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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 Westpac increases mortgage rates | More polls out today | Social media ban

#BHN Rachel Brooking LIVE on the RMA | Govt RMA changes | Third of voters want Luxon gone

#BHN Andrew Coster on Q&A | Mitchell responds to Coster | Kapa-Kings back in TPM

Shorts

#BHN Why are the public so strongly behind the school sign up

#BHN The economy we have today is self-inflicted and this government is 100% responsible for

#BHN National is allergic to advice, they break out in hives

#BHN how much do kiwis save from a 25 basis points drop in mortgage rates

#BHN Were the processes in Mark Mitchell's office set up so he has plausible deniability

#BHN The Opportunity Party is the 'vibrant beige' political party

#BHN Has Winston been chatting with Labour?

#BHN Opportunity on the Greens stating they are going to cancel fast track mining contracts

#BHN Chris Hipkins on how to get lower income earners onto Kiwisaver

#BHN Is Opportunity a Libertarian party?

#BHN David Seymour defends scrapping retrospectively pay equity

#BHN Why is David Seymour?

#BHN If Opportunity was in cross benches that means you could decide every legislation

#BHN Minister Mitchells system for police complaints wasn't fit for purpose

#BHN The government is patronizing principals when it comes to te tiriti issues

#BHN Too big not to sign now

#BHN Who asked for the obligations to te tiriti to be removed from schools

#BHN Why a centrist party won't be support by someone on the left or right

#BHN David Seymour refuses to follow the instructions that his own RSB insists he has to

#BHN NZ to become the dumping ground for dirty vehicles

#BHN All we need Mitchell to do is acknowledge the systems set up in his office were flawed

#BHN This government thinks car importers will pass the savings in import fees onto customer

#BHN The reason no one in National is a good leader is because Luxon is not a good leader

#BHN Is the government doing enough with the police coverup or is there more work to do?

#BHN Under this government we're 'getting policies that serve the tobacco industry'

#BHN The Minister of Police calls the police corrupt then backtracks

#BHN Complaints about police should be handled differently to complaints about teachers

#BHN What about the boot camps being rolled out after a report saying they failed...again

#BHN This Government is trying to sell the idea that our smoking rate is doing really well

#BHN Luxon has a very different tone about meth than he had about ram raids

#BHN Luxon signaling that he will sell assets if reelected

#BHN Shhh, no one talk about the explosion in meth use under Luxon

#BHN Why has MTG turned on Trump?

#BHN Nicola Willis on the unemployment numbers, RMM responds

#BHN RMM on schools not having obligations to te tiriti anymore

#BHN One in four children are living in a home without enough money to put food on the table

#BHN Moving the homeless on just makes them homeless in the next suburb

#BHN The right is about me, the left is about we

#BHN The wealthiest NZers and free GP visits is a non-issue

#BHN Stanford actively and publicly ignoring expert advice

#BHN All of a sudden ACT is worried about labelling parents

#BHN Are there the numbers to roll JT, Rawiri and Debbie

#BHN Erica Stanford doesn't seem to understand schools are crown entities

#BHN This government's new policy is 'little crimes are okay'

#BHN David Seymour thinks students are constantly on Marae

#BHN How do you win over the people in the middle for a CGT?

#BHN Why CGT for GP visits?

#BHN Sean Plunket can't lie straight in bed

#BHN Luxon lies about criminalizing homelessness

#BHN Nicola Willis on dairy owners who have worked on their dairies their whole lives

Recent Episodes

#BHN Westpac increases mortgage rates | More polls out today | Social media ban

#BHN Westpac increases mortgage rates | More polls out today | Social media ban

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Westpac has put its mortgage rates up even though there was an OCR drop last week, what does this mean? Will other banks follow? Craig Renney joins us LIVE at 9pm to cover off what this means A new round of polls out today that show the trend continues and that the TVNZ poll may be an outlier for the left bloc. In saying that based on the latest Curia numbers the government today, still have the support to govern Australia bans social media for the under 16s. Will it work, what does it mean if anything for NZ? What are the first few days of the ban like for teens in Australia

#BHN Rachel Brooking LIVE on the RMA | Govt RMA changes | Third of voters want Luxon gone

#BHN Rachel Brooking LIVE on the RMA | Govt RMA changes | Third of voters want Luxon gone

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Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking, Labour's spokesperson for the RMA, joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk over the new legislation introduced into parliament today. The Government has unveiled its mega-overhaul of New Zealand's planning system in a radical but long-awaited shift, which it hopes will become active in 2029. Just over a third of voters believe Christopher Luxon is the best person to lead National, while almost the same number want someone else from the party's frontbench in the top job, a new 1News Verian poll reveals.

