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MPs in Depth: Tom Rutherford
May 10, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Connor sat down with National Party MP, Tom Rutherford. Tom was elected as the MP for the Bay of Plenty at the 2023 General Election. Prior to entering Parliament, Tom had worked for the National Party, in local government and also had volunteered as a firefighter in his local community. Tom is also a keen cricketer, rugby referee and hockey umpire. A...
MPs in Depth: James Meager
May 02, 2024 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Connor sat down with National Party MP, James Meager. James was elected as the MP for Rangitata at the 2023 General Election, reclaiming the seat from Labour with a significant majority. James is a Lawyer and also has a Bachelor of Arts. James made national headlines following his maiden speech where he spoke of his early life growing up as a Māori bo...
MPs in Depth: Mike Butterick
April 21, 2024 23:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Connor sat down with National Party MP, Mike Butterick. Mike, a farmer and farming advocate, was elected as the MP for Wairarapa in the 2023 General Election. He has previously been involved with Federated Farmers and was the spokesperson for 50 Shades of Green, a lobby group addressing forestry encroachment on farmland. Mike is also active in communi...
MPs in Depth: Andrew Hoggard
April 14, 2024 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Connor sat down with ACT Party MP, Andrew Hoggard. Andrew is a Manawatu farmer, has an Agricultural Economics degree and, prior to entering Parliament, was the President of Federated Farmers. Andrew has stepped straight into the role as Minister for both Biosecurity and Food Safety along with a number of associate portfolios. In this interview, Andrew...
MPs in Depth: Carl Bates
April 08, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Jordan sat down with National Party MP for Whanganui, Carl Bates. Carl joined the Young Nats aged just 12 and less than 30 years later was elected to Parliament as a National MP. Prior to entering politics, Carl had an interesting and successful career from an incredibly young age. Aged just 18, he was appointed as an independent director at an aged c...
MPs in Depth: Cameron Luxton
March 22, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week's Taxpayer Talk presents another installment of our "MPs in Depth" podcast series, delving into the backgrounds of Parliament's newest members. In this episode, Jordan sits down with Cameron Luxton, the recently elected ACT Party MP. Cameron Luxton is unique in that he is New Zealand's only Licensed Building Practitioner ever elected to Parliament. Prior to his political career, Luxton worked as both a builder and a dairy farmer. He shares with Jordan his personal journey, recount...
MPs in Depth: Catherine Wedd
March 14, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Ollie sat down with National Party MP for Tukituki, Catherine Wedd. Catherine speaks about as a kid wanting to be a lawyer, journalist and a politician, something she now describes as "perhaps the three most unpopular professions of this century" – but at the election last year was able to fill the third leg of that dream. Catherine has also worked in...
MPs in Depth: Laura Trask
March 07, 2024 03:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Ollie sat down with ACT Party MP Laura Trask. Laura is one of eleven ACT MPs elected at the 2023 General Election. Prior to entering Parliament, Laura worked as a pharmacy technician and in the health and safety industry. Trask discusses her career in helping people navigate bureaucratic red tape and her desire to make it easier for people to live t...
MPs In Depth: Dr Vanessa Weenink
February 29, 2024 19:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Ollie sat down with newly elected National Party MP, Dr Vanessa Weenink. Vanessa details her life before politics including her time working as a doctor, being in the Army for more than 20 years, and even previously being a Labour Party member and helping with a local campaign. Vanessa's maiden speech can be watched here. Follow Vanessa on Facebook h...
MPs In Depth: Dan Bidois
February 15, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Jordan sat down with newly re-elected National Party MP, Dan Bidois. Dan first became an MP after winning the 2018 Northcote by-election before losing the seat to the red tide of 2020. Now Dan is back in Parliament after reclaiming his seat and speaks with Jordan about his life before politics being a school dropout, a butcher and fighting cancer befo...
MPs In Depth: Greg Fleming
February 01, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk is another episode in our MPs in Depth podcast series where we get to know Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Jordan sat down with newly elected National Party MP, Greg Fleming. Greg tells us about his journey into politics and how he formed his political ideology, starting with an egg business at age nine and eventually leading to his founding of the Maxim Institute think tank. This podcast gives a fascinating insight into what makes Greg tick and is well ...
