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6:00 am, August 12th, 2026 - 8 comments
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Open mike is your post.
For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose.
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Step up to the mike …
Our Dunning-Kruger Prime Minister will definitely hold on.
He is incapable of understanding that he is the problem.
Someone needs to ask the viability of Chris Hipkins when his popularity is lower than Luxon and he's dragging Labour from mid-30% to mid-20%.
How is Hipkins "dragging Labour from mid-30% to mid-20%"?
What actions or inactions of his can you point to?
Easy to find examples of Luxon mis-steps; what are Hipkins (purported) mistakes?
BHN last night from 1h:53 dissected Hipkin's response to Ryan Bridge, who pushed him on policy. Their view: Hipkins is killer in Parliament debates, and he needs to bring that combatative spirit to his media persona.
Me personally: Hipkins needs to stop focusing on Labour’s offering, even when he’s asked. Start seriously ripping into this government! Rip’em to shreds, to tiny pieces! There’s a tonne of material to choose!
For those interested, in Auckland on Sat the 15th BHN are hosting a debate on Te Tiriti, with David Seymour (ACT), Casey Costello (NZ First), Willie Jackson (Labour) and Marama Davidson (Greens). Tickets are under $20, and it's at Papatoetoe.
https://bhn.nz/debates/#tiriti
BHN's Health debate from a week ago can be watched here. There’s also a finance debate in Sept. Good work by BHN to line up the pollies.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/12/hipkins-promises-small-businesses-a-ticket-to-the-ai-revolution/
NZ needs strong principled leadership on many things and one thing is clear, it won’t be coming from the Coalition, not now, and not after 7 Nov.
Re Hipkin's announcement, was just reading this https://b2bnews.co.nz/news/labours-2m-ai-fund-misses-what-smes-want/
Is it based on a (research) survey?
Yes, it notes a number of them