The Hoon
Episodes
Weekly Climate Wrap: The methane mess
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: Here’s the top six news items of note in climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, and a discussion above between Bernard Hickey and The Kākā...
Weekly Climate Wrap: The unravelling of the offsets
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: Here’s the top six news items of note in climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, and a discussion above between Bernard Hickey and The Kākā...
The Hoon around the week to July 26
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers last night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking ab...
The Hoon around the week to July 19
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers last night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking wi...
Govt flounders while ocean temps soar
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR : Here’s the top six items of climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, as selected by Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent C...
The Hoon around the week to July 12
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with:* The Kā...
The Hoon around the week to June 14
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with:* The Kā...
The Hoon around the week to June 7
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers features Bernard Hickey talking with:* The Kākā’s climate corresp...
Falling monkeys and 'kitty cat' storms
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: Here’s the top six news items of note in climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, and a discussion above between Bernard Hickey and The Kākā...
The Hoon around the week to June 1
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with:* The Kā...
The Hoon around the week to May 24
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about this we...
The Hoon around the week to May 17
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale , along with regular guest R...
The Hoon around the week to May 10
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale , along with regular guest R...
The Hoon around the week to May 3
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for subscribers features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale , along with regular guests ...
The Hoon around the week to April 19
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale , along with regular guests Robert Patman on Gaza and AUKUS II, and Cathrine ...
The Hoon around the week to April 12
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The podcast above features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale, along with regular guests Robert Patman on Gaza and AUKUS II, Merja Myllylah...
The Hoon around the week to April 5
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to March 29
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to March 22
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to March 15
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to March 9
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to March 2
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Feb 23
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Feb 16
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Feb 9
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Jan 26
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Jan 20
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Dec 15
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Dec 8
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Dec 1
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Nov 24
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Nov 18
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Nov 11
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Nov 4
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Oct 21
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Oct 14
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Oct 7
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Sept 30
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
The Hoon around the week to Sept 16
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribe...
Repeat: The Hoon around the week to Sept 9
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to Sept 9
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to Sept 2
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to Aug 26
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to Aug 19
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to Aug 12
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to Aug 5
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to July 29
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last...
The Hoon around the week to July 23
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that I wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last ...
The Hoon around the week to July 15
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that I wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers this week in...
The Hoon is back: Wagner, NATO+ & housing
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for subscribers included:* The Opposition’s reckless talk about a...
The Hoon: On the China Tightrope; Cycleways vs drivers
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for subscribers included:* The Labour Government’s announcement i...
The Hoon: Luxon vs density; Budget 2023’s political fallout; the RBNZ’s dovish hike; and Five Eyes’ ‘Volt Typhoon’ warning
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for subscribers included:* The Labour Government’s announcement i...
The Hoon: Budget 2023, the $5 prescription fee, market studies, Luxon’s (un)popularity and two curious foxes
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for paying subscribers included:* All the key details from Budget 2...
The Hoon: National ruling out TPM; the end of the Washington consensus; a call for more tax on the wealthiest
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for paying subscribers included:* Migration stats ...
The hoon: Railmageddons; climate politics, tax and drone strikes
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for paying subscribers included:* A screed of bank...
The hoon for the week that was to April 29
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for paying subscribers included:* An Inland Revenu...
The hoon for the week that was to April 22
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political economy covered on The Kākā for paying subscribers included:* Council staff in We...
The hoon for the week that was to April 15
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comTLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political e...
The hoon for the week that was to April 1
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political economy covered on The Kākā for paying subscribers included:* revelations that th...
The hoon for the week that was to March 25
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comTLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and Aotearoa’s political e...
The hoon for the week that was to March 19
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comTLDR: This week’s news in geopolitics and the political economy co...
The hoon for the week that was to March 12
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comTLDR: This week’s news in geo-politics and the political economy c...
The hoon for the week that was to March 4
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week’s news in geo-politics and the political economy covered on The Kākā included:* National released its plan to repeal Three Waters ...
The hoon for the week that was to Feb 26
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comTLDR: This week, the clean up after cyclone Gabrielle forced the Gov...
The week that was to Feb 19
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comTLDR: This week, Cyclone Gabrielle wrecked the Hawkes Bay, Gisborne ...
The week that was to Feb 4
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in the podcast of our weekly hoon webinar for paying subscribers, Peter Bale and myself talked with Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbric...
The week that was to Jan 28
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: Chris Hipkins signalled in his first week as PM he was open to loosening migration settings and would ‘rein in’ unnecessary Government spend...
