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The John Kenel Show

by John Kenel

Straight talk on property, money, and getting ahead in New Zealand. John Kenel has spent over 20 years developing property and 27 years investing in it. More than 1,000 homes built. On this show he breaks down the property market, development, and money the way it actually works, not the way the system wants you to see it. No jargon. No fluff. No spin. Just real talk for tradies, investors, business owners, and everyday Kiwis who want more freedom and more control over their lives. If you've ever felt like the rules are stacked against ordinary people trying to get ahead, this is for you. New episodes regularly. Education only, not financial advice.

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  1. NZ Election 2026: What Every Voter Needs To Know About MMP

    You've got two ticks on the ballot paper. One chooses your local MP. The other largely determines how many seats your chosen party gets, if it qualifies. I work through the room-of-chairs example, the 5% or one-electorate rule, why TOP received more than 63,000 votes but no MPs in 2023, and how…

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  2. NZ's Economy Is Turning: Housing Recovery, Auckland Pricing & New Planning Laws

    Can New Zealand build its way out of this slump? And what happens when AI changes how we work faster than the property market recovers? Andrew Crosby joins me for a conversation about property, business and where New Zealand goes next. We compare how we’re actually using Claude and ChatGPT, from...

  3. What NZ’s Largest Mortgage Broker Really Sees Happening in Property Right Now

    John Bolton is the founder of Squirrel, New Zealand’s largest mortgage broker doing around $3 billion in mortgages annually, and one of the country’s biggest non-bank construction lenders with $700–800 million deployed into development finance. In this episode, John Bolton sits down with John…

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  4. How A Council Could Halve Your Building's Value Overnight

    An election policy announced on Sunday would change how commercial leases work in New Zealand. Two parts. Rent reviews on leases already signed could go down, not just up. And if a CBD shop's been empty for more than a year, the council could give the landlord 8 weeks to find a tenant, then…

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  5. Why Socialism Suddenly Sounds Attractive (A Property Developer's Honest Take)

    More young New Zealanders are looking at the housing market and deciding the system's rigged. In plenty of ways, they're right. I've been building houses for over 20 years and I've benefited from the way things are, so I'm not here to tell anyone they're wrong to be angry. The question is whether...

  6. Is UBI Really the Answer for New Zealand? Universal Basic Income Explained

    Governments around the world are talking about paying you to exist. It's called a universal basic income, and AI is the reason it's back on the table. In this episode I look at what's actually being proposed here in New Zealand and overseas, what the real-world pilots in Finland and Ontario…

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  7. Removing Investors Won’t Fix NZ’s Housing Crisis: Here's Why

    Someone commented that developers are deluded and my 695,000 home was a ripoff. Fair enough, I've heard worse. But it got me onto the argument I have nearly every day: get investors out and more Kiwis will own a home. Partly right, but it answers the wrong question. So in this one I do something...

  8. NZ Property Market Is Near the Bottom: What Happens Next?

    John Kenel sits down with John Bolton from Squirrel, New Zealand’s biggest mortgage broker. What’s getting funded, what’s getting declined, and why? They discuss the OCR at 2.5%, the water companies that are now a bigger development risk than councils, why 41% of apartment sellers lost money last...

  9. Kiwi's Are Working Harder But Falling Further Behind

    You're not falling behind because you're lazy or doing something wrong, the ground has genuinely shifted under ordinary Kiwis and nobody's bothered to explain why. Power up 12%, council rates up 9%, insurance up 30% in three years, but the official inflation number says 3.1%. Once you understand...

  10. NZ's Inheritance Tax: The Government's Cut of Your Life's Work

    The Greens are calling it a capital acquisitions tax because inheritance tax doesn't poll well, but whatever you call it, it means the government takes a third of what you've spent your life building. This isn't just a tax debate, it's a family debate. Most inheritance isn't super yachts and...

  11. New Zealand Must Learn From Australia's Tax Changes

    Its time New Zealand start taking a look at Australia's tax changes and learn from them, both their mistakes and what they do well... Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances:...

  12. New Zealand's Pension Problem Is Bigger Than You Think

    New Zealand's pension system is heading for a cliff. In 1965, seven working-age people supported every retiree. Today it's four workers per retiree. By 2065, it'll be two workers supporting every person over 65. The system was built for a different country with a younger population. Now we're...

  13. What If NZ Interest Rates Go UP From Here?

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  14. Record Kiwi Leaving: Why Im Still Optimistic

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  15. NZ Property Development Market Has Changed: Here's What To Do Now

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  16. NZ Property Development Market Has Changed: Here's What To Do Now

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  17. What NZ Councils Aren’t Telling You About Water Reforms

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  18. Why Capping Rent Won't Work In New Zealand

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  19. Whats Actually Happening with NZ Property Lending

    Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly:...

