NBR Podcasts

Weekly Wrap #9: Financial forensics, quake pain, the Irish

This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 04 October. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded.

Timestamps for this week's content:

(01:14)  Aussie ‘dark companies’ come into the light. For the full article click here.

(6:14) Christchurch is thriving after years of quake pain. For the full article click here.

(14:58) Working from home: no entitlement, plenty of expectation. For the full article click here.

(22:22) NZ needs a strong Kiwibank to challenge Aussies: Jeff Greenslade. For the full article click here.

(31:11) What NZ can learn from Ireland’s approach to infrastructure. For the full article click here.

 

#16: Kiwi music legend Brent Eccles turns 70

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: As he turns 70, music promoter Brent Eccles reveals why concert ticket prices are so expensive, why Celine Dion is responsible for ‘surge pricing’, how he ended up drumming for iconic Aussie rock band The Angels, and what he thinks of the current line-up of Kiwi musicians.

Timestamps below:

(01:30) - How would you describe the current state of New Zealand music? 

(03:52) - Is that one of the reasons that some international artists aren't coming here?

(8:01) - How did you get into the angels?

(20:35) - What do you think about dynamic pricing?

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Weekly Wrap #8: Kingpins, fistfights and HSBC

This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 27 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded.

Timestamps for this week's content:

(01:04)  Bryers’ ‘cunning plan’ likely to end in Aussie jail. For the full article click here.

(6:07) The tortured path of RMA reform. For the full article click here.

(10:05) The cost of not dealing properly with punches to employee’s head. For the full article click here.

(17:44) ‘Relatively robust’: Hard economic landing avoided, HSBC says. For the full article click here.

(29:00) How to become world leaders: the cleantech CEO wishlist. For the full article click here.

 

#15: Solar to the rescue?

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Soaring energy costs are being blamed for businesses shutting down. Is there a unique solar solution? Is our electricity system really that broken compared to the rest of the world?

Timestamps below:

(00:55) - Inghams' solar powered poultry farm

(04:43) - Power price craziness

(10:28) - The global perspective

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#14: Kiwibank CE won't take every cent off table

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: What does Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich think of the "cosy pillow fight" in the banking industry? He explains why he would say no to a billion dollars in capital and why a foreign bank could possibly own a slice of our "people's bank".

Timestamps below:

(02:24) - It's been described as an oligopoly.

(4:54) - So how much money does Kiwi bank need to disrupt that cozy pillow fight?

(11:58) - Is there any possibility in your mind that an overseas bank could take a share?

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Weekly Wrap #7: Te Reo Māori, climate plan & cybersecurity

This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 20 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded.

Timestamps for this week's content:

(00:27)  Te umanga o te ako i te reo – The business of learning te reo. For the full article click here.

(16:26) Labour says coalition climate plan bad for economy and emissions. For the full article click here.

(28:55) NZ can’t be complacent, says UK Govt’s former cybersecurity head. For the full article click here.

#13: Medicinal cannabis – the green gold rush?

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Has the green gold rush eventually arrived? The medicinal cannabis industry has struggled ever since it was created but now there's optimism. The stigma around cannabis is down while domestic sales are up. Now, with export regulations also relaxed, can New Zealand green take on the world?

Timestamps below:

(02:27) - Is it a real medical need, or is it a recreational need dressed up as a medical need?

(04:28) - So the word stigma, does that still apply?

(08:35) - What percentage of the market do you think medleaf has? 

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#12: Te Reo Māori's digital future

In this episode of The NBR Podcast: To mark Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori, Māori language week, we ask what is the digital risk to the preservation and revitalisation of the language. Will the advent of AI mean the most digitised iwi will become the dominant story?

Timestamps below:

(01:31) - Learning Te Reo Māori

(11:28) - Can AI speak Te Reo Māori?

(16:16) - Digitising the language 

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Weekly Wrap #6: Positive procurement, public service, and a digger

This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 13 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded.

Timestamps for this week's content:

(01:03)  What can positive procurement get you? For the full article click here.

(08:04) Frustrated Albanese Government goes RBA bashing. For the full article click here.

(13:02) Useful lessons from sacked council manager awarded $27,000. For the full article click here.

(20:55) Eden Park CEO helps destroy his own stadium. For the full article click here.

(25:41) Chinese consumers have changed – has NZ Inc? For the full article click here.

#11: Trump v Harris: what it could mean for NZ

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: They've had their first and only debate, so what do the trade and economic policies of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump mean for New Zealand. For their analysis we're joined by a special panel of Te Awanga wine maker Rod McDonald, Auckland University senior lecturer in economics Dr Asha Sundaram and Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly. 

Timestamps below:

(00:40) - Tariffs

(11:56) - Taxation

(13:41) - Navigating a US election

(18:19) - NZ business perspective

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This podcast uses clips for the US Presidential debate hosted by ABC - the full debate is available here.