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Finance Minister Steven Joyce has defended criticism that his maiden budget this week was stepping on territory traditionally held by the Labour party, saying family tax credits had been a part of New Zealand for decades. Jessica Mutch: I want to start off by asking you – in 2008, you talked about a brighter future. Is this the kind of …

Finance Minister Steven Joyce says his budget treats everyone fairly, but says it’s aimed at families with children and low to middle incomes. Joyce says 6,000 families will be worse off after the budget by up to $3 a week. Another 200 families will be worse off by more than $3 a week, and there’s a $2million fund set aside …

Prime Minister Bill English told Q+A’s Corin Dann that New Zealanders shouldn’t be too concerned about what’s happening politically in the United States. Bill English: Well, we just, I think, need to understand there’s a lot of domestic politics in the US that’s pretty robust – certainly at the moment – a different way of the president operating. But hour …

Last night the 2017 INFINZ Awards were held at the Langham Hotel in Auckland. Over 800 guests filled the room to recognise innovation and excellence in New Zealand’s financial and capital markets industry. The evening was its usual success. Fran O’Sullivan warmed up the room, challenging the industry to use the current availability of capital to be bold and apply …

Should we be aggressively chasing foreign investment dollars? That was the big questions in the 2017 Capital Markets report, whilst also considering the sharemarket’s continued healthy state, whether the pools of capital were going in the right place, the state of New Zealand’s private equity industry and international investment, as well as the big deals in the pipeline that were …

In the 2017 China Business report, we looked at the China advantage: was New Zealand effectively leveraging its growth investment ties? The report considered this as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited New Zealand and China was poised to overtake the United States as the second-largest source of foreign direct investment in New Zealand. The report also outlined details on a …

Despite being only a few weeks into the job, new mayor Phil Goff has a firm grasp on his council’s priorities. The 2016 Project Auckland report provides an update on the mayor’s agenda, considers  how Auckland Council must unlock revenue to fix Auckland’s big issues, why improving the city’s ferry network would help ease congestion on Auckland’s roads, a new …

2016 was a banner year for the Deloitte Top 200 – New Zealand’s most prestigious business awards. The 2016 Dynamic Business report provides insights into the Kiwi success stories honoured at the event, and also explains why investing in the future is important to New Zealand.

The growth pressures in Auckland were the clear issue in the 2016 Mood of the Boardroom report – housing and infrastructure were in sore need of addressing and the CEOs wanted to see action in these areas. The Auckland mayoral election of 2016 saw widespread dissatisfaction for the business community, with Phil Goff receiving the reluctant plurality of support. The …

In 2016, the market was in good shape after years of hard work by those running, regulating and operating in it. The 2016 Capital Markets report provided insight into how the benefits of a more robust regulatory regime had become clearer, how angel investment was playing an important role in growing the economy, how new contracts had become a way …