It's Halloween! We're getting dressed up to look at the spooky, scary policies, amendments, budget cuts and choices made by the coalition govt this term.=================================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

Kieran McAnulty was on Breakfast this morning debating Nicola Willis on the recently announced CGT with Willis claiming it was an attack on everyone and that CGT announced by Labour is not targeted as Labour claimed.Last night on 1News Dr Susannah Smith from Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ), shared her concerns about the new draft curriculum and how she was cited in the document as one of the experts behind the new draft, even though she doesn't recognise her fingerprints on any part of the document. Tonight, live at 9pm, Managing Director of PENZ Heemi McDonald joins us to talk about the story and new curriculum.Winston Peters is pissed about Fonterra selling Fonterra's Mainland, Anchor brands calling it "an outrageous short-sighted sugar hit"=================================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

Craig Renney joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk in more detaill about the GCT announced yesterday by the Labour Party. We had Barb Edmonds last night for a very tightly timed interview and tonight we'll take a bit more time to delve into what it is, and what it means for NZ and Labour in 2026.Labour leader Chris Hipkins has had a crack at the Prime Minister's real estate portfolio while making the case for his party's new capital gains tax policy challenging Luxon on the tax plan to "Bring it On"The Ministry of Education has released a new draft curriculum for years zero to 10, with Education Minister Erica Stanford saying the overhaul will deliver a much needed “refresh” to the 20-year-old curriculum.=================================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

Labour has said if elected at next year's election it would introduce a set 28% capital gains tax on commercial and residential property, excluding key assets such as the family home, farms, KiwiSaver, shares, business assets, inheritances, and personal items. Labour had to rush their release as someone leaked the policy to RNZ. Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE at 9pm to explain the policy and the releaseTe Pāti Māori has moved to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as well as a push to "reset" the executive of her Te Tai Tokerau electorate committee.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.=================================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

Emz sits down with Duncan Webb on the day of the "mega-strike" when 110,000 workers across the public sector stepped off to the job, and tens of thousands marched the streets to show the govt they are worth investing in and in desperate need of better working conditions and safer staffing. We also chat about the recent announcement to not run for re-election next year, with questions around who will run for the Christchurch Central seat for Labour.James Meager has called for a change to the submission process, citing the "rise of AI submissions", social media campaigns encouraging people to make submissions, efforts of organisations to submit on behalf of many individuals and a lack of govt resources for select committees to process submissions, like the record breaking 300,000 submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill.Is ADHD real? Overdiagnosed? A fad popularised by Social Media? A new podcast The Elephant, co-hosted by Miriama Kamo, looks at the lived experiences of two prominent NZ personalities, and a discussion between two clinicians for an against the legitimacy of ADHD.Plus your regular Friday memes and more!=================================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

There has been a state of emergency declared in Canterbury, with Fire and Emergency NZ saying there was 'little chance' of containing fires in 150kph windsAnne Daniels joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk the megastrike tomorrow including how the state of emergency in Canterbury has impacted the nationwide protestsDavid Seymour and Marama Davidson were on Herald NOW this morning talking the Future Fund, charges for Doctors and of course the upcoming megastrike action

NZPPTA President Chris Abercrombie joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk about the upcoming strike, the negotiations thus far, Judith Collins open letter and more. TVNZ has been escorted out of the Pentagon moments before a crucial defence meeting between Judith Collins and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth despite being promised access.What the hell is happening with the weather, three fires, a death from a branch falling due to wind, people literally being blown into the streets it's just apocalyptic out there.

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Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the first Labour Party policy release of the election cycle promising there is an alternative to taxation. Labour leader Chris Hipkins announced his party’s “Future Fund” policy, pitching it as the way to grow the economy, pay the bills, and build local infrastructure.Sean Plunket's BSA meltdown continues over the weekend as be says he's not a broadcaster, while claiming he is one in his bios, claims The Platform is not a radio station while claiming it does 'talk radio' and we'll also cover off Plunket's remarkable hypocrisy of attending to inundate BHN with BSA complaint by setting his flying monkeys on us.Remember, we have not said the BSA is correct, we have not told people to complain to the BSA, what we have done is commented when the story was released, then responses to Sean Plunket attacks on Twitter over the weekend.Christopher Luxon was on ZB this morning talking, without an ounce of irony, about how NZ would of course pay nurses more if only we had the money and Mike Hosking was so very close to asking the correct question...which he did not.Judith Collins is in lock step with Simeon Brown and the PM claiming the mega strike was "politically motivated" and was not looking at what was best for the Union members saying that is early October, the secondary teachers’ union, had "the number one item on their agenda for a meeting with Education Minister Erica Stanford was Palestine."=================================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

Chloe met with Zack Polanski on another British podcast to talk about the NZ Green Party, leading a socialist movement in NZ and how the left need to find common ground and stop the infighting in the parties differences and imperfections.Peter Thiel makes an appearance in the latest episode of South Park. Mage and Emz do a quick recap as to who he is, his professional history, his connection to NZ and why this of concern for us.The govt is proposing amendments to the monumental Abuse in State Care Act that was passed earlier this year, with millions of dollars set aside for reparations for victims. The amendment would require victims to reveal any criminal history alongside a lengthy and re-traumatising evidence process, which experts say undermines what the Act is intended to address.=================================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

Kieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop appeared in TVNZ Breakfast talking of the passing of Jim Bolger who, as the conversation demonstrated, is about as far away from today's National Party as one could get. McAnulty and Bishop then debated how this CoC is ignoring the latest select committee submissions that went against their position 98% to 2%Health Minister Simeon Brown says senior doctors have crossed an “ethical line” by striking and delaying surgeries and care for “thousands of New Zealanders”, in an inflammatory address. “Strikes are a choice and a political one,” he said. “But when a union chooses strike action that forces thousands of operations and appointments to be cancelled, in my view, it crosses an ethical line.”Winston Peters accuses broadcasting watchdog of ‘Soviet era stasi’ censorship as the BSA begins the process to look if their regulations cover internet broadcasting such as The Platform. Plunkett, of course, clutched pearls and prostrated himself as the martyr for free speech, but the overall conversation as if the BSA was to regulate the internet, what would that mean for us, for Bomber, for Brie Elliott, for Paul 'the other one' Barlow, in fact for anyone making content online.=================================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