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• The NBR Rich List - OUT NOW

  In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Why do we celebrate sports stars more than business stars? NBR Rich List editor Hamish McNicol reveals what our country’s most successful business people think about being on the NBR Rich List 2025 and how they think New Zealand's economy and society could be ‘elevated’.

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• The KiwiSaver budget

  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 [email protected] to audio clips used here.

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• Weekly Wrap: Incoming Deputy PM, two budgets, Winston's heckler

  For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:Incoming Deputy PM eyes up electricity assetsA tale of two very different budget strategiesThis Budget harks back to the ’80s and ’90sFiring Winston Peters’ heckler would be risky: employment lawyer

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• Who’s playing in the financial sandbox?

  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 [email protected] to audio clips used here.

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• Weekly Wrap: Budget week, National rail funding, employee surveillance

  For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:Budget’s new tax break gives the ‘best bang for buck’KiwiRail’s history littered with derailmentsThe Big Four banks are here to stay – maybe that’s a good thingWhat’s behind the rise in employee surveillance and tracking?

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