The NBR Podcast
Episodes
Summer Series: Political editor Brent Edwards
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode of The NBR Podcast Summer Series: Political editor Brent Edwards on PM Christopher Luxon and the coalition Government’s first...
Summer Series: Brent Melville and Du Val
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the seventh episode of our NBR podcast summer series with Simon Shepherd: Property and tourism reporter Brent Melville on what it was like to br...
Summer Series: Te Ao Māori editor Mike McRoberts
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the sixth of our NBR podcast summer series with Simon Shepherd: Te Ao Māori editor Mike McRoberts reflects on his previous life at Newshub and ...
Summer Series: Talking startups with Fiona Rotherham
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth of our NBR Summer Series: Startups, venture capital, and market disruption, Fiona Rotherham covers it all in this chat including her take...
Summer Series: Aussie correspondent Lachlan Colquhoun
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth of our NBR podcast summer series with Simon Shepherd: Australian correspondent Lachlan Colquhoun talks about his picks for 2024, whic...
Summer Series: Retail reporter Kate McVicar
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the third of our NBR podcast summer series with Simon Shepherd: Retail and Hospitality reporter Kate McVicar reveals her story highlights, what ...
Summer Series: Economics journalist Jonathan Mitchell
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the second NBR Summer Series episode: Senior journalist Jono Mitchell reveals his top stories on such a big year in banking and economics and talks...
Weekly Wrap #20: Fiscal and economic update, bad books, Aussie media
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 22 December. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber...
Summer Series: NBR co-editors Calida Stuart-Menteath & Hamish McNicol
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our NBR podcast summer series with Simon Shepherd: Co-editors Calida Stuart-Menteath and Hamish McNicol are the NBR’s editorial deci...
#37: Would you trust a neobank?
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Kiwibank may be the anointed disrupter, but the government is also keen to lower the barrie...
Weekly Wrap #19: ANZ’s CEO legacy, party obligations, F&P Healthcare
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 13 December. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber...
#36: Kill a worker, who’s responsible?
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Large companies have been hitting the phones to lawyers to understand the implications of former Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson being found guilty ...
#35: PM Christopher Luxon talks meeting his KPIs
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon sits down to talk about what he thinks is his greatest achievement of 2024, dealing with the controversy of the Treat...
Weekly Wrap #18: 1-3% target band, The Spinoff, caskets and caravans
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 06 December. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber...
#34: Former Xero CEO Steve Vamos talks tech disruption
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: After having led Xero, Ninemsn, and Microsoft Australia, Steve Vamos has seen four decades ...
#33: The mānuka honey crisis
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: The gold rush days of mānuka honey are over. Hive number have been slashed, oversupply has ...
Weekly Wrap #17: Two economists, OCR cuts and a future fund
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 29 November. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber...
#32: Warner Brothers boss on the future of TV Three
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Warners Brothers Discovery axed 70% of its staff, closed Newshub, and posted a record loss....
#31: Cyclone Gabrielle - how are businesses recovering?
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Almost two years since Cyclone Gabrielle devastated the east coast, there are literally gre...
Weekly Wrap #16: Cyclone Gabrielle, demographics, treaty bill
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 22 November. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber...
#30: Adopting AI in business
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: In the two years since the release of ChatGPT, the world of generative AI chatbots has explode...
Podcast #29: NZ’s nuclear fusion future
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Nuclear fusion has long been the Holy Grail of clean abundant energy. Now the physics of th...
Weekly Wrap #15: Treaty Principles Bill, climate change, Northland
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 15 November. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber...
TRAILER - The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#28: US Elections – where to now for markets and trade?
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: US markets hit highs, crypto is still heading to the moon, but will the euphoria after Dona...
#27: Australia to ban dynamic pricing, what’s NZ doing?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: How annoying is it when the price of a product surges online while you are trying to buy it?...
Weekly Wrap #14: Fiscal plan, creative accounting, unemployment stats
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 8 November. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber ...
#26: Green finance – should it be taxpayer funded?
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: NZ Green Investment Finance was created to address ‘market failure’ in the climate fina...
#25: US election – should NZ be terrified of tariffs?
