# Nicky Hager

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Taxpayers' Union Exposed? The Truth Behind Nicky Hager's New Book

Nicky Hager is back with a new book targeting the Taxpayers' Union, but does his evidence actually stack up? Former insiders Ani O'Brien and Ashley Church join us to tear apart the claims, address the serious allegations against Jordan Williams, and break down why effective political advocacy isn't…

#BHN Paul Barlow's OpenBrief look at TPU | Labour billion-dollar policy | Bishop wants more debates

Pal Barlow joins us tonight with his weekly segment about what he found in OpenBrief this week and with all the coverage in the news about Nicky Hager’s new book, it makes sense we look at the TPU and see what it shows about their activities.Labour pledges billions to build more social housing, fix…

Dirty Work or Hardly Working

Because this is nothing if not a searing political podcast holding power to account with a smorgasbord of stolid sources and bonafide facts, the rats would be remiss not to mention Nicky Hager’s latest blockbuster Dirty Work, in which a concerned citizen (aren’t we all) finally takes down The Ugly …

Free to Disagree: Nicky Hager's book and the Taxpayers' Union

Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Nicky Hager's new book on the Taxpayers' Union has had several of its claims publicly contradicted within days of publication. Oliver and Damien discuss the fallout and what it has already cost t…

Empty Seats, Dirty Work and Blue Waves

Hosted by Phil Goff and Chris Finlayson, Cross Party Lines returns to dissect party launches, Nicky Hager’s latest book, the US midterms and the Xi-Trump summit that produced two pandas and precisely nothing else. Proudly supported by our Foundational Partner Frank Risk Management - the 100% Kiwi o…

Nicky Hager's Book: Journalism or Election Ambush?

Commentator Brendan Malone joins Andrew Urquhart to dissect the media storm around Nicky Hager's latest election-season book, questioning whether it represents genuine investigative journalism or a recurring pattern of politically timed hit jobs targeting the right. Malone draws a parallel with Ame…

Nicky Hager on Dirty Work | Gerry Brownlee & the NZ Election Poll

Nicky Hager discusses his new book Dirty Work, Gerry Brownlee reflects on three years as Speaker of the House, and The Bradbury Group panel examines what the latest election poll means for New Zealand. Martyn Bradbury talks to Brownlee about the highs and lows of the role and why democracy matters…

Undercurrents: How do you manufacture a movement? Nicky Hager on Dirty Work

How do you manufacture a political movement? Ollie Neas talks to investigative journalist Nicky Hager about his new book Dirty Work, which investigates the Taxpayers’ Union and a network of lobby and campaign groups that Hager argues have helped reshape New Zealand politics. We discuss astroturfing…

The Wire w/ Manny: 7th October, 2026

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Greens transport platform, our national climate commitments, and their alarm at the alleged misuse of the public funds used for ads to defend the government's track record on health. For this week…

Dirty Work and the New Zealand Taxpayer's Union w/ Nicky Hager: 7th Oct, 2026

Nicky Hager is a prolific investigative journalist and writer, publishing books on a range of often-shadowy topics such as the military, government spy networks, and New Zealand politics. Back in 2006, Hager published The Hollow Men, which drew on internal National Party documents leaked to Hager…