New Zealanders lost 33 million dollars so scams last year.

Madison Reidy looks at how that's impacting our economy and what we're doing to stop it.

Episode 36 - Scam Scum: We're All Victims

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The combination of solar panels, electricity storage batteries, smart household gadgets, and a boring looking black box is set to change forever how our electricity system works.

Episode 84 - The suburban solar conundrum

This week on Two Cents' Worth: how tripe got the markets buzzing and what that can tell us about New Zealand's investment ecosystem.

Episode 83 - Turning tripe into wound-healing 'crumpet'

The closed borders protecting us from Covid-19 is keeping us healthy, but having unexpected consequences for our economy.

Episode 82 - Closed borders: Is the cure worse than the disease?

In April, economists were predicting Covid could cause a 10-20 percent fall in house prices. In June, prices rose more than 9 percent - much more in some places. What is going on - and will it last?

Episode 81 - What becomes of the housing market?

Glyphosate is one of the most commonly used weedkillers in the world, but there’s huge pressure to phase it out.

Find out why and what that might mean for our billion dollar agricultural sector. 

Episode 36 - Scam Scum: We're All Victims

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