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Episode 85 - The effort to change our wasteful food habits

We waste $1.6 billion worth of food every year. Nearly 160,000 tonnes. With more and more...

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Episode 84 - The suburban solar conundrum

The combination of solar panels, electricity storage batteries, smart household gadgets, and a...

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Episode 83 - Turning Tripe into Wound-healing 'Crumpet'

This week on Two Cents' Worth: how tripe got the markets buzzing and what that can tell us about...

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Episode 82 - Closed borders: Is the cure worse than the disease?

The closed borders protecting us from Covid-19 is keeping us healthy, but having unexpected...

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Episode 81 - What becomes of the housing market?

In April, economists were predicting Covid could cause a 10-20 percent fall in house prices. In...

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Episode 80 - Roundup: the landmark case and what it means for our economy and our health

Glyphosate is one of the most commonly used weedkillers in the world, but there’s huge pressure...

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Episode 79 - The little ventilator that could - during Covid

How two multi-millionaires, two pandemic futurists, Air NZ’s former boss, a dairy executive on a...

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Episode 78 - Worth a shot? The economics of the race for a vaccine

The race is on. Two Cents Worth investigates the economics of finding a vaccine for coronavirus.

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Episode 77 - The case for a modern debt jubilee

As the global economy spirals post-coronavirus and many people can no longer pay their debts or...

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Episode 76 - Losing it all: a personal story of bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is something to be avoided - but maybe not at all costs. Two Cents' Worth follows a...

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Episode 75 - A Side Hustle Story

Forty percent of Millennials have one and increasing numbers of GenXers and Baby Boomers are...

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Episode 74 - Rugby’s fight for survival

With million dollar losses and huge staff cutbacks, there are concerns that rugby is in its death...

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Episode 73 - The last mile

In our new germ-wary world online shopping has become more important than ever, but the road for...

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Episode 72 - Two Cents on "Once in a Generation" Budget

We're bracing for a major, global economic downturn. Will the government's historic 'once in a...

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Episode 71 - Ready for the robot takeover?

Meet Bella, Jamie and Yumi. Just some of the robots taking over our jobs. But does this have to...

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Episode 70 - An apple harvest no one will ever forget

Apple growers have filled our fruit bowls and bolstered our export coffers, while harvesting a...

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Episode 69 - Our giant 'Green Eggs and Ham' moment

The Covid-19 lockdown has forced a 'Green Eggs and Ham' moment on many businesses and government...

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Episode 68 - Coronavirus Recovery: Lessons From the Christchurch Quakes

New Zealand could emerge from level-4 lockdown next week and set off down the slow, uncertain...

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Episode 67 - Where Covid-19 meets tourism, taps and nanotechnology

Two Cents Worth answers two listeners’ questions around how Covid-19 might change the world.

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Episode 66 - Riding the share market rollercoaster in the Covid-19 era

Fortunes can be lost or made in volatile markets. Peter Griffin looks at how amateur investors...

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