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The episode discusses Christopher Luxon's popularity, climate funding issues, and the backlash against data centres and AI.

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics. This edition also included discussions with special guest: * Green List MP Francisco Hernandez , talking about the Government’s tabling of its Climate Adaptation Bill this week, which again delayed a decision on cost sharing between Government and Councils. This week: * Bernard and Peter talked about PM Christopher Luxon’s popularity. They referred to this interview with Christopher Luxon by Nic Fildes for FT-$ (gift): New Zealand PM warns against Ardern-era ‘sugar rush economics’ * Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about the global and local backlash against data centres and AI. * Then Bernard and Peter talked with Robert about America’s pushback against talk of a ‘Middle Powers’ strategy. * Bernard and Peter then talked with Francisco Hernandez about the Government’s non-decision this week on climate funding. The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying…

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