#BHN Andrew Coster on Q&A | Mitchell responds to Coster | Kapa-Kings back in TPM

#BHN Andrew Coster on Q&A | Mitchell responds to Coster | Kapa-Kings back in TPM

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Andrew Coster fronted up to a full episode of Q&A to talk to jack Tame about what happened, what he says is being ignored and how much he says Ministers of the Crown knew...versus how much they are agreeing to what they knew Minister of Police Mark Mitchell responds to Andrew Coster's interview on Q&A this morning on Breakfast Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is back in TPM by virtue of a court order and attended the AGM over the weekend. We've had several emails from people who either were there, or who have been supporting TM over the years with some interesting perspectives Finally, there is a 1News political poll out this evening that has sparked the rumour mill with online commentators saying it's going to be bad for Labour. We shall see.

#BHN Mariameno's V Tamihere | Smarmy Seymour needs a cookie | More NAT Leadership Challenges

#BHN Mariameno's V Tamihere | Smarmy Seymour needs a cookie | More NAT Leadership Challenges

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Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has her day in court challenging Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere's leadership and her expulsion from the party. David Seymour loves the limelight and makes the most of his camera time answering questions as Associate Education Minister during scrutiny week. We also catch up with the delivery man of Seymour's well deserved cookie. More news is emerging that there is a divide in the National Party, with Bishop and Luxon not agreeing on the housing market.

#BHN Ingrid Leary + ChatGPT = Uh Oh! | Kapa-Kingi injunction filed | Chloe v Seymour = fireworks

#BHN Ingrid Leary + ChatGPT = Uh Oh! | Kapa-Kingi injunction filed | Chloe v Seymour = fireworks

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Labour MP Ingrid Leary has been caught using ChatGPT to formulate questions to ask Minister Casey Costello. Leary first denied that she used the AI system, to then confirm she does Expelled MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has filed for an interim injunction, court records show, against Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere. Chlöe Swarbrick and David Seymour go head-to-head on NZH this morning talking school lunches,

Clips

#BHN The PM and other Ministers are cowards

#BHN The PM and other Ministers are cowards

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All MPs and Ministers need to make themselves available to the fourth estate, the PM and other Ministers have refused to go on Q&A to end the year and it's purely based on their cowardice

#BHN TVNZ poll not a good finish to 2025 for the left bloc

#BHN TVNZ poll not a good finish to 2025 for the left bloc

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This is the first poll that probably needs a little bit of attention as it's the one to go into the holidays prior to election year and it's not a great end to the year for the left bloc

#BHN The right is finally speaking about the economy like we have been for 2 years

#BHN The right is finally speaking about the economy like we have been for 2 years

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How much credit do we give to people on the right now coming to the same conclusions about this governments finances that we were warning about over 2 years ago?

#BHN Rachel Brooking on RMA changes and today's 'undisclosed bill'

#BHN Rachel Brooking on RMA changes and today's 'undisclosed bill'

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Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking, Labour's spokesperson for the RMA, joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk over the new legislation introduced into parliament today.

#BHN The 'mother of all debates' as Nicola Willis faces off against Ruth Richardson

#BHN The 'mother of all debates' as Nicola Willis faces off against Ruth Richardson

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Ruth Richardson agrees to debate country's fiscal position with Nicola Willis

#BHN Chris Hipkins on the claims Andrew Coster made about informing him of McSkimming

#BHN Chris Hipkins on the claims Andrew Coster made about informing him of McSkimming

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Labour Leader Chris Hipkins answers questions on Andrew Coster's claim he was alerted on Jevon McSkimming details earlier than reported.

#BHN Is Christopher Luxon safe in his role as leader over summer?

#BHN Is Christopher Luxon safe in his role as leader over summer?

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Just over a third of voters believe Christopher Luxon is the best person to lead National, while almost the same number want someone else from the party's frontbench in the top job, a new 1News Verian poll reveals.

#BHN The TVNZ poll is bad for the left going into a holiday break

#BHN The TVNZ poll is bad for the left going into a holiday break

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The last 1News political poll of the year is out this evening that has sparked the rumour mill with online commentators saying it's going to be bad for Labour...it wasn't bad for Labour, but it was bad for the left bloc

#BHN Watching Andrew Coster on Q&A lends me to having more questions than answers

#BHN Watching Andrew Coster on Q&A lends me to having more questions than answers

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Andrew Coster fronted up to a full episode of Q&A to talk to jack Tame about what happened, what he says is being ignored and how much he says Ministers of the Crown knew...versus how much they are agreeing to what they knew

#BHN TPU offers Pat a job...just kidding!

#BHN TPU offers Pat a job...just kidding!

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The right is on a path to eat itself with the TPU about to launch an attack campaign on Nicola Willis and others finally starting to talk about what we have said all along that this government is putting us further in debt and spending more than Labour ever did.