The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Verity Johnson, Robert PatmanPublic interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises
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Govt to cut 8,700 more civil service jobs
Willis sets arbitrary ceiling on public service at 55,000 people - 8,700 fewer than currently employed; Govt set to legislate to overrule Supreme Court precedent on Disability Services to save money
Here’s six things to note from Aotearoa’...
Monday's Chorus: Would buying back BNZ work?
Winston Peters proposes Govt buy back BNZ to fire up competition, but state ownership didn't work with Kiwibank & gentailers; Peters wants babies enrolled in KiwiSaver with $1k kickstart
Here’s six things to note from Aotearoa’s political...
Total Mobility funding cuts being finalised
I spoke with disability advocates and this morning about the ongoing review of the Total Mobility subsidies provided by the Government for taxi services for disabled people. The full video is above.
They met Transport Minister Chris Bish...
The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts & talking with regular guests from Wellington and in Dunedin 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.
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.
You may not agree with me, but you do enjoy reading me.
Robert Patman is a University of Otago’s Inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chair and a specialist in international relations.
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