New Zealand

Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of people to live under strict lockdown conditions, but the psychology of human behaviour predicts they will find it harder to stick to the rules the longer the situation continues. New Zealand has now reached a midway point of a comprehensive four-week lockdown and …

 The COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan was a devastating blow to China, leading to a global health and economic crisis which is a long way from over. Businesses across New Zealand face the collapse of trade with China, business that has sustained and grown their enterprises over many years. Graeme Acton talks to crayfish industry leader Campbell Gin, about the impact here, and …

Alexander Saeri, Monash University; Emily Grundy, Deakin University; Liam Smith, Monash University; Michael Noetel, Australian Catholic University, and Peter Slattery, Monash University More Australians are worried about the longer-lasting, societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic – specifically that the health system could be overburdened and the country could enter a recession – than they are about the more immediate changes …

Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has made clear his view that any attempt to eliminate COVID-19 entirely in Australia would carry too high an economic cost, while Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says such an aim would require “very aggressive” long-term border control. The national cabinet …

Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Governments across the world have rolled out extensive financial packages to support individuals, businesses and large corporations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Equally, central banks have decreased their lending rates to almost zero, and have announced extensive and previously untested direct lending to private corporations and financial companies. In many …

Massey University’s Suze Wilson explains why she believes Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get things wrong, or delay deciding, they die. Your decisions affect the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands …

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 Global Young Leaders Forum and the annual Caixin Summit in Beijng left PocketSmith CEO Jason Leong pondering how China and New Zealand could change in the next decade, as technology advances and new perspectives change the way we work locally and globally.  The historic district of Houhai in Beijing is sleepy by day. Its lake is a meeting point …

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 …