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Govt & RBNZ amplify inflation pain for poor
Household living costs up 7.9% for poor vs 4.4% for rich since Dec 2023; Power, fuel & food inflation faster than CPI; RBNZ in rate hike spiral over…
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Thursday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
A recording from Bernard Hickey's live video
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Monday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
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What austerity actually means and how it pays for $10 billion of tax cuts for the richest 40%
Aug 28, 2024
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Our State of The Kākā Nation 2024
Jun 28, 2024
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Primer #1 for 2026: A political economy in stall mode
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Choosing marginally lower mortgage rates
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Gentailers threaten 25% power price hikes
May 18, 2025
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The rubber just hit the road. In a bad way.
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Why we're land 'rich', but income poor
NZ households are reputed to be bad savers. We're not. We just 'save' into residential land values. That makes us rich (on average) in total household…
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Bernard's Saturday Soliloquies for the week to April 25
The Strait of Hormuz is closed for months & NZ isn't ready; Luxon exposes his frailties & destabilizes the coalition; The RBNZ & Govt are worsening a…
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Friday's Chorus Live with Bernard Hickey
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Belatedly, Luxon tries to redeem his original sin
PM berates Peters over embarrassing emails sent to NZ Herald; Peters admits mistake, but says he's in charge of foreign policy, not Luxon; Columnists…
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The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more
Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman chat about the week in geopolitics, the economy & climate; Plus Paul Spoonley on the need for…
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Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
Join Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey for the weekly 'Hoon' around news in geopolitics, climate & the economy with Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman, plus…
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What austerity actually means and how it pays for $10 billion of tax cuts for the richest 40%
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Jun 28, 2024
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Primer #1 for 2026: A political economy in stall mode
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Choosing marginally lower mortgage rates
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