The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Bryce Edwards, david Galler, Anna Fifield, Elliot Crossan, Rosie Gallen (PhD), Gwynn Compton, Morgan Edwards, Mona Krewel, Edward Miller, Huhana Hickey, Simon Wilson, Robert PatmanPublic interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises
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4,300 teenagers set to lose benefits; Rise in young leaving NZ to cost $76b in lost GDP, Greens say; Turnout so far 200k ahead of 2023;
Here’s my selection of the news, analysis, comment, front pages and cartoons from the last 24 hours or...
‘It’s the cost of living and hospitals, stupid!’
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Bill Clinton’s political svengali James ‘the Ragin’ Cajun’ Carville coined the phrase ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ in the seminal fly-on-the-wall political documentary The War Room about Clinton’s ultimately successful 1992 campaig...
Picks n’ Mixes & In the Papers for Monday, November 2
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Here’s my selection of the news, analysis, comme...
Early Bird: Richest families pay tax rate of 8.1%
New report updates IRD work, finding richest 311 families paid effective tax rate of 8.1% from 2021 to 2024, vs effective rate paid by median-wealth adult of 17.4%; Mortgage debt now over $400b
Here’s my selection of the news, analysis, co...
The Weekly Hoon: Eastern European history & NZ; Election 2026; the RBNZ’s surprise hold & limited fiscal choices
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.
It included special guest talking about fiscal, monetary...
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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'm the Director of the Democracy Project, focused on scrutinising and challenging the role of vested interests in the political process.
A former Intensive Care Doctor at Middlemore Hospital and ministerial advisor. Board member of the Health Coalition and spokesperson for Kaitiaki Hauora.
New Zealand journalist, foreign affairs commentator, author and speaker.
Socialist writer and activist based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. Chair of System Change Aotearoa — systemchange.nz
I write about housing, poverty, social impact and public systems in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on how policy choices land in people’s lives. Independent consultant with a PhD in public housing, system change and community development.
Formerly a communications, policy, and government relations professional. Did a triennium on Kāpiti Coast District Council. Used to work for Prime Ministers John Key and Bill English. Avid trail runner. Now a school teacher.
An advocate for bringing reality to macroeconomics. Contact me at [email protected]
Whangarei-based researcher, gunning for tax justice and a just transition to a low-emission full-employment economy.
Dr Huhana Hickey MNZM (Ngāti Tahinga) is a Māori human rights and disability advocate, former lawyer, and HRRT member. She leads Māori disability equity through Pukenga Consultancy and TAMA Rōpū, grounded in Te Tiriti and lived experience.
Politics, climate, urban issues & culture in Tāmaki Makaurau and elsewhere. Hopetown is my blog.
Robert Patman is a University of Otago’s Inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chair and a specialist in international relations.
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