Herald NOW Business

Episodios

• Universal Music rejects Ackman bid as industry faces AI and valuation questions | Tue 2 Jun 02.06.2026 4m

  BusinessDesk's Eden Bradfield joins the show with moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Rural broadband reliance on Starlink | Tue 2 Jun 02.06.2026 5m

  Alex Stewart from WombatNET checked the government stragtegy for rural conectivity and found very little of substance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Tax benefits on charitable donations capped | Tue 2 Jun 02.06.2026 5m

  Andrew Barnes - Andrew Barnes, Founder, Perpetual Guardian - with a warning for the charitable sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Latest consumer confidence pulse-check shows confidence lifting | Tue 2 Jun 02.06.2026 1m

  ANZ reckons the bounce in consumer confidence comes from a small relative decline in petrol prices for May. 2degrees business wrap with Garth Bray. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• What Budget 2026 means for tax | Tue 2 Jun 02.06.2026 6m

  Deloitte's Robyn Walker on tax changes and how they'll affect kiwi businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Garth's Kings birthday honours list | Fri 29 May 01.06.2026 1m

  'To anyone selling anything to anyone overseas; please accept your Herald NOW Business Order of Merit... try to charge more and sell more' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• What Budget 2026 means for tax | Fri 29 May 01.06.2026 5m

  Deloitte's Robyn Walker tells Herald NOW Business what Budget 2026 means for New ZealandersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Rating agency reaction to Budget 2026 | Fri 29 May 01.06.2026 4m

  S&P's Martin Foo on rating agency reaction to fiscal outlook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Mainfreight’s full-year financial result | Fri 29 May 01.06.2026 3m

  Market relief - 'It was less of a disapointment than people expected.' Rickey Ward JBWere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Business reaction to growth, surplus and economic outlook | Fri 29 May 01.06.2026 5m

  BusinessNZ's Catherine Beard on business confidence, growth and the road back to surplusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Earnings week so far, plus RBNZ market reaction with Ben Crozier Forsyth Barr | Thu 28 May 28.05.2026 4m

  It was more the RBNZ coming to what the market was expecting rather than any surprise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Three external votes against the RBNZ governor on OCR | Thu 28 May 28.05.2026 5m

  Katie Bradford speaking to Westpac chief economist Kelly Eckhold about OCR yesterday and Budget today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Could our cashed up farmers take a lesson from the man who backed Micron? | Thu 28 May 28.05.2026 1m

  In the 80’s JR Simplot pumped his french fry earnings into Micron which started making memory chips. Garth Bray 2degrees business wrap. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Starlink's rural boom raises competition concerns | Thu 28 May 28.05.2026 4m

  Starlink’s rapid growth in rural NZ is improving resilience, but local providers warn the country could become too reliant on one offshore operator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Ferrari chases tech entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley | Wed 27 May 26.05.2026 1m

  Shares in Ferrari have dropped 8.5% overnight after it unveiled its first fully electric vehicle, the Luce. 2degrees wrap with Garth Bray.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Infratil CE Jason Boyes speaks with Katie Bradford after full-year results | Wed 27 May 26.05.2026 4m

  Infratil has $20b in assets across NZ as well as investments in Australian data centre business CDC and US renewable energy company Longroad Energy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Arama Kukutai - advocate for growing Māori participation in deep tech | Wed 27 May 26.05.2026 5m

  The issue isn't whether we can build unicorn companies, it's that we're not building enough of them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• F&P leads NZX50 Rally, Matthew Goodson Salt Funds Management | Wed 27 May 26.05.2026 5m

  A significant slice of the NZX50 reports earnings this week, including heavyweights Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Ryman Healthcare and Goodman Property. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Hayden Wilson NZ Chair Dentons on budget expectations | Wed 27 May 26.05.2026 5m

  If you can do something in KiwiSaver that will make people go that will make this a better place for my children, that's an effective political strategy' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Research shows rising KiwiSaver satisfaction, but more hardship withdrawals | Tue 26 May 26.05.2026 5m

  ConsumerNZ's Jon Duffy tells Herald NOW Business why Kiwis feel better about KiwiSaver even as many are dipping into savings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.