Lord Hannan Speaks About Equality, the Treaty and 10 Years of the Taxpayers' Union
December 05, 2023 03:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBThis episode of Taxpayer Talk is slightly different as it is a recording of a fantastic speech given by Lord Hannan at the Taxpayers' Union's 10th Birthday at Gibbs Farm. Lord Hannan is a member of the House of Lords and former member of the European Parliament. He is an advisor to the UK Board of Trade and is President of the Institute for Free Trade. In his speech, Lord Hannan discusses the Treaty of Waitangi as New Zealand's founding document and how ahead of its time it was in promotin...
MPs in Depth: Todd Stephenson
November 30, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week marks the return of our MPs in Depth series where we get to know some of Parliament's new MPs. In this episode, Taxpayers' Union Investigations Co-ordinator, Oliver Bryan, sits down with newly elected ACT Party MP, Todd Stephenson. Todd grew up in the South Island and obtained a law degree from the University of Otago. Prior to becoming an MP, Todd worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Australia before moving back to New Zealand to run for Parliament. Throughout the episode...
Stephen Franks provides an update on the Three Waters legal challenge
November 06, 2023 23:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with lawyer Stephen Franks to provide an update on the Three Waters legal challenge. Stephen is a founding director of the commercial and public law firm Franks Ogilvie, a former member of Parliament and spokesperson for the Water Users' Group. Franks Ogilvie has been leading the legal challenge against Three Waters that, among other things, aimed to force the Minister of Local Government, Nanaia Mah...
Dr Oliver Hartwich on how the incoming Government should reform the public service
October 31, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with the Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative, Dr Oliver Hartwich, to discuss how the incoming Government should reform the public service. Despite a mandate for change and a desire to unwind many of the policies of the previous Government, the new National-led government may face challenges with navigating the complex and bloated bureaucracy of the public service – something that may prov...
Michael Reddell on the declining standards in New Zealand public life
October 16, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with economist Michael Reddell. Michael is a former Head of Financial Markets at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, has worked for central banks of a number of other countries and has been an Alternate Executive Director on the Board of the International Monetary Fund. Michael has recently been raising concerns around the seemingly declining standards in New Zealand public life. Whether it be Ministers...
Don Brash on why taking GST off fruit and vegetables is a bad idea
September 14, 2023 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with Dr Don Brash to discuss Labour’s proposal to remove GST from fruit and vegetables. Dr Brash chaired the advisory committee that designed New Zealand’s GST system back in 1985 and has a strong understanding of what makes a simple, efficient tax system. Don has also been Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the leader of both the National and ACT parties, and is currently the spokesperson ...
Phil Barry on the real cost of the coming crackdown on smokers
August 31, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBA radical set of new anti-smoking measures is set to bring New Zealand close to a de facto prohibition on smoking. But with the black market rearing its head, what is the real cost of this crackdown for taxpayers, businesses and the economy? A major new analysis of Ayesha Verrall's Smoked Tobacco Amendment outlines $1.3 billion in new costs, and argues the legislation is "largely, if not entirely, redundant". This week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union spokesman for lifestyle economics Lo...
Casey Costello on being a part of the Taxpayers' Union and standing for Parliament
August 26, 2023 03:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with Casey Costello, a former chair and board member of the Taxpayers’ Union who recently resigned in order to stand as a candidate for New Zealand First in this year's election. Casey has had a successful career in the police force, running her own business and as the spokesperson for Hobson’s Pledge. Jordan and Casey discuss how Casey got involved in the Taxpayers’ Union including her time as a ...
Mark Mitchell on crime, police and National's ideas for making the country safer
August 14, 2023 23:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with National Party Police Spokesperson, Mark Mitchell, to discuss National’s plan for law and order if they are successful in the election later this year. Prior to entering Parliament, Mark was a police officer and was a member of the Dog Section and Armed Offender’s Squad. He has also had an international business career, including the start-up of his own company specialising in hostage rescue, s...
The Local Water Infrastructure Infrastructure Bill - the Taxpayers' Union alternative to Three Waters
August 10, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with Malcolm Alexander and Stephen Franks to discuss the bill that the Taxpayers' Union commissioned to repeal and replace the Government’s Three Waters scheme. The development of the bill, along with detailed drafting of key provisions, has been a months-long project carried out by the law firm Franks Ogilvie. Malcolm Alexander has a background in local government, infrastructure, consulting and la...
