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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey and friends explore Aotearoa’s political economy together.
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The Kākā by Bernard HickeyRESEND: The Hoon around the week to Feb 21
(My apologies. The version sent earlier this morning had the audio of last week’s podcast attached. It was good, but not that good. I have now updated with…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyA mini-hoon on the OCR cut & the housing market
Long story short, I spoke to Core Logic Head of Research Nick Goodall & Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) CEO Jen Baird for a 15 minute mini-Hoon…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'Where will your kids raise your grand-kids?'
After seeing yet-more-months of political debate and policy decisions to ‘go for growth’ by pulling the same old cheap migration and cheap tourism levers…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe ambulances at the bottom of our cliffs are full
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, February 18 are: * A NZ Herald…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey‘The funds for infrastructure projects need to be prioritised and released’
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, February 17 are: * Engineering New…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyRecession & local protests drag National below Labour
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty in the week to Sunday, February 16 were: * Leading and…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to Feb 14
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyConcrete production slumps to 2014 levels
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, February 13 are: * The coalition…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBusiness doubts about National’s growth tactics growing
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, February 12 are: * Business…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyFirst polls of 2025 show coalition losing
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, February 11 are: * Polls out overnight…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhy NZ's new looser 'golden visa' won't 'turbocharge' GDP
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, February 10 are: * A loosening of rules…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard’s Saturday Soliloquy for Feb 8
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty in the six days to Saturday, February 8 were: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt grasping at economic growth straws
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, February 7: * PM Christopher Luxon and Finance…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt to sell billions of dollars worth of state housing land
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, February 5 are; * Housing Minister Chris…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyNZ jobs contracting as Australia's expands
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, February 4 are: * Social Development Minister…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyHow Donald Trump's tariff shock will change our political economy
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, February 3 are: * Donald Trump unveiled 25%…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe chart deck calling b******t on Luxon’s ‘just drive faster & work longer’ economic growth talk
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty this week were: * PM Christopher Luxon and Transport…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt sets 'shockingly unambitious' new climate target
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, January 30: * Climate Change & Energy Minister…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to January 31
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLuxon stumbles into toxic privatisation debate
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, January 29 are: * PM Christopher Luxon has…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard’s Soliloquy for Monday Jan 27
Here’s the six things I think mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to January 27 around housing, climate and poverty: * PM Christopher Luxon…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhy the Government's going-for-growth push will fail
Long stories short, the six things of interest in the political economy in Aotearoa around housing, climate and poverty on Friday January 24 are: * PM…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to January 24
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhat Trump’s second inauguration means for us
Last night I spoke about the second inauguration of Donald Trump with Peter Bale in a ‘pop-up’ Hoon live video chat on the Substack app on phones. Here’s the…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyNZ now frozen, listless, mean & hopeless
Long stories short in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, January 21: * PM Christopher Luxon presented his new Cabinet…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyA silver lining for cycling?
Long story short: I chatted last night with Greater Auckland’s Connor Sharp on the substack app about the appointment of Chris Bishop to replace Simeon Brown…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWill swapping Shane Reti for Simeon Brown make any difference?
Last night I chatted with Northland emergency doctor Dr Gary Payinda on the substack app for subscribers about whether the appointment of Simeon Brown to…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLuxon flicks Reti's hospital pass to Brown
Long stories short to start the year in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate: * Christopher Luxon fired Shane Reti as Health…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard’s last Saturday Soliloquy for 2024
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty in the week to Saturday, December…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyAusterity thumps GDP most since 1991
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, December 20 in The Kākā’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the year to December 20, 2024
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the year’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyMSD rejecting 220 pleas for food grants each day
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, December 19 in The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBlaming Treasury & Labour, Willis looks for even more Austerity
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, December 18 in The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWillis' austerity strategy just isn't working
Long story short: the Government’s austerity policy has driven the economy into a deeper and longer recession that means it will have to borrow $20 billion…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhen austerity worsens public debt & cuts GDP
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, December 17 in The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyCoalition forced to back down on tolling Manawatu Gorge replacement
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, December 16 in The Kākā’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt cancels Tauranga housing expansion
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, December 12 in The Kākā’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to December 13
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyFerries delayed again, then handed to Peters, who hits out at Seymour
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, December 12 in The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhen haste makes waste & is risky, dangerous & mean
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, December 11 in The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt eyes 'PPP-lite' for health centres
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, December 10 are: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeySimeon Brown alienates another National electorate
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, December 9 are: *…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyMy Saturday Soliloquy for Dec 7
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty in this week were: * PM…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyTKP 26/50 solutions: A new home without a power bill
As part of The Kākā Project of 2026 for 2050 (TKP 26/50) and When The Facts Change ,I interviewed Octopus Energy Zero Bills Technical Director Nigel Banks from…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyAn experiment and our Christmas offer to subscribe to The Kākā
It’s that time of the year when we offer 50% off for a year to new subscribers for the next fortnight until December 21, which is ‘Gravy Day’. It’s our version…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to December 6
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyA housing market with bits tacked on doesn’t need many (if any) pure scientists
Morena. Long stories short in Aotearoa’s political economy for Thursday, December 5: * The Government halved spending on ‘blue-sky’ research by completely…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'The cuts will continue until the economy improves'
Morena. Long stories short on Wednesday, December 4, with more detail and analysis in the podcast above: * Health Minister Shane Reti says spending cuts will…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt says borrowing to build now last resort
Mōrena. Chris Bishop unveiled his major infrastructure funding and financing plan yesterday that made clear borrowing with public debt to build infrastructure…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLabour leaning back towards Capital Gains Tax
Good morning. Labour appears to be leaning back towards a Capital Gains Tax and away from a wealth tax. Meanwhile, Christopher Luxon says his Government is…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'Why we've cut the OCR so much since August'
Summary In this conversation, Paul Conway, the Chief Economist for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, discusses the recent cuts to the official cash rate and the…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to November 29
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyRBNZ loosening as the Govt is tightening
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, November 28: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBishop cautious on guaranteeing social housing bonds
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, November 27: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'Guarantee us and we'll build thousands of social homes'
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, November 26: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to November 22
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyTreasury warns deeper recession worsening Budget deficit
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, November 22: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'These budget cuts are counter-productive and make no sense'
I spoke to former Productivity Chair Ganesh R Ahirao Nana this morning about the letter he and a group of other economists sent to PM Christopher Luxon to urge…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyEconomists call on PM to suspend budget cuts for the sake of the economy
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, November 21: * The…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey27% of kids going hungry, up from 21% in a year
Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, November 20: * The…