ANALYSIS: : After a difficult year, New Zealand enters 2026 with the foundations for a slow, steady recovery, with cautious optimism.
ANALYSIS: The trick is not to de-risk too much. Even relatively small allocations can provide a valuable hedging benefit.
ANALYSIS: Paving the way for more affordable, sustainable homes requires pragmatic policy setting and industry frameworks, not the next big shiny thing.
ANALYSIS: The past five decades have witnessed a dramatic transformation in the origins of NZ’s immigrant population, with a similar evolution expected to unfold in the next half-century.
Academics describe ‘abject failure’ of extremist politics.
ANALYSIS: Eric Watson’s son Sam is now managing director of an ASX-listed company. Investors will wonder if his business can overcome the legacy.
ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has reassured Māori the coalition will honour the Treaty.
ANALYSIS: While the Government recognises ‘the importance of local decision making’, it will not take a hands-off approach.
ANALYSIS: Ultimately, 2023 was a year of ‘what if’s and ‘maybes’.
ANALYSIS: Houthi attacks in the Red Sea just the latest in an escalating series of crises causing pain for all the world's exporters.