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The Hoon — 219 episodes

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The Weekly Hoon: Passing 1.5 degrees, the rise of Q & the Mecca agreement

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The Weekly Hoon: El Nino, Iran’s D-Day and the author of ‘Why we think what we think’

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The Weekly Hoon: A winter flu crisis & homeless deaths; Climate blame avoidance game; NZ’s shameful silence over the US attacking the ICC

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The Weekly Hoon: Luxon lives on; Iran is winning and the role of Jevons Paradox in climate change

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The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's MMP musings; NZ's jobspocalypse; Big data centres & sovereignty

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The Weekly Hoon: Helen Clark on why Winston Peters should be fired over his 'go home' comments, & on NZ's humiliation on a key UN vote

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The Weekly Hoon: Climate gaslighting; Construction turnover & hazardous Houthis

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The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's (un)popularity; Middle Powers debate; Another Climate funding fudge

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The Weekly Hoon: Downplaying climate scenarios; China's sabre-rattling & Chris Bishop's RONS U-turn

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The Weekly Hoon: Homelessness, Foreign Policy, the Reality of Everything & the gutting of safety reforms

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The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war;

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Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society'

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The Weekly Hoon: Johan Rockstrom's 'saturation point'; Data centre footprints; Trump vs Netanyahu; China vs four NZ MPs; Exports of forced labour

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The Weekly Hoon: Budget 2026, a climate scandal, Saudi Arabia & Iran & disinformation flooding NZ's political debates

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The Weekly Hoon: Govt housing & job cuts; Iran vs Trump; Competition & banking

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The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten

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The Weekly Hoon: The fuel & climate crises, plus deliberative democracy

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The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more

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The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more

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Mini-Hoon with Bernard Hickey and Anna Fifield

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The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more

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Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food

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The Weekly Hoon: The escalating Middle East fuel crisis

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The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & how NZ is handling it

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A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change

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The Weekly Hoon: Middle East fuel crisis; accelerating climate warming & NZ's health system problems

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A Mini-Hoon with Chloe Swarbrick about fossil fuels, housing and fiscal strategy

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The Weekly Hoon: Middle East in crisis; NZ economy stagnant; Peters at odds with Luxon

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A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Public Health

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A Mini-Hoon with Ben Reid on Citrini's report about AI that unnerved global stocks

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The Weekly Hoon: Good climate policy better for economy & affordability; Housing the homeless better than hiding them

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A Mini-Hoon with David Skilling on productivity

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The Weekly Hoon: An intensification U-Turn in Auckland & Trump's coercive diplomacy in Iran

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The Weekly Hoon: RBNZ Inquiry; Ukraine missile strikes; Solar or LNG?

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The Weekly Hoon: Insurance retreat; Gugong deaths; NZ becoming a 7th Australian state & critical minerals

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The Weekly Hoon: Winston's Trumpism; Climate solutions, Trump's Armada & Iran's tragedy

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The Weekly Hoon: A rupturing world order, a changing climate & an election

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The first Hoon of 2026: Breman vs Peters; Trump vs everyone; Elections vs us

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The final Weekly Hoon of 2025

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The Weekly Hoon: Inside an important document

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The Weekly Hoon: Govt's climate change mask drops

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The Weekly Hoon: The Opportunity Party's new leader

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The Weekly Hoon: Mr Bone Saw, Ford Rangers & ATACMS

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The Weekly Hoon: A climate cop out; the BBC's crisis; Kids Kiwisaver & how to Jujitsu Nicola Willis on Govt debt

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The Weekly Hoon: A climate policy bonfire; The meaning of Mamdani; Sudan's tragedy & the criminalisation of homelessness

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Mini-Hoon: Simplicity's Sam Stubbs on InfraKiwi

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The Weekly Hoon: Labour's CGT-lite; Climate change flood maps; Trump meets Luxon; A new housing fund

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Mini-Hoon: S&P's Anthony Walker critiques 'Local Water Done Well'

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The Weekly Hoon: Climate back-tracking; Ukraine pivots; Foreshore & Seabed reversals & epic strike marches

