the RBNZ be looking through climate inflation?
Climate shock delaying rate cuts; Govt delays quake remediation by four years; 1,000 Govt jobs cut in a day; 12,000 new aged care beds needed by 2032…
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Bernard Hickey
12:51
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Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links
Inside Tauranga's housing crisis; Just 0.5% of beneficiaries on benefit for 24 years; Why the PM went cold on Dave Letele; Sleepyhead company town in…
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Bernard Hickey
5
Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links at 6:06 am
Luxon has seven staffers doing social media for him; Secrecy shrouds fast-track projects; Nanaia Mahuta comes out against AUKUS II; Waitangi Tribunal…
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Bernard Hickey
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Bernard's six-stack of substacks at 6:26 pm
Bryan Bruce's Dame Whina Cooper interview; How to stick it to Shane Jones; Ed Conway on how Britain wasted its gas & oil super power; Atlantis on the…
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Bernard Hickey
3
Is saving one minute of a politician's time worth nearly $1 billion?
Simeon Brown hopes to save 12 mins in taxi trip to airport via tunnel that others say may cost over $10b; 205 NZers migrate each day; 110/day go to…
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Bernard Hickey
19:20
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Govt ignored economic analysis of smokefree reversal
Analysis for BMJ found smokefree changes reversed by Govt would have freed up $51b for consumers by 2050, more than offsetting net cost to Govt of $19b…
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Bernard Hickey
8:33
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Auckland faces 25% water inflation shock
Govt scrambling to stop 25% Watercare rate hike; Climate event cancels 100 flights and cuts rail to Dunedin & Invercargill; US fears imminent Iranian…
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Bernard Hickey
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