Podcast Episodes

Tony Mitchell: Residential Property Managers Association Chairperson on the new

Kiwis seem to be on the move. 

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development data shows that half of New Zealand tenancies are less than two years old, a…

1 year, 2 months ago

Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader talks the new US tariffs, future coalition partners, future of the Labour Party

Labour's leader says the US tariffs on New Zealand aren't justified in a retaliatory sense.  

A US chart states New Zealand imposes 20% tariffs on US…

1 year, 2 months ago

Kerre Woodham: Paying the piper by turning down the America's Cup

Here we go again – the America’s Cup. How many times have you heard the debates for and against the America’s Cup? The Government, as you will have h…

1 year, 2 months ago

Mark Orams: AUT Sailing Professor on the dropped bid to host the America's Cup in Auckland

Auckland's chance of hosting the next America's Cup has gone the way of the wind. 

Auckland Unlimited confirmed yesterday that the city is unable to …

1 year, 2 months ago

Kerre Woodham: There's got to be a happy medium in health and safety

The war on road cones has ratcheted up, with the coalition government setting up a hotline for people to report the overzealous use of road cones and…

1 year, 2 months ago

Tex Edwards: Monopoly Watch Research Director on supermarket duopoly

The Government announced a formal Request for Information looking into what it could take to bring a third supermarket chain to the country. 

Economi…

1 year, 2 months ago

Kerre Woodham: We cannot let people get away with their crimes

Law and order was a major concern of voters going into the 2023 Election – to be fair, it's usually on the minds of voters going into any election ca…

1 year, 3 months ago

Jamie Cleine: Buller Mayor on the plans to move the town of Westport

Westport residents have been berating their council over a plan to move the flood-prone town. 

Draft master planning began in 2023 on a proposal to m…

1 year, 3 months ago

Kerre Woodham: What is our obsession with shiny new stadia?

What is this mania for the building of stadia when this country has so many already and very, very few of them are economic assets? The decision over…

1 year, 3 months ago

Hamish Firth: Mt Hobson Group Director on the changes to the Resource Management Act

The Government's scrapping the Resource Management Act and replacing it with new planning laws. 

RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says current rules …

1 year, 3 months ago