Show Notes
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...
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