All Episodes
The NBR Podcast — 196 episodes
Growers' pains: New Zealand horticulture
Why the $50b ACC fund is sceptical of AI
100 Episodes Later: Time to Question the Host
The Accountants 2026 – Job losses & AI
NZ small businesses ‘lack ambition’
Halter's unicorn raise & the rise of farm tech
Supercritical Energy – Shane Jones & Dr Isabelle Chambefort
Jet Fuel Crisis: Headache for Air NZ
Is AI the future of banking?
2026 Election: The Battle for Auckland
Growing Swiss-Belhotel: global hotelier on success in hospitality and tourism
Willis vs Edmonds - election economics
Brianne West and her ‘Incrediballs’
China – Is it time to pivot?
Nuclear fusion technology: how OpenStar is replicating the sun
The NZ startup building flying electric ferries - Vessev
Outlook for election year 2026 - Summer Series
The tech & startup scene in 2025 - Summer Series
Business journalist of the year - Summer Series
Elections, fraud & cricket: the biggest stories from Australia - Summer Series
NBR’s top 10 best stories of 2025 - Summer Series
The $1.6 trillion wealth transfer: could it save New Zealand’s charities?
Name suppression for high-profile crimes: who gets it and why?
Uber drivers are employees: NZ’s gig economy shake-up
How is NZ tackling the Trump tariffs?
Is woke capitalism over? The future of corporate sustainability, ESG and climate action.
Chris Hipkins talks capital gains tax
Why are American expats renouncing US citizenship?
AI tech stocks: boom or bubble?
Weekly Wrap: Mayors, mayors, mayors – Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown, Dunedin
Who are the most powerful New Zealand dealmakers: Merger and Acquisition activity
Weekly Wrap: Local elections, capital markets, confidentiality
Sinead Boucher talks about Stuff: $1 buyout, TradeMe deal, future of NZ media
Weekly Wrap: RBNZ, business confidence, EMA
Is health insurance unaffordable? We ask Southern Cross's insurance CEO
Spark CEO Jolie Hodson: Losses, strategy, cuts - will the new plan deliver?
Weekly Wrap: Rotorua, Polar Capital, Net zero
Investing in the grey-zone of war: The ethics of dual-use technologies and weapons
Weekly Wrap: Trailblazer, liquidator, Covid era
Xerocon 2025: Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh-Cassidy on the future of Xero accounting software
Weekly Wrap: Chinese cars, investment, whistleblowers
Golden Visas: Where is NZ at with the Active Investor Plus Visa?
Weekly Wrap: Digital IDs, two-speed economy, revamped visas
AI, recruitment, productivity - is this the AI work apocalypse?
Weekly Wrap: Luxon, contractor rights, executive pay
The remarkable Jamie Beaton
Weekly Wrap: Rakon, illegal tobacco trade, cash rate cuts
NZ's Law Industry – a cross-examination
Weekly Wrap: Sluggish economy, WFH, green hydrogen dreams
The Du Val saga – one year on
Zespri’s CEO on a record sales year
The AI strategy – light touch or wild west?
Weekly Wrap: RBA dark arts, free trade breaches, short work weeks
Wegovy - The economics of weight loss
Weekly Wrap: Data centres, vocational education, China
Shareholder red flags: why some shares suck
Weekly Wrap: GST, Southland, conferences
Rod Drury – my vision for New Zealand
Weekly Wrap: Family businesses, MLMs, Māori tax
Volatile markets: Veteran financial CEO on how to carry on
Weekly Wrap: Halter, geo-political issues, infrastructure
Why NZ might never host another Rugby World Cup
Weekly Wrap: Inflation data, the Greens, sustainable aviation
Queenstown’s tech future
Weekly Wrap: Rich List, WorkSafe changes, ASX and public markets
The NBR Rich List 2025 - OUT NOW
The KiwiSaver budget
Weekly Wrap: Incoming Deputy PM, two budgets, Winston's heckler
Who’s playing in the financial sandbox?
Weekly Wrap: Budget week, National rail funding, employee surveillance
Pipes, roads, rates – how to fix local government?
