The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

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What austerity actually means and how it pays for $10 billion of tax cuts for the richest 40%
Our richest 40% should know the $10b of tax cuts they'll get & save are being paid for by making poor, sick & disabled kids & nanas poorer, sicker …
 • Bernard Hickey
Our State of The Kākā Nation 2024
After four years, we have over 20,600 subscribers, including 2,520 who pay; We’ll stay focused on housing, climate & poverty in Aotearoa-NZ, but with…
 • Bernard Hickey
Primer #1 for 2026: A political economy in stall mode
2025's 'year of growth, growth, growth' failed & administered inflation reduced mortgage rate cuts. Now, Luxon hopes economic green shoots & a weak…
 • Bernard Hickey
Choosing marginally lower mortgage rates
Watch now (16 mins) | Christchurch ED doctors plead for help over staffing, funding & space shortages; 'Patients leaving EDs after many hours & dropping…
 • Bernard Hickey
15:56
Gentailers threaten 25% power price hikes
Electricity Retailers Association tells regulators consumer prices could rise 25% if Meridian, Contact, Genesis & Mercury are forced to offer their own…
 • Bernard Hickey
3:05
The rubber just hit the road. In a bad way.
A Saturday Soliloquy; GDP fell 0.9% in Q2, destroying the Government's pledge for a year of 'growth, growth, growth'; Luxon backs Willis & sticks to…
 • Bernard Hickey
7:51
Winston taunts Luxon: 'I made him PM'
Peters fires Goff for asking if Trump knows history; Peters doesn’t tell Luxon first & says: ‘I made him PM’; Luxon fine with that; Billionaire bids to…
 • Bernard Hickey
6:06
The State of The Kākā Nation for 2025
In our fifth year, subscriptions stopped rising for the first time & are now falling slowly. Our ‘When The Facts Change’ podcast lost its sponsor. We…
 • Bernard Hickey
Paying for tax cuts by not funding insulin pumps and glucose monitors for disabled kids
Ministry confirms funding pulled for new insulin pumps & glucose monitors, raising carer fears of 'Dead in Bed syndrome'; Simmonds didn't tell Cabinet…
 • Bernard Hickey
'We can afford more drones, but not more homes'
Govt drops 'there's no more money' framing on defence, saying it can afford to double spending on 'enhanced lethality' to 2% of GDP; Mission Homefront…
 • Bernard Hickey
9:12
Luxon said judge him on GDP growth. So voters are.
Luxon's support lowest for a new PM since Bolger in 1990s; Economy sliding into balance sheet recession with real wages & spending in reverse as rate…
 • Bernard Hickey
9:24
Pay equity shock to have unintended consequences
Hospice NZ & Barnados warn gutting pay equity law risks higher hospital costs & staffing exits; Ministers making fast-track calls, despite conflicts…
 • Bernard Hickey
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