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• Why Māori art is firmly in the frame
• Political consensus needed to lift skills training
• Patsy directors are key to Aussie ‘phoenixing’ scams
• Getting to grips with restraints of trade

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Running a charity should be like a business, says Starship Foundation CEO Jo Simon. Tough times means demand is high and she warns the NZ charity model is out of date and needs to change if charities want to keep plugging the gaps.

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• The ‘bemusing’ world of patsy directors
• ERA decision shows importance of not jumping to conclusions
• The Budget dilemma: How to bump the Trump slump
• Aussie rare earths industry a winner from US-China standoff

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Shareholders in Craigs Investment Partners are due for a tidy payout after selling 50% of the company to private equity company TA  Associates. CEO Simon Tong talks about the deal and, on a personal note, reveals the lengths he has to go to, to house his record collection.

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• Aspiring homeowners wooed by both sides in Aussie election
• The pros and cons of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill
• Podcast #52: Craigs self-confessed bogan CEO Simon Tong
• Virgin float flies into Trump turbulence

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: It’s an industry that touches every Kiwi. NBR’s annual series The Accountants lifts the lid on a usually private sector to reveal how it’s coping with tough times, who’s buying who, and the big issues facing the industry.

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• The Accountants 2025: 500 fewer jobs as recession bites
• Workers sick of the status quo and want change: CTU
• Is luck running out for the ‘Lucky Country’?
• The rush to get RMA legislation introduced this year

In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: From Spice Girls to shoe collections to the purge of DEI programmes and the gender pay gap. Former CEO of the Year Rhiannon McKinnon gives her take on becoming a CEO of a KiwiSaver fund at just 42, and how she hopes to coach the next crop of leaders.

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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.