Locked Out with Craig Renney

Today our guest is Dr. Gary Payinda. Dr. Payinda is an Emergency Doctor in a Northland hospital. He has a fantastic Substack, and a regular contributor to our public conversation about health services. We have brought Gary on to talk about the Budget and what it means for the health service. Gary's substack substack.com/@drgarypayinda

This week on Locked Out With Craig Renney, we talk with disability advocate Nick Ruane about how government decisions at the Budget will be affecting the over 850,000 people who have a disability in New Zealand. We also take a first look at some of the Budget spending decisions, and ask if we are back on track yet.

In this weeks podcast we collaborate with Pat and Chewy of BHN fame to talk about Budget 2025. The highs, lows, and what it really tells us about the future for New Zealand. We apologise in advance if this depresses you. We are very honoured to have Hon. Barbara Edmonds, the Labour Finance Spokesperson as our guest to give us her insight for the show.

This week, we are looking at the recent changes to Pay Equity, and showing what pay equity is and what it is not. We also discuss the recent shenanigans around gaining access to the Budget Lock-up.

On the show this week we have Bernard Hickey of the Kaka to talk about housing, how we have ended up in such a bad place, and why it matters. We delve into some historic numbers to understand what has really been going on. We also look at the unemployment numbers that have just been released to see what they show.

On this week show we look at the forthcoming Budget and the challenges facing the government in making the numbers work. We also examine the true amount of money the government has available to invest, and what that will likely mean for New Zealand.  Craig also looks at the recent spending decisions on health and defence, and asks where the money is coming from.

On the show this week Finn Cordwell, A CommunityOrganiser for the Living Wage Movement in Wellington, joins to talk about the living wage The living wage is an issue that is dear to Craig's heart as he has previously helped with the calculations of the Living Wage in New Zealand. The living wage is one of the best ways that employers canshow that they genuinely care about the welfare of their...

The first episode will be looking at the recent absence of some numbers in the electricity market with Ed Miller, a Researcher at CICTAR. Craig and Ed uncovered that the government has stopped collecting data on electricity company margins – just at the same time that energy prices are rising again for winter. Together with the removal of data on the number of households in energy hardship, Kiwis...

CTU Economist 's new podcast will delve into the numbers each week to explain what they all mean to the NZ public