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Podcast: Sweat Capital
Episode: #120 – Shane Jones (NZ Minister for Resources): How Power, Pressure and Responsibility Shape a Career In Politics (OnAir @ IMARC)
Description: This episode was recorded on 21 October 2025, OnAir @ IMARC. For more information on the world's biggest mining conference and how to get involved, visit imarcglobal.com.In this episode of Sweat Capital, we sit down with Shane Jones, New Zealand’s Minister for Resources, to unpack what a career inside politics really looks like – and how responsibility changes the way decisions get made. Shane reflects on growing up in rural New Zealand, his first job in an abattoir, and how early life experiences shaped his appetite for leadership. He explains why a can...