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 together with Kiwibank.


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Business News
Politics
226
How do we fix our unkind migration system?
60 min
227
Back to the future of public transport
41 min
228
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
229
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
230
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
231
An epic intergenerational wealth transfer
36 min
232
Looking for hope in our housing crisis
52 min
233
Bonus episode: Digital innovation with Kiwibank...
24 min
234
How home ownership became the impossible dream
55 min
235
Why is New Zealand’s housing stock so bad?
40 min
236
New Zealand's path to carbon zero
38 min
237
The future of currency
46 min
238
Designing a social insurance scheme that works
36 min
239
Budget 2021: Reversing the mother of all budgets
31 min
240
What have we got to lose by standing up to China?
44 min
241
Bonus episode: Sustainability with Kiwibank's J...
26 min
242
The value of investing in health and happiness
44 min
243
What will the Reserve Bank’s decisions mean for...
41 min
244
New Zealand’s temporary migration scandal
40 min
245
The real fight for climate and housing action i...
46 min
246
Bonus episode: Shannon Te Huia, Kiwibank Local ...
34 min
247
Global capitalism’s 'doom loop' and how to stop it
34 min
248
The rise of the work from home economy
40 min
249
Unpacking Labour’s new housing package
38 min
250
Can NZ's housing affordability problem ever be ...
42 min