The Weekly Hoon: Budget 2026, a climate scandal, Saudi Arabia & Iran & disinformation flooding NZ's political debates
Published: May 28, 2026
Duration: 56:52
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 from Wellington and Robert Patman in Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also included discussions with Arab News Editor in Chief Faisal Abbas and disinformation researcher Sanjana Hattotuwa.
This week:
* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the Government’s Budget delivered yesterday afternoon.
* Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about the Government’s failure to disclose lobbyist contact on behal...