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- Post-1989 forest owners face complex decisions
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- Carbon farming will determine the future of sheep, beef and production forestry
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- Fonterra’s restructure proposal risks the co-operative
- Fonterra heads towards a new capital structure with scope for unintended consequences
- Sheep and beef farms are getting squeezed
- A2 moves from a brand to a category
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- The NZ system for GHG reporting will be crucial
- Forestry issues still need much debate
- Zespri faces a China conundrum
- New Zealand’s internal inflation is not benign
- Dairy markets have hit a sweet spot but big challenges remain
- The winding path of COVID-19
- Rolleston Rescue 1968
- Farewell to Sir Bob Elliott
- Pivoting from production to permanent forests
- House-price inflation and interest rates are bound at the hip
- Regenerative agriculture is not redundant but can be misguided
- It’s time for Fonterra to define the new path ahead
- Agriculture will change but pastoral agriculture will survive and prosper
- Reserve Bank drives economic policy
- Green-lipped mussels are becoming heavy lifters
- Composting mootels can transform dairy, but only if we get things right
- Fonterra stabilises finances with back to basics model, selling assets and retaining profits
- Coronavirus border policies need a deeper rethink
- Green vegetables grow at the feet of big mountains
- Big win for Fonterra from latest DIRA amendments
- A resource-based perspective on immigration
- Can strong wool find a new El Dorado?
- Is regenerative agriculture the real deal
- Can low interest rates really stimulate the economy?
- Government’s food and fibre reset report lacks a core
- Seeking new markets in the West
- Quantitative easing floods capital markets
- The ongoing search for new markets – India and beyond
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Category Archives: The economy
House-price inflation and interest rates are bound at the hip
Reducing house-price inflation depends on identifying the drivers. Right now, that means interest rate policy and quantitative easing must change. Everything else is band-aid as the fireball grows House-price inflation is New Zealand’s hot-fire issue. Look back a year and … Continue reading
Posted in macroeconomics, The economy, Uncategorized
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Green-lipped mussels are becoming heavy lifters
Hatchery technologies and open-sea farms provide the platform for new endeavours with green-lipped mussels A little over five years ago, I asked the question as to whether green-lipped mussels could be the next heavy lifter for the New Zealand export … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, Land and water, mussels, The economy, Uncategorized
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A resource-based perspective on immigration
Any debate on immigration has to consider the fixed natural resources that have to be spread across increasing numbers of citizens A recent article by Professor Spoonley at interest.co.nz has laid out the demographic aspects of immigration. Spoonley illustrates how … Continue reading
Posted in macroeconomics, The economy, Uncategorized
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Rugby’s role in a greater South Pacific strategic reset
In a COVID-affected world we need to think outside the square. Here is one idea as to how New Zealand can both help itself and its South Pacific neighbours, linking sport, tourism and the economy. This article is about rugby, … Continue reading
Posted in The economy, Uncategorized
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