Submissions have opened for the Select Committee to hear feedback on the Regulatory Standards Bill - a Bill so flawed the Waitangi Tribunal called for it to be binned, layers have called bad law making and constitutional experts have called dangerous and the Anti Waitangi Tribunal Bill.

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We take a deep dive into the budget with a lense on disability issues with Labour's Disability Spokesperson Priyanca Radhakrishnan and Political Commentator Clint Smith.

Budget Week, Protests galore, hecklers, haters and Dinosaurs - all that and more in this week’s This Week’s the News.

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*This Week’s The News is a satire, based on real news reports. Some comments and representations have been made for comedic effect.

This was a great budget... for tech companies, landlords, the military and Deputy Prime Ministers whose sundown moments about cutting funding to media aren’t stopped by a weak prime Minister. 

For everyone else, it sucks. It keeps low wage earners down, tells parents how to act like a nanny state, makes it harder to access childcare for low income earners and will punish your KiwiSaver retirement or house buying plans. 

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Originally published on my Substack page, this newsletter, first published on May 2, 2025, is designed to help voters find red flags in potential election candidates in this year's local body elections - and with researchers having already identified nearly 100 potential candidates running with links to disinformation groups and the far right, we really need to hone those skills.

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After Tuesday, you've got to wonder if Christopher Luxon regrets coining one phrase in particular…

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The term “far right” seems to upset some people when they get labelled with it - so what exactly does it mean and what are the signs we should look for in candidates to see if they might be hiding, or unaware of their own far right beliefs when researching for this year’s local body elections?

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As the Minister who ushered in the previous Pay Equity law that was recently hacked and slashed by the coalition to re-priotise billions for the bidget, Jan is pissed off.

She jouns us this week for a special bonus episode to talk about The Pay Equity Act changes

Joining us this week we have Green MPs Ricardo Menendez March and Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan talking the Green Budget, Pay Equity and the Privileges Committee recommendation to hand down a 21 day ban to te Pati Maori MPs for the Haka.

Then we catch up with Professor Shaun Hendy, the scientist behind the world leading Covid response on his experience during the start of the pandemic, what we did well and what we could have done better.

Then there's this week's the news - which in audio form probably doesn't make sense so check out the video version on facebook, tik Tok and YouTube.

From the first models to the science lead, world leading covid Response, Professor Shaun Hendy was instrumental in shaping our we, as a country, weathered the worst of the pandemic.