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Ferry debacle, what a way to finish the year! The big four trade banks are being told to become more competitive while Kiwibank'sto get a $500 million cash injection. Greyhound racing gets the chop by Winston the dog lover. Opinion polls out this week, ACT the big winner in the Curia poll. The Māori Party leadership and the Haka leader sent to the Privileges committee along with Labour's Tau Henare. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Minister of Māori Affairs under a Jim Bolger, and a member of both NZ First and National Tau Henare joins us tonight to talk about what the current Government looks like compared to National and NZ First Governments that he was a part of. ==================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Former Minister of Maori Affairs under a Jim Bolger, and a member of both NZ First and National Tau Henare joins us tonight to talk about what the current Government looks like compared to National and NZ First Governments that he was a part of. Seems pretty clear that Joe Biden will be dropping out of the race for President and his likely successor will be Kamala Harris. This might not be to most peoples liking, but there are some very good reasons why she is the most likely nomination to put at the head of the ticket. UK goes to the polls tomorrow, a quick look at what to expect and if there is any hope at all for the Torys ==================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

A former Speaker of the House says Julie Anne Genter's behaviour yesterday was 'dreadful'. The Green MP crossed the debating chamber last night, confronting Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey at his seat and waving a booklet in his face. David Carter says a 2007 scuffle between MPs Trevor Mallard and Tau Henare was outside the chambers. Carter says Genter could face a range of punishments. "They could actually expel her from Parliament - unlikely to do that - they could suspend her for a period of time, they could fine her, they could censure her and require her to come back into Parliament with a very fulsome apology." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tau Henare, Morgan Godfery, and a range of politicians join Mihingarangi Forbes to discuss the election results and what the future looks like for Māori.

If you want proof that people will see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, I've got it for you.  And it's to do with last night's leaders' debate on TV3. Which, by the way, blew last week's debate on TV1 out of the water, didn't it?  Not just because Chris Hipkins appeared to be awake this time. But also because it had a much better structure and didn't waste time on pointless questions about what book the two leaders are reading at the moment.  Yes, there was quite a bit of Chris Hipkins and Christpher Luxon talking over eachother. Especially at the start. But Paddy Gower didn't let them get away with not answering questions.   Although there were a couple of times when he realised he wasn't going to get an answer. But that spoke volumes and so he let it be. In fact, someone texted me afterwards saying they thought Paddy was the winner on the night.   But, right from the start, Chris Hipkins showed that he had obviously listened to Helen Clark who, apparently, called him up after last week's debate and said he'd been as weak as tea and needed to harden up.  I made that bit up about her saying he was as weak as tea last week. But it is being reported today that Helen Clark was so unimpressed last week that she got on the blower and gave Hipkins a bit of a talking to.  And he listened. And he was much stronger last night. Much stronger.  And, as always happens, people are asked who they thought won the thing. Which I'll get to.   But first, I've got to say that aside from beating TV1 with the debate itself, TV3 also beat TV1 hands-down when it came to the panel they put together to provide analysis afterwards.  You'll remember last week how we had Tau Henare and David Cunliffe going into overdrive with the sporting analogies, which was just cringe-material, wasn't it?  Last night, TV3 had Josie Pagani, Julian Wilcox and Janet Wilson. And there were zero sporting analogies. Which was brilliant in itself.  And, as I say, the inevitable question was asked: who did they think won? And they all pretty much said Hipkins was the winner. I agreed with them, though, when they said that Hipkins performed more like an Opposition leader and Luxon performed more like a Prime Minister.  But, overall, they thought Hipkins was the winner.  And then you read all the analysis by all the other political commentators. And they're saying the same thing. Luxon wasn't necessarily bad, but Hipkins upped his game big time from last week and they're all saying he was definitely the winner on the night.  Which brings me to what I was saying earlier about people —especially voters— seeing what they want to see and hearing what they want to hear. And the evidence today that that is definitely what happens.  There's an online poll running on the NZ Herald website, asking people who they think won last night's debate.  And the results, so far, are the complete opposite of what all the commentators are saying.  When I last checked, 62% of people were saying that they thought Christopher Luxon won the debate, and 32% were saying Chris Hipkins was the winner.  Which I think says a lot about how effective these debates are when it comes to informing voters. I know they're promoted as being the big chance to find out which leader sings from your songsheet, but I don't think they are at all.  Wherever you are on the political spectrum, how could anyone think that —based just on what we saw last night— how could anyone think that Chris Hipkins wasn't the winner on the night?   Yes, I'm just as tired of Labour as the next person. I'm just as cynical as you are of all the about-turns Labour has done in the last few weeks, desperately trying to stay in government.  And, like most people, I think Labour's GST off fruit and veggie policy is just lame. It's sudden interest in having more cops - I think that's rich coming from a party that's been in government for the past six years.  In fact, I'll go as far as saying that I don't think Labour even deserves another shot.   But, even then, I can still see Chris Hipkins' performance last night for what it was and acknowledge that, yes, he was definitely the winner on the night.  But it seems —going by this poll on the Herald website— that the majority of voters can't do that. And that the majority of voters watch things like these televised debates and see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.

