Graham Skellern New Zealand will likely take a place in the Biden Administration-initiated Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), particularly with an eye to developing opportunities in digital trade, said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She told the Inaugural United States Business Summit, organised by NZ INC. and Auckland Business Chamber, that “in the period ahead I expect we will be in a …

The Herald’s Project Auckland 2022 publishes today as Auckland’s city centre reaches a “turning point”. The report celebrates Auckland’s reopening for business after multiple lockdowns and constraints caused by the pandemic, and, takes a deep dive into plans to “reactivate” the city centre. The plans are impressive, and as their authors — Heart of the City and Auckland Unlimited — …

Reimagining Business is not a catchcry. It is a gift in time when the dislocation caused by a global pandemic, now running into its third year, is catalysing change. In the Herald’s Dynamic Business Report we take a look at how to maintain momentum in challenging times. Auckland Business Chamber CEO Michael Barnett —whose business organisation has been in the …

It is no mistake that in recent years the Infrastructure portfolio has also been held by the Minister of Finance. Infrastructure has rightly been described as the “backbone of economic growth”. Resilient infrastructure that caters for growing populations is critical to the workings of a modern economy. Everything from transport, energy, water and the construction of houses, commercial and industrial …

It isa tribute to Kiwi determination that New Zealand has developed digital diplomacy to such a high art form that next week’s meeting of the Apec political leaders will take place fully virtually, in the midst of a global pandemic. Preparations for our hosting of Apec — the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum — began four years ago. They will culminate …

The late Sir Michael Cullen was blessed with a sharp intellect and quick wit overlaid with his occasional trademark sarcasm. At the Herald’s 2005 Mood of the Boardroom election breakfast, Cullen painstakingly laid out the strategies he had employed over six years to underpin economic growth as he teased then-opponent Sir John Key on the merits of a $3.9 billion …

The Prime Minister has spoken: Failing to adapt to climate change is not an option for her Labour Government; neither is it an option for business. In the Herald’s 2021 Sustainable Business report, Jacinda Ardern presents climate action s an economic opportunity that New Zealand must seize. Ardern shares her Government’s thinking as it prepares its formal response to the Climate …

Covid-19 sent capital markets into a tailspin worldwide. But it also provoked a new wave of innovation in New Zealand. The pandemic provided an unexpected boost to the New Zealand stock exchange —the NZX—as Kiwi companies tapped the market for new equity to keep balance sheets in shape at a time when revenues were severely impacted in some sectors. The …

Tim McCready Professor Sir Peter Gluckman told attendees at this morning’s ‘Kickstarting the New Zealand Economy’ session from the Trans-Tasman Business Circle that we won’t go back to ‘business as usual’ following the pandemic: “New Zealand needs to grow its R&D strategy, which is still designed for the 1980s and not for the 21st century.” He said our two biggest …

The 2020 CFO Summit Connect, chaired by Fran O’Sullivan, provided the latest information about political and economic trends, governance, risk and capital frameworks, and culture and forward-thinking concepts from global and local experts. In the video below Dr Alan Bollard discusses the New Zealand Economy under COVID-19. With global turbulence rising for trade policy and trade rules, and protectionism back …