# The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Public interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises

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## [Thursday's Early Bird: Three homeless people freeze to death](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/thursdays-early-bird-three-homeless)

_2026-08-19 · Bernard Hickey_

Watch now (10 mins) | My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: Freezing temperatures kill rough sleepers in Christchurch, Wellington & Auckland

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211890631/d166e963c10cf329b5d31b561cb81143.mp3)

## [Tuesday's Early Bird: Labour may water down CGT](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/tuesdays-early-bird-labour-may-water)

_2026-08-17 · Bernard Hickey_

My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: 15,000 lose winter energy payments after law changed under urgency; Record-high 111 calls

## [Monday's Early Bird: Land & infrastructure costs at the margins behind our ruinously expensive housing](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/mondays-early-bird-land-and-infrastructure)

_2026-08-16 · Bernard Hickey_

My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: Big chunk of Transport budget spent on land; Water costs drive Bishop's Fast-Track u-turn

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211318953/0eb17bf5fcaf5757df86746734312430.mp3)

## [Friday's Early Bird: Housing & transport fast-track back-tracks](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/fridays-early-bird-housing-and-transport)

_2026-08-13 · Bernard Hickey_

My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, commentary, front pages, charts & cartoons, including: Kāinga Ora cuts biggest housing project by 66%; Roads user-pays funding plan delayed

## [The Weekly Hoon: Luxon lives on; Iran is winning and the role of Jevons Paradox in climate change](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/the-weekly-hoon-luxon-lives-on-iran)

_2026-08-13 · Bernard Hickey_

Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman discuss the week in geopolitics, politics in NZ, the economy & climate; plus special guests Jonathan Lyons & Fran O’Sullivan

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211051118/c7e41b0d9441aa0fc29f00bfcdb87eab.mp3)

## [Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/copy-join-us-at-5pm-for-this-weeks-36a)

_2026-08-13 · Bernard Hickey_

Join Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey for the weekly 'Hoon' around news in geopolitics, climate, politics & more with Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer, plus special guests Jonathan Lyons & Fran O'Sullivan

## [Luxon, like NZ, is bogged down with the hand-brake jammed on](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/luxon-like-nz-is-bogged-down-with)

_2026-08-12 · Bernard Hickey_

Knowing the status quo is unsustainable, but unable to move without the permission of an 81-year-old (self-described) handbrake on the nation, National’s caucus fails again to get rid of PM Luxon

## [Friday's Early Bird: National braces for poll after Luxon's dire week; Stanford wanted unlimited RSE workers; Bridges says Luxon doesn't understand NZ](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/fridays-early-bird-national-braces)

_2026-08-06 · Bernard Hickey_

My Picks n' Mixes of today's news, scoops, deep-dives, comment, front pages, charts & cartoons, plus: MSD drops social housing exit KPIs; Hooton says PM "out-of-touch & out-of-his-depth."

## [The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's MMP musings; NZ's jobspocalypse; Big data centres & sovereignty](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/the-weekly-hoon-luxons-mmp-musings)

_2026-08-06 · Bernard Hickey_

Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer & Robert Patman discuss the week in geopolitics, politics in NZ, the economy & climate; plus special guest Don Christie on the issues with data centres

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210117423/c03a882e85939dae1bf4db002a497d16.mp3)

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_2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/join-us-at-5pm-for-this-weeks-hoon-072)

_2026-08-06 · Bernard Hickey_

Join Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey for the weekly 'Hoon' around news in geopolitics, climate, politics & more with Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer, plus special guest Don Christie