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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Robert Patman, Cathrine Dyer, Jonathan Lyons, PhD
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  • Bernard Hickey

    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.

  • Peter Bale

    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.

  • Robert Patman

    Robert Patman is a University of Otago’s Inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chair and a specialist in international relations.

  • Cathrine Dyer

    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.

  • Jonathan Lyons, PhD

    Sociologist, author, and former Reuters foreign correspondent Jonathan Lyons cuts through the incessant noise of social and legacy media to uncover the occasional signal worth noting.

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