On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 17th of December - Treasury's opened its books for the half-year economic and fiscal update, showing the expected surplus has been pushed out from 2027 to beyond 2030. We unpacked the news with our Political Editor Jason Walls and Infometrics' Brad Olsen.

Auckland dining institution SPQR is to be reborn as Jacuzzi, so the afternoon team chatted to listeners about their business names.

Also stories of being 'home alone' - plus Nadia Lim joined us in our Great New Zealanders Of Christmas series.

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