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The SME Stream Weekly Wrap - 19 March
As business owners, you know how hard it is keeping up with your business, let alone the news. Join Wilhelmina O'Keeffe each week as she gives you a rundown of the biggest stories that could impact your business, so you can make informed decisions with expert advice. This week, GDP is up again b…
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Sir Rod Drury: Xero Founder on being named the 2026 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
Sir Rod Drury believes it's New Zealand's time to step up and make a big difference in the world. The Xero founder has been crowned the 2026 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year. The judges noted in the ceremony last night his driving innovation, empowerment of Kiwi tech leaders, and his venture …
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Too small is a tech myth – Mehran Gul on NZ’s real advantage
Why do some places become tech powerhouses while others, just as smart and connected, stall out? In the latest episode of The Business of Tech, global innovation expert Mehran Gul, a former policy expert at the World Economic Forum, and the United Nations, dispels the myths about where breakthrou…
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Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the state of fuel prices and reserves and the GDP rising by 0.2% in the December quarter
The Government is looking into ‘doing something simple’ to get cash into Kiwis' wallets as fuel prices increase, refined oil proving a challenge. Finance Minister Nicola Willis told Mike Hosking they need to balance the cost of living with the books. “We need to be conscious of debt and borrowi…
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Liam Dann: NZ Herald Business Editor on the GDP growing by 0.2%
New Zealand's economy wasn't doing as well as we thought, even before war broke out in the Middle East. Latest Stats NZ data shows GDP rose just 0.2% in the December quarter – well under the Reserve Bank forecast of 0.5%. Inflation hit 3.1% in the quarter, above the central Bank's forecast of 2…
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Matt Gault: ANZ Senior Economist on the Q4 GDP result
New Zealand's economy is heading into the current Middle East crisis noticeably weaker than expected. GDP's risen just 0.2 percent in the December quarter - well below many forecasts. It's also risen just 0.2 percent across the whole of last year, after growth in the September quarter was revised…
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Michael Reddell: former Reserve Bank economist on the state of the economy following recent GDP figures
Former Reserve Bank economist Michael Reddell says it's getting harder to know how much the economy's growing or shrinking. Stats NZ estimates GDP rose 0.2 percent in the December quarter, below most forecasts. But Reddell says it's also revised the figures for previous quarters. He says the 0.2…
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Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is there a bright side to all the bad economic news?
I’m sorry to say it’s a bit of a bad day - a day of rather unpleasant economic news, I’m afraid. Let’s start with the GDP number. It came in at 0.2 percent for the final quarter of last year, which is very much at the low end of expectations. We were looking for something in the range of 0.2 perce…
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Episode 58: Chief Economist at ANZ, Sharon Zollner
In Leaders Getting Coffee episode 58, our guest Sharon Zollner, Chief Economist at ANZ Bank. At a time when the economic recovery in New Zealand is threatened, yet again, by a major international shock, we thought it was worthwhile to host one of the Country’s leading economists on Leaders Getting…
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The Country 18/03/26: Mike McIntyre talks to Jamie Mackay
Jarden analyst reviews last night’s GDT auction, up 0.1%, the sixth consecutive rise. While the result remained basically unchanged, “unders and overs” were all over the place. Whole milk powder down 4%, skim milk powder up 5.2%, anhydrous milk fat up 6.4%, butter down 0.9%, and cheddar up 0.1%.
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