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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer from Wellington about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also included discussions with special guests:
* BusinessDesk-$ podcaster and Listener tech columnist Peter Griffin on SpaceXâs float and what it means for RocketLab; and,
* Former NZ Herald-$ columnist and former Metro, Cuisine & Consumer magazine Editor Simon Wilson on Auckland Councilâs housing de-intensification vote and Labourâs $20 fare cap policy this week. Simon has just launched his substack; Hopetown by Simon Wilson. I highly recommend subscribing.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began the show with their three news items of the week, including Peter pointing to the Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swann scoop in the New York Times-$ (gift link) about Donald Trumpâs Epstein files mess and Bernard pointing to the self-firing of CBSâ 60 Minutes host Scott Palley.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine talked about Treasuryâs advice to the Government that it might have to buy up to $6.5 billion worth of climate emissions credits on onshore markets or from other Governments because New Zealand is on track to miss its Paris Accord commitments, which are now hard-coded into our trade agreements with the EU and UK.
* Then Bernard and Peter talked with Simon and Peter about SpaceX, RocketLab, Auckland housing and Labourâs new transport policy.
* Peter finished with Donald Trumpâs âI Love Inflationâ quote as the âskateboarding dogâ item.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey. Peter Bale will be back next week.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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Bernard
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This evening I spoke with I spoke with Victoria Coleman about the Disability Support Services Bill, which will gazump a court ruling that parents working as carers are full-time employees of the Government.
Victoria works full time as a carer for her son, who has autism, Down Syndrome and two rare bowell disorders. She is campaigning against the Bill and has launched a petition against the bill.
âIt will wipe out 40 familiesâ court cases. They are extinguishing live court cases They have used that as a smokescreen for an almighty power grab. So theyâve gone, weâve got this massive fiscal risk, letâs wipe that out, but letâs also grab all the power we can get over these vulnerable people.â Victoria Coleman
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I spoke with Victoria Crockford from the Coalition to End Womenâs Homelessness this evening. She detailed the findings of the Coalitionâs latest report, âChildren and Young People Experiencing Homelessness,â published today, including:
* there are 33,000 children and young people experiencing homelessness and they face significantly higher rates of harm across multiple areas of their lives;
* Children and young people experiencing homelessness are nearly three times more likely to have experienced abuse;
* Young people experiencing homelessness are more likely to disengage from education and interact with the justice system;
* Children under five experiencing homelessness are two times more likely to never have been enrolled with a Primary Health Organisation;
* Children under five experiencing homelessness are 1.6 times more likely to never have been enrolled in early childhood education;
* Children under five experiencing homelessness are significantly more likely to experience preventable hospitalisations, including respiratory illness and vaccine preventable disease; and,
* MÄori and Pacific children continue to be disproportionately impacted by homelessness and most of the tamariki are located in Auckland, Northland, or Gisborne.
âWhat this research tells us about is who we are as a society, and I donât think you can even read the headline and believe that enough is being done.â Victoria Crockford, co-lead of Coalition to End Womenâs Homelessness.
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also included discussions with Louisa Wall, a former Labour MP and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
This week:
* Bernard and Cathrine talked about Guyon Espinerâs interview on RNZ with Johan Rockstrom on economic growthâs âsaturation pointâ and this weekâs UN report on the footprint of data centres.
* Then Bernard talked with Robert and Louisa Wall about Donald Trumpâs latest moves to add tariffs to countries not complying with US standards for imports made with forced labour, and Chinaâs sanctions on four MPs who visited Taiwan.
* Bernard referred to this FT-$ article on Chinaâs repression of people in its western provinces.
* Bernard finished by mentioning this Reuters article about the discovery of the New World screw worm in Texas.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey. Peter Bale will be back next week.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, weâre able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full. Remember, all students and teachers who sign up for the free version with their .ac.nz and .school.nz email accounts are automatically upgraded to the paid version for free.
NgÄ mihi nui.
Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also included discussions with Arab News Editor in Chief Faisal Abbas and disinformation researcher Sanjana Hattotuwa.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the Governmentâs Budget delivered yesterday afternoon.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about the Governmentâs failure to disclose lobbyist contact on behalf of Z Energy and Fonterra with the PMâs Office over a rewrite of climate laws that shut down a climate lawsuit against Z Energy, Fonterra and others. See the background on that here.
