<p>Winston Peters announced in the weekend that NZ First would buy back the BNZ and merge it with Kiwibank, the PM called it &quot;fanciful&quot; and economists are saying it&#39;s &quot;headline-grabbing&quot; rather than a serious policyErica Stanford was on Q&amp;A in the weekend answering questions about education, ti Tiriti, immigration and the Indian FTA. We&#39;ll review some of the conversation.Christopher Luxon joined best bug Mike Hosking this morning where they both talked about social cohesion which not asking the obvious question &quot;Mr PM, what do you mean by social cohesion and what would a new migrant need to do to become part of the social cohesion?&quot;We also have a number of smaller stories that we may get to including Chippy on Q&amp;A, Ruby Love Smith exposing National&#39;s social media advertising and comments by Tania Waikato on Marae around the cancellation of the BSA++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/</p>

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#BHN Winston shopping for a bank | Stanford on Q&A | Luxon on social cohesion

MAY 18, 2026120 MIN
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#BHN Winston shopping for a bank | Stanford on Q&A | Luxon on social cohesion

MAY 18, 2026120 MIN

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<p>Winston Peters announced in the weekend that NZ First would buy back the BNZ and merge it with Kiwibank, the PM called it &quot;fanciful&quot; and economists are saying it&#39;s &quot;headline-grabbing&quot; rather than a serious policyErica Stanford was on Q&amp;A in the weekend answering questions about education, ti Tiriti, immigration and the Indian FTA. We&#39;ll review some of the conversation.Christopher Luxon joined best bug Mike Hosking this morning where they both talked about social cohesion which not asking the obvious question &quot;Mr PM, what do you mean by social cohesion and what would a new migrant need to do to become part of the social cohesion?&quot;We also have a number of smaller stories that we may get to including Chippy on Q&amp;A, Ruby Love Smith exposing National&#39;s social media advertising and comments by Tania Waikato on Marae around the cancellation of the BSA++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/</p>