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Mike's last blog

8 June 2021

This is my last blog as Chief Executive of Horticulture New Zealand.   It will not however be my last blog.

Are we going back to inflation and economic stagnation?

27 May 2021

Inflation and economic stagnation are already being seen in the United States and our Reserve Bank is predicting its return to New Zealand but not until next year.

Redistribution of wealth

24 May 2021

In response to the Covid crisis, the world’s central banks, which in New Zealand is the Reserve Bank, have collectively injected US$9 trillion into worldwide economies.

Is it wealth redistribution or economic ruin?

17 May 2021

For those who did not read the tea leaves after the last election, it should now be very clear what our Government is doing: it is redistributing the country’s wealth.

Opening the Pacific and Other Bubbles

5 May 2021

People in the Cook Islands can already travel to New Zealand without having to quarantine.   This is because it is a Covid free country.

Back to the Future will not work

28 April 2021

The recently released Productivity Commission Report, backed up by a New Zealand Institute for Economic Research (NZIER) report, is reminiscent of the Sir Robert Muldoon era.

Funding bureaucracy

27 April 2021

New Zealand is on a collision course between funding bureaucracy and actually getting something done.

Time for the post-Covid reset

16 April 2021

The announcement of the Trans-Tasman bubble is the start of a reset for New Zealand.   It signals the move from the Covid lockdown phase into recovery mode.

The times are changing

8 April 2021

After a year of a very closed down border, the Government has announced the creation of a Trans-Tasman bubble.

Covid: From recession to recovery

1 April 2021

Across New Zealand, in every industry, there are lessons to be learnt from Covid.

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