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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 Arena Williams: Youth and Consumer Rights | MP Helen Haines attacked | Student Riots in France

#BHN Leaders Special: Chris Hipkins, Labour

#BHN Paul Barlow on healthcare shortages | Hipkins nails it on ZB | AI story that should concern all

Shorts

#BHN Special episode of The Collective tonight-last day to enroll to vote 🗳 Tune in at 7pm! 📺

#BHN An estimated 1 million Kiwis live overseas and outnumber the number of retirees that vote 🌍

#BHN Show me an election where there hasn't been an attack on gangs 💥 💯

#BHN Phil Goff on the cynical move by this government to suppress votes 🗳️

#BHN Chewie's dad was taken off the general roll and put on the Māori roll without his input 😳

#BHN Understaffing affecting our most vulnerable, where are the top 10% helping out?

#BHN How many people will be disenfranchised by these changes to voting enrollment, and for what?

#BHN Mental decline in motion - "I wasn't being racist, because something happened after that" 🤦‍♂️

#BHN Marama talks about Moana Jackson and explains Matike Mai, in a nutshell 🌏

#BHN A major party candidate shouldn't have Benedict Ong energy, this is embarrassing for National🗳️

#BHN Who does Qiulae Wong find to be more honest, Luxon or Hipkins? 🤔⚖

#BHN Parties on the right have ruled out OPP, why are they still talking about workin with everyone?

#BHN Qiulae Wong on restricting the ability for people to vote 🤔

#BHN Did Opportunity rule out working with Winston Peters? 🌍 Yes, and no...

#BHN Opportunity policies look very left leaning, what policies do they have the right would love?

#BHN If OPP know the right won't support capping political donations, working with them how?

#BHN Is the best thing about a left wing government winning seeing Mike Hosking leaving for Aussie?

#BHN National create an absolutely juvenile attack ad for something Labour had nothing to do with 😱

#BHN Media aren't giving voters the context that we require 📰

#BHN Wynston Peters is stuck on a conversion therapy roundabout.

#BHN The one MP that Mariameno would poach from another party is... 🤔

#BHN Who is going to win Te Tai Tokerau?

#BHN Tania Waikato has been incredibly effective nationally, will it translate to votes in Waiariki?

#BHN Tau Henare on the success of the Green Party's remarkable 20% gain! 🌱

#BHN If Goldy, Nicky, Gerry and Bish don't get back in even if National wins, finance minister...? 🤏

#BHN Nicola Willis says women will be financially better off under a Luxon led government

#BHN David Seymour couldn't help but take a dig at Adrian Rurawhe when trying to pay his respects

#BHN Debate Chamber Chippy released into the wild, Labour will be keen for an uptick in the polls 👀

#BHN Chloe's reaction to losing Adrian Rurawhe, a well loved and respected speaker and colleague 💔🙏

#BHN Forecasts are only right when they make National look good 💼💰🤔

#BHN Wynston wants to fix certain things, but he has had 3 years to do so, and no dice 🎲🤠

#BHN What's the worst case scenario if we do get three more years of this?

#BHN This govt is smashing young people, are we expecting too much from this "leader".

#BHN PREFU doesn't acknowledge how hard it is for a lot of us to get by.

#BHN Craig Renney tells us why it's so important that Barbara Edmonds is the next finance minister.

#BHN PREFU says that inflation is going to drop from 4.1% to 1.9% in a year. How? Who knows.

#BHN John Key appears to be in a bugger's muddle around how MMP works.

#BHN Craig Renney tells us how much a minimum wage freeze would affect workers financially.

#BHN Where are the 13% 'undecided' voters in the Verian Poll going to land?

#BHN Nicky Hager's 'Dirty Work' has a chapter outlining Jordan Williams' abysmal attitude to women

#BHN Chris Hipkins himself said tax cuts for landlords above hungry children was wrong.

#BHN Why is it Jordan Williams won't speak to TVNZ about the sexual harassment claims?

#BHN The TPU saturate, with press releases every 1.4 days over the last year.

#BHN Labour's messaging around CGT and interest deductibility is terrible.

#BHN Luxon getting Pissy, a bit Trumpian, towards reporters asking legitimate questions.

#BHN Finally, the hit job on Maiki Sherman will be uncovered! Who's read the book? Thoughts?

#BHN The TPU sneezes and the media catch a cold. Open Brief keeps tabs on their influence.

#BHN Tax expert confused by Jordan Williams' claim of "double taxation".

#BHN Chewie being removed from a 'free speech' party rally is an oxymoron #nzpol #nzpolitics

#BHN Luxon explains his negotiation skills equals what NZ First offers #nzpol #nzpolitics

Recent Episodes

#BHN Arena Williams: Youth and Consumer Rights | MP Helen Haines attacked | Student Riots in France

#BHN Arena Williams: Youth and Consumer Rights | MP Helen Haines attacked | Student Riots in France

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Labour Candidate and MP for Manurewa Arena Williams chat with us about Labour's policies for youth, such as the Digital Services Duty of Care and Keeping Kids of Screens policies, and Right to Repair policy to tackle anti-consumer practices by big corps. Australian MP Helen Haines was brutally attacked earlier this week, and has since lost both her legs due to her injuries. Women MPs here in New Zealand have since responded to discussed the impact this has had for them. Riots, led by young people and school students, have erupted across Paris leading to a brutal police response. But the media have failed to report the reasons for young people protesting and showed more sympathy for smashed windows and looted shops than students surviving a chronically underfunded education system.