The week that was to Jan 22
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: Jacinda Ardern shocked almost everyone by returning from a summer break this week and resigning as Prime Minister because she said had “nothin...
The year that was and the year ahead
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This year the long effects of covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine generated global labour and energy supply shocks that fired up already-ho...
The week that was to Nov 20
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa’s political economy, we learned:* the Government’s RMA replacement will take 10 y...
The week that was to Nov 13
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa’s political economy, we learned:* Te Putea Matua (The Reserve Bank) found in its re...
The week that was to Nov 5
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa’s political economy, we learned:* PM Jacinda Ardern didn’t take the Three Waters ...
The week that was to Oct 30
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa’s political economy, we learned:* China is retreating further into itself under a n...
The week that was to Oct 22
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in geo-politics, the global economy and our local political economy, our inflation was hotter than expected as profit margins rose, Xi...
The week that was to Oct 15
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week on the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Friday at 5pm for an hour, myself and co-host Peter Bale, along with econom...
The week that was to Oct 7
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week in the news in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy:* Te Pūtea Matua (The Reserve Bank) hiked its i...
Inside the crunch decisions for Auckland Council and its voters
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: I spoke this week in the podcast above to NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson about the election campaign for the Auckland Council that ends th...
The week that was to Oct 2
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week the financial and geo-political outlooks darkened in Britain and northern Europe after Britain’s plans for unfunded tax cuts were tr...
The week that was for the week to Sept 25
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week The Kākā had its first anniversary as a paid subscription email newsletter and podcast. We marked the occasion at midday for an hour...
The week that was to Sept 17
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The podcast above is a recording of our Weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers. We do this every Friday for an hour at 5pm and it’s ...
The week that was to Sept 10
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: In this week’s ‘hoon’ webinar in podcast form above, Peter Bale and myself invited on ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner and talked about:...
The week that was to Sept 5
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week on the weekly hoon webinar, we talked about the Government’s GST U-turn, the likely election of Liz Truss as UK PM, Ukraine’s coun...
The week that was to Aug 27
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The five signals I picked out from the noise this week were:The Fed scared markets a bit US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in his hotl...
The week that was to Aug 21
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The five signals I picked out from the noise this week were:* Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr’s second term is hanging in the balance as he s...
The week that was to Aug 13
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The five signals I picked out from the noise this week were:* China only rattled its sabres in the Taiwan Strait;* There was no inflation in the...
The hoon around the week to July 30
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week, National called for an independent review of the Reserve Bank’s unleashing of a ‘tidal wave of cash’ during Covid after a forme...
The hoon around the week to July 24
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week, Aotearoa-NZ’s annual inflation rate rose more than expected to 7.3%, which restarted the debate about who was to blame and what sho...
The hoon around the week to July 17
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week, demands to loosen restrictions on bringing in migrant workers grew to a crescendo amid widespread delays, cancellations and employer ...
The hoon around the week to July 9
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week PM Jacinda Ardern pushed back at talk Aotearoa-NZ has joined the ‘west’ too strongly in a new cold war between the United States a...
The hoon around the week to July 1
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week PM Jacinda Ardern signed a trade deal with the European Union and gave an historic speech to NATO’s summit in Madrid, which edged Ao...
The hoon around the week to June 19
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week the US Federal Reserve hiked its key interest rate by a super-sized 75 basis points to fight inflation running at 8.6%. That unleashed...
The hoon about the week that was to June 10
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week our Reserve Bank detailed its plans to slowly unwind its $55b of Covid-era money printing, the European Central Bank finally stopped i...
The hoon about the week that was to June 3
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: In the podcast above of this week’s ‘hoon’ webinar for paid subscribers, co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale bring talk with special gu...
The hoon about the week that was to May 28
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week the Reserve Bank warned of a rise in mortgage rates to 6% and a peak-to-trough fall in house prices of 15%, but said the economy and h...
The hoon about the week that was to May 20
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: This week the Government released a tame Emissions Reduction Budget and presented a tighter Budget, while overseas, the United Nations warned 47...
The hoon about the week that was
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TLDR: The Kākā’s hoon about the week that was in the podcast above included Peter Bale and me talking with special guest Professor Robert Patman a...
The weekly hoon with Peter Bale
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TDLR: This is a podcast of the live weekly ‘hoon’ webinar I do with Peter Bale most Friday afternoons for paid subscribers. This week we spoke abo...