Press Release – Productivity Commission The New Zealand Productivity Commission today released the final report of its frontier firms inquiry . Frontier firms are the countrys most productive firms, and they play a vital role in lifting national productivity and wellbeing. However, New Zealands …
The New Zealand Productivity Commission today released the final report of its frontier firms inquiry.
Frontier firms are the country’s most productive firms, and they play a vital role in lifting national productivity and wellbeing. However, New Zealand’s frontier firms lag significantly behind their international counterparts.
The Government asked the Commission to take a particular look at Māori firms. The inquiry found that Māori frontier firms have many of the characteristics needed to innovate, grow and support improved wellbeing.
Unlocking The Potential Of Māori Frontier Firms
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“You would have thought: hell, there are a lot of people coming to this conference, they have booked up all these motel rooms,” Quigley said. “But actually they are not people who are coming to this conference, they are people who do not have anywhere else to live. The question of how we provide good quality, low income housing for people who are currently unable to find housing of any sort . is a really, really pressing issue for us to grapple with.”
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Waikato University vice-chancellor Professor Neil Quigley speaks at the national economics forum. The average house price in Hamilton has topped $700,000 for the first time, according to the CoreLogic house price index for February.