Very senior officers, including then Commissioner Andrew Coster, have been slammed for their handling of serious complaints made against now disgraced cop Jevon McSkimming.
With the announcement of the new ferries yesterday seemingly having a...shall we say...holes in it financially, we're getting Labour's Spokesperson for Transport on LIVE at 9pm to talk fact versus fiction when it comes to this deal
Sam Seder has been educating his US audience for two decades. His Majority Report show is firing today better than it has ever been and we see him growing month over month.
We were lucky enough to get Sam for a half hour to talk about Trump and Epstein, Mamdani's win, 8 Dems folding to allow the Government to reopen and what would happen if you told someone in the 1800s what America looked like today
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A special "Best of Friday Shows" from 2025!Back in February we interviewed our very first Bright Hairy News guest Duncan Webb who, at the time, was chair of the Select Committee for the Treaty Principles Bill and had just completed the hearing process.Mihingarangi Forbes interviewed TPM co-leaders Debbie and Rawiri for MATA where BHN got a special mention in a list of alternative media the party trusts. Emz and Mage react live rather enthusiastically. David Seymour answers questions from a very brave 13yo about the TPB and couldn't help himself but blame Māori for being over-represented in prison stats.Save a massive 30% on all items except coffee mugs at https://bhn.nz/shop/ during the summer break using the promo code XMAS2025 at checkoutLike us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkBecome a Patron and support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ
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Tonight we have co-leader of te pati Māori, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, LIVE at 9pm to wrap up our series of having the left leaders on to talk about this Government's decision to sit on the wrong side of history by not recognising the statehood of Palestine
Brie Elliot has had some really interesting interactions with Chris Bishop online with an outcome that we will share with you tonight as Brie joins us LIVE at 9pm
Duncan Garner decided to have a crack at BHN last week claiming when we mocked his video on why teachers were striking including one of the reason for striking was "about making families suffer". Duncan challenged to us to show him where his statements were wrong...which we are happy to o tonight.
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Labour Housing Spokesperson Kieran McAnulty joined to talk the changes in foreign buyers' rules allowing wealthy investors on a so-called “golden visa” being allowed to buy or build a house in New Zealand as part of a bid to attract more investment and to grow the economy.
Winston Peters used 'woke' 19 times in his speech to the party faithful
An alleged whistle blower has written to Duncan Garner saying that, among other things, "Luxon is f**ked" and that "he only wants yes men" and "he hates anyone who challenges him". Is it a real email, we have our doubts, but we'll share it with you tonight to see what you think.
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Best of August
Finance Minister Nicola Willis remains hopeful that unemployment will start to reduce sometime this year but given global economic uncertainty with Donald Trump's trade wars she won't give a more exact time frame, Labour's Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE to discuss.
Christopher Luxon was on Newstalk ZB today for an hour explaining how much he enjoyed the format of discussing issues "a bit deeper" all while not going in-depth at all in any way just continuing on the same old talking points.
An estimated 90,000 people have marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in one of many protests against the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.
The bridge was closed to traffic for much of the day and police say the situation came close to catastrophe at times.
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Best of July 2025
Green Party Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick and DPM leader David Seymour were on Herald NOW's political panel talking retail theft, ferries and Bob Vylan.
We connected with Simeon Brown's office today requesting their workings for how they got to the "average" nurse earning $125k. We got sent a document that we go over with Craig Renney
Tama Potaka has what is the worst interview from any Minister of the crown in this cycle, which is saying something, in that he literally doesn't answer questions, and one has to wonder why...it's not the win they think it is
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Best of June
Brooke van Velden destroyed on Q&A, how will anyone ever take her seriously
Ruth Richardson joined Jack Tame on Q&A and, among other things, refused to be accountable for all the pain her policies caused NZers for the next 30 years
#BHN Ted Cruz gets humiliated by Tucker Carlson when challenged on what he knows of the middle east, a region he is keen to invade
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Best of May 2025
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi spent two hours with us in May, part of the conversation they spoke of their record breaking suspension from the house
Marama Davidson on the Green Budget, what is a green government and the C word
Piers Morgan demonstrates he doesn't understand the rules of journalism anymore as he unwittingly platforms another Nazi Barbie
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Best of April 2025
Tamatha Paul was on BHN throwing shade at Mark Mitchell which made the news and he coped super hard
Pere Huriwai-Seger on his confrontation with Casey Costello that was blown up in the media to be far more aggressive than actually was.
Douglas Murray versus Dave Smith in the infamous "you've never beeeen" comment
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Our New Zealand Health System is in a DIRE EMERGENCY!
Live public meeting involving...
Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker
ED Consultant Dr Gary Payinda
CTU Economist Craig Renney
Sharing on the state of our public health system
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Labour is surging, National is slipping, and New Zealand's political landscape is looking more unpredictable than ever. The latest freshwater strategy, Infrastructure New Zealand poll for The Post shows that Labour has extended its lead to 8 points ahead of National, putting them in pole position to form the next government.We'll be finishing the year's live show with the whole BHN crew and maybe some visitors as wellWe might cover a couple of other stories but we'll see how we go with Christmas festivities, remember come see us on Discord if you want to interact with us tonight https://bhn.nz/discord/=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
In some of the darker corners of the internet a few of the grubbier actors have been pushing a narrative whole heartedly fed to them by Matt McCarten without any critical eye. Matthew Tukaki joins us tonight claiming there are lies being told and amplified across the internetMarama Davidson gives David Seymour a proper telling off this morning on HeraldNow which was highly appropriate as Seymour was acting like an entitled child, not the Deputy Prime MinisterWe'll look at today's updates on the Bondi shooting and the sentence handed to Jevon McSkimming today as well.=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
Chris Hipkins joins us live at 9pm in an end of year conversation as we look to an election year next year. How does Chippy think 2025 has gone and 2026 will go?Craig Renney joins us LIVE to talk about today's HYEFU results and the fact that there is still no surplus in sightNapier mayor Richard McGrath’s executive assistant, Vanessa Smith-Glintenkamp, has resigned, saying she can no longer work for him due to his “disregard for Treaty principles”Donald Trump finally does it, says something that even Republicans are pushing back against when it comes to the death of Rob ReinerWe'll get an update on the Sydney terror attack and hear from the hero who disarmed one of the shooters=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
Paul 'the other one' Barlow latest research leads to some very concerning findings on who is supplying the media with political news and narratives and even more concerning, those outlets running the stories, seem to be just cutting and pasting press releases and putting them out as storiesThe latest on the Bondi shootings after 24 hours of thousands of clips and images online for all to see.Christopher Luxon refuses to go on Q&A with Jack Tame but happily popped onto RNZ for a chat leading to amazingly in depth questions like "how are the energy levels?"=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
It's the last Bright Hairy News episode for 2025 and in Friday show fashion we're having some fun, announcing awards for everything as voted by viewers.The final episode of this year's season of South Park released this week. We recap the story line and the creators incredible ability to highlight the Trump administration's insane agenda with an even more absurd story line.There have been many changes in the gaming industry, both positive and negative, with AI adopted by big names in the industry, incredible indie developers dominating the market and the loss of consumer hardware thanks to silicon valley.=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
Bomber joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk end of the year, some of the big stories of the year and a look up into next year for what it holdsPaul 'the other one' Barlow joins us LIVE to preview this weekends The Collective, Sunday at 7pm, to let us all know what to look forward toKieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop were on Breakfast this morning talking RMA and social media bans=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
Westpac has put its mortgage rates up even though there was an OCR drop last week, what does this mean? Will other banks follow? Craig Renney joins us LIVE at 9pm to cover off what this meansA new round of polls out today that show the trend continues and that the TVNZ poll may be an outlier for the left bloc. In saying that based on the latest Curia numbers the government today, still have the support to governAustralia bans social media for the under 16s. Will it work, what does it mean if anything for NZ? What are the first few days of the ban like for teens in Australia=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynet
Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking, Labour's spokesperson for the RMA, joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk over the new legislation introduced into parliament today.The Government has unveiled its mega-overhaul of New Zealand's planning system in a radical but long-awaited shift, which it hopes will become active in 2029.Just over a third of voters believe Christopher Luxon is the best person to lead National, while almost the same number want someone else from the party's frontbench in the top job, a new 1News Verian poll reveals.=================================Come support the work we're doing and help us continue as the only independent progressive news network in NZ www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at https://bhn.nz/shop/ Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetwork
Andrew Coster fronted up to a full episode of Q&A to talk to jack Tame about what happened, what he says is being ignored and how much he says Ministers of the Crown knew...versus how much they are agreeing to what they knewMinister of Police Mark Mitchell responds to Andrew Coster's interview on Q&A this morning on BreakfastMariameno Kapa-Kingi is back in TPM by virtue of a court order and attended the AGM over the weekend. We've had several emails from people who either were there, or who have been supporting TM over the years with some interesting perspectivesFinally, there is a 1News political poll out this evening that has sparked the rumour mill with online commentators saying it's going to be bad for Labour. We shall see.=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of #BHN www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has her day in court challenging Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere's leadership and her expulsion from the party.David Seymour loves the limelight and makes the most of his camera time answering questions as Associate Education Minister during scrutiny week. We also catch up with the delivery man of Seymour's well deserved cookie.More news is emerging that there is a divide in the National Party, with Bishop and Luxon not agreeing on the housing market.=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of #BHN www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social