{"id":570792,"date":"2026-08-16T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/570792\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:10:16","slug":"the-impact-of-tiktok-on-new-zealand-and-its-economy-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/570792\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of TikTok on New Zealand and its economy | Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"break-words  verse-paragraph-md font-regular\">Wait, so doomscrolling may actually be helping our country? <\/p>\n<p>This week, we caught up with Economist Brad Olsen to talk about the newest report on TikTok&#8217;s contributions to New Zealand &#8211; particularly the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Brad speaks on the specific findings of the report, including the $1.2 billion contribution to the economy, and what this means for consumers and businesses in Aotearoa. <\/p>\n<p>We also have Kiwi Business &#8216;PiknMix&#8217; owner Merritt Watson on the pod, who shares how much impact the app has had on him and his business.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a content creator, a local business, or a TikTok user, there is an interesting gem in this chat for everyone. <\/p>\n<p>Powered by http:\/\/enable.me \u2013 financial coaching and strategic advice.<\/p>\n<p>Pay down debt. Grow wealth. Retire well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wait, so doomscrolling may actually be helping our country? This week, we caught up with Economist Brad Olsen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-570792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}