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Kia oraCome and join us for our weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar with paying subscribers to The Kākā for an hour at 5 pm today. Jump on this link on YouTube Livestream for our chat with myself, and regular guests climate correspondent and on climate and geopolitics. We also have CTU SecretaryMelissa Ansell-Bridges on in the last quar…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Kākā by Bernard Hickey to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

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Briefly, in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, May 6: Growth in our housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on of an economy is stalling and sliding back into a deep freeze as the winter months approach, despite 200 basis points of rate cuts and pledges from PM Christopher Luxon to ‘go for growth.’ (See more in feature article below) The Government’s ever-tighter spending policies and its investment freeze since early 2024 are combining with fears about...

1 week ago | thekaka.substack.com | Bernard Hickey

Briefly, in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Monday, May 5:When will our PM and Foreign Minister stand up to publicly express support for our long-time and close allies Australia and Canada in opposing Donald Trump’s talk of annexing Canada and his tariffs on allies without justification or sense? See more in today’s feature article below.

1 week ago | thekaka.substack.com | Bernard Hickey

Briefly, here’s the six big things to note in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate in the week to Sunday, May 4:In response to slower global growth and wider deficit forecasts, Nicola Willis signalled another $4.4 billion in spending cuts over the next four years, all to get an uncertain extra 5-10 basis points of cuts in interest rates.

1 week ago | thekaka.substack.com | Bernard Hickey

Briefly in our political economy of housing, poverty and climate on Friday, May 2:Waikato Hospital doctors say patients are dying from ‘third world diseases’ and the health system is “on its knees”. Chloe Swarbrick has launched a plan for 40,000 green jobs, with the state buying the Kinleith mill to convert it into a Cross Laminated Timber and biomass plant. Patients hit by surgery and appointment delays nationwide yesterday have strongly backed doctors’ pay claims.