The Wellington region's mayors, as well as iwi, church and social support agency leaders, say the government's proposed move-on orders are not welcome in the region. An open letter decrying the introduction of powers to enable police to relocate people from certain areas - under threat of fines or imprisonment - has been sent to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Tonight Murray Edridge, one of the signatories, joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about it.Labour has reshuffled its caucus with eight months to go until the election. We'll have a look at who is where and the response from the government.Liam Rutherford, teacher and NZEI negotiation team lead, joins us tonight LIVE at 9.30 to talk about the pay rises offered to non-union primary teachers amid stalled negotiations. This comes after nine months of negotiations between the Commission and the primary school teachers’ union, NZEI Te Riu Roa. The period, which is still continuing, has been peppered with strikes, rejected pay offers and accusations of bad faith.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Chris Hipkins joins us LIVE in his only long form interview today post the release of the COVID-19 Inquiry report on what the report said and how it is being covered in the mediaNicola Willis has learned well from fellow Ministers the art of not answering questions as she ducks and dives on HeraldNow questions about removing tax off fuel and our current debt to GDP ratioMariameno Kapa-Kingi's expulsion from Te Pati Maori has been ruled illegal by the High Court today and Kapa-Kingi must be able to return to TPM++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation

The latest Curia Poll is out and it's terrible news for National. Speculation and murmurs say he's on notice to step down or be pushed out.Hannah Spencer of the UK Green Party had a historic win last week overthrowing a Labour candidate from their safe seat. Alongside a few other political wins for the Left.Kristi Noam is officially fired as Secretary of Homeland Security, not long after an abysmal hearing scrutinising her handling of ICE. Meanwhile more Epstein files directly accusing Trump of S*x Assault have finally been released.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Paul Barlow joins us to chat about a website he's just launched to track the coalition's actions this term and the material impact on New Zealanders.The govt are seriously considering scrapping the Clean Car Standards, and is consulting the Industry itself on what's best. This would put NZ in the same category as Russia, the only other OECD nation to have no vehicle emissions standards.NZSIS and NZ's spy agency have outlined vulnerabilities in NZ's cybersecurity infrastructure, and updated Parliament on what intelligence they are and are not sharing with other nations in respect to the war with Iran.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation

Rev Scottie Reeve is an Anglican priest, host of the 21 Elephants podcast and a social entrepreneur from Wellington. and joins us LIVE tonight at 9pm to talk about the idea coming out of the US that the war in Iran is, as one Military Commander said, a ‘Part Of God’s Divine Plan’. The Commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran."David Seymour and Marama Davidson joined Ryan Bridge this morning on HeraldNOW to talk Air New Zealand losses and US/Israeli strikes on IranWinston Peters has finally publicly commented on the actions of the US and Israel and subsequent war in the Middle East and on the PM's inability to be clear in his messaging around what NZ's official response to that war is ++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Jeremy Moses is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. His broad area of research interest is in theories of international relations, with a particular focus on issues surrounding humanitarianism, war, pacifism, and military technologies. Jeremy joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk about the ethics of war, just war and we look at the current conflict to see who are the good guys and who are the bad. Christopher Luxon has walked back his comments yesterday that NZ would support "any action" to stop the Iranian regime. We look at more of NZ's response from other political leaders today.Donald Trump has struggled to explain why he launched another Middle Eastern war today and informed American's that this war will likely take longer than he first indicated.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Dr. Geoffrey Miller joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk the war in Iran. Dr Miller is a geopolitical and strategic analyst with a PhD in Politics from the University of Otago for his thesis on New Zealand’s relations with the Gulf states.After a ton of promises to fix the economy, Nicola Willis is now saying that New Zealanders are ‘impatient’ for expecting quick cost-of-living turnaround, which is the opposite to what they were promising before the last election. Is it any wonder that the latest IPSOS NZ Issues Monitor has Labour being trusted more by New Zealanders than National and has neither of National's coalition partners 'most trusted' in any area at allPrime Minister Christopher Luxon has fired back at former Prime Minister Helen Clark after she labelled the Government’s response to US and Israeli strikes on Iran a “disgrace”. Speaking to Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB this morning, Luxon defended his position and strongly criticised the Iranian regime, “Ultimately, that’s up to the Americans and the Israelis to assert,” Luxon said when asked whether the strikes were legal. ++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/