The John Kenel Show
Straight talk on property, money, and getting ahead in New Zealand. John Kenel has spent over 20 years developing property and 27 years investing in it. More than 1,000 homes built. On this show he breaks down the property market, development, and money the way it actually works, not the way the system wants you to see it. No jargon. No fluff. No spin. Just real talk for tradies, investors, business owners, and everyday Kiwis who want more freedom and more control over their lives. If you've ever felt like the rules are stacked against ordinary people trying to get ahead, this is for you. New episodes regularly. Education only, not financial advice.
Episodes
More young New Zealanders are looking at the housing market and deciding the system's rigged. In plenty of ways, they're right. I've been building houses for over 20 years and I've benefited from the way things are, so I'm not here to tell anyone they're wrong to be angry. The question is whether the fix being offered actually fixes it, or makes the same system bigger. In this episode: why the anger is rational, what actually fail...
Governments around the world are talking about paying you to exist. It's called a universal basic income, and AI is the reason it's back on the table.
In this episode I look at what's actually being proposed here in New Zealand and overseas, what the real-world pilots in Finland and Ontario showed, what a land tax looks like from someone who actually holds land, and the part almost nobody talks about: what happens to the relations...
Someone commented that developers are deluded and my 695,000 home was a ripoff. Fair enough, I've heard worse. But it got me onto the argument I have nearly every day: get investors out and more Kiwis will own a home.
Partly right, but it answers the wrong question. So in this one I do something simple. I count the houses. When an investor sells a rental to a first home buyer, one household becomes an owner, and that's great, but...
John Kenel sits down with John Bolton from Squirrel, New Zealand’s biggest mortgage broker.
What’s getting funded, what’s getting declined, and why?
They discuss the OCR at 2.5%, the water companies that are now a bigger development risk than councils, why 41% of apartment sellers lost money last quarter, Australia’s negative-gearing changes, and how AI is starting to change the property industry.
You're not falling behind because you're lazy or doing something wrong, the ground has genuinely shifted under ordinary Kiwis and nobody's bothered to explain why.
Power up 12%, council rates up 9%, insurance up 30% in three years, but the official inflation number says 3.1%.
Once you understand what's actually happening, you'll stop blaming yourself and start building a life that can't easily be pushed around.
The Greens are calling it a capital acquisitions tax because inheritance tax doesn't poll well, but whatever you call it, it means the government takes a third of what you've spent your life building. This isn't just a tax debate, it's a family debate. Most inheritance isn't super yachts and mansions... It's a house, a small business, a few rentals that mum and dad built by working hard, taking risks, and saving for decades.
Its time New Zealand start taking a look at Australia's tax changes and learn from them, both their mistakes and what they do well...
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New Zealand's pension system is heading for a cliff. In 1965, seven working-age people supported every retiree. Today it's four workers per retiree. By 2065, it'll be two workers supporting every person over 65.
The system was built for a different country with a younger population. Now we're trying to run the same pension promise with half the workforce to pay for it.
The usual answer is 'just lift the retirement age.' But that ...
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Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/
Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt
Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/
Learn how to become a profitable developer in New Zealand at https://thepropertydevelopmentclub.com
Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/
Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt
Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/
Learn how to become a profitable developer in New Zealand at https://thepropertydevelopmentclub.com
Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/
Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt
Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/
Learn how to become a profitable developer in New Zealand at https://thepropertydevelopmentclub.com
Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/
Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt
Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/
Learn how to become a profitable developer in New Zealand at https://thepropertydevelopmentclub.com
Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/
Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt
Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/
Learn how to become a profitable developer in New Zealand at https://thepropertydevelopmentclub.com
Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/
Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances: https://newsletter.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/yt
Free guide to wills, trusts & passing down your wealth properly: https://wealth.thepropertydevelopmentclub.com/
Learn how to become a profitable developer in New Zealand at https://thepropertydevelopmentclub.com
Property investors get a bad rep in the media, but as someone who works in the property space, I think its a bit misguided, here's why...
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The greens have come out with a handful of new plans around property and whilst on the surface they may seem attractive, the reality is very very different, today I break it all down.
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Ive got a funny feeling about whats going on... Let me know what you think in the comments
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There seems to be a lot of mixed reporting in terms of whats happening with fuel in New Zealand, so here's everything in one place
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