#BHN Leaders Special: Chris Hipkins, Labour

#BHN Leaders Special: Chris Hipkins, Labour

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Join us for our leaders special with Labour leader, Chris Hipkins. We've made space for all the political leaders to have a whole show with us, the conversation will be wide ranging, and you have the opportunity to ask questions in the chat as well. Join us Tuesday 27th live at 9pm for a candid chat with Chris Hpkins

#BHN Paul Barlow on healthcare shortages | Hipkins nails it on ZB | AI story that should concern all

#BHN Paul Barlow on healthcare shortages | Hipkins nails it on ZB | AI story that should concern all

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Paul Barlow joins us tonight to talk about healthcare staffing shortages - do the right know how bad it is? Chris Hipkins nailed it on Mike Hosking this morning correcting Hosking's right-wing narrative that Labour is fully responsible for the actions of TPM and the Greens, where National has no responsibility for what Seymour and Peters do or say We have a wild story tonight to show you the dangers of AI. A NZ lawyer, who used to be in the NZ Police and now practices using his perspective as someone 'on the other side' to help clients. It looks like this lawyer also has a YouTube channel helping explain your rights in things like what you should do when you are pulled over. The YouTube channel also talks about his background as a police officer which gives the content an air of credibility...the problem is, the YouTube channel, which used his name and his likeness...has nothing to do with the NZ lawyer, it's completely AI and someone else is behind it. We're also going to try to give you some stories tonight that you need to hear, like Abdul El-Sayed destruction of a racist question he only received for being Muslim and Jamiee West, the Indiana Democrat who is exactly the politician we need right now

#BHN ReCap of TV3 Powerbrokers debate | Chloe on Opportunity | Stuff Leaders debate recap

#BHN ReCap of TV3 Powerbrokers debate | Chloe on Opportunity | Stuff Leaders debate recap

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We'll take ReCap of TV3 Powerbrokers debate featuring the leaders of ACT, the Green Party, New Zealand First and the Opportunity Party. Chloe Swarbrick seemed to be hinting at something that Winston Peters has been saying this cycle, which is perhaps all the talk about Opportunity, is the reason Opportunity is doing well in the polls We take a look at last night's Stuff Leaders debate where Chris Hipkins landed several blows to several of Luxon's claims

#BHN Harry Tam LIVE at 9.30 | Tracey Lee LIVE at 9pm | Chloe and Marama on Te Ao with Moana

#BHN Harry Tam LIVE at 9.30 | Tracey Lee LIVE at 9pm | Chloe and Marama on Te Ao with Moana

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Tracey Lee joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk about the million New Zealanders living away from Aotearoa who are still eligible to vote and her initiative to make everykiwivotecounts.nz Again, we hear the National Party narrative about gangs and the $3 million given the "the mob" for meth rehabilitation. That money was given to Hard2Reach, an organization set up by Harry Tam. Harry is a name oft mentioned by Christopher Luxon but never really heard from so we have him LIVE tonight at 9.30 to get an understanding of the story from someone in the middle of it. Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson were on Te Ao with Moana to discuss the cost of living, being labelled radicals, and the controversy that dominated headlines last week.

Clips

#BHN We want amalgamation, but not too much, just the goldilocks spot

#BHN We want amalgamation, but not too much, just the goldilocks spot

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Centralising water...bad...too much amalgamation, centralising Polytechs...bad...too much amalgamation Councils amalgamating...good...because National good, Labour bad?

#BHN Hipkins responds to the half a million people Winston wants to cut from the voter base

#BHN Hipkins responds to the half a million people Winston wants to cut from the voter base

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Chris Hipkins responds to the half a million people Winston wants to stop from having a say on the country they've committed to making their home, just because they don't hold a passport.

#BHN Is National is scared of BHN alum Dr Gary Payinda in Whangarei?

#BHN Is National is scared of BHN alum Dr Gary Payinda in Whangarei?

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The PM doesn't do many public meetings, so we were wondering if his decision to attend one in Whangarei was an admission that National is a bit worried about the candidacy of Gary Payinda

#BHN Marama Davidson being the adult in the room batting away David Seymour's snide comments

#BHN Marama Davidson being the adult in the room batting away David Seymour's snide comments

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Marama Davidson being the adult in the room batting away Ryan Bridge and David Seymour's snide remarks

#BHN Environmental protection policy is also good economic policy to ensure future economic success

#BHN Environmental protection policy is also good economic policy to ensure future economic success

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Environmental protection policy is also good economic policy for our future economic success - something this govt never seems to understand.

#BHN Luxon, master negotiator of this coalition, negotiated a great deal for New Zealand? Yeah Right

#BHN Luxon, master negotiator of this coalition, negotiated a great deal for New Zealand? Yeah Right

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Luxon doesn't think it's odd that New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters (who just happens to be the biggest critic of the Indian FTA) is out of the country during a high profile visit by the Indian Prime Minister himself.

#BHN Qiulae Wong says NZ First uses racist and transphobic language but Opportunity could still work

#BHN Qiulae Wong says NZ First uses racist and transphobic language but Opportunity could still work

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Qiulae Wong says NZ First uses racist and transphobic language but Opportunity could still work with them.

#BHN The govt of Equality: Equally poopy drinking water for all.

#BHN The govt of Equality: Equally poopy drinking water for all.

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The govt of Equality: Equally poopy drinking water for all.

#BHN Big Brain Ryan tries to get his head around geo-politics and protecting Pacific nations

#BHN Big Brain Ryan tries to get his head around geo-politics and protecting Pacific nations

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Big Brain Ryan tries to get his head around geo-politics and protecting Pacific nations.

#BHN The Green Party is not anti-mining, but they're pro evidence-backed policy decisions

#BHN The Green Party is not anti-mining, but they're pro evidence-backed policy decisions

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Is there a world in which the Green Party would ever support mining in NZ? Not to support the Trump war machine, or the AI bubble, but to support everyday technology or medical devices?