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Manufacturing activity has slumped on the back of the latest lockdown, with production levels in freefall.

New Zealand PM aligns with Washington over Indo-Pacific New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used several key opportunities this month to firmly align the Labour-Green Party government with US imperialism’s escalating economic, diplomatic and military confrontation with China. Speaking to an audience of diplomats and government officials at the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs conference, “Standing in the Future: New Zealand and the Indo-Pacific Region,” held in Wellington on July 14, Ardern for the first time embraced the phrase “Indo-Pacific” to describe NZ’s ...

BusinessNZ Our Family The BusinessNZ family has its roots in four large regional organisations of member businesses that together cover the entire country. By joining the regional business organisation in your area, you automatically become a member of BusinessNZ.Join now 16 Jun 2021 Expansion in New Zealand's manufacturing sector picked up in June, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). The seasonally adjusted PMI for June was 60.7 (a PMI reading above 50.0 indicates that manufacturing is generally expanding; below 50.0 that it is declining).  T...

Business New Zealand says unless rising energy costs are dampened down, businesses will start looking overseas Business New Zealand says unless rising energy costs are dampened down, businesses will start looking overseas 23 June 2021 Its energy and transport survey shows significant cost increases for businesses in the past 12 months - put down to low hydro-lake levels, reduced wind generation and poor natural gas supply. Executive director Catherine Beard says businesses need reliable and affordable energy. She says we need to get it right - or businesses facing an uncertain future wil...

Talk of zero-tariff trade between the UK and Australia has sparked hope that a similar deal can be achieved for farmers here, but New Zealand's Trade Minister says there is still "work to do."