  20. Why New Zealand Needs Property Investors

    Property investors get a bad rep in the media, but as someone who works in the property space, I think its a bit misguided, here's why... Get finance for your property development: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances:...

  21. Rent Cap's Wont Work In New Zealand

    The greens have come out with a handful of new plans around property and whilst on the surface they may seem attractive, the reality is very very different, today I break it all down. Get finance for your property development: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to…

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  22. Waikato Signed Away $3billion In Water Assets: Whats Actually Happening

    Ive got a funny feeling about whats going on... Let me know what you think in the comments Get finance for your property development: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills,...

  23. New Zealand's Fuel Crisis: Whats Actually Happening

    There seems to be a lot of mixed reporting in terms of whats happening with fuel in New Zealand, so here's everything in one place Get finance for your property development: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances:...

  24. 1970s Stagflation: The Economic Disaster Nobody Expected

    Get finance for your property development: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/...

  25. Why Debt Runs the Modern Economy: The Cantillon Effect

    The Cantillon Effect explains who benefits first when money gets created, but it doesn't explain when things really went off the rails. For that, you need to look at what happened next. World War I changed everything. Before then, money was tied to gold and governments were constrained. Wars are...

  26. Is Free Speech Gone In New Zealand?

    The laws have changed, but has the culture? National rolled back Labour's hate speech proposals and forced universities to protect free speech. On paper, that looks like a win for democracy. But freedom on paper doesn't mean much if people are still scared to speak out. Most of us learned to keep...

  27. The Truth About NZ Inflation (how it's rigged against you)

    The government says inflation is 4%. Gold says it's 19% per year. Someone's lying, and it's not gold. Most people think inflation just means prices go up. But there's something much bigger happening, a 300-year-old trick that decides who gets rich and who gets left behind. When central banks…

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  28. Is the Kiwi Dream of Home Ownership Dead in 2026?

    In this video, I break down what's really changed these past few years in the property space. The equity gap between asset owners and savers. Why DTI rules protect the system but lock out a generation. And the good news... Supply is finally moving, red tape is being cut, and we're past the…

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  29. Property Red Flags: What Not to Buy in New Zealand

    Some properties will ruin you, not because they're bad, but because they're lemons. I've been buying property since 1997 and I've owned some disasters myself. Leaky homes, cross lease issues, body corporate nightmares, flood zones, bad orientation - these aren't just minor problems. They're deal...

  30. BREAKING: NZ Granny Flat Rules Explained (What Actually Changed)

    The government just announced new rules for minor dwellings - granny flats, sleepouts, tiny homes. The ads say 'no consent needed' which sounds like you can just drop a small house in your backyard. Not quite.... So tune in to find out whats actually happening. Sign up to my FREE weekly…

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  31. I'm Angry At New Zealand... But Im Choosing To Stay

    I'll admit it - I've been carrying anger towards New Zealand for years. It started with the lockdowns, the mandates, the way families were separated and businesses crushed while costs kept ticking. That resentment started bleeding into everything. But carrying anger like that is toxic. It wears…

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  32. The Truth About Digital ID In New Zealand (and what to do about it)

    We've already seen this playbook in New Zealand. Vaccine passes turned your rights into permissions overnight... No jab, no job, no cafe, no life. That technology didn't disappear. It's still there, updating every six months, waiting for the next 'emergency.' Now they're pushing digital ID as...

  33. Gold & Silver Boom: What's Actually Happening?

    I've been a hard asset guy for 30 years, property, productive businesses, real stuff you can't print. Over the last few years, I've been telling anyone who'd listen to look at gold and silver. Now everyone's paying attention. Gold's up 70% this year, silver's up 150%. That's on top of strong…

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  34. 2026 NZ Economic Predictions: Stop Waiting For A Crash

    If you're waiting for house prices to crash or interest rates to fall further, you might have already missed the boat. While everyone was waiting for perfect conditions, something big quietly happened in New Zealand that most people didn't even notice. I've been through three decades of property...

  35. NZ's $1.6Trillion Wealth Transfer: What You Need To Know

    Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt

  36. NZ Housing Oversupply, Gold Surging & Whats Happening To Developers? with Andrew Crosby

    Final Property Development Club podcast for 2025! Andrew Crosby joins me to wrap up the year and look ahead to what's coming. We dive deep into the government's new development levies system - how it'll replace development contributions and what it means for developers. Plus, economist Cameron...

  37. My 2026 House Price Predictions: The Good, Bad & What to Watch

    I've been investing in property since 1997 and developing since the early 2000s. I've seen every boom and bust. Here's my take on where house prices are heading in 2026. I break down the three key drivers: interest rates, immigration, and confidence, plus what could derail things. Learn the…

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  38. New Zealanders Will Own Nothing… Unless You Do This One Thing

    People joke Gen Z will own nothing and be happy. They won’t be happy. If we keep tilting rules toward big corporate landlords, ownership concentrates and everyone else rents. I’ve built more than 1,000 homes in NZ. Most were made possible by private investors backing real projects. That’s how we...

