The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Andrea Black, Robert Patman, Cathrine Dyer, Shamubeel EaqubPublic interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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Luxon to scale back Auckland intensification plan
PM set to water down Plan Change 120 rules to intensify housing around Auckland CBD after a voter backlash in leafy suburbs opposed to higher-rise housing near them, say The Post-$ & Matthew Hooton
The first Hoon of 2026: Breman vs Peters; Trump vs everyone; Elections vs us
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts & talking with regular guests and .
We're back. Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
Join Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale for the first 'Hoon' around the week’s news in politics, geopolitics, climate & economics for 2026 with Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman
Peters' fear trumps decades of respect for RBNZ independence
Peters chooses to support Trump's attack on Fed independence over respect for NZ law protecting independence of RBNZ, which invented the idea globally of making central bankers independent
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Authors
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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.
Urban lefty. Knows a bit about tax, labour economics and yoga.
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.
Economist in NZ.
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