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Studies Refute Claims Of Poor Productivity
Friday, 27 June 2003, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Recent studies undertaken in the Treasury and the Department of Labour indicate significant gains in New Zealand's productivity following earlier structural reforms, and a convergence on Australia's productivity growth rate", Roger Kerr, executive ... More >>
NZBR Welcomes Institute Report
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 8:44 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable has welcomed the release of the Institute of Chartered Accountants' report Improving Corporate Reporting in New Zealand: A Shared Responsibility. More >>
Budget Growth Forecasts Ring Alarm Bells
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The budget figures for medium-term economic growth in New Zealand should ring alarm bells", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Raising Liquor Taxes Wrong Move
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 5:39 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Parliament has passed under extreme urgency the Customs and Excise (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Bill to increase the cost of all alcohol by 2.6 percent from June 1 (in line with the movement in the consumers' price index) and to increase the rate of ... More >>
Energy Policy Must Be Aligned With Growth
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 12:01 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The present electricity crisis demonstrates that too many of the government's policies are incompatible with its stated priority of economic growth", the executive director of the Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Kerr welcomes IMF report on New Zealand
Monday, 5 May 2003, 5:55 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Business Roundtable Executive Director Roger Kerr today welcomed the release of the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on New Zealand. More >>
Tax Freedom Arrives Over The Next Few Weeks
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Tax Freedom Day in New Zealand represents the day in the year when the average New Zealander stops working for the government and starts working for themselves, according to the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr. More >>
May We Have More 'Failed Policies' Please?
Friday, 4 April 2003, 10:30 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Statistics New Zealand's figures for real gross domestic product released last week show that New Zealand has had the best decade of economic growth since the 1960s", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Insights On Economic Growth And Innovation
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"A new OECD study entitled The Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Countries is relevant to the government's objective of returning New Zealand to the top half of the OECD income ladder and the work of the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board", ... More >>
Valuable Insights On Economic Growth & Innovation
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"A new OECD study entitled The Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Countries is relevant to the government's objective of returning New Zealand to the top half of the OECD income ladder and the work of the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board", ... More >>
Submission: Land Transport Management Bill
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 12:14 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
· The Bill is inconsistent with the top priority the government is giving to economic growth in the interests of restoring average New Zealand incomes to the top half of the OECD ladder. More >>
What You Need To Create Wealth
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 9:04 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Wealth is a relative term, of course, with a lot of different connotations. Some people find the very mention of it distasteful. Certainly everyone has a different idea about what constitutes enough of it. More >>
National's Focus On Economic Growth Applauded
Thursday, 27 February 2003, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The economic discussion paper Prosperity for All New Zealanders suggests the National Party is now focused on economic growth in a serious way", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
New NZBR website aims to invigorate public policy
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
An online resource that is part library and part online community went live today with the aim of providing access to top-quality ideas and research to help boost the national economy. More >>
Broad Assessment Of Currency Trend Needed
Thursday, 23 January 2003, 6:58 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The rising value of the New Zealand dollar is affecting international competitiveness but the implications for economic management go much wider than monetary policy", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Budget Statement Confirms Growth Strategy Needed
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The Budget Policy Statement confirms the government has a lot of work to do to achieve its growth targets", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Abolition Of Appeals A Major Constitutional Issue
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The introduction of a bill to establish a Supreme Court of New Zealand and abolish appeals to the Privy Council puts a major constitutional issue into the public domain", Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Transport Strategy Welcome But Needs Improvement
Thursday, 5 December 2002, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The government's top priority goal is to return New Zealand's per capita income to the top half of the OECD. It is pleasing that the government's Transport Strategy and the Land Transport Management Bill recognise the importance of an efficient transport ... More >>
Principled Debate On Qantas/Air NZ Called For
Thursday, 28 November 2002, 9:55 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The chairman of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Rob McLeod, called today for an end to knee-jerk reactions to the proposed partial sale of Air New Zealand to Qantas and instead for a principled debate. More >>
OECD Forecast Suggests Still Some Way To Go
Monday, 25 November 2002, 10:17 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New figures showing New Zealand's economic growth this year to be the OECD's third-highest are pleasing and are testimony to the solid base built by the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the favourable effects of high export prices and the low exchange ... More >>
