NBR Podcasts

NBR Podcasts

Become a subscriber to this podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/nbr1/subscribe NBR’s (National Business Review) podcast channel. If you want early access to business news podcasts, subscribe to this podcast or on NBR.co.nz for full access to all of our business coverage. Episodes available for FREE one week after release. NBR Podcasts include the shows: – The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd – Weekly Wrap Come and join the discussion with NZ’s top business minds over on our website NBR.co.nz

Episodes

June 2, 2025 19 mins

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Is it tinkering around the edges or a major overhaul? The Government’s raised your KiwiSaver contribution rates while slashing its own. Four experts weigh in with their views on what the changes mean for businesses, the savers and health of the industry.


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Six Kiwi firms have been invited into a safe regulatory space so they can test some innovative financial products without running foul of the law. We talk to two – Homeshare and Easy Crypto – about what they are developing and why they want to be in the Financial Markets Authority's new ‘sandbox’.


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: They are known as the Engine Room, the Capital, and the Playground. What are the big issues facing Auckland, Wellington, and Queenstown?  As part of the NBR’s Focus series on the local government elections, three former mayors – Phil Goff, Kerry Prendergast, and Jim Boult –  have their say on what needs fixing.


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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: No-one predicted a Labor landslide, yet Aussie PM Anthony Albanese has delivered an increased majority. Meanwhile, Liberal leader Peter Dutton lost his seat. What was behind the result, was there a pushback against the political influence of Donald Trump, and are the independent candidates a threat to Liberal Party survival?


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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: As the Government considers climate adaptation laws, the town of Kumeu-Huapai in rural Auckland has been told it can’t be protected. Too costly, says the council. Locals have a plan to migrate the town centre to higher ground, but who is going to pay for it?


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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April 28, 2025 18 mins

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Running a charity should be like a business, says Starship Foundation CEO Jo Simon. Tough times means demand is high and she warns the NZ charity model is out of date and needs to change if charities want to keep plugging the gaps.


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Shareholders in Craigs Investment Partners are due for a tidy payout after selling 50% of the company to private equity company TA  Associates. CEO Simon Tong talks about the deal and, on a personal note, reveals the lengths he has to go to, to house his record collection.


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: It’s an industry that touches every Kiwi. NBR’s annual series The Accountants lifts the lid on a usually private sector to reveal how it’s coping with tough times, who’s buying who, and the big issues facing the industry.


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: From Spice Girls to shoe collections to the purge of DEI programmes and the gender pay gap. Former CEO of the Year Rhiannon McKinnon gives her take on becoming a CEO of a KiwiSaver fund at just 42, and how she hopes to coach the next crop of leaders.


Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nz

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March 31, 2025 20 mins

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Does the super city need a new billion-dollar national stadium or should it be upgrade Eden Park? We ask a stadium designer, a music promoter, and the councillor charged with evaluating all the proposals.

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