Last night's leaders' debate on TV was a brilliant advertisement for the minor parties.  In fact, I reckon Labour and National could make some money out of it because, as far as I'm concerned, I thought it provided 90 minutes of reasons not to go with the traditional red and blue parties.  So what I reckon Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon should be doing today, is writing out some invoices and sending them to all the minor parties, because that kind of primetime TV advertising doesn't come cheap. The common consensus among the commentators seems to be that Christopher Luxon's performance was stronger than Labour leader Chris Hipkins'. It happens all the time - people chiming in with their thoughts on who “won”.  But I actually think neither of them won. It was the minor parties who won.   And as for the analysis after the debate. Man alive, if you stuck around for that, what about all the ridiculous sporting analogies?  We had former National and New Zealand First MP Tau Henare, former Labour leader David Cunliffe and TVNZ's deputy political editor Maiki Sherman. And all the two guys could bang on about was the All Blacks and the Warriors and the World Cup.  At one point, poor-old Maiki obviously felt she had no option but to go down the sporting analogy route. She said as much.   Because it seemed every time Tau Henare and David Cunliffe opened their mouths, they'd go on about it being “a bit like the Warriors”, or “Christopher Luxon was like France and Chris Hipkins was like the All Blacks…and, like the All Blacks, Hipkins needs to come back and show he's got more in the tank.”  I don't know about you. But when I sat there watching that, I thought to myself ‘if this is high quality political analysis, then God help us'.  So the sporting analogies have to go from the next debate. So too do some of the meaningless questions. I don't care what book Christopher Luxon is reading at the moment. I don't care how many times they've been into churches this year.   What I did want to know last night, though, is why Chris Hipkins - just hours before the debate - made that haphazard announcement that Labour was ditching its goal of reducing the prison population by 30 percent.  It happened yesterday afternoon and had some people speculating that it was a pre-emptive move ahead of the debate. A pre-emptive move that Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis didn't seem to even know about until after Chris Hipkins had announced it.  That's the stuff I wanted to hear about. But we didn't, of course, because these debates are carefully stage-managed and the topics up for discussion would have been settled-on weeks ago.  Which meant all it did, was reinforce the view some people have that our two main political parties are increasingly becoming one and the same.  Christopher Luxon said it himself - several times. It was something along the lines of “we both want the same things, but we've got different ideas on how to achieve them.”  The question there then is that, when it comes to voting, do we vote for outcomes or do we vote for methods of achieving those outcomes?  Hands down, we vote for outcomes. So if you've got the leaders of the two big political parties saying they want the same outcomes - then bring-in the minor parties. Because last night's debate showed us that the minor parties really are the only alternatives to what we have now.  Political commentator Matthew Hooton wrote a piece in the NZ Herald recently saying that voter confidence in what he calls Labour and National's “increasingly lazy, cynical and arrogant” duopoly in New Zealand politics has collapsed.  He says never before have Labour and National been rejected by so many voters at the same time.  And I reckon, based on what we saw in last night's TV debate, support for the purple vote is about to get even lower. And I'm in no doubt that, when it comes to picking a winner from last night, it was the minor parties. It wasn't Luxon and it wasn't Hipkins.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crikey, a week is a long time in politics, especially with an election looming! Thomas Coghlan from the New Zealand Herald wrote this last week, “It's been a scratchy week in parliament.” He was talking about last week with MP's embarrassing themselves at every opportunity. Well, this week they've done it again. We've got National MP Tim van de Molen being stripped of all his portfolios after being a total oik and making a tit of himself in a Select Committee. He was accused of threatening behaviour and while it's not threatening behaviour on a Mallardian scale, or the handbags at dawn in Parliament with Tau Henare and Trevor Mallard again, that sort of testosterone engorged behaviour is totally unacceptable, and Christopher Luxon was quite right to strip him of his portfolios until van de Molen has learned to calm the farm and learns how to behave like a professional.     Still, with National … what the Dickens are they doing sticking with the fees free first year policy? It was a policy they roundly mocked in 2017. Simon Bridges, the then leader, called it an expensive failure. Subsequent leader Judith Collins said they wouldn't have the fees free farce that cost taxpayers $300 million, yet saw fewer people actually doing tertiary education. And yet now with an election looming we have Nicola Willis, who sees it as an important support for students and families. No, it's not. No Nicola, no. The numbers show it's a costly failure, like so many of Labour's policies. If they must stick with it, if they must try and get students on side, make it fees free for the third year so that people actually have the motivation to get the degree, not drop out halfway as they do costing taxpayers and costing the young people. This is a nonsense. And it's a big thumbs down.   Thumbs up though for ruling out granting government contracts to gangs. By all means, give contracts to community groups that something Christopher Luxon has said he's very big on. He wants ground up community support and he's happy to fund that. That's something Labour does as well, but Christopher Luxon says that actually works. He can see the value of it. By all means give contracts to community groups and former gang members. Not to those who are still actively working with gang members. So thumbs up there, good job.   Tthumbs down to Jan Tinetti. Yesterday, she sent out a press release trumpeting the free lunches and schools program as improving in attendance. It's not. She gave no figures. Treasury has done the report and looked at the data. In her press release yesterday she said teachers are reporting better attendance. Self reporting is not analysis of data. I can show her texts from teachers that say it's a waste of money in their school. Treasury did an actual report looking at actual data, not self-reporting from some teachers, either Jane's teachers or mine, and said that the program is not reaching the kids it should. So no Jan, free school lunches are another Labour costly failure. I'm not against free lunches and schools, I just want a program that works. Call me old-fashioned. I'd just like to see a return on investment, not blindly operating ideology and faith and self-reporting from some teachers.     And finally, to round up the week, what on Earth is David Seymour smoking? At the Moutere Hills Community Centre on Thursday, the ACT leader was reported as saying,  every country that has ever tried to do what this government has tried to do regarding co-governance has either ended in disaster or successfully campaigned to reintroduce liberal democracy. So far, so valid. You know, it's a point of view. And based on looking at history and. I think he's well qualified and well capable of saying that. Then he goes on and says, I dare say if Nelson Mandela was alive today, he'd be campaigning for Act. Would he, David really? I know it was a live speech and I don't want to be held accountable for everything I say when you're talking live as well. I mean, when you're doing a live audience. Sometimes you just sort of carried away with the with the crowd, and you sort of get a bit hyperbolic on it. But come on, he's the Act leader with a real chance of getting into government. Even if it's a joke, it really doesn't read well. Did you earn nothing from Meghan Markle? Do we really think that Nelson Mandela would have the yellow rosette on going door to door in Epsom? Unlikely!   Seriously, as Thomas Coughlin said last week … “Weeks away from the last sitting day in the Parliament's dissolution, there could be no surer sign that politicians are ready to get out of the building and on to the hustings and day upon day of grumpy, unforced errors from some of our MP's.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shane Jones outlines NZ First's campaign to re enter parliament - their policies and priorities, including their controversial transgender toilet policy. Then we hear from commentators Tau Henare and Bernie O'Donnell

