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What happens to your house, your shares, and even your dog if you don’t document your wishes with a will? With the launch of Sharesies Wills, we’re talking to Tammy McLeod from Davenports Law and Naomi Garry from Sharesies to cover an often-overlooked part of wealth: protecting it for the next generation.

Find out what it means if your estate gets caught up in complex legal probate, and how easy it can be to protect your assets from being split in ways you never intended. Tammy and Naomi explain the avoidance and myths that keep 50% of Kiwis from creating a will, and what the Property Relationships Act means for de facto, separated, and divorced couples.

Learn about common mistakes when choosing an executor, and the rules and pitfalls around life insurance payments and your KiwiSaver balance. 

Plus, why offers of a ‘free’ will might be too good to be true.

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The Icehouse is celebrating 25 years of powering Kiwi business growth. 

They’re a non-profit dedicated to training and mentoring the small to medium enterprises that make up 97% of New Zealand’s economy. 

And today is their Ignite Growth Summit, in which they bring together legendary founders who have gone from the garage to the global stage to inspire the next wave of business talent.  

CEO Olivia Blaylock told Kerre Woodham there are so many great businesses around New Zealand, and while some, like Pic’s, are well known, there are plenty that we don’t hear about. 

She says we need to tell more of their stories and create a culture where it’s okay to put your hand up and say you’re doing well.  

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The PM, hot off signing the ‘Fuel for Food’ deal with Singapore, also ponders local body reform and the prospect of a Grand Coalition.

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A new test case for the standards of political neutrality expected in the public service.

Craig Stobo has resigned as chair of the Financial Markets Authority, after an investigation found he'd voiced too many political views for someone in an apolitical public sector role.

NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explained further.

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Fonterra’s Chief Operating Officer reviews last night’s 1.5% lift in the GDT auction, a steady performance and largely in line with expectations. The welcomed improvements in SMP and WMP may have been expected an auction or two earlier, but better late than never. WMP 2.2%, SMP 3%, AMF 1.1%, Butter -2.6%, BMP 9% and Cheese -3.6%.

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There's hopes the Iran war won't bring a big bump in unemployment.

Stats NZ data shows the rate reached 5.3 percent in the March quarter, down from 5.4 percent in the three months to December.

Infometrics expect it'll rise again throughout 2026.

Principal Economist, Brad Olsen, says they're not expecting any mass firings.

"It's more that those hiring intentions are likely to be more subdued - i.e., businesses probably won't be as keen to hire into the future just because of how uncertain things are." 

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A major bank believes unemployment will remain fairly flat this year, rather than anything catastrophic.

The national rate dipped slightly to 5.3 percent in the first three months of this year.

ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley told Ryan Bridge says he's not overly pessimistic about the next couple of quarters.

But he cautions the next few months are really the danger zone as businesses hunker down and defer some decisions.

Youth unemployment is up from 13.3 to 14.4 percent.

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New Zealand businesses are running on fumes, with cash reserves dwindling amid surging fuel prices and KiwiSaver costs... all while the full shockwave hasn't fully hit yet.

Economist and publisher of The Kākā, Bernard Hickey, joins us to explain why the fuel crisis reality is only dawning, the supply chain pain ahead, and what it means for New Zealand's economy. 

He also answers the question we've all been asking ... what does Wylie Coyote have to do with any of this?

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Simpson Grierson's Coporate Partner Anastasiya Gamble on how the Modern Slavery Bill will impact businesses

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Former trade commissioner to Singapore Ziena Jalil says the Singapore trade deal has been in the works for a long time

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