Joining us this week - Dr Gary Payinda straight off the back of the 24 Hour ASMS Health Sector Strike to give us his impressions of the event and if the message has sunk in to Minister yet.

And Hamilton City Councillor Sarah Thomson is after the top job in the fastest growing city in the country, so what is her vision for the city and what challenges does she face?

The Missing PM, Minister of Bloated Government say's there's too much bloat, PM doesn't care about human rights and Inflation rates go up again

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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.

May 22 is Budget Day, which means we’re in the full throes of breadcrumb season - where the government tells us any good things the budget will deliver, sets expectations and downplays any harm it might cause.

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May 1 is strike day for the Association of Salaried Medical Staff - The Health Minister claims it’s unfair they’re putting patients at risk, the union says it’s unfair they’re being offered such a small increase it’s below the rate of inflation - so what’s going on?

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In This Week’s The News - Christopher Luxon misses the mark with how he admires late pope, Deputy PM on a crusade to get in your pants, shocking new MSD Numbers and more!

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By now you should have had a letter from the Electoral Commission checking you live where they think you do - because this year’s local body elections are almost here and there are some dodgy dealings and worrying candidates already making loud noises to side swipe the election.

To check your enrolment details, visit www.elections.nz 

• To learn more about Groundswell’s plan to recruit candidates, check here although it is paywalled till Sunday at 10am - https://open.substack.com/pub/paulbarlow/p/here-we-go-again?r=5d5a1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

- To learn more about Bydder’s guidebook check here - https://paulbarlow.substack.com/p/back-into-the-shadows 

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Winston Peters is once again sucking up to his ignorant angry cooker follower base with a new Members Bill that would legally define Man and Woman as being defined by the sex assigned at birth - and the harm this could do to trans and non-binary communities is wide reaching and deeply damaging.

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Two Mayoral hopefuls in Kirikiriroa Hamilton shared a newspaper article - which gives us a great opportunity to look at ways of measuring narrative bias - the built in, and usually unintentional bias of the writer and editorial teams when producing our media - something we should be aware of leading into local elections.

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In This Week’s The News, Cyclone Tam hits, more concerns about Campbell’s links to a mysterious sect, the threat of a snap election and Sam Neil reunites with an old co-star.

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The past few weeks there have been a range of news stories on the gendered abuse women in politics get, especially local body authorities. They’re there to serve a purpose though and it’s not to scare women out of running, it’s quite the opposite.

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