Bernard Hickey

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Topics - the British RSPCA is reporting black cats are being rejected in this age of the 'selfie'. Black cats do not photograph well, aparently, don't look cute enough for social media postings. ACT… Audio

Topics - the Government's taking control of Novopay. That's the end of the happy association of the Australian company Talent 2 with our education system. Talent2 will pay millions - possibly 20… Audio

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Topics - the OECD has just unveiled a new website, with much hoopla. It's oecdregionalwellbeing.org. And what it does is compare regions within countries as the most desirable places to live and work… Audio

Topics - Labour's modest (they've been called, no frightening of the horses) tax proposals to start the discussions. Those earning more than $150k would pay an extra 3 cents in the dollar. About two… Audio

Topics: The dangers of holding your breath in a tunnel; How much danger in not wearing a lifejacket on a boat and Professor Thomas Piketty's idea that wealth inequalities are heading back up to levels… Audio

Topics: The Chinese slowdown; why the Auckland median house prices are still going up if the property peak is past; more on John Banks and whether he should be cut adrift from the Government and… Audio

Bridget Mills today with what the world's talking about: The Canadian shooter who's killed the three police officers. Abundant social media evidence of his psychological derailment beforehand. Do we… Audio

Our changed attitude towards Anzac Day, what the panel has been up to, and Shane Jones' departure from politics. Audio

The hike in the OCR, did we need it? As we contemplate higher mortgage rates the big Luxembourg Income Study has interesting revelations about how the middle classes, but especially the poor of the… Audio

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Topics - John Roberts, CEO founder of ao.com, has been in the news for saying his children will inherit nothing in his will. One in 10 staff may lose their jobs at Lincoln University as it revamps the… Audio

Topics - the online-storage company Mega - launched by Kim Dotcom last year - is doing a back-door listing on the New Zealand stock exchange. The relatives of passengers on board missing Malaysia… Audio

Topics - the Food and Grocery Council says a Commerce Commission inquiry into supermarkets' treatment of their suppliers could improve the relationship between the two. Is life in Auckland's outer… Audio

Topics - has Kiwisaver really done little to improve household savings or support the New Zealand economy? New Zealand's agonisingly unsuccessful Americas Cup team has been airing various laundry… Audio

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The Reserve Bank is ringing a warning about households, already heavy with rising debts, facing the benchmark interest rate almost doubling within two years. Audio

The Employment Relations Authority has upheld the dismissal of a liquor store employee who called a customer "Miss Piggy"; The case of American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo will be before the… Audio

Bernard Hickey warns we should be wary of Kiwibank's latest campaign to lure in new customers with "free" money and zero fees; Motorists who have been wrongly ticketed in multi-occupancy vehicle lanes… Audio