The NBR Podcast

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 funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (01:05)  Dealmakers 2024: Murray & Co’s 20-year evolution. For the full article click here. (10:03) NZ Initiative argues Supreme Court is not staying in its lane. For the full article click here. (19:00...

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 to major dealmaker and co-founder of Direct Capital, Ross George, about doing 30 years of deals and keeping secrets. For more independent journalism, and to get early access to the podcast, subscribe to NBR.co.nz.

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 Bill. What does that mean for environmental protection measures? We talk to both sides, with a focus on Oceana Gold’s proposal to mine underneath conservation land in the Coromandel. Timestamps below: (04:47) - I have spoken to Oceana Gold and they say that...

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 funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (01:02)  The Treaty Principles Bill – debate and debunk. For the full article click here. (16:55) Finance Minister hopes lower OCR will help government books. For the full article click here. (28:43) Potent...

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: NZ Steel chief executive Robin Davies talks about accusations of ‘corporate welfare’ over the $140 million dollar subsidy for the company’s new electric arc furnace. He reveals why the project could remove 200,000 more tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions than first predicted and describes the steel market as similar to the days of the GFC. Tim...

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 plan to kickstart and grow export revenue by $5 billion over five years. It's based on the concept of deseasonlisation: is it possible and what even is that? Timestamps below: (03:40) - There is this plan for the next five years, from tourism NZ to grow i...

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 funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (01:14)  Aussie ‘dark companies’ come into the light. For the full article click here. (6:14) Christchurch is thriving after years of quake pain. For the full article click here. (14:58) Working from home:...

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 expensive, why Celine Dion is responsible for ‘surge pricing’, how he ended up drumming for iconic Aussie rock band The Angels, and what he thinks of the current line-up of Kiwi musicians. Timestamps below: (01:30) - How would you describe the current state o...

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% subscriber funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (01:04)  Bryers’ ‘cunning plan’ likely to end in Aussie jail. For the full article click here. (6:07) The tortured path of RMA reform. For the full article click here. (10:05) The cost of not dealing prop...

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 solution? Is our electricity system really that broken compared to the rest of the world? Timestamps below: (00:55) - Inghams' solar powered poultry farm (04:43) - Power price craziness (10:28) - The global perspective For more independent journalism,...

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 industry? He explains why he would say no to a billion dollars in capital and why a foreign bank could possibly own a slice of our "people's bank". Timestamps below: (02:24) - It's been described as an oligopoly. (4:54) - So how much money does Kiwi bank ne...

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% subscriber funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (00:27)  Te umanga o te ako i te reo – The business of learning te reo. For the full article click here. (16:26) Labour says coalition climate plan bad for economy and emissions. For the full article clic...

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Has the green gold rush eventually arrived? The medicinal cannabis industry has struggled ever since it was created but now there's optimism. The stigma around cannabis is down while domestic sales are up. Now, with export regulations also relaxed, can New Zealand green take on the world? Timestamps below: (02:27) - Is it a real medical need,...

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 revitalisation of the language. Will the advent of AI mean the most digitised iwi will become the dominant story? Timestamps below: (01:31) - Learning Te Reo Māori (11:28) - Can AI speak Te Reo Māori? (16:16) - Digitising the language  For more independen...

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% subscriber funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (01:03)  What can positive procurement get you? For the full article click here. (08:04) Frustrated Albanese Government goes RBA bashing. For the full article click here. (13:02) Useful lessons from sacke...

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 Harris and Donald Trump mean for New Zealand. For their analysis we're joined by a special panel of Te Awanga wine maker Rod McDonald, Auckland University senior lecturer in economics Dr Asha Sundaram and Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly.  Time...

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 headache of grounded planes, and why the Government’s new tourism levy is bad news.  Timecodes below: (01:25) - Are you happy with the airline's performance? (10:20) - Tourism (14:58) -  The problem is the pricing of Air NZ. For more independent journ...

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 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (00:52)  Political consensus key to improving NZ’s woeful infrastructure. For the full article click here. (22:01) The state of it...

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 Court of Appeal to be employees not contractors. Other unions are now planning challenges to the status of other contracted workers. We look at what it means for those businesses and whether the government will step in.  Timecodes below: (01:03) - What's...

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 be back in the black in two to three years. She talks about more cuts as the painful transition from broadcaster to digital media company continues and whether we’ll be saying ‘Goodnight Kiwi’ to old-fashioned free-to-air linear TV. Timecodes below: (00:...

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 September. For today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (00:41) God, ERA versus stubborn trustees in unique employment dispute. For the full uncut interview and article, click here(06:59)...

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, and we examine claims AI can give New Zealand’s poor productivity a massive boost worth tens of billions of dollars. For more independent journalism, and to get early access to the podcast, subscribe to NBR.co.nz. This podcast uses audio from various s...

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. He reveals what it was like working with the Ardern Government, why the phrase ‘Fair Pay Agreement’ is so triggering, and what goes through his mind when he is catching a wave. For early access to each podcast episode, head to NBR.co.nz and subscribe...

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 today's top stories, head to NBR.co.nz. Proudly 100% subscriber funded. Timestamps for this week's content: (00:32) - Multi-billion-dollar legal dispute 200 years in the making. For the full article and to join the discussion, click here. (06:46) - ‘Ca...

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 Commerce Commission blocked its $100 million sale. ComCom chair John Small explains why and hits back at criticism of the decision. Then we ask what the ramifications are for tech investment in New Zealand and discover what’s next for the Kiwi success...