Money
Preparing for financial volatility
Financial Planner Liz Koh discusses the best investment strategy when markets are volatile, how investors can best protect themselves from losses and the implications for KiwiSaver especially for… Audio
Financial support relieves hospitality, but future uncertainty remains
Decimated after two years of Covid-19 restrictions, the hospitality sector describes the latest financial support being offered by the government as encouraging but too late for some to survive.
Billionaire Bill Gates and the fight against polio in Pakistan
To Pakistan now where Microsoft founder Bill Gates is paying a visit.. I talked with our correspondent Kaswar Klasra in Islamabad.. and began by asking him what the billionaire is doing there. Audio
Isolation help offered as Omicron continues creep through community
Omicron is continuing its silent creep through the community - with almost 2,000 cases reported today.
There are 73 people in hospital with the virus and one in ICU. The high demand for tests has… Video, Audio
Midday Business News for 18 February 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Lobby group pays drivers' fuel tax at North Shore petrol station
The price of petrol continues to climb, edging closer to $3 for 91. A large slice of that is made up of taxes.
In Auckland it's 52 percent of the bill.
Right wing lobby group the NZ Taxpayers' Union… Video, Audio
Midday Business News for 17 February 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Technology with Tony Grasso
Tony joins Kathryn to talk about the latest in cyber security issues - including how a company lost hundreds of thousands of dollars through an intercepted email in which the scammer simply changed… Audio
Auckland businesses plead for support to deal with 'diabolical trade'
A group of central Auckland businesses are adding their voices to a growing chorus asking for more financial support for those hit hard by Covid-19. Audio
Putting your money where your ethics lie
Nicole Haddow is an Australian journalist and author who says it is possible to grow your wealth while doing your bit for the planet and the population. Her first book, Smashed Avocado: How I Cracked… Audio
Midday Business News for 15 February 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report - with Gyles Beckford. Audio
Council taken to task over abandoned Ōtāhuhu town centre upgrade
Auckland Council is being asked to finish what it started after a multi-million dollar upgrade of Ōtāhuhu's town centre was put on the back-burner.
Chartered accountants intent on reducing $60K gender pay gap
A new playbook has been launched to combat the gender pay gap in the accounting sector, with efforts to change the perception around why it is important to address the gap.
Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
Air NZ is supposed to raise $1 billion-plus before the end of next month from the private market. Will it, given the timetable for border openings, or will there be further delay?. Pattrick also looks… Audio
Evening business for 14 February 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6297375578001 Video, Audio
UK tax authority seizes NFT for first time in $NZ2.86m fraud case
The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies.
SMEs bearing brunt of drop in economic activity
Activity in the services sector has slumped to start the year, as smaller firms struggle more than their larger counterparts.
New fund targets 20,000 nurses who have left profession
The Health Ministry has launched a $1 million fund to attract former nurses back to the profession in the pandemic.
Frances Cook: How to find financial freedom
Author Frances Cook's new book on financial independence, Your Money, Your Future, is billed as a "real-life handbook to finding freedom on any income". She joins the show to discuss the new book and… Audio