Weekly Wrap: Local elections, pay equity, public accountability
Australian election: Anthony Albanese's historic victory
Weekly Wrap: Dreamliners, Aussie election, under-investing in R&D
Managed retreat: saving the town of Kumeu
Weekly Wrap: Māori art, developing talent, restraints of trade
The business of charity
Weekly Wrap: Patsy directors, rare earths, unlawful suspension
Craigs self-confessed bogan CEO Simon Tong
Weekly Wrap: Aussie election, Act amendments, Trump turbulence
The Accountants – the numbers haven’t been great
Weekly Wrap: Accountants, the ‘Lucky Country’, RMA legislation
Former CEO of the Year Rhiannon McKinnon
Weekly Wrap: Serato deal, Cook Strait ferries, compliance costs
Auckland's stadium debate
Weekly Wrap: Watercare splash out, Māori economy, RMA reform
Airports vs airlines: the price hike blame game
Weekly Wrap: Big Australia, FTA with India, Privacy Act breaches
Weekly Wrap: Foreign investors, cyclone Alfred, mediation delays
Shock and Orr – views on RBNZ governor’s shock exit
Weekly Wrap: Neutral cash rate, media struggles, Green party plan
Investment winners and losers from this earnings season
Weekly Wrap: Seymour, going nuclear, split shifts
Rowan Simpson dispels some startup myths
Weekly Wrap: Official cash rate, employee absenteeism, budget tax
#44: Scott Morrison on Trump, tariffs, and rockets
Weekly Wrap #25: Privatisation, political distractions, commerce woes
#43: Investor visas - what happens next?
Weekly Wrap #24: Economic growth, Trump's trade, defamation debate
Podcast #42: How to attract wealthy migrant investors
Weekly Wrap #23: Anaesthetic breakthrough, Australia day, Trump trade
#41: Investigate the airlines, says Auckland Airport CEO
Weekly Wrap #22: Australian paradox, workplace fraud, inflation halt
#40: Should you move to Australia?
#39: TikTok ban: How did we get here?
Weekly Wrap #21: Uniting Māori, the Aussie dollar, brain implants
#38: Outgoing Tower CEO Blair Turnbull
Summer Series: Political editor Brent Edwards
Summer Series: Brent Melville and Du Val
Summer Series: Te Ao Māori editor Mike McRoberts
Summer Series: Talking startups with Fiona Rotherham
Summer Series: Aussie correspondent Lachlan Colquhoun
Summer Series: Retail reporter Kate McVicar
Summer Series: Economics journalist Jonathan Mitchell
Weekly Wrap #20: Fiscal and economic update, bad books, Aussie media
Summer Series: NBR co-editors Calida Stuart-Menteath & Hamish McNicol
#37: Would you trust a neobank?
Weekly Wrap #19: ANZ’s CEO legacy, party obligations, F&P Healthcare
#36: Kill a worker, who’s responsible?
#35: PM Christopher Luxon talks meeting his KPIs
Weekly Wrap #18: 1-3% target band, The Spinoff, caskets and caravans
#34: Former Xero CEO Steve Vamos talks tech disruption
#33: The mānuka honey crisis
Weekly Wrap #17: Two economists, OCR cuts and a future fund
#32: Warner Brothers boss on the future of TV Three
#31: Cyclone Gabrielle - how are businesses recovering?
Weekly Wrap #16: Cyclone Gabrielle, demographics, treaty bill
#30: Adopting AI in business
Podcast #29: NZ’s nuclear fusion future
Weekly Wrap #15: Treaty Principles Bill, climate change, Northland
TRAILER - The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd
#28: US Elections – where to now for markets and trade?
#27: Australia to ban dynamic pricing, what’s NZ doing?
Weekly Wrap #14: Fiscal plan, creative accounting, unemployment stats
#26: Green finance – should it be taxpayer funded?
#25: US election – should NZ be terrified of tariffs?
Weekly Wrap #13: US election, naughty billionaires, casual employees
#24: Brent Impey on media ‘carnage’
#23 - Are KiwiSaver funds afraid of failure?
Weekly Wrap #12: Biofeed, migrant exploitation, climate adaptation
#22: Jonny Hendriksen goes global but stays local
#21 - Testing the new GovGPT chatbot
Weekly Wrap #11: Dealmakers, the Supreme Court and a sacred cow
#20: The godfather of private equity – Ross George
#19: Mining’s fast track future
Weekly Wrap #10: Treaty debates, rate cuts, and science nerds
#18: NZ’s ‘Man of Steel’ Robin Davies
#17: How to off-peak NZ tourism
Weekly Wrap #9: Financial forensics, quake pain, the Irish
#16: Kiwi music legend Brent Eccles turns 70
Weekly Wrap #8: Kingpins, fistfights and HSBC
#15: Solar to the rescue?
