Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief

Today on the show... Jamie Beaton is built different. The boy brought up by a solo mum in East Auckland has been on the front page of the Wall Street Journal just recently and the headline says "He can get your 11 year old into Harvard". Jamie at 29, is the founder and CEO of crimson education in New York, the billion dollar company teaching the best of the best  students online across 55 countrie...

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2! In the last season, we launched "The Great Where’s My Money study" to better understand your relationship with money. After collecting your responses, we invited two experts—economist Shamubeel Eaqub and ANZ's Emily Mendez-Ribero—to analyse the results. In this episode, they join us to break down the findings and offer valuable insights on key financial to...

Today on the show... Imagine travelling around the world non stop in a five meter yacht, 17.1 feet. You’d be mad! Well that’s exactly what the authorities told the former front man and singer for the Mockers Andrew Fagan when he started planning his solo round the world adventure One man, three capes to round and it should take a year or so. How far did he get?  Website: https://www.rova.nz/home/p...

Today on the show... Should we limit the numbers of cats a person can have to just 2? I say yes and here’s why… They are out of control and the Government is refusing to do anything about it. It has decided today to reject the recommendation to have a new law governing cats which would have seen all cats registered, desexed, and microchipped. A  framework already exists for dogs, but the Governmen...

Today on the show...  Tonight a live poll .. the monarchy or go it alone and become  a republic?  King Charles and Queen Camila have left Australia after their whirlwind trip. Was it staged to look like Aussie is still in love with the monarchy or was it forced and is it a sign Australia wants out as it heads towards being a republic. Website: https://www.rova.nz/home/podcasts/duncan-garner---edit...

Today on the show... Alexander King will soon be leaving NZ with his family of 7 to get his mum the cancer treatment she needs to stay alive. The kicker... it's available free in Aussie but not here! Alexander's mum is just 52 and they're packing up and selling everything to give his mum some hope. Why can't we do better than this? And the man, the myth, the legend Brad Olsen is back to talk all t...

Today on the show... Home ownership. Imagine if I told you you could buy a house without the need to be held to ransom by one of the big Aussie banks. The only system we have for buying houses is irretrievably broken and we need to find a new way.  But there is new hope around the corner. It’s a new company called Bloxx. It involves actor Cliff Curtis and former banker Chris Smith who are worried...

Today on the show... Historian Richard Wolfe and his new book, The Curious Case of the Kiwi. It’s our national symbol, the flightless bird. What do we know about it? When did we first see it as our national bird? Have we looked after it or used and abused it? It’s a  symbol of peace on the battlefield, yet we have also adopted the name for ourselves. It’s odd but entrenched Website: https://www.ro...

Today on the show... Henk Rogers is a global climate leader, and a star in the gaming industry as the founder of Tetris. He's passionate about renewable energy, and turned Hawaii on its head with renewables. He along with Kiwi businesswoman Carmen Vicelich join us to chat about how we can change here in New Zealand. Kiwi paralympian Barney Koneferenisi has tried to get Uber for the disabled off th...

Today on the show... Inflation drops to where it should be so more interest rate cuts to come… Brad Olsen gives us his hot take shortly. What are you really worth when it comes to your job.. How do you value your contribution and what should you be paid - should you get break up leave as an entitlement - Tom O'Neil will talk us through how to be paid properly. And Colin Mathura Jeffree - model, ma...

Today on the show... Sir Graham Lowe just celebrated his 78th birthday and his program turning around the lives of prisoners has been so successful he’s launched it in video form and it’s going out to all volunteer coaches throughout the country. He doesn’t stop, and he joins us shortly. After that the greatest fullback of all times, my Celebrity Treasure Island mate Christian Cullen makes the top...

Today on the show... Can you spot a deepfake? They are becoming more realistic and with the rise of A.I, we are seeing them more often. They are dangerous and could cost you your private information or your money. We speak to Stacey Edmonds, an A.I and deepfake expert about what the problem is, how we can recognize and how we can avoid it. Plus our show sponsors About Health join us to discuss mor...

