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Contributor to Big Hairy News #BHN. bhn.nz www.youtube.com/@BigHairyNetwork Occasional Stand up Comedian Ōtepoti I Dunedin NZ

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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 56m
and why THE FUCK would they do that? there is a war on that russia could frighteningly escalate at any stage. the fuel crisis is one entirely of the trump regime of idiots creation
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 2h
the leader of our country, a man completely lacking mana, rizz or aura
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 4h
#BHN | Adrian Rurawhe passes Away | Chippy vs Hosking | Nicola Defends PREFU with Ryan #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/erEwY6E...
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#BHN | Adrian Rurawhe passes Away | Chippy vs Hosking | Nicola Defends PREFU with Ryan
A mighty Totara has fallen as former Speaker of the House Adrian Ru...
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you wanted to further dumb down RNZ and make it even more unquestioning of a right wing government this sounds like the kind of person you’d appoint. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Jason Winstanley named as RNZ’s next chief executive
Jason Winstanley has been named as RNZ's new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027.
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BHN |Craig Rennie LIVE talking PREFU | TOPs Bottom Lines | The Next Finance Minister is...#nzpol www.youtube.com/live/eEdC4Pr...
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#BHN |Craig Rennie LIVE talking PREFU | TOPs Bottom Lines | The Next Finance Minister is...
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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/Dd23gOr... #nzpol
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'The NZ Transport Agency flagged that the development would consume available capacity of the roundabout and would bring forward the need for future improvements.' #NzPol
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if the industry cant survive without bottom trawling then so be it
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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My Listener column on rough sleepers, move-on orders and the wonderful Helen Robinson at the Akl City Mission is now online ($) but you can also read it in the magazine in shops this week www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
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Simon Wilson: Wider Auckland needs about 1000 emergency beds. Move-on orders won’t fix that
Why aren't we listening to those with solutions to NZ's rough-sleeping crisis?
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thing is that Peters, Jones and newer candidates like Laws and Ikilei are ALREADY dangerously extreme AND likely far more motivated and networked to do real damage Covering the dregs is also important, but Laws and Ikilei in particular have been getting *positive* coverage by NZ msm despite it all
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
sound s to me like minister standford and her cabal of advisers would be happier in another country
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Along with others, I've had a bit to say about Simeon Brown's deranged 2024 Transport GPS. But this is actually shocking. It was altered *after the consultation period* to make the books look better – in a way that wrecks the National Land Transport Fund. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/29/t...
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Transport borrowing comes back to bite - Greater Auckland
Today, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi...
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Magenta Kaos of Bright Hairy News @xkaosmagex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@patbrittenden.bsky.social The tama pic came from a moment on @aotearoatonight.bsky.social. Our resident meme MVP @cybogoblin.bsky.social made this artpiece! #BHN #nzpol
Meme of lady yelling at cat. Tama Potakas face is pasted over the yelling woman and the cat is replaced by a cartoon image of Pat Brittendens face
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NZ's far-right, anti-science, anti-vaccine, disinfo, & conspiracy accounts (which demonstrate considerable imbrication through network bridging, & bonding effects) are increasingly vocal about Nov's general election, & influencing voting behaviours to dismiss, & decry Labour, & Greens. #nzpol
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#BHN: Shanan Halbert on Student Loan plan | National/Labour Campaign Launch | Greens on Q&A #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/v-zcku0...
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#BHN: Shanan Halbert on Student Loan plan | National/Labour Campaign Launch | Greens on Q&A
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If these numbers were repeated on election night, The Greens would have 20 MPs. One of them would be New Zealands first Palestinian MP www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/28/p... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Poll: Greens surge to best result ever as National, Labour slide further
The 1News Verian poll result would give the party 19 MPs if repeated in November’s election.
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#nzpol Make some noise e te whānau, they need to hear how appalled we are at the enshittification of our state broadcaster www.rnz.co.nz/feedback
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RNZ : Audience Feedback
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
jesus christ just reading about this now. it is GRIM and everybody should BURN for it.
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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 27/09/2026
This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...
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The Aotearoa New Zealand School Lunch Quiz
The images show 15 school lunches delivered to a school in August 2026. Your task is to pick the name that was assigned to each one.
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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From what we've been allowed to see there appears to be levels of destruction as great if not greater than what happened to Berlin, Dresden, and Stalingrad in WW2.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shout out to the young woman in a purple wig at the anime convention taking place in the same hotel as National's campaign launch telling the 1News reporter that most of the people there will probably vote Labour or Green (like she plans too)' Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘He claimed the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union did a lot of the groundwork for the party in the 2020 election with their Campaign for Affordable Housing to fight the Green Party's proposal for an asset tax.’ from 2021. #NzPol
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Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups
Political pundits and media experts are warning that artificial grassroots organisations - nicknamed "astroturfs" - are being used to manipulate and mobilise public opinion for political gain.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Movie recommendation for tonight, Kung Fu Hustle I'm always adamant that the best parodies have a love of what they're parodying, and nowhere is this more evident than Stephen Chow's glorious and manic send up of Kung Fu movies. It's impossible to not have fun watching this.
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Comedic Slipper Whooping Showdown
Alt: Comedic Slipper Whooping Showdown
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Black Mirror has prepared us for this.
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is exactly my point. The greens are the only adults in the room
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey guys! GUYS! Damien Grant (convicted fraudster) thinks Hager's Dirty Work "falls well short" so don't read it ok? Ok guys? And if thats not enough to convince you, Chris Penk (who hasnt read it) says its a work of fiction, so please, dont read it. Please.
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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Steve continues to be one of the most underrated people sitting in our Parliament
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if there is ONE THING to hang around the neck of this govt (and there isn't just one thing, there are loads), it's "against advice".
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chris Penk getting his new column off to a great start by reviewing a book he hasn't read and declaring that it belongs "in the fiction section". I hope Stuff's editors are proud of themselves.
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There are said to be bootleg pdf scan copies of Nicky Hager's book #DirtyWork circulating. Apparently, this undermining move is to stop Hager and his publisher from recovering their costs. Please support Nicky's excellent work by buying the books legitimately. Don't let corruption win! #nzpol
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EL-P @el-p.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
everybody: honestly we don't want AI that shit fucking sucks capitalism: heres more of that AI you requested
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Paul Barlow's OpenBrief look at TPU activity - Labour's billion-dollar policies for school, hospitals and houses - Chris Bishop wants more debates with opposing views, just not BHN ones #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/SIwM2EP...
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#BHN Paul Barlow's OpenBrief look at TPU | Labour billion-dollar policy | Bishop wants more debates
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another piss-poor policy shambles has to be paused for a rethink. But only after councils wasted time and money on it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Government hits pause on council amalgamation plan until after election
The Government has told mayors around the country it's deferring decisions on amalgamating councils until after the election.
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#BHN Chris Bishop thinks debates with people who don't agree with us is imperative for democracy But Nicola Willis Chris Bishop Todd McClay Simon Watts Nicola Grigg Cameron Brewer Erica Stanford Penny Simmonds Simeon Brown Matt Doocey Paul Gold Smith Tama Potaka Mark MItchell Declined BHN debates
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Billy Boola @handle.invalid · 23/09/2026
#nzpol, are house and fuel prices the problem?
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have opened this up to all immediately. NZ diesel prices & mortgage rates set to spike pre-election; US eyes diesel export ban, which would lift NZ wholesale diesel costs, just as US bond yields that drive NZ fixed mortgage rates also surge. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/ready-for-...
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Ready for $4/l diesel & 6% fixed mortgage rates?
NZ diesel prices & mortgage rates set to spike pre-election; US eyes diesel export ban, which would lift NZ wholesale diesel costs, just as US bond yields that drive NZ fixed mortgage rates also surge
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Your ability to vote closes in a month: 385,000 Kiwis haven't enrolled & National's new laws is designed to give the right 2-3 extra seats #newzealand #kiwi #Election2026 Pic: Daniel Vernon
don't just sit back and watch

