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Is UBI Really the Answer for New Zealand? Universal Basic Income Explained
13 August 2026

Is UBI Really the Answer for New Zealand? Universal Basic Income Explained

The John Kenel Show

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Governments around the world are talking about paying you to exist. It's called a universal basic income, and AI is the reason it's back on the table.


 


In this episode I look at what's actually being proposed here in New Zealand and overseas, what the real-world pilots in Finland and Ontario showed, what a land tax looks like from someone who actually holds land, and the part almost nobody talks about: what happens to the relationship between you and your government when your income and your money both come from the same place.


 


And then the practical bit. $370 a week is about $19,000 a year. You don't have to wait for a government to give you that. You can build it yourself.


 


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