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Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey's discussions with Peter Bale and guests about the political economy in Aotearoa-NZ and in geo-politics, including issues around housing affordability, climate change inaction and child poverty reduction. thekaka.substack.com

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Episodis

244 episodis

  1. The Weekly Hoon: 1:01:55
  2. The Weekly Hoon: The US ‘blue-nami’; NZ’s strong early turnout & deliberative democracy 57:10
  3. The Weekly Hoon: Eastern European history & NZ; Election 2026; the RBNZ’s surprise hold & limited fiscal choices 1:01:13
  4. KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey and Ganesh Nana on fiscal plans in Election 2026 25:27
  5. The Weekly Hoon: Luxon’s Opportunity and risk; Stories from the front line of NZ’s systemic health system collapse 53:56
  6. The heavy sinking lids in Labour’s Budget plan 12:23
  7. How NZ politicians are using Facebook in Election 2026 24:24
  8. KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey & Dr Rosie Gallen 12:32
  9. KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey & Huhana Hickey ahead of Election 2026 11:00
  10. KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey & Morgan Edwards on when our Govt 'ran out of money' 14:36
  11. KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey and Bryce Edwards on Cost of Living and Election 2026 14:04
  12. The Weekly Hoon: Election climate policies compared; Living costs & hospital collapses (should) dominate NZ election debates 55:08
  13. The Weekly Hoon: National & Labour budget tracks near identical; Climate distrust; Foreign aid cuts 54:57
  14. KiwiStack Live Election Mini-Hoon with Elliot Crossan 34:14
  15. KiwiStack Live Election Chat with Michael Swanson 14:21
  16. The Weekly Hoon: The ‘find out’ stage of NZ’s climate + FTAs strategy; A roadtrip to focus on NZ’s health crises 59:09
  17. The Weekly Hoon: Nicky Hager’s book; OIA avoidance; Attacks on the UN; Cost of living & Election 2026 56:46
  18. Election Hoon: How should the supermarkets duopoly be broken up? 32:08
  19. The Weekly Hoon: Climate mis/dis-info; Arabian nightmares; National gazumps Labour again 55:35
  20. The Weekly Hoon: Climate ‘Minsky Moments,’ the rise & rise of AFD; KiwiMart & perfect storms hit our hospitals 58:31
  21. The Weekly Hoon: Passing 1.5 degrees, the rise of Q & the Mecca agreement 46:57
  22. The Weekly Hoon: El Nino, Iran’s D-Day and the author of ‘Why we think what we think’ 58:57
  23. The Weekly Hoon: A winter flu crisis & homeless deaths; Climate blame avoidance game; NZ’s shameful silence over the US attacking the ICC 55:39
  24. The Weekly Hoon: Luxon lives on; Iran is winning and the role of Jevons Paradox in climate change 58:17
  25. The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's MMP musings; NZ's jobspocalypse; Big data centres & sovereignty 55:13
  26. The Weekly Hoon: Helen Clark on why Winston Peters should be fired over his 'go home' comments, & on NZ's humiliation on a key UN vote 56:34
  27. The Weekly Hoon: Climate gaslighting; Construction turnover & hazardous Houthis 58:24
  28. The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's (un)popularity; Middle Powers debate; Another Climate funding fudge 58:08
  29. The Weekly Hoon: Downplaying climate scenarios; China's sabre-rattling & Chris Bishop's RONS U-turn 1:00:41
  30. The Weekly Hoon: Homelessness, Foreign Policy, the Reality of Everything & the gutting of safety reforms 59:07
  31. The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party 58:37
  32. The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war; 59:50
  33. The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b emissions credits bill; Auckland's de-intensification & Labour's fare cap policy 1:01:58
  34. Protest growing against Govt's disability cost-cutting bill 15:12
  35. Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society' 18:36
  36. The Weekly Hoon: Johan Rockstrom's 'saturation point'; Data centre footprints; Trump vs Netanyahu; China vs four NZ MPs; Exports of forced labour 58:24
  37. The Weekly Hoon: Budget 2026, a climate scandal, Saudi Arabia & Iran & disinformation flooding NZ's political debates 56:52
  38. The Weekly Hoon: Govt housing & job cuts; Iran vs Trump; Competition & banking 58:00
  39. The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten 59:21
  40. The Weekly Hoon: The fuel & climate crises, plus deliberative democracy 58:42
  41. The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more 55:54
  42. The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more 59:42
  43. The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more 59:27
  44. The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more 55:58
  45. Mini-Hoon with Bernard Hickey and Anna Fifield 26:45
  46. The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more 56:10
  47. Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food 29:08
  48. The Weekly Hoon: The escalating Middle East fuel crisis 59:12
  49. The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & how NZ is handling it 54:55
  50. A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change 32:51