The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Elliot Crossan, Robert Patman, Cathrine Dyer, Michael Swanson, david Galler, Arena WilliamsPublic interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises
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Both National and Labour are committed to holding down growth in Government spending, but without households and businesses borrowing more the economy will continue to stagnate. Photo: Lynn Grieveson
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Picks n’ Mixes & In the Papers for Monday Oct 12
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The Weekly Hoon: National & Labour budget tracks near identical; Climate distrust; Foreign aid cuts
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts and talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Editor of The Kaka, a newsletter and podcast about Aotearoa's political economy. Co-founded and edited Newsroom Pro and Interest.co.nz. Does speaking engagements too.
In media with a background in news and digital at Reuters, News Corp, FT, CNN, CPI, Microsoft, INMA and elsewhere. I sometimes write things. Talk to me.
Socialist writer and activist based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. Chair of System Change Aotearoa — systemchange.nz
Robert Patman is a University of Otago’s Inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chair and a specialist in international relations.
I write about climate change and the political economy of the metacrisis. I am a regular guest on The Kākā and The Hoon podcast, with Bernard Hickey.
Political Tragic now with a PhD in political nerdology. Researcher/Writer in New Zealand Politics, focused on our political institutions, public policy, and parties and elections (not just in New Zealand).
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