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2022 – Infrastructure: Building better resilience

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 …

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2022 – Mood of the Boardroom: Navigating through challenging times

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 …

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2022 – Agribusiness & Trade: Taking the high ground

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 …

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China Business Summit 2022: A Balancing Act

A Balancing Act On Monday, August 1, 2022 – NZINC. and the Auckland Business Chamber presented the China Business Summit: A Balancing Act. It explored a business and political perspective on the landscape for New Zealand businesses in China and put forward strategies for navigating through disruptive times. It is notable that New Zealand’s trade with China and Chinese investment in …

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2022 – Sustainable Business & Finance: Turning up the heat

‘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. …

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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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US Business Summit 2022: Changing the dial

Changing the dial The United States is New Zealand’s third-largest individual trading partner and a major source of foreign direct investment, innovation and research, and tourism. There is significant opportunity to expand the relationship, but moving ahead in today’s uncertain world requires a focus on this key partnership and insight into the current environment. The macro global economic picture is …

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US Business Summit: Tourism sector will come alive with American visitors

Graham Skellern New Zealand can look forward to a burst of big-spending American tourists over the second half of this year (2022), says Air New Zealand chair Dame Therese Walsh. Walsh told the Inaugural United States Business Summit – ‘Changing the Dial’ that up to 31 million Americans were actively looking to visit New Zealand and three-quarters of them would …

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US Business Summit: New economic framework will re-engage the Indo-Pacific region

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 …

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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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