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Episodes
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The SME Stream Weekly Wrap - 16th October
As business owners, you know how hard it is keeping up with your business, let alone the news. Join Wilhelmina O'Keeffe each week as she gives you a rundown of the biggest stories that could impact your business, so you can make informed decisions with expert advice. This week, National and...
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We Spent $300K Starting a Drinks Brand | Guest: Jordan Delmont - Brewé
What does it REALLY cost to start a drinks brand and get your products stocked in supermarkets? When we launched Brewe, our iced coffee and matcha brand, we invested around $300,000 to get the business off the ground. Less than a year later, we're stocked in Woolworths supermarkets across New...
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Do you have to leave New Zealand to get ahead?
It’ll come as no surprise that new data’s revealed more Kiwis are struggling with cost of living. The latest New Zealand Consumer Lifestyles survey from the University of Otago shows just over half of respondents went without something to buy essentials. More alarming though, 48% believe they…
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The importance of a Strategic foundation for your business
Mike and Scott unpack the strategic foundations most businesses skip - purpose, vision, values, CVP and goals - and why skipping them means growing by accident instead of on purpose. They trace real examples from Lion Brewery's purpose statement to Point16's own vision, plus a listener Q&A on…
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Episode 72: Minister of Finance, Hon Nicola Willis
With the election campaign in full swing, it’s a pleasure to host Finance Minister and Deputy Leader of the National Party, Nicola Willis, for Episode 72 of Leaders Getting Coffee. When former Finance Minister Steven Joyce resigned from Parliament in the aftermath of the 2017 election, his...
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Nicki Mackay - FMG | Leadership, Trust & Keeping Business Moving
What happens when someone with deep operational experience steps into the Chief People Officer role? In this episode of HR Unlocked, Lisa Oakley sits down with Nicki Mackay, Chief People Officer at FMG, to explore leadership, trust, resilience, culture, and the future of People & Culture. ...
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Is the AI Race Out of Control?
The people building the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems promise extraordinary gains. They also warn those systems could escape our control. That is the ethical fault line running through this week’s episode of The Business of Tech. My guest, New Zealander Peter Barnett…
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The high cost of building nothing
New Zealand keeps announcing infrastructure projects, putting them on hold and paying more when they finally move ahead. A new industry survey shows overwhelming support for cross-party agreement, with 44 percent of responding organisations cutting staff in the past year. Infrastructure New…
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Kerre Woodham: Would you rather NZ jobs in a premium product or cheap materials?
What would you rather? New Zealand jobs in a premium product or cheap materials? The aluminium extrusion industry says the government's decision not to impose a safeguard on imports may have signed the New Zealand industry's death warrant. Under advice from MBIE, the government has rejected a...
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Tax promises: do the numbers stack up? - Wed 14 Oct
Deloitte tax partner Robyn Walker on how to separate credible tax policies from political promises and whether the numbers really add up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jenee Tibshraeny: NZ Herald Wellington business editor on the state of the 2026 finance debate
Tonight's leaders' debate between Luxon and Hipkins isn't the only big political face-off happening tonight. The ‘ASB Great Finance Debate’ will take place in Queenstown this evening, and the finance spokespeople from all the major parties will outline their campaign announcements. NZ Herald...
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Grant Webster: Tourism Holdings Chief Executive on tourism numbers nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels
New Zealand's looking to attract more tourists from Europe and the US, to reduce our reliance on Australians. Stats NZ data shows almost 249-thousand overseas tourists arrived in August - 99 percent of 2019 levels. The figure includes more Australians than in any August on record. But Tourism...
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Nadine Higgins: There's a bigger economic question - Wed 14 Oct
While our politicians are busy lobbing grenades about fiscal holes, perhaps we should be asking a bigger question. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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People want to work. Where are the jobs?
Is Australia really doing better, or does it just look that way on holiday? Back from across the Tasman, Tamsyn Parker joins Liam Dann to compare petrol prices, supermarket bills and construction activity. They also discuss research on election uncertainty, whether booming exports will lift New...
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Can New Zealand cut its way to growth?
Both National and Labour are banking on economic growth to help repair the Government’s finances. But could their spending plans undermine the recovery they’re counting on? With households reluctant to spend, property values under pressure and an ageing population putting more demand on public...
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Paul Bloxham: HSBC chief economist on whether we need to assess the current inflation outlook
The escalating conflict in the Middle East has sparked concerns about the state of the economy. The conflict and resulting impact on fuel prices has altered the current inflation outlook, but there's calls for further assessment following the recent attacks over the weekend. HSBC chief economist...
