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The People's Podcast
by Bernadette Soares
The People's Podcast is dedicated to exploring the ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of New Zealand. Hosted by Bernadette Soares, it brings together leaders and influential voices for thoughtful, respectful, and meaningful dialogue.
Episodes
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Why GMO Crops Could Cost New Zealand Its Clean Green Brand, with Frankie and Jenny of Good Chow
Bernadette sits down with Frankie and Jenny, the husband and wife team behind Good Chow NZ, to talk about the Gene Technology Bill and what relaxing New Zealand's GMO rules could mean for the food we grow, eat and sell to the world. Frankie shares the story of a soy sauce legacy that began with…
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Why Kiwis Pay Too Much For Everything, with Dr David Wilson
Bernadette welcomes Dr David Wilson back to The People's Podcast for a wide ranging conversation about why New Zealand feels expensive, why our productivity has stalled, and what a genuinely different economic approach would look like. David breaks down the "cosy oligopoly" running our banking...
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The Persecution India Won't Report with Reverend Samuel
Thirteen Indian states now have anti conversion laws, and Reverend Samuel says the pastors, home churches and families caught under them have almost no way of being heard outside the country. He joins Bernadette to walk through the cases he has documented, from a dismissed army officer to church...
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Why New Zealand Can't Keep Avoiding the Immigration Debate, with Dharmesh Parikh
Immigration has become one of the hardest conversations New Zealand is having, and too often it gets reduced to slogans. This week Bernadette sits down with Dharmesh Parikh, a community leader and businessman who arrived from India in 1986, for an honest exchange between two immigrants who love...
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Why New Zealand Should Buy Back the BNZ, with Dr. David Wilson
In this episode of The People's Podcast, Bernadette is joined once again by Dr. David Wilson for a wide-ranging conversation about New Zealand's economic future. They dig into New Zealand First's proposal to buy back the Bank of New Zealand, what economic sovereignty actually means, and why other...
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Who Are We? Identity, Belonging and Finding Hope in Uncertain Times with Alfred Ngaro
What does it mean to find your identity in a world that keeps trying to put you in a box? In this episode of People's Podcast, Bernadette sits down with Alfred Ngaro for a wide-ranging conversation about hope, purpose and identity in modern New Zealand. Alfred draws on decades of community...
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Turning Pain into Purpose: The Power of Maximum Impact with Shubz
Shubz is one of New Zealand's most recognisable podcasters and public voices, but his journey to get here was anything but easy. Growing up moving between nearly 20 schools, navigating abuse, addiction, and cycles of trauma, Shubz has lived a life that mirrors the reality of countless young New...
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Why Small Business is Struggling in NZ with David Wilson
NZ First MP David Wilson joins Bernadette on The People's Platform to unpack the real pressures facing small business owners across New Zealand, from rising power costs and supermarket duopolies to banking profits leaving the country. They also dig into the growing skills shortage and why...
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Hope, Purpose and Identity: Finding Your Anchor in Uncertain Times with Alfred Ngaro
In this episode of The People's Platform, Bernadette Soares is joined once again by Alfred Ngaro — former Member of Parliament, cabinet minister, pastor, and community leader — for a candid conversation about the three things many New Zealanders are quietly searching for right now: hope, purpose,...
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The People's Podcast is dedicated to exploring the ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of New Zealand. Hosted by Bernadette Soares, it brings together leaders and influential voices for thoughtful, respectful, and meaningful dialogue.
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The People's Podcast is dedicated to exploring the ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of New Zealand. Hosted by Bernadette Soares, it brings together leaders and influential voices for thoughtful, respectful, and meaningful dialogue.
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The People's Podcast is created and hosted by Bernadette Soares.
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