ANALYSIS: To secure long-term prosperity, we need to rebalance toward the sectors where global growth is strongest.
ANALYSIS: The signs are encouraging but we are not out of the woods yet.
ANALYSIS: Lack of access to healthy food is quietly fuelling a multibillion-dollar burden on our health system and national productivity.
ANALYSIS: After a difficult year, New Zealand enters 2026 with the foundations for a slow, steady recovery, with cautious optimism.
ANALYSIS: Our ageing population is not just a demographic story; it is an economic and social reckoning.
ANALYSIS: Moves a striking reminder of how easily purpose and stewardship can fall out of sync.
ANALYSIS: Wellington has the world’s fourth-most-expensive beer. It’s a stark warning that our capital city’s economic model is fundamentally broken.
ANALYSIS: But new Governor Anna Breman is left with a delicate balancing act – sustaining confidence without reigniting inflationary pressures.
ANALYSIS: The average KiwiSaver balance for people approaching retirement is often well below the amount needed to fund a ‘comfortable’ or even a ‘no-frills’ retirement lifestyle, alongside NZ Super.
ANALYSIS: Take note of flashing red warning signs and recognise it as essential to New Zealand’s economic survival.
