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Each episode explores issues impacting business & the New Zealand economy. Listen to in-depth interviews with NZ CEOs.
NBR (National Business Review) publishes NZ's leading business and finance podcasts, artificial intelligence, covering market shifts, investment, economics, and corporate leadership.
Episodes feature analysis of New Zealand companies, global markets, government policy, and entrepreneurship.
The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: in-depth interviews with business leaders.
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Business journalist of the year - Summer Series
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Elections, fraud & cricket: the biggest stories from Australia - Summer Series
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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NBR’s top 10 best stories of 2025 - Summer Series
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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The $1.6 trillion wealth transfer: could it save New Zealand’s charities?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Name suppression for high-profile crimes: who gets it and why?
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Uber drivers are employees: NZ’s gig economy shake-up
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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How is NZ tackling the Trump tariffs?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Is woke capitalism over? The future of corporate sustainability, ESG and climate action.
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Chris Hipkins talks capital gains tax
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Why are American expats renouncing US citizenship?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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AI tech stocks: boom or bubble?
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Mayors, mayors, mayors – Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown, Dunedin
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Who are the most powerful New Zealand dealmakers: Merger and Acquisition activity
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Local elections, capital markets, confidentiality
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Sinead Boucher talks about Stuff: $1 buyout, TradeMe deal, future of NZ media
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: RBNZ, business confidence, EMA
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Is health insurance unaffordable? We ask Southern Cross's insurance CEO
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Spark CEO Jolie Hodson: Losses, strategy, cuts - will the new plan deliver?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Rotorua, Polar Capital, Net zero
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Investing in the grey-zone of war: The ethics of dual-use technologies and weapons
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Trailblazer, liquidator, Covid era
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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Xerocon 2025: Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh-Cassidy on the future of Xero accounting software
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Chinese cars, investment, whistleblowers
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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Golden Visas: Where is NZ at with the Active Investor Plus Visa?
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Digital IDs, two-speed economy, revamped visas
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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AI, recruitment, productivity - is this the AI work apocalypse?
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Luxon, contractor rights, executive pay
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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The remarkable Jamie Beaton
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Rakon, illegal tobacco trade, cash rate cuts
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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NZ's Law Industry – a cross-examination
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Sluggish economy, WFH, green hydrogen dreams
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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The Du Val saga – one year on
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Zespri’s CEO on a record sales year
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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The AI strategy – light touch or wild west?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: RBA dark arts, free trade breaches, short work weeks
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Wegovy - The economics of weight loss
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Data centres, vocational education, China
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Shareholder red flags: why some shares suck
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: GST, Southland, conferences
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Rod Drury – my vision for New Zealand
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Family businesses, MLMs, Māori tax
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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Volatile markets: Veteran financial CEO on how to carry on
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Halter, geo-political issues, infrastructure
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Why NZ might never host another Rugby World Cup
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Inflation data, the Greens, sustainable aviation
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Queenstown’s tech future
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Rich List, WorkSafe changes, ASX and public markets
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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The NBR Rich List 2025 - OUT NOW
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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The KiwiSaver budget
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Incoming Deputy PM, two budgets, Winston's heckler
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May 31, 2025 |
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Who’s playing in the financial sandbox?
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May 26, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Budget week, National rail funding, employee surveillance
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May 24, 2025 |
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Pipes, roads, rates – how to fix local government?
