Latest 2degrees study reveals the key issues facing NZ business decision makers, and how thriving companies are weathering the storm.
Business optimism continuing despite the recessionary pressure.Cost and pricing continue to be front of mind for business leaders.Larger businesses continue to thrive while smaller businesses more likely to struggle.Staff and productive use of technology are the make or brea...
Prudent financial management
May 30, 2023
We have to do it as households, so we should expect our Local and Central Government leaders to do the same.
It is our money they invest on our behalf for the benefit of our community as a whole, so we should insist on prudent and accountable investment - not willy-nilly spending.Balancing the books and living within your means will be the focus we put on our elected and bureaucrat...
The rise of electric vehicles continues
May 11, 2023
Members will know our interest in the dramatic increase in new and old brands offering an increasingly varied array of EV options for Kiwis.
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Economic growth from investing in arterial routes
May 10, 2023
The Chamber is a strong proponent of Southern Links as a means to drive economic growth in the west of Hamilton and the wider region, and following the completion of the Waikato Expressway to the east of the city, complete the city's roading network.
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Age, Education and Inaction.
Doctors & nurses. We do not have enough, and they are disappearing.When the NZ Rural Health Network chair Dr Fiona Bolden claims “it is not too dramatic to say we are seeing a collapse of health services in rural areas,” we need to wake up and take notice and act.Age...
The A word. Amalgamation
March 22, 2023
It’s something previous councils haven’t just shied away from but have vehemently spoken out against in the past.
The Waikato Chamber has advocated for a serious discussion about the potential for amalgamation of our region’s councils for years now. A rational discussion grounded in data and driven by a desire for better productivity, reduced bureaucracy, and the drive to do better by...
Rebuilding our highways for tomorrow’s needs
March 10, 2023
Guest article by Simon Bridges, Auckland Business Chamber CEO
As we start to turn our minds to the long and very difficult rebuild effort following the terrible weather events of recent weeks, one of the most pressing questions is: how can we ensure that we are better prepared in the future?Because the depressing consensus is, these ev...
Local Government rates and investment for our future
March 7, 2023
By Don Good, Waikato Chamber CEO
As always local councils debate furiously the percentage increase in rates they need to fund their activities. For years a toxic combination of pet project spending and a need to be re-elected have compromised business-like sensible rate setting.This is the first year of a n...
Once the water recedes
February 28, 2023
By Don Good, Waikato Chamber CEO
Seeing the pictures of the devastation to Hawke’s Bay, it is easy to forget the cyclones also hit Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Gisborne, Port Waikato, Matamata-Piako, Waitomo, Waihi Beach and many other parts of New ZealandOne of the first responses of many of our memb...
Hamilton – the capital of New Zealand?
February 21, 2023
By Don Good, Waikato Chamber CEO
Media opinion writers are debating Hamilton’s promotion to being our capital city. Why Wellington should no longer be the capital of New ZealandWhat Wellington needs to do if it wants to be a credible capital Christmas and January is traditionally a slow news month so...
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