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The Prosper Podcast
by ProsperNZ
The Prosper Podcast cuts through the noise on the issues shaping younger generations. We interview the people driving current events and ask what a prosperous New Zealand future actually looks like for youth, plus weekly recaps breaking down the stories that matter.
Episodes
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“Cuts That I Knew... Were Going To Kill People” | Dave Bainbridge-Zafar, Opportunity
David Bainbridge-Zafar is Opportunity's spokesperson for transport, housing and infrastructure, number eight on the party list, and its candidate in Dunedin. He spent his New Zealand career as a public servant: in property at the DunedinCity Council, then running infrastructure for Health NZ…
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“Give Us a Rocket Ship and We’ll Take You to the Moon” | Hon Mark Patterson
Hon Mark Patterson is New Zealand First's Minister for Rural Communities and Associate Minister of Agriculture, and the party's candidate for Taieri. A farmer before entering politics, Patterson went from advocating for farmers through Federated Farmers to being a minister as part of the current...
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"I Don't Have A Problem With Business. I Have A Problem With Capitalism." | Victor Billot
Victor Billot is the Alliance Party's candidate for Dunedin and communications officer for the Maritime Union of New Zealand, one of the party's first big institutional backers since it relaunched. He joined the original Alliance (a merger that included the New Labour Party) as a 17-year-old in...
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Wellington May Burn While They Roll Out Digital ID
Wellington is down to one high-reach ladder truck. On Saturday 19 September a 32m ladder truck from Thorndon caught fire in its own engine bay, not even on a call-out. It came in the same week the Minister said she'd lost confidence in Fire and Emergency's chief executive over information…
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What Has OUSA Actually Achieved This Year? | Daniel Leamy
Daniel Leamy is President of the Otago University Students' Association (OUSA), with three months left in the job. We asked him what OUSA has changed this year. His answer: "Honestly, bugger all." But that, he says, doesn't stop OUSA being a "good lobby group" for Otago students. We get into why:...
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Dalleged Duduption in the Dational Darty
Harrison and Tyler recap the week that was. Hoarding vandalism, potential deduption in the dational darty, immigration, polling and more!
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The Few Companies Behind Everything You Buy
Fuel, power, groceries: the price of everything keeps going up, and in almost every one of those markets only two firms set it.This week's big topic is New Zealand's addiction to oligopoly. Not just the supermarkets everyone talks about, but the pattern underneath: one forced-Kiwi or...
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"New Zealand First Has Never Truly Had A Chance" | Kym McDonald-King
New Zealand First's Dunedin candidate Kym McDonald-King is a registered nurse who got into politics because her 15-year-old emailed Mark Patterson and signed the family up to a campaign. She's running for the party vote, not the seat.We put the coalition record to her: the 500 police that never...
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AI Ate the Job Market, Company Closures, & Tyler's Swear Jar
AI writes the CV, AI reads the CV, and somewhere in the middle is a generation that can't get hired. This week we get into the job market that's stopped working, a Reserve Bank hiking while the rest of the world cuts, 3,000 hospitality businesses gone in a year, the Modern Slavery Bill clearing...
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Future Planning, Social Media Bans & Feral Goats
Harrison and Tyler recap this week's news including Auckland's new motorway plan, energy security, policy announcements and more!! Chapters: 0s Cold open: everyone's about to lose their minds 254s New poll: 82% want politicians legislated to think long-term 498s Auckland's 30-year motorway plan:...
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Cash for Kids, Sincerity Scarcity, Seat Strategies, and Data Disparity
Episode 6 of the Prosper Pod. Harrison and Tyler inquire into the cost of living vs quality of live, power and data centres, Te Pāti Māori's electoral strategy, and New Zealand's insincere political system and societal discourse. Featuring Tyler ranting on: insincerity, tall poppy syndrome, and…
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Baby's first Interview, the Fish Speak Mandarin Chinese, and NZ Data in the Middle East??
0:00 Intro & the Deputy Dan interview debrief 2:44 Opportunity Party policy deep dive 3:43 Climate: the Emissions Trading Scheme 6:08 Justice: decriminalising drugs 8:15 Education: screen time & learning 10:39 Empowering the Commerce Commission 12:39 Housing & simplifying zoning 17:28 Luxon...
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Beyond Left vs Right? Daniel Eb on Opportunity’s Vision for NZ
ProsperNZ sit down with Deputy Dan from Opportunity to discuss what the party stands for, its proposed tax reset, potential affiliation possibilities, infrastructure and more! Produced by Harrison Collins Interview conducted by Tyler Wichman 0:00 Intro: meet Deputy Dan of the Opportunity Party…
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Don't Throw Your Vote Down the Toilet!
Tyler discusses NZ First's policies, the Dunedin bathroom zoom affair, your need to vote, Daniel Eb, Winston's apparent Racism, MMP, and Naoero.
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Parties, Protests, and Pamphlets
ProsperNZ Weekly Recap #3Tyler and Harrison sit down to discuss their coverage of the Otago fees-free protest, the Alliance party, Spiderman, Opportunity-National, Greens vs Data Centres, and the closure of the Dunedin Greggs coffee factory. Chapters:00:00 The Eulogy00:46 Greggs Factory...
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A New Pom Prime Minister, the Death of Sexism(?) Missing Military Men, and Humanoid Robots!
ProsperNZ Weekly Recap #1Tyler and Harrison sit down to discuss new policy, Stuart Nash, Andy Burnham, the military manpower shortage, and humanoid robots in your child's class room.Honestly, this one is a little dry. We've had recording issues so have re-recorded most the episode. The punchlines...
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Will Paul Henry Use Orbital Space Lasers To Eradicate Debt?
ProsperNZ Weekly Recap #1Tyler and Harrison sit down to discuss current polling, Modi's visit, Iran, and... Space Lasers?! (spoiler they're mirrors)
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The Prosper Podcast cuts through the noise on the issues shaping younger generations. We interview the people driving current events and ask what a prosperous New Zealand future actually looks like for youth, plus weekly recaps breaking down the stories that matter.
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The Prosper Podcast cuts through the noise on the issues shaping younger generations. We interview the people driving current events and ask what a prosperous New Zealand future actually looks like for youth, plus weekly recaps breaking down the stories that matter.
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