#BHN Whooping cough epidemic | Hipkins rates Luxon | Luxon takes credit while refuses responsibility

**Scroll down and give us a hand at the NZ Podcast awards** Dr Gary Payinda joins us LIVE tonight at 9pm as we delve into a story that seemed to be hidden away in a weekend announcement where we were told about a whooping cough epidemic on the very same day that staff at the National Public Health Service were told their jobs were on the line. That's correct, a whooping cough epidemic is in NZ and we found out the same day the National led Government announced more cuts to our health system. Chris Hipkins was on Breakfast this morning where he was asked about David Seymour's influence on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and who is actually running the country Christopher Luxon sat down with RNZ to talk about his first year as PM and among other topics, he seems to be very keen to take credit for inflation coming down, while refusing to accept the responsibility for unemployment going up even though it not controversial, and economists would agree whole heartedly that, the two and intrinsicality intertwined ================================= Help us win another listeners choice award, entries close 27 November Head to https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate Enter the podcast name BHN or Big Hairy News Link to the podcast is https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/bhn-big-hairy-news/id1629215711 ================================= 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 Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