Today on the show... What do you know about dementia? Could it affect you or your family and how will look after the expected explosion in the numbers of people set to affected by dementia in the decades ahead? It’s really concerning and I have wanted to address this for some time on the podcast. CEO of Dementia New Zealand, Catherine Cooney joins us to fill us in. Website: https://www.rova.nz/hom...

Today on the show... The Kiwibank community leader of the year Dave Letele, a one man human machine doing what 3 government departments can only dream of achieving. For so long he has lifted others up, fed his community, he’s set up gyms, a foodbank, and feeds more than 1000 families every week. Thanks to the generosity of grants, corporates and countless numbers of giving kiwis who want to help....

Today on the show... What did the Reserve Bank do with the OCR today? Did interest rates move? What will this mean for housing, retail and crucially what does it mean for your job? Brad Olsen from Infometrics joins us to discuss it all. What do these changes mean for you homes? Vanessa Williams from realestate.co.nz joins us to fill us in. Website: https://www.rova.nz/home/podcasts/duncan-garner--...

Today on the show... Actor James Rolleston joins us to talk about his experience on Celebrity Treasure Island. He’s made a remarkable comeback after a road crash threatened to end his life. Also what is like being in the thick of retail in the hardest time for retail in decades? Mark Knoff-Thomas the man in charge of our biggest and brightest retail quarter in Newmarket, Auckland joins us shortly....

Today on the show... Looking tonight at the the state of the economy with a man who spent 20 years in the Beehive working for National Governments. He says we are heading for an Argentina style meltdown. Andrew Barnes the man behind the four day working week joins me to chat about the government ordering everyone back to the office - Barnes is baffled. She came from the slums in Philippines marrie...

Today on the show... Luka, Metska and Buster are all about to finish their first year of high school. So what was it like transitioning from intermediate to high school and what have they learned? With so much talk about social media, we will ask the boys to reveal live their screen time daily use, and why are they so addicted to their screens and even more to find what makes our teen boys tick. W...

Today on the show... Fresh for her performance at the Herald Mood of the boardroom where she shared the stage with Finance Minister Nicola Willis, Labour's Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds joins me - is this Labour's next leader and next Prime Minister? Also tonight, Associate Education Minister David Seymour on the progress towards the roll out of the first charter schools. And given the PPTA...

Today on the show... As thousands of kiwis lose their jobs we look at where the jobs are, and what isn't being advertised in the hidden job market. How to avoid a parking ticket as the fines almost double. Auckland Transport Head of Fines and Enforcement, Rick Bidgood is with us. And J.P from celebrity treasure joins me to wrap things up. Website: https://www.rova.nz/home/podcasts/duncan-garner---...

Today on the show... Labour’s deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins me shortly to tell me why she went on celebrity treasure island, why all MPs should do it given the chance and what she learned about having no phone for the duration. And are we now doing irreversible damage to the NZ economy with these back breakingly high interest rates? If the answer is yes, then surely there is a case for the R...

Today on the show... Tonight a special show looking at our boys. Turning boys into good men is easier said than done. So hard that six NZ boys schools got together in July and flew US academic and author Andrew Reiner to New Zealand to talk to the boys and their at times bewildered parents. Andrew Reiner is my guest tonight, the author of 2020′s Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Cr...

Today on the show... Test two of the Bledisloe Cup is tomorrow - let's break it down. Martian Devlin, sports broadcaster with decades of experience, has been there for the All Black's ups and downs I’ll get his take on tomorrow's match. And I got the scoop of the year from ACT Party Leader, David Seymour yesterday - let's expand on the issue. Get in touch with me - duncan@rova.nz and join us on th...

Today on the show... Stop targeting us with your booze deals, says a group of Otago students. Never in our day, but the students for sensible drug policy Otepoti have objected  to the renewal  of the on-license at the Speights heritage center in Dunedin A new survey has found the majority of workplaces need help when it comes to Friday drinks. Should it still be putting on drinks? What is their re...

Today on the show... If you wee to sit down today and watch all the available porn in NZ today and it would take you 160 odd years. So Holly Brooker and Jo Robertson have, on your behalf and on behalf of our kids, been doing something about it. And have you heard about the Katikati Coffin Club? 400 members, designing coffins. Some have made pool table coffins, others have made boats as coffins. A...