David Farrar on polling and why he is leaving the Taxpayers' Union
August 02, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with Taxpayers’ Union co-founder, pollster and blogger, David Farrar to discuss how polling works along with his time at the Taxpayers’ Union and why he is stepping down. David founded Curia Market Research, a polling company, in 2004 and has had decades of experience organising, conducting and analysing polls. In this podcast, David answers some of the most common questions we get about how polling...
National MP Chris Bishop on the RMA replacement and National's alternative
July 26, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, sits down with National Party MP, Chris Bishop, to discuss the Government's proposed replacement to the Resource Management Act (RMA) and what National would do with resource management if elected. Chris Bishop is National's spokesperson for RMA reform, Infrastructure and Housing and has been leading National's opposition to the contentious RMA reforms. The National Party have committed to repealing the Gover...
ACT MP Simon Court on Three Waters and the Proposed RMA Reforms
April 20, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, sits down with ACT Party MP, Simon Court, to discuss the recent Three Waters rebrand, the proposed resource management reforms and what ACT is proposing to solve New Zealand's significant infrastructure and planning problems. Simon Court is ACT's spokesperson for infrastructure, the environment and local government and has been leading their response to the contentious Three Waters and RMA reforms. Prior to becom...
Ray Chung on Wellington City Council's 12.3% Rate Hike
April 06, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers' Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, sits down with Wellington City Councillor, Ray Chung, to discuss Wellington’s shocking 12.3% rates rise and why this is being driven by inefficient, wasteful spending at the Council. Councillor Chung was elected just last year as the representative for Wharangi / Onslow-Western Ward. He's one of the few fiscal conservatives on the Council and is able to provide some interesting insight into its inner workings and...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Rob Campbell and Jordan Williams on neutrality in the public service
March 03, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBOn this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams speaks with former Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Chair, Rob Campbell, to discuss political neutrality within the public service. Campbell was publicly sacked from his high-profile position in the public service after making controversial comments about the National Party's Three Waters policy on his LinkedIn account. Campbell has doubled down on his comments and feels he should be free to give his opinion on controversial issues. Since re...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Nick Stewart on the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle
February 23, 2023 23:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams sits down with Nick Stewart to discuss the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. The recent cyclone devastated many parts of the country, particularly Hawke's Bay and Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island. Along with claiming lives and livelihoods, the cyclone exposed serious problems with the adequacy of our infrastructure. Nick is the Chief Executive of Stewart Group, a Hawke's Bay based financial services firm. Being from the area, Nick is unde...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Dr Oliver Hartwich And Callum Purves On The Future Of Local Government
February 16, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBIn the latest edition of Taxpayer Talk, the focus is on local government with guests Dr Oliver Hartwich and Callum Purves. A review into the future of local government has been commissioned but it fails to address the main issues affecting the sector, in particular the way it’s funded and what its main functions should be. New Zealand Initiative Executive Director, Oliver Hartwich, explains to host Peter Williams why more localism is such an important concept and why it can be great for a ...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Paul Melville and Mark Hooper on the Resource Management Reforms
February 09, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBIn the latest edition of Taxpayer Talk, host Peter Williams talks with Federated Farmers’ Paul Melville and Mark Hooper about the proposed new planning and environmental legislation to replace the Resource Management Act. While there is almost unanimous agreement the much maligned RMA needs to be updated and changed, Federated Farmers have serious doubts the new Natural and Built Environments Bill and its companion Spatial Planning Bill is the way forward. Also in this edition, a new segme...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Stephen Franks on the Three Waters Legal Challenge
February 02, 2023 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn our first episode of Taxpayer Talk for 2023, Peter Williams is joined by lawyer Stephen Franks. Stephen is a founding director of the commercial and public law firm Franks Ogilvie, a former member of Parliament and spokesperson for the Water Users' Group. Stephen joins Peter to discuss why the Water Users' Group, backed by the Taxpayers' Union, is taking a Government minister to the Court of Appeal and what any alternative Three Waters legislation might look like. The Government has cla...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Christmas Special with Hon Ruth Richardson and Jordan Williams
December 20, 2022 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this year's final episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams hosts fellow Taxpayers' Union board members Hon Ruth Richardson and Executive Director, Jordan Williams, to review the highs and lows of 2022. Peter sits down with Ruth and Jordan to discuss everything from the economy to education to Winston Peters. As a former Minister of Finance, Ruth is well placed to provide analysis of the political year, the state of the economy and the Reserve Bank. Jordan provides an insight of the yea...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Dr James McDowall MP on the Hamilton West by-election
