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Money Talks

Business EN ↓ 102 episodes

Interesting New Zealanders join NZ Business Editor Liam Dann to share how money has shaped their lives and what they've learned about it through the years. We're not going to tell you how to get rich, we're not going to try and pick the next interest rate move - this podcast is all about our relationship with money.

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NZME

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Business

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Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Entrepreneur Derek Handley on tech, housing, and getting dumped by Jacinda Ardern's government 25.06.2025

This week, Liam is joined by entrepreneur Derek Handley to discuss his varied career in the tech and startup space and how that has changed over the last two decades, and why he is now trying to get young people into their first homes faster with his latest venture, Aera. And he weighs in on the future of AI and our jobs, and his feelings about politics after the public controversy over the Labour...

Icehouse CEO Olivia Blaylock: How cancer and the GFC informed how she runs her businesses 18.06.2025

This week, CEO of The Icehouse Olivia Blaylock shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann - from her start in the business world, her experience running her own company, what more can be done to help entrepreneurs and business owners in NZ, and how dealing with lockdowns, the GFC and cancer in her family helped her learn what's important in running a business.  See omnystudio.com/...

Comedian Chris Parker: ' I'm going end Tall Poppy Syndrome by just saying it doesn't exist' 11.06.2025

This week, multi-talented entertainer Chris Parker shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann, from his first childhood job starring in a milk ad, to being unable to buy a drink on his first date with his future husband, and how he maintains his increasingly varied workload.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2degrees boss Mark Callendar: 'I didn’t set out to be a CEO. That was a bit of a Sliding Doors moment' 04.06.2025

This week, the chief executive of 2degrees, Mark Callendar, shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann, including his unusual path to running a major company, and the current state of the telco industry.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia Lines:  'I never considered swapping music for something that might make more sense financially' 28.05.2025

This week, Liam is joined by singer-songwriter Georgia Lines, who shares her best and worst money stories - from starting her own businesses as a teenager, to how money has impacted her art.  Georgia is nominated for four Aotearoa Music Awards, being handed out tonight, and will perform Under the Stars with Friends at the Auckland Live Cabaret Season - tickets and details available here: http...

Pals co-founders Mat Croad and Nick Marshall: From childhood friends to RTD moguls 21.05.2025

This week, Liam is joined by Mat Croad and Nick Marshall, co-founders of RTD business Pals, to discuss how a previous failure informed their meteoric rise in the drinks world, growing up in Tauranga together, and the different career paths they took before working together.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Super chief Jo Townsend: From 'pretty tough' upbringing in rural Tasmania to running an $80 billion fund 14.05.2025

This week, chief executive of the NZ Super Fund, Jo Townsend, shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann - from her upbringing in rural Tasmania in the 1970s, to working on the trading floors in Sydney, to getting into the super industry.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nigel Latta: 'The money stuff literally doesn’t matter to me. What matters is time' 07.05.2025

This week, for the first guest of the new season, Liam is joined by clinical psychologist, author and TV presenter, Nigel Latta, to discuss his career on and off camera, his cancer diagnosis last year, and his new app Parentland. You can find more details on it and how to download it at https://www.parentland.app/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir Bill English: 'It's easy to advocate change if you don't have to look into the eyes of those facing the consequences' 02.10.2024

For the final episode of the year, former Prime Minister Sir Bill English shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Musician Jon Toogood: How converting to Islam changed his views on money 25.09.2024

Musician and Shihad frontman Jon Toogood shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MP turned CEO Simon Power: 'I believe in the power of market economies' 18.09.2024

Former National Party MP and Minister, acting CEO of Westpac, CEO of TVNZ, and now CEO of Fisher Funds, Simon Power, shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Initiative's Oliver Hartwich: 'Germans hate inflation with a passion' 11.09.2024

Economist Oliver Hartwich shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suzanne Paul: 'People didn't want me to be motivated by money' 04.09.2024

Businesswoman, TV star and informercial icon Suzanne Paul shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann. Suzanne returns to Celebrity Treasure Island, airing on TVNZ2 from Monday September 9th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former All Blacks manager Darren Shand: 'It wasn’t something that I had put on my life path' 28.08.2024

Darren Shand, who spent 20 years as manager of the All Blacks before launching his own company, Winning Teams, shares his and best money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EnableMe's Hannah McQueen: 'Earning money doesn’t mean that you know how to grow wealth' 21.08.2024

EnableMe founder and author of Kill Your Mortgage & Sort Your Retirement, Hannah McQueen, shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bayleys' Lloyd Budd: 'Sometimes we have to say, what are the sacrifices?' 14.08.2024

Chief Executive Officer for Bayleys Auckland, Lloyd Budd, shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foodstuffs' Chris Quin: 'It’s very real to me what has happened with food price inflation' 07.08.2024

Foodstuffs chief executive Chris Quin shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Tame: 'I saved from the word go - very nerdily' 31.07.2024

TVNZ and Newstalk ZB host Jack Tame shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dame Wendy Pye: 'There’s nothing wrong with making money out of helping people' 24.07.2024

Rich-lister, Sunshine Books founder, and author of Teaching the World to Read, Dame Wendy Pye, shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ACT leader David Seymour: 'I’m a liberal in the classical and consistent sense of it' 17.07.2024

ACT leader, MP for Epsom and Associate Finance Minister - amongst other portfolios - David Seymour shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Emily Perkins: ‘We’re always going to be drawn to stories about the unhappy rich’ 10.07.2024

Ockahm Award-winning author of Lioness, Emily Perkins, shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Briscoes owner Rod Duke: 'I don't spend a lot of money on myself' 03.07.2024

Briscoes Group managing director and majority owner Rod Duke shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ASB CEO Vittoria Shortt: 'Don’t go and choose something because it pays' 26.06.2024

ASB CEO and the highest paid female executive in New Zealand, Vittoria Shortt, shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business leader Rob Campbell: ‘I don’t mind being called a Marxist’ 19.06.2024

Business leader Rob Campbell shares his best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour's Barbara Edmonds: 'There was some times when the cupboards would be bare' 12.06.2024

Labour's finance spokesperson and former tax lawyer, Barbara Edmonds, shares her best and worst money stories with Liam Dann.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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