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Comment: There was a splash of excitement earlier this month on news the construction sector made one of the strongest contributions to second-quarter GDP growth. Fair enough too. The sector has endured a near five-year downtrend. Over which time residential construction volumes have contracted by a quarter. Construction is a sector that can punch above its weight when it comes to influencing N...
The sector is growing rapidly, promising high-paying jobs and digital exports that don't rely on under-pressure global supply chains.
Supply chain costs keep the Warehouse out of the supermarket race NZ Herald
Centrix data shows mortgages remain the leading cause of financial hardship | Herald NOW Business nzherald.co.nz
Kiwis' financial hardship rises again as mortgage arrears hit four-year low NZ Herald
Comment: A series of stresses on the global fuel supply chain highlight NZ’s vulnerability to fuel price shocks and shortages The post System-wide fragility pushes global fuel crisis into dangerous new phase appeared first on Newsroom .
Firearms, drugs and cash were also seized in what police were hailing as a significant disruption to a gang-linked cannabis supply chain.
Ministers are aghast that iwi and environmental groups would seek to rip up the Europe free trade deal in pursuit of climate accountability The post Seymour derides doctors as ‘activists with a grab bag of causes’ – EU trade complaint appeared first on Newsroom .
The return to profit came after cutting costs and improving margins, despite retail sales remaining broadly flat.
When Manu Caddie was a boy growing up in Tauranga, he and his dad would go out collecting pipi and cockles on the mudflats. “That’s not something that we do now.” A gully on his parents’ eight hectare farm, where he’d play as a kid, is a stormwater runoff for a new subdivision; storms this year caused it to slip away, leaving houses beside it red-stickered. Today, he says, the water and the cli...
Comment: NZ businesses must adapt to overseas digital ecosystems such as WeChat The post Digital distance trips up NZ exporters appeared first on Newsroom .
Fletcher Building leads a group of big employers saying a members’ bill seeking to define men and women creates operational risks and uncertainty The post Major construction and export firms warn against legal definition of sex appeared first on Newsroom .
