When the Facts Change
When the Facts Change, Hosted by journalist Bernard Hickey, When the Facts Change is your essential weekly guide to the intersection of economics, business and politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Presented by The Spinoff.
When the Facts Change is currently on hiatus and is open for sponsorship. For more details, contact bec@thespinoff.co.nz
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Who's taking advantage of the wage subsidy scheme?
44 min
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How should we plan our population?
60 min
228
The political economy of the climate crisis
56 min
229
How do we fix our unkind migration system?
60 min
230
Back to the future of public transport
41 min
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Bonus episode: SMEs with Kiwibank’s Joanna Greaves
The Spinoff business editor Michael Andrew speaks to Joanna Greaves, head of the small and medium enterprise team at Kiwibank.
34 min
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How do we get a vaccination rate over 80%?
Around the world, countries are seeing Covid-19 vaccination rates plateauing at around 50-60% – and it's hurting them badly. So how will we get our Covid-19 vaccination rates up to the 80%-90% required for herd immunity?
37 min
233
A big money-saving solar power idea
New Zealand's electricity market isn't working to produce enough renewable power to get to carbon zero by 2050 – but maybe there’s a solution in solar power and batteries in everyone’s homes.
32 min
234
An epic intergenerational wealth transfer
36 min
235
Looking for hope in our housing crisis
52 min
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Bonus episode: Digital innovation with Kiwibank...
24 min
237
How home ownership became the impossible dream
55 min
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Why is New Zealand’s housing stock so bad?
40 min
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New Zealand's path to carbon zero
38 min
240
The future of currency
46 min
241
Designing a social insurance scheme that works
36 min
242
Budget 2021: Reversing the mother of all budgets
31 min
243
What have we got to lose by standing up to China?
44 min
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Bonus episode: Sustainability with Kiwibank's J...
26 min
245
The value of investing in health and happiness
44 min
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What will the Reserve Bank’s decisions mean for...
41 min
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New Zealand’s temporary migration scandal
40 min
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The real fight for climate and housing action i...
46 min
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Bonus episode: Shannon Te Huia, Kiwibank Local ...
34 min
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Global capitalism’s 'doom loop' and how to stop it
34 min