Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIn China-US rivalry, NZ remains isolated but not insulated
Episode 1660
Trump's gift to China, and the 'unenviable position' it leaves for New Zealand
With China and the US vying for status as the major world superpower,…
1 week, 5 days ago
A fast track to trouble
Episode 1659
Communities are seeing red over the law giving the green light to faster development and city sprawl where there's no infrastructure in place
In theo…
1 week, 6 days ago
The lost children
Episode 1658
The number of school dropouts in New Zealand is staggering, and for those 10,000-plus teens, there's a life-long cost
The post-school landscape is bl…
2 weeks ago
The backlash over some fantastical TikTok figures
Episode 1657
An Infometrics report on the value of TikTok to the New Zealand economy didn't pass the sniff test for many who got it in their inbox
An Infometrics …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
NZ's big wins at a scaled-back Commonwealth Games
Episode 1656
The Commonwealth Games were smaller and cheaper than planned, and hosted across the world from their original location - and could be a blueprint for…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Helen Clark's warning for NZ
Episode 1655
Former PM Helen Clark says New Zealand is drifting and only long-term thinking can change course
Less than 100 days out from the next election, Helen …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The return of Trump's tariffs
Episode 1654
Trump has put a 12.5 percent tariff on about 70 percent of NZ exports to the US, and this one looks more likely to stick
The 'Liberation Day' tariff…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Inside NZ's hospital crisis
Episode 1653
Patients dying in waiting rooms, cockroaches in showers, and IT failures are the tip of the iceberg as NZ's public health system reaches breaking poi…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The state of op shops
Episode 1652
A new report estimates that the New Zealand op shop industry reinvests $78 million back into communities
Charities across the country have come togeth…
3 weeks ago
Mainlining the manosphere
Episode 1651
In a few short years our young men have become radicalised online, and initiated into a world where women are the enemy
A constant drip-fed diet of wo…
3 weeks, 1 day ago