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National Business Review
3 days ago
- Business
- National Business Review
Podcast #60: The NBR Rich List
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Why do we celebrate sports stars more than business stars? NBR Rich List editor Hamish McNicol reveals what our country's most successful business people think about being on the NBR Rich List 2025 and how they think New Zealand's economy Want to read more? It's easy. Choose your best value subscription option Student Exclusive FREE offer for uni students studying at a New Zealand university (valued at $499). View terms and conditions. Individual Group membership NBR Marketplace Smartphone Only Subscription NZ$29.95 / monthly Monthly Premium Online Subscription NZ$49.95 / monthly Smartphone Only Annual Subscription NZ$299.00 / yearly Yearly Premium Online Subscription NZ$499.00 / yearly Premium Group Membership 10 Users NZ$385 +GST / monthly $38.5 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 20 Users NZ$660 +GST / monthly $33 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 50 Users NZ$1375 +GST / monthly $27.5 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 100 Users NZ$2100 +GST / monthly $21 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Yearly Premium Online Subscription + NBR Marketplace NZ$999.00 / yearly Already have an account? Login
National Business Review
6 days ago
- Business
- National Business Review
Podcast #59: Queenstown's tech future
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: After Queenstown was hit hard by the pandemic, a new agency wants to diversify the adventure capital's tourism economy into tech. It could be worth $1 billion in 10 years, but what would it take? All the podcasts will be available to NBR
National Business Review
26-05-2025
- Business
- National Business Review
Podcast #58: The Kiwisaver budget
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Is it tinkering around the edges or a major overhaul? The Government's raised your KiwiSaver contribution rates while slashing its own. Four experts weigh in with their views on what the changes mean for businesses, the savers and health of Want to read more? It's easy. Choose your best value subscription option Student Exclusive FREE offer for uni students studying at a New Zealand university (valued at $499). View terms and conditions. Individual Group membership NBR Marketplace Smartphone Only Subscription NZ$29.95 / monthly Monthly Premium Online Subscription NZ$49.95 / monthly Smartphone Only Annual Subscription NZ$299.00 / yearly Yearly Premium Online Subscription NZ$499.00 / yearly Premium Group Membership 10 Users NZ$385 +GST / monthly $38.5 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 20 Users NZ$660 +GST / monthly $33 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 50 Users NZ$1375 +GST / monthly $27.5 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 100 Users NZ$2100 +GST / monthly $21 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Yearly Premium Online Subscription + NBR Marketplace NZ$999.00 / yearly Already have an account? Login
New European
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New European
Imelda Staunton and Jenny Seagrove, the great pretenders
George Bernard Shaw was born about the same time as Oscar Wilde in Dublin, but his plays have not worn as well as those of his flamboyant contemporary. What might have seemed shocking social commentary in Bernard Shaw's day now seems often rather twee, whereas the appeal of Wilde's work endures because really good humour transcends the generations. The director Dominic Cooke has, however, pulled out all the stops to try to make Mrs Warren's Profession – all about a woman who discovers her supposedly well-to-do family's wealth has been based on prostitution – as interesting as it possibly can be. The focus of this is the casting of Imelda Staunton in the title role with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (by the Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter) playing her daughter on stage. Staunton is great – she is shaping up to be one of our great grand dame actresses in the manner of the late Maggie Smith – and her daughter Bessie is a proper actress in her own right and acquits herself well. There is a wonderful scene-stealing turn from Sid Sagar as a young beau and good old pros like Robert Glenister – playing a seedy older man who fancies his chances with Mrs Warren's daughter – do their stuff admirably. It's all played out on Chloe Lamford's set that delightfully evokes summer days and genteel living, but, for all their best efforts, there is a reason Mrs Warren's Profession is seldom revived in the West End. What might have seemed shocking at the turn of the last century – it was originally banned by the Lord Chamberlain – can seem awfully boring in 2025. Jenny Seagrove and Simon Shepherd in The Anastasia File. Photo: Simon Vail Meanwhile, Jenny Seagrove has chosen wisely for her long-awaited return to the stage with Royce Ryton's The Anastasia File. She brings a wonderful mix of aristocratic hauteur and vulnerability to the part of Mrs Manahan, the woman who claimed to her dying day to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, supposed survivor of the massacre of his family by Bolshevik revolutionaries. It's a cleverly constructed piece with a fine ensemble that includes Simon Shepherd as a persistent police inspector inquiring into her story, Rosie Thomson as a possible in-law and Ashley D Gayle as her doctor. Roy Marsden recognises as director that the story is strong and intriguing enough to be told without any unnecessary flourishes and leaves it to his excellent cast to do their stuff. One of those plays where you're forever wondering what's going to happen next. In the case of the production itself, I hope a West End transfer.
National Business Review
19-05-2025
- Business
- National Business Review
Podcast #57: Who's playing in the financial sandbox?
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Six Kiwi firms have been invited into a safe regulatory space so they can test some innovative financial products without running foul of the law. We talk to two – Homeshare and Easy Crypto – about what they are developing and why they Want to read more? It's easy. Choose your best value subscription option Student Exclusive FREE offer for uni students studying at a New Zealand university (valued at $499). View terms and conditions. Individual Group membership NBR Marketplace Smartphone Only Subscription NZ$29.95 / monthly Monthly Premium Online Subscription NZ$49.95 / monthly Smartphone Only Annual Subscription NZ$299.00 / yearly Yearly Premium Online Subscription NZ$499.00 / yearly Premium Group Membership 10 Users NZ$385 +GST / monthly $38.5 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 20 Users NZ$660 +GST / monthly $33 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 50 Users NZ$1375 +GST / monthly $27.5 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Premium Group Membership 100 Users NZ$2100 +GST / monthly $21 per user - Pay by monthly credit card debit Yearly Premium Online Subscription + NBR Marketplace NZ$999.00 / yearly Already have an account? Login
