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  • Leeann Watson: Business Canterbury CEO on signs of recovery in the region, WorkSafe changes

    Leeann Watson: Business Canterbury CEO on signs of recovery in the region, WorkSafe changes
    2025/06/03

    Leeann Watson, CEO of Business Canterbury, joined John MacDonald to give a quarterly update.

    Are we seeing signs of recovery in Canterbury? What would a commuter train mean for the city business scene?

    And will the Government’s new approach to WorkSafe make a difference for local businesses and how they operate?

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    12 分
  • The Huddle: Are the new WorkSafe changes a step too far?

    The Huddle: Are the new WorkSafe changes a step too far?
    2025/06/03

    Tonight on The Huddle, Rob Campbell and Maurice Williamson joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

    Will we read Jacinda's new book? What are we expecting? Are we annoyed there's no apology over the Covid response?

    The new WorkSafe changes kicked in - are we glad the Government is dialling back on the health and safety enforcement or do we think this is a step too far?

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    10 分
  • John MacDonald: The dangers of tinkering with Health and Safety

    John MacDonald: The dangers of tinkering with Health and Safety
    2025/06/03
    If there’s anyone who shouldn't be told they can wind things back on the health and safety front, it’s a New Zealander. Because generally, we are absolute shockers when it comes to this sort of thing and our health and safety laws are the only thing standing between our “she’ll be right” attitude and misery and tragedy. Especially when you consider that —even with the health and safety laws we have at the moment— our workplace fatality rate is 60% higher than Australia’s and more than 500% higher than the UK’s. So a perfect time, isn’t it, for us to be getting rid of what the Government says is WorkSafe's “safety-at-all costs mentality”? Just in case you think I’m a health and safety freak, I’m not. But I’m also enough of a realist to know that, without these laws, more people would be going home at the end of the day injured or not going home at all. Another reason why us New Zealanders are the last people to be told we can go a bit easy on the old health and safety is that we have very short memories. I haven’t forgotten the 19th of November 2010, when the first Pike River explosion happened. I remember distinctly getting home from work that afternoon and all of us watching the live coverage. That was what set-in-train a huge overhaul of health and safety laws because, as we eventually discovered, the guy who ran the mine wasn’t the hero we all initially thought he was. Pike River was where it all started. And the government is setting out today to walk all over the progress that we’ve made since then – apparently because we’ve gone too far with it. But even though I’m just as capable as the next person of shaking my head at some of the things businesses and employers are required to do in the name of keeping people safe, I’m not happy about the screws being loosened. But what the Government has in its favour is that most people haven’t experienced the consequences of things going pear-shaped at work. That’s why it’s so easy to dismiss health and safety as an overreaction. But I bet if you have known someone who has lost their life at work or if you know someone who has been seriously injured at work, then you’ll have a much more realistic view of things. The irony is we’ve got the Government on one hand saying today that its crackdown on badly-behaved state housing tenants has worked But, on the other hand, it’s saying that it wants to be less heavy-handed on employers who don’t do everything they can to keep their people safe. Which is why the Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety, Brooke van Velden, wants WorkSafe to ditch what she’s calling its “adversarial nature” and to move from managing risk generally to critical risk. But what on earth does that mean? Do you know the difference between “general” risk and “critical” risk? Example: is an extension cord running across the floor somewhere at work a “general risk” or a “critical risk”? The answer to that depends on the consequence. If the consequence of a power cable running across the floor in the office is just a bit of a nuisance and nothing else, then you could probably categorise it as a “general risk”. But if that cable lying across the floor means someone trips on it and they bang their head pretty hard on a wall and get some sort of brain bleed, then that becomes a “critical risk”, doesn’t it? See what I mean? The idea of taking the pedal off the metal and only taking “critical risks” seriously probably sounds great to many of us. But dig a bit deeper or even think about it for a few minutes and you’ll realise that it’s a huge mistake. It’s a bit like Trump coming in and saying that all this Paris climate change stuff is nonsense and suddenly you’ve got people around the world saying, “yeah yeah, enough of this climate change nonsense”. And the reason that’s happening is because people like Trump are giving people permission to go all climate change-sceptic on it. Which is exactly what the Government is doing with its loosening of the health and safety laws. It’s giving people permission to go easy on health and safety, which is the last thing us New Zealanders need when our default position is “she’ll be right”. It is a disaster waiting to happen, all over again. The podcasts in the SME Stream contain general information only, not financial or professional advice. Any opinions expressed in the podcasts are not necessarily shared by BNZ, or its related entities. BNZ is not liable for any losses resulting from the content of the podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    5 分
  • Todd Hammington: The secret to employee retention

    Todd Hammington: The secret to employee retention
    2025/06/02

    Career progression is a significant thing to consider for most people - whether they could develop as much as they'd like at their current job, or if they would need to look elsewhere.

    So how can employers spot and support an employee who wants to progress?

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    40 分
  • The true cost of owning pets and where to find savings

    The true cost of owning pets and where to find savings
    2025/06/02

    Owning a pet can bring aso much joy to your life - but it can also bring some big expenses.

    Some people can spend a fortune on their pets, and as they get older, those costs often increase. And that's before you factor in breeds and how that can impact what you spend.

    To talk about some of the costs that you need to be prepared for, this week Nadine is joined by Michelle de Long, chief operating officer at PD Pet Insurance

    If you have a question you want answered, or a financial story to share, get in touch at nadine.higgins@nzme.co.nz

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    32 分
  • EP10: Business & Wellness Without the BS

    EP10: Business & Wellness Without the BS
    2025/06/02

    Make way for Beatrice Thorne, beautiful brain that founded Eve Wellness - yes, the brand with the colourful jars! Grab your Suntory Boss Coffee - It's brewed hot, chilled fast and perfect for an on-the-go podcast listen.

    In this empowering episode of Bored to Boss, host Georgia Patten chats with Beatrice Thorne, the trailblazing founder behind Eve Wellness & Supplements. Known for her honest, science-backed approach to women’s health, Beatrice opens up about the mission to change how we talk about hormones, cycles, and overall wellbeing.

    Georgia and Beatrice dive into everything from the realities of working in the wellness industry, to building a brand that prioritizes education, empathy, and empowerment over empty promises. They explore what it means to create solutions for women, by women - and how Eve is helping reshape the supplement space with transparency and purpose.

    Grab a coffee and get the tea on how to build a brand from the ground up! This conversation is packed with practical insights and plenty of real talk.

    New episode out every Tuesday!

    IG: @boredtobosspodcast

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    32 分
  • How Stabicraft is riding the boat buying wave

    How Stabicraft is riding the boat buying wave
    2025/06/02

    [VIDEO EPISODE ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY] From Invercargill to Alaska, this iconic New Zealand aluminium boat business is expanding into North America with private equity funds.

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    19 分
  • Sam Dickie: Fisher Funds expert on Donald Trump's tariffs being blocked by US federal court

    Sam Dickie: Fisher Funds expert on Donald Trump's tariffs being blocked by US federal court
    2025/05/29

    A US federal court's blocked Donald Trump's global tariffs from going into effect - ruling the President overstepped his authority.

    The Court of International Trade says an emergency law invoked by the White House doesn't provide unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country.

    Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie explains what this means for the economy.

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    5 分