December 02, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams hosts ACT Party MP Dr James McDowall. Peter sits down with James to discuss his candidacy for the Hamilton West by-election. The three highest polling candidates for Hamilton West were all invited to appear on this podcast but only Dr McDowall agreed to appear. Peter and James discuss the issues facing the electorate, his background before politics and why he wants to be Hamilton West's local MP. Later in the podcast, Peter is joined by Taxpayers...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Andrew Bayly MP on the IRD’s new powers
November 25, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this edition of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams’s guest is National Party MP and Revenue Spokesperson, Andrew Bayly. Peter and Andrew sit down to discuss the Inland Revenue Department's new powers to request information from individuals. In 2020, while all the attention was focused on the new 39% top tax rate, another clause was added into the Tax Administration Act 1994 that gives the IRD Commissioner the power to demand any information from individuals that they consider relevant for a ...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Education and Social Outcomes with novelist Alan Duff
November 18, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this edition of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams’s guest is author Alan Duff, the creator of the hugely successful and influential book and movie Once Were Warriors and the founder of the Duffy Books in Homes programme. Duff's best known book and the movie came out around thirty years ago and shocked middle class New Zealand who hadn’t seen the less privileged represented in such a way. Yet three decades on has the situation around domestic violence, alcoholism and welfare dependency impro...
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Danish Free Speech advocate Jacob Mchangama
November 11, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week, Peter Williams hosts free speech campaigner Jacob Mchangama, a Danish lawyer who recently visited New Zealand. His visit was prescient as the Justice Minister Kiri Allan has recently promised that hate speech legislation will be in our Parliament by the end of the year. Jacob is the founder and director of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think tank focusing on human rights, freedom of speech, and the rule of law. Jacob's book 'Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media' w...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Claire Charters on He Puapua and Co-Governance
November 04, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThis week Peter Williams is back on Taxpayer Talk with a highly anticipated interview with Auckland University's Dr Claire Charters. Claire's research has focused on indigenous peoples’ rights in international and constitutional law, including how the Treaty of Waitangi should interact with our legal system. Claire was one of the authors of the Government's controversial He Puapua report that, among other things, recommends a separate Māori court system, health system and parliament. Pete...
Jordan Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: New Campaigns Manager Callum Purves + UK TaxPayers' Alliance Chief Executive John O'Connell
October 27, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBAs Peter is away this week, the latest Taxpayer Talk podcast is hosted by Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams (no relation), with something of a UK special. Jordan sits down with the Taxpayers' Union's most recent hire, Callum Purves, who is our new Campaigns Manager. Callum has a background as a political advisor, party staffer and district councillor, and has recently moved from Scotland to fight for taxpayers in New Zealand. Jordan also interviews John O'Connell, the C...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Derek Daniell on the farming emissions tax
October 13, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThe latest Taxpayer Talk podcast, hosted by Peter Williams, features Wairarapa farmer and ram breeder Derek Daniell with his take on the proposed farmers tax - like most men and women of the land he is vehemently opposed. It’s not just the money that farmers will have to pay that bothers Derek, it’s the cost to local communities and the country’s economy too. Also in this edition, the Taxpayer Talk panel of Taxpayers' Union chair Laurie Kubiak and board colleague Casey Costello talk about ...
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: David Round on the Treaty of Waitangi and Co-Governance
October 06, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBThis week on Taxpayer Talk, host Peter Williams is joined by David Round, a former Canterbury University law lecturer, to discuss the Treaty of Waitangi and co-governance. As an expert in the fields of Legal History, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence and Environmental Law, David is well equipped to comment on some of the most pressing debates of our time. Also this week, Peter discusses some of the correspondence sent through to him by the listeners. If you have any comments, questions o...
Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Dr Christoph Schumacher On Modernising How We Report On The Economy
September 28, 2022 22:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBIn the middle of a cost of living crisis, key economic indicators are more important to track than ever. This week on Taxpayer Talk, host Peter Williams sits down with Dr Christoph Schumacher, Professor of Innovation & Economics and Director of the Knowledge Exchange Hub at Massey University. Dr Schumacher and the Knowledge Exchange Hub have developed a tool that tracks Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real time to monitor how the economy is performing and forecast future performance. This po...
