Media Releases

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) today launches a new report – New Zealand Energy Scenarios: Navigating energy futures to 2050 – which outlines two different scenarios of what New Zealand’s energy future could look like over the next 35 years.

“The BEPS project needed to happen, and the OECD and G20 should be congratulated both for their hard work and for achieving high-level consensus across many issues”, said BIAC Tax Committee Chair Will Morris

BusinessNZ is congratulating Trade Minister Tim Groser and Chief Negotiator David Walker on getting the best deal possible for New Zealand in the Trans Pacific Partnership.

New Zealand is the 16th most competitive country in the world, according to this year’s Global Competitiveness Index*.

Exporters are feeling confident, expecting increasing profitability and rising orders in the next twelve months.

Economic growth has taken a hit but is still likely to remain at around 2 percent per year, according to the September 2015 quarter.

BusinessNZ says the removal of ACC residual levies will be a welcome step towards a more transparent ACC.

New Zealand’s sovereignty is not endangered by the Trans Pacific Partnership.

A new report on the Trans Pacific Partnership concludes that it would not allow foreign control over New Zealand’s law-making ability.

The New Zealand International Business Forum is urging the New Zealand and European Union Governments to proceed to the negotiating table to hammer out a free trade agreement.

International trade between New Zealand and the European Union should be freed up, says BusinessNZ.

New Zealand’s refreshed priorities for international trade have been welcomed by ExportNZ.