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The Productivity Commission’s report on state sector productivity makes for dismal reading.

Higher state sector productivity is critical to delivering more and better public services now and into the future, yet many government agencies lack the cultures, capability and encouragement to make these gains, says the Productivity Commission in its latest report, Improving state sector productivity.

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Rod Oram reviews the Productivity Commission's landmark report on moving to a carbon-neutral economy on Newsroom. He finds a wealth of insight on the task ahead, but no analysis of what happens if we fail or what a radical disruption might look like.

As you arrive at the international airport in the city of Wellington, New Zealand, visitors are greeted with a 14-foot-long animatronic dragon’s head, Smaug, from The Hobbit trilogy. It’s no secret that the global movie industry has provided significant economic growth in this compact city, but in turn, this has had the unintended consequences of creating a thriving tech and media cluster writes  Adam Bennett Trade Commissioner for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, West Coast, USA.

Nov 23, 2017  -  Four in ten business leaders believe there will be an increase in casual and contractor employment over the next ten years, according to the newly-released Future of Talent report. “It is about how businesses are looking to find different ways to utilise workers across their lifetime,” said Geraldine Magarey, leader of policy and thought leadership at CA ANZ – the organisation which conducted the recent report. “It’s a great sign for older workers who would prefer part-time retirement, students with study commitments and new parents who don’t yet want to go back to a full-time job.”…

17 Nov 2017  -  To mark the launch of Deloitte Access Economics in New Zealand, a new report entitled Shaping our slice of heaven: Industries of opportunity was released in Wellington last night.  The report identifies five industries with the greatest opportunity to contribute to New Zealand’s future economic prosperity. The industries lie at the intersection of global growth and national comparative advantage, forming the heart of New Zealand’s “prosperity map”. These industries of opportunity are tourism, agribusiness, food processing, international education and advanced manufacturing. Each of the five industries is expected to achieve above average global growth over the…

Multinational tech giants like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are taking a bigger slice of the New Zealand economy every day writes Rohan MacMahon in his article published on Newsroom:- 'Lack of IT skills adds to dismal productivity' As productivity flatlines, we need to help Kiwi businesses stay competitive in a global world, writes management consultant Rohan MacMahon Whatever the make-up of the next Government, we can expect some major topics debated in the election campaign to get a lot of attention. Things like housing supply, mental health and water quality. One fundamental challenge for New Zealand which received little…

According to a new report, the design sector contributed over $10 billion to the New Zealand economy in 2016 writes Henry Oliver from TheSpinoff in which he asks Thomas Mical, the head of AUT’s School of Art and Design, what that means for New Zealand design. Designers know that their work creates value, but a recent report from DesignCo – commissioned by ten New Zealand institutions including AUT – confirms it, by quantifying design’s growing impact on the New Zealand economy. According to The Value of Design to New Zealand report, the design sector contributed approximately $10.1 billion to the…