Two Cents' Worth

In April, a new law made domestic violence a workplace issue - what does that mean in practice and is it really necessary?

Claire Crofton investigates. Read more Audio

Heard of the lipstick indicator? What about the cardboard box index? Nikki Mandow grabs a Big Mac and investigates some of our more bizarre economic indicators. Read more Audio

At the end of May, the government will be rolling out their new Wellbeing Budget, but what’s the big deal? Can it really make us a happier, healthier nation?

Claire Crofton investigates. Read more Audio

Two years ago, then 18-year-old Jackson left school with NCEA level 3 in maths, economics, physics and travel/tourism. He started looking for a job in the construction sector. And he’s still looking… Read more Audio

All over the world, younger generations are drinking less.

That’s got to be good for our health - but not so great for business.

Claire Crofton discovers how millennials are disrupting the… Read more Audio

Justin Gregory opens the books on book publishing in New Zealand to find out if anyone's making any money. Read more Audio

Growing cannabis is something we do pretty well in parts of this country, but until now that has not been something to be proud of or even talk about.

That's about to change.

Russell Brown visits… Read more Audio

Tim Watkin looks at a new initiative to create a hybrid workspace – somewhere between the market economy and the volunteer sector – where people get something in return when they volunteer. Read more Audio

In the last week we have discovered just how little power our Government, the law and our biggest businesses have over Google and Facebook in our own country, let alone consumers. In the wake of the… Read more Audio

The CPTPP was more than a decade in the making.

This is a little known story about the 11th hour change that made the 11-country trade agreement what it is today. Read more Audio

Nikki Mandow delves into the economic mysteries behind the guilt-assuaging plastic packaging recycling bins, which mysteriously disappeared from supermarkets late last year. And she asks, should we… Read more Audio

New Zealand's fashion industry is an increasingly volatile space.​

Sonia Sly joins the Two Cents' Worth team to look at some of the economic pressures facing our fashion industry Read more Audio

There’s this amazing apartment block in central Wellington that could teach us a lot about building affordable houses and great communities for people of all ages. It’s called Park Mews - but the… Read more Audio

Here at Two Cents' Worth we love NPR's Planet Money and this episode which looks at New Zealand's impact on economies around the world is so good we had to share it with you. Read more Audio

The global foray into outer space is taking on new dimensions with breakthrough discoveries and successful missions to asteroids and planets.

Liz Garton discovers New Zealand industry has its feet… Read more Audio

It's wedding season in New Zealand and dozens of couples are walking up the aisle - or planning to. Kim Savage is one of those planning her Big Day, so she took a look at the current state of the… Read more Audio

New Zealand’s biggest salmon farmer has an audacious project to make aquaculture bigger than dairy. Think huge underwater salmon paddocks under the Cook Strait, and an industry with an environmental… Read more Audio

Could Christmas music make us buy less, not more? Nikki Mandow sets out on a quest to find out whether in-store holiday music really does make us more jolly and likely to open our wallets. Or could… Read more Audio

Could we be on the cusp of a new way of living, a major shift in how we build our cities and where we live and whether we can stop global warming? Bernard Hickey literally puts his life on the line to… Read more Audio

The banking sector is facing a huge shake up as tech companies look to get in on the action.

Governments around the world are keen to see more competition in the sector.

Jenée Tibshraeny from… Read more Audio

Nikki Mandow sends her son out to find the cheapest petrol between Wellington and Auckland, but ends up with some interesting insights into how we buy gas... and why we pay more than we have to. Read more Audio

New Zealand has had a recession every year ending in 8 since 1968. Apart from 1948, the other '8' years in the century since 1918 weren't great either. So is 2018 the exception? And if so, why? Read more Audio

The Far North town of Kaitaia has been given a reprieve, with news its wood processing plant won’t close - for now. But Kaitaia, like so many small New Zealand towns, is still at risk of “zombie”… Read more Audio

In Two Cents' Worth this week, we look at the long-term economic impacts of your first job. Then the panel chats about why you should care about the happenings this week with unemployment, banking and… Read more Video, Audio

In Two Cents' Worth we delve into the environmentally unfriendly obsession New Zealanders seem to have with double-cab utes as well as the latest happenings in the electricity, banking and racing… Read more Audio