* Then Bernard, Peter, Robert talked with Faisal Abbas about the Iran conflict.
* Bernard and Peter finished with a discussion with Sanjana about disinformation flooding into New Zealand in election year, including his report this week on how it has spread and deepened since 2023. We also mentioned this Microsoft report from 2022 that showed on page 79 how Russian troll farms flooded 30% more anti-vaxx disinformation into New Zealand in late 2021 and early 2022 than pumped into Australia and the United States.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, weâre able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full. Remember, all students and teachers who sign up for the free version with their .ac.nz and .school.nz email accounts are automatically upgraded to the paid version for free.
NgÄ mihi nui.
Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also included discussions with historian and author Jonathan Lyons, PhD on the conflict with Iran and Tex Edwards from Monopoly Watch NZ about bank competition.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat the Governmentâs social housing spending cuts and shuffles announced yesterday, along with its pre-Budget announcement about cutting 8,700 jobs.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about Luke Kempâs interview with Jack Tame on Q+A last weekend about âlimitarianism.â
* Then Bernard, Peter, Robert talked about the latest in the Middle East and China with Jonathan.
* Then Bernard and Peter finished with a discussion with Tex about bank competition. They mentioned Texâs scheduled appearance at this Auckland University debate this coming Wednesday evening: Rebalancing Markets: Competition, power, and a fair economy.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, weâre able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full. Remember, all students and teachers who sign up for the free version with their .ac.nz and .school.nz email accounts are automatically upgraded to the paid version for free.
NgÄ mihi nui.
Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also includes a discussion with former Productivity Commission Chair and now independent economist Ganesh R Ahirao about his substack post referring to PM Christopher Luxonâs speech on Wednesday, which included comments on migration and previewed a $300 million cut in Budget 2026âs operating allowance.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about Christopher Luxonâs speech on migration and the Budget.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about the Governmentâs move to legislate to override civil legal action against Fonterra and others over the climate actions, the Governmentâs recognition of voluntary nature credits markets, and its proposal to reform the Conservation Estate. Cathrine referred to these comment pieces by Marie Doole via Linked here and here.
* Then Bernard, Peter Robert talked about the latest in the Middle East, China and the global rules based order. Bernard referred to an analysis about Donald Trumpâs late-night social media habits.
* Then Bernard and Peter finished with a discussion with Ganesh about migration and productivity.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also includes a discussion with special guest Iain Walker, who is an expert in deliberative democracy and Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation (nDF) in Australia. He is visiting Wellington, Queenstown and Auckland next week for public meetings on deliberative democracy. Hereâs the details.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the global situation and how the Reserve Bank and the Government were sleepwalking into tightening fiscal and monetary policy into the face of a global supply shock.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about yesterdayâs report from the Climate Commission about priorities for climate action.
* Then Robert talked about the latest in the Middle East, China and New Zealandâs food-for-fuel deal with Singapore.
* Then Bernard and Peter finished with a discussion with Iain about deliberative democracy.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, weâre able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full. Remember, all students and teachers who sign up for the free version with their .ac.nz and .school.nz email accounts are automatically upgraded to the paid version for free.
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Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale in Auckland talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also includes a discussion with special guest Paul Spoonley about his report this week with Peter Gluckman and Georgia Lala for Koi TĆ« (Centre for Informed Futures) titled: People, Place & Prosperity - The case for a population strategy.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the conflict in the Middle East and the fuel crisis, along with Christopher Luxonâs clash this week with Winston Peters over Luxonâs initial plan to express New Zealandâs support for the US attack on Iran.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about this weekâs warning from Earth Sciences NZ about a formidable El Niño later this year and this report showing Europeâs climate warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.
* Then Bernard finished with a discussion with Paul about population strategy.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale in Auckland talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also includes discussions with special guests Jonathan Lyons, PhD from Vancouver and Shamubeel Eaqub in Auckland on Iran and social cohesion in New Zealand, respectively.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the conflict in the Middle East and the fuel crisis, along with Christopher Luxonâs leadership vote in the National Caucus and the ensuing clash with Winston Peters.
