Reports

2022 – Capital Markets: Surviving the bears

Negative sentiment pervades global markets – from shares and bonds through to the “crypto crash” which has seen Bitcoin tumble through the floor, wobbly housing markets – even gold and silver are showing signs of tarnish. Investors have been here before. But this storm has a novel twist. Central banks are now raising interest rates to stamp out inflationary pressures, …

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2022 – Project Auckland: The turning point

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 — …

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2022 – Dynamic Business: Reimagining business

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 …

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2021 – Infrastructure: The Big Call

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 …

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2021 – APEC 2021

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 …

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2021 – Mood of the Boardroom: Coming out of COVID

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 …

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2021 – Sustainable Business: Wake-up call

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 …

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2021 – Agribusiness: Beyond Covid

The pandemic caused digital adoption across all industries to surge and agribusiness is no exception. We look at some of the technological advancements that are shaping the industry to maximise volume, drive economic progress and provide sustainable and productive solutions. The image of giant robots bestriding fields with a drone circling overhead is futuristic. But it foreshadows a future where …

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2021 – Capital Markets: Out of the tailspin

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 …

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