Winston Peters: Why Kiwis Are Struggling Financially Right Now
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Winston Peters joins Reagan White for a brutally honest conversation about money, poverty, wages, housing, KiwiSaver, personal responsibility, and the real state of New Zealand’s economy.
From childhood poverty in post-Depression Northland, to blasting furnaces in Australia, the long-serving politician reveals how those experiences shaped his financial views - and why too many Kiwis today feel squeezed despite doing “everything right".
0:00 – Winston on rights, responsibilities & earning a home
1:20 – The rise to 2025: elections, chaos & money
2:10 – Growing up poor in post-Depression Northland
3:00 – 11 kids, poverty, gardens & survival
4:05 – The four pillars NZ has forgotten
5:05 – Diet, health and the real cause of NZ’s hospital pressure
7:20 – Hard labour: blast furnaces, tunnelling & freezing works
10:10 – Saving every cent: how he paid his own way
12:00 – University, wealth, work ethic and determination
14:00 – Populism vs reading the room
16:00 – Why he still works at 80
18:00 – Property, law practice and “life experience wealth”
20:00 – Why he’ll never write a tell-all book
22:00 – Public life, fame, and the “Michael Jackson problem”
24:00 – The squeezed middle: who’s to blame?
25:00 – NZ’s housing mistake: incomes vs price explosion
27:00 – How to save struggling businesses & jobs
29:00 – Rights vs responsibilities in modern NZ
30:00 – KiwiSaver, savings and retirement realities
32:00 – The youth, gaming sector & lost opportunity
34:00 – Debt, waste and political illusions
35:00 – Winston’s answer to Kiwis living paycheck to paycheck
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Winston Peters: Why Kiwis Are Struggling Financially Right Now
Where's My Money?
38,241 views
Winston Peters joins Reagan White for a brutally honest conversation about money, poverty, wages, housing, KiwiSaver, personal responsibility, and the real state of New Zealand’s economy.
From childhood poverty in post-Depression Northland, to blasting furnaces in Australia, the long-serving politician reveals how those experiences shaped his financial views - and why too many Kiwis today feel squeezed despite doing “everything right".
0:00 – Winston on rights, responsibilities & earning a home
1:20 – The rise to 2025: elections, chaos & money
2:10 – Growing up poor in post-Depression Northland
3:00 – 11 kids, poverty, gardens & survival
4:05 – The four pillars NZ has forgotten
5:05 – Diet, health and the real cause of NZ’s hospital pressure
7:20 – Hard labour: blast furnaces, tunnelling & freezing works
10:10 – Saving every cent: how he paid his own way
12:00 – University, wealth, work ethic and determination
14:00 – Populism vs reading the room
16:00 – Why he still works at 80
18:00 – Property, law practice and “life experience wealth”
20:00 – Why he’ll never write a tell-all book
22:00 – Public life, fame, and the “Michael Jackson problem”
24:00 – The squeezed middle: who’s to blame?
25:00 – NZ’s housing mistake: incomes vs price explosion
27:00 – How to save struggling businesses & jobs
29:00 – Rights vs responsibilities in modern NZ
30:00 – KiwiSaver, savings and retirement realities
32:00 – The youth, gaming sector & lost opportunity
34:00 – Debt, waste and political illusions
35:00 – Winston’s answer to Kiwis living paycheck to paycheck
If you enjoy this episode, hit subscribe, share it with a mate, and follow us on Instagram for more money insights and full video episodes.
Sponsored by enable.me — helping Kiwis get money fit.