#14: Kiwibank CE won't take every cent off table
Weekly Wrap #7: Te Reo Māori, climate plan & cybersecurity
#13: Medicinal cannabis – the green gold rush?
#12: Te Reo Māori's digital future
Weekly Wrap #6: Positive procurement, public service, and a digger
#11: Trump v Harris: what it could mean for NZ
#10: Air NZ fares lower than last year, CEO says
Weekly Wrap #5: Infrastructure, bipartisanship, and money troubles
#9: What the Uber decision means for contractors
#8: TVNZ CEO Jodi O’Donnell and the $85m loss
Weekly Wrap #4: AI touchdown, Aussie turbulence, and a godly dispute
#7: AI’s promised land
#6: Kirk Hope’s exit interview
Weekly Wrap #3: Billion-dollar dispute, Luxon in Sydney, bank blitz
#5: Why the ComCom blocked Serato’s sale
#4: NZ Warriors CEO Cameron George
Weekly Wrap #2: ‘GE-free’ no longer, building supplies, Alan Joyce
#3: OCR to 4.75% by Christmas
#2: In depth with Nicola Willis
Weekly Wrap #1: Wellington woes, craft beer, political tactics
#1: The Du Val story
People in Business #74 - Siouxsie Wiles vindicated in Employment Court, getting return on investment from Paris 2024 & interest rate cuts in November?
People in Business - Is it time to loosen our GMO laws?
Live from the Hive #76 - James Shaw’s life after politics & how getting the ETS right will be critical to investment
People in Business #73 - Dovish RBNZ opens the door for November rate cut and Partisanship creates policy risk in Australia?
Live from the Hive #75 - Green controversy, climate strategy, Nato talks, rate cuts and Risk profile will change for farms based on their emissions.
People in Business #72 - The Cannasouth turnaround – can it be saved? Are we paying for past economic sins?
Live from the Hive #74 - Making decisions, Kāinga Ora, housing reform, Labour listens and Partisan politics stands in the way of policy consistency.
People in Business #71 - When more disclosure could be too much? A grand stage? Open banking needs to open wider?
Live from the Hive #73 - Saying sorry, fixing ferries, power problems, disagreement and O’Connor warns that a trade deal with India will take time?
People in Business #70 - Metroglass outlook: cloudy with a chance of free-falls and Size matters in unjustified dismissal cases.
Live from the Hive #72 - Long-term gas contract floated as way to give sector confidence? Balancing NZ’s trade agenda with complex foreign policy issues?
People in Business #69 - Farmers in ‘holding pattern’ with new Government and Aussie media turns nasty as revenues sink.
Live from the Hive #71 - PM’s business approach will be judged on its results and Climate change changes, census inquiry, leaving the country.
People in Business #68 - Is it time for NZ banking sector to lower their profit margins? US tariffs on Chinese EVs a dilemma for Australia?
People in Business #67 - Migration keeps the Aussie economy growing, but it’s complicated and Abandonment of employment and ‘without prejudice’.
People in Business #66 - At what point do our council rates become unaffordable? Non-competes decline, but workers still can’t take company info?
Live from the Hive #70 - Access to capital remains 'big issue for NZ businesses' and Government has lost the narrative on its fast-track bill.
Dollars & Sense #5 - Hard landing avoided, but more economic ‘pain’ to come.
People in Business #65 - Is New Zealand really ‘open for business’? TVNZ earns ERA slap for method of shuttering shows, staff.
Live from the Hive #69 - Don’t expect climate policy stability between now and 2050 and NZ funding the water infrastructure deficit?
People in Business #64 - Mike McRoberts joins NBR as Te Ao Māori editor and Court enforces rigidity of parental leave rules
Live from the Hive #68 - Press freedom increasingly coming under attack? Risk-based pricing of insurance is both a positive and negative?
People in Business #63 - BNZ profit falls, revenue flat in half-year and BNZ profit falls, revenue flat in half-year