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MPs in Depth: Mike Butterick

Taxpayer Talk - April 21, 2024 23:00 - 19 minutes
This 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...

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MPs in Depth: Andrew Hoggard

Taxpayer Talk - April 14, 2024 20:00 - 33 minutes
This 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...

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MPs in Depth: Carl Bates

Taxpayer Talk - April 08, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes
This 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...

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MPs in Depth: Cameron Luxton

Taxpayer Talk - March 22, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutes
This 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'...

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MPs in Depth: Catherine Wedd

Taxpayer Talk - March 14, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes
This 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, ...

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MPs in Depth: Laura Trask

Taxpayer Talk - March 07, 2024 03:00 - 25 minutes
This 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...

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MPs In Depth: Dr Vanessa Weenink

Taxpayer Talk - February 29, 2024 19:00 - 33 minutes
This 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,...

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Episode: 167 - Generative AI in Healthcare: Hype or Hope?

Breaking Health - February 20, 2024 16:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
At the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit WEST 2024, leaders of the AI technology industry discussed the tangible progress that’s been made, identified which tools are useful (and not so useful), and charted the realities—and sensationalism—around how generative AI will reshape the future of h...

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MPs In Depth: Dan Bidois

Taxpayer Talk - February 15, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes
This 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...

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MPs In Depth: Greg Fleming

Taxpayer Talk - February 01, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes
This 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...

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Lord Hannan Speaks About Equality, the Treaty and 10 Years of the Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayer Talk - December 05, 2023 03:00 - 28 minutes
This 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...

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MPs in Depth: Todd Stephenson

Taxpayer Talk - November 30, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes
This 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...

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Episode: 166 - Andrew Adams On How to Find the Right Opportunities to Invest

Breaking Health - November 21, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
When is the best time to make an investment? In the healthcare industry, this can be tricky to determine. In this episode of Breaking Health, host Steve Krupa speaks with Andrew Adams, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Oak HC/FT, about organizing capital into the right companies, where the heal...

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Stephen Franks provides an update on the Three Waters legal challenge

Taxpayer Talk - November 06, 2023 23:00 - 43 minutes
This 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 ...

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Dr Oliver Hartwich on how the incoming Government should reform the public service

Taxpayer Talk - October 31, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes
This 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 ...

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Episode: 165 - Kyle Kiser Talks About Providing Patients Access To Medication Information And “Real Time Benefits”

Breaking Health - October 24, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
When patients receive prescriptions, many find themselves at a loss over the lack of information on the medications’ clinical uses, costs, and more. In this episode of Breaking Health, host Steve Krupa speaks with Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health, about giving patients the ability to access info...

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Michael Reddell on the declining standards in New Zealand public life

Taxpayer Talk - October 16, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes
This 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...

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The Myth of the Five Rights for Safe Medication Administration

Smart Healthcare Safety from ECRI - September 15, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
The idea of the “five rights” for medication safety has been taught in nursing school since at least World War II, used as a memory tool that nurses should rely on to administer medications safely. Even though no one can identify where the five rights came from, the idea is embedded in medicatio...

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Don Brash on why taking GST off fruit and vegetables is a bad idea

Taxpayer Talk - September 14, 2023 02:00 - 29 minutes
This 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...

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Phil Barry on the real cost of the coming crackdown on smokers

Taxpayer Talk - August 31, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes
A 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...

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Casey Costello on being a part of the Taxpayers' Union and standing for Parliament

Taxpayer Talk - August 26, 2023 03:00 - 41 minutes
This 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...

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Managing the Supply Chain in Non-Acute Care Settings

Smart Healthcare Safety from ECRI - August 15, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, Tim Gibson, Senior Manager, Functional Equivalents, and Andy Poole, Associate Director, Strategy and Innovation, ECRI, describe strategies for enhancing the supply management process in non-acute organizations like nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, and physician practic...

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Mark Mitchell on crime, police and National's ideas for making the country safer

Taxpayer Talk - August 14, 2023 23:00 - 27 minutes
This 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...

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The Local Water Infrastructure Infrastructure Bill - the Taxpayers' Union alternative to Three Waters

Taxpayer Talk - August 10, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes
This 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...

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David Farrar on polling and why he is leaving the Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayer Talk - August 02, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes
This 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...

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National MP Chris Bishop on the RMA replacement and National's alternative

Taxpayer Talk - July 26, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes
This 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...

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Episode: 164 - Navigating Healthcare Rates with Price Transparency

Breaking Health - July 18, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
From sports goods salesman and stand-up comedian to co-founder and CEO of a software company, Chris Severn is helping patients by providing price transparency in healthcare through an easy-to-use platform. In this episode of Breaking Health, host Steve Krupa speaks with Severn about how he got t...

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Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Smart Healthcare Safety from ECRI - July 11, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In the latest episode of our podcast, we speak to Karen Garvey, Vice President, Safety and Clinical Risk Management, and J.D. Buchert, Workplace Safety Manager, Parkland Health (Dallas, Texas). They describe their data-driven approach to identifying and combatting workplace violence, including t...

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Episode: 163 - Women, Families, and Health: Understanding the Market, Its Impact, and How You Measure Success

Breaking Health - June 20, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
For the past few years, digital health has made great strides in providing new ways of healthcare access for patients. But this also means new challenges and obstacles have emerged. This year, at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, leaders in women’s health talked about how they and their ...

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ACT MP Simon Court on Three Waters and the Proposed RMA Reforms

Taxpayer Talk - April 20, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes
This 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 p...