Money
Do tax refund agents deliver on their promises?
Cilla Hegarty is the CEO and Founder of NZ Tax Refunds, and the chief of the tax refund app, Woohoo; and Craig Macalister is a Tax Principal at Crowe Horwath in Invercargill. Audio
Plans to set up an off-site construction industry in NZ
Richard Ogden is the chairman and founder of the UK organisation Buildoffsite. He is visiting New Zealand to help set up an Australasian chapter and Bruce Coubray is the general manager of Howick… Audio
Catherine DeAngelis
Catherine DeAngelis: policing pharma Emeritus professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the first woman editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and visiting… Audio
David Chaston: The growth of the 'Bank of Mum and Dad'
David Chaston from the financial website interest.co.nz talks about the growing trend of parents helping their children into their first home. Audio
Exporters want Govt trade stimulus for Latin America
The government is open to calls to do more to boost New Zealand's currently modest trade relationship with an increasingly prosperous Latin America. Audio
Parenting with Stuart Locke
Financial literacy - Teaching young New Zealanders how to handle their money wisely. Stuart Locke is a Professor of Finance at the University of Waikato. Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
With the debate over the minimum wage, as opposed to a living wage, gathering pace, Wayne tells us that hundreds of New Zealanders - virtually forgotten employees - receive only a fraction of the… Audio
Cutting your grocery spending
Food is our biggest expense after putting a roof over our heads, but it doesn't have to be that painful according to Kaitaia dairy farmer Lyn Webster. Six years ago the family farm was facing… Audio
Law with Nicola Peart
Family trusts and some of the problems associated with them. Audio
Tech news: the Bitcoin boom
Peter Griffin with bit and bytes from the hi tech world. This week, we look at the digital currency, Bitcoin. Audio
Timothy B. Lee : Bitcoin
Writer about technology and public policy for Ars Technica, and Forbes, discussing the rise of the new digital currency, Bitcoin. Audio
Insurance phone-in
We're answering your questions after last week's story on changes to home insurance policies from 'total replacement' to 'sum insured' cover. With Suzanne Wolton, AA Insurance's Head of Distribution… Audio
Home insurance changes
The way New Zealanders insure their homes is fundamentally changing as we move from 'total replacement' cover to 'sum insured'. So what does this mean for consumers? With Karen Stevens, the Insurance… Audio
How much money the elderly need to live healthily
Diana Crossan, outgoing Retirement Commissioner on universal superannuation; and Jessica O'Sullivan, a population health strategist who did her Masters degree thesis on the budgetary requirements for… Audio
Ideas for 20 March 2011: Ethical Investment
The week the Ideas team looks at the notion and practice of Ethical Investment speaking with: the New Zealand executive chairman of the social lender Prometheus Finance and director of the Sustainable… Audio
Ideas for 12 December 2010
Ideas takes a look at insurance, its history, how premiums are calculated and the types of disputes that arise between policy holders and their insurance companies. Audio
Ideas for 21 November 2010
This week the Bank of Real Solutions, a web-based initiative that aims to share the stories of grassroots projects in the hope that they will inspire similar initiatives to spring up. Audio
Ideas for 26 September 2010 - Social Lending
Raising capital isn't easy or cheap for any of us. But it's more difficult and more expensive for some than for others. Not for profit enterprises struggle to convince mainstream banks to lend them… Audio
Happiness economics
Nick Powdthavee, behavioural economist and author of The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset, which discusses the new science of happiness economics. Audio