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Sharon Zollner: ANZ Chief Economist on the IMF's warnings about Australia's economy and inflation, comparison with New Zealand
Our economy seems to be faring better than our neighbour across the Tasman. The International Monetary Fund has issued a stark outlook for the Australian economy, as it’s dealing with some of the worst inflation in the developed world. It’s forecasting GDP growth of just 1.6% next year, and the...
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Leeann Watson: Business Canterbury CEO on the ASB research showing economic activity doesn't tend to slow down ahead of elections
ASB says elections aren't usually a handbrake for business or household decisions. Fresh analysis from the bank has found activity doesn't tend to slow down before an election or speed up right after one. Senior Economist Mark Smith says there were two exceptions around the 2008 and 2020…
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Rose Powell - Vitaco | Future Skills, AI & Building Capability on the Factory Floor
What happens to the future of work if half your workforce gets left behind? In this episode of HR Unlocked, Lisa Oakley sits down with Rose Powell, General Manager People & Capability at Vitaco Health Group, to explore what future-focused People & Culture looks like inside a complex, vertically...
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'We'll all get our butts kicked': ACT discusses its fiscal plan. - Mon 12 Oct
ACT Leader David Seymour discusses fiscal plan and tax cuts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nicola Willis: Finance Minister and National Finance Spokesperson on party's fiscal plan, whether it wants to change superannuation
The National Party has confirmed it doesn't have a firm policy on the Super age this election. It's campaigned in the past on gradually raising entitlement to 67 - which is still the position. But it isn't part of the Party's fiscal plan, out today. Finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis says there...
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Nicola Willis: National's Finance and Economic Growth Spokesperson unpacks the party's fiscal plan
National claims it has a credible path for paying down the country's debt. The party plans to keep the Budget operating allowance at $2.4 billion —matching Labour's— and return to surplus in two years. It would cut foreign aid and welfare spending to fund its election commitments, with $7.5…
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Kerre Woodham: We need to have a discussion about the future of NZ Super
Well, it looks like a matter of when, not if, given that Barbara Edmonds and Nicola Willis, Finance Minister and Finance spokesperson respectively, were appearing on Jack Tame's Q&A yesterday, and they've agreed they'll work together on the future of superannuation in this country. This is Nicola...
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Ambitious startups - how to turn them into into global businesses - Mon 12 Oct
UK based tech entrepreneur and investor Dr Oliver Hardick is at Auckland Startup Week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Billionaires, ambition, getting rich and taxes - Mon 12 Oct
The NBR Rich List estimated wealth of those on the list had grown to $129 billion. Herald Business Commentator Fran O'Sullivan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economists on all parties fiscal plans for Election 2026
An economist wonders if some political parties are too relaxed about the growing pension bill. National's confirmed it's not campaigning on raising the Super age -- an issue it's campaigned on for the past three elections. ACT is the only other party with the same goal. Infometrics Principal...
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Markets face key teat as inflation, earnings data loom - Mon 12 Oct
Forsyth Barr's Zoe Wallis takes a ook at the week ahead for the markets, Monday 12 October. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bryce Wilkinson: New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow breaks down National and Labour's fiscal plans
A business think tank says there's not much different in National's fiscal plan from its budgets of the past couple of years. The party wants to keep the operating allowance at $2.4 billion, with all commitments funded and $7.5 billion left over. It suggests tax relief won't be on the table until...
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Bull run enters fifth year as US markets run ahead of NZX - Mon 12 Oct
Oct 12 marks 48 months in the latest bull cycle since generative AI started firing up markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Geof Nightingale: Tax expert says National's tax relief seems a fair way off
A tax expert suggests National's trademark tax relief seems a fair way off - with little wiggle room in its fiscal plan. The Party says it can't offer tax cuts - until it gets on top of debt. It says all its commitments are costed - matching Labour's 2.4 billion dollar Budget operating allowance....
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How to Turn Your Expertise Into a Business | Guest: Toni Street
What if the skills you've spent years developing could become your next business? After nearly 20 years in broadcasting, from sports journalism and Seven Sharp to breakfast radio, Toni Street has turned her experience in front of the camera and behind the microphone into her own business…
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Nathan Stanners: Stronger KiwiSaver policies are needed as less people are retiring with enough
More New Zealanders are looking to their Kiwisaver to get them to the future, or to their first-home with the property market on a down-turn. Because of that, the election's become a more vested interest for voters, with the future of their KiwiSaver determined by what Government forms. So what…
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How much money do influencers really make?
Can likes and followers turn into a full-time income? On The Prosperity Project, Nadine talks to talent manager Molly about the business behind social media influencing, from brand deals worth thousands to valuable freebies and the work that goes into every post. They explore how creators earn...