* Bernard mentioned in passing a podcast series he recently listened to on the Suez crisis and compared New Zealandâs current fuel crisis to the 1973 fuel crisis. Peter referred to a Guardian article about Donald Trumpâs voter fraud claims this week. He also referred to a podcast on Israel and a collapse in US voter support for Israel mentioned in an Ed Luce article in the FT. Bernard mentioned a WSJ-$ article on the drama in Trumpâs White House.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about this weekâs report from The Macdiarmid Institute on CleanTech. Thereâs more commentary on that from the Science Media Centre. Cathrine mentioned the ideas of Joseph Tainter, who wrote a book called The Collapse of Complex Societies.
* Bernard, Peter, Robert and Jonathan talked about events in the Middle East, including the history of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Jonathanâs substack post about how the assassination Iranâs Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei also killed off his religious edict against nuclear weapons.
* Bernard, Peter and Shamubeel talked about yesterdayâs second annual Social Cohesion in New Zealand report from the Helen Clark Foundation.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, weâre able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full. Remember, all students and teachers who sign up for the free version with their .ac.nz and .school.nz email accounts are automatically upgraded to the paid version for free. Also, hereâs a couple of special offers: $3/month or $30/year for under 30s & $6.50/month or $65/year for over 65s who rent.)
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Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also includes discussions with with special guest Geoffrey Miller, a strategic analyst with a PHD in New Zealandâs relations with the Middle East.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the conflict in the Middle East and the fuel crisis. They also talked about Bernard being in Wellington for the Kia Tika, Kia PonoâFor A Just Society conference organised by Vic Uniâs Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about research via James Hansen about a Super Duper El Niño, and research on an increased risk the AMOC will collapse early.
* Bernard, Peter, Robert and Geoffrey talked about events in the Middle East.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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NgÄ mihi nui.
Bernard
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics .
This edition also includes discussions with with special guests Rania Abouzeid, a New Zealand-born journalist calling in from Beirut, and BusinessDesk co-founder Pattrick Smellie, on his column about a big new renewable energy plan.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the conflict in the Middle East and the fuel crisis. They mentioned this scoop (gift link) by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in the New York Times yesterday.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about new research on the increasing intensity and frequency of weather events in Aotearoa, before another intense weather event expected this weekend. They also talked about the effects of heatwaves on humans.
* Bernard, Peter, Robert and Rania then talked about Israelâs strikes on Lebanon, which threaten to upend this weekâs ceasefire and which are prolonging the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
* Bernard and Peter then talked with Pattrick about his column, which referred to this research this week by the Sustainable Business Council.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guests Edward Miller and Max Rashbrooke, who are researchers and commentators.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about electric cars, a surfeit of news and Donald Trumpâs speech yesterday. Peter recommended the last two episodes of the podcast Past, Present and Future . Bernard and Peter referred to the case that referred to NZMEâs largest shareholder, Jim Grenon, and this article in Newsroom from Tim Murphy: Thumbs down for NZMEâs Grenon in high-stakes court fight over tax
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about how the responses to the fuel crisis were bedding in fossil fuel dependency.
* Bernard, Peter and Robert then talked about Trumpâs speech and the events in Iran and the Middle East.
* Edward Miller then joined the show to talk about his Op-Ed in The Post-$ this week titled: âWeâve been left dangerously exposed by the failure to build a public diesel reserveâ. He also recently wrote this on his substack: As oil prices surge, how realistic is a worst-case inflation scenario of 3.7%?
* Max Rashbrooke from The IDEA Charitable Trust then joined to talk about his columns: How to protect the poorest during a fuel crisis and The governmentâs fuel crisis package looks weaker with each passing day
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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I recently hosted a âMini-Hoonâ on Substack Live previewing The Reality of Everything symposium to be held at Victoria University of Wellington on June 26, which will examine the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health.
I was joined by substacker Catherine Knight and academic Mike Joy to talk about the symposium, which Catherine is helping organise and Mike is speaking at.
We started by talking about the need for the Symposium and referring to the National Emergency Briefing held in the UK last year, including an address on food security by Paul Behrens. The video of his address is below via Youtube.
