{"id":7062438,"date":"2026-09-20T21:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/could-nicky-hagers-new-book-derail-taxpayers-union-debate-series-the-daily-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:50:35","slug":"could-nicky-hagers-new-book-derail-taxpayers-union-debate-series-the-daily-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7062438","title":{"rendered":"Could Nicky Hager\u2019s new book derail Taxpayers\u2019 Union Debate series? \u2013 The Daily Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/nz-news\/361035410\/nicky-hager-drop-mystery-book-weeks-election\"><em>Nicky Hager to drop mystery book weeks before election<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"free-body\" data-gated=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-stuff-sans text-2 leading-4 font-4\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"\"><em>A mysteriously sparse invitation has revealed investigative journalist <a id=\"link-e6618cec7c320b3b8b34de262b1e1489\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/politics\/130627453\/nicky-hager-receives-66000-settlement-from-security-intelligence-service-over-phone-record-spying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicky Hager<\/a> will launch a closely guarded new book just weeks before the election.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"free-body\" data-gated=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-stuff-sans text-2 leading-4 font-4\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"\"><em>Its title is unknown. Its subject is secret. No interviews will be given (though we did try) and no copies will be available until it is unveiled at a book launch on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"free-body\" data-gated=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-stuff-sans text-2 leading-4 font-4\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"\"><em>But the timing and secrecy will inevitably revive memories of Dirty Politics, the bombshell Hager released five weeks before the 2014 general election.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"free-body\" data-gated=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-stuff-sans text-2 leading-4 font-4\" data-testid=\"body-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"\"><em>That book exposed links between senior National Party figures and right-wing blogger Cameron Slater, dominated political coverage and forced then-prime minister John Key and members of his government onto the defensive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Stuff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmmmmm.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if Nicky\u2019s book could derail the Taxpayers\u2019 Union Debate series?<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t that be funny?<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bradbury Group<\/em> tomorrow night at 8pm will have a first response to Nicky\u2019s book and Nicky Hager himself will be appearing on <em>The Bradbury Group<\/em> Tuesday 28th September.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of the Oracle Warrior Poet Mike Hosking \u2013 Happy Days.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Independent Media is more important than ever, especially in the lead up to the Election. TDB is the largest Left Wing Blog in NZ and we have been operating for 13 years. We get zero funding from NZonAir and we don\u2019t have no rich backers. If you can donate <a href=\"https:\/\/buy.stripe.com\/9AQfZz3Fnf4AbXqdQQ\">please do so here<\/a> or directly into our account \u201312-3065-0133561-56<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicky Hager to drop mystery book weeks before election A mysteriously sparse invitation has revealed investigative journalist Nicky Hager will launch a closely guarded new book just weeks before the election. Its title is unknown. Its subject is secret. 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