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Welcome to the Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Jesse and MiMi, where we talk about family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. For Family, we will focus on bringing people together with information that they can use For finances, we will bring you real-life experiences of things that we have heard or have seen. For the marriage episodes, we will give you our experiences. Hopefully, we will help a couple that may be on the edge of giving up. Don't give up working through your issues; y ...
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Hosted by journalist Bernard Hickey, When the Facts Change is your essential weekly guide to the intersection of economics, business and politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Presented by The Spinoff together with Kiwibank. Visit kiwibank.co.nz to find out how Kiwibank are making Kiwi better off
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Selling everything and booking one-way tickets to Thailand marked the beginning of an extraordinary life for popular travel vloggers Dane and Stacey. With over 200,000 followers on Instagram and YouTube, the digital nomads have built a thriving business by offering travel tips, guides and an authentic peek behind the curtain of their lives. Join us…
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Saul Griffith helped change the world a couple of years ago when he and a couple of "tech bro" mates convinced Joe Biden to rewrite the Democrats’ Green New Deal and pitch it as an Inflation Reduction Act to rewire America’s economy with renewable energy. Saul makes a pitch for Aotearoa to do the same, but much cheaper and much faster, instead of t…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “A Surprise Eightieth Birthday Party.” How do you keep a surprise bi…
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Most actors don’t go straight from performing lunchtime school shows to landing the lead role in a big-budget Netflix series, but Jess Hong isn’t most actors. Since being cast as Jin Cheng in the blockbuster sci-fi series 3 Body Problem, life has been a whirlwind for the self-confessed introvert. Jess might be living the Hollywood dream, navigating…
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Accountants often have low profiles and their accounts seem merely to keep score on the games of capitalism, but they can sometimes shape capitalism itself - and maybe even the atmosphere. Bernard Hickey talks with Dr Amelia Sharman from the External Reporting Board. Typically an obscure setter of accounting standards nestled somewhere between the …
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Another Session: Paycheck-to-Paycheck.” We are continuously going b…
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How do you become the most viewed New Zealand artist on TikTok? With over 46 million likes on the platform, Taylor Roche has shown that challenging the status quo and turning obstacles into opportunities can truly pay off. What began as posting funny videos online for fun has evolved into a thriving career, allowing him to grow his personal brand w…
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In 2018, The Consumer Advocacy Council was set up by cabinet in response to a commissioned investigation into the nation’s problematic electricity market. It was designed to act as an independent advocate for residential and small business electricity consumers in Aotearoa. Then came Budget 2024. With the stroke of a pen, the council was scrapped b…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “A Tribute to Thomas “Bully” James Sr.” Our family has lost a man wh…
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There are few who embody resilience quite like Jess Quinn. Having suffered cancer and an amputation as a child, Jess has faced challenges most of us could never imagine. Now, just over two decades later, she can list model, writer, dancer and social advocate on her CV as she uses her channels to inspire hundreds of thousands online. Join us as we e…
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The Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate this week for the first time since the beginning of Covid. Bernard talks with Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr about how the central bank changed its mind when the facts changed, and what it means for mortgage rates and the housing market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Living Paycheck to Paycheck a Continuation.” There are many of us t…
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Kirsten Dodgen is a world-renowned dancer whose talent and dedication have taken her across the globe. Turning her hobby into a successful career has brought her financial independence and creative fulfilment. It’s also seen her perform with top music stars, appear on a hit Korean reality TV show, and build a social media following of over three mi…
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A heated debate about insulation standards lately has had both health and construction experts up in arms. It's only part, however, of a wider debate about how we approach climate change and how we make decisions about our homes. NZ Green Building Council CEO Andrew Eagles joins Bernard Hickey to pull back the GIB board and take a look at how to bu…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Living Paycheck to Paycheck.” Many of us spend about $10.00 for a s…
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TJ Perenara is a rugby legend whose sporting career and status as the leading try scorer in Super Rugby are matched only by his iconic mullet. Beyond the field, TJ is a dedicated father, husband and passionate advocate for social equity – speaking boldly on issues like Māori fatherhood and pay transparency. If you’ve ever wondered what makes this K…
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What happened to the world’s supply chains during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and how much of the damage caused is permanent? New York Times business journalist and author of ‘How the World Ran Out of Everything’ Peter Goodman joins Bernard Hickey to explain the complex international pathways of manufacturing and transportation that bring prod…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Money is a Good Servant, but a Bad Master.” What do you think about…
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Aotearoa has never been wealthier, yet demand for food parcels is skyrocketing and the Government won’t extend help to food banks so they can cope. Bernard talks to Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson about a surfeit of wealth at a time food banks are being defunded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Vacation Bible School.” We taught the 10 – 12-year-old class, yet a…
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Softer-than-expected inflation figures this week suggest the inflation dragon - the one that savaged real wages and borrowing costs for the last three years - may have finally been shoved back in it's cave. Kiwibank's Mary Jo Vergara joins the podcast to discuss what that means going forward for interest rates in our housing-market-with-bits-tacked…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Is There a Perfect Age to Retire?” The most powerful words of wisdo…
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Former PM and finance minister Sir Bill English is the intellectual driving force behind the new government’s plans for the country's biggest landlord. He tells Bernard why a full accounting of its running costs may prove to be too rich for the government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Timeshares- Are they worth your time?” When vacationing in St. Thom…
