In the 2014 Mood of the Boardroom report we  took the temperature of the nation’s leading CEOs in our annual survey. We examined what CEOs expected from each political party in the lead up to the 2014 election; opportunities and challenges for New Zealand businesses and the policies chief executives wanted escalated for New Zealand’s future success. The report was …

The government will fold the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority into the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet early next year as it begins a long-term withdrawal from its hands-on involvement in the Christchurch rebuild. In a speech to the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, Prime Minister John Key announced the plan, in anticipation of CERA’s legislated April 2016 expiration date. The move …