Podcasts

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Recent research reveals the repeal of smokefree measures is not only bad for our health, but also the economy.

How many lives is that tax cut worth?

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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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It's a tiny portion of our overall funding, yet social sciences and humanities research makes a massive impact. Without it, the pie starts to crumble.

Juliet Gerrard: Funding the whole pie

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A detailed summary of everything we were allowed to report from the PM's cricket party at Premier House.

A ball-by-ball analysis of backyard cricket at the prime minister’s house

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We're both in happy relationships with other people now. Is it insane to reminisce about the time we secretly, almost, maybe fell in love? 

Help Me Hera: I watched Past Lives and now I can’t stop thinking about an old friend

Children bear brunt of strain in health system

A Labour MP has been warned her comments could be defamatory.

Fireworks in scrutiny week as Health boss accused of ‘cooking the books’

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There’s plastic everywhere, and efforts to reduce it are limited by the power of big oil.

Is New Zealand – and the world – doing enough to tackle the plastic problem?

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It underlines the stark gap between Australia's tough approach to big tech and New Zealand's meek, deferential attitude.

Meta is fighting scam ads in Australia – but has ‘no plans’ to do so in NZ

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The talented siblings and authors of More Salad talk summer holidays with Ottolenghi, the life lessons of Garmus and more.

‘Her energy is as delicious as her recipes’: Two Raw Sisters on their favourite books

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Public consultation is currently open on further restricting the use of puberty blockers in young people experiencing gender dysphoria. Jennifer Shields argues why the process has been flawed from the beginning.

Gender-affirming care affects a small minority – so why the public consultation?

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In 2009, a group of expectant mums were approached to be part of a study following their children's lives. Fifteen years on, we're starting to see the results.

Through their eyes: the reality of growing up in New Zealand

Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.

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Here’s what you’ll hear on this month’s podcast:

, and especially to Becky Manawatu for her sweep of Best First Fiction 

 the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.

Auckland Writers Festival 2020 Winter Online Series

WORD Christchurch now running October 30 – November 1

They need your help to stage this year’s festival! WORD is a charitable trust, and it’s now easier than ever to donate. More information 

 Wellington confirmed for 6-8 November, with Litcrawl on 7 November

NZ Bookstores experiencing boom in Level 2 – 

“This proposition that writers just do their work for love is a scurrilous attack on the integrity of all authors,” says Dame Fiona Kidman.

 by Keith Gessen (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin 

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PodcastsMay 31, 2020

Papercuts quarantine pod #3: Ockhamdown special

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