Building consents rose 22.9 percent in February 2026, and the 12-month total is up 11.7 percent. After the deepest downturn in a generation, New Zealand’s construction industry and its sub-suppliers…
The government says fuel is flowing. But six fundamental questions remain unanswered, from whether our Asian suppliers will start hoarding to what fuel rationing would actually look like in practice.
New Zealand’s fuel stocks look stable on paper. But the real danger lies upstream, at the Asian refineries that supply us and the crude oil they can no longer easily…
New Zealand sends $8-10 billion overseas every year to buy fuel. Electrifying the vehicle fleet with domestically generated renewable power would eliminate the petrol import bill entirely and keep billions…
The original Think Big built infrastructure that still powers New Zealand 40 years later. With an energy crisis, a fuel crisis, and a $210 billion infrastructure deficit, here are ten…
The political verdict on Muldoon’s Think Big was devastating. But 40 years later, the Clyde Dam still generates electricity, Methanex still exports methanol, NZ Steel still makes steel, and the…
New Zealand has a $210 billion infrastructure deficit. Core Crown spending grew 67 percent in six years, but billions went to restructuring programmes that were reversed, consultants, and bureaucratic expansion…
New Zealand generates 85 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, but declining gas reserves, growing demand from EVs and data centres, and the challenge of dry year risk mean…
Since the Marsden Point refinery closed in 2022, New Zealand imports 100 percent of its refined fuel. The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis has exposed just how fragile that supply…
In the annals of New Zealand’s economic history, few events stand out as sharply as the 1980 budget introduced by then-Finance Minister Roger Douglas. At a time when New Zealand…