Reports

The rain just fell and fell and fell. On January 27 alone, 245mm of rain fell across the Auckland region. Auckland City was hit hardest during the province’s Anniversary holiday weekend as an atmospheric river caused widespread flooding and landslips resulting in some 650 homes now being red-stickered after Cyclone Gabrielle later added its own damage. A report’s yet to …

2022 has been a stellar year of reconnection for New Zealand businesses. After two years of multiple Covid lockdowns and tough border restrictions – which were not lifted in their entirety until mid-year – there was pent-up appetite from business people to get out into the world, renew contacts and forge new opportunities. In particular, 2022 has also been a …

Links to 2022 Herald Business Reports December 9, 2022 Dynamic Business: Reconnecting Business November 11, 2022 Infrastructure: Building better resilience September 23, 2022 Mood of the Boardroom: Navigating through challenging times August 31, 2022 Agribusiness & Trade: Taking the high ground July 28, 2022 Sustainable Business & Finance: Turning up the heat June 30, 2022 Capital Markets: Surviving the bears …

Infrastructure New Zealand’s major summit Building Nations is back with their first face-to-face conference since 2020. The two-day conference – which sold out last week – starts in Wellington this morning. There will be an array of first-class speakers ranging from Cabinet Ministers, through to Members of Parliament and a group of newly elected and re-elected mayors who will join …

The Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom 2022 CEOs Survey attracted participation from 108 respondents. This year, 90 chief executives and 18 senior directors or chairs, took part. They include leaders of NZ’s biggest companies ranging across agribusiness, banking and finance, manufacturing, aviation and tourism, education, telecommunications, environmental services, energy, insurance, professional services, and more. The survey was in the market …

It’s been a banner year for New Zealand agribusiness with record export returns topping $53.3 billion – the first time the sector has cracked the $50b mark. This in spite of the impact of the lengthy Covid-19 pandemic. The results underline why the success of our agribusiness sector continues to underpin the health of the New Zealand economy. As Ministry …

‘Come gather ‘round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin’ And you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'” American Bob Dylan wrote this song as an anthem for change in 1963. …

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, …

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 …