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• How a Tweet led to a $175m deal for Serato
• The twists and turns of replacing Cook Strait ferries
• Wage theft laws may have wider implications for employers: lawyer
• ‘That fear of prosecution was permeating everywhere’: van Velden

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Does the super city need a new billion-dollar national stadium or should it be upgrade Eden Park? We ask a stadium designer, a music promoter, and the councillor charged with evaluating all the proposals.

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• Watercare to splash out $13.8b, water rates to spiral
• Labour’s plan for growing the Māori economy
• Finding political consensus on RMA reform
• Aussie budget springs surprise tax cuts in time for election

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Airlines are calling for a new way to regulate airports after Auckland Airport announced price hikes to pay for a $6.6 billion infrastructure build. In response, airports say it’s the airlines that should be investigated. What’s going on? As we wait for a Commerce Commission ruling, NBR talks to both sides and also asks the question: is it just getting too expensive to fly? 

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• Kiwi migrants helping to create a ‘Big Australia’
• Tying down the elusive free trade agreement with India
• Wellington transport company pinged $30,000 for employee privacy
• Brand issues for Aussie salmon could be a Kiwi opportunity

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• Fast-track makes NZ more attractive to foreign investors: Jones
• Destructive cyclone a political circuit breaker in Australia
• Big payout for Kiwi backers as Quantifi Photonics sold to US firm
• Lengthy mediation delays forcing employers to go private

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Yes, he was much criticised, but the sudden resignation of Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr shocked the financial world. Why did he go and what's his legacy? We're joined by Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr, Council of Trade Unions economist Craig Renney and Pie Funds chief investment officer Mike Taylor.

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• ⁠Economists seek neutral cash rate to ‘get us out of the grind’⁠
• ⁠Old media struggles to find the new ‘rivers of gold’⁠
• ⁠Higher taxes part of Green Party plan to redistribute wealth⁠
• ⁠Are you dismissed when the boss tells you to f*** off?

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Investors knew it was going to bad, but that bad? For their earnings season takes and company predictions, we’ve convened a special panel. Mohandeep Singh from Craigs Investments Partners, Michael Sherrock from Nikko Asset Management, and Oliver Mander, CEO at the NZ Shareholders’ Association.

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• Seymour argues foreign investment should be as open as trade
• Is it time to ‘go nuclear’ with supermarkets and their suppliers?
• Procrastination over performance reporting coming to an end
• Aldi succeeded in Australia and could do the same in New Zealand
• The pros and cons of split shifts for workers