Kiwibank Senior Economist Mary Jo Vergara joins Bernard Hickey to unpack this week’s monetary policy statement, and to look ahead at an uncertain future for rates in Aotearoa.

Toby Manhire and Bernard Hickey come together for a special Spinoff podcast episode for budget day.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the coalition government’s approach to spending, the importance of infrastructure investment and how a future Labour government might do things differently.

Infometrics CEO Brad Olsen joins Bernard Hickey to discuss how the NZ Green Building Council’s Homestar scheme is making homeownership better for the planet and for the back pocket.

Bernard Hickey talks to realestate.co.nz CEO Sarah Wood about the psychology of the housing market. This week, Bernard Hickey dives into the psychology of the housing market and talks to realestate.co.nz CEO Sarah Wood about why so many home sellers are holding on and simply not selling, rather than lowering their price to “meet the market” and “clear the market” in a way other markets do when there’s too much supply and not enough demand.

Bernard Hickey talks to Monopoly Watch spokesman and one of the founders of 2degrees, Tex Edwards, about how to create the “2degrees Effect” for supermarkets, banking and electricity.

Contented co-founders Lucy Pink and Hannah Hardy-Jones join Bernard Hickey to talk about their AI start-up and how they started working with US news publishers.

Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the global chaos caused by Trump's 'Liberation Day', and what might happen next.

Kiwibank economist Sabrina Delgado joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the sectors that are thriving, and the ones that aren’t, as our economy recovers post-recession.

Arthur Grimes, senior fellow at Motu Research, joins Bernard Hickey to discuss a big shift to discount rates that could make big infrastructure projects much more viable in the future.

RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway returns to When the Facts Change to chew the monetary policy fat, including a look at quantitative easing, the state of inflation and the RBNZ’s relationship with the government.

Sean Gourley, founder and CEO of US-based AI company Primer, joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the role Aotearoa can play in the development of AI, defence technology and the geopolitical contest between China and the United States.

In an emergency edition of When The Facts Change, Bernard Hickey talks with NZ Initiative executive director Oliver Hartwich and Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr about Adrian Orr’s surprise resignation.

Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr joins Bernard Hickey to discuss whether the Reserve Bank should be speeding up its response to the economy rather than just easing off.

Founder, investor and now author Rowan Simpson joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the startup close calls and near misses that led to his new book.

Kiwibank senior economist Mary Jo Vergara joins Bernard Hickey to sift through the latest spending data for insights on how Kiwi used their money over the summer.

Journalist and researcher Max Rashbrooke joins Bernard Hickey to discuss recent inequality trends in Aotearoa, and how we could use Kiwisaver to jumpstart the wealth of every New Zealander.

ImpactLab CEO Maria English joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the economics of social investment, and how the company uses data to quantify positive change.

Kiwibank economist Sabrina Delgado joins Bernard Hickey for a gaze into to the economic year ahead.

Disability rights lawyer Huhana Hickey joins Bernard for an in-depth look at what impending government spending cuts mean for people with disabilities, hospitals and carers.

In a special summer mini-episode of When the Facts Change, Bernard appraises the new Fast-track Approvals Bill, as well as an impassioned response to the bill by Labour MP Arena Williams.

In a special summer mini-episode of When the Facts Change, Bernard looks forward to how Donald Trump’s re-election will affect economies around the world.

In a special summer mini-episode of When the Facts Change, Bernard reflects on how Adrian Orr and the RBNZ managed the official cash rate.

Kiwibank senior economist Mary Jo Vergara joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the latest retail spending data from Kiwibank, and what we can learn about how Kiwi are spending their money.

Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the scale of the housing crisis.