Be part of the action!

enrol to vote today (poster by Daniel Vernon with the Election NZ orange man)
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026
an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/
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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice
David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Catherine Law's (OIA concealer) PhD supervisor is Elizabeth Rata. Elizabeth Rata is Erica Stanfor'd's key education advisor Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal: To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
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Whistleblower video of Catherine Laws instructing Ministry staff to conceal from OIA
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Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
DMs open
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#BHN Williams on Hager's claims | Hager responds to Williams | Seymour on race baiting #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/-Tcc50h...
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#BHN Williams on Hager's claims | Hager responds to Williams | Seymour on race baiting
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'New frontier' as Predator Free Dunedin sets sights on more pests
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'New frontier' as Predator Free Dunedin sets sights on more pests
As wildlife flourishes in a fenced Otago ecosanctuary, mahi is ramping up to protect the birds flying the coop.
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#BHN Tonight at 9pm - Jordan Williams on Nicky Hager's claims - Nicky Hager responds to Jordan Williams response - Does David Seymour use race as a weapon? #nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social youtube.com/live/-Tcc50h...
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#BHN Williams on Hager's claims | Hager responds to Williams | Seymour on race baiting
YouTube video by Big Hairy Network
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The dumbass Govt has finally conceded it can't build an LNG import terminal and its dreams of a revival of fossil gas are dead. NZ wasted 3 years while this Govt delayed the transition off fossil gas, while telling the country a dangerous fossil gas fairy tale. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Simeon Brown's disastrous decision to cancel the Gas Transition Plan (and buy a lotto ticket instead) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Zealand is in the middle of an energy transition
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
oh thank fuck
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
oh ho ho, a brown paper bag furtively passed to me by @patbrittenden.bsky.social. smells of bookshop and TPU tears maybe it's the "bit of a fizzer" book that the miniature of health simeon brown was talking about this morning #nzpol #dirtywork
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 22/09/2026
I don't know who needs to know this, but the fucking @greens.org.nz are KILLING this election campaign ❤️🖤💚
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the young Busker outside my work is playing Jesse Wiles and Nirvana and Bob Dylan and Bowie I am Happy
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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let's take a moment to appreciate one of the best articles on Taxpayers Union by @newsroom.co.nz journalist David Williams: Chiding in Plain Sight Well worth a read & confirms critical elements like the tobacco money and TPU essentially working in partnership w/ ACT & Nats #nickyhager #DirtyWork
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Chiding in plain sight
Inside the Taxpayers’ Union’s in-your-face push for change. Part 1 of a 2 part series.
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Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Simeon Brown told reporters on Wednesday morning that he won't be reading Nicky Hager's new book Dirty Work and said "I hear it's a fizzer' a fizzer eh? the launch was last night. methinks the wee fella doth protest to much.
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