The Iron Duke Podcast
by Maddy Burgess-Smith, Jesse Corlett & Henry Levett - Iron Duke Partners
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Episode 139 - Can The Opportunity Party be kingmaker this year?
Jun 19, 2026
40m 42s
Episode 138 - why does every Budget need a catchy name?
May 29, 2026
31m 39s
Episode 137 - Do we need to reduce public sector headcount?
May 22, 2026
27m 58s
Episode 136 - Jobs budget or warning sign?
May 18, 2026
40m 32s
Episode 135 - Coalition conflict or strategic dissent?
May 1, 2026
26m 56s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | Episode 139 - Can The Opportunity Party be kingmaker this year? | This week the team at Iron Duke Studios takes you through their peaks and pits on a local, domestic and international level. We talk about the democratic challenges arising from Wellington's Golden Mile project, whether this election will be when TOP finally slip into Parliament, and is Trump's Iran deal a flop? | 40m 42s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 | Episode 138 - why does every Budget need a catchy name?✨ | Budgetfiscal policy+3 | — | Iron Duke Podcast | — | Budget 2026fiscal policy+3 | — | 31m 39s | |
| 5/22/26 | Episode 137 - Do we need to reduce public sector headcount?✨ | public sectorheadcount reduction+3 | Ben | Iron Duke Partners | — | public sectorheadcount+3 | — | 27m 58s | |
| 5/18/26 | Episode 136 - Jobs budget or warning sign?✨ | Budgeteconomy+3 | Ben | Prime MinisterBudget | — | BudgetPrime Minister+3 | — | 40m 32s | |
| 5/1/26 | Episode 135 - Coalition conflict or strategic dissent?✨ | Coalition politicsNational Party+3 | Ben | CoalitionNational Party+1 | — | CoalitionNational Party+4 | — | 26m 56s | |
| 4/14/26 | Episode 134: How do you answer a 'gotcha' question?✨ | politicsmedia+3 | — | — | — | gotcha questionTova O'Brien+3 | — | 39m 16s | |
| 4/2/26 | Episode 133 - What does the ministerial reshuffle mean for this year's election?✨ | ministerial reshuffleNational Party+3 | Ben | National PartyGovernment | — | ministerial reshuffleNational Party+5 | — | 30m 25s | |
| 3/29/26 | Episode 132 - Who from the office has been stockpiling diesel?✨ | health sector resultsfuel crisis+3 | — | GovernmentReserve Bank | — | health sectorfuel crisis+3 | — | 34m 49s | |
| 3/24/26 | Episode 131 - Do we want more data centres during an energy crisis?✨ | data centresenergy crisis+4 | — | Government | Southland | data centresenergy crisis+5 | — | 32m 57s | |
| 3/13/26 | Episode 130 - Will Luxon lose his job over Iran?✨ | IranNew Zealand politics+3 | — | — | IranNew Zealand | IranNew Zealand+4 | — | 35m 03s | |
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| 3/6/26 | Episode 129 - What does the Iran conflict mean for New Zealand?✨ | Iran conflictNew Zealand+3 | — | — | IranNew Zealand | IranNew Zealand+3 | — | 40m 16s | |
| 2/26/26 | Episode 128: LNG or more solar panels? | Double trouble this week with Jesse & Ben going head-to-head - discussing the critters in our rock pools, what this LNG stuff is all about, whether we care about the State of Origin, and the Inquiry into the RBNZ's monetary policy decision from the pandemic period. | 30m 16s | ||||||
| 2/8/26 | Episode 127: Are we real people? | Welcome back to 2026 — and it’s election year! This week we cover some of the big trends to watch, including the economy, privacy, and artificial intelligence. We also venture some hot takes on how the year will shake out. In a nutshell: Ozempic will ruin everything. | 43m 43s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 | Episode 126: The 2025 Finale | This week we're joined by the big cheese himself - Phil O'Reilly. Join us as we whiz through the year in policy and politics. | 59m 00s | ||||||
| 12/12/25 | Episode 125: Are we moving from green shoots to green shrubs? | For the Iron Duke Podcast's penultimate episode for the year of 2025, the team discuss whether our long summer break is too long, whether the RMA reform consultation period will not be long enough, and the state of the darn New Zealand media. The more positive stories of the day include the potential of growth of our economy going from green shoots to shrubs, Wellington Regional Council launching its own ticketing system and the role that solar panels can play for improving the resilience of ... | 41m 37s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | Episode 124: Can Te Pāti Māori Survive Its Internal Storm? | Welcome to your weekly roundup of the biggest stories shaping New Zealand’s political and policy landscape. This week, we dive into the Green Party’s bold move on mining consents and what it means for investment confidence, dissect the Supreme Court’s game-changing ruling on Uber drivers and the ripple effects for the gig economy, and go inside the explosive police corruption report that’s rocking trust in law enforcement. We’ll also break down the government’s shift on clean car standards an... | 41m 26s | ||||||
