NBR Podcasts
NBR - National Business Review
Each episode explores issues impacting business & the New Zealand economy. Listen to in-depth interviews with NZ CEOs.
NBR (National Business Review) publishes NZ's leading business and finance podcasts, artificial intelligence, covering market shifts, investment, economics, and corporate leadership.
Episodes feature analysis of New Zealand companies, global markets, government policy, and entrepreneurship.
Our podcast shows include:
The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: in-depth interviews with business leaders.
Weekly Wrap: a video round-up of the week on NBR.
Learn more on NBR.co.nz
NBR (National Business Review) publishes NZ's leading business and finance podcasts, artificial intelligence, covering market shifts, investment, economics, and corporate leadership.
Episodes feature analysis of New Zealand companies, global markets, government policy, and entrepreneurship.
Our podcast shows include:
The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: in-depth interviews with business leaders.
Weekly Wrap: a video round-up of the week on NBR.
Learn more on NBR.co.nz
Episodes
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May 3, 2025 • 24min
Weekly Wrap: Māori art, developing talent, restraints of trade
For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:Why Māori art is firmly in the framePolitical consensus needed to lift skills trainingPatsy directors are key to Aussie ‘phoenixing’ scamsGetting to grips with restraints of trade
Apr 28, 2025 • 19min
The business of charity
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 Tough times means demand is high and she warns the NZ charity model is out of date and needs to change if charities want to keep plugging the gaps.Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nzLinks to audio clips used here.
Apr 26, 2025 • 24min
Weekly Wrap: Patsy directors, rare earths, unlawful suspension
For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:The ‘bemusing’ world of patsy directorsERA decision shows importance of not jumping to conclusionsThe Budget dilemma: How to bump the Trump slumpAussie rare earths industry a winner from US-China standoff
Apr 21, 2025 • 22min
Craigs self-confessed bogan CEO Simon Tong
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.Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nzLinks to audio clips used here.
Apr 19, 2025 • 18min
Weekly Wrap: Aussie election, Act amendments, Trump turbulence
For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:Aspiring homeowners wooed by both sides in Aussie electionThe pros and cons of the Employment Relations Amendment BillPodcast #52: Craigs self-confessed bogan CEO Simon TongVirgin float flies into Trump turbulence
Apr 14, 2025 • 21min
The Accountants – the numbers haven’t been great
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.Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nzLinks to audio clips used here.
Apr 12, 2025 • 45min
Weekly Wrap: Accountants, the ‘Lucky Country’, RMA legislation
For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:The Accountants 2025: 500 fewer jobs as recession bitesWorkers sick of the status quo and want change: CTUIs luck running out for the ‘Lucky Country’?The rush to get RMA legislation introduced this year
Apr 7, 2025 • 24min
Former CEO of the Year Rhiannon McKinnon
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.Feedback, story ideas, comments, all welcome – email simon@nbr.co.nzLinks to audio clips used here.
Apr 5, 2025 • 33min
Weekly Wrap: Serato deal, Cook Strait ferries, compliance costs
For the full uncut interviews and articles, click here:How a Tweet led to a $175m deal for SeratoThe twists and turns of replacing Cook Strait ferriesWage theft laws may have wider implications for employers: lawyer‘That fear of prosecution was permeating everywhere’: van Velden
Mar 31, 2025 • 20min
Auckland's stadium debate
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.
