Business & Society

New Zealand has lost a visionary leader with the death of Sir Paul Callaghan said Phil O'Reilly of BusinessNZ....
A slowly stabilising global economy and positive levels of activity in New Zealand agricultural exports indicate slightly better economic prospects, according to the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast for the March quarter 2012....
The service sector showed further momentum with a healthy February result, with the seasonally adjusted PSI for February at 55.5....
BusinessNZ welcomes the announcement of a new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment....
The service sector showed stronger expansion to start the year, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for January at 53.6....
The High Court judgment on the Shanghai Pengxin bid for the Crafar farms raises difficult questions that could reduce future confidence to invest by overseas investors, says BusinessNZ....
The service sector returned to a more subdued level of expansion in December, with the seasonally adjusted PSI for December at 50.6....
The service sector recovered from a previous lacklustre result to record its highest level of expansion for 20 months, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for November at 56.6....
Continued global uncertainty is impacting on NZ’s economic performance, with a number of indicators pointing to lower growth projections than previously forecast, according to the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast....
A drop in expansion meant the service sector only just managed to keep on the positive side, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for October at 50.6....