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Economist Eric Crampton on Three Waters and the ETS + Retiring Councillor Chris Milne
September 22, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBOn this week's episode of Taxpayer Talk, host Peter Williams is joined by Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative, to discuss the Government's Three Waters reforms and his alternative proposal for how local councils can finance long-term infrastructure investment more effectively. Peter and Eric also discuss the Emissions Trading Scheme and outline why additional emissions reduction measures beyond the ETS are costly regulations that will not reduce emissions any faster....
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Economist Eric Crampton on Three Waters and the ETS + Retiring Councillor Chris Milne
September 22, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBOn this week's episode of Taxpayer Talk, host Peter Williams is joined by Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative, to discuss the Government's Three Waters reforms and his alternative proposal for how local councils can finance long-term infrastructure investment more effectively. Peter and Eric also discuss the Emissions Trading Scheme and outline why additional emissions reduction measures beyond the ETS are costly regulations that will not reduce emissions any faster....
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Professor James Allan + Analysis of latest Taxpayers' Union Curia Poll
September 14, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBIn the wake of the Queen’s passing, the latest edition of Taxpayer Talk focuses on the British Monarchy. Host Peter Williams is joined by Canadian-born, Australian domiciled law Professor James Allan who reflects on why the British Monarchy is the most successful anywhere and why having a queen or king on the other side of the world as our Head of State is still the best system for New Zealand - and other Commonwealth countries. Also in this edition, Taxpayers' Union co-founders David Farra...
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Des Gorman + listener correspondence
September 08, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBOn this week's episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams speaks to Des Gorman - Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Auckland University - about a new paper from the New Zealand Initiative which claims that evidence for a separate Maori Health Authority is seriously lacking. Peter then reads your correspondence. If you'd like to comment on anything you've heard on the show Peter is waiting to hear from you at [email protected] Support the show
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Des Gorman + listener correspondence
September 08, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBOn this week's episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams speaks to Des Gorman - Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Auckland University - about a new paper from the New Zealand Initiative which claims that evidence for a separate Maori Health Authority is seriously lacking. Peter then reads your correspondence. If you'd like to comment on anything you've heard on the show Peter is waiting to hear from you at [email protected] Support the Show.
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Hon Chris Finlayson + panel
September 01, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week’s Taxpayer Talk guest is former Attorney General Chris Finlayson. His latest book “Yes Minister” reflects on his time in Parliament and how the country was run during the John Key years. In a wide ranging discussion with host Peter Williams he expresses his frustration with the country’s civil justice system, explains why co-governance isn’t such a bad thing and why the National Party got it so wrong after Bill English stepped down as leader in 2018. Findlayson also pays tribute to...
Decision 2022: A Conversation With Auckland Mayoral Candidate Craig Lord
August 30, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBJosh Van Veen from the Ratepayers’ Alliance sat down with independent mayoral candidate Craig Lord who - after an impressive first effort in 2019 in which he placed third - is back in the race for the City of Sails. Craig gives an honest appraisal of his opponent's strengths and weaknesses, explains how he views the role of mayor, gives his take on co-governance, and whether or not the widely accepted underdog can in fact win this crucial election. Support the Show.
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Educator Alwyn Poole + panel
August 24, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBIn this edition of Taxpayer Talk, the focus is on education. With literacy and numeracy standards falling dramatically across the country, long-time educator Alwyn Poole has just finished some extensive research to find which are our most successful schools academically. Using the percentage of students leaving school with University Entrance grades, the results may surprise and shock you. How come a Decile 1 school in South Auckland can produce better results than many far more affluent sc...
Decision 2022: A Conversation With Auckland Mayoral Candidate Wayne Brown
August 18, 2022 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBJosh Van Veen from the Ratepayers’ Alliance sat down with independent mayoral candidate Wayne Brown to discuss why he is running and his plan to fix Auckland. Support the Show.
Decision 2022: A Conversation With Auckland Mayoral Candidate Wayne Brown
August 18, 2022 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBJosh Van Veen from the Ratepayers’ Alliance sat down with independent mayoral candidate Wayne Brown to discuss why he is running and his plan to fix Auckland. Support the show