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Mini-Hoon: Inside Labour's Future Fund policy

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Mini-Hoon: A shocking plan to deregulate pharmacies

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The Weekly Hoon: Jim Bolger, Methane, Climate Adaptation, Gaza, Gold & trust in money

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Mini-Hoon: Arthur Grimes on how monetary policy worsened wellbeing for renters

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Mini-Hoon: Andrea Black on our sickening workforce

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The Weekly Hoon: Climate health threats; The Gaza peace deal; Gold & bubbles; A social housing initiative

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Mini-Hoon: Jarrod Kerr on how low the OCR may have to go

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Mini-Hoon: Natalie Allen on housing choices

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Mini-Hoon: Ganesh Nana on a failing 'strategy'

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Mini-Hoon: Bryce Edwards on councils & lobbyists

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The Weekly Hoon: Performative power reforms; NZ's non-recognition of Palestine; Our captured democracy; A huge solar opportunity goes begging

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The Weekly Hoon: UN General Assembly mayhem; The Palestine vote; A moody boardroom; A new Governor

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The Weekly Hoon: The GDP shock; Economic capture; Recognising Palestine; & Australia's climate plans

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The Weekly Hoon: Productivity & workplace safety; Drones over Poland; MPs' climate squabbling

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The Weekly Hoon: RBNZ independence, Amazon’s data centres & Clark & Key in Beijing

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The Weekly Hoon: Rate cut to Govt & economy's rescue?; Trump's capitulation; Helicopters instead homes

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The Weekly Hoon: ACT leads Govt; Gaza & Palestine recognition; A new Yalta; The future of trade

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The Weekly Hoon: Kāinga Ora’s dismantling, Trump’s tariff blitz & how NZ pays for roads

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Mini-Hoon: How performative politics & the capture of democracies corrodes trust in Government

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The Weekly Hoon: NZ's Gaza stance; A key climate (over) ruling & Auckland's homelessness crisis

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Mini-Hoon: Big solar meets big new warehouses

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The Weekly Hoon: The big climate ruling, the latest from Gaza and NZ's contracting recession

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Helen Clark 'Hoon' around around the news of the week to July 18

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Jonathan Boston & Wolfgang Rack ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to July 11

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Ed Miller ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to July 4

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Peter Bale, without Bernard Hickey this week, joins Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Jonathan Lyons and Treasa Dunworth on a 'Hoon' on the news of the week to June 26 -- an extended international section

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Antony Loewenstein, Jonathan Lyons & Andrea Black ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to June 20

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Andrew Gunn ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to June 13

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Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Jamie Shea & Treasa Dunworth ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to June 6

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Janet Anderson ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to May 30

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Lara Greaves, Craig Renney & Terry Baucher 'Hoon' around Budget 2025

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Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Margaret Cooney hoon around the week's news

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The Hoon around the week to May 9

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The Hoon around the week to May 2

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The Hoon around the week to April 25

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The Hoon around the week to April 18

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The Hoon around the week to April 11

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The Hoon around the week to April 4

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The Hoon around the week to March 28

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A special Hoon with Michael Wolff, author of four books on Donald Trump

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Hoon: Trumpism dies with Trump says Wolff

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The Hoon around the week to March 14

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The Hoon around the week to March 7

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The Hoon around the week to Feb 28

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RESEND: The Hoon around the week to Feb 21

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The Hoon around the week to Feb 14

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The Hoon around the week to January 31

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The Hoon around the week to January 24

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What Trump’s second inauguration means for us

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The Hoon around the year to December 20, 2024

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The Hoon around the week to December 13

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The Hoon around the week to December 6

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The Hoon around the week to November 29

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The Hoon around the week to November 22

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The Hoon around the week to November 15

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The Hoon around the week to November 8

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The Hoon around the week to November 1

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The Hoon around the week to October 25

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The Hoon around the week to October 4

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 27

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 20

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 13

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Dead even tie for hottest August ever

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 7

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Ditch the climate double speak and get real

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The Hoon around the week to August 30

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Weirdly hot oceans that are losing their breath, and solar panels in the wrong place

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The Hoon around the week to August 23

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Weekly Climate Wrap: Will the planet run AMOC?

