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Welcome to the BHN Friday Show

Join Emz and Magenta every Friday at 9pm for a wrap up of the weeks news, memes and more.

Hosts

Emz

Emz


Emz is a creative powerhouse with over 10 years of diverse professional experience in visual communication. Now, she has (somehow?) found herself in political commentary eager to see the status quo disrupted for the wellbeing of future generations. She is grateful to the BHN Whānau for listening to her genuine thoughts and challenging her to learn more about the world. She is happy to be using her creative skills for a bigger purpose than contributing to the capitalist agenda.

Magenta

Magenta

(They/He)


Ngāti Whare,
Tūhoe,
Ngāti Pikiao

Magenta brings a sharp mind and a big heart to BHN. With a degree in Psychology and Kaitiakitanga, Magenta brings a perspective grounded in mātauranga with an emphasis on intersectionality. They are a natural communicator and performer with two decades of public speaking and performing experience. Magenta loves to bring the community into the show through the BHN Discord memes. Their cheeky quips and infectious laugh keep heavy news a little lighter. Magenta is equal parts insight and mischief, and we wouldn’t have it any other way!

Latest

#BHN Special Interview with Tearepa Kahi, award winning filmmaker on his newest film Sgt. Haane

#BHN LIVE: Evie from Dangerously Informed | Luxon Pulling Out | Social Cohesion in Decline

#BHN Moody's downgrades NZ economy | Labour to support FTA | McAnulty and Bish on Luxon's leadership

Shorts

#BHN Emz is Simping for James Meager now

#BHN Luxon thinks Trump's genocidal messaging is 'unhelpful'

#BHN Tax the rich = more working class people = better lives for the rich

#BHN What Ministerial positions do the Greens want in Government?

#BHN Lake Onslow wouldn't work as a public entity, but the private sector sees profits in it

#BHN Comparing Nicola Willis to previous finance ministers

#BHN Where Labour got it wrong during COVID was not generating more revenue through tax

#BHN Marama Davidson on the retirement of Brooke van Velden

#BHN Is the door being left open for NZ to provide military support in Iran?

#BHN The issue around teens and social media is an easy solution, regulate it

#BHN Gary Stevenson explains why we need to care about wealth distribution

#BHN Privatizing profits and socializing losses

#BHN Winston Peters wants to take his country back because of the starfish or something like that

#BHN Goldsmith says the quiet bit out loud and McAnulty smites him

#BHN Tell people what you know, even when it's hard, tell people what you know

#BHN We're not going to celebrate BVV after what she has done to women

#BHN Winston Peters lying about the COVID spend

#BHN A Green Ministry of Works is the opposite of the current government's direction isn't it

Is it time to just flip the board over?

#BHN Rodney Hide seems to be in the 'never Luxon' part of the right

#BHN The government is injecting $25 million to system already spending $82 million a day

#BHN This government has harmed our reputation when it comes to NZ making purchases internationally

#BHN Nicola Willis identifies who she thinks lives in South Auckland and it's gross

#BHN The government lacks curiosity which means they have no vision for solutions

#BHN Will this generation fall for the America the good guys propaganda that 9 11 kids did?

#BHN Political Compass Tool to help with this election

#BHN Don't confuse Mr Luxon at his Press Conferences

#BHN Nicola Willis refuses to answer questions about the debt to GDP ratio

#BHN That $30B of unrelated spending broken down sounds a lot like COVID related spending

#BHN Why does David Seymour link the Christchurch massacre to todays economy?

#BHN Every decision we make about Iran comes with risk

#BHN Labour's reshuffle points to a STRONG front Bench

#BHN Chippy thought flattening the curve wouldn't work then he saw the motorway

#BHN Govt has cut our resilience for future pandemics

#BHN During COVID NZ ended street homelessness to keep people safe

#BHN National cannot do some things that economists are suggesting as they are things Labour did

#BHN Nicola Willis says the war and external pressures are not her fault COVID though?

#BHN Are NAT Ministers really people of faith if they're punching down on homeless people?

#BHN Did Chippy refuse to appear before any of the COVID inquiries?

#BHN A NZ Spy story that couldn't be more kiwi

#BHN Mārama says Luxon does not having the moral courage'

#BHN Could road user charges and congestion charges be the way to get people out of their cars?

#BHN Nicola Willis talks down to NZers

#BHN When the 'radical greens' sound like the sane ones in the room

#BHN Winston Peters seems very pi**y that Helen Clark has offered an opinion about Iran

#BHN This government had ruined the economy, they own it

#BHN Winston says media should ignore the PM and talk to him

#BHN The govt LNG decision blows up in their face within 2 weeks

#BHN Why does NZ stand out often and punch above our weight when it comes to rights issues?

#BHN The government is crowing about injecting $25m after they cut 1 4b at the start of their term

Recent Episodes

#BHN Special Interview with Tearepa Kahi, award winning filmmaker on his newest film Sgt. Haane

#BHN Special Interview with Tearepa Kahi, award winning filmmaker on his newest film Sgt. Haane

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Tearepa Kahi is a film director and former actor of Ngāti Paoa and Waikato Tainui descent. Kahi is best known for the 2013 drama Mt. Zion starring Stan Walker, and the Pātea Māori Club documentary Poi E: The Story of a Song and we are privileged to have spoken to him on ANZAC day morning about his latest Sgt. Haane. Sgt. Haane tells the story of L. Sgt. Haane Manahi DCM whose extraordinary courage during a 1943 World War II battle at Takrouna, Tunisia, secured a critical victory for the Allies. Blending dramatic re‑enactment with the voices of descendants, the film explores legacy, whakapapa and remembrance.

