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After eight years, our weekly reality TV podcast is coming to an end with a lunchtime livestream today.

Join us for the final episode of The Real Pod

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A recap of This is Kiwi podcast, a podcast introducing six remarkable New Zealanders.

This is Kiwi: Meet six New Zealanders making a difference

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Meet the founder of a pest control company that's challenging the status quo and revolutionising the industry.

This is Kiwi: Why Robbie van Dam thinks everything can be better

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Dr Rangi Mātāmua, Māori astronomy expert and 2023 Kiwibank New Zealander of the year, joins the This is Kiwi podcast.

This is Kiwi: The man who brought Matariki to the masses

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The founder of Girls That Invest tells This is Kiwi about being a role model to thousands and how she started her mini empire.

This is Kiwi: Simran Kaur on owning your financial future

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Jane Yee speaks to Dave Letele, winner of the 2022 Kiwibank Local Hero of the Year award.

This is Kiwi: Dave Letele just wants to help people

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We have some (exciting, we promise) news...

The Real Pod: In which we drop a massive bombshell

The Real Pod drops a massive bombshell

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A casual mention in episode one of Love Island saw a 10,000% increase in searches.

The Real Pod: What’s all this chatter about ‘Turkey teeth’?

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Also: the premiere of Tracked and Mike Puru's thrilling new shopping show. 

The Real Pod: We need to talk about the new season of Selling Sunset

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The biggest roadblock for businesses looking to go circular? Getting out of old habits.

Going circular: why the ‘buy, use, discard’ economy is past its expiry date

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The Sustainable Business Network has taken sustainable business practice from the fringes to front and centre.

With access to the right tools, businesses are becoming more sustainable

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Paeroa company AgriSea is using algae to pioneer solutions to everything from polluted waterways to chemical-heavy fertilisers.

From fertilisers to soft drinks: The wonderful world of algae innovation

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Could a solar-powered collar for cows be our next big agritech business?

How a ‘Fitbit for cows’ could change farming

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Meet the women on a mission to normalise female pleasure.

How Girls Get Off is empowering women’s sexual wellbeing

Co-founder Simran Kaur tells Business is Boring why she's passionate about getting more wāhine into investing.

Girls That Invest is changing the face of investing by empowering financial literacy

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NewFish is combining a love of kaimoana with a passion for sustainability to create innovative seafood that doesn't harm the planet.

Reimagining the future of fishing in New Zealand

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Five years after it launched, 10% of New Zealanders now use Sharesies.

How Sharesies took over New Zealand’s online investing market

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Host Simon Pound tells the Business is Boring story so far and shares his hopes for its future.

A podcast on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship makes its welcome return

National Leader Judith Collins Campaigns In Auckland

She was John Key's media trainer. She was Judith Collins' head of media in the 2020 campaign. Here's what she has to say today.

‘Paranoid storms’: Judith Collins’ former press secretary on National, leadership and oblivion

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A monumental overnight World Test Championship victory, and the culmination of six days of intense early-morning podcasting.

We just watched the Black Caps make cricket history

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Never mind the scoreboard – in the 2000 Bledisloe Cup decider, the real trans-Tasman battle was won before kickoff.

Remembering the great TrueBliss vs Bardot national anthem sing-off

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I'm on the wrong side of 40, I never pursued creative work and now my job is killing my soul. Help!

Help Me Hera: Do I even want the public sector job I might be about to lose?

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For all its virtues, Anzac Day – unlike its cousin Armistice Day – is a commemoration of war, not peace.

Seize the day

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Australian and New Zealand volunteers fought together in the Waikato War, yet still its place in the Anzac tradition is unacknowledged by our defence forces or RSA.

The first, forgotten Anzacs, more than 50 years before Gallipoli

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Poem for Anzac Day: ‘Hoki Mai’ by Tayi Tibble

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A poem from Bill Manhire's 2017 book of verse Some Things to Place in a Coffin.

Poem for Anzac Day: ‘My World War I Poem’ by Bill Manhire

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The best-selling American writer on the ideal conditions for reading, the true meaning of utopia and more.

‘Emily Dickinson made me into a writer’: Lauren Groff on the power of reading

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An early and strong contender for book of the year. 

Page-turning rural gothic: Ash by Louise Wallace, reviewed

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'I just remember seeing them live for the first time and thinking to myself: This is it. This is the reason. This is what life is all about.'

‘It was my Eras tour’: Meet the world’s biggest TrueBliss fans

In the second installment of Gone By Lunchtime, the Spinoff’s politics podcast, Toby Manhire is joined by Annabelle Lee, producer of 

 and Ben Thomas of political PR company Exceltium to discuss Ranginui Walker, Judith Collins and gangs, Pharmac, the flag, and Auckland’s unitary woes. Oh, and John Palino, naturally. Have a listen below, or download 

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In Gone By Lunchtime #2, Toby Manhire is joined by Annabelle Lee, producer of The Hui, and Ben Thomas of political PR company Exceltium 

The Spinoff

PodcastsMarch 2, 2016

Politics podcast: Pharmac, the flag and the Auckland shambles

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PodcastsMarch 2, 2016

Politics podcast: Pharmac, the flag and the Auckland shambles

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