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May 19, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Local elections, pay equity, public accountability
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May 17, 2025 |
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Australian election: Anthony Albanese's historic victory
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May 12, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Dreamliners, Aussie election, under-investing in R&D
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May 10, 2025 |
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Managed retreat: saving the town of Kumeu
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May 05, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Māori art, developing talent, restraints of trade
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May 03, 2025 |
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The business of charity
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Patsy directors, rare earths, unlawful suspension
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Craigs self-confessed bogan CEO Simon Tong
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Aussie election, Act amendments, Trump turbulence
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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The Accountants – the numbers haven’t been great
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Accountants, the ‘Lucky Country’, RMA legislation
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Former CEO of the Year Rhiannon McKinnon
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Serato deal, Cook Strait ferries, compliance costs
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Auckland's stadium debate
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Watercare splash out, Māori economy, RMA reform
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Airports vs airlines: the price hike blame game
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Big Australia, FTA with India, Privacy Act breaches
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Foreign investors, cyclone Alfred, mediation delays
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Shock and Orr – views on RBNZ governor’s shock exit
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Neutral cash rate, media struggles, Green party plan
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Investment winners and losers from this earnings season
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Seymour, going nuclear, split shifts
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Rowan Simpson dispels some startup myths
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap: Official cash rate, employee absenteeism, budget tax
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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#44: Scott Morrison on Trump, tariffs, and rockets
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap #25: Privatisation, political distractions, commerce woes
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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#43: Investor visas - what happens next?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap #24: Economic growth, Trump's trade, defamation debate
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Podcast #42: How to attract wealthy migrant investors
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap #23: Anaesthetic breakthrough, Australia day, Trump trade
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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#41: Investigate the airlines, says Auckland Airport CEO
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap #22: Australian paradox, workplace fraud, inflation halt
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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#40: Should you move to Australia?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#39: TikTok ban: How did we get here?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Weekly Wrap #21: Uniting Māori, the Aussie dollar, brain implants
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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#38: Outgoing Tower CEO Blair Turnbull
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Summer Series: Political editor Brent Edwards
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Summer Series: Brent Melville and Du Val
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Summer Series: Te Ao Māori editor Mike McRoberts
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Summer Series: Talking startups with Fiona Rotherham
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Summer Series: Aussie correspondent Lachlan Colquhoun
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Summer Series: Retail reporter Kate McVicar
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Summer Series: Economics journalist Jonathan Mitchell
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #20: Fiscal and economic update, bad books, Aussie media
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Summer Series: NBR co-editors Calida Stuart-Menteath & Hamish McNicol
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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#37: Would you trust a neobank?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #19: ANZ’s CEO legacy, party obligations, F&P Healthcare
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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#36: Kill a worker, who’s responsible?
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#35: PM Christopher Luxon talks meeting his KPIs
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #18: 1-3% target band, The Spinoff, caskets and caravans
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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#34: Former Xero CEO Steve Vamos talks tech disruption
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#33: The mānuka honey crisis
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #17: Two economists, OCR cuts and a future fund
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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#32: Warner Brothers boss on the future of TV Three
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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#31: Cyclone Gabrielle - how are businesses recovering?
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #16: Cyclone Gabrielle, demographics, treaty bill
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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#30: Adopting AI in business
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Podcast #29: NZ’s nuclear fusion future
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #15: Treaty Principles Bill, climate change, Northland
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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TRAILER - The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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#28: US Elections – where to now for markets and trade?
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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#27: Australia to ban dynamic pricing, what’s NZ doing?
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #14: Fiscal plan, creative accounting, unemployment stats
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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#26: Green finance – should it be taxpayer funded?
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#25: US election – should NZ be terrified of tariffs?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #13: US election, naughty billionaires, casual employees
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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#24: Brent Impey on media ‘carnage’
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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#23 - Are KiwiSaver funds afraid of failure?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #12: Biofeed, migrant exploitation, climate adaptation
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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#22: Jonny Hendriksen goes global but stays local
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#21 - Testing the new GovGPT chatbot
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #11: Dealmakers, the Supreme Court and a sacred cow
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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#20: The godfather of private equity – Ross George
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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#19: Mining’s fast track future
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #10: Treaty debates, rate cuts, and science nerds
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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#18: NZ’s ‘Man of Steel’ Robin Davies
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#17: How to off-peak NZ tourism
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #9: Financial forensics, quake pain, the Irish
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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#16: Kiwi music legend Brent Eccles turns 70
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #8: Kingpins, fistfights and HSBC
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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#15: Solar to the rescue?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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#14: Kiwibank CE won't take every cent off table
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #7: Te Reo Māori, climate plan & cybersecurity
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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#13: Medicinal cannabis – the green gold rush?