#BHN LIVE: Evie from Dangerously Informed | Luxon Pulling Out | Social Cohesion in Decline

#BHN LIVE: Evie from Dangerously Informed | Luxon Pulling Out | Social Cohesion in Decline

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Comedian Evie Orpe, host of the YouTube channel Dangerously Informed, joins us LIVE to discuss the state of the world and what it means to be a dangerously informed citizen. Luxon pulls out of his weekly interview with TVNZ's breakfast and launched a complaint against TVNZ for attempting to interview Stuart Smith and questioning his disappearance from parliament during Luxon's leadership confidence vote. The Helen Clarke foundation has released a report showing social cohesion is on the decline and Helen Clarke herself discusses what this means for NZ society and how we fix it.

#BHN Moody's downgrades NZ economy | Labour to support FTA | McAnulty and Bish on Luxon's leadership

#BHN Moody's downgrades NZ economy | Labour to support FTA | McAnulty and Bish on Luxon's leadership

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NZ has had our ratings downgraded for the first time since 2011 which was post the GFC and Christchurch earthquakes, NZ actually improved our ratings through COVID which can only lead to one conclusion, that Nicola Willis is worse for our economy that the whole world's economy crashing and 10,000 earthquakes in Canterbury Labour to support the Indian FTA with the expected cries from Winston and Shane Jones More Willis fallout from 'medical' event with Hosking calling Chris Hipkins a pillock, a prick and a prat and Chris Hipkins apologizing again for causing offense. No one yet seems to have asked Nicola Willis or anyone from that side of the house what the noise was...which is important if this is an actual issue Kieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop debated Luxon's leadership, the cost-of-living crisis, tattoos and more on TVNZ's Breakfast this morning

#BHN Luxon has the confidence of his caucus | Anyone for a buttered chicken? | Hipkins on Indian FTA

#BHN Luxon has the confidence of his caucus | Anyone for a buttered chicken? | Hipkins on Indian FTA

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The PM called for a confidence vote which he got through but Winston says it was a 'very bad move' and suggests it won't be the last which is maybe wh he wouldn't take any questions after the statement but gapped super-fast. New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones is facing some heat at the moment over allegedly racist comments where he said they would be a "buttered chicken tsunami" id the Indian FTA would pass. Jones says his parliamentary colleagues have suggested he tones down his public comments, but he maintains he gets "cut through" by using hyperbole. Opposition leader, Chris Hipkins spoke to Morning Report on the Indian FTA, the TVNZ poll, why Labour is fighting so hard against TPM and more

#BHN Luxon on his leadership | Bishop on Clean Car Rebate decision | SOTP with the Greens

#BHN Luxon on his leadership | Bishop on Clean Car Rebate decision | SOTP with the Greens

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The PM spent much of his Monday morning talking about the TVNZ poll and his leadership. There was one change in this weeks conversations and that is that both Chris Bishop and the PM have confirmed that there 1s a faction in National who are speaking to the media about Luxon's leadership, what that means though is anybody's guess. Chris Bishop joined Jack Tame on the weekend to talk about the ructions in National confirming there were some calls coming from within the house and also defended changes made to the Clean Car Rebate and promise to build charging stations even though they have made our electrification of NZ much, much worse The Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick have delivered their 'State of the Planet' speeches in Wellington on Sunday where they are calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry with natural energy, as a response to the fuel crisis.

Clips

#BHN Luxon's ratings over the term might be reflecting National's polling

#BHN Luxon's ratings over the term might be reflecting National's polling

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You might need a car sick pill before watching this dramatic drop in Christopher Luxon's approval ratings chart

#BHN Shane Jones is a 'pompous fart huffing blowhard'

#BHN Shane Jones is a 'pompous fart huffing blowhard'

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Jones choice of words and demeanor is that of a blowhard who thinks his shit don't smell

#BHN Why the PM has cancelled Tova and TVNZ

#BHN Why the PM has cancelled Tova and TVNZ

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Tova O'Brien tells the PM to his face that his MPs are talking to her

#BHN Shane Jones' audio of the butter chicken tsunami

#BHN Shane Jones' audio of the butter chicken tsunami

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Most haven't heard it so here is the actual Shane Jones audio of the racist "butter chicken tsunami" comment he made in the week

#BHN Marama Davidson on the Green Party list

#BHN Marama Davidson on the Green Party list

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Marama Davidson joins us to talk about the newly minted Green Party list

#BHN Luxon speaks to the press then runs away

#BHN Luxon speaks to the press then runs away

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Christopher Luxon speaks to the press after the leadership challenge...then runs away

#BHN What if the Green Party members get it wrong when ranking MPs for the list

#BHN What if the Green Party members get it wrong when ranking MPs for the list

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What if the Green Party members get it wrong when ranking MPs for the list? What if they miss a diamond in the rough that would be good for NZ to have in parliament?

#BHN Social Cohesion declining in New Zealand

#BHN Social Cohesion declining in New Zealand

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#BHN The Helen Clark Foundation's latest report shows social cohesion has slipped "across every dimension measured"

#BHN Is Luxon scared of Tova O'Brien?

#BHN Is Luxon scared of Tova O'Brien?

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Luxon pulls out of his regular appearances on TVNZ's Breakfast not even a month after Tova O'Brien joins to host

#BHN Evie Orpe wants you to be a Dangerously Informed citizen

#BHN Evie Orpe wants you to be a Dangerously Informed citizen

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Journalist turned Epstein-obsessed comedian Evie Orpe wants you to be Dangerously Informed.