Pages tagged “Taxpayer Talk”

  1. Taxpayer Talk: Roger Partridge on selling public assets to build better infrastructure

    Posted in NEWS by March 5, 2026

    The New Zealand Initiative Chair Roger Partridge joins Taxpayer Talk with Peter Williams to discuss a new report arguing New Zealand could unlock more than $24 billion for essential infrastructure by recycling mature Crown-owned commercial assets. Roger explains how redirecting capital tied up in government-owned companies...

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  3. Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Nick Stewart on rates driving inflation

    Posted in NEWS by September 16, 2025

        This week on Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams sits down with financial advisor and Stewart Group founder Nick Stewart to tackle a question too many councils would rather avoid: are skyrocketing rates making inflation worse? Nick explains how council spending flows through to...

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  5. Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Nick Leggett on Infrastructure and Local Government

    Posted in NEWS by August 29, 2025

    https://www.buzzsprout.com/944017/episodes/17672947 Building anything in New Zealand has no shortage of challenges. Whether it be soaring costs, reels of red tape, or problems with supplying labour, our choked infrastructure pipeline deeply affects this country's economy and quality of life.  CEO for Infrastructure New Zealand, Nick...

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  6. Peter Williams Hosts Taxpayer Talk: Mayor Andrew Tripe on the Lowest Average Rates Increases in the Country

    Posted in NEWS by August 29, 2025

    Rates across the country have soared, many into the double-digits. But while most councils point fingers and find excuses, Mayor for Whanganui Andrew Tripe has kept his average rates increase as little as 2.2 percent – the lowest in the country this year. Mayor...

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  7. Taxpayer Talk: Sir Bill English on the Future of Superannuation and the Public Service

    Posted in NEWS by June 12, 2025

    It’s seven years since Sir Bill English left politics but the former Prime Minister and long serving Finance Minister is still a keen follower of the political landscape and how the economic outlook for the country can be improved. In conversation with Peter Williams...

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  9. Taxpayer Talk: David Baker

    Posted in NEWS by May 14, 2025

    This week Peter Williams is joined by social media sensation, David Baker, from Rapid QS. David is a quantity surveyor by trade, specialising in pricing residential buildings—and has spent the last year blowing the whistle on why so many public housing and infrastructure projects...

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