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Donald Trump says he loves the word tariff more than the word love itself. So if he's electe...
Weekly Wrap #13: US election, naughty billionaires, casual employees
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 1 November. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber ...
#24: Brent Impey on media ‘carnage’
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: The former TV3 boss and now RNZ board member Brent Impey gives his takes and predictions for...
#23 - Are KiwiSaver funds afraid of failure?
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Private equity has a reputation for being high-risk, high-reward, but is it where KiwiSaver fu...
Weekly Wrap #12: Biofeed, migrant exploitation, climate adaptation
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 25 October. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber ...
#22: Jonny Hendriksen goes global but stays local
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Many New Zealanders won’t know who under-the-radar Jonny Hendriksen is, but the successful...
#21 - Testing the new GovGPT chatbot
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: GovGPT is here! A three-month pilot of the new government chatbot is underway. We road test...
Weekly Wrap #11: Dealmakers, the Supreme Court and a sacred cow
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 18 October. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber ...
#20: The godfather of private equity – Ross George
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week NBR focuses on mergers and acquisitions in the series Dealmakers 2024 - to read more head to NBR.co.nz.This episode of The NBR Podcast talks...
#19: Mining’s fast track future
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Mining is back in favour with 11 projects on the Government’s new Fast-Track Approvals Bil...
Weekly Wrap #10: Treaty debates, rate cuts, and science nerds
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 11 October. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber ...
#18: NZ’s ‘Man of Steel’ Robin Davies
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: NZ Steel chief executive Robin Davies talks about accusations of ‘corporate welfare’ ove...
#17: How to off-peak NZ tourism
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Our tourism industry bounce back post-Covid is slowing down. So now there's an ambitious pla...
Weekly Wrap #9: Financial forensics, quake pain, the Irish
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 04 October. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber ...
#16: Kiwi music legend Brent Eccles turns 70
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: As he turns 70, music promoter Brent Eccles reveals why concert ticket prices are so expensi...
Weekly Wrap #8: Kingpins, fistfights and HSBC
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 27 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscribe...
#15: Solar to the rescue?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Soaring energy costs are being blamed for businesses shutting down. Is there a unique solar so...
#14: Kiwibank CE won't take every cent off table
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: What does Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich think of the "cosy pillow fight" in the banking industr...
Weekly Wrap #7: Te Reo Māori, climate plan & cybersecurity
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 20 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscribe...
#13: Medicinal cannabis – the green gold rush?
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Has the green gold rush eventually arrived? The medicinal cannabis industry has struggled ever...
#12: Te Reo Māori's digital future
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast: To mark Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori, Māori language week, we ask what is the digital risk to the preservation and rev...
Weekly Wrap #6: Positive procurement, public service, and a digger
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 13 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscribe...
#11: Trump v Harris: what it could mean for NZ
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: They've had their first and only debate, so what do the trade and economic policies of Kamala...
#10: Air NZ fares lower than last year, CEO says
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran on why it’s actually cheaper to fly this year, the $1 billion...
Weekly Wrap #5: Infrastructure, bipartisanship, and money troubles
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz launches the first episode of its new podcast, the Weekly Wrap. This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 08 Sep...
#9: What the Uber decision means for contractors
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: We go riding with veteran rideshare driver Rosco after Uber drivers were declared by the Cour...
#8: TVNZ CEO Jodi O’Donnell and the $85m loss
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: After revealing an $85 million dollar loss, TVNZ CEO Jodi O’Donnell says the company will ...
Weekly Wrap #4: AI touchdown, Aussie turbulence, and a godly dispute
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz launches the first episode of its new podcast, the Weekly Wrap. This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 1 Sept...
#7: AI’s promised land
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Thursday’s episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Chat GPT sends Simon to jail, a generative AI Kiwi startup cracks the US market,...
#6: Kirk Hope’s exit interview
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Kirk Hope has been the public face of BusinessNZ for more than eight years, but now he's off....
Weekly Wrap #3: Billion-dollar dispute, Luxon in Sydney, bank blitz
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz On this episode of its new podcast, the Weekly Wrap. This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 23 August. For to...
