The chat with Dr Gary Payinda is a must watch for all NZ citizens. We cover everything happening in the heath sector at the moment from strike action to staff shortages to infrastructure promises to the private sector funnelling off public money.

Gary speaks to it all and Pat, Chewie and you just get to listen to a passionate man wanting the best outcome for his, ond other doctors, patients worried about what the vandals in the beehive are doing and are going to do over the next 18 months

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Mike and Abbi Prussack, former 2x2 church members and runners of a support group for ex members, share their thoughts on the church that Hamish Campbell is a part of and if this is a story that should be followed or a "beat up" as the right would have you believe

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday declared that autism is a rapidly growing "epidemic" in the U.S. and vowed to identify the "environmental toxin" he says is to blame.Erica Stanford stands behind Education Review Office research to include compulsory consent education as a part of the high school Sex-ed curriculum.A deep dive from The Conversation by authors Rachelle Martin & Kaaren Mathias looks at research into the exclusion of disabled people in health research.That and more to send you off into this Easter weekend!=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social

Māori activist and former MP Hone Harawira has criticised a recent Te Pāti Māori candidate for confronting Cabinet Minister Casey Costello at a food court on Tuesday evening. What is the truth behind the reports? Chris Huriwai-Seger joins us live tonight to talk about what happened and the idea of access to MPs in their "off" timeDouglas Murray gets pants by...Douglas Murray when his hypocrisy of past Murray correcting present day Murray in a brutal takedown where comedian Dave Smith talks about the Joe Rogan "debate" that wasn't ever going to be a debateKieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop were on Breakfast this morning talking about Simeon Brown's calls for doctors to get back to the negotiation table as Bishop himself continued to further the lie that the average that Doctors earn is over $340,000=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social