Podcast Episodes

Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor at Large on Stats NZ phasing in monthly Consumer Price Index reporting

Borrowers' pockets may feel the most impact from more regular inflation reports.  

From next July, Stats NZ will phase in monthly Consumer Price Inde…

1 month ago

Kerre Woodham: Stuart Nash – indiscreet and hopeless

Dear oh dear oh dear oh dear. You do have to wonder whether Stuart Nash is employable in this country. He might have to head over to Oz and join forc…

1 month ago

Bryan Betty: Former General Practice NZ Chair and incoming Health NZ Board member on what needs to be focused on in healthcare

One of the country’s most influential GPs is flagging an issue with the health system’s focus. 

Dr Bryan Betty signing off as General Practice NZ Cha…

1 month ago

Kerre Woodham: It's up to you to make sure you can vote

The changes to the way we vote. Voters will no longer be able to rock up on election day and register to vote thanks to a law change made last year, …

1 month ago

Kerre Woodham: A one-off payment is not going to fix the problem

I have so many questions around the Government bailout of Golden Bay Cement, which is not in fact manufactured in Golden Bay, but in Northland.  

Fle…

1 month, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: Will we see the return from NZ First's proposal?

New Zealand First had its own little party on the weekend. It's going to campaign on funding a $1 billion survey of offshore oil and gas reserves tha…

1 month, 1 week ago

Tania Tapsell: Rotorua Mayor discusses the dismantling of iconic the Prince's Gate Archway

Rotorua's iconic Prince's Gate Archway, built in 1901, is set to be dismantled after engineers warned it could be unsafe in extreme winds, but locals…

1 month, 1 week ago

Jordan Williams: Taxpayers Union Director chats council rush to sign iwi agreements before RMA reform

Councils are reportedly signing on to new iwi partnership agreements before the Resource Management Act is replaced.

In the Government’s currently dr…

1 month, 1 week ago

Jason Miles: NZ Principals Federation President on David Seymour's idea to ban under-16s from having smartphones

Should we be looking at banning youth from owning smartphones instead of banning them from social media? 

ACT Leader David Seymour has suggested that…

1 month, 1 week ago

Kerre Woodham: Is it better to ban smartphones or police social media?

The ACT Party's not really a “ban” sort of a party. I've always thought they supported the idea of letting people go to hell in their own way. If you…

1 month, 1 week ago