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MPs in Depth: Mike Butterick
Taxpayer Talk - April 21, 2024 23:00 - 19 minutesThis 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 Elec...
MPs in Depth: Andrew Hoggard
Taxpayer Talk - April 14, 2024 20:00 - 33 minutesThis 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, w...
MPs in Depth: Carl Bates
Taxpayer Talk - April 08, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutesThis 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 Par...
MPs in Depth: Cameron Luxton
Taxpayer Talk - March 22, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutesThis 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'...
MPs in Depth: Catherine Wedd
Taxpayer Talk - March 14, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutesThis 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, ...
MPs in Depth: Laura Trask
Taxpayer Talk - March 07, 2024 03:00 - 25 minutesThis 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 wo...
MPs In Depth: Dr Vanessa Weenink
Taxpayer Talk - February 29, 2024 19:00 - 33 minutesThis 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,...
MPs In Depth: Dan Bidois
Taxpayer Talk - February 15, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutesThis 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 th...
MPs In Depth: Greg Fleming
Taxpayer Talk - February 01, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutesThis 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 ideolog...
‘From the River to the Sea': Censorship, free speech, and the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Free Speech Union's Podcast - December 07, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHear from Josie Pagani, Paul Moon, Marcus Roberts, and Jonathan Ayling on a panel discussion and Q+A on speech rights and the ability to pursue tolerant debate on conflict in the Middle East. This discussion is about our ability to deal with complex and competing ideas, not the substance of the ...
Lord Hannan Speaks About Equality, the Treaty and 10 Years of the Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayer Talk - December 05, 2023 03:00 - 28 minutesThis 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...
MPs in Depth: Todd Stephenson
Taxpayer Talk - November 30, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesThis 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...
Stephen Franks provides an update on the Three Waters legal challenge
Taxpayer Talk - November 06, 2023 23:00 - 43 minutesThis 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 ...
Dr Oliver Hartwich on how the incoming Government should reform the public service
Taxpayer Talk - October 31, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutesThis 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 ...
Michael Reddell on the declining standards in New Zealand public life
Taxpayer Talk - October 16, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutesThis 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 Exec...
Keyboard warriors clash: opponents meet to test free speech
Free Speech Union's Podcast - September 22, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPaul Thistoll is a dedicated trans-rights activist and outspoken opponent of the Free Speech Union. But he was willing to sit down with Jonathan Ayling, the Chief Executive of the Union, to discuss hate speech, trans-rights, preferred pronouns, professional deregistration, and more. There are ...
Don Brash on why taking GST off fruit and vegetables is a bad idea
Taxpayer Talk - September 14, 2023 02:00 - 29 minutesThis 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 unders...
River of Freedom: a documentary epic on the need for open debate
Free Speech Union's Podcast - September 07, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMore than any other one thing, COVID-19 has defined our past 3 years. But are we starting to thinking about it, or talk about it in fresh ways? Our lives have been impacted in unprecedented ways by COVID-19; but this virus has also been weaponised by our would-be-censors to corral us into one ...
Phil Barry on the real cost of the coming crackdown on smokers
Taxpayer Talk - August 31, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutesA 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 Tobac...
"A Liberal Democracy Operates Because Voices Are Heard!" Sir Peter Gluckman on Social Cohesion and Free Speech
Free Speech Union's Podcast - August 28, 2023 02:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSpeaking to the recently published Addressing the Challenges to Social Cohesion, Sir Peter Gluckman (former Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and Director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures) sits down with Jonathan Ayling to discuss what's happening to fraying public discourse...
Casey Costello on being a part of the Taxpayers' Union and standing for Parliament
Taxpayer Talk - August 26, 2023 03:00 - 41 minutesThis 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 success...
Mark Mitchell on crime, police and National's ideas for making the country safer
Taxpayer Talk - August 14, 2023 23:00 - 27 minutesThis 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 poli...
The Local Water Infrastructure Infrastructure Bill - the Taxpayers' Union alternative to Three Waters
Taxpayer Talk - August 10, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutesThis 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 de...
David Farrar on polling and why he is leaving the Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayer Talk - August 02, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutesThis 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 Rese...
National MP Chris Bishop on the RMA replacement and National's alternative
Taxpayer Talk - July 26, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutesThis 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 i...
Free speech developments at University of Auckland
Free Speech Union's Podcast - July 10, 2023 03:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFree speech across our universities is under fire- but many academics are also working to address this. After 3 years, a working group established at the University of Auckland to consider how to preserve academic freedom and free speech has reported back, making a bold stand in a hostile enviro...
The fear of tyrants: why free speech is for the marginalised, oppressed and poor
Free Speech Union's Podcast - June 26, 2023 02:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating"Most important thinking I've written", this is how Prof. Grimes describes his recent research on who benefits from free speech. Spoiler alert- it's not who you might think. We're often told that the marginalised, oppressed and poor need protection from free speech, probably provided by the St...
Universities in trouble- why the academic freedom results matter
Free Speech Union's Podcast - June 02, 2023 02:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAcademic freedom and free speech can appear to be nebulous subjects at times, which wonky intellectuals pontificate on. Yet the real world implications for a university that fails to preserve academic freedom are far-reaching. In this episode, Jonathan Ayling sits down with Dr. James Kierstead a...
Worrying Trends: Academic Freedom in New Zealand with Prof. Elizabeth Rata and Dr. David Bromell
Free Speech Union's Podcast - May 31, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWith the Free Speech Unions Academic Survey for 2023 now released and raising concerns Jonathan Ayling sat down with Prof Elizabeth Rata (a co-author of the "Listener 7" letter) and Dr. David Bromell (formerly of Canterbury University) to discuss the state of academic freedom in today's New Zeal...
Interview with Jonathan Ayling and Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio
Free Speech Union's Podcast - May 23, 2023 02:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJonatha sits does with Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio to discuss the FSU announcement that we are supporting a tender-bid for a DPMC contract to research disinformation. Support the show
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