Craig Stanaway
The Conversations01 Economics and business

Four chief economists. Four big banks. One bloke asking the questions.

11 interviews about interest rates, inflation and houses, hosted for MortgageHQ's YouTube channel in 2025. If I can make the OCR worth watching, imagine what I could do with the story behind your business.

  • 11episodes
  • 74questions on the record
  • 40k+views, Oct 2026

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Jarrod Kerr Kiwibank chief economist

The RBNZ Shockwave: Why Slashing Rates to 2.5% Will Supercharge Property and Sink the Kiwi Dollar

15 Sept 2025 · 13:14

The questions

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The four.

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Every episode, filed by what it actually covers.

  1. 13 Oct 2025Jarrod KerrKiwibankThe Great Auckland Housing War: Villas vs Towers, and Who Gets CrushedAucklandHousingPolicy and reformBuilding and supply
  2. 7 Oct 2025Kelly EckholdWestpacRBNZ and the OCR: Reform That Could Decide Who Wins Big in 2026Interest rates and the OCRPolicy and reform
  3. 6 Oct 2025Nick TuffleyASBAuckland’s Breaking Point: Housing Costs, Productivity Collapse, and the Investor EdgeAucklandHousingInflationInterest rates and the OCR
  4. 3 Oct 2025Jarrod KerrKiwibankConstruction’s Death Spiral: Why NZ’s 10 Year Low in Building Work Guarantees a Housing BoomBuilding and supplyHousingPolicy and reform
  5. 28 Sept 2025Kelly EckholdWestpacHousing’s Next Shock: Why 2026 Could Deliver a Price Surge From Today’s Dead MarketHousingEconomy and confidence
  6. 21 Sept 2025Nick TuffleyASBNZ Housing Shake-Up: How the $5m Foreign Buyer Rule Will Change Property ForeverPolicy and reformHousingEconomy and confidence
  7. 15 Sept 2025Jarrod KerrKiwibankThe RBNZ Shockwave: Why Slashing Rates to 2.5% Will Supercharge Property and Sink the Kiwi DollarInterest rates and the OCRInflationEconomy and confidenceHousing
  8. 12 Sept 2025Kelly EckholdWestpacThe 2.5% Bombshell: How the RBNZ’s New Playbook Will Rewrite NZ PropertyInterest rates and the OCRInflationEconomy and confidence
  9. 8 Sept 2025Nick TuffleyASBNZ Housing Supply Meltdown: Why Today’s Shortage Will Explode Prices TomorrowHousingBuilding and supplyInterest rates and the OCR
  10. 6 Aug 2025Mike JonesBNZWe're At the Bottom: Why NZ Property is Quietly Resetting for a 2026 BoomHousingEconomy and confidence
  11. 31 Jul 2025Mike JonesBNZNZ Property in 2025: Flat is the New OpportunityHousingInterest rates and the OCREconomy and confidence

Recorded for MortgageHQ's YouTube channel, July to October 2025, with me as host. Roles are as at recording. The economists appeared as guests; nothing here suggests their banks endorse MortgageHQ, me, or anyone's mortgage strategy.

The Conversations

Politics & power.

The people who made the decisions, the questions they still get asked, and the occasional uncomfortable answer.

Auckland councillor (Howick ward) and former Cabinet minister

Three conversations: two about the people running the country, one about the people running Auckland. All hosted for MortgageHQ in 2025.

  1. Auckland and local government 23 Sept 2025 · 17:11

    Auckland’s $2 Million Homes Showdown: Towers, Three Storeys, or Ministerial Takeover?

    Whether Auckland has been zoned for too many houses, what central government is doing about the city, whether ministers could take planning decisions away from the council, the risk of delay, and what all of it means for property.

    The questions (7)

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  2. National politics 5 May 2025 · 18:15

    Did Luxon Copy Trump? Luxon’s 501 Move Explained

    Opens with a question, not a verdict: does Christopher Luxon need to be more like Donald Trump? From there, Trump’s tariffs, why New Zealand and Australian leaders get on, Australia’s 2025 election, the Budget and whether voters will warm to Labour.

    The questions (9)

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  3. National politics 30 Sept 2025 · 20:19

    Luxon Coup? Brutal Lessons for National from Thatcher, Clinton, and Clark

    Leadership challenges and what they cost, from someone who was a minister in the National Government when Jenny Shipley replaced Jim Bolger in 1997. Past prime ministers, the state of the National Party, Winston Peters, Helen Clark, and who might be prime minister next.

    The questions (6)

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Maurice Williamson's views are his own. Asking the question isn't agreeing with the answer. Recorded for MortgageHQ's YouTube channel, 2025; roles as at recording. No party or public body endorses anything here.

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