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Tired of budgeting? Let Tammy Barton handle it
More and more kiwis are struggling to make ends meet at the moment, even people who are making good money are often only scraping by. Now more than ever budgeting your money is incredibly important but most people simply don't understand how to create a proper personal budget. Tammy Barton…
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Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister and National Party Leader on party's fiscal plan, election campaign so far and fuel prices
Chris Luxon says National's continuing to take the same fiscal approach, as it did under Sir John Key and Sir Bill English. National's fiscal plan - due out today - would involve a return to surplus a year later, than under Act's plan released yesterday. Luxon told Mike Hosking National is...
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Marama Davidson: Graduates are applying for anything, and getting nothing
The Green Party's announced a jobs guarantee programme for young people who've been out of work for 6 months, with unemployment at an 11-year high, and three times worse for younger people. The party says the country's infrastructure and nature need maintenance and care, but community services…
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You get an IPO, you get an IPO... you... maybe not. - Fri 9 Oct
Mortgage broker Squirrel targets $700m loan book and public float mid-late 2027; ASX listing in doubt for Firmus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Four-day-week pioneer Andrew Barnes on the future of the working week - Fri 9 Oct
Northland Regional Council moves staff to a nine-day fortnight on the same pay - effectively giving staff a pay rise by lowering their hours worked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jonathan Eriksen: Superannuation expert, National and Labour agree to cross party support on superannuation
A view it's clearly time our political parties come together to tackle the issue of superannuation. National and Labour have agreed they'll support a cross-party political accord on the retirement system. Act and National are both campaigning on gradually raising the super age to 67. Labour and…
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Election energy policies put investors on alert - Thu 8 Oct
Forsyth Barr analyst Andrew Harvey Green on the election’s competing energy policies, what they could mean for power prices, investment and the sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Investing: What rising bond yields means for your portfolio - Thu 8 Oct
US 10-year bond yields hit highest level in 24 years, Forsyth Barr's Mark Richardson joins Herald NOW to explain why it could be good news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Future of NZ debate wash-up - Thu 8 Oct
Future of New Zealand Debate delivered a buffet of current and future talent.. as well as dancing robots and G-D-Pizza. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sam Dickie: Fisher Funds expert on the economic impact of the US mid-terms
The US mid-term elections are set to take place in four weeks, and experts are speculating about what this means for the economy. Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen - and it's increased the likelihood that the Democrats could take the House. Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie explained what…
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The SME Stream Weekly Wrap - 8th October
As business owners, you know how hard it is keeping up with your business, let alone the news. Join Wilhelmina O'Keeffe each week as she gives you a rundown of the biggest stories that could impact your business, so you can make informed decisions with expert advice. This week … It’s all go on…
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Laurent Sylvestre | Leading Self, Building Trust & High-Performing Teams
How do you become the kind of leader people genuinely want to follow? In this episode of HR Unlocked, Lisa Oakley sits down with Laurent Sylvestre to explore leadership, trust, human dynamics, executive development, and what it really takes to lead well. Laurent challenges the traditional view of...
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How to go about investment
Diving deeper on one of episode 8's topic. Mike and Scott dig into the real mechanics of funding a business - when you actually need outside money, and what trading time, margin or control really means. Over Garage Project's Mon P'tit Chou and a steak and mushroom pie from Gladstone Butchery…
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Small budgets, big ideas: Meet NZ’s Dyson Award stars
In business, and in the innovation game, experience is valuable. But sometimes, not knowing how exactly things are supposed to be done can be a superpower. This week’s episode of The Business of Tech celebrates three young New Zealand designers tackling problems that established businesses have...
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How to Build a Product Brand With Zero Industry Experience | $5.6M Tidal Hair
You don’t need years of industry experience to build a successful product brand. I had never worked in a salon, formulated a haircare product or built an electrical product before starting Tidal Hair. In 2023, the brand did $5.6 million in annual revenue. In this episode of Make It Happen, I…
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Why rising diesel prices could cost you at the checkout
When the price of moving goods around New Zealand rises, who picks up the bill? Increasing fuel prices are putting pressure on the trucking industry, with fuel now accounting for up to 30% of operating costs. And that cost can travel far beyond the petrol pump, into the price of groceries and…
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Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on the TVNZ leaders debate, billionaires, election campaigning
Chris Hipkins reckons there was no easy answer to this week's leaders debate question on whether it's okay to be a billionaire. Former Prime Minister Sir John Key says it's "nuts" to think billionaires are "morally offensive". Key told the Herald's Future of New Zealand debate last night that we...
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