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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#12: Te Reo Māori's digital future
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #6: Positive procurement, public service, and a digger
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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#11: Trump v Harris: what it could mean for NZ
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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#10: Air NZ fares lower than last year, CEO says
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #5: Infrastructure, bipartisanship, and money troubles
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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#9: What the Uber decision means for contractors
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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#8: TVNZ CEO Jodi O’Donnell and the $85m loss
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #4: AI touchdown, Aussie turbulence, and a godly dispute
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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#7: AI’s promised land
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#6: Kirk Hope’s exit interview
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #3: Billion-dollar dispute, Luxon in Sydney, bank blitz
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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#5: Why the ComCom blocked Serato’s sale
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#4: NZ Warriors CEO Cameron George
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #2: ‘GE-free’ no longer, building supplies, Alan Joyce
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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#3: OCR to 4.75% by Christmas
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#2: In depth with Nicola Willis
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Weekly Wrap #1: Wellington woes, craft beer, political tactics
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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#1: The Du Val story
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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People in Business #74 - Siouxsie Wiles vindicated in Employment Court, getting return on investment from Paris 2024 & interest rate cuts in November?
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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People in Business - Is it time to loosen our GMO laws?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #76 - James Shaw’s life after politics & how getting the ETS right will be critical to investment
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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People in Business #73 - Dovish RBNZ opens the door for November rate cut and Partisanship creates policy risk in Australia?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #75 - Green controversy, climate strategy, Nato talks, rate cuts and Risk profile will change for farms based on their emissions.
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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People in Business #72 - The Cannasouth turnaround – can it be saved? Are we paying for past economic sins?
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #74 - Making decisions, Kāinga Ora, housing reform, Labour listens and Partisan politics stands in the way of policy consistency.
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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People in Business #71 - When more disclosure could be too much? A grand stage? Open banking needs to open wider?
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #73 - Saying sorry, fixing ferries, power problems, disagreement and O’Connor warns that a trade deal with India will take time?
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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People in Business #70 - Metroglass outlook: cloudy with a chance of free-falls and Size matters in unjustified dismissal cases.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #72 - Long-term gas contract floated as way to give sector confidence? Balancing NZ’s trade agenda with complex foreign policy issues?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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People in Business #69 - Farmers in ‘holding pattern’ with new Government and Aussie media turns nasty as revenues sink.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #71 - PM’s business approach will be judged on its results and Climate change changes, census inquiry, leaving the country.
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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People in Business #68 - Is it time for NZ banking sector to lower their profit margins? US tariffs on Chinese EVs a dilemma for Australia?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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People in Business #67 - Migration keeps the Aussie economy growing, but it’s complicated and Abandonment of employment and ‘without prejudice’.
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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People in Business #66 - At what point do our council rates become unaffordable? Non-competes decline, but workers still can’t take company info?
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May 29, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #70 - Access to capital remains 'big issue for NZ businesses' and Government has lost the narrative on its fast-track bill.
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May 27, 2024 |
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Dollars & Sense #5 - Hard landing avoided, but more economic ‘pain’ to come.
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May 23, 2024 |
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People in Business #65 - Is New Zealand really ‘open for business’? TVNZ earns ERA slap for method of shuttering shows, staff.
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May 22, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #69 - Don’t expect climate policy stability between now and 2050 and NZ funding the water infrastructure deficit?
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May 20, 2024 |
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People in Business #64 - Mike McRoberts joins NBR as Te Ao Māori editor and Court enforces rigidity of parental leave rules
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May 15, 2024 |
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Live from the Hive #68 - Press freedom increasingly coming under attack? Risk-based pricing of insurance is both a positive and negative?
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May 13, 2024 |
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People in Business #63 - BNZ profit falls, revenue flat in half-year and BNZ profit falls, revenue flat in half-year
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May 08, 2024 |