When the Facts Change

About When the Facts Change

When the Facts Change, Hosted by journalist Bernard Hickey, When the Facts Change is your essential weekly guide to the intersection of economics, business and politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Presented by The Spinoff. When the Facts Change is currently on hiatus and is open for sponsorship. For more details, contact bec@thespinoff.co.nz

Publisher

The Spinoff

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Mar 2021

Latest episode

15 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

254 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jul 2026

   At Large with Toby Manhire: Is the Reserve Bank’s blunt tool just too blunt?

   Since 1990 the Reserve Bank has been tasked with taming inflation independently from the government of the day. But is the tool it uses today, the official cash rate, with its focus on hitting an inflation rate of 1%-3%, causing more pain that it’s alleviating? Bernard Hickey joins Toby to make the case. Plus, in How Good, Liam Rātana on NZ Wars: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika. Follow At Large with Toby Manhire now on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Going up after digging down

   Billions has been spent on the construction of Auckland’s City Rail Link, largely at the cost of taxpayers and ratepayers. The current Auckland council zoning rules, however, prevent the building of high-rise residential and commercial buildings at Mt Eden, Kingsland and Morningside stations. Sooner or later, something has got to give. CBRE director of residential research Tamba Carleton joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the need for Auckland to grow up, and grow upwards, in order to make the most of it’s brand new tunnel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3. 

   3 Jul 2025

   To cut or not to cut?

   Kiwibank economist Sabrina Delgado joins Bernard Hickey to analyze the Reserve Bank's options regarding potential interest rate cuts, assessing the central bank's monetary policy statement in this interview.

Who has been a guest on When the Facts Change

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sabrina Delgado
• Megan Alexander
• Nick Leggett
• Rewiring Aotearoa
• Mary Jo Vergara

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

37,517,740

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

156 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

96

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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