#BHN GDP numbers as bad as it could be | A Nicola Willlis protestor join us | Historic NZEI strike episode artwork

EPISODE · Sep 18, 2025 · 1H 40M

#BHN GDP numbers as bad as it could be | A Nicola Willlis protestor join us | Historic NZEI strike

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Tonight we speak to NZEI President Ripeka Lessels about what is being described as an historic action where primary school teachers, principals, school support staff, and Ministry of Education specialists all strike in what union NZEI calls because the Government has failed to address key issues within the education sector.Craig Renney joins the show LIVE tonight to talk about what he describes as "GPD numbers in free fall" with numbers out today that are about as bad as they can be...the only reason there is a chance of improvement moving forward is they could not get any lower.Rev Mel McKenzie is the supervising chaplain at Victoria University and earlier this week was chained to Nicola Willis' office in a protest calling for sanctions to be made on Israel by this government. Mel joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk over the action she, and her fellow Reverends, took this week.=================================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

Tonight we speak to NZEI President Ripeka Lessels about what is being described as an historic action where primary school teachers, principals, school support staff, and Ministry of Education specialists all strike in what union NZEI calls because the Government has failed to address key issues within the education sector.Craig Renney joins the show LIVE tonight to talk about what he describes as "GPD numbers in free fall" with numbers out today that are about as bad as they can be...the only reason there is a chance of improvement moving forward is they could not get any lower.Rev Mel McKenzie is the supervising chaplain at Victoria University and earlier this week was chained to Nicola Willis' office in a protest calling for sanctions to be made on Israel by this government. Mel joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk over the action she, and her fellow Reverends, took this week.=================================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

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