The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Politics

Bernard Hickey and friends explore Aotearoa’s political economy together. thekaka.substack.com

Episodes

The Weekly Hoon: Downplaying climate scenarios; China's sabre-rattling & Chris Bishop's RONS U-turn

The way we run the economy isn't working

The Govt's housing cuts come home to roost

The Weekly Hoon: Homelessness, Foreign Policy, the Reality of Everything & the gutting of safety reforms

Half a million New Zealanders living in poverty

What a rewrite of NZ's political & economic DNA might look like

Hipkins' pitch is empty & performative, for now

Where growth isn't paying for growth

The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party

Bernard's Chorus: Why so relaxed Minister?

The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war;

When a lobbyist jumps the species barrier into journalism

The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b emissions credits bill; Auckland's de-intensification & Labour's fare cap policy

Here's the devil in our housing inflation detail

Auckland chooses high house prices & low GDP

Protest growing against Govt's disability cost-cutting bill

Scoop: NZ Govt has more assets than debt

Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society'

Why shops & bars are closing as spending 'recovers'

The Weekly Hoon: Johan Rockstrom's 'saturation point'; Data centre footprints; Trump vs Netanyahu; China vs four NZ MPs; Exports of forced labour