#5: Why the ComCom blocked Serato’s sale
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Serato is a New Zealand company whose software is used globally by famous artists and DJs but, last month, the Co...
#4: NZ Warriors CEO Cameron George
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: The NZ Warriors on-field results are mixed but financially, the club is flying. CEO C...
Weekly Wrap #2: ‘GE-free’ no longer, building supplies, Alan Joyce
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz launches the first episode of its new podcast, the Weekly Wrap. This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 16 Aug...
#3: OCR to 4.75% by Christmas
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: The Reserve Bank has made the first cut to the OCR in four years. Simon examines how...
#2: In depth with Nicola Willis
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The NBR Podcast podcast with Simon Shepherd: Finance Minister Nicola Willis outlines her plans for Kiwibank, why she descr...
Weekly Wrap #1: Wellington woes, craft beer, political tactics
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz launches the first episode of its new podcast, the Weekly Wrap. This is a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 09 Aug...
#1: The Du Val story
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz launches the first episode of its new podcast, The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd. This episode ‘The Du Val story’, is an in-depth acco...
People in Business #74 - Siouxsie Wiles vindicated in Employment Court, getting return on investment from Paris 2024 & interest rate cuts in November?
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 19 July. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business - Is it time to loosen our GMO laws?
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, this bonus episode features a special investigation into the pros and cons of relaxing New Zealand’s genetic modification laws. Orig...
Live from the Hive #76 - James Shaw’s life after politics & how getting the ETS right will be critical to investment
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending July 19. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business #73 - Dovish RBNZ opens the door for November rate cut and Partisanship creates policy risk in Australia?
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 12 July. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
Live from the Hive #75 - Green controversy, climate strategy, Nato talks, rate cuts and Risk profile will change for farms based on their emissions.
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending July 12. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business #72 - The Cannasouth turnaround – can it be saved? Are we paying for past economic sins?
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 05 July. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
Live from the Hive #74 - Making decisions, Kāinga Ora, housing reform, Labour listens and Partisan politics stands in the way of policy consistency.
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending July 05. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business #71 - When more disclosure could be too much? A grand stage? Open banking needs to open wider?
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 28 June. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
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?
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending June 28. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business #70 - Metroglass outlook: cloudy with a chance of free-falls and Size matters in unjustified dismissal cases.
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 21 June. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
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?
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending June 21. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business #69 - Farmers in ‘holding pattern’ with new Government and Aussie media turns nasty as revenues sink.
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 10 June. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
Live from the Hive #71 - PM’s business approach will be judged on its results and Climate change changes, census inquiry, leaving the country.
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending June 14. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
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?
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 07 June. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscr...
People in Business #67 - Migration keeps the Aussie economy growing, but it’s complicated and Abandonment of employment and ‘without prejudice’.
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 31 May. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscri...
People in Business #66 - At what point do our council rates become unaffordable? Non-competes decline, but workers still can’t take company info?
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 24 May. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subsc...
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.
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending May 24. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscri...
Dollars & Sense #5 - Hard landing avoided, but more economic ‘pain’ to come.
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NBR.co.nz is proudly brought to you, by you. 100% subscriber-funded. Released 14 May 2024. Welcome to Dollars & Sense, our monthly economics panel...
People in Business #65 - Is New Zealand really ‘open for business’? TVNZ earns ERA slap for method of shuttering shows, staff.
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 17 May. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subsc...
Live from the Hive #69 - Don’t expect climate policy stability between now and 2050 and NZ funding the water infrastructure deficit?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending May 17. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscri...
People in Business #64 - Mike McRoberts joins NBR as Te Ao Māori editor and Court enforces rigidity of parental leave rules
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 10 May. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subsc...
Live from the Hive #68 - Press freedom increasingly coming under attack? Risk-based pricing of insurance is both a positive and negative?
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top politics stories for the week ending May 10. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscri...
People in Business #63 - BNZ profit falls, revenue flat in half-year and BNZ profit falls, revenue flat in half-year
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From NBR.co.nz, a wrap of the week's top business stories for the week ending 03 May. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subsc...