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Monday’s Chorus: A western Belt and RoadListen now (19 min) | Biden and G7 eye US$200b global infrastructure push to rival China's Belt & Road; Aotearoa joins US, US, Australia & Japan in 'Partners in the Blue Pacific'; China sees it as AUKUS-plus
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Desperate DHBs offer free GP visits for Matariki; Transpower narrowly averts power crisis; Foodstuffs opening up its wholesale arm to competitors; Community Trust puts $900m Eastland up for sale
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Tuesday's Chorus: Mould in 115,000 homes making kids sickListen now (10 min) | New survey finds 42% of households worry about dampness at home; 16% go to bed early to stay warm; 12% (115,000 households) report damp so bad it's making their kids sick
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The case for Matariki accounts for allListen now (36 min) | In which Bernard Hickey argues the Reserve Bank should create accounts for every single resident that can be used to deposit and transact a new central bank digital currrency called the e-tāra
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Thursday’s Chorus: IRD eyed 'helicopter payments'Listen now (36 min) | IRD initially couldn't find 170k bank accounts needed for Budget 2022's $350 cost of living payments; IRD also pushed back against…
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An independent review of Australia's monetary policy, but not ours; A Chinese apartment developers' desperate new tactic; Megan Woods vs Ryan Bridge on…
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Wednesday's Chorus: Rebels in GIB probeListen now (19 min) | Woods puts critics of Fletcher's GIB monopoly (NZ Living's Shane Brealey and anti-monopoly campaigner Tex Edwards) onto taskforce…
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Tuesday's Chorus: GIB crisis escalatesListen now (11 min) | PM suggests action imminent as Fletcher Building shareholders revolt over GIB shortages and its Winstone Wallboards monopoly…
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Bitcoin hits US$17k; Wellington's worsening quake-prone building problem; Container Door importing masses of plasterboard; Aussie house prices set to…
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Monday’s Chorus: War derailing emissions plansListen now (11 min) | Germany to restart coal plants; NSW bans coal exports as power crisis deepens; Biden set to slash petrol tax; Bitcoin slumps below…
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Adelle Peters on the rise of SUVs; Sarb Johal interviews Hamish McKenzie about his 30,000 days; David Pocock as senator; An awful deportation; Jacinda…
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The hoon around the week to June 19Listen now (61 min) | Includes the podcast of the weekly hoon co-hosted by Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey with guests independent economist Rodney Jones …
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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Public interest journalism about NZ’s housing, climate and poverty crises
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