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NZ Election 2026: What Every Voter Needs To Know About MMP

October 21, 2026 · 10 min

You've got two ticks on the ballot paper. One chooses your local MP. The other largely determines how many seats your chosen party gets, if it qualifies. I work through the room-of-chairs example, the 5% or one-electorate rule, why TOP…
NZ's Economy Is Turning: Housing Recovery, Auckland Pricing & New Planning Laws

October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

Can New Zealand build its way out of this slump? And what happens when AI changes how we work faster than the property market recovers? Andrew Crosby joins me for a conversation about property, business and where New Zealand goes next…
What NZ’s Largest Mortgage Broker Really Sees Happening in Property Right Now

September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

John Bolton is the founder of Squirrel, New Zealand’s largest mortgage broker doing around $3 billion in mortgages annually, and one of the country’s biggest non-bank construction lenders with $700–800 million deployed into development…
How A Council Could Halve Your Building's Value Overnight

September 24, 2026 · 20 min

An election policy announced on Sunday would change how commercial leases work in New Zealand. Two parts. Rent reviews on leases already signed could go down, not just up. And if a CBD shop's been empty for more than a year, the council…
Why Socialism Suddenly Sounds Attractive (A Property Developer's Honest Take)

September 13, 2026 · 16 min

More young New Zealanders are looking at the housing market and deciding the system's rigged. In plenty of ways, they're right. I've been building houses for over 20 years and I've benefited from the way things are, so I'm not here to tell…

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Is UBI Really the Answer for New Zealand? Universal Basic Income Explained

August 13, 2026 · 25 min

Governments around the world are talking about paying you to exist. It's called a universal basic income, and AI is the reason it's back on the table. In this episode I look at what's actually being proposed here in New Zealand and…
Removing Investors Won’t Fix NZ’s Housing Crisis: Here's Why

July 30, 2026 · 17 min

Someone commented that developers are deluded and my 695,000 home was a ripoff. Fair enough, I've heard worse. But it got me onto the argument I have nearly every day: get investors out and more Kiwis will own a home. Partly right…
NZ Property Market Is Near the Bottom: What Happens Next?

July 20, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

John Kenel sits down with John Bolton from Squirrel, New Zealand’s biggest mortgage broker. What’s getting funded, what’s getting declined, and why? They discuss the OCR at 2.5%, the water companies that are now a bigger…
Kiwi's Are Working Harder But Falling Further Behind

July 11, 2026 · 26 min

You're not falling behind because you're lazy or doing something wrong, the ground has genuinely shifted under ordinary Kiwis and nobody's bothered to explain why. Power up 12%, council rates up 9%, insurance up 30% in three years, but…
NZ's Inheritance Tax: The Government's Cut of Your Life's Work

July 1, 2026 · 9 min

The Greens are calling it a capital acquisitions tax because inheritance tax doesn't poll well, but whatever you call it, it means the government takes a third of what you've spent your life building. This isn't just a tax debate, it's a…
New Zealand Must Learn From Australia's Tax Changes

June 15, 2026 · 13 min

Its time New Zealand start taking a look at Australia's tax changes and learn from them, both their mistakes and what they do well... Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my…
New Zealand's Pension Problem Is Bigger Than You Think

June 4, 2026 · 14 min

New Zealand's pension system is heading for a cliff. In 1965, seven working-age people supported every retiree. Today it's four workers per retiree. By 2065, it'll be two workers supporting every person over 65. The system was built…

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About the show

Straight talk on property, money, and getting ahead in New Zealand. John Kenel has spent over 20 years developing property and 27 years investing in it. More than 1,000 homes built. On this show he breaks down the property market, development, and money the way it actually works, not the way the system wants you to see it. No jargon. No fluff. No spin. Just real talk for tradies, investors, business owners, and everyday Kiwis who want more freedom and more control over their lives. If you've ever felt like the rules are stacked against ordinary people trying to get ahead, this is for you. New episodes regularly. Education only, not financial advice.