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Should the New Zealand dream be quarter-hour, not quarter-acre?

30/09/2022

The Kiwi dream has always been a stand-alone, suburban dwelling. But if we want to seriously address climate change, we must revisit how we live and redefine our dream. Our new dream should be quarter-hour, not quarter-acre.

KiwiSaver money should be invested in providing rental housing

Published 27/01/2021

Sam Stubbs looks at the housing crisis and considers the role investors could play in providing quality long-term rental housing, as they have done successfully in Europe for generations. This would be a sound investment for our biggest domestic investors,...

Property investment: the good, the bad and the downright ugly

Published 21/01/2021

In a rising market, many developments can look as safe as houses — literally. But when they go bad, it’s horrible.

5 lessons investors can learn from Tesla, Meridian and Covid-19

Published 13/01/2021

The meteoric rise in the share price of Meridian and Tesla in 2020, and the roller coaster that Covid has been for financial markets, has important lessons for all investors. Sam Stubbs outlines five of these lessons and explains how...

Is a lack of activist shareholders hurting KiwiSaver?

Published 06/01/2021

Fund managers now manage more than $200 billion of ordinary New Zealanders’ savings, in KiwiSaver and other investment funds. By 2030 it should be well over $400b.

With that much saved by New Zealanders, you would think that the fund managers...

How to solve the housing crisis

Published 29/12/2021

No one person or institution is responsible alone for the recent rise in house prices. Housing is a huge and very complex problem, and any solution involves must involve the government, reserve bank, councils, private individuals, Iwi and investors.

Why a $20 minimum wage is good for business

Published 22/12/2020

The recent announcement of a $20 per hour minimum wage brought the usual chorus of praise and criticism. Unions loved it, employers decried it.

Shareholder activism needed to curb excessive executive pay

Published 24/11/2020

Kiwis have an acute sense of what is fair or not. We care about it as much the Americans care about freedom. No one minds someone getting rich, but we mind mightily if the wealth was attained unfairly.

Will the Government get real on infrastructure?

Published 17/11/2020

There are times in history when the winds of change all point in one direction, and it’s a brave politician who fights it.

New Zealand’s Business Leaders Reflect On The Lessons Of COVID-19 In...

Published 11/11/2020

New Zealand business leaders have shared insights into their COVID-19 strategies and learnings from 2020 in a new book called Human: Bold leadership through crisis and change.

Here's what Biden win might mean for your KiwiSaver

Published 09/11/2020

A new President of the United States is always a big deal for financial markets, and rightly so.

What does a Biden presidency mean for our KiwiSaver accounts?

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Should the New Zealand dream be quarter-hour, not quarter-acre?

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