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Tax Freedom Is Approaching
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Tax Freedom Day in New Zealand is important because it represents the day in the year when the average New Zealander stops working for the government and starts working for themselves, the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger ... More >>
Kerr - Lessons From Labour Market Reform in NZ
Monday, 21 March 2005, 10:35 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
I am honoured to be the recipient of the Copeman Medal for 2005. Charles Copeman’s successful struggle as chief executive of Peko-Wallsend Ltd against the union rorts at the Robe River iron ore operation in the Pilbara in Western Australia was an inspiration ... More >>
Welfare Changes Lack Substance
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 5:38 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The government's plans to introduce a single core benefit with add-ons to replace current working-age benefits seem largely cosmetic", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Visit by Veronique de Rugy
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 11:57 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Veronique de Rugy, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, will visit New Zealand from 12 February as a guest of the New Zealand Business Roundtable. More >>
Emplyment Changes in NZ Explored By New Book
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 10:50 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The latest Business Roundtable publication examines bargaining between employers and employees, and explores New Zealand's experience with changes in employment law. More >>
Roger Kerr Speech - The Size Of Nations
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 11:44 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
From time to time people question whether New Zealand’s small size and geographical remoteness hold back its economic performance. For example, David Skilling, now chief executive of the New Zealand Institute, has claimed that these factors constrain ... More >>
2004 Douglas Myers Media Scholarship Winners
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 9:30 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The Douglas Myers Media Scholarship 2004 will be jointly awarded to Patrick Crewdson, education reporter for the Herald on Sunday, and Kelly Sinoski, journalist with The Independent. More >>
Local Government: A Business Assessment
Friday, 21 January 2005, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
I am very pleased to be here today because local government is important to the business community. An open dialogue between the local government sector and the business community on major policy issues affecting the sector is very welcome. More >>
Time to Stoke New Zealand's Competitive Advantage
Wednesday, 5 January 2005, 12:46 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand is losing ground to other countries in the annual Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal index of economic freedom, New Zealand Business Roundtable policy advisor Norman LaRocque said today. More >>
NZBR Publishes Study on Family Issues
Friday, 17 December 2004, 10:15 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) vice-chair Diane Foreman announced today the publication of a new book on the state of the family and family policies in New Zealand. More >>
Governments Should Not Be in Business
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 11:28 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The controversy over the disclosure of a high salary at Television New Zealand illustrates again why governments should not be involved in running commercial businesses", Roger Kerr, executive of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Leviathan Continues to Stifle Growth
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The government is still spending most of the economy's 'growth dividend' and there is no sign of an acceleration in New Zealand 's long-term growth rate", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Kerr: Reducing Barriers To Investment
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
This year there has been a lot of talk about infrastructure. Among other things we have had the government’s infrastructure stocktake, the formation of an infrastructure lobby group, and a very good winter lecture series hosted by the Natural Gas Corporation. ... More >>
Steps Needed to Promote Fiscal Responsibility
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Ten years after the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the New Zealand Business Roundtable today released a report arguing the legislation should be strengthened. More >>
Taxing Options Require Careful Examination
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 5:41 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Craig Stobo's report on the taxation of investment income is a helpful step in developing policy in a troublesome area," Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Kerr: Maori And Business
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 12:27 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Te Awe: Wellington Maori Business Network Maori And Business Roger Kerr Executive Director - Wellington New Zealand Business Roundtable More >>
Maharey Should Ignore Unions
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 10:52 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) Steve Maharey's comment on National Radio this morning that further changes to the student loan scheme might be in the offing should be of great concern to those who support sensible and forward-looking ... More >>
NZBR: Unions Have Had the Run of the House
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 10:13 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The changes in the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill (the ER Bill) passed by parliament last night are unwarranted, undesirable and unwelcome, according to New Zealand Business Roundtable Policy Advisor, Norman LaRocque. More >>
Unions Have had the Run of the House
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 9:33 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The changes in the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill (the ER Bill) passed by parliament last night are unwarranted, undesirable and unwelcome, according to New Zealand Business Roundtable Policy Advisor, Norman LaRocque. More >>
Kerr: The Company As A Business Institution
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 11:37 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
THE COMPANY AS A BUSINESS INSTITUTION Last year, two editors working for The Economist, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, published a short and fascinating book on the world's dominant vehicle for doing business, the company. It was entitled The ... More >>