  39. NZ Property Market Update: What We're Seeing Heading Into 2026

    Queenstown’s on a different planet: $30m sales, talk of $100m builds, and a wave of $5m+ buyers. Meanwhile in Auckland you can still find new townhouses around $599k. First-home buyers are 27% of the market. The NZD sits near 0.56 USD, 0.86 AUD, 0.45 CHF. Consents are up, concrete pours are still...

  40. Labour’s new CGT will raise rents & jam up the market

    If Labour’s CGT lands, rental supply falls, rents rise, and redevelopment grinds to a halt, here’s what to do. John Kenel’s take on Labour’s proposed Capital Gains Tax. No fluff. Practical consequences for landlords, developers and investors. What I cover: • Why Treasury modelling points to…

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  41. Less Red Tape, More Homes - MP Tama Potaka on Housing and Infrastructure

    Builders, investors, and council-watchers: Hon. Tama Potaka, associate Minister for Housing joins John Kenel to tackle housing bottlenecks, consents, infrastructure funding, council (in)efficiency, emergency housing, and the granny-flats policy. They also unpack GST sharing ideas, water entities,...

  42. NZ Safe Haven? $5m Visa, Immigration, AI & Sound Money — with Darcy Ungaro

    Is New Zealand really a safe haven for anxious millionaires—or just political window dressing? In this wide-ranging chat, John Kenel (21 years, 1,000+ homes built) and Darcy dig into: • NZ’s “Active Investor Plus” $5m visa, why demand may be limited, and a fairness take on foreign-buyer levies •...

  43. A Window Opens for Property Developers

    In this mini podcast episode — just 5 minutes — I chat through what’s really going on in the market right now and why I reckon this could be the perfect time for property developers to get moving. We’ll look at what’s shifting, what it means, and how smart developers can make the most of it. I’ll...

  44. Tax the Rich! $2m = middle class. Stop the nonsense.

    If you own a modest home, you're now in the firing line. This video exposes why the lefts “Tax the Rich” spin is setting Kiwis against each other while the ultra-wealthy keep buying up more assets. For more Property, Economics and Political commentary Watch more of my videos on Youtube:...

  45. The New Zealand Property Market Just Blinked – Here’s What It Means

    If you're feeling stuck, uncertain, or just plain frustrated with where the property market’s heading — this episode will shake you awake. In this action-packed episode of The Property Development Club Podcast, John and Andrew dive deep into: Whether house prices are actually affordable or it’s…

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  46. Why Wars & Oil Prices Decide What Your House is Worth

    Global politics aren’t just headlines—they’re shaping the cost of living, the price of oil, and even what your house is worth. In this episode, I connect the dots between wars in Europe, US debt and politics, and why oil could hit $150 a barrel. You’ll learn how these global forces flow through…

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  47. The real story behind NZ’s property market in 2025 — and what developers need to know

    NZ Property 2025: Rising Costs, Stalled Growth… But the Smart Move is Starting Now while headlines focus on falling prices and oversupply, because the real shift is already underway. In this video, John Kenel and Andrew Crosby expose the truth about NZ property development in 2025 — rising...

  48. Is Innovation a Luxury or a Necessity to Keep Developments Moving?

    On this episode of The Building Pulse Podcast, host Tim Haycock sits down with seasoned developer John Kenel to explore one of the biggest questions in the housing market today: Is innovation still possible—or even necessary—to keep developments moving in New Zealand? With over 1,000 homes built...

  49. The Volatility Game, Granny Flats, and a Council System Gone Rogue

    This week I cover everything from Trump’s tariff chaos to the Reserve Bank’s drip-feed rate cuts—and why both are killing confidence. I break down what’s really happening in the NZ housing market, with the latest stats from REINZ, and share my take on the government's granny flat policy. Sounds...

  50. The Truth About NZ Inflation, House Prices & Wealth in 2025

    In this video, John Kenel breaks down the current state of the New Zealand property market and economy. With inflation still running hot and rents rising, he explains why staying invested in appreciating assets like real estate is more important than ever. Learn what’s changed since 2021, how...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Straight talk on property, money, and getting ahead in New Zealand. John Kenel has spent over 20 years developing property and 27 years investing in it. More than 1,000 homes built. On this show he breaks down the property market, development, and money the way it actually works, not the way the system wants you to see it. No jargon. No fluff. No spin. Just real talk for tradies, investors, business owners, and everyday Kiwis who want more freedom and more control over their lives. If you've ever felt like the rules are stacked against ordinary people trying to get ahead, this is for you. New episodes regularly. Education only, not financial advice.

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