Labour MP Kiri Allan has been charged after a car crash in Wellington on Sunday night. A statement from Ms Allan says she will head home to consider her future in politics. Former MP and Māori Political commentator Tau Henare spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Children's Commissioner Judge Frances Eivers speaks about the investigation into Oranga Tamariki then panelists Denise Roche and Tau Henare discuss the National Party conference, Labour's new candidate in Ikaroa Rāwhiti and the health equity assessment tool.

Mihingarangi speaks to Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson about the state of the planet and the party. Panelists Khylee Quince and Tau Henare share their views on the anti co-governance tour.

After Cyclone Gabrielle, will the government crack down on forestry? In the first episode of new podcast Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes, Labour MP Kiritapu Allan says it's not that simple - her constituents on the East Coast depend on forestry for pay packets. Former politician Tau Henare says that's a signal the government don't plan to get tough.  

Mihingarangi is joined by Tau Henare and newly elected Whau Ward councillor Kerrin Leoni to discuss local government and the latest political news. 

New Zealand's greatest and bestest weekly Political Podcast that is NOT funded by NZ on Air! This week in studio with the mighty political Totara Tau Henare, NBR senior reporter Maria Slade and Stuff columnist Damien Grant. Issue 1 – Crucifixion of Uffindell Issue 2 – Canonisation of Dr Sharma Issue 3 – Stuff's Fire and Fury – documentary or middle class propaganda? Issue 4 – Exploding Food inflation Unique political commentary unlike any other The podcast broadcasts live at 7.30pm from the Mediaworks studios on Facebook, YouTube & The Daily Blog and posted up afterwards on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rova & Youtube.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland Transport's controversial parking strategy has been pushed back until after the local body elections, when there's a risk of it being scrapped. The hot button policy would see AT removing parking spaces across the city for cycleways and bus lanes, and charging at park and ride stations, in a bid to unlock choked roads and reduce congestion. But the Herald can reveal that public feedback has drawn strong opposition and there are also concerns about the level of engagement with Māori. The policy is now in danger because only a slim majority of councillors currently favour rewriting the city's parking rules, and that could change after the polls close on October 8. The parking strategy is one of the biggest transport upheavals undertaken by AT since the Super City was formed in 2010. It works to the principle that kerbside parking is the "lowest priority" on arterial roads and will automatically be removed for cycleways and busways, except under exceptional circumstances. Busy arterial roads like Mt Eden Rd could lose car parks for cycleways and bus lanes. Photo / Peter Meecham Auckland Mayor Phil Goff trashed the first version that gave AT unfettered power to remove parking as "totally arrogant". The council's planning committee was divided by 13 votes to 10 to endorse a revised version for public consultation that allows for parking plans in town centres. Acting AT chief executive Mark Lambert and planning boss Jenny Chetwynd said gaps in public feedback and engagement with Māori require more work meaning the strategy will be delayed until February next year. AT plans to go back out to consultation in West and South Auckland and try to repair relations with mana whenua, mataawaka and the Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB), which advances the interests of Māori at Auckland Council. Public feedback on the strategy attracted 943 submissions and showed strong opposition. Planning committee chairman Chris Darby. Photo / Dean Purcell Supporters of the parking strategy said it was required to address climate change, it should be implemented as fast as possible and parking should be banned on all main roads. The Automobile Association has mixed views on the strategy, saying it makes sense to remove parking on arterial roads, but concerned the strategy could later be extended to residential streets where parking is a real challenge. The AA is also concerned about the double whammy of AT removing car parks and new Government-imposed rules that mean developers no longer have to provide off-street