Publications

The 2020 Infrastructure report looked into the ways New Zealand and its businesses could build back better in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.  

The 2020 Sustainable Finance report looked at the road ahead for New Zealand following the Covid-19 pandemic.    

The New Zealand Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom 2020 Election Year survey, taken in association with BusinessNZ, provided an in-depth assessment of CEO opinion at what was the most concerning time in the survey’s long history due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2020 Mood of the Boardroom CEOs Survey attracted participation from 165 respondents. This survey saw opinions some 140 …

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 …

In the 2020 Agribusiness report we delved into how the primary sector fared under the national lockdown due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The industry continued to thrive thanks to its ‘essential service’ status and the many, many key players ensuring a smooth transition into new processes and procedures. We look at how giants Fonterra and Zespri excelled, meat firms …

Just prior to the full unleashing of the Covid-19 pandemic the 2020 Project Auckland report was published. 2020 was to be a defining year for Auckland. The Coalition Government unveiled a big infrastructure spend-up with Auckland to get the lion’s share of $6.8 billion new funds that was to be invested in transport infrastructure – with an emphasis on roads …

The 2019 Dynamic Business report looked at Shaping the Future of business in New Zealand. We took a delve into the clean food revolution, as it experienced heavy disruption with consumers wanting ‘clean foods’ more and more. We also looked into Artificial Intelligence, fake news, trends, and the new technologies that were being used to combat climate change within business. …

The 2019 Sustainable Finance report took a look at the need for a sustainable finance system which would involve a new mindset of taking a long-term view for social, environmental and economic wellbeing, protecting natural resources for future generations. Financing The Future was to lead to a Roadmap for Action in July 2020 on how to shift New Zealand to …

The 2019 Mood of the Boardroom CEOs Survey attracted participation from 157 respondents. There were some 140 chief executives including CEOs of some of NZ’s biggest companies, some publicly owned institutions and heads of several influential business organisations and several directors. The Herald survey is conducted in association with BusinessNZ. BusinessNZ put 15 questions from the survey to its membership …

In the 2019 Infrastructure report Picking up the Pace we delved into the visionary infrastructure projects taking place, construction challenges, Auckland’s future, Cityrail and airport updates and international experts share lessons learnt from historical infrastructure projects.