The Weekly Hoon: Middle East in crisis; NZ economy stagnant; Peters at odds with Luxon
Published: March 5, 2026
Duration: 51:17
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest historian and author Jonathan Lyons.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a discussion about deaths of a record 129 journalists reported in 2025 by the Committee to Protect Journalists, mostly in Gaza, and the risks of it worsening in an extended war in the Middle East.
* Bernard and Peter talked about New Zeal...