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Bernard Hickey goes hunting for the Reserve Bank’s first rate cut in a discussion with Kiwibank economist Sabrina Delgado. It was supposed to be this year, especially now that the economy appears mired in a multi-dip recession with higher unemployment - but sticky local inflation has held the RBNZ back. Now, however, it is forecasting a rate cut in…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Visiting St. Thomas..” We have the pleasure of visiting St. Thomas,…
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After ten years at the helm of Transpower, chief executive Alison Andrew is stepping down. She reflects on a tumultuous decade of managing Aotearoa’s most important network, and why she considers being relatively unknown in the public arena as a mark of success. This interview was recorded shortly before a Transpower pylon collapsed in Northland on…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Why Charge for Bags When Flying?” What is up with airlines charging…
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Is the Kiwi dream to own a "McMansion", a "shoebox" or something else entirely? Bernard talks with The Urban Advisory’s MD Greer O’Donnell about a major new survey of what type of homes we actually want. She says it may not be the quarter acre "pavlova paradise" still assumed by many voters and politicians when they’re deciding on what should be be…
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Bernard revisits the most revolutionary era in our political economy in conversation with Toby Manhire. Together they discuss how much the Labour Government of 1984 to 1989, portrayed in The Spinoff's new hit podcast series Juggernaut, created our modern economy, for good and ill. Listen to Juggernaut here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Why Should We Tip For Take Out?” Everywhere you go, restaurants and…
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We thought you might like a wee taster of our brand new #1 series, Juggernaut: The Story of the Fourth Labour Government, hosted by Toby Manhire. Click here to follow Juggernaut so you get every episode as soon as it's released! 1. I love you, Mr Lange Fuelled by brandy and fury, Sir Rob Muldoon calls a snap election, sparking a 1984 campaign of co…
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Reserve Bank Chief Economist Paul Conway joins Bernard in the immediate aftermath of a surprisingly hawkish monetary policy statement, and just before the Budget. Together they discuss sources of inflation, why interest rates are staying high for longer than anyone expected, and whether the blunt instrument of the official cash rate can do anything…
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SBP: Why do people live above their means? Season 3, Episode 130 Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Wh…
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Bernard Hickey goes deep into the mechanics of the electricity distribution system to find out what really happened during a cold snap in May that almost caused a national energy crisis. He talks to Electric Kiwi CEO Luke Blincoe about how to solve the dry winter and cold snap problem without spending billions of dollars on new generation and lines…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Choose Your Friends Wisely.” Do you know that you are the sum of th…
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Nicola Willis has delivered tax cuts in her first budget, largely as promised. But has the coalition government managed to square the circle of relieving cost of living pressures while avoiding the quicksand of encouraging inflation? In a special crossover episode of Gone By Lunchtime meets When the Facts Change, Toby Manhire quizzes Bernard Hickey…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Cruising with Seven Others.” We cruised with seven other people, an…
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The Reserve Bank warned this week of high interest rates and high inflation for even longer, with sticky rental, rates and insurance inflation all partly to blame. Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the how blunt our central bank's main monetary policy tool can be, and the developing opinion that high interest rate…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Our Cruising Experience.” When you cruise, you will meet more exper…
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The Redclyffe substation near Napier flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle and turning it off turned off the power for much of Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti. Transpower has fixed it for now, but has faced a big decision: should it rebuild it where it is now, next to a stream? Or start again on higher ground? The choice tells us a lot about how to think abou…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “An Overview of Cruising.” Cruising is one of the best ways to get a…
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The Government has repealed various smokefree measures to ensure it keeps collecting $1.2 billion a year in tobacco taxes, in order to pay for tax cuts already being delivered to landlords. But an economic analysis done by Otago University's public health department has found keeping the smokefree measures would have been of benefit not only for pu…
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Due to being out of the country, we will not produce our normal episode this week. We will see you guys on next Tuesday at our normal time 7 AM peace.
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The Spinoff has just launched a brand new series called Behind the Story, where site editor Madeleine Chapman sits down with a staff writer or contributor to gain more insight about a big story on The Spinoff from the week. We thought you might like to check out the first episode, and if you enjoy it please follow it wherever you get your podcasts!…
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Bernard Hickey talks with property academic Deborah Levy about her research into the changes in the way bach owners feel about their holiday homes. Where once the bach was the centrepiece of 'the kiwi dream’, a place for friends and families to gather, relax and create memories, they have now become a financialised asset to be added to the portfoli…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss “Should You Carry a Monthly Balance on Your Credit Card? We must be …
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The Reserve Bank wants to know how the public feels about a potential new type of digital cash. This digital currency would be exchangeable one-for-one with ‘old’ forms of bank-issued electronic money and ye olde paper cash and metal coins, but would not outright replace the physical stuff. RBNZ’s Head of Money and Cash Ian Woolford joins Bernard t…
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Welcome to Silently Blessed Podcast hosted by Bernard "Jesse" and Luemisher "MiMi" James, where we discuss family, finances, and marriage. We call it FFM. Stick around, and prayerfully, you will catch nuggets that YOU can use in your family, finances, and marriage. We will discuss” You Could Become the Company That You Keep.” Pay attention to those…
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Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr joins Bernard to discuss and dissect the trajectory of inflation and interest rates, both here in Aotearoa and around the globe. Inflation is stickier than expected and interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer, but what does that mean for the kiwi dollar? How do US Fed chair Jerome Powell's recent com…
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