What’s at stake: Auckland risks losing global competitiveness and economic momentum unless it urgently addresses a deepening productivity gap.
Background: The third and final State of the City 2025 report benchmarking Auckland’s global performance against comparable peer cities reveals underperformance in productivity, despite strengths in innovation, culture, and resilience.
Main players: Mayor Wayne Brown, Local Government Minister Hon Simon Watts, Auckland Council’s Pam Ford, Deloitte’s Anthony Ruakere, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei CEO Tom Irvine.
If there was an elephant in the room at this morning’s breakfast launch of the third and final State of the City 2025 report, it was one familiar to Auckland’s leaders. The supercity’s productivity gap has emerged as a critical barrier to its future economic prosperity, confirming concerns
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What’s at stake: Auckland risks losing global competitiveness and economic momentum unless it urgently addresses a deepening productivity gap.
Background: The third and final State of the City 2025 report benchmarking Auckland’s global performance against comparable peer cities reveals underperformance in productivity, despite strengths in innovation, culture, and resilience.
Main players: Mayor Wayne Brown, Local Government Minister Hon Simon Watts, Auckland Council’s Pam Ford, Deloitte’s Anthony Ruakere, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei CEO Tom Irvine.