parking. Chetwynd said the council advised her it wanted the issue delayed until after the election to get the new mayor and the council's eye across it. Planning committee chairman Chris Darby is also seeking an assurance from AT that it has engaged properly with mana whenua and mataawaka when the strategy comes back to his committee for a final decision. Documents obtained by the Herald under the Official Information Act show the AT board was keen to get final approval from the council before the election, but last night Chetwynd said the most important thing is the council is comfortable with where the strategy lands. Auckland Transport's parking plan involves removing kerbside parking for cycling and bus lanes. Photo / Brett Phibbs AT is on the back foot with Māori following a mana whenua hui and talks with the IMSB. The Official Information Act documents show Māori at the hui expressed serious concerns about the impact of removing car parks for less able-bodied kaumatua and kuia and tougher enforcement creating a cycle of debt for Māori. After two members of the IMSB, Tau Henare and Karen Wilson, voted against endorsing the strategy for public consultation in March, the AT board called for a "leader to leader" meeting to address IMSB concerns about the engagement process. An email from the AT officer overseeing the parking strategy, Andrew McGill, said this is "no fault of ours, but we need to make sure we repair the relationship. Their votes will be critical for the final approval". Chetwynd said mana whenua input is critical for AT to have a Te Ao Māori perspective, saying it is an ongoing learning experience for the council body and Māori. She wanted to understand the depth of Māori concerns and was "absolutely" prepared to make changes to the strategy. "We have to not just learn from Māori, but all sectors of the community," Chetwynd said. Independent Māori Statutory Board chairman David Taipari. Photo / Dean Purcell IMSB chairman David Taipari told the Herald a meeting took place following the board directive with senior AT staff to discuss poor engagement and the need for it to be done better. "Some stuff has been done recently, but it is still not good enough," said Taipari, saying in his view Henare and Wilson are unlikely to change their position when the matter returns to the planning committee. Said Lambert: "We do need more time to progress the strategy and try and get a more balanced approach, looking to listen more and make changes to the strategy over the next few months." - Bernard Orsman, NZ HeraldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If a politics wonk was to ever put the time and effort into ranking the best and worst of New Zealand parliamentary speakers, I am willing to lay good money on Trevor Mallard being cited as the worst speaker of the house in the country's history.Now obviously I can't go back to the late 19th century and the early 20th century. But I'm still willing to be it. He would be the worst.He's an unlikely speaker. In a 2000 press release by Independent MP Peter Dunne,  Mallard was labelled parliament's worst behaved MP, based on the amount of times the MP had been expelled from the chamber or asked withdraw.  He often violated the rules of the House while he was an MP, and now he's keeping them. Talk about poacher turned gamekeeper.He has a professional reputation for being a bully, pugnacious petty, and utterly incapable of saying sorry.Now in another petulant hissy fit, the Speaker has delivered trespass notices to some of the people who were at protests in Parliament grounds.Some are deserved - no problem there. But to use the occasion to dish out a little bit of light revenge is an abuse of office.It's a grim day when we have to choose between Mallard and Winston Peters. But on this occasion and on this day, I am reluctantly forced to be Team Peters, much as I think he should just push off out of public life, join a bowls club and retire with dignity. I do not know how Mallard can hold that post any longer given his history, given his current behaviour, and given the fact that nobody has respect for this referee. Helen Clark was able to just keep him in line. I mean fighting with Tau Henare in Parliament, brought it all back to me when I was going back through Mallard's history. It was ugly. And it's just got uglier, using his position to score petty personal political points with his opponents as an abuse of the position.Jacinda Ardern will not keep him in line, but somebody has to.