| 11/21/25 | Episode 123: Are We Really Broke – or Just Sick of Sick Leave? | We're back for another week of the Iron Duke podcast! We cover off the latest unemployment figures, the criticism the government is facing over its economic policies, new guidelines on carbon removals were praised and have a hearty debate over the potential for nuclear energy. That's before things get a tad touchy over everyone's favourite November affair... Fireworks | 41m 26s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | Episode 122: Is this the end of the Māori Party’s renaissance... or just a rebrand? | A week is a long time in politics! We're back running you through The Maori Party's internal strife, including allegations of overspending and misconduct. The potential impact of a Chinese invasion on Taiwan's TSMC - a key chip manufacturer for AI companies like NVIDIA. And of course, a good debate was to be had on the highly anticipated Labor Party policies, including that narrow capital gains tax to fund free GP visits. | 47m 31s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | Episode 121: Is Low Voter Turnout New Zealand's New National Sport? | This week we give Henry a break, while Jesse and Ben, along with ring-in international correspondent Maddy, delve into local body elections, the challenges of youth unemployment policies, implications of low voter turnout, the impact of centralization on local governance, and the controversial new parental income test for jobseeker support. The episode wraps up with what the gentlemen deem a critical topic - the importance of wearing ties in Parliament. | 47m 28s | ||||||
| 9/28/25 | Episode 120: Why can't we use PayWave on public transport? | Welcome back to another episode of the Iron Duke Podcast. Our peaks this week include the well-overdue announcement of who our new RBNZ Governor will be, the opening of oil and gas exploration applications, and Brooke van Velden’s reforming of the Holiday Act. Our pits this week felt rather dire, including Treasury’s Long Term Fiscal Statement (it's not looking great), the outdated and expensive National Ticketing Solution, and the results from Mood of the Boardroom. | 41m 38s | ||||||
| 9/21/25 | Episode 119: Is daylight savings affecting your mental health? | This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we discuss our peaks, including the Government pouring in some more funding for bolstering major events in New Zealand, Kāinga Ora selling up their top tier Herne Bay villas and new theories coming out about how we can detangle the web of government agencies and ministerial portfolios. Our pits include the dire Q2 GDP stats, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the subsequent reaction from around the world, and it's almost that frustrating time of year - da... | 41m 01s | ||||||
| 9/2/25 | Episode 118: Who let the dogs out? | Another big episode as a podcasting team of four. This week we take you through changes in animal safety, the big sell off of New Zealand dairy brands, a new route to get more rich listers moving in next door, Peeni Henare's thoughts on gang patches, our thoughts on the big pay day for government board directors, Air New Luxon's chats with the Reserve Bank Governor, the usual yap about super markets and a new CONTENTIOUS topic has just dropped... cancelling Picton for Clifford Bay. | 39m 55s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | Episode 117: Do you remember your first time? | This week we are delighted to have the newest voice of the Iron Duke Podcast with us, Ben Craven. His soothing voice and hot, sometimes justified, takes fit in well. In this episode we discuss peace talks, RUCs, electorates, education and the removal of te reo from easy reading books, more building and construction reform and New Zealand’s funky control towers. | 45m 28s | ||||||
| 7/29/25 | Episode 116: How do we save the baby trees? | This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we talk about the end of modern learning environments, some positive progress on NCEA results, the announcement of the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election date, the for some reason spicy topic of gene technology, further severe weather events and how we are responding to them and the not-so-good unemployment rate for younger people. | 34m 27s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | Episode 115: Should security guards be able to arrest thieves? | This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we discuss our peaks of the week, including the Government’s newly amended Family Boost for childcare policy, the revolutionary AI plan, and the charities that receive funding from crime proceeds. Our pits of the week include Oriini Kaipara seeking the TPM candidacy in Auckland’s Tāmaki Makaurau electorate, Chippy having a crack at the media for being bias, and how little the powers are for our bravest security guards. | 37m 00s | ||||||
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