Hereâs recent posts on substack by Mike Joy and Catherine Knight on these topics.
Hereâs Catherineâs substack post announcing the conference.
Thank you Lou Nash, Pauline Arnold, Terry A, Greg Nalder, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest Roger Dennis, an independent strategist.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the rise of reactionary and nationalist political parties globally, including in New Zealand.
* Bernard and Cathrine talked about the latest WMO report on the climate in 2025 and why New Zealandâs oil consumption rose to a five-year high last year.
* Bernard, Peter and Robert talked about the latest news in the Iran conflict.
* Bernard, Peter and Roger talked about the preparedness of New Zealand organizations for such a crisis.
* Peter referred to this video by LedbyDonkeys as the skateboarding dog.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest Dileepa Fonseka , who is a columnist and reporter for BusinessDesk-$.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the Iran war, the fuel crisis and Winston Petersâ move to block a âglobalistâ WHO measure.
* Bernard and Peter then spoke with Cathrine about increased demand for EVs and whether the fuel crisis represented a tipping point for climate action.
* Then Bernard, Peter and Dileepa talked about the fuel crisis.
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
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Last week I hosted a âHoonâ on Substack Live previewing The Reality of Everything symposium to be held at Victoria University of Wellington on June 26, which will examine the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health.
I was joined by regular Hoon guest Cathrine Dyer, conference speaker and Vic Uni Professor of Climate Change James Renwick and climate scientist Andy Reisinger, speaking independently and not in his role as a Climate Change Commissioner.
We started by talking about the need for the Symposium and referring to the National Emergency Briefing held in the UK last year, including an address by Zennström Professor of Climate and Energy at Uppsala University and Chair of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester, Professor Kevin Anderson. The video of his address is below via Youtube.
We talked about the intersection of climate change with other crises, the realities of climate science, the urgency of action, and the systemic changes needed to address the climate crisis.
Hereâs Catherineâs substack post announcing the conference.
And a follow-up post with the latest details.
Hereâs the chapters in the video above:
00:00 Introduction to Climate Change and the Reality of Everything Conference
01:25 Overview of the Reality of Everything Conference
02:17 Insights from the UK National Emergency Briefing
04:49 The Current State of Global Warming
07:31 The Impacts of Climate Change and Tipping Points
10:58 Radical Transformations Required for a Sustainable Future
14:12 The Reality of Climate Change and Public Awareness
16:57 The Necessity of Rapid Change
19:33 The Consequences of Inaction
22:18 Engaging Politicians and the Public
24:44 The Role of Corporations and Governance
27:15 Exploring Solutions at the Conference
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The podcast above of the weekly âHoonâ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest Helen Clark.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the Iran war, New Zealandâs looming fuel supply issues and Marsden Point.
* Bernard then spoke with Cathrine about new research confirming an acceleration of climate change, about research showing a rise in carbon dioxide in bloodstreams, and the links between the Middle East conflicts and climate change.
* Then Bernard, Peter, Robert and Helen talked about the current mess in the Middle East, New Zealandâs weak response, our health system and an upcoming play about Helen Clark called âHelen Clark in Six Outfitsâ
The Hoonâs podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last yearâs New Zealand Podcast awards.
(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, weâre able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full. Remember, all students and teachers who sign up for the free version with their .ac.nz and .school.nz email accounts are automatically upgraded to the paid version for free. Also, hereâs a couple of special offers: $3/month or $30/year for under 30s & $6.50/month or $65/year for over 65s who rent.)
NgÄ mihi nui.
Bernard
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I spoke with Green Co-Leader Chloe Swarbrick last night in a Substack Live Video for over 150 subscribers about the urgent need to decarbonise & provide housing, along with challenging the bipartisan assumptions about the size of Government and Government debt to GDP â the â30-30â rule. We also talked about migration policy and population growth.
The full interview is above for all.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Context Setting
07:22 Fuel Crisis and Government Response
10:43 Housing Crisis and Emergency Solutions
13:20 Economic Policy and the 30-30 Rule
19:19 Debt Management and Economic Stability
24:15 Electrifying the Economy and Climate Change
27:28 Population Growth and Migration Policy
Cheers
Bernard
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