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The Hoon around the week to August 16

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Weekly Climate Wrap: Olympians broil as European temps continue to soar

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The Hoon around the week to August 10

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The Hoon around the week to August 2

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Weekly Climate Wrap: The methane mess

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Weekly Climate Wrap: The unravelling of the offsets

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The Hoon around the week to July 26

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The Hoon around the week to July 19

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Govt flounders while ocean temps soar

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The Hoon around the week to July 12

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The Hoon around the week to June 14

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The Hoon around the week to June 7

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Falling monkeys and 'kitty cat' storms

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The Hoon around the week to June 1

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The Hoon around the week to May 24

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The Hoon around the week to May 17

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The Hoon around the week to May 10

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The Hoon around the week to May 3

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The Hoon around the week to April 19

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The Hoon around the week to April 12

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The Hoon around the week to April 5

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The Hoon around the week to March 29

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The Hoon around the week to March 22

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The Hoon around the week to March 15

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The Hoon around the week to March 9

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The Hoon around the week to March 2

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The Hoon around the week to Feb 23

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The Hoon around the week to Feb 16

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The Hoon around the week to Feb 9

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The Hoon around the week to Jan 26

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The Hoon around the week to Jan 20

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The Hoon around the week to Dec 15

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The Hoon around the week to Dec 8

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The Hoon around the week to Dec 1

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The Hoon around the week to Nov 24

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The Hoon around the week to Nov 18

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The Hoon around the week to Nov 11

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The Hoon around the week to Nov 4

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The Hoon around the week to Oct 21

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The Hoon around the week to Oct 14

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The Hoon around the week to Oct 7

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 30

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 16

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Repeat: The Hoon around the week to Sept 9

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 9

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The Hoon around the week to Sept 2

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The Hoon around the week to Aug 26

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The Hoon around the week to Aug 19

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The Hoon around the week to Aug 12

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The Hoon around the week to Aug 5

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The Hoon around the week to July 29

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The Hoon around the week to July 23

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The Hoon around the week to July 15

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The Hoon is back: Wagner, NATO+ & housing

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The Hoon: On the China Tightrope; Cycleways vs drivers

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The Hoon: Luxon vs density; Budget 2023’s political fallout; the RBNZ’s dovish hike; and Five Eyes’ ‘Volt Typhoon’ warning

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The Hoon: Budget 2023, the $5 prescription fee, market studies, Luxon’s (un)popularity and two curious foxes

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The Hoon: National ruling out TPM; the end of the Washington consensus; a call for more tax on the wealthiest

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The hoon: Railmageddons; climate politics, tax and drone strikes

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The hoon for the week that was to April 29

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The hoon for the week that was to April 22

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The hoon for the week that was to April 15

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The hoon for the week that was to April 1

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The hoon for the week that was to March 25

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The hoon for the week that was to March 19

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The hoon for the week that was to March 12

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The hoon for the week that was to March 4

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The hoon for the week that was to Feb 26

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The week that was to Feb 19

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The week that was to Feb 4

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The week that was to Jan 28

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The week that was to Jan 22

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The year that was and the year ahead

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The week that was to Nov 20

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The week that was to Nov 13

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The week that was to Nov 5

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The week that was to Oct 30

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The week that was to Oct 22

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The week that was to Oct 15

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The week that was to Oct 7

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Inside the crunch decisions for Auckland Council and its voters

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The week that was to Oct 2

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The week that was for the week to Sept 25

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The week that was to Sept 17

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The week that was to Sept 10

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The week that was to Sept 5

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The week that was to Aug 27

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The week that was to Aug 21

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The week that was to Aug 13

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The hoon around the week to July 30

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The hoon around the week to July 24

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The hoon around the week to July 17

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The hoon around the week to July 9

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The hoon around the week to July 1

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The hoon around the week to June 19

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The hoon about the week that was to June 10

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The hoon about the week that was to June 3

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The hoon about the week that was to May 28

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The hoon about the week that was to May 20

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The hoon about the week that was

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The weekly hoon with Peter Bale