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Bernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes for Tuesday, March 26
30% of doctors leave NZ after graduation
Bernard's Picks ‘n’ Mixes on Monday, March 24
Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 23
Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Saturday, March 22
Why is the Govt so afraid of borrowing?
A special Hoon with Michael Wolff, author of four books on Donald Trump
Hoon: Trumpism dies with Trump says Wolff
Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Friday, March 21
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S&P downgrades 18 councils, blaming Govt
Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Thursday, March 20
Climate sceptic ACT MP attacks National
Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Wednesday, March 19
'There are no exemptions. Just eat it.'
Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Tuesday, March 18
Luxon announces start of India trade deal talks
Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on March 17
Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 16
Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix on Saturday, March 15
PPPs are more expensive, slower & riskier than Govt DIY
The Hoon around the week to March 14
Bernard’s pick n’ mix at 6am for Friday, March 14
Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
IMF calls for Capital Gains Tax or land tax
Luxon wants media to celebrate National's homelessness achievements more
Luxon’s economy focus at odds with voters
Owners of compulsorily acquired non-iwi land to be stripped of appeal rights
A soliloquy for the week to March 9
Winston taunts Luxon: 'I made him PM'
The Hoon around the week to March 7
Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
Will Adrian Orr’s replacement unleash a new mortgage war?
An administered, unnecessary & counter-productive inflation shock
Why the housing market is just not firing up
A soliloquy for the week to March 2
Dawn chorus for Saturday, March 1
Govt eyes big new infrastructure levies, but no value-capture rates
The Hoon around the week to Feb 28
Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
Interview: ‘I didn’t want to smile’
'We can't hold on any longer. We're selling.'
Interview: RBNZ wary of any administered inflation spiral
Govt set to hike insurance costs $400/year
A Sunday soliloquy for the week to February 23
A shattering earthquake in geopolitics
RESEND: The Hoon around the week to Feb 21
Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
A mini-hoon on the OCR cut & the housing market
'Where will your kids raise your grand-kids?'
The ambulances at the bottom of our cliffs are full
‘The funds for infrastructure projects need to be prioritised and released’
Recession & local protests drag National below Labour
The Hoon around the week to Feb 14
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Concrete production slumps to 2014 levels
Business doubts about National’s growth tactics growing
First polls of 2025 show coalition losing
The Kākā’s weekly roundup on politics and economics to Feb 10
Why NZ's new looser 'golden visa' won't 'turbocharge' GDP
The Kākā’s diary for the week to Feb 16 & beyond
Bernard’s Saturday Soliloquy for Feb 8
Govt grasping at economic growth straws
Govt to sell billions of dollars worth of state housing land
NZ jobs contracting as Australia's expands
The Kākā’s weekly roundup on politics and economics to Feb 3
How Donald Trump's tariff shock will change our political economy
The Kākā’s diary for the week to Feb 9 & beyond
The chart deck calling bullshit on Luxon’s ‘just drive faster & work longer’ economic growth talk
Govt sets 'shockingly unambitious' new climate target
The Hoon around the week to January 31
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Luxon stumbles into toxic privatisation debate
Govt pivots to faster migration & tourism
Bernard’s Soliloquy for Monday Jan 27
Why the Government's going-for-growth push will fail
Join me for a live video chat Dawn Chorus of 6 things @ 6.30am
The Hoon around the week to January 24
Join us at 5pm for 2025's first Hoon
Luxon to lay out economic plan. Questions please.
Join me for a live video chat Dawn Chorus of six things @ 6.30am
Govt leaving food banks in funding limbo
What Trump’s second inauguration means for us
NZ now frozen, listless, mean & hopeless
Will swapping Shane Reti for Simeon Brown make any difference?