Podcast Episodes

Taxpayer Talk: David Baker on Exposing Inefficiencies in our Building Sector

This week Peter Williams is joined by social media sensation, David Baker, from Rapid QS. David is a quantity surveyor by trade, specialising in pric…

1 year, 4 months ago

Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Prof Rob MacCulloch on New Zealand's Economic Challenges

This week on Taxpayer Talk, free-thinking economics Professor, Robert MacCulloch, walks Peter Williams through how life here in New Zealand could be …

1 year, 4 months ago

Taxpayer Talk: Hon Ruth Richardson on Budget 2025

This week on Taxpayer Talk, Peter sat down with Ruth Richardson, Minister of Finance during the National-Bolger Government, and catalyst of major eco…

1 year, 5 months ago

Taxpayer Talk: The Taxpayers’ Union’s Levi Gibbs on New Zealand’s climate costs and the pathway back to surplus

The Taxpayer’s Union popular podcast Taxpayer Talk returns with host Peter Williams and the Taxpayer’s Union Climate and Fiscal Policy analyst Levi G…

1 year, 5 months ago

Taxpayer Talk: Eric Crampton on the Government’s Supermarket Shakeups

This week on Taxpayer Talk  Jordan sat down with the NZ Initiative's Chief Economist, Dr Eric Crampton on Nicola Willis' announcement on Sunday about…

1 year, 6 months ago

Taxpayer Talk : Nick Smith joins Jordan Williams to talk local government

On this week's episode of Taxpayer Talk, Jordan sat down to talk with current Nelson Mayor and former National Party Minister, Nick Smith.

First elect…

1 year, 11 months ago

Taxpayer Talk : Simon Court joins Jordan Williams to talk RMA reform

On this week's Taxpayer Talk, ACT MP Simon Court -  Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure and Minister Responsible for RMA…

1 year, 11 months ago

Taxpayer Talk: Ewen McQueen on Treaty Issues

Ewen McQueen, author of One Sun in the Sky, joins us on Taxpayer Talk to discuss the Treaty of Waitangi, including questions around the ceding of sov…

2 years ago

MPs in Depth: Suze Redmayne

This week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, we sat d…

2 years ago

Taxpayer Talk: David Buckingham on IRD's leak of private taxpayer data

 David Buckingham is a Queenstown-based employment relations consultant. He was the supporter who first uncovered the extraordinary behaviour of IRD …

2 years ago