Barbara Edmonds is LIVE at 9pm talking the Government's infrastructure summit that she is attending today, and speaking at tomorrowKieran McAnulty is jumping into the conversation about school lunches as the company who supplies lunches in his district is the one that has just gone bankrupt. He is calling for the contract to go back to the previous suppliers to get healthy lunches back onto school kids desksWinston Peters has shown again that he is all bluster when his own party has DEI conditions in how they decide the list for elections. Winston's explanation and double down just show how he is either lying, or just doesn't even understand the DEI argument that he is championing.=================================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

Dr Olivier Jutel joins us to talk about a NZ DOGE copycat scheme being pushed by Callaghan Innovation and Web3NZFour people have been arrested and had assault-related charges filed against them as part of an ongoing investigation into a Destiny Church-linked protest.Seems that schools that were getting lunches from Libelle are not as enthusiastic as Mr Seymour about the liquidation and the poor man is now being attacked by the woke media with gotcha questions when asked about things he said in the pastIf you're beneficiary then don't get sick, because if you spend more than 13 weeks in hospital your benefit will be cut=================================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

The Government has faced further scrutiny in Question Time today after a provider for the much-maligned school lunch programme, responsible for 125,000 meals daily, announced liquidation.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has given weight to Winston Peter's war on woke by suggesting he may integrate Peters' DEI Bill into new legislationTeachers at schools are still providing lunches for some students as they claim that the meals turning up are inedible and are feeding pigs, in the kinds of quantity that wasn't been seen prior to the school lunches change, even though it was one of the main reasons for the change=================================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

Chris Hipkins was asked on Q&A if his party will be campaigning on capital gains tax at the next election, Hipkins says Labour hasn't decided yet. We wonder if not answering this is a net negative, a net positive or neutral at this stage in the cycle.Friend of the show Sam Seder went on Jubilee's Surrounded show where he faced off against 20 young conservatives. One answer in particular seemed to sum up the views of the modern conservative millennial and Gen Z crowd which showed how their idea of white supremacy is so out in the open and casual now it almost (to them) seems normal.Simeon Brown and the Coalition Government's plans to lower the age for free bowel cancer screening for all New Zealanders by "redirecting" money previously set aside to lower the age for Māori and Pasifika has been described as "disappointing". It will lead to more Maori and Pasifika peoples dying early and is another broken promise by this governmentMehdi Hasan shows us all, while talking to former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, how to stay away from the whataboutism, and how to keep on point and not allow the subject to be highjacked by someone not wanting to talk about the issue at hand=================================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

Simeon Brown made a big announcement today regarding Te Whatu Ora, sacking Lester Levy, reinstating the board, and relying on the private sector to reduce the surgery wait list by mid-year.Chris Hipkins speaks at the Labour's State of Nation, announcing portfolio reshuffles, new portfolio and the party's main priorities heading into the election 2026.Winston is back in the news, this time with his 'anti-woke' targeting diversity targets in the public sector.That and much more in tonight's Friday show!=================================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

Clint Smith joins us to discuss this governments dysfunctional leadership, after Winston takes it upon himself to fire Phil Goff who was the High Commissioner to London.Simeon makes the news for two high profile stories:Money that was allocated to a free bowel cancer screening programme targeting Māori and Pacific peoples was scrapped in favour of "equality" instead dropping the eligibility by only 2 years.Simeon ignored advice to not appoint a gas lobbyist to the energy savings board, who didn't even meet the requirements during the interview stage. =================================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

US President Donald Trump today took credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign policy as he updated Congress and the American people on his turbulent first few weeks in office, which have featured a dismantling of the federal government, tensions with America’s allies and a trade war compounding economic uncertainty.David Seymour says he's been upfront about issues with the revamped school lunch programme and is solving them, and has shrugged off a call by a union for the Education Minister to take over overseeing the programme.Stephen Franks talks to Oliver Plunket this morning about his law firm giving notice to ‘gender affirming care’ providers and Ministers. The group sending these legal letters are conservative group Inflection Point NZ and we were wondering where does pressure from a lobby group stop and heavy handed threats of legal action begin?=================================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

Jan Tinetti joins us tonight to talk about School Lunches which have had a lot of coverage today. Erica Stanford has seemingly issued a "please explain" to David Seymour and the PM thinks it can all be solved with a marmite sandwich and an appleThe PM was on ZB this morning talking how good the on nurses pay is. We want to see what a nurse needs to do to be eligible for the $127k salary that the PM, and Mike Hosking, think is a pretty good wicket. The NZ Nurses Organisation President Anne Daniels joins us tonight to talk over what nurses get paid and more.It's been revealed that the break fee for cancelling the iRex ferries is $300m, Winston Peters has the chance, according to the PM, to get NZ a better deal and if he doesn't NZ will be going with the plan revealed at the end of last year=================================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

Sunny Kaushal, chairperson of the Government's Ministerial Advisory Group for victims of retail crime, wants changes to the "confusing" and "inconsistent" laws around citizen's arrest. Comedian Bill Burr said his X account was flagged after he said on his podcast a few weeks ago that Elon Musk had “lost his fucking mind.” Burr said he made fun of Musk, who owns X, on his podcast for “seig heiling” during an inaugural celebration for President Donald Trump afterward, Burr was going through his emails, when he noticed he got an email that his X account had been flagged.We'll take a look back over the fallout between Trump and Zelensky including Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's claim today that he trusts the actions of Trump =================================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

Yes we know it's March for the first episode of 2025 but you can blame the trip the earth takes around the sun giving us a month with 28 days!!!Zelensky v Trump, Waitangi/this governments attack on all things Maori, PM on Hosking

How the independent left media and how Duncan Garner has made a hard shift right...and it's working for him

On the panel this month are - Jordan Rivers https://www.tiktok.com/@jordan_rivers.nz- Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury https://thedailyblog.co.nz/- Paul 'the other one' Barlow https://www.youtube.com/@Paul...theotherone- Gerard Otto https://www.facebook.com/gerard.otto- Pat Brittenden https://www.youtube.com/docnzstudios