Setting the agenda for NZ’s growth With the election drawing closer, the conversation is increasingly turning to what New Zealand needs to deliver stronger, sustained economic growth. This week, parts of the BusinessNZ Network are putting forward their priorities, including ExportNZ’s Grow Locally, Compete Globally, which sets out what...
Energy sector ‘foundational’ to NZ economy The report, A Future Vision of New Zealand’s Energy Sector, and summary document are available to download and read on the BEC website now. New Zealand cannot afford another election cycle of policy flip-flops when billions of dollars in energy investment and our economic...
A major highlight this month was our launch of TIMES-NZ 3.0 in collaboration with EECA, a powerful energy system model that gives businesses and policymakers a shared analytical foundation for decisions on infrastructure, investment, emissions reduction and economic growth.
...BusinessNZ has welcomed elements of Labour’s Small Business Action Plan – A Fair Go, saying several measures reflect long-standing BusinessNZ positions, and says today’s announcement should prompt a wider, cross-party conversation about New Zealand’s outdated and unindexed tax settings, includng the case for a lower company tax rate. BusinessNZ has also raised...
Meeting New Zealand’s energy needs to 2050 will cost approximately $1.3 trillion, according to the country’s latest and most comprehensive whole-of-energy-system model to date. BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) Policy Advisor Ben Young says meeting New Zealand’s future energy demand will require stable, predictable and permissive policy settings that give businesses the...
BusinessNZ welcomes the passing of the Employment Leave Bill, and says it marks the end of one of the most costly and confusing pieces of workplace law ever forced on employers and workers. The bill repeals and replaces the Holidays Act 2003, moving to a simpler, hours based system where...
It’s been a full-on week for BusinessNZ with a strong health focus. Members joined a valuable session with Pharmac’s leadership team, and we were pleased to support Roche in launching an important report at Parliament, highlighting the economic benefits of investing in health. More on that can be found below.
...Join us for the Deloitte and Chapman Tripp Election Conference, hosted by BusinessNZ – the premier business forum of the 2026 General Election campaign. This full-day event brings together political party leaders, senior ministers and key spokespeople to outline their vision for New Zealand’s economy and make their case to...
As election campaigns gather pace, please mark 15 September in your diary and join us at the BusinessNZ Election Conference, proudly sponsored by Deloitte and Chapman Tripp. It’s the key business event of the election year, bringing together political leaders and giving you the chance to hear directly from them while connecting...
Economic update with Reserve Bank Chief Economist