Today we're joined by two former MPs as we discuss cost of living increases, benefit increases, emergency housing, and more protests at parliament.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a fiery episode of Party People Mihingarangi Forbes, Shane Te Pou and Tau Henare debate the ins and outs of the anti-mandate occupation that's taken over Parliament grounds. 

There's been a fair bit of talkback this afternoon on the whopping payment Trevor Mallard has had to make for falsely accusing a man of rape. We've learned this afternoon that the bill is $333,000.   $158,000 went to the man he labeled a rapist to settle the case and then 175,000 in legal fees.The reason we know this today is because – despite Mallard appearing to try to bury this story earlier this week - National has asked written parliamentary questions and uncovered the information.  This is already an awful situation, to have the Speaker accusing an innocent man of rape, then appearing to try to bury it, and then hiding behind a gag agreement when he himself in the past criticised other public servants using gag orders.  But what makes this worse is that the rules were changed so that we, the taxpayers, covered Mallard's bills. It used to be that taxpayers did not pay the Speaker's legal bills in cases like this, but after he accused the man of rape wrongly, the rules were reportedly changed so that we would end up paying his bills National says it has lost confidence in the Speaker, which is to say, he needs to go.I agree, for two reasons:  First… Trevor Mallard demeans the office of Speaker, he should never have been appointed.This is the 3rd most powerful position in the country.  It should be filled by someone who is at least a little bit statemanslike, has control of their own temperament and is respected by their colleagues Mallard is none of this. He is frequently labeled a bully. He has a history of losing his cool, remember the punch up with Tau Henare, he is widely disliked within Parliament and has been labelled by at least one veteran and well-considered commentator to be biased in the debating chamber.  He has used his power against a powerless man who did nothing close to what he was accused of.  Second, for political reasons, Labour might want to consider getting rid of him. He is tribal Labour and is said to be a close confidant of the Prime Minister.  Unlike other Speakers, he hasn't managed to yet gain the perception of neutrality.  That means that his behaviour continues to reflect on Labour.  And it reflects badly.National will continuously target him next year if they're smart.  He is now a liability to Labour. They' should move him into retirement. It'd be the best thing for Labour, and for the rest of us.  It is hard to respect mallard in the role of Speaker. 

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Blake Ayshford live out of NZ Warriors HQ in Australia... whos this Jack Murchie?We release our mix tapes... in the hopes we get drafted in the 2020 NZ NBL Draftand legendary political commentator, massive sports head, Deputy Chair of the Independent Maori Statutory Board Member Crown Forestry Rentals Trust Friend to everyone, Enemy to none Tau Henare joins the show!

Former Māori politician Tau Henare admits that he misses parliament - during his political career he was a member of the National Party, New Zealand First, and the leader of Mauri Pacific. Morgan Godfery joins Tau Henare to reflect upon his time in parliament as part of the political legacy series, Matangireia.

Former Māori politician Tau Henare admits that he misses parliament - during his political career he was a member of the National Party, New Zealand First, and the leader of Mauri Pacific. Morgan Godfery joins Tau Henare to reflect upon his time in parliament as part of the political legacy series, Matangireia.