Tonight we look at the reshuffle Christopher has had to do due to Judith Collins and Shane Reti leaving. Including a shocking re-entry + a lesser known MP Mike Butterick makes a huge rise in the National party.The national Māori radio collective, Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori o Aotearoa, is weighing legal action in response to potential government funding cuts it says could jeopardise the future of iwi radio stations. Friend of the show Matthew Tukaki of Waatea news had his last radio broadcast on March 31st.Fidel Castro's grandson Sandro Castro went on CNN to discuss the issues in Cuba. We will also look at some interesting insights from bussiness woman, activist and authour Madeline Pendleton on what's going on in Cuba after her recent visit as part of the Nuestra América Convoy.It's friday so that means memes and good news to take us into the loooooong weekend++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

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Tainia Waikato joins us LIVE at 9pm for a general catch up on the issues of the day, how her campaign is going in election year and to look at her new podcast that begins on the Big Hairy Network from this SundayMarama Davidson and David Seymour talk about sex workers as candidates and the payment changes to beneficiaries, super annuitants and minimum wage workers from todaySean 'Karen' Plunket has once again come for BHN instructing his listeners to bombard us with complaints. He's done this before and it's in response to a ruling that the BSA has the ability to rule over them based on broadcasting standards. ++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Labour leader Chris Hipkins stands by decision around myocarditis risk stating, 'I read everything' when challenged about the details of the accusation that Labour dropped the ball when it came to advice for vaccines and teens. Very interesting to watch Ryan Bridge in this interview who appropriates the language of the anti vaxxer bringing into question what he thinks about vaccines.ACT's tourism spokesperson Todd Stephenson criticised the government's "slush fund" bringing UK football teams and acts like Robbie WIlliams to NZ. "Why are taxpayers subsidising an event featuring billionaire owned football clubs?" he posted. "Tottenham and Auckland FC aren't charities. They're backed by owners worth billions. Good luck to them, but they don't need help from Kiwi taxpayers."Health Minister Simeon Brown says the Government is “urgently” looking for a temporary fix to help out-of-pocket community and in-home support workers who are having to pay for fuel to do their jobs.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Update on the fuel situation, the price of Diesel and what about our promised LNG depot?Christopher Luxon identified himself on Breakfast as "the CEO" to which he needed to be reminded he is actually the Prime Minister. Tova O'Brien's first day at TVNZ left us hopeful for some accountability when interviewing politiciansNovara Media hosted a really interesting chat where the made very clear the dangers of the enlightened centrist which we will chat about tonight++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Nicola Willis and Shane Jones have revealed the Fuel Alert Levels the country will move into should the conditions be met.NZME have lost a court case against TVNZ and The Disinformation Project. But the court case revealed more about Jim Grenon, and the views of those leading NZME, so much so that Sir Ian Taylor has spoken up to condemn them.What do the French Local elections mean for the global left? Is this a continual trend towards people wanting radical change?++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

The Government has revealed the first part of its plan to replace NCEA, in what the Post Primary Teachers’ union has called a “non-announcement”. Erica Stanford described it as “the first of two major announcements”, PPTA president Chris Abercrombie said there was “nothing in the Minister’s announcement today that we really didn’t know already”. Labour's education spokesperson Ginny Anderson joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk over the changes.David Seymour spoke to Ryan Bridge today about parents who may not be able to afford to take their kids to school because of the fuel crisis and the worry that this will lead to absences to increase for this government.Kieran McAnulty has been accused of crime as he apparently murdered Minister Paul Goldsmith on Breakfast. We'll check on the crime scene to see if we can do anything other than hopes and prayers for Goldsmith's friends and family++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

The Green Party releases their housing campaign/housing election policies are released today and Marama Davidson comes and joins us LIVE to talk about the announcement. We are sure to touch on Iran and the fuel crisis and other topical issues of the ay as well,There is 18 days’ worth of diesel on land and we're told there are more coming that are currently on the water. There is a lot of mixed messages about how much fuel we have with the number seeming to be stagnant, how did we have 7 weeks on land and on the water 2 weeks again, and still 7 weeks still today.Marama Davidson and David Seymour share their thoughts on the resignation of Brooke van Velden and what the government has decided to do with the fuel crisis by helping some families. ++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

About 143,000 families with children will get an additional $50 a week through a boost to the in-work tax credit, the Government has announced. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced the urgent cost of living relief package on Tuesday, in response to the global fuel crisis.ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden won't seek re-election, but could return to politics. ACT Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden will leave Parliament this year, but she isn’t ruling out a return at some point in the (somewhat distant) future.On their Cross-Party Lines podcast Chris Finlayson and Phill Goff shared their thoughts about minor parties taking on former MPs from other parties specifically speaking to Alfred Ngaro becoming a candidate for NZ First.Rodney Hide put a cat among the pigeons when he called hypocrisy of a Christian commentator who was talking of the evils of the left being linked to abortion when he pointed out that Luxon supports all those positions as well. It was a classic case of being hoisted by ones own petard and made for great, but unintended, viewing.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

The Prime Minister was on Newstalk ZB this morning not being able to explain what specifically his government was going to do, and when, to bring relief to NZers over petrol prices, and why NZ condemned the actions of Iran but has been silent on the actions of Israel and the US.We watched the full 1 hour and 6-minute SOTN speech by Winston Peters so you don't have too and have some takeaways including who he is pitching to and how he is trying to distance himself from his coalition partnersFinance Minister Nicola Willis has assured Kiwis that the country has enough of a fuel buffer for seven weeks, but Cameron Bagrie has warned that crunch time is about to hit.Latest RNZ polls shows National falling further behind Labour, what does it mean...if anything?++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/