The team at Iron Duke Studios runs you through some of their highs and lows from the last seven days in the world of policy and politics. Maddy goes back-to-back with another week of fun Olympic facts, Henry outlines the Government’s new Climate Emissions Tool for manufacturers and Jesse gives us the downlow on Minister Erica Stanford’s new way to teach math to school kids. The lows include the UK riots, tension between MPs, as well as a recap of what’s happening in Venezuela and the New Zealand energy crisis.

Your favourite policy and politics podcast rounds out July with a sporting special in appreciation of the 2024 Paris Olympics kicking off. The team also cover the regulating of the online casino market, the future for nuclear power, rising social licence issues with tourism across the globe and the not-so-democratic election in Venezuela. The release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care marks one of the darkest days in history for New Zealand – we begin to scratch the surface of this harrowing and in-depth report to finish.

Your weekly policy and politics commentators are back in Iron Duke Studios. The team dive full noise into the IT sector with a debrief on what happened with the global CrowdStrike outage and New Zealand might finally be following suit with open banking. They discuss Kamala Harris taking over from Sleepy Joe, the Tauranga City election, the Health NZ takeover and the dire times of New Zealand’s energy sector. A mighty week of content!

Straight from Iron Duke Studios –  Jesse, Maddy and Henry take you through the big news in the US with Trump being shot and his confident selection of JD Vance for VP. We also discuss the latest Emissions Reduction Plan from the Government, the continuation of the Darleen Tana Saga, some interesting speed camera policy and New Zealand’s poor OECD stats.

Another relentless week of policy and politics to recap on. The team first take you through their doom and glooms, including the Early Childcare Education sector (again), as well as the French election results and the implosion of President Biden and his Democratic Party and supporters. But after every storm, there is a rainbow – this week it is Going for Housing Growth, the smartest of RUC possibilities, and the brightest and breeziest places to work in Aotearoa in 2024.

This politicisation of infrastructure, often based on purely ideological grounds, is one of the prime reasons why we have such a lack of consensus around the types of infrastructure that we build and how it will be paid for.

Iron Duke Studios is jam packed today with all three of your favourite podcasters covering a grand old week of policy and politics from around the world. The weekly peaks entail Maddy getting excited over the Government’s next quarterly plan, Jesse unpacks PCE Simon Upton’s latest speech on inconvenient truths to an environmentalists, while Henry explores how NZ is going to surf its way to prosperity through a new tourism development in Auckland. Lows of the week are Biden’s big election debate debacle, the new Sports Integrity Commission and the dire times for hospo.

It’s just Jesse and Maddy this week as the colleague with the good hair takes some much needed R&R. They cover off the up coming presidential debate, cash for cancer drugs and ponder if we can really save every bird?

A big week in politics but one hero seems to be making it into every story, king of the YIMBY's Chris Bishop. From granny flats and fast track consents, all the way to be harrassed for info over instagram, he's a busy busy guy! We also cover off scrutiny week, Beach Energy and how tough it is for Henry to buy a house.

Buckle up as the IDP trio take you through their ups and downs of this week’s policy and politics. We cover everything from it being the most agricultural time of the year, Jesse gets stuck into the oil and gas ban, more MPs (and now parties too…) getting in trouble, the 2024 India election, the equity around Lotto, plus Maddy and Henry go head-to-head over the MP accommodation allowance.

How bad is our drinking problem? Plus the end of department stores, the overregulation of your kid's kindy,  another turn in the story of Tiwai Point and the return of economics king Henry!

It’s the most exciting time of the year – the day you have all been waiting for – Budget 2024! After studying the documentation of the nation’s piggy bank all day, Jesse, Maddy and Henry take you through their peaks and troughs of the budget and outline some of the fiscal funnies that they have come across.

This week your IDP trio discuss whether there is opportunity in us following Singapore’s Temasek investment model, NZ’s first human rights case based on gender,  whether Peter Jackson and Gollum are going to pull us out of the economic downturn, more MPs getting in trouble (a weekly occurrence at the moment), the Kāinga Ora review is finally complete, and the dangers of Auckland’s CBD. Tune in later this week for our BIG BUDGET BONANZA!  

Businesses will therefore want a government response that helps pull New Zealand out of the doldrums quickly, and sets New Zealand back on a path to continued prosperity. In this context, businesses are welcoming the Prime Minister’s statement that the Budget will contain no surprises.

Another big week in politics as we take you through the Strike Force Raptor rising from the ashes, the state of the US presidential elections, startups taking off, MP's ducking for cover, and those ducking out altogether... for Treasure Island perhaps?

Another big week in the policy world! We talk the funding of water, Maddy and Henry battle it out over property management, the cell phone ban and our OECD report card.

This week we discuss the ups and downs in cabinets, free speech at university, protectionism, the evidence behind single sex education and we farewell the king of our climate hearts - James Shaw

Exporting happens because an individual business takes the risk to invest in a new market or a new product or service. What Government can do to help is to create an enabling and supportive business environment to encourage appropriate risk taking and innovation.

The team is back with another run through of this weeks biggest stories. From mega tunnels to mega wins for pet owning renters. We also cover off the return of your favourite cold and flu tablets, the review into state housing and the ongoing state of media.

Another big week in politics! We chat through yet another 100 day plan, the lid being kept on minimum wage, painful heritage listings, the Easter road toll and Jesse pays his respect to policy and psychology hero Daniel Kahneman.