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Switching up the Christmas BBQ in 2025
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Switching up the Christmas BBQ in 2025
Economic data doesn’t usually feature on the Christmas wish list, but it does have a habit of showing up at the checkout. For many households, the festive season is as much about budgets as it is about BBQs, pavlovas, and full fridges for visiting family.
Wed 17 Dec 2025Brad Olsen🕓 3 min
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A more frequent state of emergency
Destroyed Dartmoor Bridge 2023
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A more frequent state of emergency
Resilience continues to be an important long-term factor for the New Zealand economy, and our Chart of the Month highlights the continued emergency challenges we face over time.
Thu 27 Nov 2025Brad Olsen🕓 2 min
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Demand not so hot for rare NZ stamp
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Demand not so hot for rare NZ stamp
New Zealand’s rarest stamp, the upside-down Lake Taupō, has changed hands again, but its modest long-term return highlights how investment performance can vary widely. As our Chart of the Month shows, some assets have delivered far stronger growth over the same period, even after accounting for inflation.
Wed 29 Oct 2025Gareth Kiernan🕓 2 min
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How warm are our houses?
Installing insulation
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How warm are our houses?
A few cold days in recent months prompted a question around what the usual temperature of a New Zealand home actually was, and if there was any data to use to answer this question. In short, how warm is the average home? Turns out the answer is 21.4°C.
Wed 24 Sept 2025Brad Olsen🕓 3 min
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High expectations of more of the same
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High expectations of more of the same
Concerns about the economy, and household confidence, remain strong at present. Despite falling interest rates, a number of households costs are rising at an accelerating rate, and higher unemployment is worrying all.
Wed 27 Aug 2025Brad Olsen🕓 2 min
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The Census has already changed – we’re going to need to live with it
Census 2023 individual form
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The Census has already changed – we’re going to need to live with it
Recent announcement about end of the Census have stirred more questions that we thought would pop up about this topic. Although some have raised concerns about the changes, it’s important to recognise that things have already changed.
Tue 29 Jul 2025Brad Olsen🕓 5 min
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Milk price range signals careful balance
Calves In Paddock
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Milk price range signals careful balance
Despite clear trade concerns globally, New Zealand’s primary sector is in a strong position, and high food commodity prices reinforce this strength. But Fonterra’s opening farmgate milk price forecast for the 2025/26 season provides a major signal of caution, highlighting the heightened volatility in global economic conditions, dairy supply dynamics, and trade tensions.
Mon 30 Jun 2025Brad Olsen🕓 3 min
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Where does our fuel come from?
Close-up of a Person Refueling the Car at a Gas Station
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Where does our fuel come from?
Fuel is critically important to any economy, given it literally powers and enables the movement of goods and people, supports production, and underpins supply chains. A stable, secure, and affordable fuel supply helps maintain economic stability, and so knowing where fuel is sourced from better informs security of supply and the importance of strong trading relationships.
Tue 27 May 2025Brad Olsen🕓 3 min
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Consumer hots and nots reflect changing spending patterns
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Consumer hots and nots reflect changing spending patterns
New data from Stats NZ shows a number of items becoming more popular over time, particularly as technology shifts, while other products fall out of favour with households as preferences change.
Tue 29 Apr 2025Brad Olsen🕓 3 min
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What exports are at risk from US tariffs?
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What exports are at risk from US tariffs?
President Trump’s “on-again, off-again” tariffs, and the uncertainty associated with them, have thrown financial markets into a tailspin over the last couple of months. Although New Zealand is not directly in the firing line from tariffs yet, it’s a possibility in coming weeks.
Mon 24 Mar 2025Gareth Kiernan🕓 3 min